Newsletter

Friday October 9, 2015

Library News-Mrs.Wanamaker
Karma.Wanamaker@indianola.k12.ia.us

The next Chat n Chew will be Thursday, October 15, during lunch time.
Come and discuss what youre reading!
Remember that the book fair will be held during conferences (the first
week of November). Students will be receiving a take home flyer soon. The
new Wimpy Kid book Old School will be available at the fair.
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Social Studies-Mrs. Larsen

Connee.Larsen@indianola.k12.ia.us

Our plans for the coming week include learning how the Earth/Sun relationship
causes seasons and creates temperature zones, and then also learning some
information about different thematic maps. We will have a formative
assessment/test over the Geography Skills we have learned so far this year on
Friday, 10/16 (ODD), and Monday, 10/19 (EVEN). Students will have a study
guide sheet to help them go through their Geo-Journal to know what to focus on as they study for
this assessment.

Science Mrs.Simpson
Dorisa.Simpson@indianola.k12.ia.us

In Science, students have been working hard at a variety of measurements this week.
They finished up finding volume with the graduated cylinders packet, completed
measuring mass on their TBB measurements, measured length using the metric side of
a ruler and read both the Celsius and Fahrenheit sides of thermometers to determine
temperature. Students also completed a Read Around The Room graduated cylinder
practice activity. To conclude the week, students took a short quiz over graduated
cylinders. They were asked to calculate the count by number and find the volume
shown.

Ms. Loneman Language Arts and Mrs. FischerLanguage Arts

This week students

prepared for and took their lesson 11 tests
worked on completing the rough draft of their personal narrative
Next week students will
continue drafting, editing, revising, and publishing their personal narrative
begin lesson 12 in the Journeys book (this will be a shorter lesson lasting
approximately 2 weeks)
Lesson 12:
Main selection: Airborn
Big Idea: Sometimes you need to give it all youve got.
Essential Question: How does a sky setting shape a storys events?
Target Skill: Story Structure Target Strategy: Infer/Predict
Fluency: Expression
Vocabulary Strategies: prefixes en-, adTarget Vocabulary: jostled, careening, relishing, falter, supple, taut, frail, engulf, frayed, and
undulating
Important Dates:
October 13thTyped Rough Draft of Narrative Due
October 16thFinal Narrative Due
October 23rdLesson 12 Assessments (subject to change)
GT Note:
In conjunction with their lit circle book, GT students are working on a theme analysis
essay instead of doing the personal narrative assignment. They will write a narrative at a
different time.

Reminder:
The textbook can be accessed at home by following these steps:
1.
Go to: www-k6.thinkcentral.com.
2.
Enter the state, district, and school.
3.
Username: langarts
4.
Password: indianola (not capitalized)
5.
Click Log In.
6.
Click on My Library
7.
Click on Journeys Student eBook
Please feel free to contact me at any time with comments, questions, or concerns.
Email: melissa.loneman@indianola.k12.ia.us
Phone: 961-9530 ext. 3134
Twitter: @msloneman (twitter.com/msloneman)
Instagram: @msloneman (look for my first post next week )
Website: msloneman.weebly.com
Enjoy your weekend!
Email: sara.fischer@indianola.k12.ia.us
Phone: 961-9530 ext. 3146

Computers Ms. Petersen

Kathy.Petersen@indianola.k12.ia.us

In Computers, students will be formatting a letter using Word 2013. Students

are also working on their Keyboarding Online Lessons and have a minimum
goal of being on Lesson 3 this week.

Box Tops

Send to school anytime! Collection tubs are located in

Language Arts rooms
and main office.

Math-Mrs. Vetter
alisha.vetter@indianola.k12.ia.us

We did 2nd Step lessons in math this week. Topics we covered with the 2 nd Step
curriculum in my room this week included What Bystanders can do to be part of the
solution in regards to bullying rather than being part of the problem. We also
covered Emotion Management with a focus on the Brain and Body. We had some
good discussion!
Math 6
This week we continued work in Unit 2 in the Everyday Math book; Operations
with Whole Numbers and Decimals. Students worked on reading and writing
both Large and Small (decimal) Numbers and reviewed adding and subtracting
decimals. I forgot that we were doing 2nd Step in Math class this week so we didnt
get as much math done as I intended.
We did not take the Place Value quiz. It will be on Monday (October 12) and Tuesday
(October 13) of next week. We will also continue reviewing adding and subtracting
decimals and begin work with Multiplying by Powers of 10.
Math 6/7
This week we continued our work in the Big Ideas book Chapter
2-Fractions and Decimals. The quiz over the 1 st 3 lessons:
Multiplying Fractions, Dividing Fractions, and Dividing Mixed
Numbers got moved to Monday October 5.
Math 7/8
From Mr. Westerly Math 7/8we are finishing up our chapter 1 test. 6th graders all
did well on the second chapter quiz and will finish test on Tuesday. Our next chapter
involves transformations, congruent and similar figures, and perimeter and area of
similar figures
Please contact me with any questions or concerns.
Phone: 961-9530 ext. 3147

Have a wonderful weekend!

Art-Mrs. Smith
lisa.smith@indianola.k12.ia.us

Square 1 Art order forms have come in! Youll find an access code on the
order form (in Red) that allows you to view your childs artwork at
www.square1art.com/shop On the website you can view your childs
artwork on different products, its really cool!
The due date for all order forms is OCTOBER 23rd. If possible, please order
online, its very simple. I cant wait to order my new apron and ceramic
tile with student art on them Great for Christmas gifts as well!
All funds will go toward the purchase of technology upgrades for the art
studentsipads and art computer programs that they will be able to use
for the next two years in art classalong with extra art supplies that we
need
Thank you so much for your support!
Lisa Smith
Middle School Art Teacher

In Class:
This week students have started their own still life drawing and putting
their practice to use! They are in the outlining stage and will begin
shading next week. Ask your child about techniques they have learned to
help them draw objects accurately (using the viewfinder, pencil trick to get
angles, other accuracy checks). Learning how to observe closely will

affect how they view the world around themin addition to being able to
draw realistically!

Backpacks 4 Hunger
No Child Goes Hungry Over the Weekend
Sign up for Backpacks 4 Hunger- Food for over the weekend
Backpacks are filled Friday and sent home with meals and snacks for over the
weekend.
Backpacks and contents provided by donations and volunteers in the community of
Indianola.
ALL students are eligible.
TO SIGN UP: Contact 961-5755 or your School Counselor, Lacey Cherniss,
at 961-9530 X3106

Sixth Grade Redo/Retake Policy

As a sixth grade, students will be expected to retake an assessment or redo a project/paper if they are
not proficient.
Students who are proficient may choose to retake the assessment or redo a project/paper to improve
their score.
Students are required to make arrangements for retaking/redoing with the content teacher.
Secure = 80%-100%
Secure and Nearly Secure are proficient
Nearly Secure = 70%-79.99%
Developing = 40%-69.99%
Beginning = 0%-39.99%