Please return your permission slip + $8 for our field trip Monday, May 5th.
STUDENTS MUST BRING A SACK LUNCH THAT DAY!!
Also, please send in your $3 for our in house field trip Friday, May 16th.
These must be two separate payments.

Quote of the Week: “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

Helen Keller

Happy Birthday: Alexis L (4-30), Andy E. (5-5), Garrett B. (5-6), Morgan C. (5-9)

Language Arts:
Monday-Friday-TLW orally read and discuss The Giver. All classes are on different chapters in the book.
Wednesday-TLW show mastery of vocabulary from Chapters 1-5….VOCAB TEST!!
*All classes-Travel book reports will begin Friday, May 2nd. If you are signed up for that day, make sure you have all of your materials at school that day.

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW define vocab. From Chapter 17
Tuesday: TLW analyze how technology changes people’s ways of life
Wednesday: TLW read and compare population maps
Thursday: TLW analyze how the Industrial Revolution affected workers.
Friday: TLW analyze the economic differences that lead to conflicts between social classes in Europe and the United States

Important!!!
Please send in $8 (with permission slip) for our field trip to the Pink Palace!! Money and permission slip is due by Friday, April 25th.
Our field trip is scheduled for Friday, May 5th.
 
Also, please send in $3 for our in-house field trip.
 
NOTE: You CAN NOT combine the two payments….the financial secretary has them on two different accounts.
*Checks made payable to Schilling Farms Middle School

Happy Birthday: Jake C (4-14), Matt P. (4-22)

Quote of the week: “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

Winston Churchill

Language Arts:
All Classes-work on travel book reports!
All AR tests are due by Wednesday, April 30th
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss The Giver (chap. 1 and 2)
*complete ques. And vocab.
Tuesday: TLW orally read and discuss The Giver (chapters 3 and 4)
*complete voc. And ques
Wednesday: TLW review voc terms/grammar skills
Thursday: TLW orally read and discuss chapter 5-review chap 1-5 vocab.
*Vocabulary quiz tomorrow over chapters 1-5!!
Friday: TLW show mastery of vocab. Over chap. 1-5/Begin Utopia project

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
Tuesday: TLW review vocabulary from Chapter 16
Wednesday: TLW show master of vocabulary from chap.16
Thursday: TLW begin social studies terms project
Friday: TLW participate in Family Life curriculum

Upcoming Events:
TCAP Week is next week!!!! This is your time to shine and show us how much you have learned this year!!!
Friday, April 11th: Program for the 6th grade at 9:30 AM.

Quotes of the Week:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

“Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Language Arts:
Enriched Lang. Arts: Compare/Contrast book report and AR tests due Wednesday, April 30th.
Regular Lang. Arts: AR book due Wednesday, April 30th
ALL CLASSES: In library this week, you will need to check out one book on a country or state to use for your travel book report. It does not have to be AR. You will need to look for the sign up sheet in library this week (no two students can do the same place within the same class).
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss “Why Dogs Chase Cats”.
TLW: Analyze a compare and contrast essay.
Tuesday: TLW: show mastery of cartoon vocab. And TCAP  vocab.
*Test on cartoon voc. And TCAP vocab
TLW review skills/concepts for TCAP
Wednesday: TLW categorize words according to parts of speech
Thursday: TLW complete Think Link Learning practice probe
Friday: TLW review skills and concepts for TCAP

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW review Chapter 15
Tuesday: TLW show mastery of content from Chapter 15.
Wednesday: TLW compare and contrast the ways of life of the royal family and the Flavier family from Literature selection “The Rights of Man, The Reign of Terror”.
TLW define voc. For Chapter 16
Thursday: TLW compare the roles of leaders in the American Revolution.
TLW: Analyze how the focus of the French Revolution changed.
Friday: TLW create a political cartoon

Upcoming Events:
Monday, March 31st- REPORT CARD DAY!!  Parents-Please sign and return your child’s report card envelope.

