The 6th graders were given a State report assignment months ago.  It was due on April 1st.  As of now, I have only received 2 reports.  Please remind your 6th graders about this assignment and encourage them to complete it and turn it in.

The 6th graders who attended the Redwoods field trip were given an essay assignment from Ms. Stephanie.  The essay is due on Monday, May 9th.  It should be 5-6 paragraphs.  The essay should include 2 things they learned as far as science and curriculum goes.  It should also include 2 things they learned about themselves (in their teams and individually) and how they have grown as a person.  The essay must also have introduction and conclusion paragraphs.

The 4th and 5th graders were given an assignment to study a continent and a country within that continent.  This is similar to the projects they did for the International Festival in December.  They were given research packets a couple of weeks ago and have been given class time to work on them.  I have encouraged them to be creative with their presentations.  They can make a poster, a power point presentation, a travel brochure, a diorama, a model, etc.  They can dress up like someone from their country, bring food to try, or bring in a special guest.  They can choose one thing about their country that they find interesting and focus their presentation on that thing.  It is really up to them, but they must do the research packet and give a presentation of some sort to the class.  This project needs to be completed and presented by May 20th.  I will likely have the students sign up for a day to present so that we don’t have an overwhelming number of presentation in the same day.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  kgonzales@mariamontessoriacademy.org