Homework for over the weekend:
Debate Round 3 is on Monday, January 30th! Work on Timeline Assignment for your Historical Fiction- this is due Tuesday, January 31st! Genius Hour: Continue working on this at home as well and please see due date below for presentations. Important Dates/Deadlines After Next Week: Monday: you will get your Compare/Contrast/Persuasive essay back and you will have a chance to edit. Work Root: Review next week! Social Studies Shi Huangdi Essay due next week! STEM: Final Work time for Prototypes of Inventions is Tuesday, January 31st- make sure you have everything you need at school to work on it that day! Debate Round 4: (Final 2 teams)- Wednesday, February 1st Genius Hour Final Product due Thursday, February 2nd! Genius Hour Final Presentations on Friday, February 3rd! PBL Individual Opinion Writing due Friday, February 3rd! Prototype Presentations on Tuesday February 7th- parents are invited! :) 8:30-10:00am in classrooms Final PBL Presentation Day is Friday, February 10th during the school day. More information will be sent home before then. Parents are invited to attend! Have a wonderful weekend!
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Here is next week’s homework/due dates: Things can be added or removed depending on how much work you complete during the school day. But use this as a guideline to balance your work over the course of this week.
Stuff to work on over the weekend: Reading- 30+ minutes-This can be reading/research for your Genius Hour, and it can also include your Historical Fiction Book- they need to be read completely by this coming Wednesday, January 25th. ***Timeline Planning for the event connected to your novel will begin. You will receive an assignment sheet for this on Monday. Word Root Review Quiz on Monday- it will include all 20 roots, their meaning and one word for each. Monday, January 23rd: DUE: Word Roots Packet with Signatures and completed work/explanations if necessary! PBL: Prep for Debate Round 2 Compare and Contrast Group Essay Website Homework: Word Root Review Paragraph Practice#1- Complete a paragraph choosing two word roots from the list of choices give. This is due Tuesday! Reading- 30+ minutes-This can be reading/research for your Genius Hour, and it can also include your Historical Fiction Book- they need to be read completely by this coming Wednesday, January 25th. Tuesday, January 24th- Due: Word Root Review Paragraph Practice#1 Debate Round #2 is today!! STEM: More time to work on your prototypes for your invention! Homework: Read 30+ minutes- complete reading historical fiction novel and have notes in reading notebook about characters and ties to historical events from your book. Start working on your Opinion Writing Essay for PBL (this is individual)- you will get the assignment sheet and rubric on Tuesday. Word Root Review Paragraph Practice #2- Complete a paragraph choosing two word roots from the list of choices give. This is due Wednesday! **Feel Free to continue working on your Genius Hour is you would like, we understand that this is already a busy night for homework! Wednesday, January 25th- Due: Word Root Review Paragraph Practice #2 PBL work time in class will continue- Compare and Contrast Essay and select group speaker for debate rounds (essay is due tomorrow!) Historical Novel and notes due today! Homework: -Read 30+ minutes - Work on Genius Hour during this time -Historical Fiction Novel Timeline assignment (this will be due Tuesday, 1/31). -Start thinking about Timeline event that is tied to your Historical Fiction Novel -Study for Quiz tomorrow on Review weeks 1-4 Word Roots Paragraphs- it will again include two paragraphs. But this time you will be given only 5 roots to choose from per paragraph. **Feel Free to continue working on your Genius Hour is you would like, we understand that this is already a busy night for homework! Thursday, January 26th- (minimum day) PBL- Compare and Contrast Group Essay Due **make-up Stem Time this date - you get to work on your prototypes again! Quiz today on Review weeks 1-4 Word Roots Paragraph Homework for over the weekend: Debate Round 3 is on Monday, January 30th! Work on Timeline Assignment for your Historical Fiction- this is due Tuesday, January 31st! Genius Hour: Continue working on this at home as well and please see due date below for presentations. Important Dates/Deadlines After Next Week: STEM: Final Work time for Prototypes of Inventions is Tuesday, January 31st- make sure you have everything you need at school to work on it that day! Debate Round 4: (Final 2 teams)- Wednesday, February 1st Genius Hour Final Product due Thursday, February 2nd! Genius Hour Final Presentations on Friday, February 3rd! PBL Individual Opinion Writing due Friday, February 3rd! Prototype Presentations on Tuesday February 7th- parents are invited! :) 8:30-10:00am in classrooms Final PBL Presentation Day is Friday, February 10th during the school day. More information will be sent home before then. Parents are invited to attend! Have a wonderful weekend! Math: Front Row Ratios and Number System
Reading Log: Continue on reading your Historical Fiction Book. You need to have the book read by at least Wednesday of next week. If you finish early, you need to read it again. Throughout the book you need to take notes of all the events so when you do your research on the event you have enough material to make your poster for the wall. Word Roots: You need to study your blue paper (pretest) as we have our assessment tomorrow. You also need to finish your 3 paragraphs for your 6 word roots! We went over the samples this afternoon! Genius Hour: Continue research and answering your need to knows. Do not forget to fill out your reflection sheet each time you work on your project. Todays date is 1-19-17. Spread Sheet Science: Go over packing list again to make sure you have everything. Science Camp $$ due! Marine Science $3 due ASAP. PBL: Debate tomorrow! If you are the speaker make sure you are ready to go. Also, reflect on your pink paper that you filled out today. Think about your own research, website, and essay on how you can improve and make it better to answer the driving question. The compare and contrast essay is due next Thursday, January 26! You will probably not have time in class to work on this assignment so it will need to be completed by Wednesday in class and turned in on Thursday. Reminders: Tomorrow, Friday is fancy day! Please make sure your shoes are appropriate as it is cold and puddles are everywhere! PBL Debate #2 is this Monday, January 23, 2017. Debate #3 is Thursday, January 26, 2017. Minimum Day next Thursday, January 26 dismissal is at 12:10PM. Please remind your parents as we have meetings. No school Friday, January 27!!!! :0) Tomorrow is the Bulldog Bash. Depending on the weather it will either be at 8am if it does not rain/not wet outside or at 9:05 if does rain/is wet in the multi-use room.
