May 19-23, 2014

Well Falcons we welcome the 5th week of the last six weeks!!!! How great is that?  Sixth graders you are getting ready to be 7th graders next year!  We are still not done though.  We will continue with "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier and writing the Haiku poem.  Let's rumble and finish with a blast!

Dates to remember:
May 19--Grulla MS students' trip with home campus
May 20--MATHCOUNTS students trip to Pump It UP in McAllen, TX.
May 23--Ac2E Middle School students' end of the year trip to Six Flags and Museum in San Antonio, TX

Month-Long Holidays and Events
Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month Better Hearing and Speech Month Clean Air Month Get Caught Reading Month Healthy Vision Month Inventors Month	Mental Health Month National Bike Month National Water Safety Month Physical Fitness & Sports Month Skin Cancer Awareness Month Transportation Month

May 12-16, 2014

Students will be reading "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier.  We will read this novel until school ends.  Students will also be working on projects related the novel in class. 

Students will also be exposed to Haiku Poems.
What is haiku?

Haiku is a Japanese poetry form. A haiku uses just a few words to capture a moment and create a picture in the reader's mind. It is like a tiny window into a scene much larger than itself.

Traditionally, haiku is written in three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line.

Here's a haiku poem written by a poetry student:The last winter leaves
Clinging to the black branches
Explode into birds.

Students will write a Haiku poem and illustrate it. 



Days to remember this week:
May 12, 2014 Student Council Trip  to Tinseltown Theater in Misssion, Texas. 

Month-Long Holidays and Events
Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month Better Hearing and Speech Month Clean Air Month Get Caught Reading Month Healthy Vision Month Inventors Month	Mental Health Month National Bike Month National Water Safety Month Physical Fitness & Sports Month Skin Cancer Awareness Month Transportation Month

Week of May 5-9, 2014

This week we will continue with our novel and work on projects in class.  We will also continue with our research paper.

Dates to Remember:
May 5--Cinco de Mayo, First American in Space 1961, Teacher Appreciation Week,
May 6--National Teacher Day, World Asthma Day
May 7--School Nurse Day
May 8--Talent Show, World Red Cross Day

Month-Long Holidays and Events
Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month Better Hearing and Speech Month Clean Air Month Get Caught Reading Month Healthy Vision Month Inventors Month	Mental Health Month National Bike Month National Water Safety Month Physical Fitness & Sports Month Skin Cancer Awareness Month Transportation Month

Our Falcons had a great learning experience last week in each seminar.  The seminar I conducted was "Go Green" and here are some pictures of what our Falcons accomplished.