One of the students commented that they couldn't believe we only have this week and the next before we break for the Christmas holiday. It does seem hard to believe! We do have many things to get wrapped up before the semester ends on December 19th and that includes both a math test and a science test.
Today ( Monday), we will begin preparing for the science test which will be on Wednesday. We will go through the science packet we've been working on and highlight the things that need to be reviewed for the test. We will also play Memory with the chapter vocabulary. Your sixth grader will be coming home tonight with a set of Memory cards which will be useful for reviewing for the test, as well as a practice worksheet that goes over the chapter vocabulary. Please start reviewing tonight; we will play a review game tomorrow in class and it will be much more fun and competitive if your child has studied and is prepared. It will also avoid last minute cramming tomorrow night.
The math test is tentatively planned for Thursday. We will begin working on a study guide tomorrow which will have problems exactly like those on the test. It will be imperative that your child is engaged and thinking in class as we go over the study guide. Both Mrs. Soma and I are seeing too many students who are unwilling to think for themselves and want someone to help them with each step of the process. Those students who can work independently are the ones who have been most engaged during class. Please ask your sixth grader to explain to you how he came up with the answers he got on his study guide. If he can explain how he did it, he will be able to do the problems on the test successfully.
Please remember that the early out for next week has been moved from the 17th to the 19th. School will be dismissed at 12:20 that day!
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