Welcome

What we're working on this quarter:  

For the rest of 3rd quarter, we will move back into a novel study with periods 4, 7, and 8 reading A Long Walk to Water and 5th period reading The Red Pencil. Both of these novels deal with the Sudanese Civil War and students will use those experiences to analyze how one sentence/paragraph/scene impacts the story as a whole. 

We will also synthese fiction and nonfiction (articles linked below). Students will compare fictional and nonfiction accounts of similar experiences, learn to read infographics, and continue to work on nofiction comprehension skills. 

1. Third quarter will continue our work around weekly grammar and word part lessons with quizzes once a month. 

2. Homework will continue the same with an expectation of two hours of independent reading a week. 

3. Please continue to support your students and guide them as independent learners by prompting them to bring a charged chromebook to school, making up any work from days missed, and encouraging your student to write emails to their teachers with questions or concerns. 

Nonfiction Articles for Third Quarter (more to be added as needed)

South Sudan- An Overview

Sudan Conflict: A Front Row Seat

"The Plight of Refugees Around the Globe"

"Education is Our Hope" 

"I Had to Run for My Life" 

"Drink Water Can Kill" 

"Buzz Off"

"Shattered Lives"  

"MrBeast Just Broke a Charity Record"

Resource for families: Literature Circle Scope and Sequence 

**Families may request optional assignments if the planned curriculum offends their religious or person values.  Please inform me in writing if you prefer that your students read an alternative selection to a particular literary work, and please offer a reason for your preference.   Please see the district’s website for more information:  Parents' Rights

We will be following standards based grading in class so we can best assess how each student is progressing toward 6th grade mastery. Please let me know if you have any questions.