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Archive for September, 2008

Week of 9/29

Spelling Unit 5 – Due Friday

P.19 (1-15), P.20 (1-14), P.21 (1-6)

Ten Word/one page story

D.O.L. – M, T & W (Due T,W & TH)

Tuck Everlasting Quiz is Tuesday – Study vocabulary for chapters 7-13. Use the study strategies that we reviewed last week (hint – make flashcards!!)

Reminder: The book project is due on Thursday, October 2nd.

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All 6th grade students must have an S.S.R. book with them at all times.

Book Project Assigned

The class was assigned their monthly book project.  This project is to be done using the book the students self-selected for their monthly S.S.R. genre.

There are 7 different options that work with addressing students multiple intelligences learning styles.  

The completed project is due on Thursday, October 2.   

 

Students have a D.O.L. to complete for class on Thurs.

 

We continued to work on Tuck and looked at addressing students learning/study habits and reflected on the first Tuck test.

 

Tuck Everlasting

Most Tuck Everlasting quizes were passed back today. We reviewed study and test-taking strategies that may be new to many students in sixth grade. Book projects will be assigned tomorrow – more information to come. Thanks to all who have visited this site and left comments. We are enjoying reading them all!

Week of Sept. 22

Spelling (Due Friday)

p. 15 (1-13), p. 16 (1-16), p. 17 (1-2)

1 page/10 spelling word story

D.O.L.

M,T, and Wed night for hw.  GET IT DONE!!!!

Tuck Everlasting

We will continue to read Tuck out of our literate book.  We could have a quiz by the end of the week.  Study the vocabulary from this next section.

EXTRA CREDIT

Bring in a box of tissues for our classroom…….

 

 

 

Week of September 15, 2008

Spelling HW (Due Friday 9/19)

P11 (1-16), P12 (1-12), P13 (1-5) Ten Word/One Page Story

D.O.L. – M, T & W (Due T, W & Th)

We will begin reading Tuck Everlasting this week.

All L.A. students will be visiting the book fair on Wednesday to browse the selections. We will return on Friday to purchase books.

Week of 9/8/08

Our first full week of school! We will be starting our discussion of multiple intelligences this week. Students will be completing surveys to determine their strengths and weaknesses. They will be required to find pictures from magazines, the internet etc. to represent their strongest learning style. These pictures will be used in the creation of personal posters. More info. to come.

Spelling HW – Due Friday

P. 7(1-13), P.8(1-15), P.9(1-6) Ten word/one page story

D.O.L. – Due T, W & TH

Collect M.I. pictures for Thursday.

Welcome Back!

Welcome to 6th grade L.A.! We will make every effort to keep this page up-to-date with the latest news from our classroom. This is a place to check on homework assignments and long-term projects. We are excited about all of the learning that we will do together this year!

Week of 9/2/08

Spelling HW – Due Friday

P.3 (1-15), P.4(1-10), P.5(1-4)

Pretest with print and cursive completed.

One page story using 10 words that have been highlighted, underlined or circled.

D.O.L. – Daily Oral Language – Due Wednesday & Thursday

Sentences should be edited and rewritten correctly. Parts of speech should be identified above the appropriate words.

Letters of expectations should be signed by a parent and the student and returned to the teacher by Wednesday.

Book Orders are due on Friday!