Team Taylor April Newsletter
Dear Parents and
Guardians,
March was a busy month for us in
sixth grade! Students have been working hard in all academic classes. We are
hopefully beyond all of the snow! Along with all our hard work academically, students were treated to a special presentation by The Myth Masters! They are made
up of two actors, that successfully capture the minds of our sixth graders,
while teaching them about Greek Mythology. They are interactive and so very
engaging! This is such a fun way to blend our curriculum with such an
entertaining activity! Thank you to the PCC for providing this fun presentation
to us.
The English Language Arts
MCAS exam is approaching, the
dates are Wednesday, April 24th,
and Thursday, April 25th . Students have been working hard in their ELA
classes all year and are prepared to show what they know! They have been
embracing the strategies they are learning at school and should be proud of all
of their efforts. In order to ensure that students are able to do their best on
exam days, we are asking you at home to encourage them to get a good night’s
sleep and eat a healthy breakfast on exam days. Students should also come to
school with a water bottle, snack, and independent reading book on exam days.
No electronic readers are allowed on these days during the test times.We also
encourage students leave their cellphones at home on the test days. Of course
if students do need to bring cellphones to school in order to communicate with
you at the end of the school day, teachers will collect the (powered off)
phones at the beginning of the day, and return at the day’s end.
We continue to encourage
students to check Aspen regularly, as we update our grades every two weeks. At
this point in the year, we expect students to begin taking more responsibility
for their own learning and advocating for themselves if they need help in any
areas of the curriculum. We encourage them to use class and Flex time wisely to
see teachers for extra help as needed. We will continue to support them and
help foster this independence.
As a part of our
Admirable Attributes program, Team Taylor recognizes two students each month
who exemplify attributes of the authors we read in 6th grade. The
Admirable Attribute for the month of March was Compassionate, students
nominated and we are waiting to announce the recipients early in April. The
attribute for April is Independent. We want to encourage
students to be thinking of others this month and finding ways to show that they
care.
We truly feel that the
success of our students depends on clear communication between school and home.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any concerns or questions about your
child's progress. Email is the best method to reach us. Our email addresses
available on the ASMS web page. You can also find a link to the Team Taylor
Blog on this site. If you haven’t been on it, it’s a valuable page we use
to communicate about our team news and curriculum.
Warm Regards,
Team Taylor Teachers
Important Dates This
Month: 
Monday, April 1 - Honor
Roll Celebration - 2-3pm after school in the Cafe
Friday, April 5 - ½ Day
for Students, Educator PDD - PJ and Hat Day
Friday, April 12 Team
Taylor Raffle!
Monday- Friday April 15 -
19 April Vacation
Team Taylor Admirable Attribute Recipients:
September - Optimistic - Seth O. &
Lily D.
October - Curious - Zachary T. &
Eden D.
November - Respectful - Maddie O. &
Taylor O.
December - Perseverance - Will C. &
Lina B.
January - Generous - Lea E. & Brendan
N.
February - Creative -.C.J. A. & Kate
R.
March - Compassionate - to be announced!
April - Independent -
May- Flexible -
June - Responsible -
