Language+Arts+(6th+Grade)

Below is a quick look at the weekly skills we are focusing on as a class. A great deal of this class not only revolves around academic success but also social growth. The students will be required to interact frequently with their peers and demonstrate knowledge of newly acquired skills though explanations and analysis. Later in the school year I will also be asking parents to participate in classroom activities in an effort to further their academic growth.

WEEK OF: 5-12-14
 * **Day** ||  || **Activities** ||
 * **Monday** ||  || 1. Bellwork--summarizing

2. Homonyms and homophones

3. WW9 practice (pictionary)

4. Last 10 stems to end the year

5. Creating words from stems

6. Review progress of research paragraphs (where do we go from here?)

HW: None ||
 * **Tuesday** ||  || 1. Bellwork--summarizing

2. Continue homonyms and homophones

3. WW9 review (prezi) (quiz Friday)

4. Research paragraph peer editing

5.

HW: None ||
 * **Wednesday** ||  || 1. Bellwork--summarizing

2. Homonyms and homophones

3. Finish research paragraph peer editing

4. WW9 practice (locating synonyms and antonyms)

HW: None ||
 * **Thursday** ||  || 1. Bellwork--Summarizing

2. Homonyms and homophones

3. Put together "Research Books"

4. Review Stems

HW: Study for WW9 Quiz tomorrow ||
 * **Friday** ||  || Bellwork-review WW9

2. WW9 Quiz

3. Finish piecing together "Research Books"

4. Puzzle pieces

HW: None ||


 * Reading Challenges:**

1. **CBM Challenge**---Each week the students are required to take a Curriculum-Based Measurement in the area of comprehension called a Maze CBM. It is a 3-minute timed test that assesses their knowledge of how words fit properly into passages. We completed the baselines and the students will begin graphing their own scores so they can have a visual of their weekly progress. The goal is to see an increasing trend line where students are moving into higher percentiles and grade levels.

2. **A-B-C Challenge-**-This challenge encourages students to read outside of class. Their goal is to work their way through the alphabet by reading multiple books, short stories, magazine/newspaper articles, etc...The students can use either the title or author of their reading material to mark a letter off. Every time they read a selection the student needs to complete a reading slip and return it to post on the wall. There will an individual reward for each student that completes this activity and a group reward if they can all complete the exercise.


 * Example:** If a student reads //Diary of Wimpy Kid// by Jeff Kinney, they can use the letter D (title) or K (only the author's last name). However, for each reading selection, the student can only use 1 letter. They cannot mark D and K for //Diary of a Wimpy Kid//.