Hello 6th Grade Hornets This week...

From tomorrow, April 22-next Monday, April 28, the 6th grade teachers will be at the 8th grade campus. 7th grade teachers will administer the CRCT to the 6th grade, and stay with the stu-dents through the end of the day. 6th grade teachers will be available via email, but conferences will not be pos-sible.

After today (Monday Madness) there will not be any tutorials this week, nor will there be Saturday School.

PENS AND PENCILS Students are coming to school without pens and pencils. I have given away all of mine. If you are able, please consid-er sending in a pack as a donation to your child’s homeroom teacher. Thank you, to those of you who sent some in last week...they have already been put to use.

Contact Information Parents, it is extremely important that we have the most up-to-date contact information for you. If your contact information changes, please update the school immediately.

CRCT Prep In preparation for taking the CRCT, please make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep, every night and eats

a good breakfast before leaving in the morning OR gets to school in time to have breakfast. Students should be re-viewing/studying every night.

Snack…

Students may bring a HEALTY snack to eat during the break between sessions. Please do not send anything too messy (like oranges), and absolutely no “hot” anything (fries, Cheetos, takis, etc.) as the red dye/dust can mess up the test.

Electronics…

Any electronics, including cell phones, in the testing area will be confiscated, given to Ms. Lowe, and returned on the last day of school (May 23). Please ad-vise your child to leave electronics at home or in his or her locker.

Tutorials and Saturday School Monday: Monday Madness 3:45-5:45 (Only for those who have already registered)

Tuesday: NONE

Wednesday: NONE

Thursday: NONE

Friday: NONE

There will NOT be Saturday School this weekend, April 26

Supplies and Uniforms: Please remember that it is im-portant that all students are in full uniform compliance and have all nec-essary supplies. Students who are not in uniform compliance will be issued a uniform violation, which will need to be signed by a parent and returned the next day. Any student receiving multi-ple violations will serve a Saturday School detention.

If there is a financial or other issue preventing your child from having the-se items, please contact Mrs. Browning either by phone @ (404)767-7730, ext. 130, or email @ cbrown-ing@hapevillecharter.org.

Thank you and have a great week.

6th Grade Weekly Newsletter Apri l 21-Apr i l 25

This Week

CRCT Testing takes place this week. Students will be allowed to work on their reading fair project during my class period (they may read the book, or work on the board).

Homework Reading logs were distributed on Monday . They are due on Tues-day. These reading logs are not mandatory. If completed, they will serve either to replace an old zero, or as extra credit.

READING FAIR

We will be having a Reading Fair after CRCT. It is somewhat similar to a Science Fail, in that students will present their find-ings on a tri-fold board, and the boards will be judged. Students have already chosen their books and have received instructions. The fair will be held on May 7. You are welcomed to come in and observe.

THE HORNETS ARE GOING TO SPAIN!!!!!

If you would like your child to have an enriching overseas ex-perience, consider sending him/her to Spain with us next summer.

If you know for sure that you would like to send your child (or come along yourself) go

ahead and register. EF tours of-fers a great monthly payment plan!

If you have any questions email me at cbrown-ing@hapevillecharter.org or log on to our tour website at www.eftours.com/1398038RN

Tutorial: I will not hold tutorial this week, nor will there be Saturday School.

Lost Documents: If your child loses any docu-ments I distribute, you can find them on my website:

http://mrsbrowningreading.weebly.com

Classroom Needs: Thank you, thank you , thank you to those who have donated tissue and wipes. I still low on those items. While I can provide a small amount of those things, I certainly cannot do so for 175 students. If you are able to send in any of the above items, I would be extremely grateful.

Questions, concerns: If you have any additional ques-tions or concerns, feel free to

contact me @ 404-767-7730, ext. 130, or cbrown-ing@hapevillecharter.org.

While at the 8th grade campus, I will be available via email. I may not, however, be able to respond as quickly as usual, as I will be administering the test. Thank you, in advance, for your understanding.

Thank you,

Mrs. Browning

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****The Renaissance Festival Trip is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29th. THE TRIP IS CLOSED. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPACES.

**** Students will receive Progress Re-ports for Language Arts on Friday, April 25th. Students will be asked to get the progress reports signed and brought back on Wednesday, April 30th.

****Please make sure that students re-view Language Arts notes, workbooks and Holt Handbooks each night Mon-day- Wednesday. Students will take the Language Arts portion of the exam on Wednesday, April 23rd.

