Hello! Welcome to JMMS! I hope all has been well for your children here; it seems that they've been getting the hang of things now!
I am Mrs. Dannug (formerly Miss Hubbard), your child's science teacher. I send out emails periodically to let you know about information going on in class/school (the half yellow sheets that you filled out!). This will most likely be one of the longer ones I'll send, but I want to make sure that everyone is ready for this coming year!
First of all, we've had a couple assignments for class already that my students have been doing well on! If you have not seen/filled in 2 yellow papers (a full sheet and a half sheet), then hopefully your child will bring those to you soon! The large sheet is the student lab safety contract page 3 (the first 2 pages are glued in our composition books, or ISNs). This must be turned in by our first lab, which will be this week! They've also completed a getting-to-know-you activity called Who I Am, which we worked on in class and was due Thursday. Finally, we are pen pals with my sister's kindergarten class in Olmsted Falls and we worked on our introduction letter to them on last Tuesday in class. These are due by tomorrow!
**If your child ever forgets to turn anything in, he or she is welcome to turn things in late for partial credit!
We will also have a mini quiz next Tuesday over observation and inference, our first science topics of the year! Students will be told about this today and will be given a list of what to study as well as a study guide. The study guide is due by this Friday when we will go over it in class. Your child is welcome to turn it in early to be checked. Here is the list of what to study:
*Definition of observation
*Definition of inference
*Be able to identify examples of observations and inferences
*Be able to create examples of observations and inferences
We are towards the end of our JMMS fundraiser! Students should have brought home packets of information on selling cookie dough and to-back orders. The top selling homerooms in each community get a doughnut party! Doughnuts sound pretty delicious to all of us 6C teachers so be sure to turn in these fundraiser forms by tomorrow, September 7!
If you find yourself with questions about any of our classes, be sure to check out our websites, call our homework hotline, or most importantly, ask your child! That being said, we are happy to answer phone calls and emails with questions! Also, please don't remove any papers from your students' folders, especially if there is no grade on them! We will tell students when they no longer need their papers and can take them home; I've already had students have to re-do an assignment because a parent took it out of their folders and got rid of it! I hate to have students do work they've already done, as I'm sure you'd agree, so if you want to help re-organize, have your child ask us if there's anything they can get rid of before you do it!
Our annual 6th grade trip to Camp Muskingum is soon approaching! Forms were due Thursday but if your child was absent or maybe forgot to turn it in, you can contact Mr. Michel to see if it is possible to still turn in forms this week. When we get closer to going, I will take one or two class periods to discuss camp with the students and go over the camp packets with them. I will try to answer all of their questions while also describing the experience a bit and helping them with ideas on how to pack!
If you have any questions or concerns, please be sure to let me know! Have a wonderful day!
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