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September 29, 2014

Today in class we conferenced with students on point of view in their good fit books. We then took a quiz on a short story, “Eleven”. which included determining point of view in a story. Finally, we began taking notes on writing a Personal Narrative, and listened to a short story about a first haircut. […]

September 24, 2014

Hello! Today in class we reviewed for the vocabulary test in class! Please make sure to review Unit 1 vocabulary words.

May 13, 2014

REading logsEvelynBowmansReadingLogFormat This is the other reading log format if you would like to print it! Thanks for sharing Evelyn! Today students took their last SRI test! Please ask your child how he/she did! The score that we would love to see leaving sixth grade is 975. However, it is my hope that all students […]

April 17, 2014

Happy Spring Break! I hope you have time to relax and enjoy your family and friends! There is no “official” homework, but I hope that you will continue to read!

April 14, 2014

Today students completed the reading log Literary Letter assessment. Please make sure students are reading 20 minutes a night, 5 days per week. If you are able, please try to read with your kids! This is a short week. There are no “official” reading logs due.

April 11, 2014

Happy Friday! This week students worked in Literature Circle to analyze The Call of the Wild. Today is our last round as we are finishing Chapter 7, the final chapter, of the novel. Students need to finish the chapter and write a summary PER PARAGRAPH in the margin for the last 3 pages of chapter […]

April 3, 2014

CELEBRITIES OF THE DAY! TODAY WE BEGAN LITERATURE GROUPS. HOMEWORK: READ CHAPTER 5-CREATE A TWO SENTENCE SUMMARY PICK ONE WORD TO ADD TO YOUR FOUR SQUARE VOCABULARY LIST COMPLETE YOUR LIT CIRCLE ROLE SHEET CONTINUE READING LOGS! FIVE ARE DUE ON MONDAY! MANY STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE PENS/PENCILS, AND LOOSE-LEAF PAPER! PLEASE REPLENISH YOUR SUPPLIES […]

March 31, 2014

Celebrities of the Day! Today students completed their reading log assessment writing prompt. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE WATCHING YOUR KIDS READ FOR 20 MINUTES, FIVE DAYS PER WEEK, AND SIGNING THE ENTRY! STUDENTS CANNOT WORK ON THE WRITING PROMPT IN CLASS WITHOUT THIS! WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS GOING ON TO MOBY […]

March 27, 2014

new reading log template 2014Celebrities of the Day! Today we continued with vocabulary building with The Call of the Wild. We also continued to build our knowledge of the setting and plot of the story. Homework: Reread chapter 2. Write a 2 sentence summary. Be prepared to answer a HIGH IMPACT question about chapter 2. […]

March 26, 2014

Today we began reading The Call of the Wild. Homework is complete chapter one and write a summary. I have also attached a new reading log sheet for those students who may need a little bit more organization. Thank you Abby Thibodeau for sharing your reading log format! new reading log template 2014