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Please mark these dates! October 2011 MEAP Testing Starts on Monday October 10, 2011

Moral Focus
OCTOBER

Dont forget to sign up to volunteer for lunch duty!

Soccer Games 10/11 4:30 At Fortis Ford Heritage Park, Ypsilanti 10/13 4:30 HOME vs Taylor Field 8 @ Independence Field Volleyball Games 10/11 4:30 Home vs Fortis 10/13 4:30 At Quest

Attention Band Students and Families

Throughout the first month of school students have worked to create Social Contracts in each of their core classrooms. These contracts contain information on how the students want to be treated by each other as well as from their different teachers. Each contract contains the word RESPECT. This month, students will dive into the meaning of respect and how it relates to us in our daily lives.

MEAP Testing 2011 n Monday, October 10th at 6:30 PM

October 11th: Reading October 12th: Reading October 18th: Mathematics October 19th: Social Studies Please make sure students receive a healthy breakfast before attending schools on these days. Here are some extra strategies to discuss with your child before taking these tests: *Always read the question twice. *Look carefully at graphs, pictures diagrams before answering the question. *Read ALL answers! Make sure you pick the BEST answer. * Use process of elimination to help you narrow down your answer. *Remember comprehension and vocabulary strategies. *Check over ALL work before handing in the test.

Ms. Loock will be having a Band Information Night here at SCS. This is an opportunity for parents will have the opportunity to learn about the Band program AND secure instruments for their students. It is very important that they attend this event! **All parents of Band students should plan on attending this meeting. **Please contact Ms. Loock for more information and details regarding the meeting. 92.hloock@heritageacademies.com

*Do your best !

South Canton Scholars Charter Academy

6th Grade
Weekly Newsletter for October 7, 2011
And the winner is. . . South Canton Scholars school colors

English Language Arts (ELA)

Haunted Stories
and This week in English Langue Arts class, students will start the process of composing original haunted stories. The stories will be based off of artwork from childrens author Christopher Van Allsburg. They will begin the writing process with a story organizer, move to character development, and then start drafting. This will take a few weeks to complete and will require some out of class work. Please check your students planner for more information.

Math with Ms. Kovacs 92.ekovacs@heritageacademies.com

Students settled into their new class rotations this week. Some students brought home new textbooks while others will be working in the original texts given out in September Rotation 1 and 2: Students will begin a new chapter in their textbooks introducing algebra and inequalities. We will work on lessons 2-1 through 2-4 the first week and lessons 2-5 through 2-8 the following week with a quiz sometime in between as a checkpoint to see how students are progressing. I can...define variable and constant and give examples of each. I can....solve one step algebraic expressions.

92.rmonsour@heritageacademies.com

Science with Mrs. Lee

Scientists worked to analyze the differences in M & M packets through their second lab using the scientific method. They worked independently and cooperatively to compare and contrast their results I CAN. . . *I can use the scientific method to analyze data. *I can use variables to test materials in my lab experiments.
**Special Note** On Thursday Mrs. Lee was out of the classroom attending professional development in Detroit. While she was away, students were in charge of completing several sheets in and out of class. While there was a great deal of work, it was not intended to take over a half hour. Due to the guest teacher in the room, this message was not conveyed. If a student was not able to complete their work it will not count against them.

92.ktextor@heritageacademies.com This week in Social Studies students will be exploring Earths physical geographical features. Due to MEAP testing there will be a great deal of kinesthetic activities and fun home assignments.

Social Studies with Ms. Textor

I can define the five themes of Geography I can describe different features of Earths physical Geography Monthly Goal600 minutes (10 hours)