June 3

• make sure glogs are "finished"
• How-to essays due Monday
  

June 2

• finish diagramming sentence worksheet
  

June 1

• final drafts due Thursday or Monday
• glogs due Friday
• return choice books when finished reading
  

May 31

• glogs are due Friday; see May 26 you non-believers!
• final draft of how-to essay due Thursday or Monday - your choice!
  

May 27

• How-To essay due Tuesday
• glog due Friday
• students had Thursday and Friday as work days
• Choice book Glog.doc
  

May 26

• spelling test tomorrow; the last one!
• we will have time in the computer lab tomorrow to continue work on book glogs or how-to essay
• glogs are due June 3
• How-To essay due May 31; use your time wisely tomorrow!
  

May 25

• if you haven't decided on a How-To topic, have one ready for tomorrow
  

May 24

• we will finish reading "Grandpa and the Statue" in class tomorrow
  

May 23

• spelling pretest: diagrammed, arguing, characters, instruments, messages, cellar, choosing, reappear, repeated, situates, rhythmic, loosens, characterize, instrumental, cellular. Create a list of 10 for Friday's final.
  

May 20

• a sensory paragraph on Valleyfair due Monday
• finish reading choice book by June 1
  

May 19

• final draft of essay due tomorrow; typed
• mom/dad - proofread before your student prints a final copy!
• sensory paragraph on Valleyfair for Monday; use your sensory word bank that you created in class today
  

May 17

May 16

• rough draft of essay due tomorrow
• some need to finish open book test on short stories unit
  

May 13

• begin reading choice book
• open book short stories unit test Monday
• rough draft of essay due Tuesday
  

May 12

May 11

• finish reading "All-American Slurp"
• 6SU - you will take the spelling test tomorrow as I won't see your class on Friday
  

May 10

• spelling pretest: expend, inconsistent, massive, stoic, gnashes, emigrated, etiquette, consumption, plight, jubilation, rue, fallow, smugly, systematic, delved (create a list of 10 for Friday: 6SU will test Thursday due to the Variety Show).
• read "The Wounded Wolf"
  
• we will test on the short story unit on Monday due to a science test on Thursday for one of the classes
  

May 3

• enjoy the next few days!
  

May 2

• writing sentences correctly worksheet due tomorrow
  

April 29

• finish reading "Becky and the Wheel-and-Brake Boys"
  

April 28

• finish worksheet on run-ons, comma splices, fragments, etc.
• study for spelling test!
  

April 27

• complete part 1 &2 ONLY on compound/complex sentences
• we read "Dragon, Dragon" (p. 434) in class today
• final draft of fool/noodlehead story due tomorrow!
  

April 26

• final draft of Fools/Noodlehead story due Thursday
• spelling pretest: plagued, ravaged, tyrant, reflecting, craned, veranda, menace, reckless, prolonged, emaciated, wry, foresee, emerged, meditated, sufficient; create a list of 10 for the final on Friday
  

April 20

• rough draft of Fools/Noodleheads story due tomorrow
  

April 19

• if you didn't finish your complete subject/complete predicate worksheet in class, do so
  

April 18

• rough draft of your Fools/Noodleheads story due Thursday (rough = sloppy copy, can be in pencil)
  

April 14

• we read a variety of folk tales, fables, and fairy tales today!
• spelling test tomorrow!
  

April 13

• read folktales on pg. 780-793 (skip 'Arachne' as we read this already)
  

April 12

• read pgs. 764-769 in textbook
  

April 11

• spelling pretest: startled, lair, cordial, ungrateful, reproachfully, indignantly, obscure, mortal, embraced, obstinancy, covetousness, nymphs, traditions, theme, dialect
• semi-colons and colons worksheet for tomorrow
• bring your book tomorrow for our open book poetry test
  

April 7

• quiz on figurative language tomorrow
  

April 6

• limericks due tomorrow
• quiz on figurative language on Friday; you have notes on these terms
  

April 5

• compose a limerick for Thursday
• go to my teacher home page and find a link to help in creating your poems!
  

April 4

• concrete and haiku poem due Wed.
• regular/irregular comparison worksheet due tomorrow
  

April 1

• finish go/like and good/well worksheet
  

March 31

March 30

• we worked through the preposition and interjection worksheet; complete if you did not finish in class. We will do the next sheet tomorrow
• letters due tomorrow
  

March 29

• write a letter for Thursday as if you are Greyling (or another selchie) telling your parent why you are returning to the sea (see p. 298 for reference)
  

March 28

• Welcome Back!
• spelling pretest:  indecisively, atone, resolutions, melancholy, intimated, aggrieved, prowled, repulse, slanderous, gibbous
• finish "Greyling" if not finished in class
  

March 18

• enjoy your break!
  

March 17

• essays due tomorrow! hand it in even if you don't have my class tomorrow!
  

March 16

• read "Lob's Girl" for tomorrow
• spelling test and final draft of essay due Friday
  

March 15

• final drafts of compare/contrast essay due Friday (can hand in earlier if skipping out early)
  

March14

• spelling pretest: 1. ravenous, cavernous, rancor, grant, transport, inevitably, chaotic, inscribed, opposition, evaporate, immigration, bazaar, figurative, alliteration, simile
• rough draft due tomorrow
  

March 10

• we completed your/you're worksheet in class; did you?
  

March 9

• rough draft of compare/contrast essay due Tuesday; use your Venn diagram 
• paragraph 1 - intro.; 2 - compare; 3- contrast; 4 - conclusion (you can flip-flop 2/3)
  

    
March 8

• have a good night!
  

March 7

• Hi Isabel!
• I will look over the Venn diagrams tonight; tomorrow we will talk about crafting your introduction
• finish your adverb worksheet if you did not in class
  

March 4

• create a Venn diagram on your compare/contrast subject:

1. 2 fast food restaurants
2. your family home and your dream home
3. a real vacation and a dream vacation
4. 2 places you have visited
   

March 3

• spelling test tomorrow; make sure your words are in your planner
• write 15 sentences using there, their, and they're (5 for each homophone)
  

March 2

• 6B - you will turn in your sentences tomorrow; 10 that use a spelling words.
  

March 1

• write ten sentences using one of your spelling words in each sentence showing me you understand the meaning of the word.
• read "Mowgli's Brothers" for Thursday if you did not finish in class