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Thursday Evening

• Math pp194-195: 20-44 evens
• Math pp 199-200: 38-56 evens
• Capitalization worksheets due tomorrow
• Read 1/2 hour minimum

Tuesday Evening

• Math pg 188-189
  • Core: 9-43 odds
  • Challenge: 22-44 all
• Capitalization work sheets are due on Friday.
• Read your approved book for 1/2 hour minimum every day.
• Remember to bring in your slips that your parents sign for the newsletter.
• Have a great day off tomorrow!

Monday Evening

No homework due to field trip.

Weekend

• Finish the first part of your book report through Antagonist, Protagonist, Conflict. Turn in on Monday.
• Math pages 183-184 on prime factorization
  • Core: 11-27 odd; 28; 29-37 odd; 39-61 even
  • Challenge: 35-61 all
• Makeup math Ch 3 test after school Mon or Tues, or Tues lunchtime. LAST CHANCE for this quarter. I recommend studying pgs 169-172, with the practice test on pg 173.
• Read your book for 1/2 hr. each day.

Thursday Evening

• No Math. Study for your Vocab. 4 test tomorrow.
• Start your big book report, sections 1-5 due on Monday.
• Read 1/2 hour your approved book for November.

Wednesday Evening

• Math pg 173 all problems.

Tuesday Evening

• Core math: pg 166-167; 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31
• Challenge math: pg 166-167: 17-31 all
• English: write 2 paragraph assignment handed out today: a classroom and situation using descriptive language. Due tomorrow!
• Read 1/2 hour.

Monday Evening

• No math due to presentation today.
• Read for new November reading log. Any book at your reading level. Check with me first!

Announcements

• Bring in your Sequential Essay from Sept. on a flash drive Tuesday if you have it on computer. It will make your rewrite easier!
• Return the Unidos sign-up forms
• All missing tests or retakes must be completed by Friday November 6.

Long Weekend

• Math pg 149: all problems
• English: write a 1 paragraph description of an object of your choice. Use descriptive language using the 5 senses as we practiced in class. Be prepared to read it aloud in class on Monday.
• Finish reading your October book. We will begin writing a book report on it next week.
• Bring in October reading log on Monday.

Wednesday Evening

• Core: pg159-160  Problems 7-19 odd; 21, 22, 23, 25-34 all; 39-57 (but don’t do 41)
• Challenge: pg 159-160  Problems 22-57 all
• Read 1/2 hour minimum

Tuesday Evening

• Math pp 153-154: 21-47 odds
• English: rewrite sequence essay in ink, making corrections and additions,  and turn it in tomorrow, along with the original.
• Finish award winning book this week for book report next week.

Monday Evening

• Math pp153-154; problems 1-19 all
• Finish your Egyptian art. It was due today!
• Read 1/2 hour for reading log, which is due next Monday.

Thursday Evening

• Turn in book report tomorrow!
• Art in Action

Wednesday Evening

• Math quiz tomorrow: everything in Chapter 3 up to page 147. Do the practice quiz on pg. 147 to be ready!
• Your mini book report is due on Friday. That gives you only tonight and tomorrow to work on it!
• Read in English 1/2 hour for your reading log. October’s requirement: reading level or slightly above, award winner, or a classic (including modern classics). You are expected to read over the break!

Monday Evening

• Math: 18 problems copied from the board
• English: study for test tomorrow: Zlateh the Goat
• Read 1/2 hour for October Reading Log: Award winner or classic book at your reading level.
• Mini book report is due on Friday for September book read.

Thursday Evening

• No math; we’ll do it this weekend!
• Reading “Zlatah the Goat” on pp 128-134. Answer this question by writing one paragraph:

Writing 1 paragraph, tell WHY the author wrote “…she too was 12 years old…”. In other words, why is this passage significant? Support your answer with logical reasons, or examples (citations) from the story.

Be ready for a police check, and be ready to read our paragraph out loud to the class.

Wednesday Evening

• Math pg 132-33: all odd problems
• Reading log is due tomorrow. Bring it in.

Tuesday Evening

• Math pg 131: 1-21 odds
• Reading Log is due on Thursday

Monday Evening

• No math tonight — we had a test today, and you worked hard over the weekend!
• Test on The King of Mazy May tomorow. Study questions in book, re-read the story if necessary.
• Read 1/2 hour for reading log, which is due on Thursday.

Announcements

• Progress reports were sent home with students on Friday. Please send back signed form on Monday.
• We are going to Yosemite! Please send in your first deposit as soon as possible.
• Get $10.00 admission to Gilroy Gardens. Coupon at: www.gilroygardens.org/schoolspecial.html

Weekend

• Math Core: pp 117-118: 11-37 odd, 38-42; 44-56
• Math Challenge: pp 117-118: 30-56 all problems
• English: Read all of The King of Mazy May, and be ready for a test!
• Reading Log

Thursday Evening

• Math: pg 113: 4-13, all problems
• Vocabulary builder due tomorrow
• Read 1/2 hour in English and record in reading log. Bring in log tomorrow for Friday check.

