Daily Language Workout: Feb 28 - March 4

This Week in Core: Feb 28 - March 4

1. Book Logs were passed out on Friday and are due on March 29th. Please keep your book log with you at all times that you are reading (as you are supposed to be filling it out as you read!). If you have any questions or need another copy please ASK!

2. BARF (Book Analysis and Review Form) is due Tuesday. If you are having trouble with the story arc, you can look in the Write Source book (page 139) for assistance.

3. Tuesday we will have our Viking Quiz. Use your ABCdery (from Monday) to study!

Cool Job of the Week: Foley Artist

SoundWorks Collection: Gary Hecker - Veteran Foley Artist from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.

Facebook Obsession

The World Is Obsessed With Facebook from Alex Trimpe on Vimeo.

Viking Vocab

Due Monday

Helluland: the name given to one of the three lands discovered by Leif Eriksson around 1000 AD on the North Atlantic coast of North America.

knarr: a type of Norse merchant ship famously used by the Vikings

Markland: name given to a part of shoreline in Labrador, Canada, named by Leif Eriksson when he landed in North America.

Nordic: The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

Norse: Scandinavian population of the period from the late 8th century to the 11th century

Vinand: the name given to an area of North America by the Norsemen, about the year 1000 CE.

Looking for something to do on your SNOW day off?

Cool Snow Facts

Check out these cool snow facts: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-fascinating-facts-about-snow.php

Viking Webquest #2

There are the links you will need for today's lesson.

Website number 1: Gorm Proverb Creator

Website number 2: BBC Viking Quest Game

Website number 3: BBC Viking Info

Understanding the Scoring Guide

Use this to highlight scoring guide in your writing notebook

Understanding the scoring guide1

Attacking a Writing Prompt

Use the writing notebook "Writing Assessment" section to take notes on this presentation Attack the prompt

citation: information is modified from ww2.lincoln.leon.k12.fl.us/

Daily Language Workouts Feb 22-25

This Week in Core: Feb 21-25

Happy President' Day

Time again for my favorite President's Day Rap.

Memorizing presidents is gonna take some effort
We’ll start with George Washington, Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
Then James Madison and James Monroe
Then John Quincy Adams like his father before

Next up we’ve got some interesting folks
Named Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, and Polk
The next four presidents that we’ll examine
Are Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan

Chorus
44 Presidents, White House residents
From the Revolution to the age of the Internet
(×4)

Verse II
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves
Then we got Johnson, Grant, and Rutherford Hayes
James Garfield, Chester Arthur
Cleveland and Harrison; let’s keep going farther

Next up, we got Cleveland again
Then McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
The next four, yeah you know who they are, it’s
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and FDR

Chorus

Verse III
No presidents are from Wisconsin
Not Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, or Johnson
We’re getting near the end, but it’s not getting harder
It’s Nixon, Ford, then Jimmy Carter

Last four, we’re almost done
We’ve just got Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush the Son
Obama’s in the White House now
So hail to the chief and stand up proud!

Viking Webquest

Name generator

Websites needed for classwork on Feb 17

Website #1

Website #2

Daily Language Workout: Feb 15 & 16

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Happy Valentine's Day from Moser

 

my neph-dog (that's dog nephew for those that don't know), 

photo by Holly Bryant Paulson

Daily Language Workout: Feb 14

This Week in Core: Feb 14-18

Native American Unit Wrap-Up

Students will finish their Native American presentations and take an open note quiz on Monday. Grades for presentations are being entered in the grade book on Monday (remember to check edline!) After presentations and quiz, students will complete a self grade sheet and a peer grade sheet.

DOL, Writing Workshop and all things LA

Please remember to bring your DOL sheet every day this week to class (students will receive this sheet on Monday, and DOL for each day will be posted on the blog, so if you are absent, check here and complete each days assignment. In addition to DOL, we will be working writing assessment attack plans this week. How to read a prompt, brainstorming and introductions (most of this is review from term 1).

Parent-Conferences

Conferences are upon us once again. These conferences will take place in teacher classrooms on Thursday from 4:30-8pm and on Friday from 7:30-11:30a We are asking parents to keep conferences with each teacher to under 10 minutes as we wish to allow as many parents as possible the opportunity to conference with teachers.

Superheros have HEART

The annual MVMS Canned Food drive is here. This week and next, bring in non perishable food items, as well as toiletries. All donations will support Newberg FISH. The theme for our food drive this year is "Superheros have Heart" as it begins on Valentine's Day and ends on Superhero dress up day. Those that bring in the most food will receive MV Superhero status which includes front of the lunch line passes, ipod at lunch passes, a VIP lunch table and special superhero capes to wear to the dress up day on Feb 25.

Start each day with a smile and be AWESOME this week.

This Week in Core

Native American Unit

Students are working on a mini research project. Each group is studying a different geographic region of North America and the people that inhabited that region. After reading and writing about the region, students are to create a visual aide to teach the class about that region. On Thursday, groups will present their research to the class, and on Friday students will use notes from the presentations to take their Native American test. This is our first step in our study of Canada. Next week: Vikings!

Valentine Ode Contest

All 6th grade students are working on a valentine tribute to a non-living object. These odes can be written with a partner or in a group of three. Odes will be presented to the class on Thursday and our class finalist will showcase their mad poetry skills in an all grade throw down on Friday in the lecture room. We will spend Monday finishing our rough drafts, Tuesday making these drafts finalized (after edits), and Wednesday practicing our speaking skills.

Dates to remember:

February 14 - 25 is the MV Canned Food Drive, please donate if you can. 

February 17 & 18th are parent teacher conferences in teacher classrooms. Feb 17 from 4 to 8pm and Feb 18th from 8 - 11a

February 18th & 21: No School

February 25th: Superhero Dress Up Day

Buy a Yearbook...Win an iPod!!!

All students who have purchased their yearbook by St. Patrick's Day will be entered into the Wildcat Pride Raffle!  One lucky yearbook buyer will win an i-Pod Shuffle or if they already have one, they could win a $45 i-Tunes card! One runner up will win a $5 i-Tunes card, and 5 lucky runners up will win i-Pod at lunch passes! Yearbooks cost $20 and can be purchased in the Office or on-line at myyear.com.

Valentine Ode

All 6th graders are writing a Valentine ode or tribute to a non living thing.

Here is the plan: 

Valentine tribute

This Week in Core: Jan 31-Feb 4