June 8-12:
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL! You are now 7th graders!

June 1-5:
We are continuing to read Hoot.  We will finish it by the end of the year!

May 25-29:
Off Monday
Live meeting on Tuesday at 11:20 to go over grammar test
Friday-virtual "field trip" 

Week of May 18-22:
We will be doing some grammar and writing. I will be handing out the next novel, Hoot, on Tuesday between 9 and 11 am at Sacred Heart. We will finish our school year reading the novel. I will see you LIVE on Monday, then I'll see you in person on Tuesday when you pick up the book, then maybe I'll see you later in the week;)
 
Week of May 11-15:
I am sorry I missed week of May 4-8-the days run together in quarantine!  This week we will continue working on your combined science/ILA reearch project due no later that May 15 (May 12, if possible). In addition, we will continue working through our VOYAGES book.  I am hoping to plan a pick-up day for you to get the next novel, HOOT.  This will happen on the same day as the pick up for science books later this month.

Week of April 27- May 1:
Please continue to work on yur book report.  In addition, we will be meeting live most days to share a reading of What was the Holocaust?  I will be reading aloud as you fill in the given outline.  Finally, we will be doing more work on sentences in our VOYAGES textbook.

Week of April 20-24:
I have assigned a book report. Title is due by April23; the report is due on May 14.  Complete information is on Google Classroom. We will also be working on grammar this week; the topic is sentences.  
I will have live meetings on Monday and Wednesday.

Week 4 (April 6-10)
All assignments posted on Google classroom

We will be finishing our reading of SOUNDER as we meet together on Zoom each morning at 11:30 this week. There will be questions to answer and a brief writing assignment on each chapter each day.

Week 3
April 2, 2020 
Finish the science/ILA writing /movie project

April 1, 2020
Write a movie review for the science movie (see science assignment you should have printed)

1. ADVERBS test: Type and email me your answers only for VOYAGES p. 128-129 (#1-54).  Be sure to follow ALL directions! Some sections require more than one answer. You may use your text book. 

March 31, 2020
1. Complete the SOUNDER chapter 5 activities on Google classroom

March 30, 2020-
1. We will meet live at 12:30 to read chapter 5 in Sounder.  Link is in Google classroom.
2. When we finish reading, do the sounder work, also in classroom

OK-week 2 of remote learning!
google classroom code for 6 ILA is 3ttk3se
top right bar will have a +sign, click, select join class and submit class code
Friday, March 27,2020
1. see Google classroom for two assignments on SOUNDER

Thursday, March 26, 2020
1. Read SOUNDER chapter 4
2. Go to Google Classroom and do the assignment to ch 4 Sounder
3. If you have not already done so, catch up on your ixL; so far I have assigned
     EE 3,4,5,7,8,9,10 and FF 1,2,3,4

Wednesday, March 25, 2020
1. We will meet live on google classroom (hopefully) at 12:40 to discuss SOUNDER
2. ixL FF 1,2,3,4

Tuesday, March 24, 2020
1. ixL EE 7,8,9,10
2.  Sounder 
chapter 3 language activities (Google classroom)

Friday, March 20, 2020
1. Sounder
 Collector's cards 
 see instructions here--scan or take a picture and send to me by Tuesday, 3/24
2.  Read chapter 3 and complete cloze reading activity here
3. ixL 6th grade lang arts EE 4,5

Thursday, March 19, 2020
1. Sounder language activities
Print, complete, and keep in folder
/documents/2020/3/Sounder%20ch%202%20language.pdf

2.  click here
There may be a problem with this form. I'm working on it-just do the best you can for now!

3. ixL EE 4 and 5

Wednesday, March 18, 2020
1.  Sounder
Read chapter 2.  Copy the following questions and answer them in your folder/notebook in complete sentences:
1. It is quickly obvious to the reader that the sheriff and his deputies are very racist people.  How would you define racism? You may want to consult someone in your home or a reference source before you answer.
2. What was the boy's father accused of? Do you think he was guilty? Why or why not?
3. Other than the ham that they found in the cabin, what other evidence did the sheriff provide for arresting the boy's father?
4. What evidence is there in chapter 2 which indicates that the sheriff and his deputies are cruel people?
5. What was the mother's judgment with regard to Sounder's gunshot wounds, and where did she think the dog was going?
6. Describe how you felt after reading this chapter and explain.

2. ixL 6th grade language arts EE3

 

Tuesday, 3/17
1. Adverbs review in voyages book p. 128-129
Follow directions we would do in class: Identify means answers only and complete means  complete sentences.
I will print answers Wednesday morning so you can check; then email me any questions you have (just be sure a parent is also copied on the email)
2.  Sounder (Be sure you are keeping everything organized, dated and neat in a folder to be submitted upon return to school)
Completet the pre-reading question for Chapter 2 below and submit to me. Then print and complete the vocabulary activity in the link below.
/documents/2020/3/sounder%20ch%202%20vocab.pdf

Monday, March 16, 2020

1.  Voyages p. 126-127

2. Sounder chapter 1 storyboard