Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Reminders
- Turn in all late work! 
- Turn in 6th Grade Social permission slip ASAP to your afternoon core teacher (latest by this Fri. 2/3) 
 
Language Arts
- in your Lucy Calkins Argument Writing Unit Google Doc, make sure to add the following:

• learning target for Session Eight (on slide 3)
• bullets for the "How to Write a Theme-Based Literary Essay" chart (on slide 16-17)
• an entry for 1/31/17: come up with a claim about a theme in Freak the Mighty and three reasons to support that theme (these will be your body paragraphs)

- read the following chapters in Wonder tonight and make sure you go over the reading questions (audio files are available in case you want to listen and follow along):

• Letters, Emails, Facebook, Texts
• Back from Winter Break
• The War
• Switching Tables
• Why I Didn't Sit with August the First Day of School

- NoRedInk Assignment #18: Pronoun Case due Mon. 2/6
- Newsela article due Mon. 2/6: The checkered history of immigration in the United States

Social Studies
- complete TCI 2.4.1: Origins of Judaism - The History of the Ancient Israelites (make revisions as needed) along with the corresponding Google Slides (slides 14-19)

Math
Corrections
CC3 3.1.1  3-4, 3-5 and 3-7
Test corrections and parent signatures 

Science
Current Science Comic due Thursday

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
No Homework

Monday, January 30, 2017

Reminders
- Turn in all late work! 
- Turn in 6th Grade Social permission slip ASAP to your afternoon core teacher (latest by this Fri. 2/3) 
 
Language Arts
- read the following chapters in Wonder tonight and make sure you go over the reading questions (audio files are available in case you want to listen and follow along):

• Private School
• In Science
• Partners
• Detention
• Season's Greetings

- NoRedInk Assignment #18: Pronoun Case due Mon. 2/6
- Newsela article due Mon. 2/6: The checkered history of immigration in the United States

Social Studies
- complete TCI 2.4.1: Origins of Judaism - The History of the Ancient Israelites (make revisions as needed) along with the corresponding Google Slides (slides 14-19)

Math
Corrections
CC3 1.1.2    1-10
Test corrections and parent signatures 

Science
Current Science Comic due ThursdayPresentations for Project and notes
Vocabulary for 8-2
Read 8-3 and answer all questions on p173 on binder paper

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
No Homework

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Reminders
- Turn in all late work! 
- No School this Friday 
- Turn in 6th Grade Social permission slip ASAP to your afternoon core teacher (latest by Fri. 2/3) 
 
Language Arts
- in your Lucy Calkins Argument Writing Unit Google Doc, make sure to add the following:

•  create a section/bookmark in your Google Doc for:
• Chart - Ways to Analyze Evidence (on slide 6)
• Chart - Counterargument Thought Prompts (on slide 10)
• learning target for Session Seven (on slide 3)
• five bullets for the "Ways to Analyze Evidence" chart (on slide 6)
• two bullets for the "Counterargument Thought Prompts" chart (on slide 10)

- assess your own character essay by rating yourself on the 5th/6th Grade Argument Writing Checklist and make revisions to your essay

- read the following chapters in Wonder tonight and make sure you go over the reading questions (audio files are available in case you want to listen and follow along):

• Why I Changed My Mind
• Four Things
• Ex-Friends
• Snow
• Fortune Favors the Bold 

- NoRedInk Assignment #17: Choosing the Appropriate Conjunctions Mon. 1/30 
- Newsela article due Mon. 1/30: Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president, takes seat in Oval Office

Social Studies
No Homework
 
Math
Corrections
Assessment #
Test corrections and parent signatures 

Science
Take survey in class
http://www.BByt.es/EC9AM 
Presentations for Project and notes
Vocabulary for 8-2
Read 8-3 and answer all questions on p173 on binder paper

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
No Homework

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Reminders
- Turn in all late work! 
- No School this Friday 
- Turn in 6th Grade Social permission slip ASAP to your afternoon core teacher (latest by Fri. 2/3) 
 
Language Arts
- in your Lucy Calkins Argument Writing Unit Google Doc, make sure to add the following:

•  create a section/bookmark in your Google Doc for:
• Chart - Things to Look for When Annotating a Mentor Text (on slide 6)
• learning target for Session Six (on slide 3)
• eleven bullets for the "Things to Look for When Annotating a Mentor Text" chart (on slide 6)

- finish annotating your own character essay according to the "Things to Look for When Annotating a Mentor Text" chart

- read the following chapters in Wonder tonight and make sure you go over the reading questions (audio files are available in case you want to listen and follow along):

• Why I Changed My Mind
• Four Things
• Ex-Friends
• Snow
• Fortune Favors the Bold 

- NoRedInk Assignment #17: Choosing the Appropriate Conjunctions Mon. 1/30 
- Newsela article due Mon. 1/30: Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president, takes seat in Oval Office

Social Studies
- complete TCI 2.4.1: Origins of Judaism - The History of the Ancient Israelites will be checked tomorrow

- Chapter 11 Quiz TOMORROW!!! (covers History Alive Chapter 11 as well as TCI 2.4.1: Origins of Judaism - The History of the Ancient Israelites)
 
Math
Corrections
Assessment #9 Thursday
Test corrections and parent signatures 

Science
Presentations for Project and notes

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
- bring back permission slips signed for the GENIE Project
No Homework

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Reminders
- Turn in all late work! 
- No School this Friday 
- Turn in 6th Grade Social permission slip ASAP to your afternoon core teacher (latest by Fri. 2/3) 
 
Language Arts
- finish the essay you started in class (if not completed yet)

- read the following chapters in Wonder tonight and make sure you go over the reading questions (audio files are available in case you want to listen and follow along):

