Today we talked to the text with “The School Play” and identified specific events that followed the Pyramid of Action. We finish presenting our vocabulary words that we investigated yesterday as well.

If you did not finish chunks 1-5 in class it is homework! Here is the story and guiding questions. Remember, we are only focusing on the important events in the story and are DIRECTLY quoting from the text. (word-for-word, exactly how the author wrote it)

“The School Play” by Gary Soto – Click here

Mrs. Dailing’s Extended Day Students ONLY – I sent a note home yesterday letting you know that Thursday’s session is moved to Wednesday again! Don’t forget! This does not apply to any other extended day session!

One-Pager #1 and #2 are due IN TWO WEEKS!!! (October 26th) Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be almost finished with their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Friday!
• MobyMax – Language – “Functions of Parts of Speech” (sign in through Clever only!) – Due October 31st

• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – THAT’S IN TWO WEEKS!!!!

Today we previewed and read “The School Play” together.  We will interact more with this text tomorrow.  We also did vocabulary investigations during Writer’s Workshop with a partner.

Extended Day Students – I sent a note home today letting you know that Thursday’s session is moved to Wednesday again! Don’t forget!

One-Pager #1 and #2 are due IN TWO WEEKS!!! (October 26th) Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be almost finished with their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Friday!
• MobyMax – Language – “Functions of Parts of Speech” (sign in through Clever only!) – Due October 31st

• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – THAT’S IN TWO WEEKS!!!!

Today we dug deeper into plot and took notes on the “Pyramid of Action” (plot structure). We applied it with the story “Little Red Riding Hood” and discussed as a class.  We also finished our Parts of Speech notes and hovered our upcoming story “The School Play” by Gary Soto for new or important vocabulary words.

Half Day tomorrow! Don’t forget! Students are dismissed at 11:05am. 

Everyone was assigned “Functions of Parts of Speech” on MobyMax – Language. YOU MUST SIGN IN THROUGH CLEVER. Students must earn an 85% or higher in order to receive full points. This will be due October 31st but they will get some class time to work on it every week.

You can find the parts of speech rap here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQJZHrgpg_0

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One-Pager #1 and #2 are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday!
• MobyMax – Language – “Functions of Parts of Speech” – Due October 31st
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?

Today we practiced our first Reading and Writing Workshop Station Rotation day.  We did 4 rotations with 6 reading and writing choices. Students were assigned 2 of the 6 that they had to accomplish by the end of class and were able to make 1-2 more choices on their own. While they were working in their stations I pulled some students to work on improving their CER prompts from last week.

Everyone was assigned “Functions of Parts of Speech” on MobyMax – Language. YOU MUST SIGN IN THROUGH CLEVER. Students must earn an 85% or higher in order to receive full points. This will be due October 31st but they will get some class time to work on it every week.

You can find the parts of speech rap here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQJZHrgpg_0

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One-Pager #1 and #2 are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday!
• MobyMax – Language – “Functions of Parts of Speech” – Due October 31st
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?

Today we went to the library to get new books. Students are now allowed 2 books at a time, however, they are responsible for every book they check out!  We also reviewed story vocabulary by taking notes and going through them with a familiar short story, “Little Red Riding Hood”. For writer’s workshop, we began learning about the parts of speech we will cover in our grammar lessons.

Everyone was assigned “Functions of Parts of Speech” on MobyMax – Language. YOU MUST SIGN IN THROUGH CLEVER. Students must earn an 85% or higher in order to pass. This will be due October 31st but they will get some class time to work on it every week.

You can find the parts of speech rap here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQJZHrgpg_0

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One-Pager #1 and #2 are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday!
• MobyMax – Language – “Functions of Parts of Speech” – Due October 31st
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?

Today we were introduced to our Article of the Week. We previewed and and began to talk to the text to better understand.

For writer’s workshop yesterday we revaluated our CER writing to ensure it had all 5 major components of a CER. This was about the main point of view the author writes “Eleven” in. This was due today but if you need to revise here is the format:

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You will find the story here:  https://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/qP2lEuWcYaAQAtMW.pdf

One-Pager #1 and #2 are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

LIBRARY TOMORROW!

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday!
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?

Today we practiced finding relevant evidence by doing a murder mystery called “Slip or Trip?”. The students gather evidence like detectives would using the information from a story and a picture and then decided if the witness was lying or telling the truth based on the information we are given. We created a chart that collected our evidence and reasons why we thought that evidence was important and then used it to write a CER paragraph on whether the witness was lying or not.

