Oct 5-9th Weekly Update

October 5th – 9th

I’m looking forward to seeing you this week at Parent / Teacher conferences!  They will be help in the gym.  As always, if you have questions and concerns, please email or call me.  These next two weeeks we will be wrapping up our reading and writing units.  We’ve enjoyed our books and will set out for new ones soon!  Keep checking the website and Sycamore for updates on missing assignments what’s coming up. 

Thank you to Mrs. Hansen for helping with the auction basket.  Watch for emails on how you can donate or purchase items on Amazon for the 6th grade basket.  Thank you!  Have a great week!

  • Thurs October 8 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (3:30-7pm)
  • Fri October 9 – Early Dismissal (11:40am) // Parent/Teacher Conferences (12-2pm) 
  • Sat October 17 – Auction 
  • Wed October 28 – LJHA Induction Chapel (8:25am)
  • Fri October 30 – No school 
  • Fri April 30 – Service Hours Due 

6th Grade Service Hours: All 6th grade students are required to complete 5 service hours by April 30th, 2027. You can find the form here. Hours are valid from June 2026-April 2027. 

5 Reading: This week we will work on how we respond to answering questions on a test or quiz.  We will use the ACRONYM RACE. A RACE response is a structured writing strategy used to answer short-response questions completely and clearly. 

The acronym stands for:

  • R – Restate: Turn the prompt or question into a statement that forms your topic sentence.
  • A – Answer: Directly and fully answer all parts of the question.
  • C – Cite: Provide specific evidence, data, or quotes from the text to support your answer.
  • E – Explain: Elaborate on how your cited evidence proves or supports your answer

5 Writing: We will be adding to our paragraphs for our HOW TO essays.  Due date is Thursday, Oct. 15th.

5 Vocab: We will wrap up unit 2 this week. 

  • HOMEWORK: Pages 23-25 are due Thursday. All words must be written out to receive full credit, and at least 1 page must be completed using cursive. 
  • TEST: Thursday October 8th (due to no class on Friday for Parent/Teacher conferences) 
  • RESOURCES: Unit words can be found on the Vocab Google Classroom and on the sidebar of Mrs. Zvara’s webpage.

6 Reading: This week we will finish the “Hatchet” book.  We will read Gary Paulsen’s autobiography “GUTS” Chapter 2 to get more insight into the background for how / why he wrote “Hatchet”.  The students are enjoying this adventure.  At this time, it’s so important to keep them reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension.  Other books in this series are Brian’s Winter, The River, Brian’s Return and Brian’s Hunt.  It might be worth a trip to the library! Next week we will wrap things up with a final project.  Details will come home soon.

6 Writing: We are practicing our summary skills again this week using the 5W strategy.  We should wrap up this unit this week with a final essay.  

6 Vocab: We will wrap up unit 1B this week.  

  • HOMEWORK: Worksheet will be due Thursday. 
  • TEST: Thursday October 8th (due to no class on Friday for Parent/Teacher conferences) 
  • RESOURCES: Unit words can be found on the sidebar of Mrs. Wulfkuhle’s webpage.