Monday, October 6, 2014

Time for a new unit!

With only 3 weeks remaining until the start of a new nine weeks, it is time to get focused and start getting into the 6th grade flow.

We will be beginning unit 2 this week.
I want to take a second to say that I am super impressed with the unit 1 test scores and want to think all my students for working as hard as you did to accomplish the grades you received. You deserved them. :) 

In class this week….9/29-10/3
Monday
Elements of plot
-     Plot structure notes and discussion in reader’s notebook
Tuesday
-          Plot Structure practice
 -- “Day & Night” and “ For the Birds
-          Halloween Grammar games ( team 1 vs. team 2)
Wednesday
-          Pixar Plot Structure #3- “ Partly Cloudy”
-          “Dog of Pompeii” lit book- pg. 30-40
-       Listen to story and story map the plot structure


Thursday
-          (I will be absent for training)
-          Finish listening to “Dog of Pompeii” (if needed)
-              Questions and summary
Friday
-          Suffix Quiz #1
-          Library
-          Halloween Grammar Games
Homework this week…
-          Study Suffix and vocabulary
-          Read 20 minutes of AR
-          Finish unfinished classwork (if due for a grade)














































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Classroom News for 9/26-10/3
Monday

Tuesday
SCHOOL PICTURES
Wednesday

Thursday
Mrs. Nichols out for training
Friday
Rachel’s Challenge Pep Rally

NO SCHOOL Monday!
Have a good fair day J