For writer’s workshop yesterday we began our first CER using textual evidence. This was about the main point of view the author writes “Eleven” in. The sentence stems and story link are posted below and are due Monday:

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You will find the story here:  https://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/qP2lEuWcYaAQAtMW.pdf

One-Pager #1 and #2 are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Have a great weekend!

Homework:

• “Eleven” Point of View CER – due by Monday
• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday!
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?

Today we had a class discussion about the story “Eleven”. We discussed the author’s choice of changing the point of view and also how someone could feel their age, but also all the ages before that.  For writer’s workshop we began our first CER using textual evidence. This was about the main point of view the author writes “Eleven” in. The sentence stems and story link are posted below:

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You will find the story here:  https://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/qP2lEuWcYaAQAtMW.pdf

We all received our first Scholastic books to add to our home libraries! Enjoy!!

One-Pager #1 and #2 are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Have a wonderful day!

Homework:

• “Eleven” Point of View CER – due by Monday
• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Friday!
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?

We had an assembly about the program Okay2Say in the morning and our schedule was shortened due to this. In class we continued talking to the text with the story “Eleven” by completing a double entry journal to track our textual evidence.

We also were given and went over One-Pager #1 and #2 which are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Have a wonderful day!

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Friday!
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?

Today we continued talking to the text with the story “Eleven”. Any student that did not get up to chunk 6 completed needs to do so for homework. We also did a vocabulary workshop where we investigated words from the story closely.

Have a wonderful day!

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday if you didn’t finish in class!!
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 are being passed out tomorrow – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 BOOKS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?

We continued presenting our Summer Learning Book Talk writing to the class.  Block 2 did not finish and will finish on Monday. Blocks 1 and 3 took some more point of view notes to help them remember the pronouns associated with each type.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday if you didn’t finish in class!!

Today we reviewed what we knew about Point of View and took guided notes.  We then began presenting our Summer Learning Book Talk writing to the class. This will continue tomorrow.

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Summer Learning Book talk is due TODAY!
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Friday!!

Summer Learning Expectation for all 6th graders:

Read 3-5 novels over the summer (no graphic novels). Be prepared to do a book talk when you arrive in the Fall! This won’t be due on the first day but if you would like to get a head start on the assignment I attached the directions and rubric!

Summer Learning Letter to Families

Recommended Summer Book List for Incoming 6th Graders

Summer Learning Book Talk Directions

Summer Learning Book Talk Rubric

We had a shortened schedule due to our PBIS celebration where we took the kids outside and played kickball to celebrate their first month of school.  We did a Text Feature sorting activity with a partner today. Due to the shortened time, not everyone finished gluing their answers in. Below are the answers, please make sure this is completed tonight.

BOOK TALKS ARE DUE TOMORROW!!! DON’T FORGET!

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Summer Learning Book talk is due TOMORROW! Be prepared to present with your finished book talk!
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Friday!!

Summer Learning Expectation for all 6th graders:

Read 3-5 novels over the summer (no graphic novels). Be prepared to do a book talk when you arrive in the Fall! This won’t be due on the first day but if you would like to get a head start on the assignment I attached the directions and rubric!

Summer Learning Letter to Families

Recommended Summer Book List for Incoming 6th Graders

Summer Learning Book Talk Directions

Summer Learning Book Talk Rubric

We went to the library today and reviewed Nonfiction Text Features. We also got familiar with talking to the text on Newsela.    Book talks are due Thursday! Don’t forget!

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Summer Learning Book talk is due THURSDAY! Be prepared to present with your finished book talk on this day!
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Friday!!

Summer Learning Expectation for all 6th graders:

Read 3-5 novels over the summer (no graphic novels). Be prepared to do a book talk when you arrive in the Fall! This won’t be due on the first day but if you would like to get a head start on the assignment I attached the directions and rubric!

Summer Learning Letter to Families

Recommended Summer Book List for Incoming 6th Graders

Summer Learning Book Talk Directions

Summer Learning Book Talk Rubric

Today we continued practicing “Talking to the Text” and practice making claims on our own. Read Theory is homework if 5 are not passed yet. This is due by the end of the day Sunday.  Remember you need to change the date to check your quizzes. The date range for this week is September 17-23rd, then CLICK APPLY!

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Summer Learning Book talk is due September 27th! Be prepared to present with your finished book talk on this day!
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday!!

Summer Learning Expectation for all 6th graders:

Read 3-5 novels over the summer (no graphic novels). Be prepared to do a book talk when you arrive in the Fall! This won’t be due on the first day but if you would like to get a head start on the assignment I attached the directions and rubric!

Summer Learning Letter to Families

Recommended Summer Book List for Incoming 6th Graders

Summer Learning Book Talk Directions

Summer Learning Book Talk Rubric