Andi Skolout

                          
 Welcome to 6th grade!
 

     St. Patrick Snoopy 

303-387-6600
 

[email protected]

We have students with life threatening allergies to all types of nuts. Please help us ensure their safety in the classroom!!
Peanut Free Classroom 
             
 

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March 18-22- Spring break

Week of April 7th and 14th- CMAS testing

April 19- Comp Day for conferences - No School

April 26- Professional Development Day- No School

May 3- Best of Talent Day

May 6- Week of Teacher Appreciation

May 17- Field Day

May 22- 6th Grade Field Day

May 23- Last Day of School-  6th Grade graduation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Checking In!!              

*check planners

*check Friday folders

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Our CMAS schedule:

4/9-4/11 from 9:30-12:30 ELA
4/16-4/18 from 10:40-12:25 Math
Please do not schedule appointments on these mornings. It is best for the students to test along with their peers and not have to make up. testing. To make up for the missed test, is to miss out on classroom instruction/activities.
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If your student would like to participate, please email the following to Mrs. Heather Smith - [email protected]:

1)  A photo of your student(s) reading to your pet(s) or stuffed animal(s)
2)  Your student(s) name(s)
3)  Your student(s) grade(s)
4)  Your pet(s)/stuffed animal(s) name(s)

We're excited to see all the photos!

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If a student is absent from school they can access the days lesson in Google Classroom. It is important that the work missed is made up prior to returning to class, if at all possible. The lessons are presented online in Savvas/Realize found in Clever.  They the work out the problems and record answers in their math workbook for the days they are learning at home. Assessments will be done online and they will not be in the workbook.  The students have their math notebook that will be a resource students may use throughout the year.

Student's will need  technology/computer at home to access work on-line for most classes including iReady. Please let us know if there is an issue for your student having technology/computer access at home.

 


  
 

 

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Week of March 11th:         

              Monday:  Art   

Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: Art

Thursday: Music

    Friday:  Art

 

 

 

 

    

math woordle

We are seeing some great growth while students are working at their pace through the last 3 topics in math. I have the small group working with me and we are now in Topic 6, Percentages this week. All other students continue to progress through their lessons. There are some students working in Topic 6, Percentages, with a several ready to work on to Topic 7, Geometry, and even on Topic 8 Data and Statistics.   It is exciting to see the "buy in" to their work! The expectation remains the same as before, 1 lesson completed within 2 days, however, now students have the ability to work at their own speed and needs. I will instruct a lesson in two small groups at the beginning of our math block (just as before).  The students not in these small groups will be working at their own pace and then we will move to our WIN time. Students have a menu of tasks and are expected to complete 3 of the tasks per day. Testing days or shortened block times will adjust this expectation. The idea is that students that already have a concept or skill will not be held back from moving on and students that need the extra support or just a bit of support will still see me for questions or help on the lessons. Students also have the choice of homework. Our only requirement is that there is homework and it isn't more than 30 minutes. I have had this practice for the past 4 years and it really helps students find their strengths and create solutions to improve their weaknesses. The learn to use a checklist and become responsible for their progress and efforts.

Our math classroom is a flipped classroom for math.  This means that the students read, practice and learn the lessons at home.  We still review the lessons and check the practice for understanding the next day,  but this allows us more time to address the questions and confusion more intentionally before the students practice at home the next night and take the quick check at the end of the lesson. Students have their workbooks with the lessons in them as well as interactive videos of the lesson in Savvas, which they can access through clever.

 

ELA woordle

Last week we took our Unit 4 assessment online. Many students saw their scores drop compared to previous unit assessments. This is to be expected with change and I worked hard to reassure the students that they are doing a great job and to acknowledge the change of tools and know we can become stronger at these assessments with practices. Much of the tools used in Wonders are used in CMAS and tools that they will be using in the future in their studies.  We are now a week into Unit 5 and working with expository text again. We will see more of what we tested on last week in the next two units to finish the school year.

 

Soc studies woordle

We are now looking at government vocabulary and learning the differences in governments in the Western Hemisphere. Students will wrap up social studies comparing a government of their choice with the Canadian government

We finished Unit 3 of Second Step in SEL. We will pick up SEL after spring break and with the change of classes. My current social studies students will end the year with science.

Deputy Buss was in on Tuesday to discuss more with the students on safety. Some that was covered was cyber safety. We will have one more Y.E.S. lesson with Deputy Buss soon.


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This week we have explored the outer planets of the solar system!  As we come back down to earth to discover earth's inner layers, atmosphere and tectonic plates students will continue to work on an independent research project.  On Friday, students selected the location in space and next week they will research and ultimately create a travel brochure to encourage others to visit this location in space.  Next week will be our final week of Science in this rotation as we will switch one final time after the end of the year..

 

 



Sixth Grade Schedule 

8:55-9:10-Soft Start

9:10-9:30-Attendance, Lunch, Announcements and SOAR

9:35-10:25-Specials

10:30-11:15-Science or Social Studies

11:20-11:45-ELA

11:45-12:25-ELA W.I.N

12:30-1:10-Recess and lunch

1:15-2:10-ELA continued

2:15-2:55-Math

2:55-3:35-Math W.I.N

3:30-3:50-Math continued

3:50-4:00-Pack, Stack and dismiss

  

                       

 

Back to school presentation 

Back to School Night             

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 Hello!!
My name is Andi Skolout and I am so excited to be spending this next year with you and your 6th grade student. I have been teaching in the district for over twelve years. This will be my ninth year teaching 6th grade here at SCE. I feel I have really found a home here. I love teaching in DCSD. Teaching is a second career for me and I graduated from Regis University of Denver.
I have high expectations of all my students in their learning and behaviors. At this point in a student's educational career I believe they should know and show respect, responsibility, and a resolve of learning to the best of their ability. I love what I do and I work very hard to ensure my students are learning, and hopefully, loving learning. I look forward to a great year!!