MSTEP MATH IS TOMORROW! Get a good night’s sleep and make sure you eat breakfast to fuel your brain!

Today we learned the Greek and Latin Root “Chron” and worked on an End of Year CER writing assessment. Our schedule was shortened due to MSTEP today.

Folktale Test FRIDAY – study your folktale notes and presentation notes!

Homework:

• Study for Folktale Test
• One Pagers #7 & #8 –  Due May 23rd (23 DAYS!)
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should have 25 by the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

MSTEP IS TOMORROW! Get a good night’s sleep and make sure you eat breakfast to fuel your brain!

Reading:  We went to the library today due to the fact that we have MSTEP tomorrow and would not be able to go then.

Writing:  We learned the Greek and Latin root “Aud/Audi”. We then did an activity evaluating student writing using the MSTEP rubric.

Homework:

• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd LESS THAN ONE MONTH AWAY
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should have 25 by the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

Reading:  We finished presenting our folktale projects today. Grades will be updated Monday.

Writing:  We learned the Greek and Latin root “Graph”. We also discussed MSTEP and previewed the practice test. Extra Credit opportunity for 5 summative points. Follow the directions below to take the MSTEP practice test and PROVE IT via screen shot or printed page. A written email saying you did it by you or a family member will not count.

Homework:

• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd ONE MONTH AWAY
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should have 20 by the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

EXTRA CREDIT:

Follow the directions below: 

1. Click on the link:    https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi/ott1?index=1&adminId=523777
2. Click on “Online Tools and Training”
3. Click on “Sample Item Sets”
4. Click on “Grade 6”, then “English Language Arts”
5. Log in with the username and password provided on the page                     – Username: ela6samp  Password: test1234
6. Once logged in, click “Continue” and then “ELA Grade 6 Sample Items”
7. The test will load and you will follow directions on the testing page from there

Read the directions carefully and play around with the different tools it explains to you in the directions.

The Practice test is about 20-30 questions long. You can take it as many times as you would like, but the first time you complete it you have two options to earn extra credit:

BEFORE clicking “exit” you must:

1. Print the page that says “Congratulations! You have completed Grade 6 ELA”  and give it to your teacher
2. Take a picture or screen shot of the page that says  “Congratulations! You have completed Grade 6 ELA” and email the picture to dailine@dearbornschools.org

If you do not follow these directions you will not receive extra credit!

Writing:  We participated in an essay organization sorting activity where students were asked to work with their partner to write the conclusion for the essay they were assigned yesterday. We reviewed what we learned about effective conclusions and wrote the conclusion using what we could from the rest of the essay.

Reading:  FOLKTALE PROJECTS WERE DUE YESTERDAY. WE WILL FINISH PRESENTING TOMORROW. IF YOU ARE STILL NOT PREPARED, YOU NEED TO FINISH IT TONIGHT.  All students were given 7.5 hours in class to work on these, on top of an entire weekend to catch up and 2 extra days if you didn’t present yet.  If they are not done at this point, your grade will be finalized tomorrow.

Homework:

• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd ONE MONTH AWAY
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should have 20 by the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

Writing:  We continued learning about Greek and Latin Roots with the root “geo”. This will be our Mon., Wed., Fri. bellwork for the next few weeks.   We then participated in an essay organization sorting activity where students were asked to work with a partner to sort an essay into its correct sequential order (introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion) AND figure out which part of the essay was missing. Each pair had the introduction missing and we reviewed what we learned about effective introductions and wrote the introduction using what we could from the rest of the essay.

Reading:  FOLKTALE PROJECTS WERE DUE TODAY. We began presentations today and will continue through reading time this week.

Homework:

• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should have 20 by the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

Writing:  We began learning about Greek and Latin Roots. This will be our Mon., Wed., Fri. bellwork for the next few weeks.   We then participated in an essay organization sorting activity where students were asked to work with a partner to sort an essay into its correct sequential order (introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion) and then justify their answers with a small group.

Reading:  We were given about 25-30 minutes at the end of class to work on our Folktale projects. Part 2 – Theme scrapbook page was passed out, explained, and a scrapbook paper was provided to complete this. Part 1 AND Part 2 are due WEDNESDAY!

Homework:

• Folktale Project Google Slide Presentation and Theme Scrapbook Page – Due Wednesday
• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should have 15 by the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

We began class with practicing common homophone mistakes for our bellwork. The rest of the class students worked on their Folktale projects. Part 2 coming MONDAY! Google slide presentations should be worked on over the long weekend. We will NOT get all class next week to work on them like we did this week and you have a 2nd part to complete during that time.  This project will be due Wednesday, April 24th.

Homework:

• Folktale Project Google Slide Presentation – Due Wednesday
• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should have 15 by the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

We began class with an MSTEP Listening to Reading practice activity to get ourselves comfortable with this portion of the test. The rest of the class students worked on their Folktale projects. Part 2 coming soon!  This project will be due Wednesday, April 24th.

Homework:

• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should have 15 by the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

We were given the entire class period to work on our Folktale projects today, due to yesterday’s time being shortened for an assembly. 

