Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Reading: Students read the next four chapters in How To Eat Fried Worms. 
                           Homework-vocabulary crossword puzzle

English: Students continued to review pronoun/verb agreement.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Spelling:  Homework is due Wednesday at the beginning of the hour.
 
      photography      paragraph      biology       diameter      geometry      thermometer

                                biographer      telegraph      geologist      geography


Reading: Students continued to read How To Eat Fried Worms.

Writing:  NO WRITING ASSIGNMENTS FOR THIS WEEK!!!  

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Spelling- Forgot this assignment on yesteday's blog.  Spelling hw is due on Friday this week because of the field trip.

     whose          envelop          edition          vacation          moral
      who's          envelope        addition        vocation          morale


English: Worked with indefinite pronouns today.
                  HW: Pronoun worksheet #84

Reading: Read Chapters 4-7 in "Fried Worms".  Completed comprehension worksheet in class.
                  HW: Open Book Test 19/20   #s 1-10

Monday, April 22, 2013

Field trip on Thursday to Grand Rapids.  Information came home today.

Reading: Students will be reading How To Eat Fried Worms in class this week.  They will be completing comprehension activities as they read.

English: Continued with pronoun/verb agreement.  Focus was on "we" and "us".

Writing: "How To Make My Favorite Cookie" essay is due tomorrow.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

NON-FICTION BOOK REP0RT IS DUE MONDAY!!!


English- continued working on pronoun use.
      HW: Pronoun worksheet #129

Reading: Discussed "How To" essay.
      HW: Selection Test # 99-101     #s 1-20 and essay question

Writing: "How to Make My Favorite Cookie" essay  is due April 23
           Four paragraph essay- introduction, description of necessary materials, step-by-step          
                 directions necessary to  make the cookies, descriptive concluding paragraph.

Students have an opportunity to contribute to a "Letter Capsule".  They are working to fill a large container with letters they have written to themselves or to their friends.  The capsule will be stored in the ceiling until the night of their senior prom.  Parents and other relatives can also write letters.  Make sure letters are in an envelope with the student's name on the front.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Reading/Writing: For the next two weeks students will be working on "How To" essays.  Today they read two selections from their reading text.  They read an essay by Garrison Keillor, "How To Write A Friendly Letter" and a poem, "How To Write About the Sky".
                      No Homework for tonight.

English: Continued study of pronouns.  This week we are focusing on pronoun/verb agreement.

 

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Reading/Writing: Students continued work on the Titanic comic strip project.  Final draft is due at the beginning of the hour on Wednesday.
   There is no additional homework for tonight.

Future plans- On April 25th, students will be traveling to the Grand Rapids city museum to view a special Titanic exhibit.  More information will be coming home soon.

 

Monday, April 15, 2013

Because of the delayed start today, there is no spelling homework this week.

Because of the ice day on Friday, the due date for the Titanic comic strip is now April 17th.  Students will have class time on Tuesday to continue working on this project.

 

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Students were introduced to the point system for the Michigan's Adventure trip at the end of the year.  They are supposed to share the information with their parents/guardians and return a signed slip by tomorrow.  The point system will start on Monday.

Reading- students continued to work on their comic strip project.  It is due on April 16th.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Reading: Students continued working on the comprehension questions for "Titanic".
           They began work on a comic strip project that is due on April 16th.  Students will be given  class time to work on their project. 

Spelling homework is due tomorrow.

 

Titanic Comic Strip Project

                       

                                Final project is due:

Your task is to create a comic strip about the sinking of the Titanic. The strip must have all of the main events. Your illustrations should be worthy of newspaper publication. Your illustrations should show great creativity. Turn on your brain and let the creative juices flow.
Brainstorm the storyline.  Include setting, characters, and main plot events.	Brainstorm elements of a comic strip.
You must show me a rough draft before you can get the paper for the final copy.   Make sure you have planned out everything that will be on your final comic strip.   Make sure you have checked for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.	Scoring Rubric:   __ Well developed sequence   __ Fully developed characters   __ Good use of dialogue   __ Proofreading!!   __Illustrations are creative   __Presentation shows time/effort   __Project is completed on time

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Reading: Discussed fact/opinion.  Students began work on the questions on pg. 386 #s 1-5.
      HW: Fact/opinion worksheet

English: HW- Pronouns worksheet

6th grade MEAP scores showed the most improvement for the whole middle school.  Because of this, they will be traveling to the museum in Grand Rapids to view the Titanic exhibit.  The trip is on April 25th.  More information coming soon.


 

Monday, April 8, 2013

Reading: Students began studying the Titanic.  Began to read a historical account of its sinking written by Robert Ballard.

English: Began a two week study of pronouns and antecedents.

Spelling: "ous" words  Homework is due Thursday.

    continuous     nervous     glorious     curious     cautious     tremendous     various    industrious
                                                            precious        courageous