Happy Halloween!  We finished our Internal/External Conflict notes today and began our Types of Conflict Foldables.  We had a shortened schedule due to our annual Halloween Celebration. The 6th grade class watched Jumanji in the Auditorium for a Halloween treat.

Stay safe and warm tonight!

Vocabulary Test Retakes:

Today (10/31) @ 3:00-4:00 pm (My room)

Wednesday (11/1) @ 7:15-7:50 am (Mrs. Baileys room)

*YOU MUST HAVE THE SLIP I PASSED OUT IN CLASS SIGNED BY A PARENT TO TAKE THE RETAKE!!!!*  No exceptions

Homework

• 60 minutes Moby Max Language – Due Friday
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!) – Be prepared to write about this in Friday’s Bell work!
• One-Pagers due no later than November 3rd!! (This Friday!)
  • These are a summative grade!

Today we reviewed the Vocabulary Test to better understand how to answer these types of questions. We also read our Article of the Week and working on the activities that go along with it.

Vocabulary Test Retakes:

Tuesday 10/31 @ 3:00pm (My room)

Wednesday 11/1 @ 7:15 am (Mrs. Baileys room)

*YOU MUST HAVE THE SLIP I PASSED OUT IN CLASS SIGNED BY A PARENT TO TAKE THE RETAKE!!!!*  No exceptions

Halloween is tomorrow! We will have a small celebration as a whole 6th grade – please no costumes or candy!

Homework

• 60 minutes Moby Max Language
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pagers due no later than November 3rd!! (This Friday!)

Today we took our Vocabulary test. There were two mistakes found on the test that I have since fixed and regraded, which added a few points to many tests. Please log onto iLearn to see if your grade has been fixed!  Retake session will be announced next week.

Have a great weekend!

Homework

• 60 minutes Moby Max Language
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pagers due November 3rd!!

Today we reviewed literary elements for “The School Play” and learned internal and external conflict notes. We ended class playing a review game for tomorrow’s test! Don’t forget to study!

TEST TOMORROW – Vocabulary test. Students should use their ISN notes, Moby Max Language, & Quizlet to study! There is a practice worksheet on Google Classroom as well. Student must first sign into their Dearborn Email to access their Google Classroom. https://mail.google.com/a/dearbornschools.org

Block 1 Quizlet – https://quizlet.com/join/wWdAq2P5k  – don’t forget to click “Join Class”!

Block 2 Quizlet – https://quizlet.com/join/fPKc3qmwQ – don’t forget to click “Join Class”!

Block 3 Quizlet – https://quizlet.com/join/cf6jv4z2N – don’t forget to click “Join Class”!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-VOCABULARY!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Today we read the story “The School Play” by Gary Soto and analyzed it using the pyramid of action. We read the story as a class and analyzed the story up to the climax, then completed the rest with a partner.

Upcoming Tests – Vocabulary test on Friday, October 27, 2017.  Students should use their ISN notes, Moby Max Language, & Quizlet to study!

You will be asked to APPLY the noun rules! Make sure you study and practice these using Moby Max Language!

Block 1 Quizlet – https://quizlet.com/join/wWdAq2P5k  – don’t forget to click “Join Class”!

Block 2 Quizlet – https://quizlet.com/join/fPKc3qmwQ – don’t forget to click “Join Class”!

Block 3 Quizlet – https://quizlet.com/join/cf6jv4z2N – don’t forget to click “Join Class”!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-VOCABULARY!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Have a wonderful evening!

We reviewed the Pyramid of Action and discussed the 5 components of plot (exposition, rising actions, climax, falling actions, resolution) using the story “Little Red Riding Hood” with a partner and check our answers as a class. We also used pre-reading strategies with our Newsela Article of the Week. We labeled text features and used them to make predictions on what the article will be about. We also visited the library to check out new books!

Upcoming Tests – Vocabulary test on Friday, October 27, 2017.  Students should use their ISN notes and Quizlet to study!

Block 1 Quizlet – https://quizlet.com/join/wWdAq2P5k  – don’t forget to click “Join Class”!

Block 2 Quizlet – https://quizlet.com/join/fPKc3qmwQ – don’t forget to click “Join Class”!

