The Power of the Force Is In Sixth Grade

Monday, February 6, - Friday, February 10

Every School Day is important! Regular student participation in daily classroom
activities plays a significant role in a students school success.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
02/14 Winter Celebration 03/02 AMSTI Night
02/20 No School for Students SWAP Day #2 03/03 Kona Ice
02/23-24 BETA Club Convention 6th graders 03/09 - Spring Pictures
02/24 UAB Theater 03/13 - End of Grading Period
02/22- Clubs 03/16 - Report Cards come home
02/24 Career Day

ANNOUNCEMENTS
COUPON BOOKS DUE 2/1/2017
Each Homeroom has signed up for a basket to put together for AMSTI night. Please ask your child what
his/her homeroom theme is and send items for the basket. THANKS! Items are due 2/13/17
Beta Club members' Convention money/permission slip is due on Friday, February 10th
Here is some updated information for Volleyball Tryouts for 6th and 7th graders
Monday, February 6th at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM in the high school gym
Thursday, February 9th at 6:00 PM - 8:15 PM in the high school gym

READING
Ms. Gail Holt gail.holt@sccboe.org Mr. Terry McNutt t erry.mcnutt@sccboe.org
Students are reviewing reading standards through various novel study activities and assessments.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Mrs. Sara Wendt sara.wendt@sccboe.org Mr. Terry McNutt t erry.mcnutt@sccboe.org
Daily grammar practice, prepositions, informational text

MATH
Mrs. Emily Byars emily.byars@sccboe.org Mrs. Lori Britt lori.britt@sccboe.org
Mrs. Jennifer Stribling jennifer.stribling@sccboe.org

writing They
Students are reviewing inequalities, expressions, and equations. are focusing on equations.

SCIENCE
Ms. Ginger Allen ginger.allen@sccboe.org Mrs. Lori Britt lori.britt@sccboe.org
We are continuing our study of the Sun, Moon, and Earth system. Ms. Allens class has a quiz 2/7/17.
Mrs. Britts class is having checkpoint quizzes every Tuesday and Thursday based on their journal notes.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Mrs. April Smith april.smith@sccboe.org Mr. Terry McNutt t erry.mcnutt@sccboe.org
Students will continue with our World War I Live Action Role Play this week. Students will begin Challenge 3. Please
see the Planner Page Calendar at www.aprilsmith.org to see what part of the LARP we are doing each day and to
get any work you missed.
McNutt Class (Britt HR) - continue Studies Weekly Week 5 on Immigration in 1892 era; review of next set of 25 U.S.
capitals (Quiz on Wednesday, 2/8)