September Book Project
The September book project was assigned today. It is due next Thursday, October 8th. Students can choose one of seven different projects.
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Week of Sept. 28
Wordly Wide Unit three was assigned. In the book complete sections A,B,C, and D.
Also write a one-page story using ten of the words.
We will take the Tuck Everlasting quiz on chapters prologue-6 on Tuesday. MAKE SURE TO STUDY THE 8 VOCAB WORDS.
Reading Tuck
We are continuing to read Tuck Everlasting. The first quiz will be on Tuesday. The kids will be responsible for reading chapters 1-6 and knowing all 8 vocabulary words.
MI posters are due today. If they are not turned in they will be accepted as late.
WW unit 2 is due Friday.
Tuck Everlasting
We will begin reading the novel Tuck Everlasting. This will be done in class over the next couple of weeks. Students will take quizzes and be responsible for vocabulary as part of this unit.
Book projects will be assigned at the end of the month. The kids should all be reading their self-selected novels at home and during A and E.
WW 2 is due on Friday. Sections A,B,C, and D need to be completed in the Wordly Wise book. A full one-page story with 10 WW words is also due on Friday.
M.I. Pictures
- Students should bring 6-10 pictures for their M.I. poster to class by Thursday. These pictures can be printed from the internet, cut from a magazine or newspaper, personal photographs or be drawn. They should represent ONE of your top two strengths.
-Continue to work on Wordly Wise homework. The following are due Friday: Cursive/pretest sheet, Wordly Wise packet A,B,C & D, ten word/one page story.
Week of Sept. 14
Today the classes were assigned their first week of Wordly Wise. They must complete the unit one packet sections 1-A, B, C, D for Friday. The other half of the assignment is to write a one-page essay using ten of the week’s words.
We began our unit on multiple intelligences. We will look at how each of the students learns best and will custom fit our teaching toward this information. Students filled out a survey and graphed the results. We will all be making a poster to represent our MI later this week.
Keep reading your S.S.R. books. We are half way through the month and the book project will be assigned in about two weeks.
Bowling Postponed
Our bowling excursion has been postponed until next Friday (9/18). Hopefully we will have a bright, sunny day for our walk to the lanes!
Green passports should be signed by a parent or guardian this weekend and returned to homeroom teachers on Monday.
Please come prepared on Monday with all necessary supplies to start the week: pens, pencils, assignment book, SSR book, etc.
Have a relaxing weekend!
Bowling tomorrow!
Tonight is open house. The sixth-grade team will be presenting in the auditorium from 7-8pm.
All OSMS students are asked to bring in an unopened box of band-aids to be donated to the United Way.
Reminder: Bowling tomorrow!! Any students who have not turned in a permission slip will not be allowed to go. We are going rain or shine so be sure to bring appropriate clothing. An extra pair of socks is recommended!!
Week of September 8, 2009
Study for Island of the Blue Dolphins quiz (to be given on Wednesday 9/9). Students worked on a review packet in class and should use this to study for tomorrow’s quiz.
At this point, all Literature books should be covered, students should have chosen an SSR book that they carry with them throughout the day, last week’s yellow passport should have been seen and signed by a parent or guardian.
Reminder – Bowling $$ and permission slip due by Thursday.
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