Welcome and Weekly Updates
Hello Ray Families! Thank you for your patience and flexibility over the past two weeks. We are starting to get into a nice rhythm with Remote Learning, and while there are still some kinks to work out, students have been ready and eager to learn every day. I really appreciate all of the support and kindness you've shown me the past two weeks. Together we make a strong learning team for our students. This Week In Class In social studies, students will examine and assess the importance of jobs based on their personal opinions and viewpoints, students will discuss and write about their views and society’s views towards various jobs, and explore biases, and students will recognize the value of jobs that they may not have previously thought important. We will look at child labor practices in America and try to understand how those practices have come to change and why. In math, we are learning about transformations: the math of movement. By the end of this week, students will know the difference between translations, rotations, and reflections. Students will practice labeling and demonstrating the different transformations, as well as strengthen their math language by describing transformations with words. In Reading & Writing, we will begin learning about Theme: the message or lesson of a story. This week, students will collaboratively discuss possible themes of short stories and provide evidence from the text to support their claims. We will read and watch an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story All Summer in a Day and discuss possible themes. In Science, we are using the Question Formulation Technique to explore Cell Theory. By the end of this week, students should understand the fundamental principles of Cell Theory: all living things are made of cells, cells are the building blocks of life, and all cells come from pre-existing cells. In Academic Enrichment, we will be learning how to use Google Calendar and Calendar invitations. We will also begin Transition assessments to gather information about high school and post-high school plans for our students. Daily Schedule Our PE teacher, Mr. McNaughton, will come visit this week to talk with 6th grade about Specials schedule. Mr. Thomas, our social worker, will begin seeing students this week. Miss Kausel, our new Speech Pathologist will also begin seeing students this week. Miss McGehee will also begin seeing students this week! Students should be in classes by 8:45. I will report attendance to their mainstream teachers, who will report attendance through Aspen by 9:00 am. If students are having trouble with technology which will make them late, please email me immediately. Students have lunch from 12:40-1:10. After lunch, they have Specials class (one day a week) and then independent work time until the end of the school day at 3:15. All teachers are assigning independent work for students to complete after lunch every day. Please keep an eye on your student's Google Classrooms to check for daily assignments! Announcements Please complete these important forms!! Back-to-School Packets You can return the form two ways:
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