Miracle Ranch Squirrel Dance

WASL Success!

We finished the WASL today. I thought the students did a great job. After each test, I asked the students if they thought that the test was easy, medium, or hard. Most said that they thought it was easy and some said medium but never hard. I think that is a good sign. I also asked if any thought they got a perfect score with none wrong, and some actually said that they thought they didn't get any wrong. I wouldn't doubt it with this class. I am excited to see their scores next year.

6th grade camp is coming soon. May 6th- 9th at Miracle Ranch. We have been preparing pre-camp lessons to get ready for it. I think the students are very excited to go to camp. It's really fun to see how some students that are shy, really shine at camp.

I am really enjoying this class this year. We have fun in the classroom but also work very hard!

Spring Break

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!