What's Happening in Class?
Week of December 2, 2019
Our focus for the next few weeks will revolve around a novel study, short story writing, and vocabulary development. We are continuing to read and study the historical fiction novel, Island of the Blue Dolphins. This week we will focus on Scott O'Dell's use of figurative language in his writing to help us with our own writing. For our short story writing unit, students will focus on adding details to their story that show rather than tell. This includes focusing on the effects of adverbs, word choice, and figurative language on writing.
Homework:
1.) Read for 25 minutes every day and fill out a Reading Status each day. Turn in by Monday, December 9th.
2.) Complete 3 activities from the Fiction or Nonfiction Choice Board. Turn in by Monday, December 9th.
Our focus for the next few weeks will revolve around a novel study, short story writing, and vocabulary development. We are continuing to read and study the historical fiction novel, Island of the Blue Dolphins. This week we will focus on Scott O'Dell's use of figurative language in his writing to help us with our own writing. For our short story writing unit, students will focus on adding details to their story that show rather than tell. This includes focusing on the effects of adverbs, word choice, and figurative language on writing.
Homework:
1.) Read for 25 minutes every day and fill out a Reading Status each day. Turn in by Monday, December 9th.
2.) Complete 3 activities from the Fiction or Nonfiction Choice Board. Turn in by Monday, December 9th.
Week of November 18, 2019
Our focus for the next few weeks will revolve around a novel study, short story writing, and vocabulary development. We will begin reading and studying the historical fiction novel, Island of the Blue Dolphins for our novel study. For our short story writing unit, each student will write an original short story and work through the entire writing process to publish a final copy of their story. For vocabulary, we will focus on Greek and Latin roots, with an initial study of prefixes, to help us identify the meaning of unknown words.
To assist with the vocabulary homework, the word list can be found on this site under the "6th Grade ELA" tab and click the heading "Vocabulary." I have also created a Quizlet to allow students to practice this week's words. There are flashcards, games, quizzes, and more to allow students the opportunity to practice each word before Friday's quiz. Follow the link below by clicking the button called "Quizlet."
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal by Monday (you must be reading outside of class to reach this goal).
2.) Finish 10 total books by December 17th (this includes books read during the first marking period).
3.) Vocabulary Assignment due Wednesday.
4.) Vocabulary Quiz on Friday.
Our focus for the next few weeks will revolve around a novel study, short story writing, and vocabulary development. We will begin reading and studying the historical fiction novel, Island of the Blue Dolphins for our novel study. For our short story writing unit, each student will write an original short story and work through the entire writing process to publish a final copy of their story. For vocabulary, we will focus on Greek and Latin roots, with an initial study of prefixes, to help us identify the meaning of unknown words.
To assist with the vocabulary homework, the word list can be found on this site under the "6th Grade ELA" tab and click the heading "Vocabulary." I have also created a Quizlet to allow students to practice this week's words. There are flashcards, games, quizzes, and more to allow students the opportunity to practice each word before Friday's quiz. Follow the link below by clicking the button called "Quizlet."
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal by Monday (you must be reading outside of class to reach this goal).
2.) Finish 10 total books by December 17th (this includes books read during the first marking period).
3.) Vocabulary Assignment due Wednesday.
4.) Vocabulary Quiz on Friday.
Week of November 4, 2019
Our focus for the next few weeks will revolve around a novel study, short story writing, and vocabulary development. We will begin reading and studying the historical fiction novel, Island of the Blue Dolphins for our novel study. For our short story writing unit, each student will write an original short story and work through the entire writing process to publish a final copy of their story. For vocabulary, we will focus on Greek and Latin roots, with an initial study of prefixes, to help us identify the meaning of unknown words.
To assist with the vocabulary homework, the word list can be found on this site under the "6th Grade ELA" tab and click the heading "Vocabulary." I have also created a Quizlet to allow students to practice this week's words. There are flashcards, games, quizzes, and more to allow students the opportunity to practice each word before Friday's quiz. Follow the link below by clicking the button called "Quizlet."
