Today after SSR time, we studied and took notes on the structures of poems. We then practiced identifying rhyme scheme in various poems as a class and with a partner.

At the end, we were given a planning page template for essay writing called an IBC and a sample proficient essay to glue into our writing ISN as a guide. We began discussing how to use this plan. This discussion will continue tomorrow.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 20 passed since January 18th
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #5 due March 20th
• IXL Pronoun Types (AA #1-6) & Analyzing Literature (F #3)– due February 14th!

Today after going to the library we finished our pronountype notes. We then completed our types of poems notes in our ISN. We did a prompt breakdown to understand what it was asking us to do. We did this independently then compared our thinking to a partner’s and Mrs. Dailing’s. Any time left was for IXL and updating our My Learning Plans.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 20 passed since January 18th
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #5 due March 20th
• IXL Pronoun Types (AA #1-6) & Analyzing Literature (F #3)– due February 14th!

Bellwork: SSR (sustained silent reading) & metacognition log

Reading: We started our poetry unit today. We took notes on 4 types of poems and will finish the remaining 4 tomorrow.

Writing: Today we broke down another writing prompt to better understand what it was asking us to do. We then had time to type up our academic goals on My Learning Plan.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 20 passed since January 18th
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #5 due March 20th
• IXL Pronoun Types (AA #1-6) & Analyzing Literature (F #3)– due February 14th!

Today after our silent reading time we read and made connections with our story “The Good Deed”. If you were absent you can read it here: https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr6/osp/data/u1_good_deed_se.pdf

We also worked on breaking down a prompt to better understand what it is asking us to write about. We will continue this learning next week.

Have a great weekend!

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 15 passed since January 18th
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #5 due March 20th
• IXL Pronoun Types (AA #1-6) – due February 14th!

Today after our silent reading time we did a vocabulary investigation for our new story “The Good Deed” by Marion Dane Bauer. We worked to investigate a chosen unknown or important vocabulary word and presented our words to the class.

We were also given a due date for the IXL Pronoun practice that was announced in class last week. This is due next Friday, February 14th. You need to earn 100 points for full credit.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 15 passed since January 18th
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #5 due March 20th
• IXL Pronoun Types (AA #1-6) are due February 14th!

For the next few days, we are working on the 6th grade Mid-Year Writing Assessment so I can see where students’ needs lie in terms of essay writing. This is a cold-write where students follow the directions and write based on a prompt independently. We should be done with this by the end of class tomorrow.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 15 passed since January 18th
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)

Today we had a modified schedule due to our PBIS Noodle Hockey activity. In class, we had enough time for silent reading, writing our metacognition log, collecting narratives, and presenting/collecting our figurative language projects.

Have a great weekend!

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 10 passed since January 18th
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)

Everyone is finished with NWEA Reading and Language! Today we used our time in reading and writing stations so our testers wouldn’t fall behind.

Final copies of your narratives due tomorrow! If you are printing – it needs to be printed BEFORE school! You had time in class to go to the library to print all week long.

Figurative Language Project (and the extra credit) are due tomorrow as well! If you are doing a Google Slide presentation please share it with me so I can grade it!

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 10 passed since January 18th
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• Narrative Final copy due TOMORROW – YOU are responsible for printing this before Friday. I will not accept by email.
• Figurative Language Project due TOMORROW (and the extra credit!)

We are taking the Reading and Language NWEA through the end of the week. Please make sure you get a good night’s sleep and eat breakfast!

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 10 passed since January 18th
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• Narrative Final copy due Friday – YOU are responsible for printing this before Friday. I will not accept by email.
• Figurative Language Project due Friday

We are taking the Reading and Language NWEA today through the end of next week. Please make sure you get a good night’s sleep and eat breakfast!

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 5 passed every week (new card marking started January 18th)
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• Moby Max – Interjections lesson and lesson test (85% or higher for full points) – due TODAY
• IXL – Punctuation skill #3 – Interjections (must get 100 points for full points) – due TODAY
• Narrative Final copy due January 31st – YOU are responsible for printing this. I will not accept by email.
• Figurative Language Project due January 31st

We took the Figurative Language Test today. Many did really well! Retake will be determined and share at a later date.

We will be NWEA testing starting tomorrow. Please make sure you get a good night’s sleep and eat breakfast!

