Last week was a great ending to the quarter. We finished reading Wonder and have only the very end of Charlotte Doyle left to read.
Both were great class read alouds, that gave us a chance to learn numerous literary elements, practice journaling, discussion and vocabulary.
Both 5th and 6th grade are now beginning Book Clubs where students will be assigned to a book, along with a group and will read the book as well as complete the same activities from quarter one.
5th Grade Language Arts: Literature - We have finished reading Wonder. We took both the vocabulary test and the book test last week. Because of the nature of these tests, there will not be an opportunity to correct them for points.
Vocabulary folders which were done in class will be graded and added to first quarter grades.
This week the students will divide into groups and create a book trailer for Wonder. This will be an activity just for fun and learning the steps of creating a book trailer (something they do for a grade later in middle school).
Book clubs begin tomorrow. Each book will have a calendar of chapters and due dates. The assignments will be posted in Google classroom under the title of the book. We will read these books in 2-3 weeks. Some of the chapters will be read at school, but much of it will be assigned to read at home. You may certainly read with your child on those assignments.
Writing/grammar/spelling: We chose spelling words last Tuesday. They are on Google classroom. The test over these words will be Thursday, October 19th. There will be spelling homework on Tuesday of this week.
We will also continue working on grammar skills focusing this week on subjects, predicates, run-on and fragment sentences. This will help us greatly as we begin the final editing of our personal narratives.
I will be printing the drafts of the personal narratives this week, so that we can edit spelling, grammar and any other still needed revisions.
The final copy will be completed next week. These will be posted on Seesaw! We will also have an author's celebration, and may join the 6th graders and share stories.
Social Studies: We have one presentation of Native American tribes left in each class. We will finish that Monday and move on to the next chapter. Final grades for the Native American test and presentations/artifacts will be added to Educate this week. We will begin to study early exploration of the Americas. On Thursday of this week we will have a Sunken Ship treasure hunt activity.
The second part of this chapter will include a research project on a famous American explorer. We will work on this as part of social studies, writing, and genius hour. All the details will come out for this project as we get closer.
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6th Grade Literature: It was a blast reading True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle during first quarter. We learned many literary elements, including foreshadowing. Discussions, predictions and students analyzations of the story were wonderful. Final tests on the book and vocabulary will be returned this week. Because of the nature of these tests, there will not be a chance for corrections. Vocabulary folders will still be added to the quarter grade.
But...we are moving on. Monday and Tuesday of this week, Ms. Stearns and I will be introducing the 6 books available to read for Book clubs. We have a great Book tasting event planned for the students.
We will be combining our two classes and dividing them among the 6 reads. The work in this unit will be similar to the first, vocabulary, reflection journals, quizzes, and we will add graded discussions. Each group will also complete a final project.
We will read the books in 2-3 weeks time, so chapters will be assigned to read at home. It is imperative that students stay up with the reading in order to complete the work in class. You may certainly read along with your student if you wish.
Blessings on your week as we begin a new quarter,
Mrs. Brown
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