Dreary Monday...
Hello! Today students worked on their reflection pieces for conferences. They are in the process of comparing their narrative on demand writing pieces from Aug 22 and Oct. 10. They were shocked at the difference! I have their post on -demand writing graded (I will be passing those back tomorrow). They started a chart comparing the two documents, and we will continue with that tomorrow.
The Book Fair is here! Students will have a "preview" tomorrow, and then we will go on Thursday to purchase items. So, if you see something you want to purchase tomorrow, bring money on Thursday.
H/W: Continue to answer your novel study questions. these are posted on Canvas for each novel. You may type them on googledocs or hand-write your answers on lined paper. All responses are due Wed.
If you need to finish Acuity or your post on-demand writing, please come in at 8:00 tomorrow morning. Report to the office before coming upstairs.
Thank you!
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Hello!
Today students finished up with Acuity and also finished reading/annotating their novels. Tomorrow they will answer critical thinking questions about their novel and begin to learn how to respond with supporting evidence. This will be done through an assignment on Canvas.
We have a LA meeting tomorrow, so there will be a guest teacher. If you do not finish your novel questions, it is not homework. Get as far as you can, and we will finish them next week.
H/W:
Today students finished up with Acuity and also finished reading/annotating their novels. Tomorrow they will answer critical thinking questions about their novel and begin to learn how to respond with supporting evidence. This will be done through an assignment on Canvas.
We have a LA meeting tomorrow, so there will be a guest teacher. If you do not finish your novel questions, it is not homework. Get as far as you can, and we will finish them next week.
H/W:
- Make sure you bring your novels tomorrow! Come to class with them...no locker runs!
- Period 1: Please bring your conference slips! Give them to Mr. Alfrey (guest teacher)
- Period 1: Please bring box tops! You are doing a great job with this!
Enjoy your evening!
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Hi everyone!
Today all students took their ELA Acuity assessment. I want to remind you that this assessment is based upon what a student should know at the end of their 6th grade year. So..the results of this may not be too pretty, but the hope is that you will see your score rise as the year progresses. If you didn't finish, you can complete it tomorrow.
H/W:
Everyone should have put their choice narrative into their turn-in folder for LA by now. We will be checking on that tomorrow in class. I can't wait to see what you have written!
Keep reading - follow your schedule. All books should be read by Friday.
Remember to bring conference slips to Period 1 teacher by Friday!
See you tomorrow!
Today all students took their ELA Acuity assessment. I want to remind you that this assessment is based upon what a student should know at the end of their 6th grade year. So..the results of this may not be too pretty, but the hope is that you will see your score rise as the year progresses. If you didn't finish, you can complete it tomorrow.
H/W:
Everyone should have put their choice narrative into their turn-in folder for LA by now. We will be checking on that tomorrow in class. I can't wait to see what you have written!
Keep reading - follow your schedule. All books should be read by Friday.
Remember to bring conference slips to Period 1 teacher by Friday!
See you tomorrow!
Monday, October 6, 2014
Good afternoon!
Students logged onto their narratives today and they did a peer revision "jigsaw" activity for feedback. They moved to four different computers reading narratives, and they charted evidence of tension, inner thoughts, show not tell, and powerful ending. If one of those areas is blank on your chart, you know it is missing in your story. Use this feedback chart to revise your story. Students noticed many editing issues...make sure you have completed your yellow editing sheet. Thank you for your focus and attention to this activity!
H/W:
1) Tomorrow is the day to write your Post On-Demand Personal Narrative. You will do a comparison of this to the Pre On- Demand you did Aug. 22. Here is the criteria:
Students logged onto their narratives today and they did a peer revision "jigsaw" activity for feedback. They moved to four different computers reading narratives, and they charted evidence of tension, inner thoughts, show not tell, and powerful ending. If one of those areas is blank on your chart, you know it is missing in your story. Use this feedback chart to revise your story. Students noticed many editing issues...make sure you have completed your yellow editing sheet. Thank you for your focus and attention to this activity!
H/W:
1) Tomorrow is the day to write your Post On-Demand Personal Narrative. You will do a comparison of this to the Pre On- Demand you did Aug. 22. Here is the criteria:
- Come to class with an idea for a personal narrative.
