Friday 10/27

Grade Level News for 6th Grade

Update from the Principal's Desk:

Parents and Guardians,

The first quarter is behind us, and our students seem to be thriving. Please take a minute to check your students MISSING WORK in parent portal, as well as the upcoming tests and project dates in the newsletter below. You will also find the mid-term schedule and mid-term information for December in the newsletter.

We hope that the online learning day went well for you and your students. Based on PTO feedback, we tried to share with parents what the online expectations are in order to help you assist your children. We are always looking for additional ways to improve, and we have listened to feedback to make our next online learning day even cleaner.

Have a great week! Many fall festivals and activities are under way, and I hope you are able to enjoy family and friends during this time.

Upcoming Dates:

10/16 - Club Pictures
10/17 - Football playoff game
10/18 - Family Connect Night
10/19 - Online Learning Day
10/20 - Student Holiday
11/8 - Picture Retake Day
11/8 - Chamber Music Concert
11/8 - Family Connect Night
11/16 - Symphonic Band
11/20-11/24 - Thanksgiving Break

English Language Arts News

Our students have been working diligently throughout our informational unit, and our summative assessment is just around the corner: Tuesday, October 31st. This will be a cold-read summative, where students read brief passages followed by multiple-choice questions regarding informational elements such as author’s purpose, point of view, text structure, and text features. Following our summative cold-read, students will begin an informational research project over an animal of their choosing. We're also thrilled to announce that our students have the opportunity to participate in the Young Georgia Authors writing competition. This competition allows students to showcase their writing talents and creativity. If your child has any questions about this competition, please encourage them to reach out to their ELA or enrichment teacher. We're so proud of all the hard work your kids are putting in, and we appreciate your support in keeping them engaged and excited about learning.

Unit 2 Summative Cold-Read: Tuesday, October 31st
Young Georgia Authors Writing Submissions Due: Friday, January 12th

Math News

Accelerated

Sixth grade Accelerated Math will be wrapping up the instruction portion of their Number System Fluency Unit this week. Here are the final unit assessment dates:

October 24: LCM/GCF Quiz
October 27: Fraction Quiz (note date change)
November 3: Number System Fluency Summative Exam

Our next unit on expressions will begin on November 6. Reminder: Students should not be using a calculator to complete their homework assignments until our Equations Unit.

Advanced Math

Advanced Math students wrapped up their unit on rational number operations on Friday. We will now be starting Unit 3 – Algebraic Expressions. Please check Canvas regularly for updates and helpful resources!

Advanced Math Help Sessions are held weekly on Wednesdays during Flex!

Important Dates:

11/3 – Unit 3, Quiz 1 – Substituting and Evaluating Expressions
11/10 – Unit 3, Quiz 2 – Combining Like Terms
11/16 – Unit 3, Unit 3 Summative Assessment

On Level Math

Students recently wrapped up their unit on operations with fractions. We had our Unit 2B Summative Test on Thursday, 10/26. Fantastic job! We will begin our third unit on Monday, 10/30, which will focus on writing, interpreting, and using expressions to solve problems. Students will begin by studying exponents and will learn to both write expressions to represent real scenarios, as well as to evaluate expressions when the value of a variable is given. We will have a quiz on evaluating and translating expressions on Tuesday, 11/7, and our summative test is currently scheduled for Thursday, November 16th. Please remember to have students check Canvas for other important information and helpful resources.

Important Dates:

Quiz – 11/7
Summative Assessment – 11/16

Science News

This week we concluded our unit on moon phases, eclipses, tides, and seasons. We also learned about density and heat and completed some fun experiments. Next week we will continue to learn about heat as well as the layers of Earth.

Social Studies News

This week in Social Studies...

We continued our European History Unit with learning about the Russian Revolution and how it led to the rise of communism.

Next up we will learn how the World Wide Depression as well as other factors led to the Rise of Nazism in Germany.

Be on the look out for formatives over these topics within the next week.

Europe History Summative Test TBD the week before Thanksgiving Break.

Study Tip: Have your child to teach you or explain one of the topics they have recently learned in class.

Enrichment

Over the next two weeks Enrichment is focusing on expanding your student’s vocabulary through the study of synonyms and antonyms. We will be using the semantic mapping strategy to help categorize these words. Starting next week, we will be studying nonfiction inferencing and applying this skill to explaining evidence in constructed response writing prompts.

Connections News

Healthcare Science:

6th and 7th grade will be completing a HOSA scavenger hunt.

8th Grade will explore how participation win a CTSO like Hosa can promote lifelong community service and leadership through project based learning.

