Week of September 7

School Announcements and Reminders

September 7: Labor Day. No school. I hope you enjoy the long weekend!

September 16: NLCA is in session.

September 17,18: Teacher Conference: No school.

September 24: Picture Day. All orders will be online.

October 6:  NLCA Literature fair: Please see separate blog for information. Most students have already told me which book they're doing, and they should be reading them now.

Sixth Grade Academics:

On Friday, September 4, students were given a handout with the week's Bible memory, the spelling words, and the reading vocabulary.  It should be in their binders and stay there to study. 

Wednesday: ⭐history test. A study guide went home Friday. They should keep the study guides even after the test. I told them they should not wait until Tuesday night to study.

*Due to the history test, they do not have spelling homework this week.

Thursday: spelling trial test 

Friday:  ⭐Bible memory quiz (Luke 1:47,48)

               ⭐spelling second-chance test

               ⭐reading vocabulary quiz

Literature Fair October 6!

     I'm creating a separate blog about this because at NLCA, it is required that sixth graders participate in the literature fair.

    The date for the NLCA fair is October 6, so the students need to be choosing a book now.  Some have already told me which one they want to read.

    The students have to read the entire book, so it should be something on their level: not too difficult, and not too easy.  They need to show me the book.

    Also, the rules say that the project is to be completed by the student.  Adults may advise, but the board has to be their own work. They also have to stand in front of the board and give a short presentation.

    Some have said they want to work with a partner, and that's allowed, but it should be taken into consideration that 2 copies of the book would be needed, and they would be responsible for making arrangements to get together to work on the project.

    While I may provide them with silent reading time at school, the projects are to be done at home.

    Here's an internet sample of one, and I'm sure you can do your own search.  More details about what has to be included will follow.

Week of August 31

 Announcements and Reminders:

September 4: College Colors Day (optional)

September 7: Labor Day. No school.

September 16: NLCA is in session.

September 17,18: Teacher Conference: No school.

September 24: Picture Day. All orders will be online.

October 6:  NLCA Literature fair

Sixth Grade Academics:

On Friday, August 28, students were given a handout with the week's Bible memory, the spelling words, and the reading vocabulary.  It should be in their binders and stay there to study.

Tuesday: spelling homework (Write each word twice, definitions once) +

                  history homework: answer parts C and F, pages 22, 23 on loose leaf paper.

Wednesday: science test, over pages 2-27. A study guide went home Monday.

Thursday: spelling trial test + math test 

Friday:  Bible memory quiz (John 14:6)

               Spelling final test

               Reading vocabulary quiz

The first history test will be Wedesday, Sept. 8.  We'll start on a study guide early.

Friday, August 21

Announcements and Reminders:

September 7: Labor Day. No school.

September 16: NLCA is in session.

September 17,18: Teacher Conference: No school.

September 24: Picture Day. All orders will be online.

Sixth Grade Academics:

    Our regular, weekly quizzes and tests will begin on Friday, August 28.  All students have a printout of the Bible memory verse, the spelling words, and the reading vocabulary words. I told them to keep it in the front pocket of their binders.

    For the spelling test, I will say the words, and they will write them on loose leaf paper. Some of them have definitions that they need to know and also write down, but the spelling of the definition will not be graded. Also, a reasonable definition in their own words is accepted.

    The reading vocabulary is a little different.  These words come from their readers, and they are on the white board.  For the quiz, I will put letters next to the words, so all they need to do is write the letter of the word that goes with the definition I say.

    Lastly, there's a very short language quiz Thursday. All they have to do is underline the subject once and the verb twice.

    Please let me know if you have any questions via email (jbrammer@nlca,info, or DoJo.)  If you want to meet to talk, we can schedule that, too.

Open House!

 

     Please make plans to stop in and see the classroom and chat a while!  I'd also love to get a quick family picture of you with your sixth grader so that I can learn to recognize new faces.

6th Grade Supply List

      Hello, sixth grade families! Here are the things your student needs. 🙂

• King James Bible
• No. 2 pencils
• 12-pack of colored pencils 
• 1 highlighter
• Pencil pouch, preferably a soft-sided one that won't take up too much room in the desk.
• Clear ruler with inches and centimeters 
• 2 boxes of tissues for class supply
• 1 container of disinfectant wipes for class supply 
• headphones or wired earbuds for iPad use
• pack of loose leaf paper, wide ruled
• 1 two-inch wide 3-ring binder
• 5 folders with the ring holes (for the binder)

      ⭐The binder and this blog will be two vital ways that you can stay informed. 

      Students are encouraged to have one personal water bottle, too. 

     ⭐Please have you child limit any extras, simply because space is limited.  

      Tissues and disinfectant wipes may be brought to either Open House night, if you want to. Sixth grade will be August 18, from 5:30-7:30, but if you also have a student entering Pre-K or seventh grade, you may come Tuesday night. 

      I'm so excited to work with your children! If you have any questions, email me at jbrammer@nlca.info or call the school office, leave a message, and I will get back with you.

      Mrs. Julia Brammer

Who is Mrs. Brammer?

       Hello, NLCA families!

      I thought my new families might want to know a little background information about me.

       I moved to Canvas, West Virginia in 2018 from Ohio.  I was raised in a small town near Steubenville, Ohio, but I earned my teaching degree from West Liberty State College (now West Liberty University) in West Virginia's northern panhandle in 1990.

       My work experience has almost always been with children. My first permanent teaching position was in third grade at Jefferson County Christian School (in Ohio) in 1994. I have also subbed in both public and private schools, been a school librarian, and most recently, collected data for a state-funded study on the effect of universal preschool in West Virginia. That last one was very valuable to me because I visited over twenty different second and third grade classes in the state!  That allowed me to glean all kinds of information about how I could better teach.

      Also, New Life Christian Academy is the fourth Christian school that I have worked for, so I try to use all that experience to help children like yours learn and thrive.

      I taught third grade here from fall of 2021 to spring of 2024.  Now, I have the blessing of returning to some of the same students I had in 2024! 

       This blog is where I'll be posting any upcoming quizzes, tests, or important events to remember.  I use it at least weekly, so please check back often!

~~Mrs. Julia Brammer