Third Quarter Comes to a Close on April 1

Hello Otter Families,

In just two short weeks, we will be 3/4 of the way done with this sixth grade year. Last week was a challenging one with the daylight savings time change and spirit week on top of that! In spite of all the distractions, we tried our best to keep our noses to the grindstone and actually accomplished quite a bit.

By now you should have seen and signed a permission slip for our upcoming field trip on Tuesday, March 29. The Otters and the Bees will be treated to a student-friendly concert by the Silicon Valley Symphony at the beautiful California Theatre in downtown San Jose. From there, we will spend the rest of the day exploring at the Tech Museum. This trip is made possible by Arts Express of San Jose. We were lucky to be chosen to participate. We will need several chaperones to accompany us on the trip. If you are interested, please sign up on our wikispaces page.

In math class, we finished our unit on probability this week and took a chapter test on Friday. Unfortunately, we did not have enough time to complete the test, but we will spend part of class on Monday doing that. Our next unit of study will be geometry.

In social studies, we will wind down our study of Ancient China this week. Next, we will work on an in-class project which will combine research, presentation, and group work skills. Our last two civilizations will be Greece and Rome.

The Dartmouth school play, The Music Man, will be performed in a couple of weeks. Several Otter team members will be in the play. I know that they have put in a lot of hard work, and I can hardly wait to see them on stage!

Thanks for all of your support.

Mrs. Shimamoto