PARKVIEW REVIEW
JANUARY 2011
Volume 11
Sixth Grade
STUDENT OF THE NINE WEEKS
LUNCH & GOOD GRADE MOVIE
Friday, January 21st, 2011 We will be watching
Despicable Me.
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Students
12/19: Alex Castaneda(6-2)
12/22: Brittnee Roberson(6-3)
12/22: Jakob Sanders
12/24: Cora Knight(6-2)
Teachers & Staff
12/08: Ms. Melissant
12/30: Mr. Bradford
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
Students
01/16: Jordan Honeycutt-Briner(6-2)
01/16: Lukas Tunis(6-3)
01/17: Kylie Pitzer(6-3)
01/24: Chase Violette(6-2)
01/28: Chris Osborne(6-1)
MATH & ENRICHMENT
Math: In math, we are working on
Chapter 2 which deals with
measurement, area, perimeter, and
working with data. We will then work
on decimals in Chapter 3.
Enrichment: We are continuing
Academy of Math and will take a
posttest on January 12th to check our
progress over the last 8 weeks.
French will be continued until the end
of the grading period on January
14th, when we will switch to 9 weeks
of ISAT preparation.
On January 19th we will be
welcoming our student teacher for
math, Miss Castenada, from Bradley.
She will be with us until May. She is
very excited about working on math
with the sixth graders, especially
when she heard what a great group
of students the sixth graders are and
how much they love learning math.
READING & LANGUAGE
Reading:
Group 1 (Blue group) is reading the
novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. Some
activities they will be doing are
looking up the original meaning of
their name, developing their own
community with rules and
punishments, and making a career
plan for their life.
Group 2 (Green group) is reading
the novel Bridge to Terabithia by
Katherine Patterson. Some activities
we are doing are drawing their own
secret place, researching a museum
on the Internet, while taking a virtual
tour, and racing to see who would be
the fastest runner in sixth grade.
Group 3 (Purple group) is reading
the novel Sounder by William H.
Armstrong. Some activities are
brainstorming a list of their chores
and responsibilities and writing about
why a dog is so important to a family.
Language: In Unit 2, we are learning
about nouns. These include common,
proper, singular, plural, and
possessive. We will be making a
"Person, Place, or Thing" book using
magazines to cut out these types of
words.
Spelling: Each Reading group has
their own set of words which goes
along with the novel they are
currently reading. These words are
on www.spellingcity.com or Mrs.
Miller's school website. Some
activities we are doing to learn our
spelling words are using shaving
cream to practice spelling our words
and cutting out our words from the
Number 4
newspaper. Again, pretests are on
Wednesdays and posttests are on
Fridays.
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
Science: We have been discussing
many difficult topics and concepts in
the textbook, Motion Forces and
Energy. We will soon finish this
textbook and move on to a very
exciting unit over wind turbines and
alternative energy sources.
Miss Starman has acquired $1500
in grant money to help fund the wind
turbine project. It will be an exciting
time for her and her students as they
research different types of energy
and even build their own wind
turbines!
Social Studies: All the classes
worked hard at completing their
Illinois Unit research. They created
Glogsters that wrapped up this unit.
We have also been finishing up the
study of the seven continents and will
end our geography study with a final
test. We will be moving into a more
history-based curriculum with a unit
over the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas.
Please make sure to check out the
new class web page for Miss
Starman’s classes,
sstarman.weebly.com. Here you will
find not only information about
homework and important dates, but
also examples of everyone’s work,
like the Glogs, posted on the web
page.
IMPORTANT DATES TO
REMEMBER
*January 14: SIP Day, 11 A.M.
dismissal
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*January 14: End of second nine
weeks grading period
*January 14: Fundraiser permission
slips due
*January 17: NO SCHOOL – Dr.
