-11/4/19:
-Getting to know you activities
-Spelling List Week 9: favorite, traitor, circuit, circumvent, rehearse, courtesy, courteous, humor, humorous, energy, energetic, courage, courageous, similar, grammar, worthy, earthworm, earnestly (Adapted List: energy, energetic, courage, courageous, similar, grammar, worthy, earthworm, earnestly)
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday & quiz Friday, read 20-30 minutes for AR each night, & parent letter was sent home today
11/5/19:
-Reviewed rules & procedures
-Dice roll getting to know you activities
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday & quiz Friday, read 20-30 minutes for AR each night, & parent letter was sent home Monday
11/6/19:
-Character traits interactive notebook activity
-Character traits practice worksheet
HOMEWORK: Read for AR & spelling packet due tomorrow
11/7/19:
-Reviewed spelling packets
-Direct & indirect characterization interactive notebook activity
-Indirect characterization analysis
HOMEWORK: Study for spelling quiz tomorrow & read 20-30 minutes for AR.
11/8/19:
-Spelling test
-Read "Thank You, Ma'am" and began annotating for characterization
11/11/19:
-Spelling list week 10: feature, creature, pitcher, lecturer, bleachers, archery, picturesque, preacher, fixture, puncture, leisure, pleasure, closure, fracture, moisture, catcher, seizure, natural (Adapted list: natural, seizure, catcher, moisture, fracture, closure, pleasure, leisure, puncture)
-Finished annotating "Thank You, Ma'am" for characterization
-Story vocabulary worksheet
-Comprehension check
-Identifying words in context
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday and quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes each night for AR.
11/12/19:
-Identifying words in context
-Characterization analysis
-Character traits text evidence
-Citing dialogue and finding text evidence
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday and quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes each night for AR.
11/13/19:
-Finished citing dialogue and finding text evidence worksheet
-Notes on theme
-Identified theme of a song and video clip
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow and quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
11/14/19:
-Theme practice
HOMEWORK: Study for spelling quiz tomorrow. Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
11/15/19:
-Spelling quiz
-Theme graphic organizer for "Thank You, Ma'am"
-Open note quiz on story
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
11/18/19:
-Spelling list week 11: enough, physical, symphony, coughing, briefly, pamphlet, chieftain, amphibian, efficient, flexible, turmoil, typhoid, ointment, voyager, boycott, loyalty, corduroy, oily (Adapted list: flexible, turmoil, typhoid, ointment, voyager, boycott, loyalty, corduroy, oily)
-Read paired texts and began annotation text analysis
HOMEWORK: Spelling packet due Thursday and quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes each night for AR.
11/19/19:
-Finished annotation text analysis
-Began written responses (periods 1 & 3)
HOMEWORK: Spelling packet due Thursday and quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes each night for AR.
11/20/19:
-STAR test
-MobyMax literature and/or informational skills topics
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow. Quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
11/21/19:
-Written responses
HOMEWORK: Spelling quiz tomorrow and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
11/22/19:
-Spelling quiz
-Types of sentences lesson (simple, compound, complex, & compound-complex)
HOMEWORK: *Return signed parent letter & read 20-30 minutes for AR.
11/25/19:
-Types of sentences practice
HOMEWORK: *Return signed parent letter & read 20-30 minutes for AR. No Spelling this week.
11/26/19:
-Finished types of sentences activities
-Read nonfiction article (Navajo Code Talkers) and completed comprehension check
HOMEWORK: *Return signed parent letter & read 20-30 minutes for AR. No Spelling this week.
11/27/19:
-Nonfiction text evidence activity
-Central idea & summary activities
HOMEWORK: *Return signed parent letter & read 20-30 minutes for AR. No Spelling this week.
12/3/19:
-Spelling List: honorable, doorknob, chalkboard, plumber, condemn, gnarled, sighed, scented, trestle, drought, doubt, acknowledge, wholesome, castle, exhaustion, shipwreck, pneumonia, wrestling (adapted list: drought, doubt, acknowledge, wholesome, castle, exhaustion, shipwreck, pneumonia, wrestling)
-Conflict notes
-Conflict practice
HOMEWORK: Return signed parent letter (AR, CDT results), read 20-30 minutes for AR, spelling packets due Friday and quiz Friday.
12/4/19:
-MobyMax Language Placement test
-Catch up work
-AR/MobyMax topics
HOMEWORK: Return signed parent letter (AR, CDT results), read 20-30 minutes for AR, spelling packets due Friday and quiz Friday.
12/5/19:
-Read, discussed, and annotated "The Emperor's New Clothes"
HOMEWORK: Return signed parent letter (AR, CDT results), read 20-30 minutes for AR, spelling packets due tomorrow and quiz tomorrow.
