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Week of 10/26/2009
Homework:
Wordly Wise 6 – 6 A,B,C &D/ cursive sheet/ story 10 words-1page (Due Friday)
D.O.L. M 1&2, T 3&4, W 5&6
October Book Project – Due Thursday, November 5th
We had our first Great Books discussion on “Game of Catch” last week. Ask your child about the story. We have completed Tuck Everlasting and will finish watching the movie version this week. There are some interesting similarities and differences between the two that you can discuss. This week we will continue our instruction of expository writing with a focus on the planning phase of the prompts.
Week of October 19, 2009
Wordly Wise 5 - 5A, B, C, D – one page/ten word story – cursive sheet (Due Friday)
D.O.L. Mon. – 1&2, Tues. 3&4, Wed. 5&6 – Don’t forget parts of speech. You should be identifying the following: Nouns – N, Verbs – V, Proper Nouns – PN, Pronouns – Pro, Adjectives – Adj, Definite Articles (the) – DA, Indefinite Articles (a/an) – IA
Tuck Everlasting Quiz – 20 – epilogue – Tuesday – Study vocabulary and review summaries.
Continue reading your October book – October book project will be assigned next week.
Week of October 13, 2009
Wordly Wise Review: 1E page 6-8, crossword p.33 (Due Friday 10/16)
D.O.L. T(1&2), W(3&4), TH(5&6)
Tuck Quiz (Chapters 14-19) – Study vocabulary and summaries
Reminder – School pictures will be taken of all 6th graders tomorrow.
Week of October 5, 2009
Wordly Wise 4: 4 A,B,C & D – one page/ten word story – cursive sheet (Due Friday)
D.O.L. – Mon. 1 & 2, Tues. 3 & 4, Wed. 5 & 6
Tuck Everlasting Quiz on chapters 7 – 13 is tomorrow (Tuesday) – study vocabulary!
Book Project – Due Thursday, October 8th
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.
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.
