We were given all class yesterday and today (over 2 hours total) to work on our Story Elements Projects. If it is not done at this point it is homework over Thanksgiving Break. DO NOT FORGET TO BRING IT MONDAY!

All MobyMax Noun lessons have been reassigned or remains on the student’s MobyMax account if eligible to redo (Students have been aware of this since Tuesday). This needs to be done no later than the end of Thanksgiving Break (December 1st). 85% or higher is passing for all 10 points. I will check periodically over break to reset any that are below 85% or you can email me and I will respond once I have reset it.

Thank you all who brought food and tableware for our Celebration of Diversity Luncheon! And a big thanks for the parents who came in to help! The kids had a blast and the food was delicious!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! Enjoy lots of food and family time!

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 20 by Sunday)
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #3 due January 10th
• All MobyMax Noun lesson redo’s due December 1st by midnight.

Today we began our Story Elements (Pyramid of Action) Project. Students were given over an hour today to work on this with their group. The rough draft should be completed. Students will get all of class tomorrow to complete their final copies. If you did not finish your rough draft it is homework. The stories are posted below:

All MobyMax Noun lessons have been reassigned or remains on the student’s MobyMax account if eligible to redo (Students have been aware of this since Tuesday). This needs to be done no later than the end of Thanksgiving Break (December 1st). 85% or higher is passing for all 10 points.

Block 2 ONLY – WE STILL NEED CONTRIBUTIONS TO TOMORROW’S LUNCHEON PLEASE!

We have many appetizers and desserts but not main dishes! This is going to be our lunch for the day so please consider bringing an entree to share!

Our celebration is from 10:50-11:50 am tomorrow in your child’s Block 2 class.

Block 2 Sign up link (I fixed it!):   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ckthIs945iDMIcH7KORgHyTcY2gFouCPhxdcsMLQuQ8/edit?usp=sharing (BLOCK 2 STUDENTS ONLY)

Go to your block 2 teacher’s blog for more information their sign up!

Homework

• Cultural Pie CER Extra Credit due TOMORROW
• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 20 by Sunday)
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #3 due January 10th
• All MobyMax Noun lesson redo’s due December 1st by midnight.

Bellwork: We had sustained silent reading time (15 minutes) and did our metacognition log about what strategy we used while reading to help us understand.

Reading & Writing: We had a group discussion about “Tuesday of the Other June” related to the conflicts in the story and the choices the protagonist made along the way. Then we did a Rainbow Write activity where we collaboratively wrote a constructed response (CER) to share with the class on one type of conflict found in “Tuesday of the Other June”

We were given a Cultural Pie to take home to brainstorm our cultural identity and what makes us who we are as human beings. This will be turned in on Monday with an extra credit opportunity to share one piece of their pie with the class at our Celebration of Diversity Luncheon on Tuesday.

All MobyMax Noun lessons have been reassigned or remains on the student’s MobyMax account if eligible to redo (Students have been aware of this since Tuesday). This needs to be done no later than the end of Thanksgiving Break (December 1st). 85% or higher is passing for all 10 points.

Homework

• Cultural Pie Activity – you may need to ask your parents for help or research on the internet!
• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 15 by Sunday)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #3 due January 10th
• All MobyMax Noun lesson redo’s due December 1st by midnight.

Bellwork: We took notes on Abstract and Concrete nouns and did practice with them.

Reading: We had a discussion using our Double Entry Journals in small groups. Each student got to share one quote of their choice and have a discussion about what the quote makes each person think.

Writing: We finished our video game Pro/Con discussion by writing about our opinions today. If it was not finished it is homework and will be collected tomorrow.

Block 2 ONLY – Please consider signing up to bring a dish, drink, or utensils to share for our Celebration of Diversity Luncheon on November 26th. You can sign up on my Google Classroom or return the invitation with the name of your dish back to Mrs. Dailing. All students will be doing this with their block 2 teacher so please check their blogs for more information.

