Miss my 6th graders already!  Below are the District Summer Learning Requirements – DON’T FORGET!!

Math:

• Complete 60 minutes of Khan Academy a week, based on their NWEA level.
• Students need to access Khan through Clever from the Dearborn Schools Student page.

Literacy:

• Read 3 books of your choice and genre
• Prepare one page collage about one of your books to be presented in September
• Complete a combined 60 minutes of MobyMax a week in Vocabulary, Language, and Reading Skills Literature
• Students need to access MobyMax through Clever from the Dearborn Schools Student page.

DON’T FORGET TO HAVE FUN!  HAVE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL SUMMER!

Park field trip tomorrow!

Students – Pack your things tonight so you don’t forget anything!

• YOU WILL NEED:
  • LUNCH (concession stand will be closed)
  • Water Bottle
  • Swimsuit (if you plan on swimming) & towel
  • Sunscreen
  • Small bag to carry your belongings in
  • Entertainment (sports, games, blanket, cards, etc.)
  • Umbrella (just in case!)
• Wear tennis shoes if you plan on playing sports!
• NO CELL PHONES – They must remain in your locker
• Remember: Anything you bring YOU are responsible for!
• School appropriate attire! (no flip flops, etc. – follow dress code in student handbook please!)

Parents – if you are picking up your student in the middle of the day tomorrow please note we will be at the park from approximately 10:00 am-2:45pm!

Can’t wait to celebrate all of your hard work tomorrow! Have a great evening!

*All grades will be updated by Friday at 3:00pm – I just finished ISN checks today for their Giver pages (100 points – formative). Students were given weeks of Daily 5 time (and an entire “catch up” day) to get caught up with their ISN work and unfortunately many of them chose to grab a computer or read a book instead and lost major points. Due to the amount of extra time they were given to get this work done, there will not be any regrading opportunities for work that was missing.

We took our final quiz for The Giver today on chapters 16-23. After the quiz we were given the remaining class time to work on our final projects (Instagram Character Activity) These will be due by the end of class Monday!

ALL READING ISN PAGES RELATED TO THE GIVER (page 46 and up) ARE DUE MONDAY. Students were given time to make sure these pages were complete during Daily 5 time every day this week. Anyone not finished will have some class time today to complete them or they can be done for homework over the weekend. I am collecting Reading ISNs Monday and grading them through Wednesday.

Homework

• Read!!!! Begin a chapter book to be done for summer reading requirement! (You will need to read 3, don’t forget!)
• The Giver movie permission slip is due by MONDAY JUNE 12TH – Please return ASAP

Today we finished our Pyramid of Action and worked on Characterization of Jonas after he became the Receiver of Memory. Students discussed the theme of The Giver and were introduced to their final project as well.

ALL READING ISN PAGES RELATED TO THE GIVER (page 46 and up) ARE DUE MONDAY. Students were given time to make sure these pages were complete during Daily 5 time every day this week. Anyone not finished will have some class time Friday to complete them or they can be done for homework.  I am collecting Reading ISNs Monday and grading them through Wednesday.

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log
• The Giver movie permission slip is due by MONDAY JUNE 12TH – Please return ASAP

We finished reading The Giver today and had our final Literature Circle Discussions about the ending of the book. Tomorrow we will be introduced to our final project. ALL READING ISN PAGES RELATED TO THE GIVER (page 46 and up) ARE DUE MONDAY. Students were given time to make sure these pages were complete during Daily 5 time and Literature Circle time. Anyone not finished will have some class time tomorrow and Friday to complete them or they can be done for homework.  I am collecting Reading ISNs Monday and grading them through Wednesday.

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log
• The Giver movie permission slip is due by MONDAY JUNE 12TH – Please return ASAP

Today we read chapter 21 of The Giver and met with our Literature Circle groups to discuss the chapter. We will finish reading The Giver tomorrow and then begin a final project!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log
• The Giver movie permission slip is due MONDAY JUNE 12TH

Today we read the climax of The Giver (chapter 19) and finished the rising actions on our Pyramid of Action. We worked on chapter 16-18 questions with our literature circle groups as well. Students also learned about their summer learning requirements from the district and information was sent home. Criteria for their index cards and book talk assignment are on this paper. My last post of the summer will be a reminder about summer learning requirements in case students lose this paper over the summer time.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Homework

• Last reading log is due next Friday! Read 100 minutes over the next week and complete 5 full responses

Today we took the Chapter 9-15 Quiz and then read chapters 17 & 18 of The Giver. Chapters 8-15 questions were due today, they are already graded but I will need to weekend to update my online gradebook. Due to the fact that students were given a “catch up day” yesterday where they essentially had an hours worth of Daily 5 time to finish these questions (and days/weeks prior to this), I will not regrade unfinished questions for a higher grade.

Reading logs are due tomorrow!  Students will need access to books in the next week (and throughout the summer!). They may borrow my books until next Friday for their final reading log but I encourage you to go to the library to get your student more books!

Have a wonderful evening!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log (4 responses are due by Friday)
• Read chapters 17-18 (2nd and 4th periods need to finish chapter 18) of The Giver

Important Dates

• End of Year Levagood Park celebration money is due by TOMORROW, June 2nd! Permission slip and money are to be turned in at the front office.