12/6/19:
-Spelling quiz
-Comprehension quiz on "The Emperor's New Clothes."
-Plot diagram on story
-Began character traits with text evidence activity
HOMEWORK: Return signed parent letter (AR, CDT results) & read 20-30 minutes for AR.
12/9/19:
-Spelling list week 13: magazine, algebra, antenna, efficiency, opinion, appearance, colonel, absolutely, national, argument, article, orchestra, warning, architect, formula, participant, shortage, ordinary (adapted list: argument, article, orchestra, warning, architect, formula, participant, shortage, ordinary)
-Catch up work for students who were on the field trip Friday, AR for others
-Finished character traits with text evidence from Friday
-Theme tree
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday and quiz will also be Thursday due to our field trip Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR, return signed parent CDT letter from before Thanksgiving break, & MobyMax sentence/clause assignment due Monday 12/16/19.
12/10/19:
-Finished theme tree
-Text evidence activity
-Comprehension skills test on "The Emperor's New Clothes."
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday and quiz will also be Thursday due to our field trip Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR, return signed parent CDT letter from before Thanksgiving break, & MobyMax sentence/clause assignment due Monday 12/16/19.
12/11/19:
-Folktales interactive notebook activity/notes
-Read 5 fables and determined the theme for each
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow and quiz will also be tomorrow due to our field trip Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR, return signed parent CDT letter from before Thanksgiving break, & MobyMax sentence/clause assignment due Monday 12/16/19.
12/12/19:
-Spelling quiz
-Read/discussed/annotated tall tale "Pecos Bill."
-Figurative Language foldable notes
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR, return signed parent CDT letter from before Thanksgiving break, & MobyMax sentence/clause assignment due Monday 12/16/19.
12/13/19:
-Field trip to the Crawford County Career & Technical Center
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR, return signed parent CDT letter from before Thanksgiving break, & MobyMax sentence/clause assignment due Monday 12/16/19.
12/16/19:
-Spelling Week 14: they're, their, reign, rein, incite, insight, borough, burrow, censor, sensor, chorale, corral, all ready, already, assistance, assistants, broach, brooch (adapted list: sensor, chorale, corral, all ready, already, assistance, assistants, broach, brooch)
-Finished figurative language foldable/notes
-Read myth "Medusa" and completed a figurative language vocabulary guide.
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR, spelling packet due Thursday, spelling quiz Friday, finish Moby assignment if not done from last week
12/17/19:
-Finished Medusa figurative language (periods 3 & 4)
-Read fairy tale "Rapunzel"
-Text evidence activity
HOMEWORK: Finish text evidence activity, spelling packets due Thursday, quiz Friday, read for AR, & finish Moby assignments if not done from last week
12/18/19:
-Read & discussed legend "Arthur and the Sword"
-Viewed/discussed video clip to go along with passage
-Written responses
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow, quiz Friday, read for AR, & finish Moby assignments if not done from last week
12/19/19:
-Written responses
HOMEWORK: Spelling quiz tomorrow, read for AR, & finish Moby assignments if not done from last week
12/20/19:
-Spelling quiz
-Written responses
-Catch up work
-ELA Christmas activities
HOMEWORK: Read for AR & enjoy your break!!
1/2/20:
-Text Dependent Analysis flip book/notes
-RACER graphic organizer notes
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes each night for AR
1/3/20:
-Finished TDA flip books and graphic organizer notes
-Analyzed the three bears and Goldilocks
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes each night for AR
1/6/20:
-Week 15 Spelling list: expression, collision, application, prediction, persuasion, succession, beautician, musician, starvation, reaction, violation, imitation, observation, separation, estimation, ambition, action, solution (Adapted list: expression, collision, application, prediction, persuasion, succession, beautician, musician, starvation)
-Finished analyzing Goldilocks
-Text Dependent Analysis PowerPoint
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR, spelling packets due Thursday, and spelling quiz Friday.
1/7/20:
-Finished TDA PowerPoint & activities from yesterday
-Began reading/annotating "Two Amazing Tales of Memory" from PSSA item sampler.
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR, spelling packets due Thursday, and spelling quiz Friday.
1/8/20:
-Finished reading/annotating "Two Amazing Tales of Memory" from PSSA item sampler.
-Viewed and discussed exemplary student examples of TDAs based off of passage.
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow. Spelling quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
1/9/20:
-Finished viewing/discussing exemplary student example of TDA
-Point of View notes
-Genres of Fiction interactive notes
HOMEWORK: Study for spelling quiz tomorrow and read 20-30 minutes for AR
1/10/20:
-Spelling quiz
-Finished Genres of Fiction interactive notes
-Began reading short story, "The Bracelet."
