Friday August 30, 2019

Important Reminders
- Scholastic Book Orders due next Fri. 9/6 (use code GTBLV)
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)

Science

- DUE Tues. 9/3:

• Newsela article: Forest fires burning in the Amazon raise concerns about climate change
• A good scientist always questions data/evidence and reasonings.
• Review the claims, evidence and any reasoning in the article, can you find any questionable reasoning?
• Any figurative language being used?
• Notebook "Perfectly Organized"
• TOC up to date
• TOC listing matches content
• All pages in Notebook
• All pages numbered
• Damaged pages repaired
• Check Synergy-StudentVUE for missing work

- DUE Wed: 9/4

• Quiz Chapter 1

- DUE: Fri. 9/6:

• Scholastic Book Orders (use code GTBLV)
• Science Donation form
• WEB Social permission forms
• Requires parent's permission.
• Students to bring a water bottle for the day of the social, can get refilled, or can use the drinking fountain.

- DUE Fri. 9/13:

• PTA Donation Form

Language Arts

- DUE Tues. 9/3:

• NoRedInk Assignment #1: Plural vs. Possessive Nouns due next Tues. 9/3 (in order to get to the actual assignment, NoRedInk will prompt you to pick some interests — once you are done with that step you will see the assignment on the screen

- DUE Fri. 9/13: Final Personal Narrative

• Google Classroom

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Important Reminders
- Scholastic Book Orders due next Fri. 9/6 (use code GTBLV)
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)

Science

- DUE Fri. 8/30:

• Read Guide to Making Annotations
• Chapter 1 Review: Scientific Method: textbook
• Problem/Purpose/Questions
• Hypothesis
• Materials
• Procedure
• Data/Observation
• Conclusion(CER)

- DUE Tues. 9/3:

• Newsela article: Forest fires burning in the Amazon raise concerns about climate change (make sure you follow the directions posted about required annotations AND which lexile level to take the quiz for)
• refer to your Guide to Making Annotations
• re-watch the Introduction to Annotations video if you need a refresher about making annotations
• Notebook "Perfectly Organized"
• TOC up to date
• TOC listing matches content
• All pages in Notebook
• All pages numbered
• Damaged pages repaired

- DUE: Fri. 9/6:

• Scholastic Book Orders (use code GTBLV)
• Science Donation form
• WEB Social permission forms

- DUE Fri. 9/13:

• PTA Donation Form

Language Arts
- DUE Fri. 8/30:

• Pre-Final Narrative: in Google Classroom

- DUE Tues. 9/3:

• NoRedInk Assignment #1: Plural vs. Possessive Nouns due next Tues. 9/3 (in order to get to the actual assignment, NoRedInk will prompt you to pick some interests — once you are done with that step you will see the assignment on the screen

- DUE Fri. 9/13: Final Personal Narrative

• Google Classroom

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Important Reminders
- Scholastic Book Orders due next Fri. 9/6 (use code GTBLV)
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)
- Return all forms:

• Science Donation form due next Fri. 9/6
• WEB Social permission forms due next Fri. 9/6
• PTA Donation due Fri. 9/13

Science
- DUE Thurs. 8/29:

• read over Guide to Making Annotations
• Read "Forest fires burning in the Amazon raise concerns about climate change" on Newsela (log onto the Newsela website using your CUSD Google account, go to Binder and you will see the assignment posted — make sure to set the lexile level to 1040L)
• Study Guide 2.1
• Read: Pg: 30-33 textbook 

- DUE Fri. 8/30:

• Chapter 1 Review: Scientific Method:
• Problem/Purpose/Questions
• Hypothesis
• Materials
• Procedure
• Data/Observation
• Conclusion(CER)

Language Arts
- DUE Thurs. 8/28:

• Narrative #7: in Google Classroom
• Draft 1 1/2 pages, 350 words:
• Refer to "How To Write A Powerful Personal Narratives"
• Narrative Writing Checklist, filled out.
• Include: character tension and change, transitional words, imagery, simile, flashback
• Markup Narrative:

- DUE Tues. 9/3:

• NoRedInk Assignment #1: Plural vs. Possessive Nouns due next Tues. 9/3 (in order to get to the actual assignment, NoRedInk will prompt you to pick some interests — once you are done with that step you will see the assignment on the screen)

- DUE Fri. 9/13: Final Personal Narrative

• Google Classroom

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Important Reminders
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)
- Return all forms:

• 6th Grade Syllabus due 8/27
• Science Donation 8/27
• Edmodo form due 8/27
• WEB forms 9/6
• PTA Donation due 9/13

- Back to School Night, TONIGHT @ 6:15 p.m.

