Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Important Reminders
- 6th Grade Donation Check for $49 checks payable to Kennedy Middle School (Turn in to Mrs. O)
- Kennedy Fall Festival — Fri. 10/20 @ 5-9 p.m. (preorder tickets for food online — you will not able to purchase food with money at the event)
- Food Drive Donations

Language Arts
- Newsela article due Mon. 10/23: In big change, girls can now become Cub Scouts (make sure you take read the directions and take the quiz at the right lexile level AND do the required WRITE prompt in order to get credit for the assignment) 
Optional:  for more background information on the issue, read:
Boy Scouts are feeling new heat to let girls join their troops
Boy Scouts program for refugee kids emphasizes rules, respect and fitness 
Girl Scouts accuse Boy Scouts of recruiting girls to increase membership
Society's shifting gender identity views influence Boy Scouts

- NoRedInk Assignment #7: Identifying Sentences and Fragments due next Mon. 10/23

- NoRedInk Quiz #3 this Thurs. 10/19!!!   
Covers the following topics:
What Does the Adjective Describe?
Identify Adjectives 1
Describing Verbs and Adjectives 1
Identify Adverbs 1 
Identify Collective Nouns
Collective Nouns
Parts of a Whole
Math, Money, and Time
Tricky Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns

Social Studies
- Problems and Solutions of Sumer project writing due in Google Classroom this Fri. 10/20

Math
Assessment #4 Corrections and Parent Signature
HW#24  3.1.3  3-45 to 3-49
Assessment Review Sheet #5 due Wednesday 10/18 
Assessment #5 10/20
Haunted House due Wednesday 10/18

Science
None
Exploratory (Oliveira)
None

Exploratory (Sun)
None