Author: mrdanly

Olympian High School Field Trip – Your child should’ve received a permission slip for our upcoming field trip to Olympian High School. Students in Room 403 and 404 will be going on Tuesday, December 2nd and students in Room 401 and 402 will be going on Wednesday, December 3rd to watch the drama department’s presentation of Annie Jr. Please sign and return. Thank you!

Thanksgiving Break – There will be no school next week for Thanksgiving. From our family to yours, we wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving break. We are so grateful and blessed to have the opportunity to work with your children. Please take next week to rest, relax, and spend quality time with your loved ones. We will see you soon for the last three weeks of this quarter. We will miss you!

Nightly Homework – Please make sure your child is getting daily practice by ensuring they do their homework nightly, Monday through Friday. Students will utilize a daily planner to keep track of daily practice. Please initial nightly and sign at the end of the week. Every night, your child should be:

• Reading for at least 30 minutes
• Completing approximately 15 minutes of assigned math practice on either iReady, Teams, or IXL.com.
• Playing iReady My Path for 15 minutes of differentiated practice, Monday through Thursday.

Accelerated Reader – As this is week seven out of ten for this quarter, your student should be around 70% of their AR goal. We expect all students in sixth grade to read for one hour each day, Monday through Friday. Students read for 30 minutes in class daily and should also be reading for 30 minutes for homework.

Important Dates

• November 24th – 28th – Thanksgiving Break (No School)
• December 19th – Last Day of Second Quarter

Class of 2026 Spirit Gear!

We are proud to open up this year’s orders for our class t-shirt! Feel free to order as many items as you wish for your ENTIRE family to show support for this year’s class. All payments will be made online. All items will be shipped to Wolf Canyon and distributed to your child to take home. Please place your order by our deadline: Sunday, November 16th, 2025.

To place your order, please go to: https://littlehouzdesigns.chipply.com/wolfcanyon/?action=viewall

Veterans Day – There will be no school, tomorrow, Tuesday, November 11th, as we observe Veterans Day. Have a great day off and thank you to all our veterans!

Sixth Grade 2025 Mock Newbery Wish List

Have you ever seen this seal on the front cover of a book? It is called the Newbery Award and this award is given to “… the most distinguished American children’s book of the previous year.” The winner is chosen by committees of the Association for Library Service to Children. Committee members consists of distinguished adults who read, discuss, and select a winner each year. Knowing this, the students have often wondered why children and students have never been part of the selection process. Hence, in 2015 the birth of Wolf Canyon’s Mock Newbery was born!  

Wolf Canyon sixth graders participate in an annual Mock Newbery. Eight titles from a contenders list are selected. Students read and discuss each title, and in the end, the students select a winner based on a student-generated rubric using the John Newbery criteria as a guide. Each year, our students learn to love reading and express and contribute their opinions about what they read.

It is a very expensive endeavor, but we always seem to find the funds to make sure our students do not miss out. We fundraise, create a wish list on Amazon, and ask parents and PTA for support. With lack of resources this year, we are reaching out to you for financial support. Thank you in advance for your continued support!

*When checking out, you may have the book shipped directly to the coordinator of the wish list, Ms. Robbins. Thank you!

Link to Amazon Wish List:

https://www.amazon.com

Nightly Homework – Please make sure your child is getting daily practice by ensuring they do their homework nightly, Monday through Friday. Students will utilize a daily planner to keep track of daily practice. Please initial nightly and sign at the end of the week. Every night, your child should be:

• Reading for at least 30 minutes
• Completing approximately 15 minutes of assigned math practice on either iReady, Teams, or IXL.com.
• Playing iReady My Path for 15 minutes of differentiated practice, Monday through Thursday.

Accelerated Reader – As this is week six out of ten for this quarter, your student should be around 60% of their AR goal. We expect all students in sixth grade to read for one hour each day, Monday through Friday. Students read for 30 minutes in class daily and should also be reading for 30 minutes for homework.

Important Dates

• November 11th – Veterans Day (No School)
• November 24th – 28th – Thanksgiving Break (No School)
• December 19th – Last Day of Second Quarter

Sixth Grade 2025 Mock Newbery Wish List

Have you ever seen this seal on the front cover of a book? It is called the Newbery Award and this award is given to “… the most distinguished American children’s book of the previous year.” The winner is chosen by committees of the Association for Library Service to Children. Committee members consists of distinguished adults who read, discuss, and select a winner each year. Knowing this, the students have often wondered why children and students have never been part of the selection process. Hence, in 2015 the birth of Wolf Canyon’s Mock Newbery was born!  

Wolf Canyon sixth graders participate in an annual Mock Newbery. Eight titles from a contenders list are selected. Students read and discuss each title, and in the end, the students select a winner based on a student-generated rubric using the John Newbery criteria as a guide. Each year, our students learn to love reading and express and contribute their opinions about what they read.

It is a very expensive endeavor, but we always seem to find the funds to make sure our students do not miss out. We fundraise, create a wish list on Amazon, and ask parents and PTA for support. With lack of resources this year, we are reaching out to you for financial support. Thank you in advance for your continued support!

*When checking out, you may have the book shipped directly to the coordinator of the wish list, Ms. Robbins. Thank you!

Link to Amazon Wish List:

https://www.amazon.com

Nightly Homework – Please make sure your child is getting daily practice by ensuring they do their homework nightly, Monday through Friday. Students will utilize a daily planner to keep track of daily practice. Please initial nightly and sign at the end of the week. Every night, your child should be:

• Reading for at least 30 minutes
• Completing approximately 15 minutes of assigned math practice on either iReady, Teams, or IXL.com.
• Playing iReady My Path for 15 minutes of differentiated practice, Monday through Thursday.

Accelerated Reader – As this is week five out of ten for this quarter, your student should be around 50% of their AR goal. We expect all students in sixth grade to read for one hour each day, Monday through Friday. Students read for 30 minutes in class daily and should also be reading for 30 minutes for homework.

Important Dates

• November 11th – Veterans Day (No School)
• November 24th – 28th – Thanksgiving Break (No School)
• December 19th – Last Day of Second Quarter