Rainy Tuesday!

Happy rainy Tuesday! It was so nice listening to the rain today. It's supposed to rain more tomorrow; be ready!
Today we started Unit of Study 3. We worked on vocabulary, fluency, and close reading. We also did Word Work. In math we worked on Least Common Multiples. We also worked on Digital Citizenship. Tuesdays band cuts into our afternoon but we managed to get quite a bit accomplished today.

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute (James Madison)
• math practice 6-2
• spelling choice
• writing: what is your favorite snack? why?

Tuesday

Wow we have a lot to finish up before tomorrow! We are finishing up our Ancient Egyptian job research projects and starting the Egyptian one pagers. Tomorrow we will have the rotations test as well as the Topic 5 math test. Tomorrow we are also going to the library so you'll have something to read over the break. AND -- tomorrow is the last day of the first trimester. Where has the time gone?!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• spelling choice
• writing: write about a day in the life of a chair
• math: practice test and note card

Monday Monday

Today was such a nice day! We worked on our root machines/monsters this morning. Some of your work is so clever! In math we did lesson 5-7 (solving multiplication equations with decimals). We worked on our Ancient Egypt research projects and had a fire drill. We also need more First in Math stickers! We need to stay in first place!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• writing: if you were a caterpillar....
• math reteach 5-7
• spelling choice

Wednesday

Today we did 100 Mile Club. We came into the room for Word Work (finally got that working!). We filled out the GRAPES chart for Egypt. We also did fluency practice and worked on our close read. We had time to work on our assignment with the close read.
In math, we took the Topic 4 test.

Library tomorrow!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• no math (my group)
• writing: free choice
• spelling choice

Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! Have you looked at our plants recently? We have tomatoes, two kinds of peppers, and BEANS! We grew the beans from seeds -- that makes me so happy! The squash was taking over the cauliflower pot. Hopefully we've fixed that problem.

Today we did 100 Mile Club, then came in for rotations. I like the way the rotations work for most students. There will be an assessment Friday over this week's work.

In math, my group did the problem solving lesson. Tomorrow is the Topic 4 test!

I am really enjoying the book Wonder. Today's read aloud was fun with the emails back and forth between Mr. Tushman and the families. The text messages between August and Jack Will were great too.

Today we had the last day of our first round of rotations.

Remember to think about participating in a talent showcase at the next assembly. We'll meet tomorrow morning to discuss.

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• writing: the Pharaoh sent a message. He wants to see you...
• spelling choice
• my math group practice 4-6 (1-3) and make a note card to study
• Reflections project due Monday

November!

How can it be November already?! 

Today we did 100 Mile Club, then came in for a spelling pretest. We did rotations for fluency, close, vocabulary, Gooru, reading, and enrichment. I like the centers!

In math, my group did lesson 4-5 today (multiplying with whole numbers and decimals).

We moved seats, read a little in Wonder, and started afternoon rotations.

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• spelling choice
• my math group practice 4-5
• writing: you discovered a new planet...
• Reflections project due Monday 11/10!

Thursday

How was your day? Did you enjoy Lunch with a Loved One? And nachos?
We started the day with 100 Mile Club. We were late to the library (thanks Abraham and Caleb for reminding me!). We did Word Work, fluency, close reading, and filled out part of our GRAPES chart. We also worked on DOK questions.
In math we took the Benchmark over topics 1-3.
We worked on science, chapter 1. Remember there is an open book test tomorrow!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• writing: Greta Grape is sad. Why?
• no math
• no spelling

Tuesday!

Happy Tuesday! We had visitors today.  That was fun!
We started with 100 Mile Club, then came in and shared writing. The stories and poems are amazing! We did Word Work, read fluency, read our close reading for main idea and details, and worked on our GRAPES chart. We also took notes on Mesopotamian Achievements. Then we went to the Book Fair.  In math, we took the Topic 3 assessment.
We continued to work on our new writing prompt, and worked in our science books.

Crazy sock day is FRIDAY!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• spelling choice
• math -- benchmark review
• writing: why does Waldo keep getting lost?

Monday, start of Unit of Study 2

Happy Monday! Today we did 100 Mile Club, then came in and started Unit of Study 2. The first thing we did was empty our binders of everything from Unit 1. Then we had a spelling pretest (those words!), started Word Work, did a KWL on ancient civilizations, read a fluency selection by echo reading, and did close reading. We watched a Gooru video and starting filling out a GRAPES chart on ancient civilizations.
Some students moved math groups and those started today. We all worked on lesson 3-1 in math (dependent and independent variables).
We started subject and object pronouns and had our last day of this round of science rotations.

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• spelling choice
• writing: red
• my math group reteach 3-1

Tuesday

How was your day? We started with 100 Mile Club, then shared writing. We did two lessons in Boot Camp (we are almost finished with that!), read our fluency, and then did close reading looking for answers as to why the volcano hasn't disrupted the ice. We read in our science books and took AVID notes on what we read.
I read the book Mudball to you. Please take the AR quiz!
In math, my group worked on problem solving, which involved multiplication and division equations. We also practiced graphing equations.
We worked some more on our final drafts of writing. Finally, we had science rotations.

Picture Day is Thursday!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• spelling choice
• writing: favorite food and least favorite food
• math practice 2-9 (my group)

Baseball Monday

Happy Monday! We started the day with 100 Mile Club. We had our spelling pretest (-able and -ible endings). We read a fluency about red ants predicting earthquakes and worked on a close read about an under ice volcano.  In Boot Camp, we talked about -able and -ible endings (perfect tie-in to our spelling work). We also worked on DEA vocabulary.
In math, my group worked on graphing equations.
We worked on final drafts of our agricultural revolution writing.
We had day 2 of the second round of science rotations.

