It's TEST week! EEKK!

Unit One test is coming this week!

I have looked over everything and I feel confident that everyone is going to do just fine! We have covered everything.

However, the next couple days is a good time to go back through all the work we have done in our spirals and re-read all those notes you worked so hard on so nothing will surprise you! 

Also, Don't forget that we have a guest speaker coming on MONDAY! :)

Michael Finkela will be here to talk to 6th grade @ 9:15

This should be a lot of fun! 

Classroom News for 9/26-10/3

Monday 29th -          Guest Speaker @ 9:15 -                   Michael Finkela

Tuesday 30th  - Scholastic Book order-     September money DUE

Wednesday oct. 1st -          Miller Morning Mingle for Parents at 8 am

Thursday- 2nd -

Friday- 3rd -

No reminders this week! J

In class this week….9/29-10/3

Monday -     Preposition Lesson- Power point & notes -          Grammar Book Pg. 149-152 (Go over together)

Tuesday -          Revise and editing question warm-up -          Unit One Test Review -          Go over Test Review

Wednesday -          Revise and editing question warm-up -          Finish going over unit one review -          Book-it kick off Read- A-Thon

Thursday -          UNIT ONE TEST

Friday -          Silent reading/ AR testing -          Finish unit one test (if needed) -          Library -          Partner work on Revise and editing papers

Homework this week…

-         20 minutes of AR reading ( 8 points needed by Friday) -         Look over unit one notes and review -          Edit and revise personal Narrative

"If you can't be kind, Be quiet"

I am sad to say that several times this week, I have overheard conversations of students "teasing" one another. I want to take a second to remind you that you are not the only one that goes through hard times in your life or rough patches. You never know when you could be delivering a "joking insult" to a classmate at the worst time in their lives. So next time you think about teasing someone, ask yourself "Is this something I would want someone to say to me if I was having a terrible day?"

Be the change you want to see in the world,
Mrs. Nichols

In other news....

Classroom News for 9/22-9/26

Monday -          Book Fair

Tuesday -          Book Fair -          PTO meeting @ 6:30

Wednesday -          Book fair!

Thursday -          Book fair -          Wear your college shirts for AVID college day and you can wear jeans -            -- If you are not wearing a college shirt, do not wear jeans!

Friday -          LAST CHANCE FOR BOOK FAIR!! -             --BE SURE TO BRING YOUR MONEY! -          Cross country Pep Rally!

Don’t forget to come out to Jayce Park Saturday morning @ 9am and support Dorie Miller in the 3rd annual Cross country Lion’s den Invetational against Lummus

In class this week….

Monday -          “Tracking Trash” pg. 168 -             --3- column chart using context clues -          Partner up for personal narrative -              --Special attention to adjectives and verb forms

Tuesday -          “My mom the Can Opener” -             --Discuss summaries and BME/5 W’S/ SWBS -          Read Ray Charles (Lit book pg. 723) -             --Write short summary using 5 W’s

Wednesday -          Read “The Jacket” on pg. 744/ complete questions on pg. 745 -          Use “The Jacket” to find examples of figurative language -          Workstations

Thursday -          Review for vocab/ prefix #4 -          What are the 4 R’s? -          Workstations

Friday -          Silent reading/ AR testing -          Vocab/ prefix quiz #4 -          Library -          Make-up work/ catch up

Homework this week…

-         20 minutes of silent AR reading -         Study prefixes and Vocabulary #4 (including writing words to go with prefixes) -          Work on personal narrative -          Finish whatever was not finished in class */22 edit:: *** First Period needs to complete a context clue chart from the first chapter in their library book on MOnday night for not following instructions in class.

Welcome to 6th grade...

Can you believe we are already in week 4 of sixth grade?

I thought I would go ahead and start this weekly blog for my class

This blog will be updated on Monday afternoon with the weeks agenda, homework, and other classroom news.

Check back weekly if you need something and don't be afraid to leave a comment! 

Classroom News for 9/15-9/19

Monday STUCO meeting for all returning members after school Progress Report grades are due

Tuesday

Wednesday Fire Drill -Be sure to talk to your teacher about what to do if you don’t already know.

Thursday

Friday -          STUCO Back-to-School Dance!

In class this week….

Monday -          Vocabulary & prefixes #3 -          Memoirs, autobiographies, and personal narrative notes -          Read “Going Blind” pg. 716 in blue lit book & discuss -          Begin brainstorming for your own personal narrative

Tuesday -          Discussion on regular and irregular verbs -          Discussion on personal narrative decisions and modeling           Personal narrative graphic organizers

Wednesday -          Read-Aloud “Guts” -          Notes & discussion on connections               *Personal               *Textual               * Wordly -Record 2-3 connections each to “Guts” in a 3-column chart -       Work Stations

Thursday -          Review game for Vocab./ prefixes #3 -          Notes and discussion on adjectives                   Predicate, superlative, and comparative -          Work Stations

Friday -          AR test due -          Library -          Make-up/ missing assignments

Homework this week…

-         20 minutes of silent AR reading -         Study prefixes andVocabulary #3 (including writing words to go with prefixes) -          Finish whatever has not been finished in class