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.

2016 - 2017: The School Year is Upon Us!

   


     We cannot wait to see you all, and we hope you had a fantastic summer break!   In our first couple of days we will review some policies, talk about any changes at the school, and catch up on how we have been passing our time.

    There will be a lot of papers going home in the first few days, and many of them will have to be returned to school.  

     See you soon,

      Mr. Gleim, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Gamsby, Ms. Corey, and Ms. Snay

Friday, June 3, 2016

It is our Colombian Exchange Day!  To all who could, thank you for supplying either an old world or new world food item!  Here are a few pictures from the morning -- students in each home room created a craft to trade with the other home room.  The drop-cloth turned into an unplanned piece of art for our walls.

Mr. Gleim's class is painting rocks to trade with the New World.

Mr. Murphy's class is making beaded bracelets to trade with settlers from the Old World.

 

           This afternoon we shared a movie, a meal, and some inspiring quotes like this one from President Dwight D. Eisenhower:  "This world of ours...must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect."

Week of May 31, 2016

Wednesday we go to the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge - if possible, students may want to wear pants instead of shorts (to avoid sun and insect problems); hats are welcome, and sunscreen may be used. Weather should be partly sunny and in the 70s.

On Friday we will have our Columbian Exchange Day.  Thank you for your help in supplying an Old World or New World food item!

Week of May 23, 2016

Homework has been updated.

We have a regular week this week, and then next Monday is Memorial Day; enjoy your upcoming long weekend!  Also, On June 1 we have a field trip to the Missisquoi Refuge.  Students received permission slips already, and we would like to have those back as soon as possible.

The final Independent Reading deadline is June 2.  Please ask your student about his or her books and book projects!

Week of May 16

Students have received progress reports from the Unified Arts teachers.  Please ask them about their progress reports.

Our learning community will be going to the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday June 1.

Here are a couple of photos from our recent visit by Bird Diva Bridget Butler: students independently mapped the area around them as well as sounds, and they listened for natural and man-made sounds.

                               

                                            
(The video is grainy, but you can hear them try to make the sounds of a mourning dove.)