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal by Monday (you must be reading outside of class to reach this goal).
2.) Finish 10 total books by December 17th (this includes books read during the first marking period).
3.) Vocabulary Assignment due Wednesday.
4.) Vocabulary Quiz on Friday.
Our focus for the next few weeks will revolve around a novel study, short story writing, and vocabulary development. We will begin reading and studying the historical fiction novel, Island of the Blue Dolphins for our novel study. For our short story writing unit, each student will write an original short story and work through the entire writing process to publish a final copy of their story. For vocabulary, we will focus on Greek and Latin roots, with an initial study of prefixes, to help us identify the meaning of unknown words.
To assist with the vocabulary homework, the word list can be found on this site under the "6th Grade ELA" tab and click the heading "Vocabulary." I have also created a Quizlet to allow students to practice this week's words. There are flashcards, games, quizzes, and more to allow students the opportunity to practice each word before Friday's quiz. Follow the link below by clicking the button called "Quizlet."
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal by Monday (you must be reading outside of class to reach this goal).
2.) Finish 10 total books by December 17th (this includes books read during the first marking period).
3.) Vocabulary Assignment due Wednesday.
4.) Vocabulary Quiz on Friday.
Week of October 7, 2019
We will continue our study of our short story, "All Summer in a Day," by Ray Bradbury, with a focus on the element of setting. Setting is includes time, place, and environment. The four functions of a setting include: 1) make fiction credible/believeable, 2) establish mood, 3) provide conflict, and 4) to illuminate a character. We will study how the setting of "All Summer in a Day" accomplishes these functions. For writing, we will work on a creative writing piece where students will be required to write a paragraph describing a setting for a story filled with details about the time, place, and environment. Our vocabulary focus for the week is on words found within "All Summer in a Day" as well as the Greek and Latin root, "ped." Our goal in vocabulary is to not only learn new words as they are presented in the context of our curriculum, but learn Greek and Latin roots so that we can identify the meaning of unknown words by using the roots to decipher a possible definition.
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal by Monday.
2.) Vocabulary assignment due Wednesday. A copy of the words are on the website under the "Vocabulary" tab.
We will continue our study of our short story, "All Summer in a Day," by Ray Bradbury, with a focus on the element of setting. Setting is includes time, place, and environment. The four functions of a setting include: 1) make fiction credible/believeable, 2) establish mood, 3) provide conflict, and 4) to illuminate a character. We will study how the setting of "All Summer in a Day" accomplishes these functions. For writing, we will work on a creative writing piece where students will be required to write a paragraph describing a setting for a story filled with details about the time, place, and environment. Our vocabulary focus for the week is on words found within "All Summer in a Day" as well as the Greek and Latin root, "ped." Our goal in vocabulary is to not only learn new words as they are presented in the context of our curriculum, but learn Greek and Latin roots so that we can identify the meaning of unknown words by using the roots to decipher a possible definition.
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal by Monday.
2.) Vocabulary assignment due Wednesday. A copy of the words are on the website under the "Vocabulary" tab.
Week of September 23, 2019
We will begin our week by finishing up our NWEA MAP Testing. Reports for each student showing his/her results will be handed out at Parent/Teacher Conferences. The remainder of the week will be a focus on the literary element: point of view. We will revisit our short story, "Eleven," and analyze the effect of first person point of view on our experience of the story. We will also move into the three types of third person point of view to differentiate each one and observe how each affects a reader's understanding of a story.
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal by Monday.
2.) Reading Response Letter due by Thursday.
We will begin our week by finishing up our NWEA MAP Testing. Reports for each student showing his/her results will be handed out at Parent/Teacher Conferences. The remainder of the week will be a focus on the literary element: point of view. We will revisit our short story, "Eleven," and analyze the effect of first person point of view on our experience of the story. We will also move into the three types of third person point of view to differentiate each one and observe how each affects a reader's understanding of a story.
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal by Monday.
2.) Reading Response Letter due by Thursday.