****Students will need to bring in their Holt Handbooks on Friday, May 2nd. Books will be collected. If a student does not turn in a book, the book is damaged or written in; the student will receive a letter stating the cost of the book. Students are responsible for the book once it is assigned and the book must be paid for in order for the stu-dent to receive their final report card or participate in any activities.

>>>>>>>>>>FINALLY<<<<<<<<<< Please  parents  encourage  students  to  review  daily  concepts  for  at  least  30  minutes  each  day.   This  includes  

notes,  lesson  packets,  extended  les-­‐son  materials,  etc.   This  will  help  them  learn  the  material  and  be  prepared  for  

the  next  day’s  lesson.

HAVE  A  GREAT  REST  OF  THE  WEEK  AND  ENCOURAGE  YOUR  STUDENT  EACH  DAY  TO  DO  

WELL  ON  THE  CRCT!

This  Week  in  Language  Arts…………..

Goals  for  April  21-25,  2014 Students  will  be  able  to  demon-­strate  an  understanding  all  Com-­mon  Core  Standards.    Students  will  be  completing  chapter  review  practices,  oral  practices  and  Com-­mon  Core  Practice  Workbooks  in  preparation  for  the  CRCT  Exam  covering  materials  outlined  in  the  Common  Core  Standards.

Students  will:  (All  Common  Core  Standards  will  be  reviewed.)

x� Prepare for the CRCT testing during the week of April 10-17th Students will complete exercises on Wednesday and Thursday that will help them with information covered on the final exam. Homework:  NO  HOMEWORK  DUR-­ING  TESTING  WEEK  –  April  22-28,  2014 Monday:  Review  for  your  test-  No  written  homework  during  the  week  of  April  22-28. Tuesday:  Review  for  your  test Wednesday:   Review  for  your  test Thursday:  Review  for  your  test Friday:  Review  for  your  test

>>>>>>REMINDERS<<<<<<<

****There will be NO tutorials April 22- May 2, 2014.

****Students will be given a mini-project that they will be completed in class dur-ing the CRCT. The mini-project will be due on Friday, May 2nd. More infor-mation is attached to the newsletter

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Language Arts

This week begins CRCT testing. Students will be translating short stories from Spanish to English. Please insure that your student has Spanish/English Dic-tionary. They will be graded for this. Once they have finished with their translation and have time, they can study for the CRCT testing for the next day. No tutorial this week because I will not be at the Main Campus.

Please be advised that if the above mentioned

has a failing grade. This assignment may be re-done on our online text-book, no later than 24 April 2014 to receive a better grade. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email. Online Textbook: http://montreal.emcp.com/ebooks/login.php Activation code: sphzfyq Also extra credit points, up to 10 points only, will be given for box tops, la-bels for education, and coke rewards. These

points will be added to the lowest grade in the grade book. This will begin the week after CRCT testing.

L.Torres 6th Grade Spanish ltorres@hapevillecharter.org

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Weekly Objectives:

CRCT Review

Homework:

Your  “homework”  for  this  week  is to review your notes in your composition book and to prac-tice in your Explorations in Core Math workbook.

Homework Help

Please refer to the on-line text-book for additional help, prac-tice problems, and helpful vide-os.

http://my.hrw.com Username: hapeville1 Passcode: j2s9p

Announcements:

Get plenty of rest, eat healthy, and do your best on the CRCT!

You can continue to use your

“old”  composition  book  to take notes, or you can start taking notes in a “new”  one.    Remember,  your composition book will count as a project grade in May!

Tutorial is on Tuesdays from 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM. Par-ents, please arrive to the school promptly to pick up your son or daughter by 3:55 PM.

You can continue to use your

“old”  composition  book  to take notes, or you can start taking notes in a “new”  one.    Remember,  your composition book will count as a project grade in May!

Remember, students need to

come to class prepared with at least three pencils on a daily basis (see the course syllabus).

Students, bring your Explora-

tions in Core Math work-book to class every day. Use this workbook as extra practice.

On-line textbook: http://my.hrw.com

Username: hape-ville1Passcode: j2s9p

Mrs.  Robinson’s  Math/Mrs.  Cottrell  Co-teacher

“The  more  that  you  read,  

                                                           

                         

the more things you will know.

The more that you learn,

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This  week  in  Earth  Science  we  will  continue  to  study  for  the  CRCT  exam,  which  will  be  this  Friday.  At  home  this  week,  students  should  be  studying  their  notes,  correct-­ed  exams,  the  CRCT  study  guide  and  logging  into  www.studyisland.com  and  completing  lessons  and  games.  Parents  should  be  helping  their  student  study  by  quizzing  them  using  the  above  materials.  