Science
- read "Forest fires burning in the Amazon raise concerns about climate change" on Newsela (log onto the Newsela website using your CUSD Google account, go to Binder and you will see the assignment posted — make sure to set the lexile level to 1040L)
- Notebook Updated
- Twinkie Experiment:

• Twinkie Drop Experiment in Notebook: CER

- Read: Pg: 23-28 textbook 

Language Arts
- Draft Narrative #6: in Google Classroom

• Draft 1 1/2 pages, 350 words: think of your reader, expressing your tension (literary devices) and what you learned.
• Refer to "How To Write A Powerful Personal Narratives"
• Narrative Writing Checklist, filled out.
• Include: transitional words, imagery, simile, flashback
• Markup Narrative:
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  Lead (highlight) Where the larger meaning shows up at the beginning of your narrative (use the comment tool) Transitional phrases and clauses (highlight) Ending (highlight) Where the realization or insight or change in the character shows up at the end of your narrative (use the comment tool) Figurative language or symbolism (highlight) Dashes/parentheses/colon/semicolon to help include extra detail and explanation in some sentences (highlight)

- DUE Tues. 9/3: NoRedInk Assignment #1: Plural vs. Possessive Nouns due next Tues. 9/3 (in order to get to the actual assignment, NoRedInk will prompt you to pick some interests — once you are done with that step you will see the assignment on the screen)

- DUE Friday 9/13: Final Personal Narrative, see Google Classroom

Monday, August 26, 2019

Important Reminders
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)
- Return all forms:

• 6th Grade Syllabus due 8/27
• Science Donation 8/27
• Edmodo form due 8/27
• PTA Donation due 9/13

- Remind Parents: Back to School Night on Tuesday, 8/27

Science
- Venn Head:

• Verify Notebook updated with Venn Head

-Twinkie Experiment:

• Write-up Twinkie Drop Experiment in Notebook.

- Read: Pg: 23-28 textbook 

Language Arts
- Draft Narrative #5: in Google Classroom

• Draft 1 1/2 pages, 350 words: Focus: "Craft a memorable lead"
• Don't forget:
• Refer to "How To Write A Powerful Personal Narratives" and "Narrative Writing Checklist"

- Plan for Final Personal Narrative, see Google Classroom

- NoRedInk Assignment #1: Plural vs. Possessive Nouns due next Tues. 9/3 (in order to get to the actual assignment, NoRedInk will prompt you to pick some interests — once you are done with that step you will see the assignment on the screen)

Friday, August 23, 2019

Important Reminders
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)
- Return all forms:

• 6th Grade Syllabus due 8/27
• Science Donation 8/27
• Edmodo form due 8/27
• PTA Donation due 9/13

- Remind Parents: Back to School Night on Tuesday, 8/27

Science
- Complete Venn diagram.

- Twinkie Experiment for Monday's Drop:

• Each Teams to plan what they need to do
• Setup notebook for Title thru Procedure
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- Chapter 1 Quiz, TBD

Language Arts
- Read and Understand Literary Devices, Commas, Transitional Words, and me/I

- Plan for Final Personal Narrative, see Google Classroom

- Read a literary book, 20 minutes

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Important Reminders
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)
- Return all forms:

• 6th Grade Syllabus due 8/27
• Science Donation 8/27
• Edmodo form due 8/27
• PTA Donation due 9/13

- Remind Parents: Back to School Night on Tuesday, 8/27

Science
- Update Science Notebook/Binder with Venn Head Experiment

- Complete Guided Notes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

- Twinkie Experiment: Draft a Lab Report for the Twinkie Experiment (In Water, Drop)

• Title, Question, Hypothesis, Procedure, Material

- Chapter 1 Quiz, TBD

Language Arts
- Read and study, "Everything Will Be OK." Annotate with notes and mark checklist.