Week of September 9, 2019
This week, we are focusing solely on characterization in ELA. We will be working on direct and indirect characterization while completing various forms of character analysis. Students will also complete a Character Swap N' Sketch to put their knowledge to test in writing. We will have a quiz in class on Thursday to assess each student's ability to define direct vs. indirect characterization as well as identify character traits based on evidence given in a text.
In RTI this week, we are focusing on GRIT. On Friday, Team A will be running a special schedule so the afternoon can be devoted to an activity that will wrap up the theme of GRIT.
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal.
2.) Character Traits page due Friday. Use your S.S.R. book to analyze a character of your choice. Come up with 3 traits for your character based upon evidence from the text.
This week, we are focusing solely on characterization in ELA. We will be working on direct and indirect characterization while completing various forms of character analysis. Students will also complete a Character Swap N' Sketch to put their knowledge to test in writing. We will have a quiz in class on Thursday to assess each student's ability to define direct vs. indirect characterization as well as identify character traits based on evidence given in a text.
In RTI this week, we are focusing on GRIT. On Friday, Team A will be running a special schedule so the afternoon can be devoted to an activity that will wrap up the theme of GRIT.
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal.
2.) Character Traits page due Friday. Use your S.S.R. book to analyze a character of your choice. Come up with 3 traits for your character based upon evidence from the text.
Week of September 2, 2019
I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend! It is going to be a great week in ELA!
It is hard to believe that we are in the third week of school! We will review classroom routines and expectations to refresh after the time away. Students will begin the week by reporting how many pages they read last week. A reading status will continue to be filled in every day in class. We will focus on Literary Elements this week. After reviewing five of the elements, we will dive into each one deeper. First up...characterization. We will also complete our first Reading Response Letter where each student will write about their current S.S.R. book.
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal.
2.) Complete your first Reading Response Letter by Friday.
I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend! It is going to be a great week in ELA!
It is hard to believe that we are in the third week of school! We will review classroom routines and expectations to refresh after the time away. Students will begin the week by reporting how many pages they read last week. A reading status will continue to be filled in every day in class. We will focus on Literary Elements this week. After reviewing five of the elements, we will dive into each one deeper. First up...characterization. We will also complete our first Reading Response Letter where each student will write about their current S.S.R. book.
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal.
2.) Complete your first Reading Response Letter by Friday.
Week of August 26,2019
During week 2, we will continue reviewing classroom routines and expectations. Students will begin every class with the following routine: 1.) Find seat before the bell rings 2.) Fill out agenda 3.) Turn in homework 4.) Begin S.S.R. (Silent Sustained Reading) 5.) Fill out Reading Status. We will also begin working in our Reader's Notebook that was created last Friday. Students will be setting a goal for how many books he/she will read in each genre this school year, while completing the challenge of reading at least 20 books total by the end of the school year. We will review how to fill out a daily reading status in the Reader's Notebook as well as how to fill out the Reading List to track all of the books students read this school year. Please note, books read at home count and can be recorded in the Reader's Notebook.
Most importantly, we will set our Weekly Reading Goal for this marking period. This will be the number of pages students are to read every week (from Monday to the following Monday). I give at least 10 minutes of class time every day for students to read to help reach their goal, but it is necessary for students to read outside of class time in order to reach their weekly reading goal.
This week, we will also complete our District Writing Assessment in class and introduce our theme for ELA, perseverance.
Homework:
1.) Reach your weekly reading goal. Look at the goal set in your Reader's Notebook on the page titled, "Weekly Reading Goal."
2.) Return the Library Check Out Letter sent home on Monday (this is required if a student would like to check out books from my classroom library).
Week of August 19, 2019
Welcome to 6th grade ELA!
This week, we will spend a great deal of time getting to know one-another and the classroom expectations. I look forward to learning about each of you!
Homework:
1.) Parent Homework due Friday. An extra copy of the assignment is below.
2.) Sign the ELA Guidelines Sheet and return it to the teacher by Friday. An extra copy of the assignment is below.
3.) Name Creature is due Monday. Please finish by creating and coloring what we started in class.
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