Picture Day is Thursday!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• spelling choice (24 new choices today!)
• writing: the letter Q
• my math group: practice 2-8

Library day!

Happy Thursday! I was so happy to go to the library today! We started with 100 Mile Club, then came into the room and got ready to go to the library. After the library, we watched a Gooru video on the agricultural revolution, then shared our writing. After that, we chose pictures to accompany our agricultural revolution writing.
In math, we took a practice test that I created on our new program Illuminate. Then we played Jeopardy to review solving one step equations.
I passed out a list of adverbs and adjectives that would be good to add to writing. We will work with that tomorrow.
Finally, we had science rotations.

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute (quiz tomorrow)
• spelling practice test
• writing: it was a dark and stormy night...
• my math group finish practice 2-6

Early Release Wednesday

Thank you for the good sub report this morning!
I came to school at math time. We worked on multiplication and division of fractions in equations.
We had another ASB meeting today, and our representatives reported back to the class.

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• spelling choice
• writing: write an alternate ending to your favorite book
• my math group: reteach 2-6

Monday!

Happy Monday! Today FLEW by! 

We started with 100 Mile Club, then did Boot Camp. We had a spelling pretest, then read a fluency about Pompeii. I will look for pictures from my trip tonight. Our close read was also about a volcanic eruption. 

We made vocabulary flip books with our DEA vocabulary. This is the first time we have a science reading in our morning time block.

In math, we all worked on lesson 2-5 (solving multiplication and division equations).

We worked on revising our writer's workshop. We got through the first paragraph!

We started science rotations today.

Band tomorrow!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• my math group: practice 2-5 and Frayer frames for equation and variable
• spelling choice
• writing: what is one habit you've always wanted to form but haven't?

Assembly and Auction Friday!

Did you have a good Friday? We had some fun things happening today.
First we did 100 Mile Club, then had a fluency quiz and weekly assessment. Then it was off to the assembly! SO EXCITED that we won the attendance award for 6th grade AND the award for the entire upper grade. GREAT JOB!
We regrouped for math. Did everyone work on the problem solving lesson?
We ended the day with a 6th grade auction! Look for that to happen each assembly day. I loved it!

Have a WONDERFUL weekend. Cheer on my Cardinals!

Thursday

Sorry I did not blog yesterday. This week has been filled with quite a few non-classroom related tasks.
Today we started with 100 Mile Club, then came in and shared writing. We had Boot Camp, fluency practice, and worked on close reading. I like the posters each group made that show gist, author's purpose, vocabulary, reasons the paintings are fading, and something that you learned. We also wrote Depth of Knowledge (DOK) leveled questions for Hatchet.
We continued math groups. My group worked on solving addition and subtraction equations involving a variable.
We wrote a conclusion to our agricultural revolution essays. Tomorrow we will begin the revising process.
Finally, we read about earth's moving plates. Science rotations start next week!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute (quiz tomorrow)
• spelling -- take a practice test
• math -- my group practice 2-3
• writing: a penny falls from a tall building, what happens?

We also changed jobs today and staked the plants that are growing. It is so exciting to see our garden!

Weekly assessment tomorrow in Language Arts.

Tuesday

It was so nice to be back in class today!
We started the day with 100 Mile Club, then came in and talked about how math was going to work. Then we shared writing. We did Boot Camp. We worked on fluency with the Gary Paulsen piece, then close reading. We also went over DEA vocabulary for Hatchet. We reread Hatchet with our partners.
In math, we started math groups. You may be in a different class for math. I believe each group worked on lesson 1 in Topic 2.
We worked on our tools paragraph in writing, and finished the day by reading in our science book.

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute (quiz Friday)
• spelling choice
• writing: you find a secret tunnel down a back alley in Riverside. Where does it go?
• my math group: practice 2-1

See you tomorrow!

Thursday

So glad today was cooler! We worked on writing DOK questions today, and then had a Socratic Seminar using the questions we wrote. In math, we took a practice test. Tomorrow we are using the chrome books to take the math test online. We "unpacked" our next writing prompt, and then we went to rotations. Today was the first day of the last rotation this time around.

Hopefully you have at least 3% of your AR goal. There may be a fun surprise tomorrow!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• math -- review practice test and revise one pager
• writing: you are taking a journey down the Yellow Brick Road. What happens?

Very hot Monday

Happy Monday! Thank you for your patience as I worked through the DIBELS.
We finished our compare/contrast essays on Homo erectus and Homo sapien. We had a spelling pretest, read a new fluency passage, then found author's purpose and gist of an article called Earliest Humans. We also worked with vocabulary for our new reading selection in the history textbook.

In math, we worked on identifying equivalent algebraic expressions. Remember, it does not matter what value you choose for x as long as you use the same value in each expression.

We had our first day of the third round of rotations today.

Hopefully the weather will be a little cooler tomorrow!

Homework:

• read for 30 minutes
• fluency 1 minute
• spelling choice
• math practice 1-11
• writing: You wake up in a hospital...

Have a wonderful evening! Stay cool!

Friday Fun

I'm so glad we got part of the board working! There are still some things that need to be fixed, but we can write on the board and use the document camera. Big improvement over a few days ago!

Today we had 100 Mile Club (well, you did because Mrs. Neuman was showing me things on the board). We had Boot Camp and took the assessment for this week. I really liked being able to put the assessment under the document camera.

In math, we used the distributive property to write equivalent expressions. This is a lesson that was not previously in the 6th grade curriculum. We will revisit the lesson on Monday.

3(2x + 5) = 6x + 15

8x - 4 = 4(2x - 1)

I did not get many finished final copies of our writing. We will finish that up on Monday. We ended the day with rotations. I had a great time planting!

Have a wonderful weekend! Cheer on my baseball team the St. Louis Cardinals and my college football team -- go USC Trojans!