Welcome October!!

Peter Pan continues...

Monday means Take Home Folders.  All graded work from last week will be coming home today for a signature.

You should also be able to look inside your student's 3 ring binder and see all work completed so far this year.  We work on organizing them every week.


Vocabulary for the week:

1.     dinghy
2.     scurvy
3.     barque
4.     prejudiced
5.     portly
6.     callous
7.     cutlass
8.     pestilent
9.     calabash
10.   moidores
11.   miscreant
12.   buccaneer


Students will be doing a FOLDABLE this week for their homework.  Please make sure to check for this in their binders.   

Peter Pan continues...

Vocabulary for this week --September 24th

1. lethargy
2. melancholy
3. chandelier
4. amicable
5. henchmen
6. coquettish
7. lagoon
8. quiver
9. spinster
10. remedy

All classes will have these words but each class will have different homework.  We will NOT be reading for homework this week.  Please check to make sure your student is doing vocabulary each night this week.  We will read Peter Pan in class each day and work on vocabulary each night.

MONDAY NIGHT


6C - write the part of speech for each word , 2 synonyms  and one antonym for each.

6A- Make index cards ( may use squares of paper) I have supply of paper.  Write the word on the front and the definition on the back.  Clip or band the cards together and make sure to have them all week.

6B- write the part of speech and one synonym for each word

ALSO -- PLEASE sign all work that comes home and return ASAP.  If no work is coming home--we have a breakdown in communication.  EVERY student has papers that should be coming home for a signature.  Take Home Folders are sent home at the beginning of each week.

Homework

Yes, homework has been light this week in an attempt to get vocabulary tests scores up.  I asked that students study their words this week and nothing else for Language Arts.  Don't worry homework will return next week ...with a vengeance.

Update for this week...

Students will be bringing home graded papers on Wednesday or Thursday of this week.  Please make sure you ask to see them and initial them.  They need to bring them back to school to place in their binders. 

Progress Reports are expected to come out on Friday.

Vocabulary Test on Thursday!

Week of September 17th

Vocabulary Words this week:

gnashed
gaiety
sprawly
rummage
pinafore
rasping
simultaneous
indignant
appalling
scoundrels

Homework Monday night- look up definitions.

Test on Thursday!!!

There will be no Take Home Folders at the beginning of the week.  We had lots of students out sick last week and I cannot give back quizzes until everyone has had a chance to take them.

We will begin J. M. Barries' classic, Peter Pan, later this week.





I have enough books for everyone and we will be reading the novel in class.  However, if you believe your child would benefit from an electronic reader--they may bring theirs to class. 

Please know, however, that NCS will not accept responsibility for any lost, stolen, or broken devises.  If your child would like me to hold it in the room during the day, that's fine.  They will need to stop by my room at the end of the day to take it home each evening.


Our Vocabulary for this week also comes from Peter Pan.
1.  spires
2.  engrossed
3.  enchantment
4.  clad
5.  commotion
6.  delectable
7.  rollicking
8.  placidly
9.  prim
10. pirouette

Friday!!!!

On Friday, Sept. 7th, We will be...

Doing our prompt (just like every day)
6B and 6C are having a vocabulary test (since we had off on Monday)

Checking Homework
Collecting Signed Papers

Organizing Notebooks

Introducing Memoirs

6A will be rewarded for Vocabulary Bingo Homework with a raffle.

All 6th graders should have a packet of information to sell coupon books.  This is an easy sell and a great way for the school to make money.  Please try to sell some this weekend!

Homework for the week of Sept. 4

Look for those TAKE HOME FOLDERS today-return tomorrow.


6A- Students have a new book this week.  They worked today in class to identify 8 vocabulary words.  They were each given a BINGO card to complete by Friday.  The BINGO card should be in the bag with the book.

6B and 6C-  Will be completing a worksheet called The 5W's and How Web.  Each student should read for 30 minutes, write the name of the book on their worksheet, and then fill in the web--this will be checked each day. 

Vocabulary Words for 6B and 6C are:
antagonist
protagonist
dialogue
dramatic monologue
flashback
genre
narrative
narrator
setting
symbol

TEST in Friday!!!

TAKE HOME FOLDERS

At the beginning of each week students will bring home their work from the previous week.  These pages need to be signed by parent/guardian and returned the next day.