January 14,15,16, and 17

What a busy week!!

First of all...please ask your child to see their current grade.  I will give every student their most
up-to-date grade on Monday.  If you aren't sure that grade will make it home to you...please email me and I will send you the grade and explanation ( if one is needed).  PLEASE know that this grade may still change a point or two as I add a few more quizzes and homeworks.

On Monday, we will continue to work on Immigration projects.  We had nothing but trouble last week.  Our technology WOULD NOT cooperate. We had the IPADS for 2 days and couldn't even connect to the internet.  Whatcha gonna do???

We will also review our vocabulary words.  Yes, we postponed the test because we just didn't have the time to study with all the set backs.  So, the test will be on Wednesday and will be the same list of words that were in the last blog.

Tuesday is our field trip.  Please meet at the school so we can get everyone in the correct car.  Lunch will be at Golden Corral.  You should have already filled out paperwork for Mrs. Harris if you plan on signing your child out early.

Wednesday we will have our vocabulary test.  We will also continue working on our hall display of our research of all the different countries.

Thursday Morning is our "Oscar/Hollywood" Party.  I sent home flyers before Christmas.  We NEED breakfast items like muffins, bagels, cream cheese and juice.  I am taking care of decorations and paper products but I need help with the food. 

We will do "Oscars" from 8:30-10.  Then we are having a Hollywood Themed Dance Party as our Quarterly Incentive.

Lunch will be normal.  All students still need to bring or buy lunch.  

Students should feel free to wear Celebrity Attire.  We will have paparazzi ( the yearbook staff) and plenty of other photo ops.

Immigrant Interviews and recipes are due Jan. 31st!!!!


 

January 7th- 11 th

On Monday, we will have our Folk Tale test.  Students were given a list on Friday of everything that would be on the test so they could prepare over the weekend.

Our next Common Core Unit will be Immigration.  New vocabulary will be given on Monday and test is on Thursday.
immigrant
immigrate
culture
citizen
Gold Rush
Immigration Station
naturalization
slave
steerage
descendent
ancestor
persecution
ethnic group
tenement
refugee


We will have lessons on the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Angel Island.






Students will also complete a research project in class (hopefully) on the IPADS.  They will research a certain group of immigrants and we will turn the 6th grade hallway into a Cultural Museum.

Students will be required to interview someone from another country and collect a recipe.  All of the recipes will be turned into a Recipe Book for each student to keep.


6C will read  Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch.                   

12-17-12

PLEASE check for papers coming home in TAKE HOME FOLDER.  Please initial all papers and return to school ASAP.



I will show each student their current grade in class on Monday.  It will be written in their agenda. If they do not have an agenda, it will be written in their notebook. 

Notes from 12-11-12

Folktales have been handed down and reflect cultural values.

They come from an oral tradition and were written down much later so there are

multiple versions.

  

Typically, in the simple plot, good eventually triumphs over evil.

Genre purposes:

The purpose of a folktale is to tell an entertaining  story, to reveal human nature, to kindle imagination, to understand universal qualities of humankind

(how humans are alike), to convey morals and values, and to instill cultural beliefs, values and practices.

 

- Folktales   a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk

 

 - Fairy Tales is a type of short story that typically features fantasy characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants, mermaids, or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments.

- Legends  regarded as historical although not verifiable

King Bladud

- Myths –mythos- contains supernatural beings (gods and goddesses) and attempts to explain something

 Fables – A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

Tall Tales-  An exaggerated, unreliable story

Porquoi a story that explains how or why

Greek gods and goddesses...and so much more...

We spent last week studying Greek Myths.  Students made booklets with notes, pictures, and symbols of the 12 Olympians, read several myths, and created Mythological Creature Trading Cards.

This week, we will continue with Folk Lore.  Students will study :
 

- Folktales - Fairy Tales - Legends  - Fables

 

Make sure students show you their agendas every day.  Assignments should always be written down.  Also, check for Take Home Folder on Monday.  Please sign all papers and return on Tuesday.

 

Students need to have Vocabulary books every day.

Pourquoi- How/Why Story

We will finish our Pourquoi stories on Monday.  Students will peer edit and compose final drafts.  If you have not completed your rough draft yet-please go to this link for help.  If you typed it- please bring saved copy on a flashdrive.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson324/write.pdf

6A MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR VOCABULARY BOOK- (The Purple Workbook)

6C and 6B students will receive these vocabulary workbooks this week.  They will be responsible for these books for the remainder of the year.  If they lose or damage these books-they will have to pay for a replacement.
Also- several 6A students did not hand in completed PAL packet (please refer to earlier post). 

Progress Reports are coming out soon and all these missing assignments will be zeros.


Students have already researched myths from around the world.  Our new study will concentrate on Greek gods and goddesses.



We will finish this unit with folktales, fables, and fairy tales.

I will be out Monday

I have lost both of my grandmothers in 20 days!  I need to go to PA to pay my respects this weekend.  I will not be in school Monday.  I hope to be back on Tuesday.

6A-- please have your PAL packets signed and ready to hand in.

All classes will begin research on Mythology on Monday.  I will finish Peter Pan movies on Tuesday.