- You can choose the same topic you wrote for the Per On-Demand
- Or..you can choose a topic you already wrote about in your composition book
- Or../you can choose a new idea
- You may not write the same narrative as the one you wrote on googledrive
2) Revise your narrative on googledrive according to the feedback you received today
3) Stay on your novel reading schedule. we will be working with the books at the end of the week.
Thank you all!
Friday, October 3, 2014
Helloooo Friday!
Today I will be out in the afternoon for a meeting, so this is the plan for the day:
Students will finish typing their narratives and be ready for peer edit Monday. Please look at your checklist and be able to show evidence for the categories of Overall, Lead, Elaboration, and Organization. We will do this in class.
Reading time was given today. Make sure you are staying on schedule, and this includes reading over the weekend! It is ok to read ahead, but you don't want to fall behind.
H/W: Finish typing, revising (use the orange sheet), editing (use the yellow sheet) your narrative on googledocs. Keep reading and annotating your novel according to the schedule. You can view the reading schedule under "Links."
Have a wonderful weekend!
Today I will be out in the afternoon for a meeting, so this is the plan for the day:
Students will finish typing their narratives and be ready for peer edit Monday. Please look at your checklist and be able to show evidence for the categories of Overall, Lead, Elaboration, and Organization. We will do this in class.
Reading time was given today. Make sure you are staying on schedule, and this includes reading over the weekend! It is ok to read ahead, but you don't want to fall behind.
H/W: Finish typing, revising (use the orange sheet), editing (use the yellow sheet) your narrative on googledocs. Keep reading and annotating your novel according to the schedule. You can view the reading schedule under "Links."
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Happy Thursday!
Today students continued typing their narratives on the laptops. Many thanks to all of you who carefully handled your computers! Some students went to the IMC to return or check out books. Here is the procedure for when you finish typing:
Today students continued typing their narratives on the laptops. Many thanks to all of you who carefully handled your computers! Some students went to the IMC to return or check out books. Here is the procedure for when you finish typing:
- Review your grade 6 narrative checklist. Have you done as much as possible in the highlighted areas?
- Review your Alphablocks. Have you used as many strategies as possible?
- Ask yourself the questions on the orange revising sheet and let them be the guide to find the holes in your writing. Fix those holes!
- Review each question on the yellow editing sheet (p.1- you will get these tomorrow). Have you done all these editing suggestions?
H/W:
- Finish your narrative for Monday. After tomorrow, we will not spend any more time typing this paper.
- Bring your novels tomorrow and continue to read!
- Crazy Socks Day tomorrow! Dig out your silliest pair!
- Period 1: We start the Box Top collection on Monday. Some cool prizes for the class that collects the most!
Thank you for a great Thursday!
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Hi 6th graders!
We finally broke out our laptops today! Yay! Students picked a narrative to take through the writing process and began typing it today. We will type tomorrow also, and the final product is due Monday. If you cannot finish your typing by the end of class tomorrow, it will have to be finished at home. I know this isn't possible for all students, so feel free to talk to me if you need to use a computer before or after school. It is not a problem. Another option is during lunch time.
Don't forget you probably have a narrative that needs some revising because we practiced different strategies on different pieces. You will need to apply some of those strategies to your piece, especially a slowed-down moment and meaningful endings.
H/W: You may continue to type your narrative googledocs. Remember to keep up with the novel- reading schedule and annotate when you learn something new about a character.
See you tomorrow!
We finally broke out our laptops today! Yay! Students picked a narrative to take through the writing process and began typing it today. We will type tomorrow also, and the final product is due Monday. If you cannot finish your typing by the end of class tomorrow, it will have to be finished at home. I know this isn't possible for all students, so feel free to talk to me if you need to use a computer before or after school. It is not a problem. Another option is during lunch time.
Don't forget you probably have a narrative that needs some revising because we practiced different strategies on different pieces. You will need to apply some of those strategies to your piece, especially a slowed-down moment and meaningful endings.
H/W: You may continue to type your narrative googledocs. Remember to keep up with the novel- reading schedule and annotate when you learn something new about a character.
See you tomorrow!
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