Volume 8 Issue
35
May 10,
2011
Tracy Barrett
Tracy Barrett, author of Anna of Byzantium, will
visit Meigs this Friday, May 13 at 8AM to sign books for our class. We are very excited that she has agreed
to take time to drop in. Students,
please bring copies of any of her books that you wish to get autographed. A complete list may be found on our
class website.
Astronomy Lessons
Dr. Erika is back again this year to teach our class about
different astronomy topics that only a astrophysicist can! To that end, Dr. Erika is in need of 3
inch Styrofoam craft balls that can be purchased at any craft store or
department store. ItÕs short
notice, but we definitely need some by no later than this Thursday, May
12! If you are able to help,
please let Mr. P know! Just like
last year, Dr. Erika will hold a star party at the top of the parking garage at
Vanderbilt University this Friday. May 13. We will begin about 7:45PM. In case of clouds or rain, Dr. Erika will make a call to
postpone until the following night.
Information regarding this will be posted on the scrolling message bar
at the top of www.flyparsons.com. If indeed the star party is postponed,
it will be rescheduled for the following night. The reschedule dates are: May 14, May 16, May 17, May 18,
May 19, or May 20. An Evrits
e-mail will be sent with directions to the event.
Field Day
Field Day is next Wednesday, May 18. Our class will represent the country of
Ecuador. Students will need to
purchase a yellow t-shirt to wear.
Mrs. Parsons has purchased iron-on application paper on which to print
our Ecuador Field Day shirt design.
These will be given to students early next week to iron on. A donation of a $2 would be greatly
appreciated from each student to help pay for the application paper and ink.
Rocket Day
Rocket Day is Friday, May 20. Next week, students will be building rockets in teams of
two. These rockets will be
launched on that day along with the other activities that teachers have
planned. Please join us if you are
able. Rocket Day is an annual
day-long 6th grade event at Meigs!
Mr. PÕs Student of the WeekÉ
¥May 9-13, 2011
Molly
Kroeger
Be sure to read about Molly on the electronic ÒStudent of
WeekÓ board in Mr. ParsonsÕ room and on the Student of the Week board.
Next
weekÕs student of the week. . .
Mystery
Items to Bring. . .
Ÿ
Red Tuesday Folder Signature Chart &
CORRECTED WORKÉ
Dates to RememberÉ
05.09.11 Astronomy
Week with Dr. ErikaÉ
05.12.11 Planetarium
(in gym)É
05.12.11 Civil
Rights walking field trip (bring sack lunch) (permission note attached)
05.13.11 Algebra
Placement TestÉ
05.13.11 Tracy
Barrett Book Signing (in library at 8AM)É
05.13.11 Star
Party at Vanderbilt (7:45PM) (rain dates each evening following)É
05.19.11 ENCORE
field tripÉ
05.18.11 Field
DayÉ
05.20.11 Rocket
DayÉ
05.23.11 Middle
Ages MuseumÉ
05.27.11 Parthenon
field trip (after school) (permission note attached)É
05.30.11 NO
SCHOOLÉ
05.31.11 AWARDS
DAYÉ
06.01.11 LAST
DAY of SCHOOL & Mr. PÕs BIRTHDAY BASHÉ
25pts:
Secret Word = ¥see the websiteÉ
For
Additional News Items & Info Check:
On
The WEBSITE ONLY:
EXTRA EXTRA EXTRAÉ
It pays to check the website, tooÉ
This WeekÕs
SECRET WORD (May 10):
25mm:
Note Home Secret Word = ÒAstronomyÓ
Mr. PÕs SECRET
INFORMATION LEAK:
www.flyparsons.org/everybodysomebody.html
TEAM SHIRTSÉ
As always, please watch the website to know which days our
class will wear our class shirts in the future! The next date to wear class t-shirts is Wednesday, May 11,
and maroon class shirts is Friday, May 13.
[GRADESPEED]:
Check it OutÉ
UPDATE! Gradespeed.com will update again later
this week The updates will reflect
the past week. Late work has been
recorded as of May 10. Notice any
missing assignments. Please submit
them each week with the Tuesday Folder Sheet.
A Special CouponÉ
Print and clip this coupon below for a special REWARD. To get the reward, please
obtain a parentÕs signature that states your parent has checked gradespeed.com.
