Language Arts: Our Living Museum was PERFECT. We had the chance to speak with almost everyone in the class and hear snippets of all biographies. How fun!

Reading: Met in literarture groups to discuss informational articles and summaries. Latin quiz on 2/1 and fluency read on 2/4

Social Studies: Exit slip covering which form of Ancient Greek government was the best and reasons why.

Language Arts: Last day in class to edit and revise biographies as they are due tomorrow. Please make sure that if your send it to me electronically that you include your name or it will not be printed. Also, tomorrow, how will YOU make your biography come alive?

Reading: Read informational articles and created text driven questions

Social Studies: Continued our work on monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy.

Language Arts: Worked with writing partners to edit while using the informational writing rubric. Biographies are due Thursday 1/28 as well as making your person of study come alive!!!! (See yesterday's blog for more details)

Reading: Homework: Informational articles with a close read, questions answered and a summary due 1/28, reading fluency due 2/4 and Latin quiz 2/1.

Social Studies: Looked at the ways that democracy came into power in Ancient Greece. Students are co-creating visuals to share their learned information with the class tomorrow.

If you did not yet complete your student goal sheet for 2nd semester, it is due tomorrow.

Language Arts: Looked at ways to conclude our biographies (see above poster). The next two class days will be used for editing and revising. Final biographies are due on Thursday, January 28th AS WELL AS making your biography come alive! A living museum will take place in the classroom on Thursday. How can you make your person come alive? A prop? A costume? A style of speaking? Be creative. 

Reading: Latin Stem work. Next quiz is 2/1/16.

Social Studies: Took a quick assessment of how geography affected ways of life in Ancient Greece?

On Monday we will look at our first semester goals so make sure they are in your binder. We will create a new goal to focus on during second semester.

L.A.- Make sure that you body paragraphs are all complete for your biography. We discussed leads yesterday in class- see poster above for ideas.
Reading- Latin Stem Quiz & Fluency Read on Monday
Social Studies- Pages 180-182 complete in TCI Student Book

Home with a sick kid today but the plan at school today:

Language Arts: Finished body paragraphs for biography

Reading: informational articles- they need to be Close Read and questions answered by tomorrow

SS: Worked on Greece chapters 25 & 26 in TCI textbook

** Remember this Friday is our 1st semester sledding & hot chocolate celebration! 

Language:
Worked on our second body paragraph- please finish this for homework is you are not done. It can be tricky to make informational writing interesting and not boring. In class, we discussed strategies to make our writing more interesting. These strategies need to be used and during the revising and editing process we will look for these chosen strategies. 

Reading:
Latin Quiz. Next one is 1/25 & fluency read is 1/21.

Social Studies: Started studying Ancient Greece.

Language Arts: Our classes co-wrote a childhood body paragraph using, "How to make informational writing interesting" strategies. Homework- Write first body paragraph (childhood)- due 1/19/16.

Reading: Took part in literature discussion groups based on nonfiction articles. Homework- Latin Quiz- 1/19/16 & Fluency Quiz on 1/21/16.

Social Studies: Gallery walk for our Mummy Project. Homework: Mummy project packet due 1/19/16.

** As an aside, both homerooms came together to chat regarding what it looks like to be a 6th grade learner while at school. Check in with your child to reference this conversation. Have a great 3 day weekend **

Language Arts: Worked with our writing partners to partner score our second literary essay.

Reading: Worked on reading fluency with nonfiction reading. Homework- Close Read article and answer questions- due 1/15/16 & Fluency read due 1/21/16.

Social Studies: Last day to work on Apply Mummy Project in class- gallery walk is tomorrow.

Today was different insofar as our schedule. We took time in the morning to do a thorough binder check & clean out. With that being said, there are a fair number of kids that need a new homework folder for their binder there are a lot that are ripped. Our 8th graders performed Music Man for the 6th grade community and it was delightful.

Language Arts: Last day to read and take notes on biographies. Homework: Biography read & notes taken and written in composition book. 

Reading:  Discussed and meet in groups to assign nonfiction articles. Homework- read article, Close Read article and answer questions on article- due 1/15/16

Social Studies: Continued to work on Mummy Project.

Language Arts- Continued to work on reading our biographies and taking notes within certain subtopics. Homework- Biography needs to be completely read and solid notes taken by Wednesday 1/13. 

Reading- Latin Stem Quiz. Next quiz- 1/19.

Social Studies- Worked on our apple mummy project. 

Language Arts: Continued to take notes and organizing our thinking around subtopics for our biographies. Homework- please take some time this weekend to make sure that you have a STRONG start on reading/note-taking. The books need to be completed by Tuesday, Jan 12th. Also, start thinking about how you can come to school and bring your character to life. Once our biographies are due, we will have a share day when we want to see the personalities of our persons of study (clothing, props, etc....). I anticipate the due date to be the week of Jan 25th! 

Reading: Read and responded to a fiction story, The New Kid.

S.S.- Completed brochure presentations and watched a video on the Giza Pyramid.

Language Arts: Working on reading our biographies with a purpose.  We co-created questions one might want to know about any person and then put those into subtopics. Throughout the process of reading their biography, students now have subtopics that will shape their notetaking. See visuals above.

Reading: Studied Latin Stems and continued to work on biography notetaking.

SS: Took Quiz

Reading- COMPLETED nonfiction presentations and got caught up on our Latin Stem work.

Social Studies- Practice quiz. Quiz is tomorrow- 1/07/16. If you would care for more practice, visit the Nearpod.com site and use the code- AXOHW

Language Arts time was taken by MAP testing and will be tomorrow as well. Please bring a book to read if you are done.

Reading- Nonfiction reading projects.

Social Studies- Read about the social classes of Ancient Egypt.

Language Arts: Went to the LMC to check out biographies.
Reading: Continued to present nonfiction projects.
Social Studies: Read a chapter on daily life in Egypt