Homework:

• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should have 15 by the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

We went to the library today due to MSTEP testing tomorrow and the library being closed to accommodate this. 

We did some “Listen to Reading” practice for SSR so we can familiarize ourselves with this portion of the MSTEP and feel confident with this section of the test in a few weeks.

The remainder of class was working on Folktale projects.  While students were working with their groups I conferred with students on the Compare and Contrast IBC. I will finish with this tomorrow.

Compare and Contrast Essay Stories (YOU have the poems):

“Jeremiah’s Song” – https://sparkersclass.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/5/6/19568499/jeremiahs_song_story_text.pdf 

“Lob’s Girl” – https://nmsgilmore.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/7/5/2275624/lobs_girl.pdf

“The Dog of Pompeii” – https://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/y3iY4r6dY3JjYVat.pdf

“Scout’s Honor” –  https://www.midwayisd.org/cms/lib/TX01000662/Centricity/Domain/900/Scouts%20Honor-Student.pdf

IBC Template and Prompt example

Homework:

• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should  have 15 by  the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking

Writer’s workshop:  We continued planning our compare and contrast essay plan using an IBC graphic organizer created by the students. THIS IS DUE ON MONDAY – I will be sitting down with each of you to go over your IBC in class.

Reading: We worked on our Folktale Projects. This will continue through next week. Due date to be determined next week.

Compare and Contrast Essay Stories (YOU have the poems):

“Jeremiah’s Song” – https://sparkersclass.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/5/6/19568499/jeremiahs_song_story_text.pdf 

“Lob’s Girl” – https://nmsgilmore.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/7/5/2275624/lobs_girl.pdf

“The Dog of Pompeii” – https://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/y3iY4r6dY3JjYVat.pdf

“Scout’s Honor” –  https://www.midwayisd.org/cms/lib/TX01000662/Centricity/Domain/900/Scouts%20Honor-Student.pdf

IBC Template and Prompt example

Homework:

• IBC for Compare and Contrast Essay – DUE MONDAY
• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should  have 10 by  the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – NOW LATE (25% off this card marking if late)

Have a great weekend!

Today we worked on suffix practice for our bellwork.

Writer’s workshop:  We began planning our compare and contrast essay using an IBC graphic organizer created by the students. We will continue this work tomorrow.

Reading: We began the work for our Folktale Projects. This will continue through next week. Due date to be determined next week as well. We also visited the book fair during class today.

Homework:

• One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd
• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should  have 10 by  the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due TOMORROW – 25% off this card marking if late
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones

We took notes and practices with affixes today (prefix, suffix, root words).

We continued with our folktale unit by reviewing the elements of a folktale and analyzing the story Rumpelstiltskin for it’s folktale element.

We also finished our poem discussion by analyzing the themes of each poem we were given so we can begin a passage based writing analysis.

Conferences:  Spring conferences are structured differently than Fall conferences.  We have invited the families of students that we really need to talk to about academic progress. If you did not receive a phone call from us, we do not need to see you concerning your student. If your student has been earning A’s and B’s in their classes, it is not necessary for you to attend this time around. That being said all are welcome to attend conferences but keep in mind these will be one-on-one private conferences which take more time and require more patience. We apologize for the wait in advance! Conferences are Thursday and begin at 3:30 pm end at 6:30  pm, please arrive by 6:00 pm if you need to speak to all of your student’s teachers.

Extra Credit Opportunity:   Read your Personal Narrative aloud at Math and Literacy Night WEDNESDAY 6:00-7:30 pm for 10 points formative! Sign up is posted outside of my classroom! Please be on time during your time slot!

Homework:

• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should  have 10 by  the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due FRIDAY
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones

Today we were introduced to our Folktale Unit by taking notes on characteristics of folktales. We practiced with a short story as well.

We began also were given poem options for an upcoming writing assignment and began talking to the text with them.

Conferences:  Spring conferences are structured differently than Fall conferences.  We have invited the families of students that we really need to talk to about academic progress. If you did not receive a phone call from us, we do not need to see you concerning your student. If your student has been earning A’s and B’s in their classes, it is not necessary for you to attend this time around. That being said all are welcome to attend conferences but keep in mind these will be one-on-one private conferences which take more time and require more patience. We apologize for the wait in advance! Conferences are Thursday and begin at 3:30 pm end at 6:30  pm, please arrive by 6:00 pm if you need to speak to all of your student’s teachers.

Extra Credit Opportunity:   Read your Personal Narrative aloud at Math and Literacy Night WEDNESDAY 6:00-7:30 pm for 10 points formative! Sign up is posted outside of my classroom! Please be on time during your time slot!

Homework:

• 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should  have 10 by  the end of the week starting March 30th
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due FRIDAY
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones

Homework over Spring Break = 5 Read Theory quizzes passed by Sunday evening, April 7th!

Have a safe Spring Break!

Homework:

• 5 ReadTheory DUE Sunday April 7th! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework!
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due April 12th
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones