ReadingText Structure Homework will be sent home on Wednesday and is due Friday.
Math
Monday~ Elapsed Time Reteaching Practice Sheet
Tuesday~ Practice Sheet on Distributive Property
Wednesday~Reteaching Sheet on Distributive Property
Thursday~Quiz on Distributive Property~no homework
Have a great week!
~peace~
Mrs. Dryzal
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The Middle School is participating in Stockings for Soldiers. Each homeroom has a stocking to fill by December 1st, 2011. We are collecting the following items:
To help the students remember the Algebraic Properties, they made these foldables. We folded an 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of cardstock like a hotdog bun. Then cut one side into thirds, labeling each as the commutative, associative and identity properties. 
On the inside left of the foldable, the students wrote the addition rules for each property and the multiplication rules for each property on the right side. They wrote each rule in a different color. We'll be keeping all of the foldables we create in one folder for future reference.
Reading Homework
Congratulations to the following students in Homeroom 205 for making the Honor Roll for the First Quarter of the school year:
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While reading Feeding the World by Peter Winkler, my reading class students suggested that we collect canned goods to donate to a local food pantry. Above is a photo of some of our students with the donated canned goods. The canned goods will be donated to St. Vincent DePaul's food bank upon completion of our drive. 
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ReadingMonday~Orders of Operations 2.3 Sheet
Tuesday~Quiz Day--No Homework
Wednesday~Study Link
Thursday~No Homework
Reminders
Open House is scheduled for Wednesday October 5th from 4-6 pm. I look forward to meeting the parents and families of our students.
Scholastic Book Orders are due October 7th. Online Ordering is available by following the directions below and using this activation code:
HYG66
It's so simple! Here's how it works:
SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the "Register" button in the "First Time Here?" section. Register for your own user name and password. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.
SELECT the books you'd like to order -- choose from thousands of titles -- many more than in our monthly flyers.
SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child's books will be delivered directly to my classroom. Ordering online is fast, easy, and secure.
Have a great week!
~peace~
Mrs. Dryzal
I just added several links of some neat sites to use as practice for Math to the right hand side of the blog. The sites are mostly geared toward sixth graders. Be sure to check them out and check back often, as I'll add more sites in the future.
Welcome to 6th grade at JMS!
These sheers also come in black, so I'm thinking about buying 2 pairs to use on my shelving units to "disguise" what is behind them. I love that they are light and have dots on them. It should help the units disappear into the background while adding some texture to the space.
School starts in less than a month for teachers!
~peace~
This is one of the pictures I took with my phone today (since I forgot my camera!) of my new classroom. It needs a lot of TLC and some brightening up. The small bulletin board behind the bookcase, which will be moved, will display the math word wall. The desks will be moved into teams. I plan on brightening up the room with colorful displays, plants and a few other touches. I will post those pics when I get the room together. 
I'm thinking this is going to be the back wall, and the picture below shoes what I'll use as the front of the room. The Welcome sign is already gone and I'm planning some new sheers for the shelving to go with my dot theme.