Sign up link:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ckthIs945iDMIcH7KORgHyTcY2gFouCPhxdcsMLQuQ8/edit?usp=sharing (BLOCK 2 STUDENTS ONLY) Go to your block 2 teacher’s blog for more information their sign up!

Homework

• Video Games Opinion CER due TOMORROW
• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 15 by Sunday)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #3 due January 10th

Bellwork: Sustained silent reading (SSR) for 15 minutes + metacognition journal response (this does NOT count for your 20 minutes of reading at home!)

Reading: We reviewed the 4 types of conflict and did a types of conflict sorting activity.

Writing: For writing we used a Double Entry Journal to choose textual evidence from chunks of the text and write a response about the quote. Use your talking to the text symbols in your ISN to help you out. Students had at least 30 minutes to complete in class. If it was not finished it is homework and will be collected tomorrow.

You can read the story here: http://6thgradeodyssey.weebly.com/uploads/6/0/2/4/60240057/tuesday_of_the_other_june_story.pdf

Block 2 ONLY – Please consider signing up to bring a dish, drink, or utensils to share for our Celebration of Diversity Luncheon on November 26th. You can sign up on my Google Classroom or return the invitation with the name of your dish back to Mrs. Dailing. All students will be doing this with their block 2 teacher so please check their blogs for more information.

Sign up link:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ckthIs945iDMIcH7KORgHyTcY2gFouCPhxdcsMLQuQ8/edit?usp=sharing (BLOCK 2 STUDENTS ONLY) Go to your block 2 teacher’s blog for more information their sign up!

Homework

• “Tuesday of the Other June” Double Entry Journal – due TOMORROW if not finished in class today
• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 15 by Sunday)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #3 due January 10th

Today we went to the library at the beginning of class to renew and exchange “good fit” books.

Reading: We reviewed the 4 types of conflict and read the story “Tuesday of the Other June”. We had a discussion on what types of conflicts the protagonist encountered in the story. We will further analyze this throughout the week.

You can read the story here in case you were absent: https://1.cdn.edl.io/gIDKhg0jg6mH818ZtNtfhGCBWK4w57W7b2JG5WPimtaij5pS.pdf

Writing: We used our discussion questions to have a Socratic Seminar on video games and whether they had a mostly positive or negative impact on young people. We used the two articles (“The Violent Side of Video Games” and “What Video Games Can Teach Us”) to support our thoughts on the subject. We will be writing about our opinions tomorrow.

The articles can be downloaded here:

Block 2 ONLY – Please consider signing up to bring a dish, drink, or utensils to share for our Celebration of Diversity Luncheon on November 26th. You can sign up on my Google Classroom or return the invitation with the name of your dish back to Mrs. Dailing. All students will be doing this with their block 2 teacher so please check their blogs for more information.

Google Classroom link: classroom.google.com (You MUST sign in with your Dearborn Gmail account to have access)

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 10 by Sunday)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• One-Pager #3 due January 10th

Conferences are rescheduled for Monday, November 18th from 4-7pm.

Writing: We were given discussion questions to answer in preparation for Monday’s activity that were based on two articles we read with Mr. Prosi. (“The Violent Side of Video Games” and “What Video Games Can Teach Us”) If you did not finish the discussion questions they need to be finished over the weekend and brought to class completed on Monday. The articles can be downloaded here:

Reading: We began to learn about the categories of conflicts and took some notes on them. We will receive our One-Pager on Monday after we learn about the types of conflict in each category. We were given time for Newsela today once we were done with our discussion questions. Students that used their time wisely had 15-20 minutes to work with this. It is now homework over the weekend if not completed.

Have a great weekend!

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 10 by Sunday)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (One pager directions coming soon – make sure you’re reading!)
• Newsela Article of the Week “Pro/Con: Self-driving cars” due MONDAY – BEFORE CLASS BEGINS!

Conferences are rescheduled for Monday, November 18th from 4-7pm.

