We finished up a lot of materials and had a very busy day in Language Arts. We learned about prepositions and will continue to practice with prepositions as well as other parts of speech next week.

The students also spent time discussing “The Jacket” and focusing on how the figurative language helps them infer the meaning of the story line.

Lastly we spent time in class playing Escape the Room to help us review for out test on Monday.  Students can logon to Google Classroom and continue to play the game at home to help study.

The students were also given the directions to their Figurative Language Project.  They are being asked to focus on figurative langauge they find in movies, tv shows, commercials, or songs and analyzing how it is used. They also have the choice of creating a story or a play with their own figurative language.  The directions for this project went home today and they will be given all of class on Tuesday as well as half of class on Wednesday to work on it. We will be presenting during class on Thursday.

All late work was due today and grades are completely updated based on what I have received from students.

To this blog post I have attached the answer documents to the extra credit figurative language practice.  Each practice sheet will be worth two summative points of extra credit on the test.  This is optional.  If the checked papers are not brought to school on Monday, they will not be taken late and no extra credit will be given.

Have a great weekend and don’t forget Monday is our library day!

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book
2. Unit Two Comprehension Test on Monday-“All Summer in a Day”, “The Jacket”, Mood and Tone, Story Devices, and Figurative Language (You will be allowed to use your literature book on the test!)
3. Unit Three Vocabulary and Grammar Test on Wednesday-Adjectives, Adverbs, Pronouns, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections, and Figurative Language Vocabulary (Use Google Classroom to study!)
4. Figurative Language Project Presentations on Thursday
5. One Pagers Three and Four Due Friday
6. Moby Max-Language: Conjunctions, Prepositions, Adverbs, and Figurative Language Due Friday, February 9th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfExXGMX2JM

Today in Language Arts the students continued to learn about figurative language by reading the story, “the Jacket”, and identifying figurative language while they read.  In our classroom, we have a figurative language board.  From this point forward in the year, when the students identify figurative language in their reading, they will be allowed to add their example to the figurative language board.

Before the students read, we spent time analyzing the vocabulary in “The Jacket” to help familiarize us with the text. We also created a Frayer Model of our vocabulary words.

Please remember that the end the marking period is next Friday.  That means all late work for any core class is due TOMORROW!

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book
2. 3 Quizzes on Read Theory Due Tomorrow
3. All Late Work Due Tomorrow
4. Unit 2 Comprehension Test on Monday
5. Unit 3 Vocabulary and Grammar Test on Wednesday
6. One Pagers Three and Four Due NEXT Friday
7. Moby Max- Conjunctions, Prepositions, Adverbs, and Figurative Language Due Friday, February 9th

In Language Arts today the students participated in a gallery walk where they identified figurative language in short stories.  They then presented their findings to the class.

We will be having our Unit Three Vocabulary and Grammar Test next Wednesday, January 24th. This will cover adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, and defining figurative language.  Study materials can be found in students’ interactive notebooks and in Google Classroom.  The students have been practicing in class for two weeks.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book
2. All Late Work Due Friday
3. Unit 2 Comprehension Test-“All Summer in a Day”, Mood and Tone, Story Devices, Figurative Language, and “The Jacket”
4. Unit 3 Vocabulary and Grammar Test-Adjectives, Pronouns, Interjections, Conjunctions, Adverbs, Prepositions, and defining Figurative Lanugage
5. One Pagers Three and Four Due NEXT Friday

Today in Language Arts the students practiced identifying figurative language.  This is something we will continue to do throughout the course of the week.

The students also spent time learning about conjunctions and how they can buddy up in a sentence to form correlative conjunctions.

Moby Max has been assigned in class today.  This website has a new feature that allows the students to decide the order they would like to complete their Moby Max lessons in instead of the order I assign it.  This means that the students can do their Figurative Language Lessons first to help them study for the test they will have on Monday. They can also see how many lessons they have to complete and show their families at home!

The end of the marking period and half way point for the school year is a week from this Friday, January 26th. That means all late assignments are due THIS Friday.  The students have been encouraged to check their grades and look to see if they have any missing or incomplete assignments.  If they do, I will still take the assignment until 3:05 this Friday.  I do not take points off for late work. This also means that all One-Pagers need to be turned in by next Friday.

I am doing my best to keep grades as up to date as possible.  I will be done grading the Argumentative Essays by the end of the week.  I will then start working on the One-Pagers that are turned in early.

