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Chesley KelleyAfter completing my Bachelor's Degree in middle school education from LeTourneau University, I got my first teaching job at Pine Tree where I taught 5th grade science and social studies for 4 years. During that time I earned a Master's in Educational Leadership from The University of Texas at Tyler. My 5th and 6th years of teaching were at The University of Texas at Tyler Innovation Academy where I taught English, language Arts and reading to 3rd through 7th graders using project based learning. I now teach 6th grade English, language arts and reading at White Oak. My husband, Terrence Kelley, is a mechanical engineer. We have been married 12 years and have a sweet 2 year old daughter, a son on the way and 7 year old bearded dragon.

Field Trip Reminder

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This is just a reminder that tomorrow we will be taking the 6th graders on a field trip.

  1. Please remember to send your child with lunch if you did not request one from the cafeteria.
  2. Tomorrow will be a device-free day. Students will not be permitted to be on their phones during any part of the field trip.

 

3D Model Information

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Should we colonize Mars? This is the questions students have teamed up to answer. They completed research last week and are working on creating digital visual aids to express their findings this week. Next week each group will create a 3D model to go with their presentation. The models can be absolutely anything the group comes up with that supports their presentation. (Not really anything. This is middle school, so I’m sure someone could think of something off limits.🤓) It could be a diorama, a model, artwork, experiment, sculpture, etc.

Here are a few extra guidelines for students:

  1. Try to not spend any money on supplies! Recycle things like boxes, or use supplies you already have such as play-doh or legos.
  2. You will have 4 class days to work on this, so be sure to have your supplies in class on Monday, April 15.
  3. Do not bring dangerous tools to school such as hot glue guns or sharp objects! You will not be permitted to use them in class.

Infographic Test Grade, Retest

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If your child scored below a 70 on the Infographic for Research assignment, they have a new assignment posted called “Infographic Retest” in Google Classroom. (You can see check your child’s grade in Skyward. This is a test grade, so I strongly encourage students to take the opportunity to complete the retest assignment. All the instructions are can be found in Google Classroom, but I have also listed them here below.

Infographic Test Retake Essay Instructions

If you scored below 70 on your Infographic test grade, you can write an essay about your research as a grade replacement giving you the opportunity to score up to 70. It must be turned into the Google Classroom Assignment, “Infographic Test Retake” by Thursday, April 11.

Essay requirements:
Paragraph 1 should include a topic sentence that states your research question.
Paragraph 2 should give information that you discovered during research that helps answer your research question. You must tell me something that demonstrates you learned something new from your research.
Paragraph 3 should clearly state the answer to your research question.
Sources should be cited at the bottom of the essay. (you can do this by copying and pasting the address of the articles you read at the bottom of your essay.)

Revise and Edit:
Each paragraph should be indented using the “tab” key.
The essay should be free of spelling, grammar and capitalization errors.

EVERYTHING should be in your own words.