January 10-14

We are starting the novel, A Single Shard this week. Students will complete vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities about the book.

This week's spelling and vocabulary words:
A Single Shard Ch 1-2 vocabulary Novel-ties


1. arid
2. momentum
3. complied
4. oblivious
5. cowered
6. perusal
7. derision
8. precariously
9. impudence
10. prosperity

Literary terms:
11. Simile
12. Metaphor
13. Personification
14. Internal conflict
15. External conflict

What's the latest?

Christmas Program Friday, Dec. 17 9:30 and 1:00.
Christmas Party Monday, Dec. 20 at 1:15pm.

Have a wonderful break, and a Happy New Year!
Words for Jan. 3-7
capable
defiant
deliberate
hasty
hesitant
hostile
indifferent
jubilant
meek
unbearable
synonyms
antonyms

What's Happening December 6-10

• We are reading Voyage of the Dawn Treader aloud in class. We should have about half of it read by Friday, the day we go see the movie! (Parents are welcome to come. You will just pay for your movie as you come in. Lunch is across the parking lot at Los Amigos.)
• Students are starting a writing piece these last few weeks before Christmas Break. It will be a work in progress. I believe they are excited about this writing piece because they came up with the writing prompt! The topics range from Human Decency to Bullying. Types of writing to choose from are: letters, speeches, or articles.
• We are studying about Verbs this week in Grammar. Being, Linking, Verb Tenses, and Irregular Verbs.
• Last day to earn AR points for this nine weeks is Dec. 16. The second nine weeks party will be a movie, donut, and hot chocolate party on the morning of Dec. 17.

Words for Dec. 6-10:
achieve
achievement
command
commandment
enroll
enrollment
harass
harassment
nourish
nourishment
require
requirement

Next Week's Words:

forehand
freehand
high-handed
longhand
openhanded
shorthand
shorthanded
stouthearted
underhanded

We watched the documentary, "Paper Clips," about a school group in Whitwell, TN who started a Holocaust Memorial at their school. Paul Schamburg will come to our class as a guest speaker to talk about tolerance and differences in people. We watched "High School Musical" at GCHS Monday. Please send your $1 for admission if you haven't paid already.

Can Drive is underway! Bring in those canned goods for families in need over the holidays. The class with the largest percentage of cans brought in will receive an ice cream party!

Words for Nov. 29-Dec. 3:
accessories
barrier
brunch
capsule
infomercial
mural
parasites
pesticides
pulley
textiles
Words for Dec. 6-10:
achieve
achievement
command
commandment
enroll
enrollment
harass
harassment
nourish
nourishment
require
requirement

What's going on in 6th grade?

Have a nice Thanksgiving Break!!
When we come back, we will be watching the documentary, "Paper Clips," about a school group in Whitwell, TN who started a Holocaust Memorial at their school. Paul Schamburg will come to our class as a guest speaker to talk about tolerance and differences in people.

We will attend the High School Musical play at the GCHS PAC Monday afternoon. Please send your $1 for admission on Monday if you haven't paid already.

Can Drive is underway! Bring in those canned goods for families in need over the holidays. The class with the largest percentage of cans brought in will receive an ice cream party!

Words for Nov. 29-Dec. 3:
accessories
barrier
brunch
capsule
infomercial
mural
parasites
pesticides
pulley
textiles

What's Happening November 15-19?

We will be finishing the book, Number the Stars this week!
Concepts include vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, plot, characters, setting, and theme, plural nouns, and grammar practice.
Be prepared for the test over the book and this week's vocabulary on Monday, the 22nd.

1. Stricken
2. Donned
3. Segment
4. Insolently
5. Strident
6. Faint
7. Bulky
8. Tantalize
9. Hasty
10. Warily
11. Ignore
12. Brave
13. Conceal
14. Halt
15. Temporary
16. Avoid
17. Synonym
18. Antonym
19. Dialogue
20. Genre
Bonus: Know the definitions and examples from Number the Stars for the following Literary Terms: Plot, Characters, Setting, Theme

What's happening in class?

November 8-12

• Monday we will take a test over last week's words/chapters from Number the Stars (1-6) and finalize our open responses from Friday.
• Tuesday-Friday we will read chapters 7-9 in Number the Stars. (See the page with Reading Websites for a link to Number the Stars activities.)
• We complete a "6th Grade" vocabulary activity sheet each day. These are words all 6th graders should know.
• We are starting a new Drops in the Bucket sheet this week: Editing paragraphs.
• To help students prepare for testing, I have taken sentences from the text we read and make it grammatically incorrect (or not). Students have multiple choice answers to choose the correctly written form of the sentence.
• Number the Stars Vocabulary Chapters 7-9 (Test Friday, Nov. 12)
  Deftly
  Gnarled
  Hearse
  Relocate
  Reluctantly
  Ruefully
  Specter
  Splintery
  Sulking
  Urgency
  Symbolism
  Allusion
  Simile
  Personification
  Cliffhanger