From: Ms. Huber
Dear Parents-Thank you SO much for all the wonderful treats, flowers, presents, and my favorite…the homemade cards! I was truly spoiled and pampered last week during Teacher Appreciation Week! I hope you all also enjoyed a relaxing long weekend and were able to spend time with your
Important Dates:
Monday, February 17 – Student/Teacher Holiday
Wednesday, February 19 – International Day
Friday, February 21 – Jekyll Final Payment Due
Wednesday, February 26 – Spring Class & Individual Pictures
Friday, February 28 – February Book Log Due
Wednesday, March 4 – AMMS Field Trip
Coach Digital (Milestones Test Prep)
Now that we are in the 2nd semester of school, many of you have asked about how you can help your child prepare for the upcoming the Georgia Milestones Assessment. Our AMAZING Dolvin Foundation purchased the rights to the Coach Digital electronic platform for all our students to access from home and school in order to prepare for the assessment. To access the platform, please go to www.coachdigital.com
Once there, select Georgia for the first drop down, Fulton County for the second drop down, and Dolvin Elementary for the third drop down. Your child's username is their 10-digit lunch number (which they know) and the password is 123456. I’ll be adding Language Arts items by the end of the week.
Jekyll Reminder
Don’t forget that if your child has food allergies or special food needs, you’ll need to contact Jekyll yourself in advance (if you haven’t done this yet, please do this week if possible because we are in our final few weeks of preparation). Contact information was in the packet sent home (if you e-mail them, please include my name on e-mail, too). Thanks!
Grammar: We have started our biggest 5th grade grammar unit on Verb Tense. Over the past few weeks, we reviewed action verbs (direct objects and singular/plural spellings), linking verbs, helping verbs, verb phrases, and subject-verb agreement. Last week, we learned about participles and verb tense. This week we’ll start learning about the perfect tense (past-perfect, present-perfect, and future-perfect). The 6th graders will also be learning about transitive/intransitive phrases, predicate nominatives, infinitives, and gerunds. There will be a unit test toward the end of February.
Vocabulary/Spelling-List 9 was added to your child’s binder today. We will have the quiz in about two weeks. Remember, their quizzes have changed slightly to focus even more on the prefix/root/suffix meanings. If you feel your child needs more practice, all their lists have been uploaded into the website spellingcity.com under Huber.
Writing: Last week we continued our opinion writing unit and started the writing process for our final practice writing. For their final writing, students will be introduced to the career of public relations and become a PR firm for a vacation destination of their choice and will write to convince others to choose their spot for vacation. As they are writing this final writing, I’ll be meeting one-on-one or in small groups for writing conferences to discuss areas to improve upon. This final writing will conclude with a class contest (and a writing test).
Reading: Last week we started a unit on poetry (analyze poems for structure, figurative language, tone, and theme) and began our next class Book Club book (either Out of the Dust or Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry). This week we will continue to analyze poems for the elements above as well as start to compare and contrast two poems. Sixth graders will be learning about symbolism, iambic pentameter, sonnets, odes, ballads, and epics. For their February Book Logs, all students will need to read one chapter book of their choice besides the class novel. This will be due at the end of February.
Dear Parents-Thank you SO much for all the wonderful treats, flowers, presents, and my favorite…the homemade cards! I was truly spoiled and pampered last week during Teacher Appreciation Week! I hope you all also enjoyed a relaxing long weekend and were able to spend time with your
Important Dates:
Monday, February 17 – Student/Teacher Holiday
Wednesday, February 19 – International Day
Friday, February 21 – Jekyll Final Payment Due
Wednesday, February 26 – Spring Class & Individual Pictures
Friday, February 28 – February Book Log Due
Wednesday, March 4 – AMMS Field Trip
Coach Digital (Milestones Test Prep)
Now that we are in the 2nd semester of school, many of you have asked about how you can help your child prepare for the upcoming the Georgia Milestones Assessment. Our AMAZING Dolvin Foundation purchased the rights to the Coach Digital electronic platform for all our students to access from home and school in order to prepare for the assessment. To access the platform, please go to www.coachdigital.com
Once there, select Georgia for the first drop down, Fulton County for the second drop down, and Dolvin Elementary for the third drop down. Your child's username is their 10-digit lunch number (which they know) and the password is 123456. I’ll be adding Language Arts items by the end of the week.
Jekyll Reminder
Don’t forget that if your child has food allergies or special food needs, you’ll need to contact Jekyll yourself in advance (if you haven’t done this yet, please do this week if possible because we are in our final few weeks of preparation). Contact information was in the packet sent home (if you e-mail them, please include my name on e-mail, too). Thanks!
Grammar: We have started our biggest 5th grade grammar unit on Verb Tense. Over the past few weeks, we reviewed action verbs (direct objects and singular/plural spellings), linking verbs, helping verbs, verb phrases, and subject-verb agreement. Last week, we learned about participles and verb tense. This week we’ll start learning about the perfect tense (past-perfect, present-perfect, and future-perfect). The 6th graders will also be learning about transitive/intransitive phrases, predicate nominatives, infinitives, and gerunds. There will be a unit test toward the end of February.
Vocabulary/Spelling-List 9 was added to your child’s binder today. We will have the quiz in about two weeks. Remember, their quizzes have changed slightly to focus even more on the prefix/root/suffix meanings. If you feel your child needs more practice, all their lists have been uploaded into the website spellingcity.com under Huber.
Writing: Last week we continued our opinion writing unit and started the writing process for our final practice writing. For their final writing, students will be introduced to the career of public relations and become a PR firm for a vacation destination of their choice and will write to convince others to choose their spot for vacation. As they are writing this final writing, I’ll be meeting one-on-one or in small groups for writing conferences to discuss areas to improve upon. This final writing will conclude with a class contest (and a writing test).
Reading: Last week we started a unit on poetry (analyze poems for structure, figurative language, tone, and theme) and began our next class Book Club book (either Out of the Dust or Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry). This week we will continue to analyze poems for the elements above as well as start to compare and contrast two poems. Sixth graders will be learning about symbolism, iambic pentameter, sonnets, odes, ballads, and epics. For their February Book Logs, all students will need to read one chapter book of their choice besides the class novel. This will be due at the end of February.