Welcome to the KMS 6th Grade Weekly Update!
Grades for Quarter 3 are going to be going home this week! Be on the lookout for those! ISAT testing for some students will be beginning this week and will be going on throughout the month. Talk to teachers below if you have any questions about ISAT testing. The English ISAT will be beginning next week on April 10th and April 11th.
-The Sixth-Grade Team
LANGUAGE ARTS:
This week for ELA we will be preparing for the ISAT. Your student’s final draft for their persuasive essay was due today for B-Day or will be due tomorrow for A-Day. Please read below regarding best practices to prepare for state testing.
Dear families,
Next week, April 10th and 11th, your child will begin taking our state standardized English test. Let’s work together to ensure your child has all the tools and support to do their best on the test!
Here’s a few things you can do to help prepare for the test:
Please make sure your child gets to school on time.
Make sure your child gets a good night of sleep.
Make sure your child eats a full, healthy breakfast or arrives to school early enough to eat in the cafeteria.
Ensure your child doesn’t bring any extra things with them to school (toys, etc.)
Speak positive affirmations to your child before testing. Let them know these tests are important for the student and for the teacher when assessing what will be taught next year. Also, let them know that no matter what I think they’re awesome! I have done my best to prepare your child for this assessment and I hope they will try their best on the day of the test.
Send an encouraging note with them the day of testing!
Thanks in advance for your help and encouragement. I truly adore these students and I can’t wait to see what they can do!
Alisha Giles
MATH:
This week in math we'll continuing learning about algebraic expressions. We'll explore simplifying expressions, using the distributive property, and solving one-step equations. We're also practicing for the ISAT by solving math problems on paper and entering our answer on the computer with accuracy.
If students are not happy with their chapter 6 test, they can come see me after school for a redo to try and improve their score.
Christine Landers
PACK:
This week in PACK we will be finishing preparing our informative speeches Monday- Thursday. We will start presenting speeches on Monday the 10th. Grade checks will also be starting next week, so keep your eyes out for those coming home.
Katie Poelzl
Pre Algebra:
This week in Pre-Algebra, we will take the ISAT’s, and then we will continue to learn how to find missing lengths and angles of a triangle.
Jimmie Linn
SCIENCE:
Hey All,
This week we will continue our foray into waves. We will have a short quiz Tuesday and Wednesday over the type and shape of waves. We will then be talking about different waves interactions within light waves. later our focus will be on light waves and the human eye. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out and I would be happy to answer any questions!
Matt Courtney
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Hey everyone!
This week we will be going over the journeys to the Americas from various different explorers beofre finally diving into South American History discussing the Inca civilization.
Matt Wirtz
STEM:
Hello! This week we are building prosthetic legs in STEM! Monday's class proved to be inventive! What fun! We will continue our study on prosthetics through next week. On Friday we have the opportunity to work with 3D Pens. If you have any duck tape you would like to donate to our class please send it with your student.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Jamie Hyatt