Hello Hello Hello 

Today we finished with pronouns and had a test on them.  Next up for grammar is Adjectives.
Tomorrow and the rest of the week we will concentrate on reading Schooled - the first five chapters, and have a test on it on Wednesday 1/22/20.
The students should study the vocab, their notes and the worksheets for the test.
A test on the spelling words from Schooled will be on Tuesday 1/21/20.
We have one more lesson on writing, then we will begin writing our Personal Narrative.
Homework tonight - Schooled Worksheets

We started reading Schooled today 
Homework - read first three chapters and do the first 12 vocab words.
Grammar - still on pronouns - we are almost done - there will be a test soon.
Writing - we are working on our personal narrative - just learning about how to write it - the major writing of it will begin next week - and it will be done in school.


Happy New Year!!!  2020!  What will I see :)  

This week/month we will be working on
Grammar - Pronouns
Writing - Personal Narrative
Reading - we will start with novels next week  -  We will be reading Schooled by Gordon Korman - I will be giving the books out next week.

Third Week of Advent 
ELA - Reading is done for the Year :)  
Starting in the new year - we will be working on novels

Grammar and Writing - if time allows - we will be working on how to do research.  

Merry Christmas

12/9/19 - We are reading Hatchet in our school reader.  Today we worked on comprehension and vocab.  There will be a test on Hatchet on Friday 12/13/19


12/4/19 - Pronoun Test tomorrow - Students should study Voyager Textbook sections 2-1 to 2-5, and worksheets.

Spelling test on Friday 12/6/19 on Spelling words for Hatchet

12/2/19 - Finish the first ten spelling words - either a picture of the spelling word or a definition and a sentence.

The last week before Thanksgiving Break - 

I'd like to close out the story and start fresh after the break - SO . . .
There will be two tests this week
Spelling and Reading tests - 
I planned to give one on Thursday and one on Friday - But Thursday is a prayer service
And I don't want to push the tests until Monday - because I have Thanksgiving fun activities planned for Monday
SO . . .

Both Tests will be on Friday 11/22/19 

The Reading test will be on Good-Bye Moon 
Compare and Contrast
And the Vocab words
Please have your child study the Close Read on Good-Bye Moon, their notes on Compare and contrast, Their notes from the questions at the end of the chapter, and their vocabulary words
There is also some pages we did in their Writers workbook that they could study - pages 142, 144, 146, 148, and 151.



11/12/19 - Start spelling words for Good-Bye Moon - Do the first 10 spelling words - either sentence or definition in your own words

Week of 11/4/19 - 

Grammar - we are finally finishing Nouns - there will be a test on nouns on Wednesday 11/6/19.  The students should study the Voyager Workbook pages 5 - 19.  

Reading - we will be finishing up The Emperor's Silent Army this week.  There will be test on the Emperor's Silent Army and vocab on Friday 11/8/19.  The test will also be on finding the main idea

Writing - We are writing our Argumentative Essay.  This week we will be working on the body of the Essay and the Conclusion.  This is an in school assignment.





Week of 10/14/19
Grammar - we are working on nouns still - learning Direct Object, Indirect Object, Object of the Preposition, Possessive nouns and Appositives
Grammar test on Nouns chapter 1 will be next week

Reading - we are reading Saving the Rain Forest and working on Fact vs Opinion.  READING TEST ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 18.  Students should study the vocab words and the story.  

Writing - we are working on our Argumentative Essay - this week we are forming our Thesis statement and starting our research.  They have picked some very interesting topics!  I am looking forward to reading them!

10/8/19
In ELA we are reading Saving the Rainforest.  And we are learning about the Rainforest.  
Spelling test on the spelling and challenge words on Thursday Oct 10
We are working on nouns in grammar
and in Writing we are working on our Argumentative Essay
Homework Voyager Workbook page 10

10/3/19 - Reading test on Old Yeller tomorrow - study your notes, re-read the story, and study your vocab

9/26/19 -SPELLING TEST on FRIDAY 9/27/19
We are working on Old Yeller
Nouns
Sentences
and we are starting our first writing assignment - an argumentative essay.  
We are having a lot of fun with this - today we argued about school uniforms.
I can't wait to see the topics they chose!
Homework - finish worksheet on argumentative essays.

9/17/19 - We are getting ready to complete Number the Stars - Test on Thursday 9/19/19
Today we did a plot diagram and worked in teams on comprehension questions.  
We also started our writing project - by having them pick a side and defend it.  This should be interesting!
Lastly we worked a little bit more on nouns
Homework workbook page 5 and complete any classwork that you need to complete

9/16/19 - TEST on Number the Stars on Thursday 9/19/19
The test will be on vocab and comprehension.  

9/12/19

We are still working on Number the Stars - we did close reads this week.  A close read is when you just take a few passages and pull out words that do something - such as create a feeling of peace, or create a feeling of danger.

With this in mind and with the anniversary of 9/11, we are creating posters with recipes for peace - and they are doing a fantastic job!
I am very proud of them!

Spelling test tomorrow 
Number the Stars test next week


9/11/19 - Homework
Study for spelling test on Friday - the test will be on the vocabulary words from Number the Stars.  The test will just be on spelling the words

Next week there will be a test on vocab and comprehension of Number the Stars.  

9.10.19 Homework
Finish paper on Number the Stars

Homework 9.9.19
Study for spelling test
Finish Nouns page 2 of voyager

9/6/19  And we're Off and running - Spelling test on the vocabulary words for Number the Stars will be on Friday September 13.  The test will be spelling only.


9/5/19 - This week we have been working on the summer reading Number the Stars.  If your child got the book from the library - please see if you can borrow it again.  It would be a lot easier for your student if they have the book.  So far we have started working on vocabulary and summarizing different parts of the story.  We will have a test on Number the Stars - probably by the end of next week.  But I will let you and your students know for sure next week.  For homework they only needed to finish their classwork - which was drawing a picture of their favorite scene from the book and then summarizing it.  Most of the students finished this in school.  They can also be studying their vocabulary words.
Thanks
 

WELCOME TO 6TH GRADE!!

We will be jumping right into the summer reading book Number the Stars
So please remember to bring your book!

I can't wait to see everyone!!  

I'll see my students on Tuesday and the Parents on Wednesday :) 
 

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