6th grade ELA & Peer Leadership

Monday, October 15, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we read chapter 12 of Space Case. We also discussed and took notes on the 4 (main) types of conflict.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Revise Schaffer paragraph (due this Friday, 10/19)

• Peer Leadership: Today we worked with committees. Some groups decided to work on their genius projects if they didn't have a group project currently in the works.

Homework: Blog post #1 due this Friday, 10/19. We will go over blogs tomorrow!

PL UPDATE (PERIOD 8): The "positive/negative leadership behavior" activity will not be graded as late for those turning it in today or tomorrow. Since we were caught up in school projects, I did not remind period 8 to turn it in. Please turn in the assignment for full credit.

Friday, October 12, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we finished our plot activity and read chapter 11 of Space Case. Please revise your Schaffer paragraphs!

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Revise Schaffer paragraph (due next Friday)

• Peer Leadership: Today we worked on our websites and began researching. We had a game day in period 8 since so many students were at the color run. If you didn't finish the genius project proposal or didn't get a parent signature, please bring it Monday.

Homework: None.

Thursday, October 11, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we watched a few Pixar shorts and completed some plot diagrams based on what we watched.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Revise Schaffer paragraph.

• Peer Leadership: Today we worked on our websites and working on the proposals.

Homework: Genius Project Proposal due Friday, 10/12.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we read chapter 10 of Space Case. We also reviewed what a good Schaffer paragraph looks like. Make sure you work on revising those paragraphs. Come to tutorial at lunch!

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Revise Schaffer paragraph.

• Peer Leadership: Today we worked on setting up our websites and working on the proposals.

Homework: Genius Project Proposal due Friday, 10/12.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we read chapter 9 of Space Case. We also continued with our list writing activity.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: Today we worked on our project proposals for the genius project. Be sure you are putting 100% effort into this! Also, this is supposed to be a fun choice project... so have fun and don't stress!

Homework: Genius Project Proposal due Friday, 10/12.

Monday, October 8, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we read chapter 8 of Space Case. We also started a creative writing project in which we compose a piece of writing based off lists we create. Excited to see what you all come up with!

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: Today we were introduced to the Genius Project. We went over the packet provided which covered types of projects and requirements. Think about potential projects tonight and bring any questions you may have to class tomorrow. If you didn't finish the activity completed in class on Friday, please complete it and turn it in.

Homework: Genius Project Proposal due Friday, 10/12.

Friday, October 5, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we finished writing our benchmarks.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: "Famous Failures" group activity.

Homework: None.

Thursday, October 4, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we started writing our benchmarks.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We worked in our committees.

Homework: None.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we finished up our literature circles.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We worked in our committees.

Homework: None.

Tuesday, October 2, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we read chapter 7 of Space Case and began working in literature circles. We will finish these tomorrow.
• Peer Leadership: In period 4, we worked on our Kindness poster. In period 8, we worked in committees.

Homework: None.

Monday, October 1, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we typed our final draft of the Schaffer paragraph. This was due at the end of class.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: In period 4, we worked on our Kindness poster. In period 8, we worked in committees.

Homework: None.

Friday, September 28, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we created a strong claim and wrote our rough draft. If you did not finish, you'll need to complete the rough draft over the weekend. We will be typing the final draft and submitting it for a grade at the end of class on Monday. Have a great weekend!

Homework: Read for 30 minutes & finish rough draft.

• Peer Leadership: We worked in committees and played some team-building games. Enjoy your weekend!

Homework: None.

Thursday, September 27, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we annotated the second article about Mars colonization and took some notes on the video we watched. We also created a chart listing the benefits and risks of colonizing Mars. We will write the rough draft in class tomorrow.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We graded ourselves and our group members for committee work thus far.

Homework: None.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we discussed book talks, our next AR test, and independent reading information. This was all super important information that you must get if you were absent! We also started reading/annotating our articles for our writing assessment. We will continue the process tomorrow. Special shoutout to those of you who came in at lunch to retake your AR test; this shows determination, resilience, and growth mindset! You rock!

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We graded ourselves as committees and continued working on projects.

Homework: None.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we finished our Schaffer paragraph group work. If you struggled working with others, please know that collaboration is very important in my class (and in life), so you will need to be able to work with others! We also played a fun review game to demonstrate our understanding of structure.

A few reminders:

1. All late work for the 6-week grading period is due tomorrow. I will be updating grades at the end of this week/over the weekend.

2. Retake for AR test #1 tomorrow at lunch!

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We worked in committees and continued our projects :)

Homework: None.

Monday, September 24, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we continued working in our groups on the Schaffer paragraph. If you're not finished with your notes, please finish those tonight. If you're not finished with your practice Schaffer paragraph, you will have 15 minutes to work on it tomorrow in class with your group.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We worked in committees and continued our projects.

Homework: None.

