Week of 8/27/14 and week of 9/2/14

Today, Wednesday, we are taking a look at our reading books and features.  We will begin the story "Stray" today.  The focus comprehension skills are making predictions, plot (Exposition, conflict, rising and falling action, climax and resolution) and fiction and nonfiction.  The test on "Stray" will be on Friday, September  5th.  No school on Monday, September 1st - Labor Day.   Have a great week and 3 day weekend!

Week of 8/25/14

Welcome to 6th Grade!  It is going to be a great school year!  The first week we will be getting used to our new reading book.  We will start our first story called "Stray."  Our focus comprehension skills are making predictions and plot.  Unit one is on fiction and nonfiction.  Have a great week!

Week of 5/12/14

We will be reviewing author's purpose, personification, alliteration and Onomatopoeia on Monday.   They will have 2 tests on these skills on Tuesday.  We will be seeing the band/chorus concert on Wednesday morning.  We will be putting the flags on the graves on Friday morning.  There is a school-wide pep rally in the afternoon on Friday.  We are also working on the play "Phantom Tollbooth."  Have a great week!

Week of 5/5/14

We will be reviewing comprehension skills - context clues, figurative language, rhythm/rhyme and drama on Monday.  They will have a test on those skills on Tuesday, May 6th.  They will be reviewing vocabulary in context and analogies Wednesdy and Thursday.  They will have a test on those skills on Friday, May 9th.  They have a story map that is due on Thursday.  Have a great week!!!

Week of 4/28/14

The students are working on fables, folk tales and myths.  They will have a test on "Arachne," "Why the Tortoise's Shell is Not Smooth," and "He Lion, Bruh Bear and Bruh Rabbit" on Thursday,
May 1st.  They will be doing Dibels on Tuesday during Reading class.  We will go over to visit the high school on Friday, May 2nd.  Have a great week!

Week of 4/21/14

The students can wear gym clothes on Monday - it is Teens Against Tobacco day.  We are working on Fables and Folk Tales.  The students will have a test on "Tiger," "Ant," "Lion" and "Boy" on Wednesday, April 23rd.  Have a nice Easter!

Week of 4/14/14

We are still working on the poems "Oranges" and "Ode to Family Photographs."  The comprehension test will be on Tuesday, April 15th.  We will be working on Unit 6, Folk Literature on Wednesday.  The four folk tales are "The Tiger Who Would Be King," "The Ant and the Dove," "The Lion and the Bulls" and "A Crippled Boy."  The focus comprehension skills are cause/effect and fables/folk tales. 
The test for these will be on Wednesday, April 23rd.  There is no school on Friday. Have a super Easter!