COUPON
StudentÕs Name ______________________________________________________________
ParentÕs
Signature ______________________________________________________________
Date:
_____________________ Secret Word:
_______________________________________
Novels É
Our
latest class novel is Crispin: Cross of Lead by Avi. In this book, our
focus is on literary devices. Our April Monthly book is Anna of Byzantium by
Tracey Barrett. This book follows
the life of a princess that struggles with her place in her royal family. A local author wrote the book, and she
plans to make a visit to Meigs in May!
Stock Market GameÉ
Part two of the Stock
Market Game continues. Here are some reminders about the game. The website is: www.stockmarketgame.org
Goals:
Team has $10,000
starting balanceÉ
Team must make at
least 5 stock purchases of $5000 valueÉ
No mutual funds -
only stocksÉ
No selling - only
purchasingÉ
No penny stocksÉ
No limit on purchases
per weekÉ
All transactions are
recorded at end of business (3PM CST) - stock values based on closing terms.
From Mr. PÉ
¯ MAY EVENTS: Mark your calendars for many fun events! We will have Rocket Day on Wednesday,
May 18. Field Day will be on
Friday, May 20, and a sixth grade picnic will be held on Friday, May 27. More details to follow in the coming weeks.
¯ Our field trip to the East Community Center is
Thursday, May 12. Students will be
escorted by Officer Murrell to visit with the seniors starting at 9:15AM. We will visit with them until 10:45AM,
at which time we will have a picnic lunch. We will return to Meigs about noon.
¯ Any student that has a ÒMISÓ or ÒINCÓ on
GradeSpeed MUST take care of those before Field Day. No student that owes work will be allowed to participate in
Field Day or Rocket Day.
Star Party InfoÉ
Mark your calendars for Friday, May 13. Dr. Erika Grundstrum from
Vanderbilt will be hosting us at a Star Party atop the Vanderbilt 25th Ave.
Garage. Dr. Erika is leading some astronomy lessons, helping us with
galileoscopes, setting up a portable star lab at school Thursday and then...
letting us use the Vanderbilt telescopes Friday night - weather permitting. You
may bring your family, a lawn chair, snacks, and a flashlight covered with red
cellophane (or a red balloon or a brown lunch bag.) See the link on my webpage
about star parties. Students may decide to practice ahead of time with a star
finder and bring it to the star party.
The garage is diagonally across from the baseball stadium. We would park
on whatever floor we come in on and take the elevator to the 11th
floor. The start time should be 8:15 or 8:30 (sunset won't be until 7:45
p.m., and it needs to be dark enough). We'd be able see the Moon, Saturn, Mars,
Venus, and various stars and such. (They think we shouldn't have to pay to
park since the baseball games start at 6 p.m.) Park in the "Zone 3"
spaces.
In case of clouds or rain, Dr. Erika will make a call to
postpone until the following night.
Information regarding this will be posted on the scrolling message bar
at the top of www.flyparsons.com. If indeed the star party is postponed,
it will be rescheduled for the following night. The reschedule dates are: May 14, May 16, May 17, May 18,
May 19, or May 20.
Field Trip IdeasÉ
Our class will be
taking a trip to the Adventure Science Center and the Parthenon after spring
break. Due to lost time from snow,
we will take these field trips after school. The plan will be for kids to be picked up at dismissal time
and then meet at the field trip destination shortly thereafter. None of these trips are required, but a
sincere attempt at making it to each would be greatly appreciated! A note detailing dates and times will
be sent home. We will also possibly go to the Renaissance Festival on one
Saturday in May. Lastly, Mrs.
Lange is planning a gathering at the end of the year for our wonderful class
community. Anyone with other suggestions is invited to send an e-mail to Mr. P.
Gradespeed AccountsÉ
Mr. P is requiring
that each student log in to: http://gradespeed.mnps.org
every Tuesday to review his/her grades and then inform mom/dad about the weekÕs
progress. The back of the Tuesday
Signature Sheet will have a spot for any adjustments that need to be made
(i.e.: late work, absent work, incomplete work, and low grades). Mr. P will give a participation grade
for the completed Tuesday Folder Sheet.
Student grade checking is the expectation in 7th and 8th
grade, so letÕs get a jump on it now!
Classroom RemindersÉ
1). Click on the button labeled ÒGRADE 6Ó for links to our on-line
textbooks!
2). Check
the HOMEWORK webpage nightly!
3). Link to
thte blog at http://www.flyparsons.com/blog
4). Go
online to order books at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs Use our class code GLW2M. May orders due soon.
5). Bring
running shoes and water to drink on Fridays for Move and Groove in the gym!
