In Language Arts today the students started learning about characterization.

We also spent time in class looking at prepositions in examples sentences.

Lastly, we spent time working together to breakdown complex writing prompts and understand their meaning.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Tomorrow
3. NewsELA: Sleeping due Tomorrow
4. Unit Three Test Tomorrow: Theme Project Story, “The Good Deed”, Making Connections, and Theme
5. Moby Max: Adverbs, Pronouns, Prepositions, and Conjunctions due Friday, March 15th
6. Quiz: Poetry, Adverbs, Adjectives, Pronouns, Prepositions, and Conjunctions on Friday, March 15th
7. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd

In Language Arts today the students presented their Theme Projects.  I will have grades updated to reflect their project scores.

I also allowed students to rewrite their “All Summer in a Day” Resolution and their Personal Narrative and turn them in today.  They have known about this since last Friday. Since I spent a lot of time working with students in class and students were given time to work on this, I will not be accepting late rewrites.  I will have grades updated to reflect the rewrite scores by Monday but I definitely will not have it done before then. Some students still have not turned in the original drafts of their writing. If this is the case, the student has an E in the class since we haven’t had a lot of summative grades for the marking period at this time.

If the class finished presentations early, they were given time to work on their Read Theory, Moby Max, and NewsELA.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Friday
3. NewsELA: Sleepy Students due Friday
4. Unit Three Test Friday: Theme Project Story, “The Good Deed”, Marking Connections, and Theme
5. Moby Max: Adverbs, Pronouns, Prepositions, Conjunctions due Friday, March 15th
6. Quiz: Poetry, Adverbs, Pronouns, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Adjectives on Friday, March 15th
7. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd

Today in Language Arts the students began working on a project.  They are working in small groups with partners of their choosing to analyzing a story from our literature book that they chose.  They will be analyzing the figurative language, theme, vocabulary, and writing a summary of the story.  They will be presenting this on Google Slides during class on Wednesday. They were given all of class today to work on this.  They will be working on this on Monday and Tuesday during class as well. Therefore, I will not be posting to the blog on Monday and Tuesday.

I am in the process of grading the Personal Narrative and “All Summer in a Day” Resolution. At this time, grades are NOT updated. I am hoping to be done by the end of the day on Monday. I will send a Remind as things get finished. Grading essays is very time consuming.  Thank you for your patience!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Theme Project Presentations on Wednesday
3. Read Theory due Friday
4. NewsELA: Students’ Sleep due Friday
5. Unit Three Test Friday: Comprehension of the project story chosen in class, “The Good Deed”, Making Connections, and Theme
6. Moby Max: Adverbs, Pronouns, and Conjunctions due Friday, March 15th
7. Quiz: Poetry, Adjectives, Adverbs, Pronouns, Conjunctions, and Prepositions on Friday, March 15th
8. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd

In Language Arts today the students continued to learn about conjunctions. They practiced identifying them with a partner as well as combining sentences using conjunctions.

The students also continued to practice analyzing a poem by reading “Message from a Caterpillar”. We also discussed the theme of the poem.

Lastly, the students were asked to read the short story, Ant and Grasshopper. Afterwards, they needed to write a CER on the theme of the story. If this was not completed by the end of class, it was assigned as homework.

Have a great evening! Don’t forget tomorrow is our first Spirit Friday to prepare for Spirit Week! Everyone needs to wear football clothing. Go 6th graders!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Tomorrow
3. Ant and Grasshopper Theme CER due Tomorrow
4. NewsELA: Students’ Sleep due Friday, March 8th
5. Moby Max: Adverbs, Pronouns, and Conjunctions due Friday, March 15th
6. Poetry, Adjectives, Adverbs, Pronouns, Conjunctions, and Prepositions Quiz on Friday, March 15th
7. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd

I apologize for being unable to post to the blog yesterday.  I had the flu and was not at school.

Yesterday, the students were assigned a NewsELA article about the amount of sleep needed by students. They were given the entire class period to work on this assignment.  It is due next Friday, March 8th.

Today in Language Arts, the students discussed conjunctions and watched the Schoolhouse Rock video about conjunctions.  We will be digging deeper into this tomorrow.

The students also spent time in class learning about theme.  We discussed that the theme is the moral or lesson that can be learned in a story. Tomorrow, we will be applying what we learned about themes to poetry.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Friday
3. NewsELA: Sleep for Students due Friday, March 8th
4. Moby Max: Adverbs, Pronouns, and Conjunctions due Friday, March 15th
5. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc

In Language Arts today the students went to the library.  Since we are finally back to a full week of school scheduled, the students resumed writing out metacognitive logs for their reading.  I will begin collecting these on Fridays again.

The students also continued to learn about poetry.  We practiced identifying the rhyming patterns within poems.  Then, we took one of the poems we read in class and connected it to the story we read last week, The Good Deed. We worked on this CER in class together. This was not assigned as homework.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Friday
3. Moby Max: Adverbs and Pronouns due Friday, March 15th
4. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd

In Language Arts today the students continued to learn about poetry.  We learned how a poem is organized and the poetry terms that help with that organization. We also continued to learn about the different types of poetry.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Moby Max: Adverbs and Pronouns due Friday, March 15th
3. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd

During class today the students continued to learn about pronouns. They practiced identifying pronouns in a sentence and then determine which type of pronoun was being used.

The students also began our poetry unit today.  They started learning about the different types of poetry and will continue to do so on Friday.

Lastly, the students continued the Smallville Activity from yesterday by taking the information they gathered and using it to characterize Clark Kent.

I will be in a meeting out of the building all day tomorrow. For this reason, I will not be posting to the blog tomorrow. During class, the students will continue to practice with pronouns. They will also be given time in class to work on their Read Theory, Moby Max, and One-Pagers Five and Six.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Friday
3. Moby Max: Adverbs and Pronouns due Friday, March 15th
4. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd

In Language Arts today the students reviewed inferencing. They practiced making inferences by watching a scene from the TV show, Smallville, and analyzing how the actors and camera crew helped the viewer make inferences about the characters and events of the scene.

The students also spent time learning about the various types of pronouns.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Friday
3. Moby Max: Adverbs and Pronouns due Friday, March 15th
4. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd

In Language Arts today the students were given time to type their Personal Narrative and “All Summer in a Day” Resolution papers. Both final drafts are due on Tuesday.

Have a great break!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Personal Narrative final draft due Tuesday
3. “All Summer in a Day” Resolution final draft due Tuesday
4. Moby Max: Adverbs due Friday, March 15th
5. One-Pagers Five and Six due Friday, March 22nd