• November
• Warning: This Kid is Rated R
• The Egyptian Tomb
• The Call
• Carvel 

- NoRedInk Assignment #17: Choosing the Appropriate Conjunctions Mon. 1/30 
- Newsela article due Mon. 1/30: Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president, takes seat in Oval Office

- NoRedInk Quiz #8 TOMORROW!!!
covers: 
Identify Action Verb 3
Form Present Participles
Identify Progressive Tenses
Checkpoint: Progressive Tenses
Form Past Participles
Identify Perfect Tenses
Singular Possessives 1
Others/Each Other's
Plural Possessives 1 


Social Studies
No Homework

- Chapter 11 Quiz this Thurs. 1/26!!! (covers History Alive Chapter 11 as well as TCI 2.4.1: Origins of Judaism - The History of the Ancient Israelites)
 
Math
Corrections
CC3 1.1.4 1-30, 1-38 to 1-40
Assessment #9 Thursday
Test corrections and parent signatures 

Science
Presentation/ Project due on Wednesday
Sigma sign up for presentations here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WdDzCGY0C5qeX4Hi7qjX1wMEK-gcCfmGAYPd-Em539c/edit#gid=0

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
- bring back permission slips signed for the GENIE Project
No Homework

Monday, January 23, 2017

Reminders
- Turn in all late work! 
- No School this Friday 
- Turn in 6th Grade Social permission slip ASAP to your afternoon core teacher (latest by Fri. 2/3) 
 
Language Arts
- in your Lucy Calkins Argument Writing Unit Google Doc, make sure to add the following:

• learning target for Session Five (on slide 2)
• one bullet/three sub-bullets for the "How to Write a Literary Essay about Character" chart (on slide 11)

- to prepare for the essay you are writing in class tomorrow, collect evidence/quotes you are going to use that backs up your claim from the Freak the Mighty book

- read the following chapters in Wonder tonight and make sure you go over the reading questions (audio files are available in case you want to listen and follow along):

• November
• Warning: This Kid is Rated R
• The Egyptian Tomb
• The Call
• Carvel 

- NoRedInk Assignment #17: Choosing the Appropriate Conjunctions Mon. 1/30 
- Newsela article due Mon. 1/30: Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president, takes seat in Oval Office

- NoRedInk Quiz #8 this Wed. 1/25!!!
covers: 
Identify Action Verb 3
Form Present Participles
Identify Progressive Tenses
Checkpoint: Progressive Tenses
Form Past Participles
Identify Perfect Tenses
Singular Possessives 1
Others/Each Other's
Plural Possessives 1 


Social Studies
No Homework

- Chapter 11 Quiz this Thurs. 1/26!!! (covers History Alive Chapter 11 as well as TCI 2.4.1: Origins of Judaism - The History of the Ancient Israelites)
 
Math
Corrections
CC3 1.1.4 1-31, 1-32, 1-33, 1-34, 1-36 and 1-37
Assessment #9 Thursday
Test corrections and parent signatures 

Science
None
Presentation/ Project due on Wednesday

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
- bring back permission slips signed for the GENIE Project
No Homework

Friday, January 20, 2017

Reminders
- Turn in all late work! 
 
Language Arts
- in your Lucy Calkins Argument Writing Unit Google Doc, make sure to add the following:

• learning target for Session Four (on slide 3)
• one bullet for the "How to Write a Literary Essay about Character" chart (on slide 5)
• an entry for 1/20/17: come up with one really good, broad claim about Kevin or Max from Freak the Mighty (that encompasses the whole character and the whole story — beginning, middle, and end) and three reasons that you plan to argue in your body paragraphs that substantiates your claim

- read the following chapters in Wonder tonight and make sure you go over the reading questions (audio files are available in case you want to listen and follow along):

• Trick or Treat
• Time to Think
• Weird Kids
• The Plague
• The Halloween Party 

- NoRedInk Assignment #16: Singular vs. Plural Possessives due Mon. 1/23 
- Newsela article due Mon. 1/23: Obama has used the Antiquities Act more than any other president

Social Studies
No Homework

- Chapter 10 Quiz next Mon. 1/23!!! (covers History Alive Chapter 10 as well as TCI 2.3.3: Trading Goods to Understand the Power of Kush)
 
Math
Corrections
CC2  6.1.3  6-29 and 6-31
2-7 Practice C
Test corrections and parent signatures 

Science
Read 8-2

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
- bring back permission slips signed for the GENIE Project
No Homework

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Reminders
- Turn in all late work! 
 
Language Arts
- in your Lucy Calkins Argument Writing Unit Google Doc, make sure to add the following:

• learning target for Session Three (on slide 3)
• three bullets for the "How to Write a Literary Essay about Character" chart (on slide 13 & 14)
• five bullets for "Thought Prompts that Help an Essayist Think and Write" (on slide 11)   
• an entry for 1/19/17: internal motivations for either the character Max or Kevin from Freak the Mighty

- read the following chapters in Wonder tonight and make sure you go over the reading questions (audio files are available in case you want to listen and follow along):

• Breakfast
• Genetics
• The Punnett Square
• Out with the Old
• October 31

- NoRedInk Assignment #16: Singular vs. Plural Possessives due Mon. 1/23 
- Newsela article due Mon. 1/23: Obama has used the Antiquities Act more than any other president

Social Studies
No Homework

- Chapter 10 Quiz this Fri. 1/20!!! (covers History Alive Chapter 10 as well as TCI 2.3.3: Trading Goods to Understand the Power of Kush)
 
Math
Corrections
CC2  6.1.3  6-29 and 6-31
2-7 Practice C
Test corrections and parent signatures 

Science
Read 8-2

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
- bring back permission slips signed for the GENIE Project
No Homework