HOSA's chapter meetings will be held on

November 2, 2023 8th Grade only
November 16, 2023 7th and 6th Grade only

Flex times are also available weekly to work on competitive events. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Kauffman at f22003@forsyth.k12.ga.us

DECA:

Deca had 40 members volunteer to take the Middle School Marketing DECA State Test!

Two students placed in the top 10 and the remaining students placed in the top 50!

Way to go Eagles!

Congratulations to …

Sherya Nambiar South Forsyth Middle School placed 2nd

Keerthi Rajesh South Forsyth Middle School placed 5th

These wonderful students have earned a GA DECA Medal and will be recognized on the big stage at State CDC in February.

Art:

Upcoming Club Meeting Dates:

11/2/23 - 7th /8th Grade Art Club
11/9/23 - 6th Grade Art Club
11/14/23 - Calligraphy Club
11/16/23 - 7th /8th Grade Art Club
11/28/23 - Calligraphy Club
1/30/23 - 6th Grade Art Club

Any students 12 and older wishing to enter the Scholastic Art Awards (a nationally recognized art competition for students) can come by the Art Room 525 and talk to Ms. Shoemake for more information.

Band:

November 8, Chamber Music Concert in the SFMS cafeteria 7:00 PM.

November 11, Symphonic Band Rehearsal, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

November 13, Mock All-State Audition #1, SFMS Band Room, after school

November 15, Mock All-State Audition #2, SFMS Band Room, after school

November 16, NEXUS Concert at SFHS with the Symphonic Band

Drama:

The 8th Grade Advanced Theatre Class will be presenting our One Act performance of Shuddersome: Tales of Poe on October 27th at 7pm and October 28th at 1:00pm. Tickets are available on GOFAN.

The 7th Grade Advanced Theatre Class will be presenting our One Act performance of Hoodie on November 11th at 2:00pm and 6:00pm. Tickets are available on GOFAN.

Cheerleading tryouts for the Basketball Season will be Monday, October 23rd, Tuesday, October 24th, and Wednesday October 25th. Please contact Ms. Phillips with any questions or concerns at rophillips@forsyth.k12.ga.us

Counseling Corner

Happy Friday, eagle families! Can you believe it’s already almost November? As children enter the preteen phase of life, activities at school, a growing social life, and new interests become more and more of a focus for them. This can be the time that hanging with their friends or being on the phone is preferable to hanging out with the family. This is a very natural part of becoming a teenager. Your preteen still needs your support and guidance, even if they don’t admit it. As we enter the holiday season, remember to take time to slow down and spend uninterrupted time together. Maybe try having a “screen free” night together by having a make-your-own pizza night, playing board/card games, or making slime or playdough. Read this article about connecting with your preteen. As always, thank you for your continued support, and please let me know if there is anything I can do to help!

Nurse Notes

As we enter cold and flu season, we would like to remind families when to keep your student home from school. Please visit this link to read about when it is recommended your child stay home. Thank you for helping to keep all our students and staff safe and healthy by following these guidelines!

PTO Updates:

Own a local business and want to support the PTO as a teacher lunch sponsor or community partner?
- - - We have various opportunities to spotlight our local/ community businesses. If you are willing to donate food, gift cards, please email us at ptosfms@gmail.com

Parent Volunteer Opportunities:

Sign up HERE if you would like to volunteer throughout the school year.
We love our SFMS teachers! To our new parents, Welcome!! Each month we try to do something special to let our teachers know all of their hard work is appreciated! This first 1/2 of the year we would like to cover lunch duty on the following dates with volunteer parents:
- - - Nov 17-Cross Country Mortgage, LLC providing lunch
    - Dec 7-South Forsyth Middle School providing Coffee Bar

Volunteers stand in the cafeteria for an hour and let the kids know when to head back to class. You will be with 7 other volunteers and maybe get to embarrass your child! It is super easy! This gives the teachers a quiet time to enjoy lunch and it is a much appreciated way to give back. If you can’t come during school hours, please consider donating soft drinks for our teachers. You can send these in with your student and drop off at the main office. There is a slot for these on the sign up as well.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080944AEAC28A4FB6-sfms25

SPONSOR Thank You:

Thank you to our October Teacher Lunch Sponsor, Concrete Craft of North Atlanta, established in 2017 and providing new and resurfaced concrete driveways, pool decks, walkways, basements, sport courts and more

Mid-Term dates

Mid-terms can not be taken early
Make-up date for mid-terms: January 3rd, 2024

Don't forget to order your yearbook!

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