In a mere two and a half hours, over 460 new sixth graders will arrive for orientation to begin their middle school journey at Eagle Ridge. Lucky for me, I’ll have the opportunity to teach more than 70 of you. Wahoo! Welcome to the wonderful world of Language Arts. 

These past two weeks, I’ve been readying the classroom for your arrival. Twenty unpacked boxes later, I have desks in place, a close-to-complete classroom library, bulletin boards awaiting your contributions, and plenty of reading material coloring my cinderblock walls. My husband, Mike, and my youngest son, Sean, devoted several days to carding and cataloging the newest books to line our shelves. Over the summer, my classroom library grew by leaps and bounds–and I am counting down the days until I can start sharing my most recent reading finds. In fact, I just placed my first Scholastic book order of the 2014-15 school year, and I have some absolute must-reads coming your way. You, too, can order the latest, greatest books to hit the young adult market, because I’ll place a classroom Scholastic order every month (First order due September 26.). Click here to check out my Scholastic page. 

Reading, writing, and learning together — that’s what we’ll be doing every day this year (and having plenty of fun along the way)! Get ready for your first amazing year of middle school.

See you next Tuesday for Day One! 🙂

 Mrs. Rombach

P.S. – In addition to the Sixth Grade Supply List posted on the school website, please bring in one 3-Subject Spiral Notebook to be used in our class for Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary. Thanks so much!