6th Grade Caldecott Exploratory
Reading: We finished reading Act I of The Phantom Tollbooth. Students have an Open Book test, #s 1-11, for homework.
English/Writing: Review of adjectives. Students will be writing a descriptive poem about a favorite place. Tonight's homework is the brainstorming sheet for the project, "Smelling the Roses". It is due tomorrow.
Sure glad that weather system is over!!
Reading: Students are reading the drama format of The Phantom Tollbooth in class. Each student has a part to read. We are reading this in class only.
Homework: Vocabulary worksheet (prefixes and suffixes) due tomorrow
English: Students began to study comparative adjectives.
Homework: Comparing with adjectives worksheet 53/54
Those students who are eligible will be going ice skating tomorrow.
Today in language arts, we took care of some housekeeping duties: 2nd marking period writing folder, free assignment passes, and changing of seats. Students also wrote down their goals for this semester in their writing journals.
English: We started our unit on adjectives. Students have an adjective worksheet for homework that is due tomorrow.
No spelling homework this week.
This is the first day of the 3rd marking period. Most of last marking period's assignments are recorded and can no longer be turned in.
The following assignments that were given in last marking period WILL BE on the 3rd marking period's grades:
Fractured Folk Tale writing assignment (due last week)
4-paragraph conflict essay (due today)
Selection Test #116 (due today)
Today is the first day of the rest of the school year!!
1st hour exam was today.
2nd and 3rd hours
:
Reading: Students have a comprehension worksheet to go with "Dragon, Dragon".
Writing: Students have a 4-paragraph essay about conflict to write.
Both assignments are due on Monday.
This is the last week of the first semester. Monday is a new beginning. Students should plan now for making their last semester a successful one.
Reading: Students read the traditional tale "Dragon, Dragon". Because of exams, the homework assignment is different for 1st hour and the other hours.
1st hour: Selection Test
Conflicts essay
Both assignments are due next Monday.
Mid-term exam tomorrow
Hours 2 & 3: Herringbone graphic organizer due tomorrow
Mid-term exam is on Thursday
Remember that students will be dismissed at 1:45 on Thursday and Friday.
Students went over the study guide for the language arts mid-term exam. Only the information on the study guide will be on the test.
Test schedule:
Wednesday-1st hour
Thursday- 2nd and 3rd hours
There is no spelling homework this week.
REMEMBER THAT STUDENTS WILL BE DISMISSED AT 1:45 ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. LUNCH WILL BE SERVED.