- Draft Narrative #4: in Google Classroom

• Draft 1 1/2 pages, 350 words: Use what you have learned so far to pick a NEW small moment to write about.
• Strategies for Generating Personal Narrative Topics
• Think of a person who matters to you, list Small Moments stories, choose one, and write the whole story.
• Think about a place that matters, use pictures and quick notes to jot about the small moments that occurred there, choose one, and write the whole story.
• Think of first times or last times you did something, list Small Moments stories you could tell about each, choose one, and write the whole story.
• Think of moments that really mattered because you realized or learned something."

- Read a literary book, 20 minutes

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Important Reminders
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)
- Return all forms:

• 6th Grade Syllabus due 8/27
• Science Donation 8/27
• Edmodo form due 8/27
• PTA Donation due 9/13

- Remind Parents: Back to School Night on Tuesday, 8/27

Science
- Read pg. 18-19 in textbook

- Draft Venn Diagram

- Questions: Think of 5 questions to analyze Twinkie's (sponge cake) properties and propose experiments.

- Guided Notes: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 due Friday, 8/23

- Chapter 1 Quiz, 8/23

Language Arts
- Draft Narrative #3: in Google Classroom

• Draft 1 1/2 pages, 350 words: Focus: "Include a moment that really mattered because you realized or learned something."
• Don't forget:
• Think of a person who matters to you, list Small Moments stories, choose one, and write the whole story.
• Think about a place that matters, use pictures and quick notes to jot about the small moments that occurred there, choose one, and write the whole story.
• Think of first times or last times you did something, list Small Moments stories you could tell about each, choose one, and write the whole story.

- Read a literary book, 20 minutes

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Important Reminders
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)
- Return all forms:

• 6th Grade Syllabus
• PTA Donation
• Science Donation

- Remind Parents: Back to School Night on Tuesday, 8/27

Science
- Venn Head Experiment: in Google Classroom

•  Organize your data from Venn Head experiment and plan for your poster.

- Read pg. 10-12 and 14-16 in textbook

Language Arts
- Review Jack Gantos Tips
- Draft Narrative #2: in Google Classroom

• Using your writing goal plan(i.e. use details that totally transport my readers into my story so they feel like they have traveled back in time to the neighborhood where I grew up).
• Draft 2 pages, 500 words:
• Focusing on one episode with details (don't summarize a stretch of time)
• Help the reader picture the episode-a small action and exact dialogue

- Read a literary book, 20 minutes

Monday, August 19, 2019

Important Reminders
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)
- Return all forms:

• 6th Grade Syllabus
• PTA Donation
• Science Donation

- Remind Parents: Back to School Night on Tuesday, 8/27

Science
- Complete Science Notebook

• Table of Contents (download to view the video if streaming gives you an error message)
• Lab Rules on pg. 1
• Science Diagram Guidelines (must be hand-written in your notes) on top half of pg. 2
• Face diagram on bottom half of pg. 2

- notebook check
- read pg. 2-8 in textbook

Language Arts
- Review your Personal Narrative to Checklist.
- Continue to study Ai’s personal narrative and notice the writing moves that inspire you and make you want to work hard.
- Using all you know and all you have just learned about generating personal narrative drafts, continue the draft that you began in class in your notebook tonight --- about a page and half in total, 375 words. submit in Classroom.
- Read a book, 20 minutes

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Important Reminders
- shop for your school supplies at Staples and help Ms. Sun get more classroom supplies (if you already shopped there this summer just enter your receipt information)
- get 6th Grade syllabus signed and return to your 1st period teacher

Science
- bookmark the HW blog, Village C website, and Ms. Sun's Helpful Links webmix on your personal device(s) at home for easy access to frequently used websites
- Science donation $ due next Fri. 8/23
- earbuds for school

Language Arts
- read a book, 20 minutes