Friday, September 21, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we continued working in our groups on the Schaffer paragraph. We will finish these up Monday. We also took our first AR test. A couple of reminders:

1. You may retake this test once if you did not do well. The retake will be held next Wednesday, 9/26 at lunch.

2. If you took more than one, I will put your highest score in the grade for AR test 1.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes & have a fantastic weekend!

• Peer Leadership: We played a team-building game and got to know each other even better!

Homework: None.

Thursday, September 20, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we started a collaborative Schaffer paragraph activity and had a visit from our counselors! Don't forget, tomorrow is your first AR test! Be sure you finish your book by tomorrow.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. (Finish your book)

• Peer Leadership: We worked in our committees today. So excited to see the staff appreciation posters tomorrow!

Homework: None.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we we added a resource on plot elements to our ELA notebooks. We also read chapter 6 of Space Case and worked on a graphic organizer.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We worked in our committees and most of us are starting on our projects! So excited to see how these turn out. Thanks for your hard work & great ideas :)

Homework: None.

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT:

Thanks for coming! I enjoyed meeting all of you. If you weren't able to attend or would just like a copy of the presentation, you can view the ELA presentation here and the PL presentation here.

Here is the link to the page with REMIND class codes.

Please feel free to email me with questions! It was so great meeting you all. Looking forward to an amazing year.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we finished reading chapter 5 of Space Case. We also wrote an academic summary on chapter 5. If you weren't able to finish, come to tutorial tomorrow at lunch to finish up.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We did finished our activity about positive and negative behaviors. Now we are able to get together with our committees, create group norms, and hopefully eliminate some of the negative collaborative behaviors! Thanks for your reflections today.

Homework: None.

Monday, September 17, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we learned about how to write a proper academic summary and read part of chapter 5 of Space Case. Don't forget, September 26th is the last day to turn in late work from this grading period.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We did an activity about positive and negative behaviors. We will reflect on this tomorrow.

Homework: None.

Friday, September 14, 2018:

• 6th ELA: It was a busy day today! We had a binder check, planner quiz, read chapter 4 of Space Case, filled out part of our character chart, and checked our grades on Aeries. For the binder check: remember, you can get full credit on that if you show me that you've corrected/got the materials that were either not there or done incorrectly.

Homework: Have a fun, safe, fantastic weekend!

• Peer Leadership: We met with our committees and continued setting goals and formulating plans. Some of us went and participated in classrooms with peer buddies.

Homework: Have a fun, safe, fantastic weekend!

Thursday, September 13, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we had two class periods to work on our final draft of the one-pager. If you did not finish this in class, it is now homework. Here is a link of my example (do not make yours too similar to mine)

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Finish final draft of one-pager.

• Peer Leadership: We met with our committees and continued setting goals and formulating plans. Some of us went and participated in classrooms with peer buddies.

Homework: None

Wednesday, September 12, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we had two class periods to work on our rough draft of the one-pager. If you did not finish this in class, it is now homework. If you need to find quotes, this can be done tomorrow since you don't have a book at home. We will be working on our final draft tomorrow! Here is a link of my example (do not make yours too similar to mine)

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Finish rough draft of one-pager.

• Peer Leadership: We met with our committees and began setting goals and formulating plans... yay!

Homework: None

Tuesday, September 11, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we read chapter 3 of Space Case. We also began working on our one-pager. Please make sure you are putting detail and effort into this assignment! Can't wait to see the finished product.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We continued presenting about ourselves.

Homework: None!

Monday, September 10, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we finished up reading partner discussions. Those are due today! We also read an article about the allowance gap between boys and girls and did some annotating. Be sure you finish the annotations tonight if you didn't do so in class.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Finish annotating.

• Peer Leadership: We continued presenting about ourselves.

Homework: None!

Friday, September 7, 2018:

• 6th ELA: We had our planner quiz today. We learned more about text connections and added that resource in our ELA notebooks. We also met with our reading partners for discussions. Please make sure you're writing in your planner correctly EVERY day so you are earning 100% on these quizzes.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We began presenting about ourselves.

Homework: None!

Thursday, September 6, 2018:

• 6th ELA: We completed our thinking frame from chapter one. If you didn't turn this in, be sure to finish it up and turn it into the inbox tomorrow. We also read chapter two of Space Case

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Chapter 1 thinking frame due tomorrow if you didn't turn it in already!

• Peer Leadership: We worked on our "All About Me" projects. Use the handout with project guidelines to help you. Remember, this DOES NOT need to be completed at home. This is an in-class project. It will be due Monday.

Homework: None!

Wednesday, September 5, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we read chapter one of Space Case. We also started our thinking frame for chapter one.

In addition, you also found out your reading level. Remember, GE stands for "Grade Equivalency" (ex: 6.0 is a 6th grade reading level). ZPD is the "Zone of Proximal Development". This is the range you should be ideally be reading within. Check the "AR Book Level" at www.ARbookfind.com

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We worked on our "All About Me" projects. Use the handout with project guidelines to help you. Remember, this DOES NOT need to be completed at home. This is an in-class project.

