Kimberly Wenzel - 6th Grade Language Arts
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Kimberly Wenzel - 6th Grade Language Arts
picWelcome!  My name is Kimberly Wenzel and
 I am excited to be serving Porter for the 2nd year as the 6th grade Language Arts teacher, having worked as Porter's Gifted Specialist for 13 years.  I have prior classroom experience in both 1st and 3rd grades and am endorsed in both Gifted Education and Administration and Supervision.  I am also a Porter parent to three students... Patrick (a former student, heading into 9th grade at Forest Park!),
Ryan (7th grade!), and Katy (3rd grade).  I am looking forward to an exciting year together sharing my passion for reading and writing with your child!
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QUICK LINKS
Our Syllabus - Here's a BRIEF overview of 6th grade Language Arts!
Ripley's Believe It or Not - This is a STUDENT link for those wishing to participate in our Ripley's Believe It or Not challenge!
Guinness World Records 2019 - This is a STUDENT link for those wishing to participate in our Guinness World Records challenge!


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9/13/19
TGIF!  We have had a BUSY week of assessing, assessing, and MORE assessing.  If your student shared with you his/her results from the SGA make sure they've shared with you that this is an assessment of all of our 6th grade SOL objectives.  As such, anything at or above a C is AWESOME!! :)  I will likely add these to our gradebook STRICTLY for informational purposes.  As we discussed at Back to School Night, informational grades are simply a tool to communicate with you... they do NOT count towards the student's grade!

9/11/19
We enjoyed meeting parents last night at Back to School Night!  If you weren't able to attend, please use this link to get all caught up.  Let me know if you have any questions!!


9/5/19
Tomorrow is an EXCITING day!!  Today in class we talked about how having a locker is a PRIVILEGE... Ask your child about it!  We also watched a video on how to open a locker.  It would be helpful for you to watch with your child since this is one of the toughest milestones to middle school!  I will be snapping pictures like a proud mom and posting them on Twitter... be on the lookout!! :) 

9/4/19
Code of Behavior test is TOMORROW!  Kids had a BLAST "studying" today on Quizlet Live... check out pictures on Twitter. :)  The practice link is on the 8/26 announcement, but a study guide also came home today.

We will start notebooks BY Friday! :)

8/29/19
Yay!  First four days have been a SUCCESS... and now we have 4 days to relax before fully getting back in the swing of things.  Be sure to take some time to study for the Code of Behavior test that is on THURSDAY.  You can use the Quizlet (below) or the Code of Behavior Breakout (above).

Emergency cards will be coming home on Monday... be on the lookout! :)

8/26/19
We did it!!  We've made it through our first day... and what a great one it was!!  Students came home with a folder of parent "homework."  And a couple of dates in their agenda.  One is September 5th: Our Code of Behavior Test date; the second is September 6th: Our first day of lockers!

You can access the Code of Behavior here.  We will be doing activities in class to help students learn it!  They can also use this Quizlet to study.


8/12/19

As summer winds to a close, I've been busy getting our classroom READY.  I look forward to meeting everyone at Meet and Greet on the 22nd.  Be ready to tell me about your favorite summer read... Mine was "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt!




6th Grade SCHEDULE
8:50 - 9:00 Lockers
9:00 - 9:15          Homeroom
9:15 - 10:40        First Period
10:40 - 10:50 Milers
10:50 - 11:25 Lunch
11:25 - 1:00        Third Period
1:00 - 1:45 ENCORE
1:45 - 3:30 Fifth Period
3:30 - 3:35 Lockers
3:35 - 3:40 Homeroom
3:40                         Dismissal

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