Sixth Grade News
Week of:
Apr. 10 - Apr. 14 2017
Note from Principal: PARCC
We hope you all had a wonderful
Spring Break and are feeling ready for
the last nine weeks of school. As a
reminder, we will begin PARCC
testing in grades 3rd-6th beginning
next week, April 10th. Please help
your child by ensuring he/she gets
plenty of rest and has a good
breakfast. You may send snacks for
your child as well. Things to know: if
your child has a smartwatch or a cell
phone they will not be permitted in the
testing session. All smartwatches
and cell phones must be turned in
prior to the test beginning or left at
home.
Quality of Education Survey: Deadline: April 21st
When time permits, please take 10 minutes to complete the 2016-17 Quality of
Education Survey. We are hoping for a 100% response rate. Your feedback is
important and valued! All answers are anonymous.
There are two options for taking the survey.
Option 1 - electronic * http://qoesurvey.ped.state.nm.us
Click on: Take Survey
Create a username in the Public Education Department system (not required to
use your real
name, answers are not connected to your name)
Complete the survey
Option 2 - paper
Come to your child’s school
Ask for a paper copy of the survey
Complete the survey and return to the school secretary
If you have more than one student in the Los Alamos Public Schools, please complete one
survey for each student.
We have aligned the questions to our Strategic Plan Focus Areas. The survey results will be
used to inform the School Board, measure progress, and as part of the District Report Card.
Thanks in advance for your time in taking the survey. The survey will close at 5 p.m. on April
21, 2017.
Week of:
April 17- April 21, 2017
Here is what is happening in ELA.
PARCC Testing: 4/10-4/14
4/17-4-21 Unit 2 Animal Allies: Essential Question: How can people and animals
relate to each other?
Purpose: Provides students with a common starting point to address the unit
topic. After reading the Launch TExt, all students will be able to participate in
discussions about animal allies.
Introduce Launch Text: Reading Buddies
Will work on a summary and a quick write.
We will also work on completing Lesson V (Caesar’s English) and begin Lesson VI
next week. Vocabulary for this lesson: ostentatious: showy Inexorable:
inevitable
indolent: lazy
doleful: mournful
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Week of April 10-13 PARRC testing. Week of April
17-21, we will be finishing up our unit on Volume and
Surface Area. We will have our end of the chapter test
on Tuesday April 18th. We will then begin our unit on
probability and statistics. We will have two chapters on
probability which will take us to the middle of May. This
will mark the completion of the 6th grade curriculum.
However, I plan on beginning Algebra 1 with my
students to finish out the last three weeks of 6th grade
math.
Important Information:
Spring MAPS will take place near the end of
May. This is your child’s final opportunity this
school year to place in a higher math class in
7th grade. I am still receiving many parent
emails about middle school math
recommendations. This year I do not have a
say in where your child is placed in 7th grade
math. Only winter and spring MAPS scores
will determine this placement for 7th grade
Math.
Placement Info:
Math 7: MAPS score of 237 or lower. Algebra 1A:
MAPS score of 238-254 only. Algebra 7: MAPS
score of 255 or higher only.
Whichever score is higher (winter or spring) will be the
one the middle school uses for your child’s 7th grade
Math Placement.
Science & Social Studies
April 10 - 13
PARCC
Get plenty of sleep, eat a good breakfast, and relax.
April 17- April 21
Properties of Matter
Students will read and experiment to learn more about the characteristics and properties of matter. We will continue to explore
density, boiling point, solubility, and chemical reactivity with various substances.
We will be using burners, so please talk with your child about their commitment to safety in the science classroom.