This week students have been busy researching their Hindu deity, writing a speech to get their deity elected as the class deity, and creating campaign posters.  On Monday and Tuesday, March 2 and 3, student will be delivering their speeches to the class.  This project had very specific deadlines for each step:  research, speech writing, poster.  It has been a challenge for some to stay on task and have items completed on time.  It has been a great lesson in time management.  So, if you see your child working on speeches and posters this weekend, please give them encouragement and support because everything is due on Monday.  Also, please have your child practice their speech in front of you at least three times so they will be comfotable speaking in front of the class.  Please see speach rubric attached.

PE with Mr Rembrandt:  We working through our singles tournament in classes this week, and will then move on to practicing our doubles skills in preparation for a doubles tournament. We will have one more week of our Ping Pong unit and then we will be moving out to the field for our Soccer and Field Games unit.

Study Skills: In Study Skills, students are continuing our work on digital citizenship. We’ve been discussing the concept of the “attention economy” and how many apps and platforms are designed to compete for our time and focus. Students are learning to think more critically about their online habits and reflect on whether their screen time aligns with what truly matters to them, such as friendships, academics, hobbies, and personal goals. Our goal is to help students become more intentional, balanced, and responsible digital users.

Super excited to perform with the choir this thursday at the elementaries to give 5th graders a taste of life as a 6th grade musician.  The end of the trimester is next thur and for this trimester, no quizzes were given.  Student grades will solely reflect effort and behavior in class.  Next trimester, you can expect more assignments for both ukes and keyboards.