Grade Six

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 Welcome to Thurston!

Fall Semester

Sept. 8-11

  • Warm ups 1-3
  • Syllabus
  • Tour/notes
  • Leaf poem
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 1 a,b,c
  • Writing sample-Three kinds of SMART
  • Grammar Rock notes

Sept. 14-18

  • Warm ups 4-6
  • My Name assignment & poem-Due typed Wed. Sept. 23rd
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 1 d,e
  • Literature-”Just Once” pp. 4-15/Complete 1-5 p. 15
  • Wordly Wise Test Lesson 1 Thurs/Fri.-Spelling/vocabulary

Sept. 21-25

  • Warm ups 7 & 8
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 2
  • Aeries training in library
  • Literature-Read “All Summer in A Day” pp. 17-24/Complete 1-10 p. 26
  • Handbook p. 24 1-5/p. 48 1-5
  • Minimum days Thurs/Fri.

Sept. 28-Oct. 2

  • Monday-Warm up # 10/Handbook p. 8 Ex. 4 1-5 & p. 9 Ex. 5 1-5
  • Vocabulary Development p. 16 Literature book
  • Elements of Fiction notes… (From stories in Literature book)

Have fun at Outdoor Science School! No Homework this week.

Oct. 5-9

  • Warm ups 11-13
  • Check in Wordly Wise Lesson 2
  • Esperanza Rising(ER) -Intro./Grapes/Papayas/Figs
  • Parts of Speech review
  • Storyboards for ER
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 2 Test  Spelling & Vocabulary-Thurs/Fri. Oct. 8 & 9

Oct. 12-16

  • Warm ups 14-16
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 3
  • Storyboards due! Esperanza Rising
  • Open book Quiz Esperanza Rising Intro./Grapes
  • Self-selected reading log  & book check-Tues.
  • Study Questions Esperanza Rising

Coming up next week:

Reading logs due Oct. 21st

Six Week Test Oct. 22nd/23rd

Oct. 19-23

  • Warm ups 17-18
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 4
  • Esperanza Rising Study questions
  • Esperanza Rising notes
  • Writing folders
  • Study Guides-Six Week Test
  • Six Week Test-Thurs/Fri.
  • Reading logs due Wednesday!

Oct. 26-30

  • Wordly Wise Lesson 5
  • Esperanza Rising finish novel
  • Noun worksheet
  • Writing folders

Minimum days Thurs/Fri.

Nov. 2-6

  • Warm up 19 Pronouns (p. 33 Ex. 5 & 6)
  • Warm up 20 Pronouns (pp. 35-36 Ex. 7 & Review B)
  • Wordly Wise lesson 5
  • Nouns worksheet
  • Poetry-”Sneetches” pp. 378-386 1-12
  • Poetry-Odes pp. 389-393 “Ode to Mi Gato”…
  • Writing-Write own Ode about pet (10 lines)
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 5 Test-Spelling/vocabulary
  • Poetry-Haiku’s pp. 396-398 Activity
  •  Pronoun worksheets
  • Handbook pronouns p. 37 Ex. 8
  • Poetry pp. 400-403 “Motto” & “Poem” p. 403 1-5

Nov. 9-13

  • Warm up 21-Handbook prepositions p. 62 Ex. 10 1-10/Ex. 11 1-10
  • Warm up 22-Quote on being thankful-Oprah Winfrey
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 6
  • “John Henry” poem p. 409 1-5
  • Critical reading notes pp. 412-418 Literature book
  • Poetry quiz
  • Concrete poems/3 min poems/poetry terms

 Nov. 16-20

  • Warm ups 23-24
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 6
  • Literature-”Gold Cadillac…”pp. 172-186 Complete p. 187 1-11/”Separate but not Equal” pp. 190-192 Complete 1-5/Read “La Bamba” pp. 193-200
  • Writing-Narrative “My Life as a Bird”
  • My Access-Typing in library /Narrative
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 6 Test-Spelling/Vocabulary

Nov. 23-24

  • Wordly Wise Lesson 11 A -D
  •  Literature-”Goodbye records…” Complete p. 206 1-4/”Medusa’s Head” pp. 222 1-5
  • Literature-Fables pp. 224-232/Review Stories

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov. 30-Dec. 4

  • Wordly Wise Lesson 7
  • Study guides for Twelve week test
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  • Reading Logs Due Dec. 2nd
  •   Twelve Week Test Dec. 3rd/4th
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 Dec. 7-11

  • Wordly Wise Lesson 8
  • Grammar Practice sheet
  • Literature Book-”All American Slurp” pp. 116-127/Complete p. 128 1-5/”Everybody is Different but the same too” pp. 130-133 /Complete p. 133 1-3

Dec. 14-18

  • Wordly Wise Lesson 8
  • “Being Proud” final draft narrative essay
  • Oral History Project -30 questions
  • Test- Wordly Wise Lesson spelling & vocabulary

Happy Holidays! Remember to interview your person over break!

 

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