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes each day for AR.
1/13/20:
-Spelling list week 16: loose, lose, cease, seize, finely, finally, through, thorough, stationery, stationary, patients, patience, affect, effect, principal, principle, hostel, hostile (adapted list: loose, lose, cease, seize, finely, finally, through, thorough, stationery)
-Finished reading "The Bracelet"
-Story vocabulary summarizing worksheet
-Comprehension check
-Began point of view questions
HOMEWORK: Finish point of view worksheet, spelling packet due Thursday, spelling quiz Friday, read 20-30 minutes for AR. All missing work is due this Friday (last day of the grading period).
1/14/20:
-Vocabulary guide from story
-Character traits with text evidence
-Started fiction genres worksheet
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR, spelling packets due Thursday, spelling quiz Friday, and all incomplete work for the second grading period due to me by Friday.
1/15/20:
-ACE (Answer, Cite Explain) interactive notes
-Discussion questions using ACE method
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR, spelling packets due tomorrow, spelling quiz Friday, and all incomplete work for the second grading period due to me by Friday.
1/16/20:
-Reviewed spelling packets
-Comprehension skills test on "The Bracelet."
-Catch up work
-ACE & fiction genre worksheets
HOMEWORK: Study for spelling quiz tomorrow, read 20-30 minutes for AR, and turn missing assignments in by tomorrow for quarter 2.
1/17/20:
-Spelling quiz
-Began reading nonfiction article, "Betrayed."
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes each night for AR.
1/21/20:
-Spelling list week 17: magnificent, obedient, persistent, equivalent, fluorescent, incident, valiant, brilliant, ignorant, significant, reluctant, attendant, dormant, vigilant, radiant, immigrant, accident, confident (adapted list: magnificent, obedient, persistent, equivalent, fluorescent, incident, valiant, brilliant, ignorant)
-Finished reading nonfiction article, "Betrayed."
-Comparing Fiction to Historical Facts activity
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets and quiz will be Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
1/22/20:
-Nonfiction article detail analysis assignment in pairs
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets and quiz will be Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
1/23/20:
-Detail analysis
-Placing quotes activity
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow and quiz tomorrow. Finish detail analysis from "Betrayed" article if not done. Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
1/24/20:
-Spelling quiz
-U.S. propaganda video clip and film analysis questions
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR. Genres of fiction worksheet due Monday.
1/27/20:
-Spelling List: permission, impatient, dictionary, delicious, ocean, physician, establish, ambitious, surely, magician, conversation, inertia, ashes, official, sufficient, glacier, brochure, friendship (adapted list: magician, conversation, inertia, ashes, official, sufficient, glacier, brochure, friendship)
-3rd Quarter STAR test
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday & quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
1/28/20:
-Fragments & Run-On Lesson
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday & quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR. Written responses #1 & EQ due Friday.
1/29/20:
-Finished fragments and run-ons
-Read/discussed/annotated "Paranka's Dumplings."
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow & quiz Friday. Read 20-30 minutes for AR. Written responses #1 & EQ due Friday.
1/30/20:
-Went over spelling packets
-Two out of three 25 minute rotations (teacher-led TDA, AR, & MobyMax)
HOMEWORK: Study for spelling quiz tomorrow, read 20-30 minutes for AR, & written responses #1 & EQ due tomorrow.
1/31/20:
-Spelling quiz
-Third rotation from yesterday
-Began reading "Frontier Boy"
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/3/20:
-Week 19 Spelling: audible, plausible, indelible, compatible, credible, sensible, profitable, durable, lovable, acceptable, predictable, changeable, infectious, curious, cautious, precious, vicious, numerous (adapted list: audible, plausible, indelible, compatible, credible, sensible, profitable, durable, lovable)
-Finished reading "Frontier Boy" & "Abraham Lincoln Autobiography."
-PSSA item sampler questions
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday, spelling quiz Friday, fragments & run-on WS due Friday, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/4/20:
-Most students are on a field trip. The remainder will work on catch-up work, main idea and theme, and/or figurative language stations.
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday, spelling quiz Friday, fragments & run-on WS due Friday, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/5/20:
-Finished PSSA item sampler questions
-Read "Clever Maggie of Tollishill" & started TDA graphic organizer
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow, spelling quiz Friday, fragments and run-on worksheet due Friday, & read 20-30 minutes for AR each night.
