"People will forget what you said, they'll forget what you did, but they'll never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
***Builders Club Meeting during lunch! Last meeting of the year. We will have a special guest!
Give every task your best effort, sixth graders! Let's have a stellar week!
Ms. V.
Kino's Song Book: Instructions
| 5/14-5/18 | English 6 | Skills |
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| Monday | Complete The Pearl packet -- chapters 2-3 (green packet). Some of you fine people still owe me your poetry response! Please do that tonight! See graphic organizer below. |
Drama Queens/Tough Guys
Organizational Skills |
Tuesday |
Genre Study Personal Narrative Start first draft/Due next Tuesday. |
My Pyramid. Gov/ Nutrition Step it Up to Thrive |
| Wednesday | Genre Study Personal Narrative Start first draft/Due next Wednesday. |
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| Thursday | Reading Log: Signature due today. Please continue to read 20 minutes each night. |
Step it Up to Thrive |
| Friday | Reading Log : Signature due today. Please continue to read for 20 minutes each night. |
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| Next Week | If you'd like service hours this summer, please see me for information. Kino's Song Book - We will continue to work on this in class. We will work on Kino/songbook next week. |
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| 5/7-5/11 | English 6 | Skills |
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| Monday | Find a poem for your recitation. Due Thursday/poetry response to literature paragraph/recitation... Graphic Organizer for response to poetry paragraph: |
Leigh High School to visit Skills class. Play in cafeteria. |
Tuesday |
I Am poem due today. Mother's Day poem due today for periods 1 and 3.
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Thrive/The Brain |
| Wednesday | I Am poem/Mother's Day poem due today for periods 4 and 6. |
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| Thursday | 1/2 Day--12:29 Dimissal Open House -- No homework! Please join us this evening. Poetry reciation starts. All response to literature paragraphs due today. Use our graphic organizer and type the final product, please. No reading log due this week, but please continue to read 20 minutes each night. |
Brain Thrive Lessons |
| Friday | Poetry recitation continues. No reading log due. Please continue to read 20 minutes each night. |
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| Next Week | Builders Club meeting May 18th. If you'd like service hours this summer, please see me for information. Kino's Song Book - We will continue to work on this in class. Kino/songbook |
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| 3/26-3/30 | English 6 | Skills |
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| Monday | Grammar sheet: Due Tuesday//Wednesday Pronouns. Memorize helping verbs. Test next week. |
Finish Bug's Life Bullying |
Tuesday |
Sentence Combining quiz Continue to read /Final reading log due Thursday/Friday |
Step it Up to Thrive
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| Wednesday | Sent. combining quiz Continue to read for final reading log. |
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| Thursday | Reading Log Due Must bring compare/contrast essay to class/Genre Study |
Thrive: Last Day with Skills stduents. :( I will miss you terribly! |
| Friday | Must bring compare/contrast essay to class! Genre Study Reading Log Due
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| Next Week | Quiz on helping verbs - Tuesdy/Wednesday Recipe quiz (writing) Next Thursday/Friday -- RTL/Persuasive |
New Wheel -- |
Monday is NOT a late start this week.
Friday is our late start this week! Monday we have periods 2,4, and 6...
