Johnson"s Journal September 15, 2014

Just a reminder that there will be an early out on Wednesday, September 17th for teacher in service meetings.

I was super impressed by the Create a State map projects your sixth graders made!  This project is the culmination of our map skills unit;  the students are called upon to use what they have learned to create a map of a state they would like to live in.  The projects were of extremely high quality and very original and unique.  A big shout out to the kids for their hard work!  Today, we begin our first unit in science which is a study of cells, genetic, and heredity.  On Thursday, look for information to come home about the edible cell project.  This project will be due Monday, September 22nd.

The sixth graders continue their in depth study of ratios in math.  Today (Monday) they were given an assignment which reviewed basic ratio concepts and using ratios and tape diagrams to solve problems.  This problem solving assignment is due Friday, September 19th.  Please look at the math work your student is doing to gain a better understanding of what we are doing.  If you have questions about our new math program, please bring them to conferences with you.  I will address them with you then but also invite you to attend the informational meeting about our math program which will be held on Thursday, September 9th at 6:30 in the BK Auditorium.  Your student should have brought home a yellow note with information about that meeting on Friday.

Speaking of Parent-Teacher Conferences, they will be held on Tuesday, September 23rd from 2-6 p.m. and on Thursday, September 25th from 4-8 p.m.  Ms. Halfpop and I will be available on both days for conferences, as well as Mr. Eide, Ms. Deutsch, and Mrs. Soma.  Since your sixth grader has several teachers, conferences are "drop-in."  Please stop and see the teachers your child is working with. Since you have several teachers to see and we have sixty sets of parents to meet with, we will give you a quick (5-10 minute) update on your child's progress.  If there are concerns that cannot be covered in that amount of time, we will need to schedule a separate time to meet.

Looking forward to visiting with you next week at conferences.

Ruth Johnson