Welcome to Meigs Middle School. We will have an exciting time in 5th grade!
I will be your child's Reading, Language Arts, and Social Studies teacher
during this school year.
Students may arrive at school at 7:30 am. They are to go to the gym until
7:45 at which time they will be dismissed to their homeroom classes.
January 28, 2010 - Students should be finishing The Thief Lord tonight. We
have been working in class on our 100 Point projects and students have given
me a list of their project choices. The spelling test is tomorrow. Social
Studies Fair project information has been sent home. Those projects will be
due March 22.
January 19, 2010 - Students will need to complete the Social Studies Chapter
5 Review by tomorrow. Also, any field trip permission forms and monies need
to be turned in by Wednesday, Manuary 20th.
January 15, 2010 - Students do not report to school on Monday in observance
of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. There is a new project information sheet
going home total for reading. We will have a goal setting sheet next week
for students to complete. Students need to begin reading 3 chapters per day
in The Thief Lord.
January 13, 2010 - There is a new link to a writing contest posted in
the "Links" sections. Your student may choose to enter this contest. Also,
students may enter submissions to the Meigs Scene. Entry forms are
downstairs next to Ms. Searfoss's door.
January 12, 2010 - Field trip permission forms were sent home today for the
Jan. 26 performance of "The Diary of Anne Frank". Please sign the form and
return it with your child's $11 fee before Tuesday, January 19th.
January 5 - Happy New Year! It was good to see everyone today. This week's
spelling words come from Unit 19. We are beginning a new novel this week.
Students will be reading The Thief Lord and completing related assignments.
Dec. 16 - Thanks for all of the help with our Centennial Exposition. Many of
you came to help or sent in items for us. The students had an amazing day
and we couldn't have done it without you!
Also, thanks for all that you did for our Ross Elementary family. Ms
Bucchino came and shared that you all created a wonderful Christmas for our
family.
Nov. 20 - Thank you for the new books for our classroom. We received 5 of the
books on my wishlist! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
We have finished our Sound the Jubilee book and students have been given a
study guide to complete over the weekend. Our final test will be on Monday.
Students will not have a Spelling test next week but will have the Unit 16
test on Friday, Dec. 4th. Student do report to school on Monday and Tuesday.
Nov. 13 - Spaghetti Supper and Talent Show
Book Fair will be open until 7 pm.
Nov. 9-13 BOOK FAIR
Nov. 9 - There is an contest posted on my links page for students. We will be
entering this contest for our November/December Book Share. I will be
providing classroom lessons in preparation for the contest. Look for more
information over the next two weeks.
Oct. 29 - We have been enjoying the October Book Shares! Many of the
students have worked hard and their enthusiasm is contagious. I appreciate
their efforts and we will finish these on Monday.
Thank you to all who have been willing to furnish things for our behavior
incentive celebration tomorrow. You can send in your items with your child
tomorrow morning. I appreciate your willingness to help us with the October
festivities!
On Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, we will have our pictures made for the Centennial
Exposition passports. Students may bring shawls, hats, overcoats, or
anything that they would like to put on for their picture as an immigrant to
America.
Oct. 26 - Welcome back to school! I hope everyone had a relaxing Fall Break
and that our students are ready to learn and dig a little deeper. Our
Spelling test this week will be over unit 11. The Book Share Mystery Bags
are due Oct. 28th and the presentations will begin that day, too. We will
have a writing assessment this week to look at where the students are in
regard to our 6 + 1 Traits of Writing focus. We will be working on Ideas and
Content as well as Organization.
Friday we will have a celebration of Fall as our monthly incentive as part of
our school-wide discipline plan. Our room parents may be calling you to help
furnish snacks, drinks, or other items. Thanks for your help!
Oct. 14 - Thank you to those of you who have sent in hand sanitizer. We have
enough to last us for a while thanks to your generosity. I particularly
liked the personalized label for "Ms. Buckner's Extraordinary Clean Hands
Potion"! Thank you for helping us try to stay as germ free as possible!
Many of you have returned the H1N1 Flu forms. Please return those forms by
Oct. 15 so we can get the accurate number of vaccines or mists for the
students.
Our Spelling test over Unit 10 is tomorrow. These words are more challenging
and we have discussed in class the importance of knowing the meanings of
these
words.
Students report to school a for a full day on Thursday but do not report to
school on Friday. I hope all of you have a wonderful Fall Break and that the
students return to school rested and ready for our next 9 weeks!
Oct. 8 - The H1N1 flu shot/mist information was sent home today. Please
complete and return the accept/decline information and return the form to
school.
We have finished our Civil War Leaders packet and made study cards
to prepare students for the quiz on Tuesday, Oct. 13th. Students should be
reading the fact side of the card and trying to remember which leader the
fact or facts refer to on the card. Book Shares are on-going and the
Spelling test is tomorrow.
We have had several parents sign up to donate blood. Thank you for giving to
the Red Cross so generously!
Oct. 6 - The first page of the Civil War Leaders packet was given to Block 1
and Block 2 will receive pages 1 and 2 tomorrow. Please have your child
review the underlined information. Also, the Book Share signature portion of
the page is due on Friday. Students have been selecting books from the Meigs
library and have through Friday to choose their books. Students who have
selected their books should begin reading and finding clues to record on the
graphic organizer.If you plan to purchase pictures, please return all orders
by Friday, Oct. 9th.
Oct. 5 - We took a "Causes of the Civil War" quiz today. I am sending them
home tonight to be signed and returned. Also, students need to be sure that
they have read Chapter 3, Lesson 2 in Social Studies and Chapter 2 in Sound
the Jubilee. Some students in the first block may not have finished the
Spelling assignment.
Oct. 2 - Our Unit 9 Spelling Test will be on Friday, Oct. 9. Students who
did not finish their Chapter 3 Reading Guide for Lesson 1 need to complete it
over the weekend and turn it in on Monday. Please remind your child to bring
their ID badge and agenda each day. Have a lovely weekend!
Oct. 1 - Remember to remind your child to study for our spelling test on Unit
8 tomorrow! Also, we will have a quiz over the Causes of the Civil War packet
on Monday. Sound the Jubilee, our new novel study, was assigned today.
Students were asked to read the preface and chapter 1. After reading, student
need to make a list of characters with descriptions for class tomorrow. Most
students had time to complete these in class today.
Sept. 28 - Information about the Red Cross Blood Drive was sent home today.
Mark your calendars for Nov. 5th and come to Meigs that day and give!
Sept. 22 - We continued our lessons using Cornell notetaking and began to
look at the differences between search engines and databases. Students now
have the passwords to access from home Grolier Online, NetTrekker, and TEL.
Students have been given guidelines for the first Book Share that will be due
Sept. 24. Ask your child to tell you about it!
We had our first lesson on using the Cornell Notetaking System on Sept. 21
and began to look at online catalogs for research using our Dell Laptop
cart. We will continue to use our laptops this week as we develop our
skills using Cornell notetaking and learning about online research.
Thanks to those of you who have returned your family's pledge cards for
Invest!
Our next Spelling Unit will be Unit 7. Students need to be prepared for our
test on Friday.
I sent home your child's id number for Gradespeed on Aug. 25. I will be
entering grades in Gradespeed as I grade papers and will send home our first
group of papers on Friday in a Friday folder. If your child has a missing
assignment, it will reflect as a zero in their grades and be noted by "msg".
YEARBOOK ORDER FORMS have been sent home. Please ask your child to give you
the form today. Orders placed before Dec. 1 have a discounted price of $33.
Please sign the test papers in your child's folder and return the folder with
the signed papers on Monday.