Tuesday, April 3, 2012
This Week in Room 101: April 2-6
Monday - Friday in SS: create Google presentation
Monday - Friday in LA: study and prepare vocabulary for "Mondo-Octo Vocab quiz"
Tuesday: book Log Due
Wednesday: intro BARF (due April 11)
**April 11: Mondo-Octo (80 word vocab quiz)
Reading
Monday: Intro Shakespeare
Wednesday: Shakespeare's life and times
Friday: Shakespeare's life and times
Wildcat Pride
Monday - Friday: Finish Yearbook
Wednesday: Doernbecher committee apps due
Thursday or Friday: Community 101 funder visit
Cultural Explorations
Monday: Culturebook Rough Draft
Tuesday: Culturebook RD due
Wednesday: Culturebook Final Draft
Thursday: Culturebook Final draft DUE and present
Friday: Art Friday
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Pneumonia and Your Grades...
Greetings to my wonderful students.
Just
a quick note that I caught bacterial pneumonia the week before break
and have spent the entire break resting, and getting better.
Thankfully I am on the mend, and I will return to school tomorrow. I
appreciate your patience, it
is going to take a few days before grades are updated and things are
back on track. Thank you for your understanding. I look forward to
seeing you tomorrow and I look forward to seeing your parents at
conferences April 11 and 12.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The Night Sky
first image found here: http://digg.com/story/r/starry_starry_night_4
second image from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Van_Gogh_-_Starry_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/757px-Van_Gogh_-_Starry_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Monday, March 12, 2012
Spelling and Vocabulary for March 12-16
This week's root: graph = writing
words:
autobiography: writing about a person's life written by that person
autograph: the writing of one's own name
bibliography: the written list of all the books used in a report or book
biography: a book written about a person's life
cartography: map making; the writing involved in making maps or charts
homograph: a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g. bow- hair and bow- ship)
paragraph: a section of writing ht has a topic and concluding sentence
phonograph: record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound
seismograph: a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth.
Our focus this week is on learning how to better study our spelling and vocabulary words for test success. The test will be on FRIDAY, MARCH 16th
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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 can 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
6th grade Core
Theme for the week: the importance of study skills
Monday: New Spelling words (LA), History of Canada (SS)
Tuesday: Writing lesson: figurative language review (LA), History of Canada (SS), Canada Map Quiz (SS)
Wednesday: Canadian Government (SS), finish figurative language review (LA)
Thursday: Spelling Review (LA), Canada map quiz (SS)
Friday: Spelling test (LA), French Canada (SS)
6th grade Reading
Theme for the week: Thunder and Lightning (non fiction reading pieces)
Monday: non-fiction reading "Strike Zone"
Wednesday: "Strike Zone" questions due, non-fiction reading: more about lightning
Friday: finish up lightning reading
Wildcat Pride
Theme for the week: Yearbook Deadline is looming
Monday: LibLab: finishing layouts (no pictures til approved), interviewing
Tuesday: LibLab: finishing layouts (no pictures til approved), interviewing
Wednesday: LibLab: finishing layouts (no pictures til approved), interviewing
Thursday: Yearbook Time out: Community 101 time: Interviewing the Oregon Food Bank
Friday: LibLab: Rough layout with basic captions and pictures READY, interviewing DUE
Cultural Explorations
Theme for the week: Understanding symbolism in art and life
Monday: Spanish prepositions review, begin personal soundtrack
Tuesday: personal soundtrack work time
Wednesday: personal soundtrack DUE (at the beginning of the period), review spanish prepositions
Thursday: prepositions warm up, symbolism in art
Friday: symbolism in life (an art lesson)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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