Newsletter

CLASSROOM TIMES

Mrs. Beirne, Mrs. Bramer & Mrs. Fucoloro

Week of May 14-23, 2012

Dear Sixth Grader and Parents,

Students may dress out of uniform beginning Monday until the end of the school year. **Tuesday, May 15th** will be a fun day filled with culture fair activities. If you have a chance please stop by the gym any time between 8:45am-11:45am & 1:00pm-1:50pm to see the wonderful culture fair booths**. Wednesday, May** **16th** all 6th grade students will enjoy a friendly game of kickball at the end of the day. (Thanks for making 100% in the ACA donations.) **Thursday, May 17th** we will celebrate and all school Mass and field day. Please remember to wear your tribe shirt. We are hoping for a beautiful day so we can enjoy field day outside this year. No hot lunch will be served after field day. Please remember to send a sack lunch to school after field day. (The snack stand will still be open for purchases**.) Friday, May 18th** we will celebrate Kindergarten farewell. This is a very special day for the 6th graders and their Kindergarten buddies. We ask that the students wear “church clothes” in the morning for Mass and the ceremony. They may bring a change of clothes to wear in the afternoon or if they are comfortable they may stay in their dress clothes all day. Please join us for an all school Mass at 8:00am followed by a reception at 9:15am and the ceremony at 10:00am. We will have time for pictures after the ceremony so remember to bring your camera. **Monday, May 21st**the students will visit 7th & 8th teachers. This will give them an opportunity to ask any questions that they may have about next school year. **Tuesday, May 22nd** we will be finishing up with our classes and cleaning our rooms and lockers. Please send in two brown paper bags to help with bagging our books for next year students. On **Wednesday, May 23rd** all students must be in their homeroom at 11:00am. The carnival will begin at noon. We will continue working hard in our classes until the last day of school. Please check Fast Direct for any missing assignments that may need to be turned in before the end of the school year. Feel free to contact the teachers with any questions or concerns. Parents may view final grades on **Thursday, June 1st.**

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LANGUAGE ARTS . In literature we will end the year with a study of tall tales. We will read and watch several tall tales and then the students will write their own original tall tales. The original fables written this week were great! In English we will study quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens. We will not test over this, but we will complete practice exercises. We will also review diagramming/parts of speech. Look for your child's Writing Portfolio coming home this week. Please write a comment inside!!

 SCIENCE .

This week we studied Heredity. We discussed genetics and how we inherit traits. Next week we will discuss genetics since Mendel and advances in genetics. No test will be given over genetics and heredity.

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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">MATH <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">This week we reviewed chapter 14, measuring area and volume & chapter 12, measurement. Next week we will review chapter 10, ratio, proportion, and percent. We will also review chapter 11, probability. This chapter works great with the study of genetics in Science. No tests will be given over these review chapters. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Students will receive a summer Math packet from Mrs. VanBoening before the end of the school year. Please encourage your child to work on this packet a little each week. The packet will be due in August. Summer Math camps are also being held June 18-21 or July 16-19. Contact Mrs. VanBoening or Ms. Bramer if your child is interested in attending either of these camps.

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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">SOCIAL STUDIES <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">We took our Culture Fair Tests yesterday. The students are certainly ready to be knowledgeable tour guides/ambassadors for their countries. We will begin setting up in the gym on Monday at 2:00 and again on Tuesday at 7:35-8:40. Our first groups of tourists are scheduled to come at 8:45 on Tuesday. This is a very busy time for the students. After being Culture Fair Tour Guides, the students have a healthy respect for Disney World cast members. They need to repeat information over and over. I have reminded the students that though they feel as if they are repeating information, it will be the **first** time the tourists are hearing the information.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> The students will receive an updated food list today. Feel free to change the food, but please have your children alert me to any changes. We are all looking forward to a great day on Tuesday. Thank you for all you are doing to assist us in our quest to share our knowledge of these countries with the students of St. Clement and to open everyone's eyes to the rich cultures and geography our world has to offer.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Upcoming test: World Map Test, Friday, May 18. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">RELIGION <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">6A will study chapter 22 and discuss the ministry of Jesus. We will read about the Sermon on the Mount, teaching of the Our Father, and miracles performed. We will do skill pages, but not have a test.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">6B will continue the study of the mysteries of the rosary and review chapter 22. In this chapter we discussed the Beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount, the teaching of the Our Father, and miracles performed by Jesus. The chapter 22 test for 6B is scheduled for Wednesday, May 16. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Tests and projects for May 14-23 **

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Wednesday, May 16- 6B chapter 22 Religion TEST <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Friday, May 18-Countries of the World TEST

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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 32px;">Have a safe and relaxing summer break! <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 32px;">See you in August!!!