6th Grade News December 10 - 14, 2018

General News
Grades
As we approach the end of the semester, students now have 2 weeks to continue to get their grades up. Please continue to check Infinite Campus and email/call your student's teachers if you need to speak about their progress in certain classes.

Band Concert
Please join the Hilsman band for their winter concert on Monday, December 10th at 6:30pm in the Cedar Shoals auditorium!

AVID - December Binder Checks
December binder checks have started! As we continue moving forward with binder checks, teachers will eventually begin checking for their own content-specific materials and assignments. Additionally, Spanish and ELT teachers will no longer be conducting binder checks either - only math, ELA, science, and social studies teachers will be checking binders from here on out, beginning this month. The vast majority of our students are doing a wonderful job of staying organized - please continue to support your child by ensuring that they have the materials they need to be successful! If you are in need of supplies, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.

AVID Elective
6th grade students who received AVID Elective letters will participate in interviews with Admin this week as part of our recruitment process. We will finalize rosters by the end of this week. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Fassbender (fassbenderc@clarke.k12.ga.us). 

Can-A-Thon 

As we approach the holiday season, the 6th grade team is partnering with the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia to hold a canned food drive. We will be competing by homerooms to see who can raise the most canned foods, and the winning homeroom will receive a pizza party! The Can-A-Thon will last until the end of the month, and a flyer was sent home with students with more information.

Tissue Donation 
It is that time of year--Cold and Flu Season! If you would like to make donations of tissue, hand sanitizer, and clorox wipes to your student's homeroom, it would be so appreciated! We want to make sure that our students are staying healthy and not spreading germs! 

Panther Pact Dinner and Game Night
On Tuesday, December 11th, the 6th Grade team will be holding a Panther Pact Dinner and Game Night. It will be held from 6:00pm - 7:00pm. We would love to see our 6th grade families come out and enjoy the evening with us and play some fun games! This is just another way for our 6th grade teachers to stay connected to our families as much as possible. Dinner will be provided!

Panther Nation News Blog
Be sure to check Ms. Tolbert's Panther Nation News Blog, as it contains news, announcements, and information for the entire school!

Content News
Math

Students will be reviewing for Unit 4 post test on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, students will be taking their unit 4 post test. Thursday and Friday, students will be reviewing and having remediation over Unit 2. 

• Binder checks on Friday
• Unit 4 Test on Wednesday
• Tutoring with Mr. Smith will be held on Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 7:30-8:00am. There is no more Thursday afternoon tutoring with Mr. Smith.

Accelerated Math

Students will be working on negative numbers and the number line.  

• Binder checks on Friday
• Tutoring with Mr. Hutchins on Wednesday mornings from 7:30-8:00am.

ELA

Sixth grade ELA is reading the story "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes.  We are looking at author's methods of characterization.  At the end of the week, students will write an argumentative essay about whether the characters made the right choice.  Advanced students will consider whether  the boy had a better future because of this encounter. 

• Binder checks on Wednesday 

Science

Students will continue with Unit 3 this week. We will be discussing Soil Horizons and formation still, with a quiz on Wednesday. Students will also begin looking at soil conservation and how we can protect our soil (the last topic in this unit). 

• Binder checks on Monday
• Quiz over Soil Horizons and Soil Formation on Wednesday
• Tutoring with Ms. Rohrbach on Tuesday from 4:00pm - 5:00pm. 

Social Studies

Students will begin Latin America Units. They will start with Physical and Political Features Maps of Latin America

• Binder checks on Tuesday
• Quiz on Friday
• Tutoring with Ms. Archer on Tuesday from 3:50pm - 5:00pm.

Spanish

Students will start reviewing all of our previous units. This week we will focus on the alphabet and basic conversation. 

• Tutoring with Ms. Willingham on Mondays and Tuesdays from 4:00pm - 5:30pm. Please be aware that these tutoring sessions are meant for those students who are trying to pull their grade up to passing. This Spanish course will be over when we get out for winter break so it's crucial that they spend the next few weeks working hard and taking every opportunity to bring up their grade. If your child can't make it to tutoring due to transportation or scheduling conflicts, I will be more than happy to send work home. Please email me (willinghams@clarke.k12.ga.us) or call (ext. 29355) with any questions. 

Advanced Spanish

Students will work on the "Que te gusta" unit where they will learn about verbs and how to express like, dislike, agreement, and disagreement. 

Ag Science/FFA

Monday- 4:00-5:00 Agriscience Fair Practice

Tuesday- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice

Wednesday- Leadership Team Meeting 7:00-8:00 (please be on time)

Thursday- Agriscience Fair National Winners Recognition at the State Board of Education

Friday- 7:00-8:00 Leadership Team Meeting if needed.

Looking Ahead:

Dec 18-  7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice
FFA Meeting and Coffee Hand Out 4:00-6:00

(Ugly Sweater Contest and Present Exchange- Presents are provided by FFA)

Dec 19-  7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice 
Dec 20-   7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice 

6th Grade Faculty:

Math:

Jarron Hutchins, hutchinsj@clarke.k12.ga.us

Kyle Smith, smithk5@clarke.k12.ga.us

Natasha Thompson, thompsonn@clarke.k12.ga.us

Olabisi Oyeyemi, oyeyemio@clarke.k12.ga.us

ELA:

Brandon Brock, brockb@clarke.k12.ga.us

Dorothy Jones, jonesd@clarke.k12.ga.us

Vern Rucker, ruckerv@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mary Scott, scottm2@clarke.k12.ga.us

Science: 

Zinetta Fox, foxz@clarke.k12.ga.us

Rachel Rohrbach, rohrbachr@clarke.k12.ga.us

Randall Watkins, watkinsra@clarke.k12.ga.us

Social Studies:

Morgan Archer, archerm@clarke.k12.ga.us

Corey Holland, hollandc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Steven Engelsen, engelsens@clarke.k12.ga.us 

Spanish: 

Laura Viera, vieral@clarke.k12.ga.us

Summer Willingham, willinghams@clarke.k12.ga.us

Enjoy the weekend and go panthers!