Middle School Tour!

Today all of 6th grade got the grand tour of the Middle School. Lead by Student Council Members, we saw how the Middle School was divided into teams. We also got to see classrooms, the office, gym, and cafeteria.
Dr. Taranto was there to greet us and start our tour. Mr. Schrag and Mr. Gillespie showed us a video highlighting all the great activities we can participate in at the Middle School. In August, we will be receiving our schedules and take a more formal tour, seeing our specific classrooms and meeting our team teachers. As Dr. Taranto said, "We are already seventh graders!"

Our Quotes About Reading

Above are the quotes we worked on in McD's Cafe! I hope that you enjoy reading the students' work! Hopefully, their good reading habits will continue into summer and for the rest of their lives. Remember...The more you read, the more you'll know. The more you know, the smarter you grow. The smarter you grow, the stronger your voice, when speaking your mind or making your choice. -Unknown

Today started off with a bang! We hopped on buses to visit the Middle School for an instrumental band concert! Wow, these students were very impressive! Many of us are truly looking forward to being a part of this special group next year. Students were told that if they didn't sign up for band, but would like to, they may have their parents call the guidance office at the Middle School. Also, there is a summer program offered that some were excited about. Those forms are available in our school and can be obtained from Miss Hickman.

In the afternoon, our class worked on portfolios. We emptied our work and added some pieces from sixth grade. This work will be taken home on Friday after our Awards Program.

Please do not forget to arrive on time tomorrow! We are going to the Middle School for our tour!

D.A.R.E. Graduation!

The N.S.I.S. and Cecil Intermediate Sixth Grade classes enjoyed a wonderful day at Southpoint's Ice-o-plex! The event began with D.A.R.E. graduation, where winners of the essay contest and students who scored highest on the D.A.R.E. final were awarded prizes and recognized for their efforts. The rest of the afternoon was pure fun! Some students played games and soccer, while others enjoyed skating on the ice. Each student received a D.A.R.E. t-shirt, pin, and certificate signifying successful completion of the program. Enjoy the video! Also, have a great holiday weekend! We will see you on Tuesday!

Special Visit - Last McD's Cafe

Today, at McD's Cafe, our class was fortunate to receive a visit from a special group of students and their enthusiastic teacher. Jonathan's mom is a high school Marketing teacher at Trinity School District in Washington. Her students work on creating their own children's storybook project which they present in the form of a power point presentation. The stories are very well done, and some contain illustrations by the student authors and moving animations. Our students thoroughly enjoyed the stories and were able to judge the stories with rubrics of their own.
We hope that you enjoy the video of the activity!

Tomorrow is our D.A.R.E. graduation at the Southpoint Ice-o-plex. Students are permitted to use their own skates, but they must be brought to school in a bag. When the students arrive tomorrow morning, their D.A.R.E. shirts will be on their desks. We're looking forward to this fun day!

Spring Chorus and Band Concert!

We are extremely proud of our Team Enterprise today! Our team is filled with gifted musicians and singers. I know that you will greatly enjoy tonight's concert. A special thank you to our Music and Instrument Teachers!

Nine More Days!

Team Enterprise finished their chapter on healthy eating today. They are excited to practice safe food preparation at home! So, get out the cook books! Students were encouraged to look at nutritional labels and to make good choices when they purchase food.
Math classes continued their dominoes today. They are solving problems and finding the answers using dominoes. This week we will creating our own dominoes for each other to solve.
Enjoy the sun!

Coming Down the Home Stretch

Reading classes took their comprehension quiz for The Gold Coin today. We also spelled various forms of words such as human and humane, as well as cleanse and clean. Many of us did very well with this list.

Social Studies was a time of review. We discussed how Africa became colonized and what the Europeans were interested in attaining. We all hope to do well on our quiz tomorrow.

Our slideshow of original reading quotes is in production! Look for it on an upcoming post!

Math classes today reviewed Multiplication of Fractions with a domino math sheet. Today we solved a worksheet, tomorrow we will create our own. Science classes reviewed for their test tomorrow.


Homework:
Math: Domino Math
Wellness: 114, 1-3 questions
Science: Chemical Reaction Test tomorrow
Social Studies: Quiz tomorrow. Please prepare!