Music Christmas Program

Just a reminder...the Christmas Program is Wednesday, December 16th at 7:15. Students need to be at the school by 7:00 so that we can get everyone in line and ready to go. It would be appreciated if students dress up for the concert. It doesn't have to be anything too fancy, basically if the students could avoid jeans, our music teacher would be thrilled. The program will be held in the gym at NGMS.

Students...if you are participating in the concert, you may bring a drink(soda, water, juice, sports drink,etc.) to school on Thursday. Your teacher will have a "thank you for making the effort to attend and participate in the concert" afternoon snack.

Hope to see you there!

Homework Assignments

Homework Assignments for the week of December 14-29th...

Monday - Prefix/Root/Suffix ws

Tuesday - To the Point ws

Wednesday - Mapping It Out ws

Thursday - No Homework

Friday - No Homework

We are doing reading centers this week...if you are absent there will not be any classwork that you will be expected to make-up. You will need to complete all homework assignments for days that you are absent.

Homework Assignments

Homework assignments for the week of November 30-December 4...

Monday - complete the back page of the Weekly Reader

Tuesday- complete the Mark Twain worksheet

Wednesday- complete on p.143 Vocabulary 1-10

Thursday-use the literature book to complete the open book test for from The Fun of It

Friday - no homework

Homework Assignments

Homework assignments for the week of November 23-25th...

Monday - Charles Schulz worksheet

Tuesday - Prefix/Suffix Wordsearch

Wednesday - No Homework

Thursday and Friday - No School

Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!

...that's the theme of this year's basket for the NGMSPO basket raffle fundraiser. We are asking that each student donate one item to help fill our basket. Some suggestions for the basket include: candy bars, chocolate cake mix, brownie mix, hot chocolate, chocolate scented candles, chocolate cookbook, or anything else chocolate.

Please send the item to school by Monday, November 30th. The baskets will be on display from December 1st-17th, with the drawing being on the 17th.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you so much for contributing to our class basket!

Veterans Day

Just a reminder...no school on Wednesday, November 11th in honor of all of those that have served in the armed forces. Do you know why Veterans Day is November 11th? On November 11, 1928 at 11:00 a.m., World War 1 ended. Veterans Day... the eleventh day on the eleventh month...one of the easiest holidays to remember.

Enjoy your day off from school, but take time to think of the many veterans that have made our country what it is.

Raging Readers

Raging Readers information was sent home today. The program runs from November 2-December 11th. Sixth graders can earn a ticket to Raging Rivers by reading 300 pages and completing the form. Completed forms must be turned by December 11th. Happy reading!

If you are interested in ordering from the book order, please return the book order form and money to school by Tuesday, November 10th. Please make checks payable to "Scholastic Book Clubs".

We will have a vocabulary quiz in reading on Friday, November 6th. The words are from our new story, "Matthew Henson at the Top of the World". The vocabulary words are: validate, apt, proposition, ardent, surveyor, menial, resentful, tyranny, deprivation, stamina. The definitions can be found in the literature book on pages 102-110.

The spelling words for the week of November 2nd are: buyer, instant, quietly, plight, describe, acquire, typhoon, twice, lithe, scientific, blind, decipher, distinct, xylophone, glimpse, pliable, slight, friction, prediction, and family. The spelling test will be on Friday, November 6th.

We had a great Halloween party...thanks to everyone that donated items for our party. We really appreciated it!

Our AR goal for second quarter is 20 points...read, read, read!

Just a reminder...no school on Friday, October 30th. Have a great weekend and Happy Halloween!

Spelling Words for the Week of October 5th...the test will be on October 9th

1. plague
2. straight
3. freighter
4. waist
5. agent
6. acre
7. mayor
8. obey
9. restrain
10. campaign
11. persuade
12. survey
13. anticipate
14. famous
15. fragile
16. axle
17. aunt
18. aptitude
19. holiday
20. vaccine

Spelling Words

Spelling words for the week of September 21-25...

1. hockey
2. received
3. neither
4. believe
5. achievement
6. equality
7. referee
8. pleasant
9. illegal
10. nominee
11. electricity
12. frequent
13. entry
14. eagerly
15. pique
16. easel
17. abbreviate
18. tedious
19. homecoming
20. President

The spelling test will be on Thursday, September 24th.

Welcome back! We just finished another great week in 6th grade. I have a great group of sixth graders and I am looking forward to fabulous school year.

I will be sending home book orders each month. Book orders are optional...I do not expect students to purchase books. If you would like to place an order, please return the order form to school by September 16th and please make checks payable to "Scholastic". Thanks!

Mrs. Morrow, our school nurse, sent home forms for physicals with some students. It is very important that you return the form to her.

Have a great weekend!

A Visit from Clyde

We had the opportunity to have a real coonhound visit our class. I had hoped to find a redbone coonhound but it seems that they are scarce in our area. Mr. Knox found Clyde, a Walker coonhound. Terry Ross brought in his dog and told us a little about him. Clyde was just like the dogs that won the tournament before Old Dan and Little Ann did in "Where the Red Fern Grows." We had looked at different breeds of coonhounds on the Internet, but it was much better to see one in person.

We've been reading...

"Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls and have been enjoying every minute of it. After working so hard to prepare for ISAT, it is just wonderful to read this novel every day. I think if you were to ask the kids, it doesn't really seem like work. It is a such a powerful story of friendship, faith, and loyalty. If you haven't read this book, you should definitely take the time to read it- you won't be disappointed.

Do you know anyone with redbone coonhound dogs ? I would love to get in contact with someone who has this breed. Old Dan and Little Ann from the novel are redbone coonhounds and I would like the kids to see what they look like. Please let me know...Thanks!