Week of January 29th

ELA:  Introduce "The Hook"
           Research 11 Ways to Hook the Reader for Argument Writing
           Go in depth on each type of hook by building, analyzing, and evaluating Hooks

Social Studies:  Research The Nile River
                          Begin Class Novel:  Moses in Egypt
                          Artifact Walk (Making Inferences)
                          Egyptian Architecture:  Pyramids
                          Hands On Activity - Build Sugar Cube Pyramids

Week of January 22nd

ELA:  Introduce Socratic Seminar with "Empathy for the Wolf" and "Snow Days"
           Introduce, Define, Build, and Evaluate (Thesis Statements)

Social Studies:  Introduce our next Ancient Civilization - EGYPT!
                          Physical and Political Map Activities of Egypt

Week of Jan 8

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!

ELA:  This week we are transitioning into our Argument Writing Unit.
1.  Crime Scene Activities to focus on evidence in order to make a claim
2.  Pre Assessment: (Argument Essay)
     Wed-Thur (all 6th grade) Topic: Should Snow Days be Banned?
3.  Friday: Book Club #2 Meeting 1 (Ask your scholar about their new book)

Social Studies:  Finish up the hands on Ziggurat Model and start the Write up
                          Introduce our next ancient civilization: Egypt

Thanks for reading,

Mr. Franey (mfraney@ttusd.org)

Week of December 11th

Reminder:  Barter Market will be held December 21st after lunch
                   A second reminder handout was sent home in the Friday Folders for more details

ELA:  This week will will finish up Figurative Language with a focus on Personification
           Next will be a Peer Review lesson in Study Sync
           After that will apply Peer Review to several "Blasts" in Study Sync
           Friday will be the last Book Club meeting for our first round of Book Clubs, we will also take  AR tests on the books after the meetings

Social Studies:  Mesopotamia
1.  7 features of civilizations
2.  Hammurabi's code of law
3.  Sumerian Architecture

Week of Dec. 4th

Note for Parents:
1.  Book Clubs:  This is our 3rd week now on our first Book Club book of the Year.  Make sure your child is reading the correct number of pages per night Monday thru Thursday.  They meet every Friday to talk about the pages of the week.

2.  Barter Market:  (Connection to Mesopotamia) Hope you are having fun making the Barter Market items.  Make sure your child brings them to school on Thurs. Dec. 21st

ELA this Week:  We will be finishing up Figurative Language.  We will be using our latest Turning Point Paragraph in google classroom for Deployment on Tues. and Wed.
Thursday is Turning Point Re-Write with feedback.  Friday is Book Club.

Social Studies this Week:  Mesopotamia-Our first early Civilization
We will be doing Vocabulary, Kahoot online quiz game, 7 Features of Civilizations

Week of Nov 27

Hope you all enjoyed the Thanksgiving Holiday!

ELA:  Book Clubs - this is week 2 of book clubs so make sure your student is reading the correct         amount of pages per night
Study Sync: We are reading about Jackie Robinson and the close read is to discover the "turning point" and then discuss positive and negative effects it had on him and others (Monday)
Google Classroom:  Paragraph on "turning point" in the Jackie Robinson read (Tuesday,Wednesday)
We will use this paragraph for "Deployment" next week with the entire 6th grade
Figurative Language Lessons for Thursday and Friday: Simile, Metaphor, Personification

Social Studies:
Mesopotamia Begins-Farming, Surplus, Job Specialization
We will also introduce the "Barter Market Day" that will take place the last day before Winter Break
How to...research online to get students thinking about what they would like to start working on for the next 3 weeks in order to be ready for Barter Market Day

Week of Nov 13

Notes:

Friday is the last day of Trimester 1.  So, please check Aeries this week and set up a plan for your student to turn in any "missing assignment" by Friday.  I always have extra copies and I always accept late work for full credit.


ELA:
Turning Point in Maroo paragraph/rubric reflections (Google Classroom)
Narrative Writing:  Write a new "last chapter" for Maroo (Google Classroom)
Vivid Verbs discussion and practice
Figurative Language Lessons (Personification, Simile, Metaphors)
Improv Pro/Con Discussion Training and Practice
Literature this Week:  Jackie Robinson (Study Sync)


Social Studies:
Finish up Prehistory with Mastodon Extinction Theory
Play Hunter Gatherer Game
Transition to Early Civilizations
Intro to Mesopotamia