Today we visited the book fair and took common and proper noun notes. We also finished our murder mystery by using our evidence to write a C.E.R. about whether we thought the main character was telling the truth or not. We used our notes to help us with this.

Blocks 1 & 2 were given Newsela time when finished (there wasn’t time in block 3), all classes will get Newsela time tomorrow as well.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 10 by Sunday)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (One pager directions coming soon – make sure you’re reading!)
• Newsela Article of the Week “Pro/Con: Self-driving cars” now due Monday, November 18th due to snow day

Conferences are today from 3:30-6:30pm. Please arrive no later than 6pm if you want to visit all of your teachers! Monday’s conferences will be rescheduled, the date has yet to be determined.

Reading: We reviewed C.E.R. today and talked to the text with a murder mystery to gather all of our evidence first.

Writing: We wrote down what evidence from the story/picture is the strongest to support our claim of whether or not a character is telling the truth and reasoning for why on a chart. We will discuss and write out a full CER tomorrow with this.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd – 15 by Sunday)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (One pager coming soon – make sure you’re reading!)
• Newsela Article of the Week “Pro/Con: Self-driving cars” now due Monday, November 18th due to snow day

ALL AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED – INCLUDING PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES TONIGHT. Conferences are still scheduled for Wednesday from 3:30-6:30 pm.

Reading: We played a review Kahoot game (block 1 & 2, block 3 will do this tomorrow) on topics covered in card-marking 1. We also reviewed talking to the text and were given time to work on our annotations for our Newsela Article of the Week on self-driving cars. This is due Friday, November 15th.

Writing: We finished our “Student-Led Conference Forms” with our card marking 1 grades report. This reflection will be shared with you by your student at conferences on Wednesday 3:30-6:30 pm.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd!)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (One pager coming soon – make sure you’re reading!)
• Newsela Article of the Week “Pro/Con: Self-driving cars” due Friday, November 15th

Reading: Today in class we created our reading goals based on our NWEA reading scores. We also discovered and discussed what our Lexile range is and what it means.

Writing: We began to fill out our “Student-Led Conference Forms” with our card marking 1 grades report. This reflection will be shared with you by your student at conferences next week! Monday – 4-7 pm and Wednesday 3:30-6:30 pm

Unit 1 Retake was offered on November 7th and 8th, sadly no one showed up!

Have a great weekend!

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week starting November 2nd!)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (One pager coming soon – make sure you’re reading!)

Today was Mrs. Dailing’s first day with her students! I am very excited to be back and move forward with the new cardmarking! Everything from card marking 1 was the bare minimum requirements for my class (and mostly reviewing previously learned concepts that we will build on this card marking). This cardmarking we will be doing more of the same on top of content related assignments and projects.

Unit 1 Retake is available – no one signed up for tomorrow morning so the next retake date is Friday at 7:20 am. You must: sign up in my class to attend and get your retake slip signed by a parent/guardian. (on top of studying!!). Students get the grade they earned on the retake (even if it is worse) and there will only be 1 chance per question instead of the 3 they got in class.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed by Friday)
• Read “good fit” book for 20 minutes (One pager coming soon – make sure you’re reading!)

Hello! Mrs. Dailing will be returning to school soon enough! This week marks the last week of the card-marking. All One-Pagers should be turned in and MobyMax finished. Any MobyMax completed from October 25th (late evening after I did the final reset) until November 1st (last day of card marking) will not be reset and you will receive the grade earned. If you have any lesson or lesson assessment not attempted, you will receive a zero.

