December 18th

We finished our “All Summer in a Day” alternate ending plan and began our rough draft today. Students that finished were given time to work on their Newsela that is due Friday. Students will have time to continue this in class tomorrow.

MobyMax – due January 6th!

  • Verbs (10 points)
  • Lesson Test: Verbs (10 points)
  • Irregular Past Verbs (10 points)
  • Lesson Test: Irregular Past Verbs (10 points)
  • Progressive Verb Tenses (10 points)
  • Lesson Test: Progressive Verb Tenses (10 points)
  • Verb Tense & Sequences (10 points)
  • Lesson Test: Verb Tense & Sequences (10 points)

Must earn 85% or higher to receive full points. Anything less, ask Mrs. Dailing in class or via email to reset.

Homework

  • Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 35 by Sunday) – 45 by the end of Winter Break
  • Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
  • One-Pager #3 and #4 due January 10th
  • Newsela Article of the Week – “College Athletes” – due Friday
  • MobyMax – Verbs due January 6th
    • Verbs (10 points)
    • Lesson Test: Verbs (10 points)
    • Irregular Past Verbs (10 points)
    • Lesson Test: Irregular Past Verbs (10 points)
    • Progressive Verb Tenses (10 points)
    • Lesson Test: Progressive Verb Tenses (10 points)
    • Verb Tense & Sequences (10 points)
    • Lesson Test: Verb Tense & Sequences (10 points)
  • IXL Extra Credit due January 6th (links posted on my Google Classroom – more info below)

IXL Extra Credit Information

  1. Sign into IXL (log in same way you do for math or go to my Google Classroom for direct links) & click on Language Arts.
  2. Click on 6th grade
  3. Scroll down to Grammar and Mechanics
  4. I have starred 6 lessons eligible for extra credit
    • Nouns – #6: Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives, #7: Form the singular or plural possessive, & #8: Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
    • Verb Types – #1: Identify main verbs and helping verbs
    • Verb Tenses – #1: Irregular past tense: review & #6: Choose between the past tense and past participle
  5. You must receive 100 points to complete the lesson to earn extra credit points. Each is worth 5 formative points for a maximum of 30 formative points added to the gradebook if you complete them. Due January 6th before school begins.