Immigration Simulation

Hello parents of 6th graders.

On Thursday the 20th, our students will go through Ellis Island (located for this occasion in our B Gym). 

Students should come dressed-up to play their part:
Boys can wear dark pants, preferably dark shoes, white shirt, a dark suit jacket or a vest, and mostly a hat / cap. Girls can wear long skirts and a white blouse, shawls or scarves. Hair can be braided or in a bun. Anything that will remind late 1800's or early 1900's. 

Don't forget to bring a piece of luggage: a big basket, a very old leather looking suitcase, a sac made of cloth, or just a small blanket rolled-up and held with ropes or belts. 

We will do the activity during 3rd and 4th period to be with the other 6th graders. Students can dress-up at school + leave their luggage in my room during 1st period. 

Thank you to all who volunteered to make this fun activity possible.

Smarter Balanced Practice Test

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Open House.....

Open House is on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:10 starting with House.

List of good books generated by 6th and 7th French Immersion students

Enjoy your summer, and read, read, read

Mousenet /  Mousemobile (Prudence Breitrose)

The Watership Down

My sister's keeper

Looking for Alaska (so good it says)

Pet cimetery

Maus

Revolution 1864

Number the stars

Shackleton's Stowaway

The fault in our stars

Ender's shadow

An omnivore's dilemma

Hamlet

Joey Pigza swallowed the key (it is a series)

The help

The Three Musketeers (A. Dumas)

The Cuckoo's calling (J. K. Rowling)

When you reach me

An abundance of Katherines Quotes (J. Green)

If I stay

Island of the blue dolphins

A casual vacancy

Among the hidden series

Catcher in the Rye

Pride and Prejudice

Sense and Sensibility

The Book Thief

Miss Peregrin's home for peculiar children 

The hollow city

The mysterious life of Nicholas Flamel

Apollo 13

The house of the scorpion

Divergent

The ear, the eye and the eye

The giver

The island of silence

Spirit animals

Princess Bride

The Notebook

Grave mercy + Dark triumph

Legend (Marie Lu)

The diary of Anne Frank

Out of my mind

Things I hoped for

Handle with care

The unwanted

Under the Persimmon tree
On to Oregon
The adoration of Jenna Fox

Check you grades!

Students and parents, check your grades in Synergy through Student Vue. Make sure to click on Tri 3 final + on Standards. You can expand the standards (top left) to see all assignments.

Below is the District's scoring range (Proficiency), that I will follow. If a letter grade is needed at the end of the term, I can either use the scale I created but was not able to use the first two terms (Average Grade), or will have to follow the District's scale (Grades for Proficiencies). There is some discrepancy between the two (a little easier to get an A, but easier to get a C and lower).