January 29th through February 2nd
Objectives
- Students will spell words with vowel team syllables.
- Students will identify action verbs in a sentence.
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph using a template.
- Students will write a formal business letter.
- My Future Monday: Where would you like to go to college?
- Spelling: Pre-Test: Words with Vowel Team Syllables
- Writing: Melcon Monday!: Which is better: cats or dogs?
- Writing: Intro to Business Letter
- Melcon due Wednesday
Objectives
- Students will spell words with vowel team syllables.
- Students will identify action verbs in a sentence.
- Students will write a formal business letter.
- No First or Second Hour English
- National Chocolate Cake Day!: What is your favorite flavor of cake?
- Spelling: 10 minutes Spelling City Practice
- Writing: Formal Business Letter
- Work Time: Grammar Worksheet and Melcon
- Melcon due Wednesday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with vowel teams.
- Students will identify action words in a sentence.
- Students will use Greek and Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word.
- Students will write a formal business letter.
- What to do Wednesday: Write a To Do list for a super villain.
- Greek and Latin: mem
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Intro to Verbs
- Grammar: Brandon!
- Work Time for Greek and Latin and Grammar Worksheet
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with vowel team syllables.
- Students will identify transitive and intransitive verbs.
- Students will write a formal business letter.
- Think About It Thursday: Tell me about a time that you were completely happy.
- Spelling: Sparkle
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Direct and Indirect Objects
- Writing: Formal Business Letter
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with vowel team syllabes.
- Students will identify direct and indirect objects in a sentence.
- Students will write a formal business letter.
- False Friday: Write two sentences about yourself in your notebook (one true one false). We will guess which one the false is!
- Spelling: Hint Game
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Review Direct and Indirect Object
- Writing: Formal Business Letter
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Pictures due
January 22nd through January 26th
Objectives
- Students will spell words with consonants plus -le syllables.
- Students will identify appositives in sentences.
- Students will identify essential and nonessential appositives.
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph using a template.
- Mad Scientist Monday: If you were a scientist, what would you invent?
- Writing: Melcon Monday!: Should students get paid for having good grades?
- Stations: Continue Stations from Last Week
- Melcon due Wednesday
- Station Homework
Objectives
- Students will spell words with consonants plus -le syllables
- Students will identify appositives in a sentence.
- Students will know when to use commas, dashes, and parenthesis to offset an appositive.
- National Pie Day!: What is your favorite kind of pie?
- Spelling: Sparkle
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Using commas, dashes, and parenthesis
- Work Time: Grammar Worksheet and Melcon
- Grammar Worksheet
- Melcon due Wednesday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with consonant plus -le syllables.
- Students will identify appositives.
- Students will identify essential and nonessential appositives.
- Students will proofread sentences.
- What to do Wednesday: Write a To Do list for a super villain.
- Greek and Latin: mem
- Station Rotations
- Writing Mini-Lesson with Mrs. Rachu
- Greek and Latin Matching Practice
- Homework Time
- Spelling Practice: Wheel of Spelling
- Grammar:
- Spelling: Create a Word Search/Do a Word Search
- Stations Work
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with consonant plus -le syllables.
- Students will identify appositives.
- Students will identify essential and nonessential appositives.
- Students will proofread sentences.
- Three Things Thursday: What are three things you like to have in a teacher?
- Spelling: Hint Game
- Station Rotations
- Writing Mini-Lesson with Mrs. Rachu
- Greek and Latin Matching Practice
- Homework Time
- Spelling Practice: Wheel of Spelling
- Grammar:
- Spelling: Create a Word Search/Do a Word Search
- Stations Work
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with -le syllable.
- Students will identify appositives in sentences.
- Students will identify essential and nonessential appositives.
- Students will review nouns, sentence types, and spelling words.
- False Friday: Write two sentences about yourself in your notebook (one true one false). We will guess which one the false is!
- Spelling: Test: -le syllables
- Grammar: Attack Review!
- None
January 15th through January 19th
Objectives
- Students will spell words with consonants plus -le syllables.
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will make singular and plural nouns possessive.
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph using a template.
- Memory Monday: What is your favorite memory from sixth grade so far?
- Writing: Melcon Monday!: How many citations should equal a detention? Why do you think this?
- Writing: Revising and Editing Memory Papers
- Grammar: Possessive Noun Poster Work Time
- Melcon due Wednesday
- Poster due Friday
Objectives
- Students will spell words with consonants plus -le syllables
- Students will identify appositives in a sentence.
- Students will identify appositive phrases in a sentence.
- Students will make nouns possessive.
