Dear Families,

I want to give a shout out to Donovan Johnson’s mom Ms.Abbey. Yesterday she brought cold, bottled, water in for students to enjoy during the unexpected water problem. We all appreciate her going above and beyond to help keep everyone safe.

Thank you!!!!

Last week we Mr. Kennedy, retired director of the Kennedy Space Center, came to visit 6^th grade. He gave an amazing presentation filled with incredible pictures from space. His presentation was about space exploration, but it was also about being your best. Our class is focusing on one of Mr. Kennedy’s life lessons… “Go the Extra Mile.” The message reminds us that we should do more for others by giving that little bit extra of ourselves. His message goes along with our morning meetings discussions. The class focuses on ways we can help each other out, problem solve in  positive ways and creating a positive classroom environment. Mr. Kennedy’s presentation compliments what we are working on in the classroom.

Don’t forget!

October 6^th is Picture Day

November 21^st is our field trip to the Kennedy Space Center!

Science Fair Dates Adjustment:
Oct 5   .......................   Materials list and procedure written in the Science Fair Log
Sept-Nov ....................  Conduct Experiment, dated log entries, numerous trials, variables, controls
                                      identified. Written in Science Fair Log
Nov 18 .......................   Science Fair Project and Log are DUE in Class
Jan 25 .........................   Science Fair Set-Up
Jan 26 .........................   Science Fair Judging

Happy September!
The first month of school is already behind us and we are approaching the end of the interim on September 9th.
Each morning our class gathers together for a morning meeting. We are working on positive interactions in the classroom and creating classroom norms. An example of a classroom norm, "We will talk nicely to one another." Creating a caring and safe environment is an important way to begin our school year.
This week students will be finishing up the first chapter in the math text book, with the focus being on Whole Number Operations, Exponents, Order of Operations, Prime Factorization, Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple. Students will take a quiz on Prime Factorization, Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple on Thursday and a chapter test next week on Tuesday.

The first due date for the science fair is quickly approaching.
Due
Sept 9th .......................    Science Fair Question written in the Science Fair Log 
Sept 20 .......................   Research notes and bibliography written in the Science Fair Log
Sept 22 .......................   Hypothesis written in the Science Fair Log
Sept 29 .......................   Materials list and procedure written in the Science Fair Log
Sept-Nov ....................  Conduct Experiment, dated log entries, numerous trials, variables, controls
                                      identified. Written in Science Fair Log
Nov 18 .......................   Science Fair Project and Log are DUE in Class
Jan 25 .........................   Science Fair Set-Up
Jan 26 .........................   Science Fair Judging
If you are stuck for an idea here is a link that may help you.

Science Fair Ideas
Science Kids
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Science Education