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South Canton Scholars Charter Academy6th Grade

Weekly Newsletter for May 11, 2012

Calendar CountsMay

May 15th Girls Soccer Home Game

May 18th Spring Carnival

May 22nd Kindergarten Round Up

May 25th Public Speaking Day6th Grade

May 28th Memorial Day No School

JuneJune 1stSpirit Day

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTSStudents are working in groups to develop a

new product and a persuasive advertising

campaign to along with their product. Students

will present their product on Friday, May 18th.

SOCIAL STUDIES WITHMS. TEXTOR

This week in social studies the students became teacher as they researched about the ancient I

culture and shared their findings with the class. It w

fun to see what the students could create when twere the teach

Next week the students will get one final day to won their HUGE final project. Once the project has b

completed and turned in, students will be movingto our new unit in economics. Students will

learning all about the economic system, the proc

and importance of banks and the different econom

throughout the world.

HUGE FINAL PROJECT DUE:

Tuesday May 15th

***NoteStudents have had two full weeks of in cl

time to work on this project. Projects will not be

accepted late due to the amount of in class time thhave had.***

OWENS Math MinuteMr.Owens likes chocolatealmost as muchas helikes math.

Next week in math we will be

completing our geometry unit.

The Final unit of the year is Data

and Probability. There will be a

project for the Data and

Probability unit, details to follow.

Rotation 3 will learn and use thePythagorean Theorem.

Rotation 2 will finish working with piand circles and then learn and use the

Pythagorean Theorem.

Rotation 1 will find the area,

perimeter and circumference of

shapes.

SCIENCE WITH MRS. LEE

Scientists will be wrapping up theirLight Unit early next week. They spent

some time exploring the visible lightspectrum through different centerswhere students created laser beams,

made and studied blind spots, and

played with optical illusions.

Their last unit of the year will begin

next week and focus on Geographical

Processes

Spring CarnivalMay 18, 20125:30-8:30 p.m.

The PSS is currently collecting

donations to fill baskets for the SpringCarnival. They are requesting

Barbeque themed items from the 6 th

grade classes. Items such as sauces,grill pans, aprons, plates, spatulas, grill

brushes would all be wonderful.

Middle School Mixer

June 1, 2012

Contact: Mrs. Morgan if you would like to hel

plan, decorate, or donate for the dance.

smorgan028@gmail.com

Talent ShowJune 6th2012

Auditions

May 24, 2012 3:45-5:00 p.m.Students auditioning should put together a 2

minute presentation for the audition. Talents can

range from singing, dancing, showing magic,

telling jokes, dramatic readings, juggling, etc.

Show Date and TimeJune 6th

Grades K-3 9-10:00 a.m.

Grades 4-6 1:30-2:30 p.m.

The Blind Side and IntegrityWe will be using the movie The Blind Side

to support our last Moral Focus topic of the

year as well as to support College Week.

Look for a permission slip this later this

month.

College WeekJune 4th 8th

Each teacher has selected a college

randomly to support during this week.

Students will decorate doors to match the

college.

Public Speaking DayThe 6th graders of South Canton will be

presenting their persuasive speeches

and poems on May 25th from 9:00 a.m.

until 10:00 a.m. All families are invitedto attend our presentation day to enjoy

top notch public speaking and brilliant

poetry.

NWEA Spring TestingMost 6th graders have completed their Spring NWEtests. We saw students make wonderful growths in

three subject areas.

Thank youThank you for all of your love and support th

week. We appreciate and love the flowers, gif

notes, hugs, and high fives. You have all made

feel very special.