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

Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Baaaaack

I'm sitting here at the 6th grade BBQ taking a break from shaking your hands and trying to explain that there really will be lockers in the hallway to tell you that I'm totally PSYCHED for the new school year! I have enjoyed meeting with so many of you and your families this evening, and I am more excited for school to start than perhaps ever before. Soon enough you will find posts filled with important school related information (assignments, the syllabus, spelling and vocabulary etc etc)...before all that starts let's talk about summer. Summer was AWESOME! Here is a quick photo recap of my summer (for those that know me, these pics won't surprise you and for those new to room 101, I hope these help you to learn more about me!)

My dad and my brother are farmers (and foresters), here I am at my brother's farm:

A favorite pastime of mine is to take my picture with the strangest/coolest stuff that I can find...here I am with a HUUUUUGE guitar in Seattle

My favorite beach: Cannon Beach

Another picture with a crazy statue (and my two best friends)

 
I look forward to hearing all about your summer, and I can't wait to meet my 7th and 8th graders tomorrow night at our Ice Cream Social -Miss B