Week of Feb 26

Welcome Back from Winter Ski Skate Break!

ELA:  We start off the week setting writing goals based on extensive feedback from their
           "Pigs as Pets" argument essays
Then we start the 2wk process all over again with our new topic: 
                                                                                            Iditarod-Animal Cruelty or Just a Race?
The Process Includes:
Research the Official Iditarod Website and fill out the Research Paper that goes with it
Pic a Musher to win the race and track him/her everyday during warm up
3 Articles (Highlight Pros/Cons & take jots)
3 Videos  (Watch each one twice & take jots)
Socratic Seminar
Pro/Con Improv Speaking Activity
Essay Planning with Rubric, Essay Organizer, and Clock Partners
Type Essay in Google Classroom
After Teacher corrects essay and provides feedback- document your grade on the "Tracking Paper" and finally set 3 more goals for your next essay

Social Studies:
Ancient Egypt Continued...
Preparing for the Afterlife
Tomb Desinging
Tomb Building with Sugar Cube Pyramids

Week of Feb 12th

ELA:  Argument Essay Planning and Writing
           By the end of this week our first argument essay, "Pigs as Pets" will be complete
           If you would like to check your students progress goto Google Classroom this week Wed-Fri

Social Studies:  Ancient Egypt
                          We will be covering hieroglyphics, the afterlife, and tombs.

Have a great week!
Mr Franey

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