6th Grade Science Plans for April 27th through May 1st, 2015

Greetings!

"Smarter Balance" (SBAC) testing has arrived, and here's some information for you.  First of all, testing days will take up 1st through 4th periods each day; this week students will be tested on English/Language Arts.  Here's the schedule:

6th grade--Monday & Thursday
7th grade--Tuesday & Friday
8th grade--Wednesday

Now on to class plans for this week:

MONDAY--SBAC Testing, NO HOMEWORK.

TUESDAY--Students will finish going over the "Day/Night Think Questions" and will do some demonstrations.  NO HOMEWORK.

WEDNESDAY--Students will add Astronomy vocab to their Science Notebooks and will participate in the "" lab, so NO HOMEWORK.

THURSDAY--SBAC Testing, NO HOMEWORK.

FRIDAY--Students will begin working on time zones and "local noon", so NO HOMEWORK.

As you may already know, the students didn't do very well on Exam #2.  I am allowing them to RETAKE THIS EXAM.  However, they need to do this on their time:  either before school, at lunch, or after school.  If your students does this, please make sure he/she STUDIES FIRST.

Also, students have grades for that one exam and two homework assignments, and many of them are not turning in their homework.  FYI--If a student turns out for middle school fall sports, and received one F on his/her report card, he/she will be INELIGIBLE FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL.  Since all of the fall sports start practice before school starts, this usually means your student will miss his/her first contest of the season.  Since you will be forking out money for a physical, ASB card, sports fee, pictures, t-shirts, etc., it will be frustrating for you, your student, and the coach (I coach volleyball).  So please look your student's grades over carefully, and if he/she is not passing all subjects, you may want to exert some parental pressure to get those grades up before the end of the year.

As always, please contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have.  The best email address to reach me at is humblem@tenino.k12.wa.us and the phone number in the classroom is (360) 264-3644.

Have a wonderful week,
Michele Humble