Homework: 3/18 - 3/30
Students are working on their Poetry Books during class these weeks. Poetry Books are due on Tuesday, March 26.
Homework: 2/25 - 3/8
Student's Poetry Projects are due on Friday, March 8. Directions for this assignment are below.
Poetry Project Directions and Rubric | |
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Homework: 2/11-2/15
Assignments for our multi-week poetry unit will be a bit different than the homework we've had in the past. We will be analyzing various poems and using those poems to model our own poetry writing. Students will typically begin their poems during class, but will probably have to complete them at home for homework. Please expect students to have a poem to finish every night. Additionally, students may occasionally have poems to read and respond to for homework.
Work for this week is listed below:
Work for this week is listed below:
- Independent Reading: Not due until next Friday, Feb. 22
- Figurative Language Packet
- City Autumn Poem
- Finish any unfinished poems
Homework: 1/7 - 1/11
Students will be reviewing nonfiction text features and learning about nonfiction text structures this week. Please visit the Lesson Recap page to learn more about nonfiction text features and structures. In writing class, students will begin working on writing articles on a topic of interest using each of the text structures we study. Eventually, students will turn their work into an online magazine.
Homework for the week is below:
Homework for the week is below:
- Independent Reading: Due Friday
- Text Feature Review Packet: Due Tuesday (given out on Friday 1/4)
- Chronological/Sequential Worksheet: Due Wednesday
- Compare and Contrast Worksheet: Due Friday
Homework: 11/12 - 11/16
Students will be working on understanding main idea and details in reading this week. Please visit the Lesson Recap page to learn more about identifying main idea and details. In writing class, students are studying Appalachian cooking and working on writing about a food memory. We will turn these food memories into a class cookbook.
Homework for the week is below:
Homework for the week is below:
- Reading Comprehension: Main idea homework due Friday
- Writing: Food Memory- Rough draft due Monday, Final draft, including recipe, due Wednesday
Favorite Place Project
Beginning this week, students will be working on an extended project about their favorite place in Giles County. Students have identified their favorite places, and now they need to begin taking pictures and/or short videos of that place.
I've asked that students have at least 5 pictures taken and submitted to me by October 31. For students whose place is easily accessible, I would like those pictures to be taken at various times of the day and in various weather conditions. For students who need to plan to take a trip to visit their favorite place, I've asked that they make that trip once by October 31 and take at least 5 pictures at various angles while they are visiting. If this is not possible, please let me know, and we can work something out.
I've asked that students have at least 5 pictures taken and submitted to me by October 31. For students whose place is easily accessible, I would like those pictures to be taken at various times of the day and in various weather conditions. For students who need to plan to take a trip to visit their favorite place, I've asked that they make that trip once by October 31 and take at least 5 pictures at various angles while they are visiting. If this is not possible, please let me know, and we can work something out.
Homework: 10/15 - 10/19
Homework: 10/8 - 10/12
This week in reading class, we will be reviewing the parts of narrative story structure, including plot, setting, conflict, characterization, and theme. Students' independent reading log is due on Friday. Otherwise, students will not have any additional homework this week.
Homework: 10/1 - 10/5
This week in reading class, we will be learning about theme in fiction stories. To learn more about theme, please visit the Lesson Recaps page. In writing class, we are working on descriptive writing and will be reading from the book Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods. Students will then be working to write a description of an Appalachian folk monster.
Homework for the week will be given out on Monday and will be due on Friday. Additionally, students will have a quiz on characterization in narrative fiction on Friday. Students have notes to study for this quiz.
Homework:
Homework for the week will be given out on Monday and will be due on Friday. Additionally, students will have a quiz on characterization in narrative fiction on Friday. Students have notes to study for this quiz.
Homework:
- Reading Comprehension: Sheets reviewing characterization.
- Descriptive Writing: Jorge Gonzales Character Description-- Due Wednesday
- Independent Reading: Students will begin a new two-week reading log. Please check to make sure they are reading 15 minutes each night and initial their logs.