Parents: I have attached a copy of our class t-shirt order form. I will send a paper copy home on Monday (with report cards), but if you want to go ahead and turn it in Monday, feel free to print the attached form. All money will be due by Friday, April4th. Thank you for your cooperation.

Quote of the week: “People who have given up are ruled by their darkest mistakes, worst failures, and deepest regrets. If you want to be successful, then be governed by your finest thoughts, your highest enthusiasm, your greatest optimism, and your most triumphant experiences.”

John C. Maxwell

Language Arts:
*Enriched Lang. Arts: you should be reading your two AR books. You must turn in a test on each book……please write (1st or 2nd book on the AR test printout). Compare and contrast essay and AR tests will be due April 30th.
*Regular Language Arts: You should be reading your AR book. You must turn in the AR test by April 30th.
Monday: TLW analyze how and why stories (folk tales)
Tuesday: TLW Review capitalization.
Wednesday: TLW review punctuation and types of sentences (brain pop)
Thursday: TLW complete grammar think link
Friday: TLW show mastery of comprehension of “How the Snake got Poison”
 
Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish review lesson
TLW: create vocabulary webs with Chapter 15 vocab
Tuesday: TLW analyze the ways people of China and Japan saw themselves in relation to the rest of the world.
Wednesday: TLW analyze the ways the policies of the Ottoman and Mogul empires affected the people they conquered.
Thursday: TLW read and make a Population Pyramid
Friday: TLW show master of vocabulary for Chapter 15. TLW-review content from Chapter 15.

Upcoming Events:
*Thursday, March 13th: Parent Teacher Conferences (If you have not received notice, we do not need to meet with you at this time).
*Spring Break: March 17-21st

Happy Birthday: Evan J. (3-14)

Quote of the week: Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall!!

Language Arts:
Enriched: Check out 2 AR books of the same genre
Regular: Check out one AR book.

Monday: TLW orally read and discuss “He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit” (An African American folk tale).
TLW: analyze cause and effect
Enriched: Present two fables in a reader’s theater.
Regular: TLW display main events of story through story panel.
Tuesday: TLW identify the correct use of commas within context
Wednesday: TLW choose the correct use of quotation marks
Thursday: Enriched: TLW present two fables in a reader’s theater
TLW: review commas/quotation marks
Friday: TLW show master of vocabulary and comprehension from “He Lion”

Social Studies:
Library/Guidance Week
*Enriched: Check out 2 AR books of same genre
*Regular: check out 1 AR book
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW: show mastery of vocab and comp. for chapter 14
Tuesday: TLW create vocabulary web for chapter 11
Wednesday: TLW analyze reasons the peoples of West African empires traded with other peoples
Thursday: TLW compare maps with different projections
Friday: TLW analyze ways in which the growth of unified empires led to trade among the peoples of Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Happy Birthday!!:
Ian Bardes, March 4th

Language Arts:
*Cartoon Vocab Unit 8-test will be Tuesday, March 11
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss “Medusa’s Head” pg. 352
TLW clarify word meaning using vocab. words
Tuesday: TLW distinguish the difference between fact and opinion
Wednesday: TLW choose the correct use of quotation marks within context
Thursday: TLW identify the correct use of colons TLW review Medusa’s Head
Friday: TLW show mastery of vocab. And comprehension from “Medusa’s Head”
TLW view greek myths

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW compare and contrast the Native American and European ideas and reactions.
*Study for Chapter 14 vocab test….test is tomorrow
Tuesday: TLW show mastery of vocabulary for chapter 14
TLW compare information on a double line graph
Wednesday: TLW review material from Chapter 14
Thursday: TLW show mastery of comprehension of material from Chapter 14
Friday: TLW create webs using Chapter 11 vocabulary

Upcoming Events:
Monday, February 18th-NO SCHOOL for students! Presidents Day

Happy Birthday: Mrs. Ponder (2-18), Abby R. (2-19), Clark S. (2-23)

Quote of the week: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”  Thomas Jefferson

Language Arts:
*Book reports are due Wednesday, February 20th for ALL classes!!!!
Tuesday: Think Link Learning Test #3
Wednesday: TLW present biography book report *Book Reports due for all classes!
Thursday: TLW identify appropriate subject/verb agreement
Friday: TLW show mastery of subject/Verb agreement TLW complete think link practice probe-techniques and skills

Social Studies:
Tuesday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
Wednesday: TLW create Who’s Who in the Renaissance project
Thursday: TLW work on project
Friday: TLW work on project-Project due Monday!

