Lesson Plans Posted

Weekly Lesson Plans Posted!

Blog Information

We are thrilled with the number of logins our team blog has received. We want you to know that we appreciate all the feedback and comments about parent/teacher communication. We strive to keep you as up to date as possible on the goings on at MMS! While we try to stay current and on schedule, we sometimes have to deviate from our anticipated schedules. We are hoping that the blog will provide you with an overview of our weekly lessons and topics being taught. If you are looking for a more specific report on daily activities and lessons in the classroom, please check your child's agenda. Students are required to have their agenda's filled out by 6th period each day. As always, you can also email or call us.

We are finding that many of your emails are not coming through our email server. If you have emailed us, and have not received a response, please call us. We will then be able to more accurately contact our IT department about the problems!

Reading Volunteer

I am looking for a couple of parents who would be willing to supervise a reading room for my intervention study hall students. This intervention class is very large, and the students with no missing work would love to have a place to quietly read. The reading room would need to be supervised from 12:55 - 1:29 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. If you are interested in volunteering one or more days a week, please email me at salsager@msd134.org. Thank you!

School Work

Please ask your child to see their work from school. When we pass back assignments, we are finding many of these assignments in our trash and recycle bins. We have tried to encourage the students to bring their work home for their families to see. We think this is a great way for parents to stay up to date on what is happening at school as well!

Candy Donations

As Halloween quickly approaches, we find we also are in need of a few treats. If you have extra Halloween candy you would like to get out of the house, or find a great sale on those tasty treats, we could really use the extra in our classrooms. We use the candy as a reward for our students and would love to have your extras! Thanks for helping us support and encourage our students!

Weekly Lesson Plans Posted

Weekly lesson plans have been posted. Mr. Lavin's spelling words will be posted tomorrow am. Sorry for the delay!

Copying Helper

We are looking for a parent willing to volunteer once a week, preferably Thursday's, to make our copies for the week. If this is something you would be willing to do, please contact one of us. Your time would be much appreciated!

Lesson Plans Posted

Weekly Lesson Plans are posted!

AGENDA

One of our 6th grade requirements is that students fill out their agenda EVERYDAY. We also prefer they get them signed each night by a parent, but have not held them accountable for this. Have you seen your child's agenda? Starting tomorrow, these will be graded each and every Wednesday in Intervention. Students will receive one point per day and must have every class filled out. This is a requirement and will be a work habits grade. Many of our students are refusing to participate in filling out the agenda and their work habits grade will be docked accordingly!

Interventions

Today we started our new intervention classes. Our intervention focus this year is Language and Math. As a team, we decided our initial classes would focus on Language Conventions and Math Measurement. Looking at assessment data (ISATS, Classroom work, Teacher recommendation, etc.) we were able to determine which of our students would benefit the most from extra assistance/instruction in these two areas. We also identified students who may need extra time and help getting assignments done and enrolled those students in a study hall. We are very excited about these new classes and feel your child will benefit greatly throughout the year. Please ask your child about his/her new classes!

Progress Reports

Progress reports will be available at 3:45 tonight using your Skyward user name and password. This progress report will be a measurement of your child's progress the first six weeks of school. They will have a Content Knowledge, Work Habits and Behavior Grade posted, as well as comments. Remember, this is a progress report and not a final grade report. You child still has six weeks to make necessary adjustments and change things that need to be changed. If you have any questions, please contact us!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher conferences are on Wednesday, October 7th, and are by invitation only. At this time we are meeting with as many parents as we can who have students in jeopardy of losing credits. While we wish we had the time to meet with all of you, we only have a three hour allotment of time this week. If you feel you need to meet with the team to discuss your child's progress, please call and set-up an appointment with us. We typically schedule these on M, T, Th, or F between 1:45 and 3:00. You can also email or call us and we will discuss any concerns you might have.

Fundraiser

Our fundraiser is drawing to a close. We appreciate all that supported this effort. Tomorrow, during 1st period, those that participated will be able to attend a BMX Bike Show. It is not too late to participate! If your child would like to see the show and has not sold any magazines, they can bring a $10.00 donation to the office before 8:10 tomorrow morning and they will receive a ticket to attend.

Test Retakes

The Vocabulary Packet #2 test retake will be next Tuesday, October 12th, during lunch. Mrs. Alsager offered retakes today, but no one showed to retake. The students must bring back the test retake slip they were given with a parent signature This signature will be an indication that you have studied the vocabulary words with your child. No test retakes will occur without a parent signature!

The Layers of the Earth test retake will be on Monday, October 11th, at lunch. The requirements for this test are listed in Mrs. Alsager's lesson plans for the week.

Study Skills and Expectations

We have seen that many of our students do not seem to understand the importance and necessity of studying at home for tests and quizzes. As we are grading our assessments we are noticing more and more that the students are receiving either A's or F's. There is a direct correlation between those who have studied and those who have not! We encourage you to ask your child about their school work, check their agendas for assignments, and utilize the blog to see when tests are upcoming. Please help them study by reviewing information and study guides. If your child's content knowledge grades are low, there is a good indication that they have scored low on assessments!

Weekly Lesson Plans Updated

Sorry these were late, we were working on getting progress reports done!