| 3/19-3/23 | English 6 | Skills |
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| Monday | Periods: 2, 4, and 6/NO LATE START Study Vocabulary for novel test. You may not take this test over again. Please view glossary for highlighted voacabulary terms. Good luck! |
Finish Fearship/Friendship this week. |
Tuesday |
Charlotte Doyld Vocabulary Test/Reading Comprehension Test! Charlotte Doyle Packet Due Final Journal for Q3 due. |
Step it Up to Thrive
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| Wednesday | Reading Log/Charlotte Doyle Test/Vocab and Reading Comp. Charlotte Doyle Packet Due Final Journal for Q3 due. |
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| Thursday | Reading Log |
Thrive: |
| Friday | LATE START: All See Cornerstone Breakfast
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Thrive: Risk Factors |
| Next Week |
| 3/12-3/16 | English 6 | Skills |
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| Monday | "Dragon, Dragon" Quiz tomorrow. Finish reading the story on page 434 in your text book at home. Review diagramming, capitalization, types of sentences. (Simple, Compound, Complex). We will have a series of short quizzes with regard to literary devices/capitalization/types of sentences/etc. this week. |
Thrive |
Tuesday |
Study Spelling And Vocabulary from last week. Silent Consonants/Roots: man and ped. Test Thursday/Friday. Study Charlotte Doyle vocabulary - test next week when we finish our novel. Read 20 minutes a night for reading log. |
Step it Up to Thrive
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| Wednesday | Same as Tuesday |
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| Thursday | Spelling/vocabulary test/reading log check |
Fearship vss. Friendship |
| Friday | Spelling/vocabulary test/reading log check
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St. Baldrick's Day |
| Next Week | Charlotte Doyle Vocabulary Test/Reading Comprehension Test |
| 3/5-3/9 | English 6 | Skills |
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| Monday | No HW/Writing test tomorrow |
Guest speaker/Marc Jensen - bike safety |
Tuesday |
Continue to work on essay rewrites -- Persuasive |
Step it Up to Thrive Youth to Youth kids Rider/Elephant |
| Wednesday | Same as Tuesday |
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| Thursday | Persuasive Essays due/rewrites |
Rider/Elephant |
| Friday | Persuasive Essay Rewrites Die
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| 2/27-3/2 | English 6 | Skills |
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| Monday | Haikus due Tuesday/Wednesday |
Thrive curriculum |
Tuesday |
Work on reading log Due Thursday/Friday Study the persuasive essay recipe |
Step it Up to Thrive |
| Wednesday | Same as Tuesday |
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| Thursday | Reading Log Due Quiz: Persuasive Essay Recipe |
Risk Factors Drama Queens/Tough Guys |
| Friday | Reading Log Due Quiz: Persuasive Essay Recipe
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| Next Week | Special Schedule next Tuesday for our writing test. |
Writing recipe:
Intro: Attention getter- question/short story/famous quote
Thesis
Body Paragraph One: TS, Reason 1, CD/Fact, CM, CM, Reason 2, Fact/CD, CM, CM, CS
Body Paragraph Two: Counter Argument, Rebuttal, Rebuttal, Closing Sentence(CS)
Conclusion: Restate the thesis using different words
CM- Use a simile/metaphor
Universal sentence
| English 6 | Skills | |
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| Monday | Essays due no later than this Thursday! |
Permission slips due/Thrive |
Tuesday |
Student Appreciation Day No Homework! |
Thrive Permission Slips |
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| Thursday | Reading Log Due Essays due/Persuasive Beauty Queen/Personal Persuasive Topic |
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| Friday | Reading Log Due Essays due/Persuasive Beauty Queen/Personal Persuasive Topic
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| Next Week | VACATION!!!!! |
Week of February 6-10:
Honor Roll Breakfast this Thursday at 7:30
Vacation: Week of February 20th
Week of January 30th:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Teens for Jeans NEED YOUR OLD JEANS!
Please help our Builders' Club collect jeans these next two weeks.
Please spend a significant time on your essay rewrites this week. Remember that this is a 100 point essay. Thank you!
Builders' Club Meeting this Friday during lunch in A203. See you there!
Homework: Week of February 6-19
| English 6 | Skills | |
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| Monday | Beauty Contest Persuasive Essay: Period 1: Step One - Due Tuesday Periods 3,4,6: Steps 1 & 2 Due Tuesday/Wednesday |
Officer Howard visitor |
Tuesday |
In class: Writing workshop Concrete Poems HW: Steps 1-4 Beaty Due Thursday/Friday - graphic organizer only |
Thrive Permission Slips Due Thursday |
| Wednesday | In class:Writing workshop/poetry HW: Steps 1-4 Beauty -- Due Thursday/Friday graphic organizer only |
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| Thursday | Reading Log Due Personal Persuasive Essay - in class writing workshop. Typed -- Due Tuesday/Wednessday
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Permission slip due |
| Friday | Reading Log Due Personal persuasive essay -- in class writing workshop Due Tuesday/Wed. of next week |
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| Next Week | Beauty Contest Persuasive Essay Typed -- Due Thursday/Friday |
Homework: Week of Jan. 30- Feb. 3.
| English 6 | Skills | |
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| Monday | Rewrite persuasive essay this week. Due Thursday/Friday | Family Life Permission Slips Due |
Tuesday |
Essay | |
| Wednesday | Essay | |
| Thursday | Reading Log Due | All About Me Posters Due |
| Friday | Reading Log Due | |
| Next Week |
