Wednesday, November 17, 2010

HOMEWORK DUE 11/18:
Read 30 minutes
Sign planner

CLASS AGENDAS: (Possible homework if not finished in class.)

Reading: Spelling list given. ABC order/WS 22-24 given 45 minutes in class which is plenty of time for "on task" students, due to correct Monday 11/22. Study words for test on Monday would be student's responsibility.
Social Studies: Gods/Goddesses book due 11/18. Most students have 5-10 minutes of homework in order to finish their books if they did not finish during class. Some students are behind with their Egypt map. This was homework LAST THURSDAY. They will have some extra homework tonight. All students should study for the Egypt TEST five minutes a night. Most of the actual test questions will be chosen by the students in class tomorrow.

Mummy Message Clue: Ancient Egyptian prayer to the sun god/ left>right>left

Become an Egyptologist: Pass a test of Egyptian trivia with 87% or higher and it counts towards your Falcon award. (Questions/Answers are on the white study guide)

Math: No math homework tonight- Multiplication math game in class today. Test review tomorrow. Unit 3 math test on Friday.

Language Arts: DLP Sentences #7-8 Due: 11/18. Most students finished this in class.

FYI: Today, the students tried to log into myaccess.com to begin their second essay, and we discovered that all usernames were changed by the District for security purposes.(The District forgot to notify the teachers. Oops!!!) So most of class was spent in learning their new usernames and being introduced to the new essay topic.

The persuasive essay, "Do You Want Fame?", is not due until after Thanksgiving. However, since the essay is saved on line, they may work on it as much as they want BEFORE the Thanksgiving Break. We will use class time to work on the essay tomorrow, next Monday, and Tuesday. After that, it will be up to the students to keep working on the essay if they want to improve their scores.

Way To Go Sixth Grade!!! The average score for all five classes on their first essay, "A Favorite Hobby" was 4.9/6.0. That's pretty high for a first score! Parents can log into their student's account, see how well their student did, and then compare with the sixth grade average.