Welcome Back August/September

Welcome back and/or Hello new 6th grade parents!
Ok so the district had a block on me but now its opened up again....glitches.

Anyway, by next week I should have a "google classroom calendar link" here as well as a quick summery of the work we will be doing for the the week in both ELA and Social Studies.

ELA:  We are reading Maroo of the Winter Caves Ch 3,4,5  Our Skill Lessons will deal with Setting and Vocabulary (along with comprehension) For Example in Chapter 4 the focus question will be:
How does the setting affect the characters and events in the story?

Social Studies:  We are studying Archaeology and Early Humans in the prehistory era.  We are doing lessons on classifying, analyzing and making inferences using artifacts.  The students are really enjoying this and are having great conversations using artifacts as evidence.

Weeks of May 29th and June 5th

State Testing is over and regular curriculum is back in full swing!

Big Middle School Fundraiser Dance is this Friday!  Call the office if you would like to help...

Parent Survey: Please take it if you have not

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F5DB322 English

https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/TQYWKJZ Spanish

ELA: Novel, The Giver is being read as a class and we are doing lots of fun lessons connected to the daily/weekly readings

Soc. Studies:  China Philosophy (Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism)

May 15th to 26th (State Testing Weeks)

Testing:

ELA Week of the 15th
Math Week of the 26th

Next week we will be studying Figurative Language and Poetry in ELA - Also, week are reading a class novel together -The Giver

In Social Studies we are still studying China

Week of April 24th

*Open House is Tuesday Night this Week 5pm to 7pm (Classrooms open at 6pm)


ELA:  Argument Writing:  "Video Game" Essay (Go over "hits and misses")

                                            "School Uniforms" Essay- Pro/Con Improv activity
                                                                                        Socratic Seminar
                                                                                        Clock Partners
                                                                                        Argument Essay Organizer
                                                                                        Final Copy in Google Classroom

Social Studies: China (5 intro. lessons/activities in Google Classroom)

Week of January 30th

Welcome back everyone...Here's what we're doing this week after we get everything back together.

ELA: Argument Writing a 5 Paragraph Essay
          Paragraph #1 - Opening Sentence (The Hook)
                                   Claim
                                   Thesis Statement
                                   Elaborate (optional)
                                   Closing Sentence

*We are working on 11 ways to hook the reader


Soc. Studies:  We finished Mesopotamia and we are starting EGYPT

Thanks for looking,
 Mr. Franey

Week of Dec 12

Olympic Week Monday thru Thursday!!!
Barter Market Friday!

Homework: Book Club Week 2!!! Make sure you are reading your Novel (Monday-Thursday)
                     Book Club Meetings are every Friday in ELA Class- Come Prepared Please!

One week left before Winter Break begins on the 17th....Merry Christmas Everyone and a Happy New Year

Thank, Mr Franey

Oct 31st (Halloween Week) - (Shady Creek Too)

Happy Halloween!

We are leaving for Shady Creek tomorrow, so don't stay out too late tonight...WOOOOOOO

Packing lists have been handed out 2 times
You can also check out shadycreek.org for the list and more about the camp

We will return on Friday at 2:30 in the bus loop-all children will need a "pick up" that day

Thanks,
Mr Franey