6). Weather Project coming soonÉ
7). Middle Ages Museum due before Rocket Day on May 20É
8). Crispin
MENU due May 24É
9). Our
class is studying probability, geometry, and algebraÉ
10). STUDENT REMINDER: In order to be ready for 7th grade,
students need to be sure that they are not repeatedly turning in late or
incomplete work. Work should be
neatly done with a correct heading.
Teachers should not have to try to grade work that is hastily thrown
together due to a lack of time management or disorganization. Teachers should not have to guess to
whom work belongs because the correct heading is missing.
11). GRADES: any grades with a blank means no grade has been recorded as of
yet for that assignment. Any
assignment that receives a zero (0) this nine weeks will not be eligible to be
re-done or corrected for credit.
Òre-doÓ ÒmissingÓ or ÒincompleteÓ may be corrected.
12). Sounds Reading bases are due each Monday, March 29- April 18. Each Monday, students need their parent
verification form and that weekÕs portion of the reading log completed and
signed.
Study PrepÉ
TN SS Vocabulary
http://quizlet.com/1856043/tn-academic-vocab-6th-flash-cards/
TN Language
Vocabulary
http://quizlet.com/2947590/academic-vocabulary-tn-flash-cards/
sixth grade math
http://quizlet.com/1970101/sixth-grade-math-vocabulary-flash-cards/
Latin Terms
http://quizlet.com/2023296/latin-and-greek-sixth-grade-study-flash-cards/
Check out many of
the photos that are on the class website.
VIDEOS: http://gallery.me.com/flyparsons#100088
ALL PHOTOS
WEBSITE: http://www.flyparsons.info/MEIGS/213.html
SCIENCE FAIR:
http://www.flyparsons.info/MEIGS/02.07.11.html
MEIGS
STRAIGHT As PEP RALLY: http://www.flyparsons.info/MEIGS/02.04.11.html
MATH
ACTIVITIES: http://www.flyparsons.info/MEIGS/02.02.11.html
4-H POSTERS: http://www.flyparsons.info/MEIGS/02.01.11.html
A DAY in Mr.
PÕs ROOM: http://www.flyparsons.info/MEIGS/01.27.11.html
Class Wish ListÉ
We are need of tissue for our classroom. Our guinea pigs are going through food
and bedding quite quickly. Any
help would be appreciated! We also
need items for the general store and sports equipment for recess. If you are able to donate, please send
those to school at your earliest convenience. Another way to donate is www.digitalwish.com. The website
has our class is registered complete with a wish list. Anyone may donate to the site to
purchase electronic equipment for our class. Many of you ask from time to time, Òwhat do we need.Ó HereÕs a site to be able to do just
that!
[BLOG]: Weekly Words on WednesdayÉ
This school year, Mr.
P will blog weekly educational tips, classroom congrats, and maybe a few
humorous stories each Wednesday at this new blog address: http://weeklywordsweblog.blogspot.com/
https://gradespeed.mnps.orgÉ
Grades are on-line at gradespeed.mnps.org. Parents and students have a password to check each subject in order to view grades. This should be done each Tuesday.
Twitter/FacebookÉ
Parents have another way of staying connected to our
class. Log on to www.twitter.com/meigsmagnet on
your computer or cell phone and follow our class. Mr. P posts daily updates about whatÕs happening. You may also check out our class at www.facebook.com/meigsmagnet. It is not necessary to sign up a
twitter account to view our class tweets.
TuesdaysÉ
As always, Tuesdays
are the day of the week for communication. Parents should receive corrected papers and a ÒMr. PÕs Note HomeÓ in the Red Tuesday
Folder. Always look for those
documents. If ever there is an
exception to that weekly schedule, it will be noted on the website. To confirm
that youÕve received everything, the ÒTuesday
Signature SheetÓ will also be attached. Always fill this form out and return on Wednesday morning.
Mr. P is requiring that each student log in to: http://gradespeed.mnps.org every Tuesday
to review his/her grades and then inform mom/dad about the weekÕs
progress. The back of the Tuesday
Signature Sheet will have a spot for any adjustments that need to be made
(i.e.: late work, absent work, incomplete work, and low grades). Mr. P will give a participation grade
for the completed Tuesday Folder Sheet.
Attach any corrected work or missing assignments to the back of that
sheet. Remember, students, making
a low grade or a zero should never be acceptable!
MeigsÕ Mission StatementÉ
We are an academic middle school for 5th to 8th
grade students. Our mission is to provide a liberal arts curriculum that will allow our capable learners to
perform at high standards of academic and social development.
Bye ByeÉ