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 5 passed every week (new card marking started January 18th)
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• Moby Max – Interjections lesson and lesson test (85% or higher for full points) – due Friday
• IXL – Punctuation skill #3 – Interjections (must get 100 points for full points) – due Friday
• Narrative Final copy due January 31st – YOU are responsible for printing this. I will not accept by email.
• Figurative Language Project due January 31st

Today we finished peer editing our papers. Final copies are due no later than January 31st. If you are typing, it must be 12 point, professional font. You are responsible for printing this out – I do not accept by email. You may hand write in your neatest handwriting as an alternative.

We were assigned a figurative language project that is also due January 31st. Students will get time in class this week to work on both this and their narrative final copies.

MobyMax and IXL – Interjection practice is due no later than Friday, January 24th!

Figurative Language Test on Thursday! Study your notes in your ISN (with all the examples!!) and the bellwork practice, as well as Party in Room 302. I gave extra credit related to figurative language today as well – that is due no later than Thursday.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 5 passed every week (new card marking started January 18th)
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• Moby Max – Interjections lesson and lesson test (85% or higher for full points) – due Friday
• IXL – Punctuation skill #3 – Interjections (must get 100 points for full points) – due Friday
• Narrative Final copy due January 31st – YOU are responsible for printing this. I will not accept by email.
• Figurative Language Project due January 31st

Today we discussed “The Jacket” and reviewed the figurative language we found and analyzed. We went over the answers to “Party in Room 302” and were given an extra credit opportunity with similar stories. These are due by Thursday. We then reviewed the answers to the Grammar quiz from yesterday.

Grammar quiz FYI- While I understand some may feel disappointed by their score, I assured you in class this quiz grade will notaffect your grade tremendously. That being said, many of the test questions came from examples in your ISN (from both your notes and/or practice pages). I do not give retakes for quizzes and students had 3 chances to get each question correct. You will see on Student/Parent Connect that the quiz was weighted half it’s points which means that it’s worth 12.5 points in the grade book, not 25. One-Pagers have not been added to the grade book for block 2 or 3 and I am collecting Metacognition logs tomorrow which can both positively impact your grade as well. We will go over the quiz answers tomorrow.

Figurative Language Test on Thursday! Study your notes in your ISN (with all the examples!!) and the bellwork practice, as well as Party in Room 302. I gave extra credit related to figurative language today as well – that is due no later than Thursday.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 5 passed every week (new card marking starts January 18th)
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• Moby Max – Interjections lesson and lesson test (85% or higher for full points) – due January 21st
• IXL – Punctuation skill #3 – Interjections (must get 100 points for full points) – due January 21st

Due tomorrow: ReadTheory, Party in Room 302 figurative language assignment (in your ISN pg 70), and “The Jacket” figurative language analysis. If you need a copy of the story, you can find it here: https://www.fortthomas.kyschools.us/userfiles/448/Classes/27589/The%20Jacket%20by%20Gary%20Soto.pdf (please note the page numbers are different and that is okay – use these page numbers)

Grammar quiz FYI- While I understand some may feel disappointed by their score, I assured you in class this quiz grade will not affect your grade tremendously. That being said, many of the test questions came from examples in your ISN (from both your notes and/or practice pages). I do not give retakes for quizzes and students had 3 chances to get each question correct. You will see on Student/Parent Connect that the quiz was weighted half it’s points which means that it’s worth 12.5 points in the grade book, not 25. One-Pagers have not been added to the grade book for block 2 or 3 and I am collecting Metacognition logs tomorrow which can both positively impact your grade as well. We will go over the quiz answers tomorrow.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 55 total passed from November 2nd-January 17th to get full points – DUE TOMORROW
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• Moby Max – Interjections lesson and lesson test (85% or higher for full points) – due January 21st
• IXL – Punctuation skill #3 – Interjections (must get 100 points for full points) – due January 21st

Bellwork: Silent Reading and Metacognition log (collecting these tomorrow for grading).

Reading: We worked with a partner to read “The Jacket” by Gary Soto and analyze the figurative language we found within it.

Writing: We began the peer editing process for our narratives. This will continue tomorrow.

Grammar quiz TOMORROW! Nouns, Verbs, Interjections (study notes, MobyMax and IXL starred lessons can help you study as well), there is also practice on Quizlet (link on my Clever and iLearn). MAKE SURE YOU STUDY!

Remember – there are no retakes for my quizzes as the retake is built into the quiz. You have 3 chances to get the question correct.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 55 total passed from November 2nd-January 17th to get full points
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• Moby Max – Interjections lesson and lesson test (85% or higher for full points) – due January 21st
• IXL – Punctuation skill #3 – Interjections (must get 100 points for full points) – due January 21st
• Grammar quiz tomorrow! Nouns, Verbs, Interjections (study notes, IXL starred lessons can help you study as well)