Homework: 9/17 - 9/21
This week in reading class, we will be learning about conflict in fiction stories. We will read several stories and work to identify the main conflict and classify the types of conflict. To learn more about conflict, please visit the Lesson Recaps page.
Homework for the week will be given out on Monday and will be due on Friday. Additionally, students will have a quiz on identifying conflict in narrative fiction on Friday. Students have notes to study for this quiz.
Homework
**** Students are working on a comic strip of the plot structure of a children's book during writing class. Their completed comic strip is due on Friday; however, students will have time all week during writing class to work on this project. That being said, some students may need to finish up their comic strips at home in order to be reading to turn it in on Friday. Students are using the website Storyboardthat.com to complete this project.****
Homework for the week will be given out on Monday and will be due on Friday. Additionally, students will have a quiz on identifying conflict in narrative fiction on Friday. Students have notes to study for this quiz.
Homework
- Reading Comprehension: Sheets reviewing the elements of plot structure
- Independent Reading: Students will begin a new two-week independent reading log. Please check to make sure students are doing their 15 minutes of independent reading per night and initial their reading logs.
**** Students are working on a comic strip of the plot structure of a children's book during writing class. Their completed comic strip is due on Friday; however, students will have time all week during writing class to work on this project. That being said, some students may need to finish up their comic strips at home in order to be reading to turn it in on Friday. Students are using the website Storyboardthat.com to complete this project.****
Homework: 9/10 - 9/14
This week in reading class, we will be learning about plot structure in fiction stories. We will practice completing story maps, and in writing class, students will design a comic strip of the plot structure of a children's book using the website Storyboardthat.com Please visit the Lesson Recap page to learn more about plot structure in fiction stories.
Homework for the week will be given out on Monday and will be due on Friday. Additionally, students will have a quiz on Vocabulary Unit 1 and a quiz on the elements of plot on Friday.
Homework
Homework for the week will be given out on Monday and will be due on Friday. Additionally, students will have a quiz on Vocabulary Unit 1 and a quiz on the elements of plot on Friday.
Homework
- Reading Comprehension: Monitoring Comprehension passages
- Vocabulary Unit 1: We will work on most of this during class. Students will only have homework if they do not finish the pages during class that day.
- Independent Reading: Students should continue reading 15 minutes per night in their independent reading selection and completing their independent reading logs. The log will be due on Friday.
Homework: 9/4 - 9/7
This week in Reading class we will be focusing on learning procedures specific to sixth grade reading class and the strategy of monitoring comprehension. In writing, we will be starting our first vocabulary unit and revisiting simple grammar rules. Please visit the Lesson Recap page to learn more about monitoring comprehension.
Homework for the week will be given out on Monday and will be due on Friday.
Homework
Homework for the week will be given out on Monday and will be due on Friday.
Homework
- Reading Comprehension: Honey Badger Passage and Questions
- Independent Reading: Students should read a minimum of 15 minutes per night in their independent reading selection. Parents should initial beside each night on the reading log. The independent reading log runs for two weeks and will not be due until September 14.
Language Arts Information for Parents
Monday afternoon, students will be bringing home two related to their Language Arts classes. The first provides information about the structure of Language Arts classes, and the second gives information on how to sign up to receive notifications via the Remind App. Please take the time to review this information.
In case you need another copy (or a copy doesn't make it home), files of those papers are below.
Additionally, students will bring home a Parent Information Sheet for Sixth Grade Language Arts for you to complete and return with your child. This completed paper will count as students' first quiz grade. Please have this sheet completed and returned by Thursday, Aug. 30.
In case you need another copy (or a copy doesn't make it home), files of those papers are below.
Additionally, students will bring home a Parent Information Sheet for Sixth Grade Language Arts for you to complete and return with your child. This completed paper will count as students' first quiz grade. Please have this sheet completed and returned by Thursday, Aug. 30.
Language Arts Information for Parents | |
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Instructions to sign up for Remind App | |
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Parent Information Sheet | |
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