Hi parents,

This week will be the last full week we have before we have two short weeks. Your children will be busy learning about geometry in our new math unit. In math, you might notice a difference in homework some nights, as students will practice not only geometry, but some of the skills they learned earlier in the year.

In science, our sixth graders will finish up a unit on the solar system. Your children did a fantastic job recreating a replica of the solar system. They drew each planet to scale based on a sun with a 48 inch diameter. It really is amazing. In addition, they researched various topics. Later this week, students will begin a social studies unit on the Constitution and our rights.

In my language arts class, students are finishing up their biography reports. Our class also participated in a contest sponsored by our online reading program Achieve 3000. Students earned points for our class by achieving a comprehension score of 75% or higher on each story they read. The higher the comprehension score, the more points students earned for our class. As of Friday, we were in second place out of the whole school. I am really proud of the terrific focus and effort your children gave to this contest. Whether our class wins or not, your children are winners as they are building up their reading skills. 🙂

Have a great week! Please email me with any questions.

kim_rochester-tran@elanco.org