MSTEP testing for Language Arts began today and will continue through tomorrow, April 3rd! Make sure you eat breakfast and lunch and get a good nights sleep!!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log (3 responses this week to alleviate MSTEP stress)
• Get a GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP!!!

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May 12th Field Trip Information

On May 12th, we are going to see Beauty and the Beast with the entire 6th grade, followed by lunch at the Fairlane Mall food court.  This field trip is part of our language arts folktales curriculum and a written response will be collected as a summative grade once we return. Any student that chose not to participate in the field trip (excused absences included) must still fulfill this grade requirement by reading the Beauty and the Beast folktale and writing up a C.E.R. response citing textual evidence to support the given prompt. We are encouraging all students to participate in this field trip but understand that not all students show interest or are able to attend. To be fair to all students, the written response is a requirement for everyone.

We began acting out “The Prince and the Pauper” play today, which was really fun! We will continue with this play on Thursday. MSTEP testing for Language Arts will take place tomorrow and Wednesday! Make sure you eat breakfast and lunch and get a good nights sleep!!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log (due tomorrow)
• Get a GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP!!!

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May 12th Field Trip Information

On May 12th, we are going to see Beauty and the Beast with the entire 6th grade, followed by lunch at the Fairlane Mall food court.  This field trip is part of our language arts folktales curriculum and a written response will be collected as a summative grade once we return. Any student that chose not to participate in the field trip (excused absences included) must still fulfill this grade requirement by reading the Beauty and the Beast folktale and writing up a C.E.R. response citing textual evidence to support the given prompt. We are encouraging all students to participate in this field trip but understand that not all students show interest or are able to attend. To be fair to all students, the written response is a requirement for everyone.

Today we took our End of Year NWEA Language test. Makeups will be tomorrow for anyone absent or that did not finish! Please make sure your student gets plenty of rest and eats breakfast!!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log (due tomorrow)
• Course selection sheets (green sheet) for next year are due TOMORROW to your 4th period teacher!

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May 12th Field Trip Information

Students were sent home with a permission slip last week to go on a field trip to see Beauty and the Beast on May 12th with the entire 6th grade, followed by lunch at the Fairlane Mall food court. These were due by Thursday, April 27th! This field trip is part of our language arts folktales curriculum and a written response will be collected as a summative grade once we return. Any student that does not participate in the field trip (excused absence included) must still fulfill this grade requirement by reading the Beauty and the Beast folktale and writing up a C.E.R. response citing textual evidence to support the given prompt. We are encouraging all students to participate in this field trip but understand that not all students show interest or are able to attend. To be fair to all students, the written response is a requirement for everyone.

Today we took our End of Year NWEA Reading test. Tomorrow we will begin the NWEA Language Test. Makeups will be Friday! Please make sure your student gets plenty of rest and eats breakfast!!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log
• Field Trip permission slip & money due no later than TOMORROW April 27th! (We can not accept late permission slips so please get them in or your student cannot attend!)
• Course selection sheets (green sheet) for next year are due FRIDAY to your 4th period teacher!

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May 12th Field Trip Information

Students were sent home with a permission slip last week to go on a field trip to see Beauty and the Beast on May 12th with the entire 6th grade, followed by lunch at the Fairlane Mall food court. These are due by Thursday, April 27th! This field trip is part of our language arts folktales curriculum and a written response will be collected as a summative grade once we return. Any student that does not participate in the field trip (excused absence included) must still fulfill this grade requirement by reading the Beauty and the Beast folktale and writing up a C.E.R. response citing textual evidence to support the given prompt. We are encouraging all students to participate in this field trip but understand that not all students show interest or are able to attend. To be fair to all students, the written response is a requirement for everyone.

We began class with a vocabulary activity that incorporated play vocabulary and “The Prince and the Pauper” drama vocabulary. Students paired up and chose a word to investigate and share with the class. After a round of daily 5 we previewed “The Prince and the Pauper” then played a A-Z Brainstorm game to activate our prior knowledge of the play, vocabulary we learned, what we noticed from our preview, and the time period.

We are taking a break from dramatic plays due to NWEA testing! We are taking our final NWEA Reading test tomorrow followed by the Language test on Thursday. Please make sure your student gets plenty of rest and eats breakfast!!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log
• Field Trip permission slip & money due THURSDAY April 27th! (We can not accept late permission slips so please get them in ASAP!)

