Camp Orkila Medication Information

Hey Room 21 families,

Nurse Kathy in the health office sent along the following information. Please take a moment to read:

Hello from the Health Office:

If you have already completed and returned the Camp medication forms, thank you! Please have all medications to the Health Office by May 16. You can disregard the rest of the email! 

This is a reminder that if your student will need to take medication at Camp Orkila we must have this form completed and return to the Health Office by May 1, 2017.    This includes all Over- the- Counter medication  (such as Vitamins, Pain relievers or Seasonal Allergy medications) as well as Prescription medication that they don’t already use at school.     You should only send as much medication as needed for Camp and bottle sizes should be small (Please do not send a C”Costco- size” bottle for 4 days of medication!).  All medication must be in the original container with your student’s name on it.   Medications must be in the Health office by May 16 unless other arrangements have been made with Nurse Amy or Nurse Kathy.

If you need another medication form, please let me know and I will get one to you.

Thanks!

Thanks and Heads Up

I wanted to say thanks to all of our Room 21 families for coming in for parent-teacher conferences last week. It was great to sit down with you all and discuss what we've been doing in class and where your students go from here.

I wanted to remind all families that this Thursday, March 16th is the deadline for turning in your student's registration for Einstein. Ms. Flatters, the seventh grade counselor from Einstein will be coming on Thursday to pick the registration up. If you and your student have not had a chance to complete the form, please do so today or tomorrow and send the form in to me by Thursday.

Thanks!

Double Test Alert!

Hey Room 21 Families!

Sorry for the length of time since the last post. Last week, with parent-teacher conferences, I simply did not have a moment to blog.

I wanted to remind families that we not one, but two math tests this week. We will be re-testing Unit 11 on Thursday and we have our unit test on Unit 12 on Friday. Unit 11 was our basic geometry unit and there were some concepts the class as a whole struggled with, so we've been going back over the information. Unit 12 is on rates and ratios. Students need to be able to compare ratios, determine if two ratios form a proportion, find the unit rate and find the distance, if given the time and rate.

Parents' Night at Einstein

Hey Room 21 families!

Our students met this morning with Ms. Flatters, the counselor from Einstein Middle School. Ms. Flatters, along with two fantastic Einstein 8th graders, came in to discuss middle school with our class.

They will be bringing home a registration form, along with a class catalogue. The form is due back to me by March 16th. I'll be using parent-teacher conferences to discuss class choice with your and your student.

To get more information, you can attend Einstein's Parent Night this coming Tuesday, March 7th from 6:30-8:00. For more details, contact the office at Einstein.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Three posts in one day? Sometimes, that's how we roll here in Room 21.

We have so much coming down the pike that I wanted to make sure everyone was up to date.

This Thursday, we have counselors from Einstein Middle School coming in to talk with the sixth graders about next year. Then, on Friday, we'll be taking a trip to Einstein so the students can get a look at where they'll be spending the next two years of their educational lives.

Next week, students are off on Monday. Tuesday through Friday are half days, as it's once again time for Parent-Teacher Conferences. If you haven't had a chance to sign up for a conference, please do. We'll be discussing students' current progress in their studies, Camp Orkila, SBACs and middle school scheduling.

Test Alertses

Hey Room 21 families!

We have some tests coming up. 

My class will be taking the next unit test in math this Friday, March 3. The test is on Geometry and covers lines, rays, angles, angle pairs, triangles, quadrilaterals, and problem-solving. Students seem to have a good handle on the subjects so far, but, if you have a moment, get your student to tell you the difference between an isosceles triangle and a scalene triangle.

In science, Mrs. Stenfjord's class has a test this week on the Solar System. They'll need to know the difference between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt and be able to tell me why Pluto and Titan aren't planets. Fun, cosmic stuff!

Writing About Reading

Good afternoon Room 21 families!

Sixth grade students have been working for the last couple of weeks on a writing assignment. We finished reading the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. It's the story of a young girl dealing with her mother's departure and how it affects her approach to the world. We read the book over several months and now students are finishing up a deeper look at the work.

Students chose a writing prompt to respond to. Each prompt focused on a different literary element: theme, setting, conflict or subplot. Students used evidence from the book to discuss their chosen element. We've been through the process of drafting and finding supporting details; we've conferenced and we've had peer feedback. Now, we're getting down to the end of it and students are going back and revising/editing their work.

The finished product is due on Tuesday of next week. If you have a few minutes, ask your student to share their work. Or, if they have trouble accessing their work from a home computer, just have them tell you about what they've written. We've got some keen literary analysis going on in room 21 and I'd love for you to learn more about what they've learned.