6th Grade News
May 12, 2024
The sixth grade teaching team would like to extend a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who helped make us feel special during Teacher Appreciation Week! We are so grateful for all of the treats, presents, and thoughtful gestures extended to us recently by students, parents, our KMS PTO, as well as our administrators. We are feeling the love!
Dates to Remember
βοΈ Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays- After School Tutoring (Sign Up Below)
β° May 13- Dessert Concert Rehearsal (Details Below)
πͺ May 14- Dessert Concert (Details Below)
π©πΎβπ€ May 21- Middle School Spring Concert (Details Below)
β οΈ May 24- Pit Spitter Permission Slips & Money Due
π May 27- No School for Memorial Day
π May 30- 6th Grade Pit Spitters Field Trip (Details Below)
6th Grade Pit Spitters Field Trip
π On May 30th, 6th grade students will attend a Pit Spitters game! Students were sent home with the informational parent letter and permission slip on Friday, but they are also linked below just in case!
πππ Permission slips and money are due by Friday, May 24th!
Summer School
KMS will be offering 8 days of additional summer school learning support in the areas of math, reading, science, and social studies to our middle school students. This summer school support will run from June 17th to June 27th, on Mondays through Thursdays, from 8:00am to 12:00pm. Students will be provided both breakfast and lunch. Students living within Kingsley's school zone can recieve bus transportation. Please complete the form below if you are interested in signing your child up for this additional learning opportunity. Please reach out to Mrs. Miller with any questions.
Language Arts
π Remarkable Accomplishments in Space Science
Students will read, This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever. This informational text will help students understand the political context of the Space Race. Students will practice determining the central idea and the main claim of the text by engaging in a Close Read. Students will continue to practice analyzing the authorβs point of view and purpose.
π Homework
15-20 minutes of Independent Reading
Unfinished Work
Math
βοΈ Next week, we will continue to use protractors and work on ratio skills.
π We are finally back to a week with normal homework!
Science
β‘οΈ Students started off their week completing a study guide in class and retaking their Moon Phase Test (if needed). All retakes are updated in Powerschool. Students also started our next unit that includes our Sun, light ,and stars.
π This Week:
- RETAKES on the Earth/Sun/Moon Test will take place, Thursday/Friday during WIN class.
- What is light?
- What is a STAR and how do we categorize them?
- Do stars have a life cycle?
π― TEST RETAKES:
- Students can retake the test from last FRIDAY, (EARTH/SUN/MOON).
- Students will need to talk to Ms. Reamer next week if they want to retake. ***Students can also go through the test with Ms. Reamer to see what questions they got wrong during WIN class.
- The test can be retaken during WIN class either THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
- Students will need to show Ms. Reamer their completed study guide in order to retake the test.
- The study guide can be reprinted from the link below, OR there are more copies in the classroom.
π» As always, if you have any questions, please email me. I am here to help!
Ms. Smith
Social Studies
π½π Early this week we will wrap up our studies of the United States and Canada and complete a quick review. Students will take a quiz over this content on Wednesday. They have been answering various questions throughout our lessons and should use that information as their study guides. When studying and discussing the materials, students should have a strong understanding of how natural resources, climate, and economic activity have affected settlement patterns and migration throughout the United States and Canada.
π― Please check PowerSchool to see the most up-to-date information about your child's grades and assignment completion. Students should be working diligently to complete any missing work ASAP. We are just over 4 weeks from the end of the marking period!
Choir
β° Dessert Concert REHEARSAL
- May 13
- 6:30-8:00 p.m.
πͺ Dessert Concert
- May 14
- High School Commons
- 7:00 p.m.
- Accepting donations to help the Johnson family.
π©πΎβπ€ Middle School Spring Concert (grades 5-8)
- May 21
- Middle School Big Gym
- 7:00 p.m.
- Singers should arrive by 6 for soundcheck.
Art
βπ½ Our next unit we are focusing on creating Depth by creating a landscape that includes a Foreground, Middleground, and Background. The kids will also have an opportunity to learn to use watercolor once they are done sketching out their design.
Painted Rock Projects!
Physical Education
β½ We will be entering our Games Unit next week and revisiting some of the games weβve played throughout the year.
Spanish
π We finished our movie, Chupa. We are moving on to learning about the geography of Mexico this week!
Father Fred Back to School Event
ποΈ The Father Fred Foundation is hosting a Back to School event for the local area at the end of the summer. This event includes new shoes and socks for toddlers to teens, eye exams and glasses (if needed), and school supplies (while supplies last). Please see the attached flyer for more details and to register for this event!
KMS PTO
𧑠Kingsley Middle School PTO is selling stickers and dog tags in the Middle School Office while supplies last!