September 20 - September 24, 2010
6th Grade Language Arts
This week we are reading the story, "President Cleveland: Where are You?" by Robert Cormier and analyzing its characters and plot. We will be taking notes in class in our spiral notebooks and there will be a standards quiz on Friday. The two standards covered this week are L.R.A. 3.2 (The effect of character on plot, resolution of conflict, etc.) and a review of W.C. 1.4 (Capitalization). We will also have a short quiz on Thursday covering our Word Masters words.
Word Masters #3
fracture
contempt
dwindle
incredulous
divulge
mutter
Don't forget to study your Word Masters words all week and practice them with the definitions and kinesthetic movements. I know you will all do great on the quiz this week!
Homework:
Monday: Teach an adult at least three of the Word Masters words with the definitions and movements. Have them initial your Home-School Connections paper.
Tuesday: Read for at least 20 minutes (10 pages or 1 chapter) from your silent reading book and write a summary (10 words or more) about what you read. Read your summary to an adult and have them initial your Home-School Connections paper.
Wednesday: Write an original story using all 6 of this week's Word Master words IN ORDER and illustrate your story with a picture. Also, study the words for the quiz tomorrow.
Thursday: Read for at least 20 minutes (10 pages or 1 chapter) from your silent reading book and write a summary (10 words or more) about what you read. Read you summary to an adult and have them initial your Home-School Connections paper. Also, study your capitalization rules and character traits/plot diagram for the quiz tomorrow.
Friday: No homework!
7th Grade Language Arts Elective
This week, we are focusing on our spelling assignments for Rule 1 as well as practicing some important test-taking strategies. We will be typing our spelling paragraphs in class, so please bring a flash drive if you have one available. There will be no additional homework for this class this week.
I hope you all have a great week and please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Ms. Kyle