Science

Ms.  Pugh’s  Math    There  will  be  an  in  class  assign-­ment  given  this  week  for  math.  Your  student  will  be  responsible  to  work  and  complete  their  packet  during  class  time  whenever  they  rotate  to  math.  This  assignment  will  count  as  3  grades  in  1!!!  There  is  NO  MAKEUP  for  this  assignment,  being  that  you  have  class  time  to  complete  it  and  no  excuses,  other  than  being  absent,  that  will  prevent  

you  from  completing  it!  Please  en-­courage  your  student  to  study  their  workbook  and  notes  daily  to  pre-­pare  for,  not  only  the  math  CRCT,  but  also  the  end  of  the  year  final.  There  will  not  be  any  homework  sent  home  this  week.

MANDATORY items needed for class EVERY day are: 3 sharp-ened #2 pencils, mathematics workbook, and composition

notebook.

Students will be going outside during PE.

~Coach Andrews

PE

Social Studies Good Afternoon,

We are officially done with all of the history stand-ards for the year! I did send home a progress report April 2, 2014. If you did not receive one then please contact me. This week we will be doing nothing but review games in preparation for the CRCT. The home work for each night

is to study out of your coach book, interactive notebook, worksheets we have done, etc. Today I will be taking up the extra credit assign-ment that I gave over the break. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great week.

Mr. Coleman

Resource Science and Math The  is  no  submission  for  Resource  Science  and  Math  this  week.  Please  contact  Mrs.  Arnold  with  any  questions:  

marnold@hapevillecharter.org  

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6th Grade Language Arts Student’s  Name:  ______________________________________ Dates: April 22-28, 2014

WHAT TYPE OF DAY ARE YOU HAVING? THE CHOICE IS YOURS!: “A”- Day

(Students will complete the assignment with a partner)

Directions: Choose an activity from each of the “BINGO” boxes and complete the activity. “BINGO” can only be gotten if one activity from each letter is completed. That means diagonally or straight across….not DOWN.

B I N G O

List and Define the 5 steps of the writing process. Give an explanation in your own words what YOU would do in each step.

Using your homeroom classroom, compare and contrast the look of the room before and during testing. Use a Ven Diagram to display what you notice. Use descriptive words and highlight them and what they describe.

Based on the events in the  story  “Hatchet”,  what do you think will happen with Brian 5 years from the end of the story. Explain how you came to this conclusion.

Write a narrative on your idea of “Success”  or  a  “Successful  Person”.

Create a comic strip to show your understanding of using different Types of Sentences. BE CREATIVE! Are you creative? I know you can be!

Draw a KWL-chart. Complete the chart with 1. The things you knew prior to 6th grade in Language Arts. 2. What you wanted to learn. 3. What you felt you actually learned. List at least 5 things for each category.

Think about the main character in the story, “Hatchet”.  How  do  you feel you can relate to this character. Give a brief summary of an experience where you can relate to the character. Compare what you did to what he did. (at least two paragraphs)

Develop a logical argument to explain to non-native English speaker the importance of speaking proper Standard English. Stress what concepts are important for them to know.

Create a lesson on Understanding the Parts of a Sentence. Differentiate the lesson for 2 different level of learners: Visual Learners Hands on Learners

Design a shield that represents ALL the things that you have learned that represents Language Arts. BE CREATIVE! Are you creative? I know you can be!

Recall the story “Hatchet”  that  we  read. Using the W-H technique of prewriting, generate questions about the story.

Using the school mission, write your interpretation of what the mission statement means and how you plan adhere to the mission.

Write a persuasive essay  on  the  topic  “My  6th Grade  Experience”.    Make sure to state your argument and support it to convince your audience. (1 pg.)

Design a PowerPoint as  a  “How  to  Manuel”  on Sentences, Sentence Structures and Sentence Types. (12 -15 slides)

Draw a picture that illustrates your understanding of independent and subordinate relationships. BE CREATIVE! Are you creative? I know you can be!

Name the 8 Parts of Speech. Give an example of each POS.

Write an informative essay of your school. Remember  “research”  has to be done to be informative.

Construct a diagram that tells the relationships between words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and an essay. Explain some key point on each concept and use examples.

