Week of April 24th

This is a testing week! Please be sure your child has gotten a good night's rest and eaten a good breakfast before school.

You may send snacks---either personal for your child or to share. Snacks will be eaten after testing (during recess).

During testing students will have mints, gum and water available.

This week students will focus mainly on their projects if they are not testing. We may have some light writing assignments. We will also be reading our book club book, The Boy Who Dared, and writing reading responses to questions from the reading.

This week I will have a sub on Wednesday and Thursday, due to another heart procedure for my husband. I plan to return Monday, May 1st if all goes well.

Week of April 17th

Mrs. Brown's class is learning about WW2 and writing poetry about WW2. We are also sharpening our writing skills by writing an argumentative piece about whether or not the penny should be abolished. In reading we are reading The Boy Who Dared as a class book club. For projects we are creating museum exhibits featuring topics from WW2.

testing will begin next week!

If you would like to help your student prepare, please have them use ixl Language Arts, Science and Social Studies to study.

If you would like to donate/send with your child mints, gum and/or lots of water that would be welcome. Other than that we will keep snacks limited and planned. You may be asked via email to contribute, or you may email me and volunteer to contribute snacks. Thank you.

Week of April 3

This month will be busy and we will begin testing in the third week. Please be sure your student is reading every night. They can also work on language arts and science ixl for practice and prep.

projects: students are learning about World War 2 and will be focusing on a museum exhibit as a final product.

8th writing: students are brushing up on the writing techniques needed for successful testing.

6th writing: students are brushing up on the writing techniques needed for successful testing.

reading: students are participating in book club reading, both in class and at home.

This year the middle school has been raising funds for Fallon Youth Club. The 2 classes that contribute the most will win a taco party and a movie. The fund drive will end the last of April.

Week of March 27

I was gone the first two days of this week, so you may have heard about two substitutes. 

Projects: World War 2
8th Writing: body paragraphs of an argument
6th Writing: body paragraphs of an argument
Reading: book clubs and a read aloud about World War 2

This Friday is student-led parent conferences. There are no time slot sign-ups; you come in with your child at your convenience. any time between 7:30 am and 5:30 pm will work. THANK YOU!

Week of March 13-16

Spring Break NEXT WK --- March 20-23

projects: students will be finishing and presenting their websites  about the Great Depression

8th writing: students are working together in small groups to write, analyze and revise an argumentative essay

6th writing: students are working together in small groups to write, analyze and revise an argumentative essay

reading: students are reading in book club groups; as a class we are reading a novel about the Danish people during World War II, titled Number the Stars

PLEASE HAVE YOUR STUDENT READ DURING SPRING BREAK AND PRACTICE LANGUAGE ARTS ixL

week of March 6-9

Spring Break is coming up the week of March 20-26; student-led conference on Friday, March 31st from 7:30 to 5:30 (or make special time arrangements by emailing me)

Projects: building websites on the Great Depression

8th writing: argumentative piece on funding cloud seeding

6th writing: argumentative piece on the Loch Ness monster

6th Reading: book clubs are reading together; read aloud about WW II titled Number the Stars; fluency practice

Students should be reading at least 20 minutes per night---it would be better if it was 30!

WEEK OF FEB 27-MAR 2

IF YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH SANDBAGGING EFFORTS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, YOU MAY COUNT THE HOURS AS OASIS VOLUNTEER HOURS! Monday through Friday 8-5.


PROJECTS: working on our websites

8TH WRITING: finishing up informative writing of game rules, beginning argumentative writing practice for upcoming testing

6TH WRITING: finished writing a modern folktale for narrative writing

READING: we finished our read aloud about the depression, will take a test on it and will have a final project to produce on the book No Promises in the Wind