September 2nd- No School Labor Day
September 3rd-Classes Resume 10 AM West Virginia Northern CC
September 20th- Early Dismissal 11:30
September 21st Save the Date: Ya’ll are invited to a rootin’ tootin’ good time! Country Roads: Boots for Buses September 21, 2024, 6-9 pm WCDS Main Campus Join us for an evening of BBQ, Boots, and Boogyin’. It’s the perfect chance for parents to mingle, get to know each other, and kick up their heels! More details to come, so mark your calendars now. Yee Haw!
The sixth graders seem right at home at our Wheeling Park campus, and they will doubtlessly transition to our Northern Campus just as easily. They are doing an amazing job of using their planners and handing in assignments on time. We are proud of them for developing their stamina for hour-long classes too!
English w/ Mrs. McFadden
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- Vocabulary (Daily Dose) Quiz Wednesday
- Reviewed parts of speech and played Jeopardy!
- Continued to practice using context clues.
- Presented summer reading projects. Very creative!
- Next week we will begin “Walk Two Moons” – Several students already gave me their books, but please ask your child to double-check. They will need these on Tuesday.
Math w/ Mrs. McFadden –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – Chapter one quiz Thursday. The study guide will come home prior.
- Practiced setting up numerical expressions from words such as “the difference of a number and 17”.
- Ordered decimals (see picture)
- Introduced pre-algebra using the concept of bowling pins. We know how many are still standing, but how can we figure out how many we knocked down? The kids are getting the hang of this!
Social Studies w/ Mr. Jividen –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – No test or quiz scheduled
- Media bias chart: What news outlets do you recognize?
- We read two stories about the same event from Fox News and CNN
- Discussed how media bias affects peoples’ beliefs and creation of echo chambers
Science w/ Mrs. Farris –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
- What am I? We played a game to guess what fruit or vegetable we were and sorted ourselves into fruits and vegetables.
- After learning the scientific definitions, many were surprised they were a fruit, not a vegetable! This fun activity introduced the students to our first round of studies – Botany.
