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Please take any seat – mrs. Frantz will be assigning you a seat in a few moments. Welcome to 6 th Grade Language Arts Mrs. Frantz. Today’s goals – 8/20/13. Assigned Seats Meet Mrs. Frantz Class Information Distribute Red Notebooks & Bell Ringer Folders. 2-Hour Delay Schedule.
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Please take any seat – mrs. Frantz will be assigning you a seat in a few moments Welcome to 6th Grade Language Arts Mrs. Frantz
Today’s goals – 8/20/13 Assigned Seats Meet Mrs. Frantz Class Information Distribute Red Notebooks & Bell Ringer Folders 2-Hour Delay Schedule
Today’s goals – 8/21/13 Review Class Norms Selinsgrove Accelerated Reader (SAR) Program Letter Student Reading Levels – Mrs. Frantz will pass out Library – get an SAR book (Period 1-2 - get them tomorrow) 2-Hour Delay Schedule
Quick Class Norms Review Model good listening Every contribution is valuable Take turns Participate and do your share
Today’s goals – 8/22/13 Bell Ringer #1 – Get your folder from the table as you walk in. GET STARTED! – 3 minutes! Reader Survey Restating Questions Activity Introduce Nouns & Compound Nouns - Notes
Row Leader (Mrs. Frantz will assign) – count the number of people in your row & get the blue grammar book off of the shelf for your row Copy down the following sentences in Exercise 1 p. 323 into your blue notebooks. #1, 4, 6, 8, 10 2) Then, underline all nouns. 3) When finished, look back at your underlined words. Double underline the compound nouns. Time: 15-20 Minutes DO YOUR OWN WORK!!!!
Correct your answers Then, underline all nouns. Double underline the compound nouns.
Today’s goals – 8/23/13 Bell Ringer #2 – Get your folder from the table as you walk in. GET STARTED! Review Nouns & Compound Nouns – Practice Exercise “Should Kids be on Reality TV?” Activity SAR Books – reading time/conferencing with Mrs. Frantz HOMEWORK – Read at least 5 pages of your SAR books.
Today’s goals – 8/26/13 Bell Ringer – NONE – Library Orientation!!! SAR Time Introduce Common & Proper Nouns – Notes
Today’s goals – 8/27/13 Bell Ringer #3 – Get your folder from the purple table as you walk in. GET STARTED! Finish Common & Proper Nouns Notes – Do an exercise Fiction/Non-Fiction – Notes Bones Knowledge Survey
Row Leader (Mrs. Frantz will assign) – count the number of people in your row & get the blue grammar book off of the shelf for your row Copy down the following sentences in Exercise 2 p. 325 into your blue notebooks. # 4,5,6,8,10 2) Then, underline all common nouns. 3) When finished, look back at your sentences. Double underline the proper nouns. Time: 15-20 Minutes DO YOUR OWN WORK!!!!
Correct your answers Then, underline all common nouns. Double underline the proper nouns. Is that the Statue of Liberty made out of snow? 5. In the historic city of Kyoto each June, you can see a parade of spears. A popular fair in Tokyo offers pickled radishes. Toshiro said that his town enjoys the Star Festival every summer. The birthday of Buddha is observed in April.
Genre A type or category of literature
Fiction • a made-up story • not based on facts • can use real places and people
Nonfiction • writing based on factual information • designed to explain, instruct, or describe • “non” – prefix meaning not • nonfiction: not fiction
Today’s goals – 8/28/13 Meeting with Mr. Whyne Start Prefix –De
Today’s goals – 8/29/13 Bell Ringer #4 – Get your folder from the purple table as you walk in. GET STARTED! Work more on Prefix De- Making Connections Notes – Complete worksheet while you read Start Bones
Making Connections
Making Connections • Connecting what I know, to what I am reading, to help me betterunderstand the text. • text-to-self: personal connections between the reader and the text • text-to-text: connections between what the reader is reading and another text • text-to-world: larger connections between the text and the world
text-to-self personal, me, connection reader’s experiences/life
text-to-text other things I’ve read similar stories, genre, topics
text-to-world larger connections things I’ve seen, heard about, talked about out in the world
I’ve made a connection. • SO WHAT??? • Connections help me: • understand how the character feels • understand what motivates the character • have a clearer picture as I read • keeps me involved and focused on the story • remember what I’ve read • ask questions about the story
Today’s goals – 8/30/13 Bell Ringer #5 – Get your folder from the purple table as you walk in. GET STARTED! SAR Time/Conferencing with Mrs. Frantz Review Making Connections Second box of worksheet while you read Read Bones
Today’s goals – 9/3/13 NO BELL RINGER – Shortened Schedule – Grade Assessment Prefix –De – Quiz Thursday Bones Test – Friday Read Bones– Finish Making Connections Worksheet Homework: Begin studying for Thursday’s De- Prefix Quiz
Today’s goals – 9/4/13 Homework: Study for tomorrow’s De- Prefix Quiz/ Begin Studying for Monday’s Bones test NO BELL RINGER – Study Island Benchmark Computer Lab Main Idea & Supporting Details Notes After Reading Activity – Bones - ??? De- Prefix Quiz – Tomorrow “Bones” Test – moved to Monday
Today’s goals – 9/5/13 Bell Ringer #6 De- Prefix Quiz Finish Reading Bones – test Monday Finish & Turn in Making Connections Worksheet Main Idea & Summary Notes Start Main Idea & Summary WS Homework – Study for Bones test
Main Idea Also called topic, big idea or picture
Definition • the central point the author tries to make. • main idea lets the reader know what the rest of the paragraph will be about. • main idea can be an opinion, argument or a general idea. • most of the time the main idea is in the topic sentence, near the beginning. • main idea sets the tone, voice, and style.
Supporting Details • supporting details are specific statements about the same topic. • supporting details describe and support the main idea. • supporting details explain/prove the author’s point. • supporting details are clear, organized details.
Summary definition • A summary is the main idea, plus only one or two details. • The summary is the “essence” or what the whole article is about. • Summaries are always brief, short cut versions of the whole article, book, or movie. • A summary is not a retelling.
Today’s goals – 9/6/13 Bell Ringer #7 Finish Bones books – Work on Main Idea WS SAR/Conferencing Time Homework – Study for TUESDAY’S Bones test
Today’s goals – 9/9/13 Bell Ringer #8 – Finish Bones Main Idea WS Bones After Reading WS Bones Test Review – Test TOMORROW! Book Borrower List Start Photo- Prefix– next prefix quiz on the next Day 6 (THIS Friday, September 13th) Homework – Study for TOMORROW’S Bones test
Today’s goals – 9/10/13 Bell Ringer #9 – Bones Test – Read SAR Books when finished Start Photo- Prefix– prefix quiz on the next Day 6 (THIS Friday, September 13th) Quick Nouns Review “Spice” Article Activity
GROUP ACTIVITY – SKIPPED GROUP MEMBERS – TASKMASTER – keeps everyone doing their job, refocuses people who are distracting the group, corrects the group if they are too loud NOTE TAKER- writes group responses on the notecard TEXT READER – re-reads the section to his/her group BOARD WRITER – shares answers on the board afterwards DETAIL HUNTER – finds supporting details