The students will be taking their Unit 2 Comprehension Test on Monday, January 22nd.  The test will focus on stories we have read (“All Summer in a Day” and “The Jacket”), application of figurative language, the application of mood and tone, and the application of story devices.  Since this is a comprehension test, it will be open book.  The students have been encouraged to review in their interactive notebooks and practice figurative language on Moby Max.

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book
2. 3 Quizzes on Read Theory Due Friday
3. All Late Work Due Friday
4. Unit 2 Comprehension Test on Monday
5. One-Pagers Three and Four Due Friday, January 26th
6. Moby Max-Conjunctions, Prepositions, Adverbs, and Figurative Language Due Friday, February 9th

Today in Language Arts the students learned about the last two types of figurative language we will be learning about in 6th grade, idioms and allusions.  We will continue to practice identifying figurative language next week in class. It will also be added to Moby Max.

The students also spent time practicing adverbs and they were introduced to conjunctions.  We will continue to learn about conjunctions next week.  Additional adverb practice has been added to Google Classroom.

Remember, we do not have school on Monday for MLK Day.

See you Tuesday and have a great weekend!

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book
2. All late work due Friday, January 19th
3. One Pagers Three and Four due Friday, January 26

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

In Language Arts today the students learned about alliteration and symbolism.

The students also spent time in class practicing creating their own sentences using adverbs.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book
2. 3 Quizzes on Read Theory due tomorrow
3. All late work due NEXT Friday
4. One Pagers Three and Four due Friday, January 26th

Today in Language Arts the students learned about onomatopoeia and hyperboles. I have attached the videos we watched in class to this blog post.

The students also continued to learn about adverbs by inferring appropriate adverbs that corresponded with pictures.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book
2. 3 quizzes on Read Theory due Friday
3. All late work due Friday, January 19th
4. One Pagers Three and Four due Friday, January 26th

In Language Arts today the students continued to learn about figurative language.  We focused on personification and imagery in class. I have attached the videos we used to this blog post.

The students also began to learn about adverbs.  We discussed what an adverb is as well as how the answers to question words can help us find adverbs.

The end of the marking period will be Friday, January 26th.  During that week, our students will be taking their Unit 2 Comprehension Test and their Unit 3 Vocabulary and Grammar test. The students have been given resources on Google Classroom to help them study. More resources will be added as we start wrapping up the parts of speech in class.

We are quickly approaching our mid-year testing window!  Our team of teachers met and decided we did not want to overwhelm our students by having them NWEA test in each class during the same week.  For this reason, we have divided up the testing window.  The students will be taking the Language Arts NWEA during the week of January 29th.  It is crucial students are in class so that we can complete our testing in a timely manner and move on to our next unit of learning.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book
2. 3 quizzes on Read Theory due Friday
3. All late work due Friday, January 19th
4. One Pagers Three and Four due Friday, January 26th

Welcome back to school!  In Language Arts today the students spent time in the library.  We also organized the layers of our Argumentative Essay and turned it in.

The students began their new unit today on Figurative Language. Today we focused on similes and metaphors. We will be continuing to learn about and practice identifying different types of figurative language throughout the course of the next two weeks.

We are jumping right back in the swing of things in Language Arts!  The end of the marking period is Friday, January 26th.  This means that all of the students’ late work will be due on Friday, January 19th.  This is next Friday. Please remember that I will take any late assignment from the marking period for full credit.  I DO NOT take points off for late assignments.

Have a great evening and Happy New Year!

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book
2. 3 Quizzes on Read Theory due Friday
3. All Late work due Friday, January 19th
4. One Pagers Three and Four Due Friday,January 26th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB0HrNdqJKQ

In Language Arts today the students were given a work day since classes were shorter due to our PBIS Celebration. The students spent time working on their Read Theory, Moby Max, and the final draft of their Argumentative Essay. Anything that was not completed in class must be completed over the break and submitted on Monday, January 8th.

Progress reports were also sent home today for students who have a 70% or lower for their Second Marking Period grade.  Please ask your child if they were given a progress report.

Quizlet grammar practice has been added to Google Classroom for students who need more help with pronouns, interjections, and adjectives over the break.

Have a safe, wonderful, and relaxing break!

Homework:

1. Read your good fit book-200 minutes over the break!
2. Moby Max-Language: Pronouns, Interjections, and Adjectives Due Monday, January 8th
3. Argumentative Essay Final Draft Due Monday, January 8th
4. One Pagers Three and Four Due Friday, January 26th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zzMlgsgzqA