Block 3 Quizlet – https://quizlet.com/join/cf6jv4z2N – don’t forget to click “Join Class”!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-VOCABULARY!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Have a wonderful evening!

We reviewed story vocabulary today and applied it to the story “Eleven” with a partner.  We also set up our ISN’s with the Pyramid of Action and discussed the 5 components of plot (exposition, rising actions, climax, falling actions, resolution), we will continue with this tomorrow and apply it to a short story.

Upcoming Tests – Vocabulary test on Friday, October 27, 2017.  Students should use ISN to study!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-VOCABULARY!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Have a wonderful evening!

We discussed the story “Eleven” today and learned how to properly cite textual evidence.  We then wrote a C.E.R. response about the narrator’s point of view in the story “Eleven”.

Upcoming Tests – Vocabulary test on Friday, October 27, 2017.  Students should use ISN to study!

Have a great evening!

Homework

• PG movie permission slip due tomorrow!!
• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Today we read the short story “Eleven” by  Sandra Cisneros. We made and adjusted our predictions as we read. We also practiced what “group discussion” looks like by observing a video clip that modeled what it should look like, sound like, and feel like prior to practicing discussion topics with our table groups.

Have a great evening!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE 
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Today we worked on making predictions about a story using the text features available. We will confirm or adjust our predictions tomorrow as we read the story “Eleven”. We wrote our predictions in our ISNs and shared with a partner. We then completed common and proper nouns and worked on abstract and concrete nouns.

Don’t forget tomorrow is late start! No advisory. Block 1 starts at 9:00 am!

Progress reports:  Progress reports are only given out to students that have a C or lower in any class. If your student was not given a progress report it would be because their grade is above a C in their classes!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE 
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Middle school reading success is all about comprehension and expanding their vocabulary! If you would like to be more involved in working on reading at home, here are some resources to get you started! Simply ask these questions before, during, or after your student has completed their 20-60 minutes of reading at home! Click on the links to find out more:

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Today we did a C.E.R. (claim, evidence, and reasoning) activity that involved solving a mystery using evidence from a story and picture. They worked in groups to discuss relevant evidence and why that evidence is important to proving what really happened.  We had a lot of fun and write our full predictions on Monday!

Middle school reading success is all about comprehension and expanding their vocabulary! If you would like to be more involved in working on reading at home, here are some resources to get you started! Simply ask these questions before, during, or after your student has completed their 20-60 minutes of reading at home! Click on the links to find out more:

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE 
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

We went to the library today to check out new books! Any student that left their library book at home or did not finish their book in time will have the opportunity to return their books to the library during Daily 5 time throughout the week.  When we returned from the library we practiced with identifying Point of View and completed our Parts of Speech notes in between rounds of Daily 5.

Have a wonderful evening!

Don’t forget:   Half Day Friday! School ends at 11:05am

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Today we reviewed our Point of View notes and played a Text Features game. After two full rounds of Daily 5 we continued with our Parts of Speech notes.

DON’T FORGET LIBRARY IS TOMORROW!!! Bring all of your books to return or renew!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Today we began reviewing Point of View. We took some guided notes and practiced identifying point of view types with examples. We also reviewed the last of our text features and were given our One-Pager for book two!

All students have their ClassDojo sign up information now! Don’t forget to sign up with your individual code to see how your student is doing!

Have a great weekend!  Go Green!!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book in class!
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due next Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd!  Book #1 and Book #2 directions have already been given to the students!

Today we analyzed different types of text for Author’s purpose of writing and explained our reasoning. We also reviewed text features and watched the Parts of speech rap video. Article of the Week will now be due next Friday so we have more time to familiarize ourselves with it. This will be done in class as a Daily 5 choice and is NOT homework.

Block 2 and 3 were Class Dojo codes were handed out today! Block one will get theirs tomorrow! If you are interested in following our behavior reward system, please sign up using the code given to your student! www.classdojo.com 

Have a wonderful day!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book TOMORROW in class!
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due TOMORROW!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd!  Book #1 directions have already been given to the students, Book #2 directions coming tomorrow!