This week’s reminders:

1. 30 Read Theory quizzes passed from Sept. 23rd-Nov. 1st. Directions on how to properly check this are in the previous post about homework.
2. Parts of Speech quiz TOMORROW – study your notes and use quizlet to practice. (Quizlet link found on my Google Classroom and iLearn)
3. Unit 1 Test – Wednesday – this will be open book but NOT open note. Students will be asked to know and apply the following:

• “Eleven” (story – open book)
• “The School Play” (story – open book)
• Author’s Purpose (P.I.E.)
• Point of View (4 different kinds and how to identify them)
• Pyramid of Action (all 5 parts)
• Story Vocabulary (all 5 vocabulary words)

THE FOLLOWING HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE FRIDAY:

1. One-Pager #1 – Students must use a novel they are currently reading, NOT same novel they did summer assignment on. NO graphic novels, if it has pictures it cannot be used for One-Pager. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS EXACTLY. Everything must be handwritten – only summary on back may be typed and attached. Staple rubric to one-pager before turning in. (20 summative points)

2. Moby Max – You have had 3 weeks to complete this, yet 1/3 of my students haven’t even started it yet. This is due in 3 days and is worth 100 points. I will reset Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings. I will NOT reset after Friday morning.

1. Parts of Speech Overview Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)
2. Nouns Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)
3. Proper Nouns Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)
4. Possessive Nouns Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)
5. Plural Nouns Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)

Moby Max Information– Students must sign in through CLEVER on the Dearborn student page. You can find them under the “Language” button or the “Assignments” tab. Each lesson is worth 10 points and each assessment is worth 10 points. Do the lesson BEFORE the assessment! Students must receive an 85% or higher for all 10 points on each. I will reassign any that are lower so they may redo for a higher score, otherwise they will receive the percentage earned. I will not reset after Friday morning.

3. Newsela – Not homework unless you don’t finish in class – due Friday because you’ve had ample amount of class time to complete. Quizzes will not be reset if you didn’t finish your Talking to the Text (annotations).

• Talking to the text – 10 points
• Quiz – 4 points
• Power words – 5 points
• CER – 6 points
• TOTAL POINTS – 25

Contact my substitute if you have any questions (prosij@dearbornschools.org).

Hello! While I am still out on maternity leave until the new card marking begins, I want to post some reminders on here that will help students understand what is required of them for homework this card marking. Please read all of the information below. Contact my substitute if you have any questions (prosij@dearbornschools.org).

Homework – all due by end of class October 25th:

1. One-Pager #1 – Students must use a novel they are currently reading, NOT same novel they did summer assignment on. NO graphic novels, if it has pictures it cannot be used for One-Pager. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS EXACTLY. Normally you would be required to turn in 2 One-Pagers but since I am not there to guide you along, 1 is required this card-marking only. (20 summative points)

2.  Students must have 30 Read Theory quizzes passed between the dates of September 23-November 1st – this is the only assignment due by November 1st (the last day of the card marking). Students have time during the week to work on this in class but it is homework if not completed by end of every week. 5 quizzes must be passed every week to keep up. Students can check their quizzes passed in their “My Progress” tab – an image is shared below on how to do so.

All Read Theory grades will be updated by MONDAY every week, if your quizzes aren’t done on time you MUST WAIT for your grades to be updated until the following Monday. (60 formative points)

To check your quizzes, follow the directions in the picture below.

3. Moby Max – I assigned the following lessons to prepare for and provide the students practice during our Parts of Speech unit:

1. Parts of Speech Overview Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)
2. Nouns Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)
3. Proper Nouns Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)
4. Possessive Nouns Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)
5. Plural Nouns Lesson (10 points) & Assessment (10 points)

Moby Max Information– Students must sign in through CLEVER on the Dearborn student page. You can find them under the “Language” button or the “Assignments” tab. This is HOMEWORK, they will not be given class time to complete this, silent reading time is for novels or Read Theory ONLY.  Each lesson is worth 10 points and each assessment is worth 10 points. Students must receive an 85% or higher for all 10 points on each. I will reassign any that are lower so they may redo for a higher score, otherwise they will receive the percentage earned. I will not respond to email requests asking me to reset, I will reset every eligible lesson on Monday and Friday until the due date. If you do not redo the lesson or assessment before October 25th, you will get the percentage earned.  This is worth 100 points total (formative), it is not something you want to forget about!

Can’t wait to meet you all when I return in November!