We have another short week ahead, with lots to do. We are in the midst of great units and the students are enjoying them. With just a few weeks left in the 3rd quarter, it is vital that students stay on top of their work.
Students should be checking Educate to make sure all work is turned in - especially from absences.
Book Reports!! 6th Grade book reports are due at the end of this week. Students should be working on their report now! Choices and all directions are posted on the blog under Literature and on Google classroom. Students may bring in their reports anytime they are complete. 5th grade reports are due Monday, Feb. 26th.
5th Grade Weekly Assignments
Tuesday - Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe journal is due on Google classroom
Wednesday - Spelling list words due on Google Classroom
Thursday - Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe questions due
Friday - Spelling assignment due
5th Grade Language Arts: Literature: We continue to read our class novel. We are enjoying it greatly. Journals are due Tuesday. We will work on vocabulary and character sketches in class. We will probably reach the end of the book next week.
Spelling/Grammar: We will choose new spelling words on Tuesday. Class words will be posted on the blog, and student's full list of words will be on Google classroom. We will have an assignment on Wednesday that is due Friday.
We are taking a break from grammar skills to focus on our writing project. We will continue to talk about verbs as we write.
Writing: We are practicing the skills we will need to write our fantasy stories. We have worked on setting and characters. This week we will work on problem, solution, and theme. We will then be choosing a story to write based on the pictures from Chris Van Allsburg book - The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. At this point we are doing all the work during class time. As we get into our drafts there will be homework.
Social Studies: Our awesome US history chapters continue. Chapter 11 focuses on the debate between the Loyalists and Patriots. Students will be broken into small groups, research a character from history and then represent that character in a live debate. This is an awesome event. I will send the date of the live debate out this week, once we begin research. For this debate, students dress in costume and we moderate a debate based on the viewpoints from 1775.
Last week's chapter 10 test will be returned this week.
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6th Grade Literature: We are reading through our class novel Number the Stars. As we do that, we are focusing on some basic facts about the Holocaust, but many positive stories and writings coming from this time in history.
Last week, we worked on an activity based on the story and book Hana's Suitcase. We are working to build empathy among the students based on historical events. The Hana's suitcase project is due this week Tuesday/Wednesday. The directions are posted on Google classroom.
This week we will also read some poetry coming from the Ghettos and respond in our reader's notebooks.
As we finish this novel, we will be watching the documentary Paper Clips and completing a group project that requires some research into a specific topic.
Again, our focus in this unit is to create empathy around the historical events that happened, and extend that empathy into their lives and world today.
**Don't forget Book reports are due this week for 6th grade!! Since this is the only book report this year, finished products should show time and great effort.
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