6th Grade Sharks

September 23, 2015

Githens Middle School

Team Fall

Newsletter

We are very proud to work with our 2015-2016 Cohort of Raiders and Raiderettes.
We plan to do it with P.R.I.D.E.
P.R.I.D.E. Expectations

Upcoming Events

Weekly homework packets go

home

1. Friday, January 29, 2016

Reports Go Home!
2. Friday, January 29, 2016
Durham Athletic
Conference Wrestling
Championship at
Githens.
3.

Every Friday is School

Spirit Day, do forget to
show your Raider Pride.

in

Science

and

Mathematics.
D.E.A.R. Drop Everything and
Read: Students should bring
something

to

read

on

Thursdays.
Service Learning begins in
September

and

throughout the year!

We are excited about our

2015-16 Sharks Team!

continues

Communication is the
Key to Success:
Please feel free to contact
your childs Shark
Teachers at any time.
Remember to call Ms.
Rodriguez in Guidance to
set up a face-to-face
meeting with us.
Parent meeting times are
every Friday between
12:15 1:30 p.m. with an
appointment.
Language Arts:
Ms. Stoughton
amanda.stoughton@dpsnc.net

Social Studies:
Ms. Crosson
Tanisha.crosson@dpsnc.net

Math: Dr. Murrill

Charles.Murrill@dpsnc.net

Science: Mrs. Parker

Karen.Parker@dpsnc.net

Ms. Rodriguez in
Guidance
(919) 560-3966 Ext. 66226
Contact Dr. Murrill:
charles.murrill@dpsnc.net to
join the Shark Connect
Listserv.

Social Studies
With Ms. Crosson:
Greetings Shark Team parents!
Cheers to another exciting
quarter in social studies! We are
currently finishing our unit on
religious transitions with the
study of Buddhism. Students had
an exciting time learning about
the different world religions and
conducting research about the
various concepts of each. We
will moving on to our next unit,
Regional Civilizations, where we
will be studying about the
Byzantine Empire, the spread of
Islam, the empires of Africa,
Meso-American civilizations and
Imperial China. Please ask your
learner to share with you the
wonderful information we will be
learning about in the upcoming
unit. Thank you for your support!
For questions, comments
and concerns, please contact me
at Tanisha.Crosson@dpsnc.net.
Language Arts
With Ms. Stoughton:
This unit in our Students will
learn how to write a research
paper which contains facts and
opinions, a topic of his/her
choosing, and bias or unbiased
information. Please ask your
student about this project to
make sure he/she is on task. By
the way, my Shark Team
Language Arts website can be

found at
http://stoughtonssharks.weebly.c
om
For questions, comments and
concerns, please contact me at
amanda.stoughton@dpsnc.net
Math with Dr. Murrill:
Thinking Mathematically: This is
Dr. Murrill reporting from the
village of Math Mania. Problem
solving is key in being able to do
all other aspects of mathematics.
We are in Unit 4 (Equations and
Inequalities). Mathematical
expressions and equations can be
used to represent and solve realworld and mathematical
problems. Solving an equation or
inequality is a process of
answering a question, such as
which values from a specific set
make the equation or inequality
true. By the way, everything you
do to help your child helps us and
as always we thank you for all you
do in our support. Reporting live
from Shark Island, News Channel
C-9 Dr. Murrill. For questions,
comments and concerns, or to
subscribe to my weekly
newsletter, please contact me at
Charles.Murrill@dpsnc.net.
Science with Mrs. Parker:
In January, we will be doing a
cow eye dissection so I may be
requesting some help in the
classroom that day. Dont forget
that my website has the relevant
textbook chapters in pdf form and
also links and power points that
we have used in the classroom.
My class website
www.takeabiteoutofscience.weeb
ly.com will be your best friend
this year. Check it often for
homework assignments, class
information and pictures and
links for further study.

For questions, comments and

concerns, please contact me at
Karen.Parker@dpsnc.net