Please do not bring your backpacks tomorrow, Friday, December 16. You do not need them! We are watching a movie tomorrow :0 ) We are also presenting your Pay It Forward slide shows so you should work on it a bit tonight to make it presentable. :0) I checked all of your Pay It Forward chapters. If you get more compmleted tonight please bring your spiral tomorrow so I can mark you off. Many of you need to finish over the break and I will be giving you a copy of your chapters and your parent will need to sign it and you will need to bring your completed chapters and the worksheet back on Tuesday, January 3rd. 2017. One more wake up day until break!!! Reminders: -Science Camp payments due by tomorrow. Please if you have not brought in money you need to bring in a payment tomorrow. Mrs. Lafayette gave me the new breakdown of how much is owed. -Minimum Day tomorrow!!! 12:10 Dismissal No Reading Log this week!!!
Social Studies: You need to reread chapter 17 and think about the edicts we will be creating tomorrow in class. You will have 30 mins. Math: Front Row Number Systems Optional Reading: 2 Newsela Articles to be completed by Friday. Pay It Forward Questions are done by 8AM on tomorrow. I am giving you an extra night for those of you that are behind. I am checking them tomorrow. Word Roots all Activities due tomorrow! WE have our quiz at 8:05! Pay It Forward project will be worked on tomorrow for 30 minutes. Reminders: Parents' Night Out Thursday 6PM to 9PM Minimun day Friday, December 16th 12:10 dismissal Bulldog Bash Friday, December 16th @ 8AM Spirit Days Schedule all this week- Thursday- Holiday jewelry/accessories day! Friday- Pajama Day! Please read carefully! Items can be changed nightly so please keep checking back nightly :o)
No Reading Log this week!!! Social Studies: You need to reread chapter 16 again and continue your 10 paragraph essay. This essay was started today in class. If you need some ideas leave a comment and your peers will write some down for you on the comment section for today :0) You should ALL have atleast the first 5 paragraphs handwritten by 8AM tomorrow morning (the 1st two paragraphs are completed for you!) You will have about 45 minutes tomorrow to work and complete this in class tomorrow. :) Math: Front Row Number Systems Reading: 2 Newsela Articles to be completed by Thursday! Not Friday :0) Pay It Forward Questions are done by 8AM on Wednesday. We may not have time in class to work on this tomorrow. Word Roots Activity 1 and 2 due tomorrow, December 13. (We did activity 2 inclass, you just have to define 3 of them) Chapter 17 will passed out tomorrow and we will be creating Edicts in class ;0) tomorrow and Wednesday Pay It Forward project will be discussed tomorrow and due on Thursday. Group Project! Word Root quiz Week 3 on Thursday. Packet is due Wednesday so you can study. Reminders: Parents' Night Out Thursday 6PM to 9PM Minimun day Friday, December 16th 12:10 dismissal Bulldog Bash Friday, December 16th @ 8AM Spirit Days Schedule all this week- Tuesday- Holiday/Ugly Sweater Day! Wednesday- Wear your favorite holiday tshirt day! Thursday- Holiday jewelry/accessories day! Friday- Pajama Day! Catch-up on your reading log if you have not completed it this week.