Wednesday Evening

• Math Core: pp 110-111; 13-43 odd, 45-49 odd, 53-65 odd
• Math Challenge: pp110-111; 40-66 all
• Vocabulary builder is due on Friday
• Read 1/2 hour

Tuesday Evening

• No math — test today
• Vocabulary Builder
• Read 1/2 hour and record in log

Monday Evening

• Math Core: pp 105-106: 13-43 odd; 44, 45; 47-56 odd
• Math Challenge: pp 105-106:  37-59 all
• Math quiz tomorrow
• Vocabulary builder due Friday
• Sequence essay WAS due today
• Read 1/2 hour and record in your reading log
• 6B: Temp graph due Tuesday
• 6A: Temp graph due Wednesday

Weekend

• Sequential essay due on Monday, in ink or on the computer. If you lost the assignment sheet, scroll down to the next post.
• Read 1/2 hour every day and record it in your log.

(Scroll down to the next post for regular homework)

6th Grade English
Sequence Essay

Date due: Monday, Sept. 21

You are to write an essay that describes twenty-four hours in your typical day. Start with waking up in the morning, and end with going to bed.

Do all of the following:

1) Make a two column format, with Time on the left column, and Events on the right.
2) Final copy must be in blue or black ink, or printed from a computer.
3) Provide details (but not “too much information”) about what you do during an average school day. For the sake of this assignment, your day starts in my class. Be sure to use one or two complete sentences for each entry!
4) Make a time interval entry every time something changes in your day. If nothing changes for awhile, you still need to make an entry at least every half hour.
5) The essay is done when you go to bed. Don’t record sleeping every half hour!

Example:

Time        Event
7:00AM    The alarm goes off and I wake up and get up right away. I make the bed, and then I get dressed and go downstairs in my robe.

7:15AM    I eat the cereal with my mom and sister that my dad put out, and drink a glass of water.

7:20AM    I feed and brush Chewy (our puppy). I then run upstairs to get to the bathroom before my sister does.

7:30AM    I brush and floss my teeth. Then, I clean my face with rose water.

7:35AM    I comb my hair and hide my brush from my sister so she won’t use it.

7:40AM    I get my school stuff ready and get any papers signed that I need to take to school. I then put away anything the dog has taken downstairs. (Or throw it away if it is chewed up.)

7:45AM    I finally get Chewy off my lap and put on my shoes. He likes to play with my hair, so I make him stop and bother my sister instead.

7:50AM    My mom, sister, and I get in the car and drive off to school.

7:53AM    We arrive at school and get dropped off. I talk with my friends on the playground.

8:05AM    The bell rings and school starts. My friends and I go to class, and I take my TIG book, notebook, and pen out of my backpack.

8:10AM    TIG starts. We read some of our book and write down good vocabulary words. Then we do a small comprehension exercise.

Announcements

• Progress reports will be sent home with students on Friday.
• Vocabulary test 3 on Friday.
• We are going to Yosemite! Please send in your first deposit as soon as possible.
• Get $10.00 admission to Gilroy Gardens. Coupon at: www.gilroygardens.org/schoolspecial.html

Thursday Evening

• Math Core: pp 98-99:  11-35 odds; 36-38; 43-54
• Math Challenge: pp98-99:  32-54 all problems
• Study vocabulary words for test tomorrow
• Read half hour and write in log
• Work on draft of Sequence Essay assignment which is due on Monday

Wednesday Evening

• No Math!
• Read your award winning book for at least a half hour and record it.
• 6B: For each question in the Jeremiah’s Song test, write down on a piece of paper the PROOF quotation from the story, and where that answer occurs.

Tuesday Evening

• Math Core: pg 91-92:  11-41 odds; 42-46 (43 is extra credit); 49-61
• Math Challenge: pg 91-92: 39-61 all problems; 43 is extra credit; don’t do 47
• Read in English 1/2 hour and record in your reading log
• Vocabulary test 3 on Friday. Study your spelling words and definitions.

Monday Evening

• No math — you worked hard this weekend.
• Read 1/2 hour and record in reading log.

Weekend

• Math Core: pg86-87: 7-25 odd; 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 34-44all
• Math Challenge: pg86-87: 21-44 all
• Test on Jeremiah’s Song on Monday. Re-read story if you need to.
• Start work on vocabulary list 3 for the test next week.
• Read 1/2 hour every day and record in Reading Log. Be sure you’re reading your award-winning book.

Wednesday Evening

• No math homework due to the big test today
• Read in your copper literature book: Jeremiah’s Song, pg. 38 and following; you may count this toward your half hour of reading. Be ready to discuss the story tomorrow.

Tuesday Evening

• Math pp 71-74, all problems
• Math chapter 1 test tomorrow in class
• Read your award-winning book for at least 1/2 hour and record it in your reading log.

Monday Evening

• Holiday – enjoy your day off!