Upcoming Events:
Monday, February 11th: Talent Show auditions after school.

Happy Birthday: Ally K. (2-12)

Quote of the week:
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
Robert Kennedy.

Language Art:
*All classes: Biography book reports are due Wednesday, February 20th!!
Monday: TLW complete vocab. Cartoons *voc. Cartoon quiz tomorrow!
*Play review game and finish working on propaganda proj.
Tuesday: TLW present propaganda project (commercials)
*Vocab. Cartoon Quiz 7
Wednesday: TLW view propaganda projects
Thursday: *Enriched: TLW recognize the reasons and evidence writers use to persuade readers
*Regular L.A.: TLW write about an autobiographical incident.
Friday: *Enriched: TLW write a persuasive essay
Regular Lang. :TLW write about an autobiography incident

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
Tuesday: TLW review material from Chapter 13
Wednesday: TLW show mastery of voc. And comprehension from Chap. 13th.
*Chap. 13 test!!
Thursday: TLW begin Who’s Who in the Renaissance Project
Friday: TLW work on project

Upcoming Events:
Friday, February 8th-6th grade ice cream treat *Room moms will be contacting parents to provide ice cream, toppings, and bottles of water.

Happy Birthday: Catavia G. and Barry F. (2-6)

Quote of the Week: “Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”
Anthony Robbins (”Tony”).

Language Arts:
*Biography Book Reports are due Wednesday, February 20th.
Instructions will be given Tuesday, February 5th.
*Enriched Lang. will begin persuasive essays this week.
*all classes…voc. Cartoon lesson 7 this week…test next Tues.
Monday: TLW present self-portrait and poem
TLW: play “I am going on a trip” to review alliteration
Tuesday: TLW create a hyperbole
Wednesday: TLW recognize various types of propaganda techniques
Thursday: TLW create commercial using assigned propaganda techniques
Friday: TLW complete commercials in groups. TLW show mastery of propaganda techniques
*Commercials will be presented Tuesday, February 12th.

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW: define vocabulary for chapter 13
Tuesday: TLW analyze how trade around the Indian Ocean linked many people
Wednesday: TLW recognize how some city-states became leaders of trade in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea.
Thursday: TLW compare information with graphs
Friday: TLW analyze how the addition of new territories affected trade in northern Europe

Happy Birthday: Young K. (1-26) Kayla F. (2-1)

Quote of the week: “I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and the frustration of the moment I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.”
Martin Luther King

Language Arts:
*All students need to re-check their library books when they go to library this week!
Monday: TLW create poetry books on the computer. *Bring flash drive (if you have one).
*Completed poetry books will be due Wednesday, January 30th.
Tuesday: TLW review figurative language.
Wednesday: TLW present poetry books
Thursday: TLW recognize various types of propaganda techniques
Friday: TLW create a commercial using an assigned propaganda technique (in groups)….students must bring assigned materials (poster board, colors, props)
*Commercials will be presented Wednesday, February 6th.

Social Studies:
*All students need to re-check their library books when they go to library this week!
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson.
TLW design a family flag
Tuesday: TLW analyze the role of a knight in the Middle Ages
*Study for voc. Test on Chapter 9….test tomorrow
Wednesday: TLW show mastery of vocabulary from chapter 9 *Chap. 9 voc. test
TLW review material from chapter 9
Thursday: TLW show mastery of chapter 9 content (Chapter 9 test)
Friday: TLW define words from Chapter 13.