Week of 9/3/13

Welcome back to school!  The new sixth grade class is great!!!   I am looking forward to teaching them this year.  Our first story is called "Stray."  The focus comprehension skills are making predictions and plot (Exposition, conflict, rising and falling action, climax and resolution.)  The students will have a comprehension test on Thursday, September 5th.  On Wednesday, they will receive a paper to do a story map of "Stray."  This will be due on Tuesday, September  10th.

No school on Monday - Labor Day.  Pictures are on Friday, September 6th.  Have a great week!

Week of 5/6/13

We are reviewing comprehension skills on Monday.  On Tuesday, they will have a test on those comprehension skills.  On Wednesday, the students will be reading the play "Phantom Tollbooth."  We will be going to see the concert on Friday morning at the high school.  They have to do a story map for any story they would like to do.  It is due on Tuesday, May 14th and it counts as a grade.   Have a great week!

Week of 4/22/13

We will be working on Folk Literature (Unit 6) this week.  Our focus comprehension skills are cause/effect, folk tales and fables.  The stories we will be concentrateing on are "The Tiger Who Would Be King," "The Ant and the Dove,"  "The Lion and the Bulls" and "A Crippled Boy."  The test will be on Friday, April 26th.  Progress Reports will be handed out on Friday.  Have a great week! 

Week of 4/15/13

The last day of PSSA's is on Monday, April 15th.  The students were very hard workers.  I am so proud of them!  We will be starting Unit 4 - Poetry on Tuesday, April 16th.  We will be reading a lot of poetry.  Our focus comprehension skills are:  rhythm, rhyme, tone and free verse.  The students will have a test on "Oranges" and Ode to Family Photographs" on Friday, April 19th.  Have a great week!

4/8/13 to 4/15/13

The students will be taking the PSSA tests from Monday, April 8th through Monday, April 15th.  Please make sure that your child has plenty of sleep and a good breakfast.  Please encourage your child to do their very best!  Have a great week!

Week of 4/2/13

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and break.  The students do not have school on Monday, April 1st or Tuesday, April 2nd.  This week we will be working on author's purpose (inform, entertain or persuade.)  We will also be working on words with multiple definitions.  They will have a test on these two skills on Friday, April 5th.  We will also be reviewing the PSSA terms.  The PSSA tests will start on Monday, April 8th.  Have a great week!

Week of 3/25/13

The students are working on the PSSA skills this week.  They will not have any tests this week.  I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Easter break.