South Canton Scholars Charter Academy

6th Grade

Weekly Newsletter for February 24, 2012

Language Arts
Biography Project Timeline Anything not completed in Media needs to be completed outside of school. Powerpoints can be emailed to teachers or brought in on a flash drive.
Week of February 27th Final presentations Friday, March 9th Living Museum 9:00-10:00 a.m. in the Middle School Wing

Calendar Counts
African American Heritage Month

February

Field Trips!
April 5th---Detroit Institute of Arts

24th Student of the Month Awards 24th Report Cards/MAP reports sent home 29th Wacky Wednesday 29th-March 12th Book Fair Looking Ahead to March Reading Month
5th No school for Students 7th and Student Run Conferences 8th

April 20th Howell Nature Center

Please Remember. . .
Students might not get any more Media time for their powerpoints due to scheduling. If it is not completed in school then it needs to be completed at home.

Please email Mrs. Lee if you have any questions.

Permission slips DUE TODAY!

Got Running?
Hello Shark Families. Cross-country season is coming soon! If your 5th or 6th grade student is interested in running cross-country for South Canton we will be having an informational meeting on Wednesday, February 29th at 5:30 pm in the South Canton Scholars gymnasium. We look forward to seeing you there! GO SHARKS!!

Conferences are back!

Please stop by or to call the font office to sign up for your March Conference date and time. Please remember confere3nces are student run. If you would like additional time, please contact your childs homeroom teacher or ask for another conference during your scheduled time. Conference Format 1. Sign in 2. Discussion of MAP Scores 3. Discussion of Goals a) Student will showcase one assignment b) Teacher will showcase on assignment c) Student will discuss strengths, weaknesses, and goals for the month d) Expected MAP Growth e) Student Action Plan f) Additional Resources 4. Review Parent Compact 5. Questions/Follow Up 6. Completion of Conference Evaluation

9th half day for students Living Museum from 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Rigor at SCS

At

South Canton Scholars, teachers are working hard to ensure that all students are college ready by the time they leave the eighth grade. This means that teachers work with students to provide rigorous assignments, assessments, and projects. Rigor occurs when a teacher works hard to create an environment in which each student is expected to learn at high levels.

Courage
Courage Classmates Wanted! Stands up for self and others. Makes wise choices. MEAP Reminder

Moral Focus

PLEASE REMEMBER- new cut scores for the MEAP are in effect for the fall 2011 MEAP. The new cut scores require students to attain a higher score than in the past in order to reach Partially Proficient, Proficient, or Advanced performance in Math, Reading and Social Studies. Because the level to attain these performance levels is higher than previous years, your childs performance level may be lower than it was in previous years.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Vocabulary and Spelling
All students took a break from their Wordly Wise this week to focus on learning about Greek and Latin Root words. They started by looking at different dinosaur words and realized why they were called what they were called based on the roots. This new information should prove to be helpful for students as they continue to prepare for the school wide spelling bee that started today!

SOCIAL STUDIES WITH MS. TEXTOR

92.ktextor@heritageacademies.com

Grammar Adjectives Bringing Color, numbers, and descriptions to all types of writing! Adverbs are proving to be a challenge and students are working hard to incorporate them into their writing. Please take a moment to ask students how they are doing. They have all discussed the difference between good and well and should be able to use them both as adjectives and adverbs. Writing This week marked the start of our poetry unit. Students jumped in head first by analyzing a famous poem entitled Homework, oh, homework! They even had the opportunity to write one poem this week that will be the first in their poem books that will be published at the end of the unit. ReadingMark Ups! Students used Mark Ups this week to analyze historical passages based on famous African Americans and events.

Students began their discovery of Rome and the

legends of how Rome came to be this week! They have discovered Rome on a map, can explain where Rome is located, and even describe to you the country that lies inside of Rome. Be sure to ask!

Next week students will be taking a look into what a

day in the life of a Roman was like and the different styles of art and architecture. They will also have the opportunity to learn from Dean Kobylarz who will be stopping by to teach the Punic wars. Students will end next week by starting to take a look at the life of Julius Cesar.

MATH WITH MR. OWENS

92.bowens@heritageacademies.com

Jump Rope for Heart

All students studied measurement in their math workshops this week. They focused on the use of protractors and using this tool to measure various items their classrooms.
On a separate note, please note that my website is not updating. I will be taking it down to rework the site so that it can continue to be updated. Thank you for your understanding.

Coach Morgan is heading up a fundraiser for the American Heart Association. Look in Friday Folders for more details regarding this amazing cause!

SPELLING BEE
No Wordly Wise Next Week

SCIENCE WITH MRS. LEE

92.rlee@heritageacademies.com
http://mrsawesomelee.weebly.com/index.html

South Canton Scholars is having a Spelling Bee and everyone is invited to participate. Students will be receiving packets today containing grade level information and words to look over.
Friday 2/24- Classroom Bees takes place top 10 from each class moves on. Mon 2/27- Grade Level Bees takes place top 10 from each grade level moves on. Tues 3/13- School wide Bees, K-2@ 8:30am (time tentative) and grades 3-6 after that.
(Top 3 from K-2 bee can also compete in the 3-6 bee)

Our 6th grade scientists did an amazing job determining the limiting factors in their lab reports. This week they all moved on in their scientific journey to the discussions of the energy flow in an ecosystem. All scientists participated in an energy flow activity where they created a giant food web using organism role cards from a prairie ecosystem. They then took that information and put it towards the creation of their own webs. Unit Topics and Standards The Living Environment: Ecosystems The Living Environment: Food Chains and Webs Continuing Skills The Nature of Science: Scientific Knowledge The Nature of Science: Scientific Inquiry- The Scientific Method The Nature of Science: Scientific Inquiry- Data Collection and Analysis The Nature of Science: Scientific Enterprise- Science and Society The Nature of Science: Common Themes in Science

Got Running?
Hello Shark Families. Cross-country season is coming soon! If your 5th or 6th grade student is interested in running crosscountry for South Canton we will be having an informational meeting on Wednesday, February 29th at 5:30 pm in the South Canton Scholars gymnasium. We look forward to seeing you there! GO SHARKS!!