Social Studies: Your Mandala needs to be completed by Monday. We have hung them on the wall and yours needs to get up there too. If you have not finished your Newsela articles that were given to you last week you need to finish those and I will collect them on Monday. Math: Front Row Number Systems (optional) Science camp $ is due. I gave out yellow post-its on Friday, December 9th and money needs to be brought in on Monday, December 12. Reading: You need to catch-up on your Pay It Forward vocabulary and questions. We will be finishing up the book this week and it is a lot easiser to work over the weekend instead of after school. Word Roots quiz week 2 will be on Monday. Word Roots packet Activity 1 needs to be completed on Monday by 8am We will work on Activity 2 in class on Monday and it will be due on Tuesday. The quiz for this will be Thursday. Reminders: Parents' Night Out Thursday 6PM-9PM $10 Minimum Day Friday, December 16th you dismissed at 12:10PM. Bulldog Bash Friday, December 16th depending on weather. Color Spirit Days Schedule all next week- Monday- Holiday Hat Day! Tuesday- Holiday/Ugly Sweater Day! Wednesday- Wear your favorite holiday tshirt day! Thursday- Holiday jewelry/accessories day! Friday- Pajama Day! Thursday, December 8th
Word Root# 2 Activity 2 Due start of school! Pay it Forward Chapters 20 and 21 -Vocab and Questions due! 6th graders- Mandala Final Draft and explanation due at the end of the school day. (Your written assignment is due at 8AM on the spread sheet!) We will have about 30 minutes for the coloring portion. If you know that you will not finish you need to finish your drawings tonight and then tomorrow you can color it in with color pencil tomorrow but at least your pencil will be complete. Homework: -Read 30+ minutes and fill out your reading log(remember the two assigned newsela articles are due by this Friday) -Complete Activity 3 of Word Root Packet #2 -6th- Pay It Forward Chapter 22 & 23 all vocab and questions need to be completed. Santa Letters: You need to get is typed tonight and on the spread sheet that I have shared with you by 8AM tomorrow. Friday, December 9th Word Root Packet #2 is due! Word Root Quiz #2 is today! Turn in 2 Newsela Articles- Questions and Writing due at the start of school! Homework: -Read 30+ minutes and fill out your reading log -Study your new Word Root Packet #3- Your packet will be due Wednesday of next week (December 14th) and the Quiz will be that same day. Wednesday, December 7th
Word Root Packet 1 due for everyone who was missing or incomplete. Word Root #2 Packet Activity 1 (pictures) due start of school! Pay it Forward Chapters 17,18,and 19 -Vocab and Questions due Homework: -Read 30+ minutes and fill out your reading log(remember the two assigned newsela articles are due by this Friday. Do your log on binder paper. 6th- Continue working on your rough draft of your Mandala- Rough draft due tomorrow for both the picture and the sentences and paragraph on the back. If you have time you can start to type it tonight. You will have about 30 minutes to type it and share it with me and we are moving on to chatper 16. 6th- Work on Word Roots #2 Activity #2 (3 words and their meaning) 6th- Pay It Forward Chapters 20 and 21 questions and vocab. Thursday, December 8th Word Root# 2 Activity 2 Due start of school! Pay it Forward Chapters 20 and 21 -Vocab and Questions due! 6th graders- Mandala Final Draft and explanation due at the end of the school day. Homework: -Read 30+ minutes and fill out your reading log(remember the two assigned newsela articles are due by this Friday) -Complete Activity 3 of Word Root Packet #2 -6th- Pay It Forward Chapter 22 Friday, December 9th Word Root Packet #2 is due! Word Root Quiz #2 is today! Turn in 2 Newsela Articles- Questions and Writing due at the start of school! Homework: -Read 30+ minutes and fill out your reading log -Study your new Word Root Packet #3- Your packet will be due Wednesday of next week (December 14th) and the Quiz will be that same day. Reading Log 30+ minutes and complete your reading log on binder paper. :0)
LANGUAGE ARTS: -Pay it Forward Questions/vocabulary up to chapter 19. The next chapter will be posted tomorrow and remember these need to be completed daily. Many of you are way behind. MATH: -Front Row and/or Khan Academy (optional) 20+ minutes. You need to practice number system :0) SOCIAL STUDIES: -Your mandala needs to be completed. Please make sure you read over chatper 15 again before you start your mandala. This can count as your reading log. Reading: Your new word root packet for week 2. Remember there is a quiz on Friday and last weeks words may appear on the quiz as well. Those of you who did not complete your week 1 word root packet it is due tomorrow at 8AM. Reminders: Jack Emery Food Drive: Mr. Harlow and I will match the cash that you bring in! So far it is only $17. Dance money for Miss Lauren and Mr. Mike : $1 or more needs to be donated by this Thursday so we can pay them on Friday to continue the dance lessons for us :0) Movie this Wedensday, December 7th from 2:05-4:00PM $5 Parents night out, Thursday, December 15 from 6pm-9pm. |
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