Wednesday, January 8, 2014

  I hope that everyone had a marvelous holiday season.  I also hope that you all survived the big chill!!


Writing: Students listened to two "fractured"versions of Cinderella. Students were assigned a "Fractured Folk Tale" writing project.  The final draft is due January 15th.  Students worked on this assignment in class today, but there will be no more class time to complete the project.

Looking ahead- next week is mid-term week.  6th graders will have a mid-term in each of their core classes.
              Wednesday- first hour exam
               Thursday- second and third hour exam
               Friday- sixth hour exam

Please note that Thursday and Friday are early dismissal days.  Students will be dismissed at 1:45.

Week of December 16, 2013

Reading/writing: Students will continue to work on their "Cinderella" projects this week.  The projects are due at the end of the hour on Friday.  There is no assigned homework this week, although some students may choose to bring home their project to work on.

  

Week of December 9, 2013

Reading/Writing: This week students will begin the "Cinderella" project.  I have tracked down thirty different cultural versions of "Cinderella". They will be required to read five different versions and write down information on a variety of graphic organizers.  Once they have finished with the reading, they will write a compare/contrast essay.  This project will take the full two weeks until Christmas break.  The final copy of the essay is due on December 20th.

There will be no homework assigned for reading or writing during this time.

English: Students took a test on irregular verbs this morning.  Those students who do not earn a passing grade will have to fix the test for homework.  Fixes will be due on Wednesday.
    There will be no additional English homework this week.

 

Thursday, December 5, 2013

English: Continued review of irregular verbs.
                HW: review packet

Reading:      HW: "Dragon, Dragon" selection test   #116

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Reading: Students read the story "Dragon, Dragon" and identified the story elements.

English: Continued to practice irregular verbs.

  

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Reading: Discussed the story elements for "Mowgli's Brothers''.
                HW: Vocabulary worksheet #66
                          Selection Test #56

English: Continued to practice irregular verbs
                HW: Irregular verbs worksheet  #60/38


Irregular verbs test: Monday, December 9th

Monday, December 2, 2013

English: Begin review of irregular verbs.  There will be a test over irregular verbs on December 9th.

Reading: Begin new genre unit: Traditional Tales
             Students brainstormed story elements of traditional tales.
             Read "Mowgli's Brothers" in class and took notes on the elements they found.