September 14th, 2017

Hello 6th grade families of room 18! Another great week of school is in the books. We are laughing and learning a lot.

Below please find some reminders and important dates:

Sept. 22nd, 2017, 6:00 p.m.,  is our Fallon Future Fest at the Fallon Convention Center. Please come show your support by buying tickets to attend our fundraiser. We are working towards getting scholarships and activities for our students. It is going to be a great event for a great cause.

Sept. 30th, 2017, 1:00 p.m., fundraiser for the Trease family at the Regional Soccer fields behind the indoor pool. Tickets cost $5 per person to play in the parents vs. kids soccer game. The Trease children attended Oasis Academy before they moved from Nevada due to Mr. Trease's job. All money gathered from the fundraiser will go to the Trease family. Your support is very much appreciated.

HOMEWORK:
Please remember students are to read nightly for 20 minutes and complete the reading log portion for that night. By reading and summarizing on the weekend, your child will earn participation in Maverick Monday. This means that if you child reads and summarizes EVERY weekend for the month of September, then he or she will be allowed to go to Maverick on the first Monday of the following month to buy a treat. Students must bring their own money to spend. More info. to come later this month!

Reading Log Rubric

Your reading log is due every Monday. Be sure you get a new one every Monday morning.

Summaries should contain 3-4 complete sentences with correct CUPS (capitalization, usage, punctuation and spelling)

Points will be assigned in the following manner:

5 points per day:

category	description	points possible
Minutes and parent initials	Write number of minutes and get initials to verify your reading	2 pts
Summary	Write 3-4 complete sentences about what you read. Answer who, what, where, when, how to help you answer. Remember CUPS.	3 pts

40 Book Challenge:
The 40 book challenge is well under way. I'm enjoying students' discussions about books and recommending books to each other to complete the challenge. If you want to participate from home, you are more than welcome to do so! If you would like to donate any children's books to our classroom library it would be very much appreciated. We are in need of informational books, chapter books of all genres, and even picture books. Stay tuned for updates on our progress.