Cardinals!

The CARDINALS win the pennant!
We are heading to the WORLD SERIES!!!!
YAY!

It's Friday, Friday

Happy Friday! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
We had an anti-bullying assembly today. We also reread Amelia Earhart: First Lady of Flight.
In math, we took the Topic 5 test.
Finally, we finished the first round of Ancient Egypt rotations. New rotations start Monday!
See you Monday!

McTeacher Night

Oh my goodness, I just got home form McTeacher Night! So glad to see some of you there. YAY!
Today we took the district writing assessment. In math, we divided integers. And then it was early release day and we went home. Fast!
Tomorrow is a earthquake drill. We are prepared!

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency (Amelia)
• no spelling
• my math group: enrichment 5-4 and enrichment 5-5
• writing: If I were a caterpillar...
• Studies Weekly worksheet due tomorrow

Tuesday

Today flew by! We used an AVID strategy of sitting in a circle and passing our Amelia Earhart notes to our classmates. Each student read notes from five different students. We will use the same strategy tomorrow on our notes on part two. We also started "someone who" suffixes. We ran out of time, so we will finish that up on Thursday.
Tomorrow is the district writing test! Be ready to compare/contrast two characters in a response to literature.
In math, my group multiplied integers. Much easier than subtracting, don't you think?
Today was the second day of Egypt. It sounds like there were some very fun, hands-on activities happening today!
McDonald's Night tomorrow night! I'll be there from 5:45-7:00.

Homework:

• Reading log
• Fluency (JBall questions due tomorrow)
• Spelling -- choice
• My math group -- practice 5-5
• Studies Weekly due Friday (read the entire paper every night!)
• Writing: tell me about your favorite movie and why it is your favorite

Monday, first day of Egypt!

Hi all! Today was a good day. We started by reading part of Amelia Earhart: First Lady of Flight. This is a biography and is written to provide information about Amelia Earhart and her last flight. We took notes, which we will share using an AVID strategy tomorrow. We also took a spelling pretest today.
In math, my group worked on subtracting integers. This is the most difficult concept in the topic and we did really well with it!
Today was the first day of Egypt rotations! How did you like it? What did you do? My group learned what a cartouche was (and made one) and we also learned about the Rosetta Stone.
Wednesday is the district writing test.
Thursday is an earthquake drill.
Pizza party tomorrow for Advanced scores in math (for my math group). Yay!

Homework:

• Reading Log (if you are in reading room, you must write a reading log)
• Fluency -- JBall (questions due Wednesday)
• Spelling -- missed words on pretest 5x each
• My math group -- Practice 5-3 and Practice 5-4
• Studies Weekly due Friday
• Writing: If you started your own business, what would it be/ What would you sell? What would you make? What would you fix? What would you do? Why?

Hoping for a CARDINALS win tonight!

Egyptian Kick-Off!

Did you enjoy our kick-off to Egypt?! I had such a good time!

This morning, we started Theme 2 in Language Arts (What Really Happened?). We read a story about cliff dwellers who mysteriously left their homes.
In math, my group worked through two lessons. Way to go! we did comparing/ordering integers and also adding integers.
The afternoon was a little taste of what studying what Egypt will be like. Rotations start Monday.
I made a class Instagram account. Please follow: room13grade6
You'll need to request to follow, I made the account private.

Have a wonderful weekend

Thursday Thursday Thursday

What a jam packed day! First we had library. LOVE Mrs. Wassman singing to us! I need to figure out how to make a ring tone out of what I recorded :)
We started the story test but were interrupted for picture day. I can't wait to see all of your pictures! We finished the story test and moved quickly to math. Integers were fun today! Remember that absolute value is the distance from zero and is always positive.
Finally, we took our science test. I haven't looked at the tests yet. We also signed up for Ancient Egypt rotations. Our kick-off is tomorrow! YAY!

Homework:

• Reading log
• Fluency (quiz tomorrow)
• Studies Weekly due tomorrow
• My math group -- practice 5-1
• Writing: Tell this story: "Just remember, you need to wait until he's finished working to ask him. He can get very angry if his work is interrupted. And we don't want him angry. We need his help."

Can't wait to read these stories!