- Totally Awesome Tuesday: Pick one person in the class. Tell them why they're totally awesome.
- Spelling: Whiteboard Practice with a Partner
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Introducing Appositives and Appositive Phrases
- Work Time: Posters, Memory Papers, Grammar Worksheet, Melcon
- Grammar Worksheet
- Editing Memory Paper due Friday
- Poster due Friday
- Melcon due Wednesday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with consonant plus -le syllables.
- Students will make nouns possessive.
- Students will identify essential and nonessential appositives.
- Wordy Wednesday: What words can you make from the Boggle Board?
- Greek and Latin: mand
- Station Rotations
- Appositive Mini-Lesson with Mrs. Rachu
- Greek and Latin Matching Practice
- Homework Time
- Spelling Practice: Worksheet
- Grammar: Appositive Practice
- Spelling: Create a Word Search/Do a Word Search
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Thursday
- Editing Memory Paper due Thursday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with consonant plus -le syllables.
- Students will identify appositives.
- Students will identify essential and nonessential appositives.
- Three Things Thursday: If you could only celebrate three holidays, which ones would you choose?
- Continue Station Rotations
- Appositive Mini-Lesson with Mrs. Rachu
- Greek and Latin Matching Practice
- Homework Time
- Spelling Practice: Paper of Choice
- Grammar: Appositive Practice
- Spelling: Create a Word Search/Do a Word Search
- Spelling Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Monday
- Editing Memory Paper due Today
Inservice: No School for Students
January 8th through January 12th
Objectives
- Students will spell words with open syllables
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will make singular and plural nouns possessive.
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph using a template.
- Meaningful Monday: What is the most meaningful thing you own?
- Writing: Introducing Melcons
- Writing: Winter Would You Rather
- Writing: Writing a Melcon using a template
- Revising and Editing: Memory Papers
- Melcon due tomorrow
Objectives
- Students will spell words with open syllables
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will make singular and plural nouns possessive.
- Technology Tuesday: How would you spend your time if you had no technology?
- Spelling: Whiteboard Practice with a Partner
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Possessive vs. Plural Nouns
- Grammar: Possessive vs. Plural Nouns Kahoot!
- Editing and Revising: Memory Papers
- Grammar Worksheet
- Editing Memory Paper due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with open syllables.
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will create singular and plural possessive nouns
- Wacky Wednesday?: What is the weirdest food or food combination you've ever eaten?
- Greek and Latin: loc
- Station Rotations
- Melcon Editing with Mrs. Rachu
- Greek and Latin Quizlet Practice
- Possessive Nouns
- Homework Time
- Spelling City Practice
- Editing/Revising Papers
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
- Editing Memory Paper due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with open syllables.
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will make singular and plural nouns possessive.
- Tolerance Thursday: What is the best way to spread kindness in our school?
- Continue Station Rotations
- Melcon Editing with Mrs. Rachu
- Greek and Latin Quizlet Practice
- Possessive Nouns
- Homework Time
- Spelling City Practice
- Editing/Revising Papers or Noun Pacman
- Spelling Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
- Editing Memory Paper due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with open syllables.
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will make singular and plural nouns possessive.
- Finally Friday: What is one thing you are looking forward to this weekend?
- Spelling: Test: Open Syllables
- Grammar: Poster Possessive Project (due by Monday)
- Work Time
- Poster Possessive Project due at end of class
January 1st through January 5th
No School: Happy New Year!
Objectives
- Students will spell words with open syllables
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will make singular and plural nouns possessive.
- Time to Shine Tuesday: What is your New Year's Resolution?
- Spelling: Pre-Test: Open Syllables
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Introducing Possessive Nouns
- Grammar: Singular Possessive Nouns
- Editing: Memory Papers
- Grammar Worksheet
- Editing Memory Paper due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with open syllables.
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will create singular and plural possessive nouns
- Where to Eat Wednesday?: What is your favorite restaurant?
- Spelling: Hint Game
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Plural Possessives: Regular and Irregular
- Greek and Latin: liber
- Work Time for Homework/Pictures
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
- Editing Memory Paper due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with open syllables.
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will make singular and plural nouns possessive.
- Think About It Thursday: "We all must choose between what is right and what is easy." What does this quote mean?
- Spelling: Sparkle
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Reviewing Possessives
- Work Time
- Spelling Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
- Editing Memory Paper due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with open syllables.
- Students will identify possessive nouns.
- Students will make singular and plural nouns possessive.
- Fishy Friday: If you could be any marine animal, what would you be and why?
- Spelling: Test: Open Syllables
- Grammar: Magazine Possessive Project (due by Monday)
- Work Time
- Magazine Possessive Project