Luther King, Jr. Day
*January 18: MAP Testing starts
*January 19: Parent Club Meeting –
6 P.M.
*January 21: Report Cards come
Home
*January 21: Fundraiser kick-off
*January 28: MAP Testing ends
7th Grade: Kayla Burks, Jessica
Dokken, Katie Eyer, Marissa Graff,
Jordan Kee, Cora Knight, Rikki
Marion, Kirsten Rodriguez-Alderman,
Taylor Starling
8th Grade: Arielle Beoletto, Jessica
Bristol, Kearstin Burks, Brianna
Deemie, Taylor Deweese, Edna
Lane, Kresa Murrell, Brooke
Schroeder, Emilee Severns, Stormie
York, Madison Zimmerman
5th & 6th GRADE GIRLS’
BASKETBALL
5th grade Coach: Miss Huizinga
6th grade Coach: Miss Mayfield
5th Grade: Emily Adams, Alexia
Billingsley, Alexus Dokken, Felicia
McRoy, Brionna Murray, Regina
Novoa, Amanda Remmert, Hailey
Taylor, Brooklyn Williams, Macie
Zimmerman
6th Grade: Marissa Graff, Alexis
Maxwell, Mackenzie Noll, Allison
Pericak, Kylie Pitzer, Kaylee Ragon,
Madison Schroeder, Erin Troup,
Krista Wheeler, Dakota White
SCHOLASTIC BOWL
Coach: Mrs. Sponholz
Members: Brecht Allen, Isadora
Barnwell, Justin Bryant, Katie Frisby,
Ian Harvey, Kara Honeycutt, Victoria
Ireland, Alexis Kina, Brook-Lynn
Lundquist, Jamee Milliken, Chris
Osborne, Hannah Smith, Chris
Underwood, Maverick Wixom, Gavin
Worley, Aubrey Wyman
7th & 8th GRADE BOYS’
BASKETBALL
Coaches: Mr. Thompson and Mr.
Bradford
7th Grade: Jared Ashburn, Josh
Beard, Austin Bray, Taylor Collier,
Kolden Cornwell, Tanner Doerr, Eric
Lane, Tyler Jenkins, Austin Pollitt,
Nick Rowe, Jake Stewart, Logan
Webster
8th Grade: Gage Andell, Ethan
Crawford, Sam Driffill, Randy Lial,
Tristan Lomax, Jacob McCartney,
Shanen Pitzer, Jacob Roberts,
Jordan Thomson, Zach
Martin(Manager)
7th & 8th GRADE GIRLS’
VOLLEYBALL
Coach: Mr. Menold
MEETINGS and PRACTICES
*Girls’ Basketball:
Practices
-18th: 5-6 P.M.: 5th grade
6-7:30 P.M.: 6th grade
-19th: 4:30-6:30 P.M., Parkview
-20th: 6-7:30 P.M., LaSalle
-21st: 5-6:30 P.M., Parkview
-24th: 3:30-5 P.M.: 5th grade
6-7:30 P.M.: 6th grade
BOTH at LaSalle
Games
-19th: 5 P.M. at Norwood
*5th & 6th Boys’ Basketball:
Practices
-14th: 4-6 P.M., Parkview
-17th: 3:45-4:30 P.M, Parkview
-18th: 5-6 P.M., LaSalle
-19th: 4:30-6:30 P.M., Parkview
-21st: 5-6:30 P.M., Parkview
-24th: 5-6 P.M., LaSalle
Games
Number 4
-20th: 4:30 P.M. at Norwood
*7th & 8th Boys’ Basketball:
Practices
-18th: 3-4:30 P.M., Parkview
-20th: 3-4:30 P.M, Parkview
-21st: 3-5 P.M. – 7th grade, Parkview
-24th: 3-4:30 P.M. – 8th grade,
Parkiew
Games
-19th: 4:30 P.M. at Beverly Manor
-22nd: 7th grade Regionals – TBA
*Volleyball:
Practices (at Parkview)
-19th from 3-4:30 P.M.
Matches
-18th: 5:15 P.M. against Mid-west
Central
-20th: 5:15 P.M. against Peoria
Academy
-24th: 5:15 P.M. against Peoria
Christian
*Cheerleading:
Practices (at LaSalle)
-17th from 3:45-4:30 P.M.
*Science Club:
5th & 7th Grade Meeting
-18th: 2:45-3:30 P.M.
6th & 8th Grade Meeting
-20th: 2:45-3:30 P.M.
*Scholastic Bowl:
Practices
-20th: 3-4 P.M.
-24th: 3-4 P.M.
*Chess Club:
-19th from 2:45-3:30 P.M.
CONTACT US!!!
If you have any questions or
concerns, please contact us at
(309)698-3610 or email us, anytime,
at:
Mrs. Sponholz:
PARKVIEW REVIEW
JANUARY 2011
Volume 11
Math & Enrichment
ksponholz@cc76.k12.il.us
Mrs. Miller:
Reading & Language
jmiller@cc76.k12.il.us
Miss Starman:
Science & Social Studies
sstarman@cc76.k12.il.us
Ms. Melissant:
Multiple Abilities
jmelissant@cc76.k12.il.us
Ms. Foster:
Special Education - Math
cfoster@cc76.k12.il.us
Mr. Menold:
Special Education - Language
jmenold@cc76.k12.il.us
Mrs. Martin:
Special Education - Reading
bmartin@cc76.k12.il.us
The district web site is found at:
www.cc76.k12.il.us
and you can connect to any of the
teachers’ web pages through this web
site.
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