It is officially Autumn, and October is around the corner!

Happy fall!  Thank you to all who were able to make it in for Open House last week!  It was great seeing you and your families.  Your students have already completed two small projects and presentations this year, and we will finish our first "read-aloud" book this week.  Ask your students for some details about Freak the Mighty!  We hope to watch the film version "The Mighty" later this week.   Overall, it has been quite a positive start to the year!












Remember the dates: school pictures will be on October 6 and 7 (more details will come out soon).

Below is a link to a listing and description of this year's Dorothy Canfield Fisher books.  Mr. Murphy  has most of them in his room and is waiting for the last few to arrive.  Students have already begun or completed many of these titles for their individual reading work.
https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=5524&a=1&a2=1

Please note that when the web site appears, the left-hand margin shows the books broken down into their genres.  If you are a huge fan of "adventure" books, click on that genre on the left of the screen, and you will have a smaller list of "Dorothy's List" books to consider.

The First Full Week of School is Here! September 12-16

Here are some upcoming dates and events to keep in mind:

Monday, September 19: Book Order
Students will receive a Scholastic brochure this week in school, and you will see Mr. Murphy's code on it: MF3BM.  That code can be used when ordering on-line (where you also would see many more choices than in the brochure).  Search for "scholastic reading club" if you are interested.  Look for a section of the screen that says "Parents" and "Connect to your teacher" -- then put in Mr. Murphy's code.

Thursday, September 22: Open House
Here in 6th grade, our house will be open from 6:00-7:00.  All of grades 5-8 has that hour for open house.  The K-4 grades will have theirs from 5:30-6:30.

Thursday and Friday, October 6&7: School pictures will be taken.  A more detailed schedule will be included when the forms are sent home.

Friday, October 21: Inservice
Students will not have school that day, but your teachers will be here!

Monday, October 24: "Fall Break"
Students will not have school this day.


Also, fall soccer schedules were handed out to students last week (September 8 or 9).  That information is also available on SATEC's home page.