In reading the stories A Worn Path and Hatchet what connection do you think the main character may have had based on their individual experiences. Prove your thoughts. (2 paragraphs)

Create a 10-page book that appeals to a kindergartener on the topic “the  world  around  me”.

Write a narrative on “A  day  in  the  life  of  a  6th Graders  at  HCMS.”

Make a list of 32 words. Create a chart and categorize each word as one of the 8 parts of speech.

Create a 10-page book that appeals to a kindergartener on the topic  “the  world  around  me”.

Choose one of the stories we read in class. Write a critique on the story as if it were to be published in a local newspaper.

Design a commercial or advertisement to get an audience to take Language Arts.

6th Grade Language Arts

Assignment will be due on Friday, May 2nd. Highlight the boxes that you(or you and your partner) have chosen to complete. All parts of this assignment will be needed to be turned in at one time. If assignments are not turned in by Friday, May 2nd, there

will be a penalty deduction of 15 points from your grade. NO ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER MONDAY, MAY 5th.

NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE!

Good Luck on your testing, Do your Best, and I will see you on Tuesday, April 29th.

hapeville charter middle school

upcoming events

x April 22-28, 2014

o Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT)

x Saturday, April 26, 2014

o Hornets Go to New York Fundraiser � Carwash & Vendor Sale � 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the 8th Grade Academy Parking Lot

o Vendor tables are on sale for $20. If you are interested in purchasing a table please contact Ms. Rainey at krainey@hapevillecharter.org.

x Friday, May 2, 2014

o Hornets Go to Italy Fundraiser � Spring Dance � 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM at the 8th Grade Campus � Cost: $5

x Tuesday, May 6, 2014

o Hornets Go to New York Interest Meeting o 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM in the Main Campus Cafeteria

x Spring Break 2015

o Hornets Go to New York! � March 27, 2014—Deadline for registration ($49)

� September 5, 2014--$300 payment � November 5, 2014--$300 payment � January 21, 2015—final payment of $450

o www.worldstridesdiscovernow.org

o Trip ID #104103

o If you need more information contact Ms. Rainey at krainey@hapevillecharter.org or Ms. Burks at rburks@hapevillecharter.org.

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Dear HCMS Parent, Spring standardized testing ramps up this week Throughout the year, Fulton students participate in standardized testing as part of the statewide testing program. Spring, however, is an especially important testing season due to the CRCT for elementary and middle school students and the EOCT for high-schoolers. Beginning this week, students in third through eighth grade will take the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests. The purpose of the CRCT is to provide information on academic achievement at the student, class, school, system and state levels. Middle and high school students also face high-stakes testing. End-of-course tests, given in identified subjects, will begin on April 28th. This information is used to identify individual student strengths and weaknesses and to gauge the quality of education throughout Fulton County and the state. We encourage you to help your children do their best on these tests by making sure they are in school every day, and especially on testing days. Tests reflect the overall achievement of a child and time spent in learning situations increases the likelihood of doing well. Other helpful testing tips include: * Give your child encouragement. Praise him/her for the things done well throughout the year. A child who is afraid of failing is more likely to make a mistake. * Ensure that your child has a well-rounded diet. A healthy body leads to a healthy, active mind. Make sure your child has a good breakfast on testing days and every day. * Keep the lines of communication open between home and school. Parents and teachers should work together to benefit the child. * Make sure your child is well rested on school days. Tired children are less likely to pay attention in class or to handle the demands of classwork and tests. * Try not to be overly anxious about test scores. Too much emphasis on test scores can be upsetting to children. * Don't judge a child on the basis of a single test score. Test scores are not perfect measures of what a child can do. There are many other things that might influence a test score. For example, a child can be affected by the way he/she feels that day, physically and/or mentally. * Follow normal routines. Interruptions of normal routines may affect your child's performance. * Don't forget eyeglasses or hearing aids. If your child wears an assistive device, such as glasses or hearing aids, be sure he/she remembers to bring it and wear it during all testing sessions. Plan ahead for medical appointments. Avoid scheduling doctor's or dentist's appointments during testing times.

x Leave all electronic devices at home, as they are not allowed in the testing environment.

Hornets Go to New York Present: Vendor Sale and Carwash

Saturday, April 26, 2014

10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

8th Grade Academy Parking Lot

Vendor Tables are on sale now!

Tables are $20. If you are interested in purchasing a vendor table, please contact Ms. Rainey at krainey@hapevillecharter.org. Tables must be

purchased no later than Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Come out for a family day of shopping, food and fun!

All fundraising proceeds will help HCMS students traveling to New York.