Thursday - October 29, 2015

Editing paragraph.  Continue reading your book using post-it notes to pay attention to how your character feels.
Tonight is the last night of student conferences.  There is no school on Monday.

Wednesday - October 28, 2015

Homework:

Editing Paragraph.

Continue reading using your post-its.  Pay attention to how the character is feeling.  The author lets us know how characters are feeling by the words they use and the actions they make.  Understanding the relationships between characters is important also.

Classwork:

We talked about the acronym T.H.I.N.K today. Those finished with the books began making posters to hang around school.  

• Before acting or speaking people should ask themselves, "Is it...............?"
• True
• Helpful
• Inspiring
• Necessary
• Kind
• We should always THINK Kindness.

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Here is a letter that was handed out last week.  Conference Letter

Tuesday-October 27, 2015

Editing Paragraph
Continue reading using post-it notes.

Student conferences are tonight, Wednesday, and Thursday nights.  The middle school teachers will be in the gym.  Mr. Evans and I co-teach 6th grade ELA and he has all of the work and data to share with you. If you want to talk to both of us please let us know and I can plan on joining you in the gym if I am free.  I am holding 5th grade conferences in the library.

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October 26, 2015

Homework:

• Books should be finished by this Friday.  Post it notes still need to be used.  Paper journal packets should only be completed if your book is finished.  Meaning........ do not do any paper journals until your book is done, with post it notes.
• Editing paragraphs are back this week!!!!

Classwork:

• Google Classroom: Journal #2 assignment should be done and turned in.
• Your learner sketch should have a strategy plan.  I am available at FLEX 1 if you need help with this.
• If you have a completed learner sketch, submitted to Google Classroom, then use the link on the blog, Education Planner, to complete another profile for your Personal Learning Plan.

As always, if you have any questions please see me or Mr. Evans.

No reading tonight!

Have a wonderful journal done for tomorrow!!!!!

October 19, 2015

We spent a lot of time today talking about how to do jot dots.  Jot dots are a note-taking strategy that requires you to think about what you have read and make a statement about it using 5-7 of your own words. Using your own words is an important part of this strategy.

• Students are to finish the journal response they started today in class.  They should have an understanding of their characters.  Students will be sharing what they think about their characters, using their own words, and then providing direct quotes from the book that support those opinions.  Finally, they will be asked to explain why those quotes were chosen.
• Tomorrow Mr. Evans will share the ACE format for writing a paragraph.
• A   answer the question
• C   cite evidence
• E   explain

Here is a link, which will also be on the blog page (right side), to be used for reteaching.

ACE

Thursday~October 15, 2015

Editing paragraph
Read according to the book schedule.  Always use sticky notes.
We have been writing a response to text, and taking a break from journal writing. We will work on journals next week. Journals are not to be done at home unless you see it on this blog.
Hay Day is tomorrow!

Wednesday~October 14, 2015

Please read according to your schedule. Journals are done at school.
Editing paragraph, Wednesday-week 3.

Tuesday~October 13, 2015

Each book group has their own schedule of nightly reading.  The books are to be finished by next Wednesday (although some may need Fall Break to finish).  Journals are then done in class. The students also have extra time during flex to work on journals.  If the journal is not done by the end of the day it needs to be added to homework.
Read at home, finish journal from classwork if needed.
Daily editing paragraph Tuesday, week 3.

Monday-October 12, 2015

Chapter 3 journal was started today in class and expected to be finished by the end of FLEX 2 (2:15-2:45) today.  Each book group split up the rest of the chapters to be finished reading by next Thursday, October 21st.  The students have a schedule of the amount of chapters they should be reading each night.  Journals will be done in school.  Post-it notes are always to be used when reading.  We look for character evidence that supports how the character talks, acts, and interacts with others.  We also look for the big ideas that will make up the summary.
Editing sheets were handed out for the week.  This is week 3.
Picture day is tomorrow.  Fall break is next Thursday and Friday~10/22&23.

Wednesday-October 7, 2015

Editing Paragraph for Wednesday Week 2
Read chapter 3 using post it notes to find evidence of the character's words, actions, and relationships with the other characters.  Also look for the big ideas that will make up the summary.  Jot dots on post its for the character evidence and * for the big idea post its.
There is no journal or analogy work for tonight!!!!

Tuesday-October 6, 2015

Editing Paragraph
Finish all of Chapter 2 journal.  Many students did not use post-it notes last night while reading chapter 2.  I will be looking for those post-its tomorrow, as well as a finished journal.

Monday-October 5, 2015

Homework:

• Editing Paragraph Week 2 Monday
• Read Chapter 2 and use post-its, looking for evidence of the character's words, actions, and relationships as well as the big ideas.  No journal tonight!  For chapter 1 you should have post-its for big ideas done as we started this in class.  If you WANT to finish the chapter 1 journal you may....but you do not have to.

• Tomorrow we will write a summary of the first chapter and complete the chapter 2 journal.  Finishing the journal will be tomorrow night's homework.

Thursday-October 1, 2015

Homework:

Editing Paragraph: There are many corrections that need to be made, so if you only fix a few it means you are not done!

Read chapter 2 and focus on the main character.  Use post it notes to take "jot dots" of how your character speaks, acts and interacts with others. You only need to do the right side of the journal.  

Here is a link that has a good explanation of jot dots.