SIXTH GRADE ROCKS 11182019 Upcoming Important Dates Add

SIXTH GRADE ROCKS! 11/18/2019 Upcoming, Important Dates: Add these dates to your agenda, if they apply to you: • Tuesday (11/19) – Superhero Math Night – 6: 00 • Wednesday (11/20) – 4. 5 Weeks Progress Reports - E. L. A. Quiz • Monday (11/25) – Friday (11/29) – Thanksgiving Break – NO SCHOOL Go get your breakfast NOW. Do not wait. Turn in any signed paperwork to the homeroom bin. If you are not eating, you must read something. HOMEROOM = SILENCE

Language Arts – Warm Up 11/18/19 Panther Practice – Week 15 First, submit your Panther Practice for Week 14. It is due today. � Then, begin working on today’s section of your Panther Practice. � This week’s completed Panther Practice sheet is due FRIDAY! � Finished early? Finish these items: �Finish your narrative about a change in your life. �Next, review the narrative rough draft checklist on I. A. N. page 114. �Soon, you will highlight a peer’s narrative and provide feedback for them to improve. �Work on your study guide. QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY � (11/20)!

Language Arts – Work Session 11/18/19 Essential Questions: � What elements are included in an effective narrative? � Standard: ELACC 6 W 3 – Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and wellstructured event sequences.

Language Arts – Work Session 11/18/19 Narrative Writing – Rough Drafts � First, read your peer’s rough draft without making any marks. � Then, read it a second time and highlight as you go using the highlighting key. � Finally, you will provide per feedback with ways on how they could improve their work. � Remember to be encouraging! � Examples of peer feedback: �You had great examples of sensory language, but you could add more dialogue. �Your hook was great! But, I couldn’t tell who was talking in your dialogue. Be more clear.

Language Arts – Closing Session 11/18/19 Revising: Improving Your Writing – I. A. N. p. 115 � First, review the peer feedback on your first draft. Then, review the “Revising: Improving Your Writing” paper you glued to I. A. N. page 115. Check off each box you’ve included. Add anything that’s missing. � Once all of these steps are finished, you will rewrite your paper adding all necessary changes. � Missing a part? Go back and add it. �Hooks – I. A. N. p. 99 -101 �Sensory Language – I. A. N. p. 104 -105 �Transitions – I. A. N. p. 106 -107 FINAL DRAFTS ARE DUE BY WEDNESDAY �

Language Arts – E. L. T. 11/18/19 Setting Tabs in Your Notebook Use these tabs for your notebook and the corresponding colors: �Reading – pages 1 -14 �Guided Reading – pages 15 -60 �CNN Student News – pages 61 -68 �Word Work – pages 69 -99

Language Arts – E. L. T. 11/19/19 Reading - Everyone Read a book of your choice. � When you finish the book, complete your book recommendation form (located on the front table). Glue these sheets to pages in your reading section. � You must read at least 3 books this nine weeks and complete the corresponding book recommendation. � You will have time in class to read, but you could also read on your own, too. � You may certainly read more to earn more points! �

Language Arts – E. L. T. 11/18/19 CNN Student News � These completed sheets are due after every third viewing of CNN Student News. � https: //www. cnn. com/cnn 10 � Add your new sheets to the next available page in your ELT notebook and put today’s date on it. � Leave your notebook open to the completed CNN Student News page and stack it on the workstation table near the computers to be graded. �

Language Arts – E. L. T. 11/18/19 Glue your rotation chart to the inside of your notebook. Highlight your group’s letter. Group Q Carlos Benzan Derrick Edwards Orlando Hernandez Shajjan Maqsood Dayami Rivera Lillian Woody Group R S T U Alana Broman Landon Gilford Joshua Hernandez Jacob Mc. Kinnies Jason Rivera Kemorah Zachary Yail Cabrales Deundre Harley Kyle Huynh Jaida Pitre Amy Samaniego Jada Wheeler Angel Cano Cheyenne Harrison Liyanna Long Dovene Sewodor Gayle Thomas Sean Heisserer Cesar Castrejon Mareli Loyola Joshua Ramos Arecxi Puga

Language Arts – E. L. T. 11/18/19 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Group Q Group U Group T Group S Group R Group Q Group U Group T Group S Buddy Reading Group S Group R Group Q Group U Group T Word Work Group T Group S Group R Group Q Group U Listen to Reading Group U Group T Group S Group R Group Q Work on Writing Guided Reading

Language Arts – E. L. T. 11/18/19 • Writing – • 1 green journal per page with at least one paragraph (5 sentences) as a response. • Every 3 paragraphs = a grade (9 paragraphs total this 9 weeks) • Guided Reading • “The Lion and the Mouse” p. 16 -18 • “Soccer Speaks Many Languages” p. 19 -24 • Read and respond to all of the work using complete sentences. • Buddy Reading – • You may read the same book as a friend or you may read to one another (only people in your same letter group). Your noise level should be a 1. • Word Work – • “Homophones, Homonyms & Homographs” lyrics - pages 69 -71. Highlight the important parts. • Next, cut out, glue and answer the vocab. cards to pages 72 -75. • Finally, add the reading response pages to pages 76 -78. • New set – “Possessive Nouns” lyrics – 79 -81. Highlight important parts. • “Positively Possessive” – p. 82 -83 • “Possessive Nouns” vocab. cards – p. 84 -87 • “Possessive Nouns” read & respond quiz – p. 88 -89 • Listen to Reading – • Use Storyline. Online. net or your device for READING only. • Go to our class blog to check out ebooks and audio books. • Each person must finish reading at least three books in nine weeks. Complete the Book Recommendation for each book you finish (3 total this 9 weeks).