Homework: None!

Tuesday, September 4, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we took our STAR reading test. This will determine our reading level (lexile, grade level, etc.). We also completed some pre-reading activities for our class novel, Space Case.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Check grade on Aeries.

• Peer Leadership: We started our "All About Me" projects. Use the handout with project guidelines to help you. Remember, this DOES NOT need to be completed at home. This is an in-class project.

**Please remember to complete the survey on Google Classroom. This will determine what committee you'll be working on for the next couple of months.

Homework: None!

Monday, September 3, 2018: No school

Friday, August 31, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we met with our book partners and discussed the novels we are reading independently.

Homework: Have a great 3-day weekend!

• Peer Leadership: We created 6 word memoirs; a 6-word phrase that was inspiring or meaningful to us. We put these on notecards and made them look beautiful!

Homework: None!

Thursday, August 30, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we were introduced to the Schaffer paragraph and we practiced writing one. I know this may seem hard right now, but practice makes perfect! ***PLEASE CHECK YOUR GRADES! Some of you are missing assignments and it is significantly affecting your grade.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We completed the post-brainstorm activity. We also played listen up! Talk about a serious battle of which class can work best as a team. ***PLEASE CHECK YOUR GRADES! So many of you are turning in assignments without names :(

Homework: None!

Wednesday, August 29, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we read and annotated a non-fiction text about video games and their effect on children. We will do a writing assignment with that tomorrow.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

• Peer Leadership: We finished our discussion about PL and played listen up!

Homework: None!

Tuesday, August 28, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we put some valuable resources in our ELA notebooks. We also visited the library. I hope you all have a book to enjoy! If you want to make sure your book has an AR test, visit this website: http://www.arbookfind.com/

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Bring independent reading book tomorrow!

• Peer Leadership: We completed the 2018-2019 Peer Leadership survey. We discussed and brainstormed ideas for PL. So excited by what you all came up with. Thanks for your participation and enthusiasm :)

Homework: None!

Monday, August 27, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we set up our ELA spiral notebooks. We also learned about three different types of text. If you weren't able to get the notes, come see my spiral notebook. We also went over the syllabus/expectations quiz. If you would like to earn full points, write down the correct answer in a complete sentence for each question you got wrong.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes. Bring independent reading book starting this Wednesday!

• Peer Leadership: We completed the 2018-2019 Peer Leadership survey. We will discuss and brainstorm tomorrow.

Homework: None!

Friday, August 24, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we had our book raffle! If you didn't get a book you want, we will be going to the library on Tuesday. There is always the option to check out a certain book when that person is done reading it. We also took the syllabus/expectations quiz.

Homework: Have a fun, safe, fantastic weekend!

• Peer Leadership: We finished the paper challenge and played listen up! We will work on team work strategies for this game next week.

Homework: Have a fun, safe, fantastic weekend!

Thursday, August 23, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we entered our names into the book raffle. We also went over independent reading information, book projects, and how to check out novels from my class library. Tomorrow we will have our book raffle! Good luck :) Please don't forget to bring your spiral notebooks tomorrow.

Homework: Response letter, signed syllabus, and YA approval letter (if applicable) due TOMORROW! Be sure to look over the syllabus. We will have a quiz tomorrow!

• Peer Leadership: We finished learning about our personalities and started the paper challenge. Please don't look up how to do it online! We will finish tomorrow.

Homework: Signed syllabus due Friday, 8/24.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018:

• 6th ELA: Today we were able to preview some books available for checkout from our classroom library. Be sure to hang on to that book preview sheet.

Homework: Response letter, signed syllabus, and YA approval letter (if applicable) due Friday, 8/24.

• Peer Leadership: We took a quick personality quiz to determine our working styles. We will learn about other groups' learning styles so we can work together more effectively.

Homework: Signed syllabus due Friday, 8/24.

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

• 6th ELA: We had an awesome day working in groups on the ELA "Escape Room"! This allowed us to learn more about classroom expectations and procedures. Please read over the syllabus tonight and bring questions you may have tomorrow. We may be having a quiz on the syllabus at some point (hint hint... this FRIDAY).

Homework: Response letter, signed syllabus, and YA approval letter (if applicable) due Friday, 8/24.

• Peer Leadership: We learned more about each other and how we are all "connected" while actually being connected with string. Great teamwork!

Homework: Signed syllabus due Friday, 8/24.

Monday, August 20, 2018

What an AWESOME first day. It was so great to meet all of you and I am so excited for a fantastic year!

• 6th ELA: We completed the "All About Me" sheet, made our name tags, and played some fun games to get to know each other. Please don't forget to give the young adult permission slip to your parents for a signature.

Homework: Response Letter due Friday, 8/24 (Period 1/2, I will give you this tomorrow). YA approval letter due Friday, 8/24.

• Peer Leadership: We made name tags and played question ball. Don't forget to read over the syllabus tonight!

Homework: Signed syllabus due Friday, 8/24.