Upcoming Field Trip 

Students were sent home with a permission slip last week to go on a field trip to see Beauty and the Beast on May 12th with the entire 6th grade, followed by lunch at the Fairlane Mall food court. These are due by Thursday, April 27th! This field trip is part of our language arts folktales curriculum and a written response will be collected as a summative grade once we return. Any student that does not participate in the field trip (excused absence included) must still fulfill this grade requirement by reading the Beauty and the Beast folktale and writing up a C.E.R. response citing textual evidence to support the given prompt. We are encouraging all students to participate in this field trip but understand that not all students show interest or are able to attend. To be fair to all students, the written response is a requirement for everyone.

Today we were introduced to theatrical play elements. We took some notes on vocabulary and watched a video on Mark Twain. We will continue working with plays throughout the week

NWEA testing is this week! Please make sure your student gets plenty of rest and eats breakfast!!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log

Upcoming Field Trip

Students were sent home with a permission slip this week to go on a field trip to see Beauty and the Beast on May 12th with the entire 6th grade, followed by lunch at the Fairlane Mall food court. This field trip is part of our language arts folktales curriculum and a written response will be collected as a summative grade once we return. Any student that does not participate in the field trip (excused absence included) must still fulfill this grade requirement by reading the Beauty and the Beast folktale and writing up a C.E.R. response citing textual evidence to support the given prompt. We are encouraging all students to participate in this field trip but understand that not all students show interest or are able to attend. To be fair to all students, the written response is a requirement for everyone.

After a round of Daily 5, we had a small group discussion about our Article of the Week questions and compared our responses to the correct answers. We then finished our Folktale project presentations for the rest of class. The presentations turned out really great, I encourage you to ask your student to show their PowerPoint to you, it’s located in their school Google Drive!

Have a great weekend!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log

Upcoming Field Trip

Students were sent home with a permission slip this week to go on a field trip to see Beauty and the Beast on May 12th with the entire 6th grade, followed by lunch at the Fairlane Mall food court. This field trip is part of our language arts folktales curriculum and a written response will be collected as a summative grade once we return. Any student that does not participate in the field trip (excused absence included) must still fulfill this grade requirement by reading the Beauty and the Beast folktale and writing up a C.E.R. response citing textual evidence to support the given prompt. We are encouraging all students to participate in this field trip but understand that not all students show interest or are able to attend. To be fair to all students, the written response is a requirement for everyone.

Folktale projects were due today! After a round of Daily 5, students got some time to practice their presentation before sharing their research with the class. 3-4 groups presented today and we will finish our presentations tomorrow. These presentations turned out really great and I can’t wait to see the rest of them!

Students were given an entire week to research, plan, and finalize their research. It is worth 50 summative points (30 for the PowerPoint presentation and 20 for their theme scrapbook page). Any students unprepared with either portion will receive a zero and have until tomorrow to present their final projects to the class with 25% taken off for being late.

Have a great evening!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log (due tomorrow!)

Upcoming Field Trip

Students were sent home with a permission slip this week to go on a field trip to see Beauty and the Beast on May 12th with the entire 6th grade, followed by lunch at the Fairlane Mall food court. This field trip is part of our language arts folktales curriculum and a written response will be collected as a summative grade once we return. Any student that does not participate in the field trip (excused absence included) must still fulfill this grade requirement by reading the Beauty and the Beast folktale and writing up a C.E.R. response citing textual evidence to support the given prompt. We are encouraging all students to participate in this field trip but understand that not all students show interest or are able to attend. To be fair to all students, the written response is a requirement for everyone.

We are continuing to work on our folktale projects. They are due Thursday April 20th. Today, students chose a piece of scrap book paper to create their theme page on. Any additional supplies (stickers, printed pictures, typed up paragraph) will be the responsibilities of the students to bring as the rest of this could be hand written. Both the PowerPoint presentation and scrap book page must be complete by the end of class tomorrow! This project will heavily impact the students’ grades for fifth marking so using class time wisely with their group members will be essential for their success. It is worth 50 summative points and they have been given at least 60-80 minutes per class to work on this for a week.

