September 21-25

September 21st – 25th 

  • ALL NEXT WEEK – MAP TESTING / Make ups
  • Wednesday, September 23 – Picture Retakes
  • Fri September 25 – Harvest Festival (6-7:30pm)
  • Saturday, September 26 – Girls B Volleyball – Helpers are needed –  
  • Thursday, Oct 1 – Panther Parent Meeting – 6:30
  • 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 
  • Friday, Oct 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: We will dive into our Crenshaw characters traits this week as we look at what the author wrote.  We will talk about the role as author – why did they need the character to say, do and think that way? We will talk about making connections through what we already know with our background knowledge.  We will learn a new acronym this week – F.A.S.T = Features, Actions, Speech and Thought

5 Writing: We will review the 3 modes of writing – persuasive, informational, entertainment.  We will practice writing in all three.

5 Vocab: We will begin week 2 of Unit 1 this week. 

  • HOMEWORK: Pages 13-15 will be due on Thursday. 
  • TEST: The Unit 1 test will be on Friday. Students will have to spell each word correctly, and use four words in sentences using good context clues that show the meaning of the word. 
  • 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 read “GUTS”, an autobiography that Gary Paulsen wrote about his real life experiences that helped him to write Hatchet.  We will use that to help us figure out Brian’s Pits and Peaks.  We will talk about our basic needs in life and how Brian will have to fill them by himself.  We will work together to find the rising action that is keeping us hooked into our reading this week.

6 Writing: We will review the 3 modes of writing – persuasive, informational, entertainment.  We will practice writing in all three. We will focus on Capitalization of common and Proper nouns.

6 Vocab: We will wrap up Unit 1A this week. 

  • HOMEWORK: There will be a worksheet assigned on Monday that students will complete for Thursday. 
  • TEST: The Unit 1A test will take place Friday.
  • RESOURCES: Unit words can be found on the sidebar of Mrs. Wulfkuhle’s webpage.

Have a GREAT week!

Denise 🙂