New 6th graders...

Please make sure you purchase all supplies including Freak the Mighty.

Last week ...

Folks, we are still in school.  Please realize we are still working.  We (the 6th grade team)  have several lessons and activities left.

PLEASE make sure you have your Language Arts and Math 3-ring binders with you on Monday.  We will be organizing our MAPP Binders.

We have also asked for donations of the following: regular spaghetti, masking tape, mini marshmallows, eggs, and straws.

For Field Day, each class needs to bring in assorted small bags of chips, hotdog rolls, and bottled water.

We have lots to do this week, so be prepared to work!  You can relax in 5 days.

Everyone is getting tired and frazzled...

6C-  Dear Parents:                               
I had to have a little "meeting" with the boys of 6C today.  Energy is running low and tempers are running high.  There has been a lot of unacceptable behavior in this class and I plan to put an end to it.  We are 4 days away from testing and no one has time for this.  I do not want nor need to go into specific details about the "squirrely" shenanigans that have taken place in the last week 1/2 in all of the classrooms.  We expect all students to follow the rules right up until the last day of school.  Please remind your children that the focus should be on finishing strong.  I continue to thank you and appreciate your support from home.

6th grade Language Arts for the week of 5-13-13

First of all, Happy Mother's Day!                             
I hope all Moms receive some extra appreciation today.

PLEASE remember, I need signed practice EOG's and bubble sheets back.  I also need signed PROGRESS REPORTS back.

On Monday, students will get new vocabulary words.  Some students are not doing so well on weekly vocabulary tests.  Please know that the test is exactly like the following list.  If students study these words and definitions, they should be fine.

Prefix: The word part before the root word

Suffix: The word part at the end of a root word

Point of View: Some stories are written in the 1^st person and use the word I. Others are written in the 3^rd person and use the words: he, she….

Context Clues: When you use the words or sentences around the word to find a meaning.

 

Flashback: When the author suddenly interrupts the flow of the story to jump back to earlier events

Stereotype: An opinion that describes an entire group of people.

Propaganda: The facts, ideas or claims to persuade people to support a particular opinion or course of action

Foreshadowing: To give the reader information before it happens

 

 

central idea

the most important point the author is trying to get across

 

supporting details

Details that support the main idea.

 

 

 

 

inference

a conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence

 

anecdote

short story of an amusing or interesting event

 

motivation

The reasons that cause characters to act as they do

 

figurative meaning

When the words mean something other than what they say.

 

technical meaning

relating to a particular subject, topic, or craft

 

connotative meaning

the use of certain words or phrases to show an author's feelings about a topic

 

chronology

a structure of text in a specific order of events

evidence

information that supports an author's reason for his beliefs

dialogue

conversation between characters

 

role

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

pros

good reasons for why something is done

cons

bad reasons for why something is done

paraphrase

to put information into one's own words

 

validity

the quality of being valid

 

elaborate

to add more details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week in 6th grade Language Arts...

Students will be bringing home last week's Practice EOG and score sheet.  It would be a great idea for parents to go over this packet with their student.  All packets and score sheets need to be signed and returned to me ASAP.

Progress Reports come home on Thursday.  The practice EOG score will be listed on the Progress Report but will be removed before actual Report Cards.

We will have more EOG style passages throughout the next few weeks and those scores will count as regular grades and will be recorded.

Here is this week's VOCABULARY.  Test will be on Thursday.

Bold Print: Words that are usually written darker than others

Subheading: Introduces the main idea of the section that follows.

Subtitles: Usually the second title of an article.

Italics: Words that are written with slanting letters

Parenthesis: one or both of the curved marks ( ) used in writing

Map: Help illustrate where the story takes place

Graph: Helps give the reader information about a topic dealing with numbers

Graphic Organizer: A diagram used to help organize information from a selection

Illustration: A picture or drawing to add to the selection

Heading: Tells what the article is about

Foot Notes: Information given at the bottom of a selection to help the reader understand words or terms

Timeline: A sequence of events of a person or place in time

Diagram: A picture to help with the understanding of information

Table: The arrangement of data

Index: Located at the back of a textbook and lists each section or topic found in the book with its page number

Table of Contents: Located in the front of a book that lists units, chapters, stories or section in the order that they appear in the book

Glossary: A small dictionary in the back of a book

This week in Language Arts...

Almost everyone is finished with their most recent Practice EOG.  I will score them this week and send the grade home.  We will go over each question together in class to make sure everyone understands the correct answer.  Students will work at EOG and Vocabulary Centers to practice skills like main idea, inference, and reading comprehension.

 

 

 

Vocabulary for the Week- Test on Thursday!!

 

Cause: What makes something happen

Effect: What happens because of something.

Main Idea: What the story is mainly about.

Purpose: why the author wrote the passage

Opinion: How a person feels about something

Characteristics: Traits a character has

Fact: A statement that is true

Details:
sentences that support the main idea that tells who, what, when, where and why

To Entertain: Humor the reader (funny)

To Inform: To give information or facts to the reader

To Persuade: To get the reader to buy or do something

Prediction: Something you think will happen

Compare and Contrast: How are things alike and different

Sequence: The order of events

Inference:

A special kind of guess or opinion based on facts.

Characters: The people or animals in the story

Plot: Part of the story that tells what happens.

Problem: Part of the Plot. Also known as the conflict 

Resolution: When the problem in the story is fixed

Setting: Where and when the story takes place.

Synonym: Words that have the same meaning

Antonym: Words that have the opposite meaning

 

 

 

 

Tutoring

I have mentioned this to the students repeatedly BUT no one seems to want to take me up on it...
I am available to tutor most days from 2:45-3:10.  All you have to do is let me know ahead of time so I can have materials ready to go. 

Thank You,
G. Brindle