Have a great evening!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log

Today we continued with our folktale project. We will be working on this in class for the next week. Students should have finished their research today and started to create their PowerPoint presentation collaboratively. This project will be worth 50 summative points and the students will be given most of class each day (about 80 minutes) for the next week to complete the project. They will be required to create a collaborative PowerPoint presentation as well as a theme scrapbook page to present their folktale to the class. I will provide the scrapbook paper next week, any other materials (stickers, printouts, etc.) will be at the student’s discretion and can be brought from home.  We will begin presenting these next Thursday, April 20th. This assignment will heavily impact the students’ grades for fifth marking so using class time wisely with their group members will be essential for their success.

Reminder:  No School tomorrow (April 14th)

Have a great (long) weekend!

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log

Today we went to the library and then we were introduced to our folktale project that we will be working on in class for the next week. Students got to select groups of three as well as a folktale to create their project around.  This project will be worth 50 summative points and the students will be given most of class each day (about 80 minutes) for the next week to complete the project. They will be required to create a collaborative PowerPoint presentation as well as a theme scrapbook page to present their folktale to the class. We will begin presenting these next Thursday, April 20th. This assignment will heavily impact the students’ grades for fifth marking so using classtime wisely with their group members will be essential for their success.

Reminder:  No School Friday, April 14th

Homework

• Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log (due tomorrow)
• MSTEP Practice test (due tomorrow! Not all students have this completed yet!)

The students learned more about Folktales today by finishing our notes and then analyzing the stories “The Ant and the Grasshopper” and “Rumpelstiltskin” for their folktale elements in small groups. We will be focusing on folktales and elements of a folktale over the course of the next two weeks.  This helped them practice for their upcoming Folktale Analysis Project which will be introduced tomorrow and is due by Thursday, April 20th.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes and respond on reading log
• MSTEP Practice Due by 3:05 on Thursday, April 13th

The students were introduced to our new unit on Folktales. We will be focusing on folktales and elements of a folktale over the course of the next two weeks. We started by taking some guided notes and reviewing the different types of folktales.

Since several students did not complete the MSTEP Practice over break. I have extended the due date for this assignment to Thursday, April 13th. Students who had completed the assignment (or contacted me about their issues) prior to class today were given two points of extra credit for completing the assignment on time.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes and respond on reading log
• MSTEP Practice Due by 3:05 on Thursday, April 13th

Have a safe and wonderful week off!

Don’t forget:

Homework over Spring Break

• Reading Log (5 responses)
• M-Step Practice Test (follow directions here)
• Character Analysis Essay Final Copy – must be typed (On Google Classroom or print it out)
  • Here are some sentence starters if you missed any important learning days – Character Analysis Essay sentence stems
  • Due by Monday April 10th (summative grade)

We began our final copies today of our essays.  Many students finished, however not all did. Since computers are fully booked tomorrow, this must be done over break from this point on. Final copies can be typed and printed at home or submitted through Google Classroom. Students must sign into their Dearborn Gmail accounts prior to going to Google Classroom. The document can be found in their email inbox as well date from today’s date (March 19th).  

PLEASE READ OVER YOUR STUDENT’S PAPER PRIOR TO THEM SUBMITTING.  6th graders are just getting the hand of proper essay typing and it would be nice for a 2nd pair of eyes to look out for spacing, indentations, etc.  I did what I could during class time but have no control of what they turn in during break! 

Homework  Tonight

• Read for 20 minutes and respond on reading log (Due tomorrow!)
• M-Step Practice Test (window begins today) – Chrome Internet browser works best with it!
• Do you have your 10 Read Theory quizzes done???

Students were assigned the M-Step practice test and have until April 10th to work on it and email or print their completed page screen shot to me. The purpose is to get acquainted to how the test tools work, how to navigate and answer the various types of questions, and to reduce anxiety about how to take the test. The more we practice the less scary it will seem!

Students may complete this before going off on vacation as well! Information on how to get to the website can be found in the pages above under “M-Step Practice Test”. Follow the directions on that page and don’t forget to print or screen shot the “Congratulations!” page!!! This will be worth 10 points summative (for just proving you attempted it) and will replace April’s ReadTheory requirement.

Homework over Spring Break

• Reading Log (5 responses)
• M-Step Practice Test (follow directions here)
• Character Analysis Essay Final Copy – must be typed (On Google Classroom or print it out)
  • Here are some sentence starters if you missed any important learning days – Character Analysis Essay sentence stems
  • Due by Monday April 10th (summative grade)