Week of November 5th...

Monday- Watch Peter Pan Movie
                Organize Notebooks
                Get Take Home Folders ready
                6B/6C Quiz on Cask of Amontillado

Tuesday-  Reteach Plot line and Vocabulary from last 2 weeks
                Hand out rubrics for student made movies
                Begin Story Boards

Wednesday- Work on Story Boards
                     Introduce Oral Traditions

Thursday- Retest Vocabulary ( same list for last 2 weeks)
                Introduce Pourquois

Friday-     Story Boards
                Students writing Pourquois

PLEASE do not forget to get  Field Trip Permission Forms and money in ASAP.
Take Home Folder are due by Thursday.  EVERY student is required to get papers signed and return them.

Field Trip!!!

We are going on a field trip!! The 6th grade is planning a trip to Raleigh to see 6 plays and go out to eat after.

Cost is 25.00 which includes all plays, lunch, drink and tip.

Please get your permission slips in so we can reserve our seats.

We will need drivers.  Even if you don't want to go to the play but are willing to drive- that's fine.

http://www.chambertheatre.com/

Last Week of October

Edgar Allan Poe will be our focus on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  Since Poe is the Father of the Short Story, we will have short story terms for our vocabulary.  Students got these words last week so please make sure your child has these 15 terms.  Test will be on Thursday.




We are having an Academy Award Celebration!! 
Students will choose their group.  Each group will make a video clip from their favorite scene in Peter Pan.  Everyone will wear their best celebrity attire and attend a red carpet Oscar celebration. More details to follow. 

Week of October 15th

I was a shopping fool this weekend!!  I have so many new items for the classroom and I can't wait to show them to all of you.

I got some costumes for Peter Pan. 

We have brand new vocabulary workbooks for each student.  I found some very helpful books on Common Core.  We have new games and activities for educational centers.

6A will receive their new vocabulary workbooks on Monday.  Each student is responsible for their book.  If it is lost or ruined, the student will need to purchase a new one.  So please, please, please protect these and remember to bring them EVERY DAY.









Homework will be in this workbook each night.  We are beginning with Chapter 13-Words with Common Roots. 

6B and 6C will get their books later.  For now, they need to continue with Peter Pan words.

Word List for this week:

somber
bauble
nautical
cypher
frock
rapture
strident
jeer
alight
mauve

6C and 6B will be doing a new type of foldable.  Please check to make sure they are working on it each night for homework.



The 6th grade CELEBRATION is coming soon.  In order to attend, students must be passing all classes, have homework  and all paperwork turned in, have less than 4 absences, and be ASD and suspension free.

Week of October 8, 2012

Thank you to everyone for your prayers and kind words.  I decided to go home to PA this weekend and see my grandmother.  We left at 3AM on Saturday and just got back to NC this minute.  Fortunately,  I found her in great spirits and at peace with her current state.  We shared great memories, laughed a lot and hugged even more. It was a long drive with little to no sleep but worth every minute.





Peter Pan is winding down.  We will be finished next week.  The Vocabulary Words for this week are:
1.     gallant
2.     progeny
3.     bout
4.     courier
5.     carnage
6.     sleuth
7.     gait
8.     girth
9.     conveyance
10.   harpsichord
11.   virulent
12.   smirk
13.   hillock
14.   remonstrated
15.   candor


Those TAKE HOME FOLDERS will be coming home Monday.  Please look at everything, sign the graded papers and return to school on Tuesday. 

Once we finish Peter Pan, we will do a short unit on Edgar Allan Poe.

6th grade Celebration Day is coming.  Students know the requirements. 

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.