Thursday

Wow!  The last day of September was a great school day!  Most students got to play a math game with Mrs. Raleigh in flex.  In math we had excellent, complete, homework and took a quiz on simplifying fractions.  Look for scores soon on Snapgrades.  In science, we used the "Brainy Lightbulb" our brains and our buddies to start thinking about Atoms, Elements and the Periodic Table.

We met Miss Rianna who is a graduate intern from the University of Oregon beginning a career in teaching.  She also happens to be a star soccer player for the Ducks.  She will be working in our classroom 2-3 days a week.

Tomorrow, we will explore the website http://www.visualfractions.com/ .  < Click to see!  

Wednesday

Quiz on Simplifying Fractions Thursday.  We begin chemistry tomorrow also.  Be ready to tell each other what you want to learn about Atoms, Molecules and Compounds.
Homework is "simplifying fractions" worksheet.  We played "I Like People Who...." today in Flex class.  We watched this cool video on just how small and far apart subatomic particles are... Click Here >  Nova atoms video

Thursday

Everyone had their math homework today!  Awesome!  We took our first math quiz today on Lesson 1.  You can see how your student did on Snapgrades.

Snapgrade codes were sent home today.  Students should give those codes to parents.

I hope to see you at Open House tonight at 6:30.  Please come and introduce yourselves!

Homework tonight is Lesson 2 green worksheet.  Quiz on Lesson 2 tomorrow.

Open House Thursday at 6:30

Math vocabulary today:  fraction, numerator, denominator, equivalent, factor, product, prime, composite.
Homework:  Lesson 1T worksheet front and back.  Quiz on factors tomorrow.  Quiz on equivalent fractions Friday. 

We played a silly game with fractions and percents online.  Go to pbs kids cyberchase to play it at home! 

First Science Experiment

Math vocabulary today:   factor, product, prime, composite.  We completed the golf ball lab. We want to know what would happen if we dropped a golf ball off of the Empire State Building!  Homework:  Blue Products worksheet.  

Monday

We  finished the EasyCBM  math test for fall today.  We had time to complete our "Math Minute" warm-up and prepare for tomorrow's Golf Ball science lab.  We worked on the meaning of data, hypothesis, controlled experiment, and variable.  Students were so on task and well behaved today that we flipped a coin for the math homework!  They won!  Not tomorrow, though.  Be ready for homework Tuesday!

Friday afternoon

Students showed outstanding patience and respect today in the computer lab.  It was our turn to take the pretest of the easyCBM test for sixth grade math.  They answered questions based on what they should know by the end of the year.  This test will enable us to measure progress by year's end.  We had lots of technical difficulties that caused students to have to wait quietly for help, and they showed great responsibility. 


Every student who wrote a "Dear Mrs Stolp" letter got a postcard from me today.  I'm looking forward to getting to know each of your kids better through the year.  Thanks for all you do at home to support us at ASMS.  Happy Weekend!

Who Studies What?

Today we set up our gridbooks for math lesson notes.  We worked in partners to figure out lots of crazy scientist names:  what is an ornithologist?  a geologist?  a seismologist?.  One team got 22 out of 24 correct.

Welcome to Applegate Trail!

Open House is September 23.  See you there!