WEEK OF DECEMBER 18-20th

 Dear Parents and students of Room 20,

First, I wanted to say a huge thank you to all of the parents for the amazing gift certificate to Mentone. My family will be going on Christmas Eve Eve to celebrate the best bread, salad and Pasta in Santa Cruz!

Tomorrow is our well-earned class party with BYOB. "Bring your own bed". Students can bring a blanket, pillow and stuffed animal. We will have Mexican Food and watch Ratatouille. Please make sure your child brings a change of clothes for the winter musical recital at 1pm. 

On Wednesday we will take our Europe Map Test along with our Holiday History Quiz. I encourage students to study their notes and maps! Also, I will be collecting our Poetry Folders this Wednesday so students need to make sure they have the following final draft poems:

Diamante (1)

Haikus (3)

Free Verse

Famous Poem

Cinquains (2)

Couplet 

Opinion/Foods (2)

Finally, please make sure your child brings a gift that is wrapped to participate in the White Elephant gift exchange game on Wednesday. 

Let's finish strong!
Mr. Sweet

HOMEWORK MONDAY

If you haven't done so, get White Elephant Gift

Finish Couplet Final Draft + Color

Do Poetry Cafe Write UP

Study Europe and Holiday History

Get Progress Reports Signed and Return

HOMEWORK TUESDAY

Wrap and bring White Elephant Gift

Study for Europe and Holiday History Tests

Do any makeup work

Finish Holiday Brochures(St. Nicholas, Poinsettia, Candy Cane, Christmas Trees)

WEEK OF DECEMBER 11-15

HOMEWORK MONDAY

Read Newsela on Hanukkah + Quiz

Finish Final Drafts of 3 Cinquains

Finish Chapter 5 Review on Computer

Check iGrades

HOMEWORK TUESDAY

Practice Poetry Recital and film yourself

Pick out your outfit for the recital(You can change after recital)

Finish Rough Drafts of Holiday Poems

(Your favorite, and one you want to learn about)

Finish Math Pre-Test

Kwanzaa Newsela + Quiz

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY

Read 30 min. AR

HOMEWORK THURSDAY

Dear Parents,

You are invited tomorrow morning for our big Poetry Recital at 8:30am to 9:30am. There will be treats served after the recital. 

Students should be dressed up in the morning for the recital. They can change afterwards.

Also, this coming Tuesday, December 19th, the class has some fun things planned. We finally filled up our party chart and they decided on a party theme: BYOB (LOL)...This stands for bring your own bed. Students may wear pajamas and bring stuffed animals, pillow and a blanket to the party. They voted to watch Ratatouille and have Mexican Food from De La Colmena. We will use some of the money left over from the field trip to cover the cost so I won't need to charge anybody. I will send home progress reports this day for parents to sign and return. 

Next, that Tuesday afternoon will also be our Winter Music Recital at 1pm in the cafeteria. There will be no seating for parents, but you can stand. The musical teachers will also lead a few songs during intermission. BRING A CHANGE OF CLOTHES FOR RECITAL

Students will wear:

DO:

Wear festive holiday colors!! Reds, greens, blues, silver, sparkles, etc!

Christmas/Hanukkah sweaters!

Santa/elf hats!

Dresses/suits

Or Concert black

Closed toed shoes

Hair out of face

DON’T WEAR:

Baseball hats/hoods over head on stage!

Preferably no ripped jeans/shorts (we want to look nice)

Pajamas

On our last day of school this year on December 20th, students will bring a wrapped gift that is $20, or less intended for both boys and girls. We will participate in the White Elephant Gift Exchange after lunch at 1pm-2pm.

December 4-8th

 Dear Parents and Students,

First and foremost, I  would like to thank the amazing parents that took the time to get TB tested, turn in insurance paperwork, get fingerprinted and drive our sweet 6th graders over to the Tech Museum in San Jose. It was truly an enlightening trip with the profound iMax Movie about the history of Jerusalem and the engaging Engineering for Earthquakes Lab in the morning. See pictures below!

This week we will be doing MAP testing starting Monday and Tuesday with ELA. On Wednesday and Thursday I  will allot time for the Math MAP testing. Please make sure your child gets to bed at the right time each night for optimal learning and growth during the day, as always. 

As a reminder, your child's first book project is due this Tuesday, December 5th. Hopefully they are caught up and prepared to turn it in Tuesday. Thus far, 6 students have already turned them in early.

Our Poetry Recital will be next Wednesday, December 13th, at 8:30am. The Poetry Cafe with treats will be at about 9:30am. Parents are invited to the recital and cafe to see their child recite an original poem along with a famous poem that resonates with them. I  encourage parents to listen and give feedback to their children practicing at home prior to the recital. If not, have each amazing 6th grader record themselves on an iPhone/Android and watch how they use eye contact, expression, volume, elocution, articulation and gestures to maximize their poem.

Blessings,

Mr. Sweet

HOMEWORK MONDAY

Finish Book Project: Due Tomorrow (10% off each day late)

Finish Haiku Final Drafts + Color/Finish Writing Famous Poem Final Draft

Check iGrades 

Charge Computer

Spelling Bee tomorrow

Get good night of sleep (MAP testing tomorrow)

HOMEWORK TUESDAY

2nd Harvest Food Bank Drive! Feed those in need

Finish Rough Draft of Free Verse Poem/Begin to Memorize and Recite Famous and OriginalPoem

Math-Finish 5.7 (Most are done)

Finish Week 11 Egypt Newspaper + Online content

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY

2nd Harvest Food Bank Drive! Feed those in need (Cash or Checks, or Venmo)

Finish Final Draft of Free Verse Poem in Ink With Color and Art/Continue to Memorize and Recite Famous and Original Poem

Math-Finish Partner Quiz in Math to Practice for Tomorrow

Europe Map Due Friday

Study Egypt Newspaper for Test on Friday

HOMEWORK THURSDAY

Finish Rough Drafts of 3 Opinion Poems (at least 10 lines each)

Food you love/hate and a free choice opinion poem

Practice Memorizing and Reciting Free Verse and Famous Poem

Europe Map Due tomorrow

Study Egypt Newspaper For Test