Language Arts: Continued working on scripts & using our rubric to drive our revisions. Commercials are due 2/18/16.

Reading: Completed a reading log entry on the high interest fiction story, The Escape. 

Social Studies:  Created a Venn Diagram on the terms: democracy and republic. Homework: NEARPOD session due 2/17/16
NEARPOD Code:  EKMYV

Language Arts- Worked on script writing, timing our commercials, revising with peers, using rubric to drive our revisions...... Homework- Commercials are due 2/18/16.

Reading- Focused on informational reading, text driven questions and close reading. Homework- Fluency due 2/12 & Latin Stem Quiz 2/15.

Social Studies: Read about the terms democracy and republic in Ancient Rome.

Language Arts: Discussed turning our notes into scripts for our commercial. Commercials are due on Thursday, Feb 18th.

Reading: Shared our thinking & summaries on a nonfiction article. Fluency read due- 2/12/16 & Latin Stem Quiz- 2/15/16.

Social Studies: Setting the stage for Rome.  Homework- pages 225 & 226 in TCI student book IF not finished in class. 

Language Arts: Scored commercials from several students from last year using rubric and researched our activist and their cause. Commercials due 2/18/16

Reading: Latin quiz. Next one is 2/15/16, Fluency read- 2/12/16, articles (Close read, answer questions and summarize) due 2/9/16

Social Studies: Started conversation about what a Socratic Seminar sounds and looks like.

Language Arts: Activist work. We continued to keep our notes simple & organized:

Background of activist
Background of cause
Persuade- what are 3 things WE can do to get behind the cause



Reading: Fluency & informational text work. Homework- Latin Stem quiz on 2/8 & fluency read on 2/12 & article close read, questions answered and wrote a summary due 2/9

Social Studies: Started researching Rome.

Language Arts: Researched teen activists and their cause. You may bring headphones for the duration of researching. Notes MUST be organized as seen above:
* Background of activist
* Background of cause
* Persuade classmate- what are 3 things that 6th graders at Hamilton can do to support cause

Reading: Completed Reading Logs on a fictional story shared orally. Homework: fluency read due 2/4/16 & latin quiz 2/8/16

Social Studies: Studied and summarized Greek contributions to the modern world.

REPORT CARDS: Once you log into IC, select the white REPORTS tab (it is about 5 tabs under Grades) on the left hand side. Once you select REPORTS, click on Report Card Quarter 2. This will allow you to view the report card with teacher comments. 

Language Arts: Students are allowed to bring headphones or earbuds to class for the next week or so as we are researching teen activists on Chromebooks. By the end of class on Wednesday, teen activist should be chosen and we will focus on note-taking for our commercials. 

Reading: Conferenced with the students individually regarding MAP scores in Reading.  

Social Studies: Worked with partners on highlighting chapter 27 in TCI book- Ancient Greece and contributions to modern world.