March 24th-28th

We are reading the story of "The Man Who Wrote Messiah" this week in our Open Court books. This selection is a biography of one of the most successful composers of his time, George Frederick Handel. Here a the vocabulary words for this week.

1. oratorio
2. patron
3. repertory
4. improvising
5. harpsichord

Thursday this week, we have a 6th grade camp parent meeting in the gym. This will start at 6:30 and end at 7:30. We will go over what the students need to bring to camp, the camp schedule, the camp forms, money issues, and try to answer any questions you might have. If you cannot make it, I will be going over this information with the students after spring break. Hope to see you there!

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Last Week of February

The vocabulary words for this week's story are:

1. coquetry
2. exquisite
3. stilted
4. tomes
5. tone-deaf

The Seattle Flight Museum people are coming on Friday for an assembly at 10:30. It's family night that night also. This week we get the opportunity to hear about different countries this week. We have been working hard on country reports and this week the students get to present them. I am looking forward to the different cultures that we can learn about. Some students will bring in food and other items from that country.

The Silk Route

This weeks Open Court story is on page 219. We have 8 vocabulary words this week and students are creating synonyms for each of these words. The test will be Friday. This is a four day week so make sure you study harder because you lost a day to study!

1. Caravan
2. Steppes
3. Bolts
4. Imperial
5. Porcelain
6. Skirts
7. Thickets
8. Nomads

The Cay

We read a wonderful novel this week before our four day winter break. It was called The Cay. It seemed like everyone really liked it. Retell the story to someone!

The 6th grade teachers went to a camp meeting last night. Remember that the total is $225 this year for four days. We are going to have a parent meeting sometime in March. The camp that we are going to this year is Miracle Ranch from May 6th - May 9th.


Make sure that you are taking AR tests after you read a book. Grades are due for the 2nd trimester in March and I am measuring the goal setting section based on how many points each student has received. Each student told me their point goal for the 2nd trimester.

Remember that country reports are due Monday, February 25th.

Enjoy this little break that we are having this weekend!

Let It Snow

I hope everyone enjoyed the snow yesterday. Wednesday night, we have a 6th grade music performance in honor of Martin Luther King and our SEED curriculum. The performance starts at 6:30pm. I hope to see you all there!

Here are the vocabulary words for this weeks test on Friday. We are reading the story titled "The People On The Beach"

1. anthropologist
2. chambers
3. pumice
4. cremated
5. sulphur
6. balustrade
7. trowel
8. acrylic
9. dank
10. galley

2008- Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great winter break! We are starting a new unit today-Uncovering the Past. Our story that we are going to read on Tuesday and Wednesday is Digging Up The Past. Our vocabulary words this week are:

1. crayfish
2. curious
3. fluted
4. subdivision
5. excavate
6. trowel
7. documents

Here is a video of something that I tried over the winter break. I really like it!

Winter Break

From Ms. Berghuis and I, have a great winter break!

Your homework for the break will be to read at least 20 minutes a day and look up research for our Seed curriculum.

Enjoy family, friends, and time away from school, and then come back ready to work hard.