2/6/20:
-Reviewed spelling packets
-TDA graphic organizer and began writing TDA
HOMEWORK: Spelling quiz tomorrow, fragments and run-on assignment due tomorrow, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/7/20:
-Spelling quiz
-Continued writing TDA
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes each night for AR.
2/10/20:
-Spelling list week 20: mosquitoes, varieties, beliefs, grievances, schedules, echoes, thieves, journeys, halves, passersby, substances, orchestras, pharmacies, sergeants, tomatoes, boundaries, instruments, encyclopedias (adapted list: first nine words)
-Finished TDAs from last week
-Mood & Tone notes
HOMEWORK: Mood & Tone WS due Wednesday, spelling packets due Thursday, spelling quiz Thursday, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/11/20:
-Began reading/annotating "The Gold Cadillac."
HOMEWORK: Mood & Tone WS due tomorrow, spelling packets due Thursday, spelling quiz Thursday, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/12/20:
-Finished reading "The Gold Cadillac."
-Analyze Mood Guide
-Comprehension Worksheet
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow, spelling quiz tomorrow, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/13/20:
-Spelling quiz
-Tone review
-Plot diagram
-Vocabulary guide: context clues in text evidence
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR
2/18/20:
-Spelling List Week 21: government, judgment, experiment, development, amazement, enjoyment, painless, tireless, humorless, effortless, powerless, colorless, successful, doubtful, cheerful, careful, grateful, thoughtful (adapted list: first nine words)
-Static vs. Dynamic Character Notes
-Character Practice
-Dynamic Character Analysis
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets and quiz Friday, & read for AR
2/19/20:
-Citing Text Evidence-Making Inferences
-Theme + Text Evidence
-Finding Text Evidence
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets and quiz Friday, & read for AR
2/20/20:
-Finished text evidence activities from yesterday
-Comprehension quiz on "The Gold Cadillac."
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow, spelling quiz tomorrow, & read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/21/20:
-Spelling quiz
-Nonfiction article & text analysis
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/24/20:
-Spelling List Week 22: immature, immobile, imperfect, immortal, immediate, unsure, unlikely, unreliable, uncertain, inability, inanimate, incautious, independent, inconvenient, underneath, undercover, underage, underestimate (adapted list: first nine words)
-Character's point of view and text evidence outline
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday, spelling quiz Friday, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/25/20:
-TDA graphic organizer and essays in partners
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due Thursday, spelling quiz Friday, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/26/20:
-TDA essays in partners
HOMEWORK: Spelling packets due tomorrow, spelling quiz Friday, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/27/20:
-TDA essays in partners
HOMEWORK: Study for spelling quiz tomorrow and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
2/28/20:
-Spelling quiz
-Nonrestrictive and Parenthetical elements mini-lesson (commas, dashes, and parentheses)
-TDAs
HOMEWORK: MobyMax lesson (commas, dashes, parentheses) due Wednesday & read 20-30 minutes each night for AR
3/2/20:
-CDTs
HOMEWORK: MobyMax Commas, Dashes, & Parentheses assignment due Wednesday, TDAs from last week due Wednesday, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
3/3/20:
-CDTs
HOMEWORK: MobyMax Commas, Dashes, & Parentheses assignment due tomorrow, TDAs from last week due tomorrow, and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
3/4/20:
-CDTs
HOMEWORK: Turn in TDAs asap and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
3/5/20:
-Figurative Language notes
-Read passage and annotated for figurative language examples
HOMEWORK: Turn in TDAs asap and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
3/6/20:
-Began reading/annotating "Casey at the Bat" poem
HOMEWORK: Turn in partner TDAs asap and read 20-30 minutes each night for AR.
3/9/20:
-Continued reading and annotating poem "Casey at the Bat."
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR. Finish partner TDAs if still not done.
3/10/20:
-Finished reading and annotating poem "Casey at the Bat."
-Plot diagram
-Comprehension quiz
HOMEWORK: Read 20-30 minutes for AR. Finish partner TDAs asap.
3/11/20:
-Sound Devices and Rhyme Scheme Notes
-Poetry Sound and Rhyme Practice
HOMEWORK: Return signed CDT parent letter, read 20-30 minutes for AR, and finish partner TDAs asap.
3/12/20:
-Reread "Casey at the Bat" and annotated for sound devices.
HOMEWORK: Return signed CDT parent letter and read 20-30 minutes for AR.
**6th grade ELA students looking for additional academic practice could log on to Moby Max and work on "Reading Skills Literature" and/or "Reading Skills Informational" topics at your own pace for extra practice. Continuing to read at home each day will also be beneficial. This is voluntary and not mandatory, however, it could help pass the time while you are at home. Stay safe and healthy!
-Mrs. Lang