This Week in Room 101: September 24-28

Core (Language Arts and Social Studies

Monday: New vocabulary words (root word: ject), map+atlas practice, edline & email

Tuesday: Reading Log (setting) DUE, Character, Get Coordinated (from Mon) DUE

Wednesday: Nouns, Latitude + Longitude assessment, Detectives

Thursday: Detectives, spelling sort it

Friday: Vocab test, spelling practice sheet DUE, Detective DUE, Maps

Reading (meets 1st period B days only)

Tuesday:

Thursday:

Wildcat Pride 

Monday: Theme boards

Tuesday: Vote on theme, figure out t-shirts

Wednesday: Photography tips and tricks

Thursday: Photography tips and tricks continued

Friday: COMFY COZY DAY!! Team building

Cultural Exploration

Monday: Weather

Tuesday: Weather art

Wednesday: Mi Vida Loca

Thursday: Weather art, finish and DUE

Friday: Mi Vida Loca

Spelling & Vocabuary Test FRIDAY!

 

• emancipate  v. - To set free, the way Abe Lincoln emancipated the slaves during the Civil War, he took them out of the hands of their masters.
• manacles n. - Well, we say handcuffs, but I like manacles better as a way of describing that gilhickie that holds a thief's hands together.
• manager n. - This is the person who has the running of the store, the shop, the city in his or her hands; when I like what an employee does, I tell his or her manager.
• mandate n. - This is an imperative or a rule put into your hands that you must follow and enforce; a law, or an order that must be obeyed.
• maneuver n., v. - To skillfully or handily avoid an obstacle, go around something adroitly. (Oops! Droit is a French root. We'll get to that later.
• manicure n., v. - This is a pedicure for your hands. Didn't think this weeks words had any connection to last weeks words, didja?
• manipulate v. - To modify skillfully by hand;
• manual n., adj. - A handbook of instructions or guidelines for a process or piece of equipment; to be operated by hand, as in manual transmission; manually, adv. - done by hand.
• manufacture v. - to make by hand or produce with machines; to convert raw material into a product.
• manuscript n. - a book, article, or paper that is not yet published; it can be either typed or handwritten.

Cultural Exploration: Lunes

17 de Septiembre

1. Mi Vida Loca Episode One

2. Mi Vida Loca Practice for Episode One

This Week in Room 101: Sept 17-21

 Here is our plan for the week of September 17 - September 21.

Core (Language Arts and Social Studies

Monday: New vocabulary words (root word: man/manu), Cornell note taking

Tuesday: Maps & Globes, reading log (focus on setting), nouns

Wednesday: Latitude & Longitude

Thursday: Continue work on setting, nouns and latitude+longitude

Friday: Vocab test, fun write Friday

Reading (meets 1st period B days only)

Monday: "Eleven" name activity/reading

Wednesday: "Eleven" due at the end of the period
Friday: Reading circuit: focus on setting 

Wildcat Pride 

Monday: Comfy Cozy Sign DUE, yearbook theme brainstorm, parts of a yearbook

Tuesday: Meet Balfour rep, work on theme

Wednesday: Photography tips and tricks, finalize theme

Thursday: Photography tips and tricks continued

Friday: Team building

Cultural Exploration

Monday: Review numbers, days, months

Tuesday: Intro weather

Wednesday: Weather

Thursday: Weather, prepare "Queso" board

Friday: Weather "Queso" and weather quiz

This is our 500th POST!!!

In the blogging world, posting milestones are celebrated like birthdays and this my friends is my 500th post as a teacher at MVMS in Room 101. I could get all emotional and sentimental with you (my first class of 6th graders are now seniors after all), but I won't. Not today. It is Friday, I will give you presents instead.

As a 500th post gift to you, two videos (hopefully you find something that you enjoy)

Wahoo.


Live action light painting // TECH:TEST from Anssi Määttä on Vimeo.

Say hello to our root of the week: PED

Our root this week: ped = foot

This week's vocab and spelling words: 

1. biped: a creature with two feet
2. centipede: a creature with 100 feet
3. impediment: something that stands in one's way; an obstacle
4. millipede: a creature with 1000 feet 
5. pedal: a lever that is moved with one's feet
6. peddler: a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product
7. pedestrian: a person who walks across the street on foot
8. pedicure: a foot treatment that could include soaking feet and polishing the toenails
9. quadruped: a four-footed  creature
10. tripod: a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera 

Test on FRIDAY, September 14th (student's will need to know the definition AND how to spell each word, as well as the root and what it means)

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Source: words and handouts for vocabulary are from the Learning Works publication: Greek and Latin Roots: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension by Trisha Callela

Applicable Standards:

 L.6.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.6.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Applicable Targets:

I know the parts of a word

I can choose and use an appropriate resource when acquiring new vocabulary

I can describe the relationship between particular words

I can spell the word correctly

This Week in Room 101

 Welcome to the BIG SHOW. Week 2.

A few notes:

1.  We do our best to stick to this schedule, but inevitably, life happens. If deadlines change, they will be noted here on the blog...this is a PLAN, and is meant to be used for students to have a general idea of what happened in class. Detailed assignments and notes will sometimes be posted, extra copies are available in the classroom.
2. Core meets for 3 periods on A days and 1 period on B days and thus some days will have more to accomplish than others (as you will see below)

Core (Language Arts and Social Studies

Monday: New vocabulary words (see related post HERE), Intro to DOL, vocab flashcards, blog tour, Fire Drill "how to"

Tuesday: Magical words and phrases (a writing activity)

Wednesday: DOl, Maps and Globes, LibLab tour, using gmail

Thursday: Vocab practice, latitude and longitude

Friday: Vocab test, DOL, latitude and longitude, fun write Friday

Reading (meets 1st period B days only)

Tuesday: Intro WIR and begin "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros

Thursday: Finish "Eleven"

Wildcat Pride 

Monday: Spirit day presentation prep

Tuesday: Present spirit day decisions to Mr. Murphy

Wednesday: Sign making 101

Thursday: Sign due @ end of the period

Friday: Team building

Cultural Exploration

Monday: Fire drill practice, basic conversation comic RD due

Tuesday: basic conversation comic work time, due @ end of the period

Wednesday: numbers, telephone conversations

Thursday: Classroom objects

Friday: Classroom objects

First Day Homework

I really enjoyed meeting everyone today, I can't wait to see what this year brings us.

A few notes:

Core: please bring composition book (or let Miss B know you need one) by Thursday

WCP: camera use permission slip is due ASAP

All courses (Core, Reading, WCP, CX): the first homework assignment of the year (signed syllabus slip) is due on FRIDAY. If it is not turned in by Friday, you can expect call home... please place in the green basket when complete.

Happy School Year!

Miss B