April 2nd through April 6th
Objectives:
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph.
- Students will spell words with prefixes.
- Mischievous Monday: What is something silly you did that you got in trouble for?
- Spelling Pre-Test: Words with Prefixes
- Writing: Melcon: Spring Would You Rather
- Melcon due Wednesday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with prefixes.
- Students will identify linking verbs in a sentence.
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph.
- Tidy Tuesday: Who's the neatest person in your family?
- Spelling: Spelling City (10 minutes)
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Introducing Linking Verbs/Notes
- Grammar: Linking Verb Practice
- Work Time: Grammar Worksheet and Melcon
- Grammar Worksheet due Tomorrow
- Melcon due Tomorrow
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with prefixes.
- Students will identify and use linking verbs in a sentence.
- Students will use Greek and Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word.
- Weather Wednesday: Describe your perfect spring day.
- Spelling: Spelling Sort: Words with Prefixes
- Greek and Latin Roots: nat
- Work Time: Spelling Worksheet, Greek and Latin Pictures, Melcon due Today
- Spelling Worksheet due Tomorrow
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
- Melcon due Today
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with prefixes.
- Students will use and identify linking verbs in a sentence.
- Throwback Thursday: What is the best April Fools prank you've played on someone or they've played on you?
- Spelling: Whiteboard Partner Practice
- Grammar: Linking Verbs Hanging Craft
- Work Time
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell words with prefixes.
- Students will identify predicate nouns and predicate adjectives in a sentence.
- Favorite Friday: What is your favorite smell in the world?
- Spelling: Sparkle
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives
- Work Time: Greek and Latin Pictures due Today and Grammar Worksheet
- Grammar Worksheet due Monday
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Today
March 26th through March 30th
Objectives:
- Students will compare and contrast different flavors of jelly beans and Peeps.
- Magnificent Monday: What was magnificent about your weekend?
- Writing: Jelly Bean or Peep Compare/Contrast Melcon
- Written Melcon due Wednesday
Objectives:
- Students will compare and contrast different flavors of jelly beans and Peeps.
- Tasty Tuesday: What is your favorite Easter candy?
- Writing: Jelly Beans/Peeps Compare and Contrast
- Compare and Contrast Melcon due Tomorrow
Objectives:
- Students will compare and contrast different flavors of jelly beans and Peeps.
- We'll Miss You Wednesday: What are your plans for your break?
- End of Testing Party!
- Compare and Contrast due Today!
No School for Students: Teacher Inservice
No School: Enjoy your break!
March 19th through March 23rd
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will use text evidence in a Melcon paragraph.
- Students will expand evidence into full paragraphs.
- Make a Word Monday: Add a new word to the Scrabble Board.
- Spelling: Hint Game
- Writing: The Body's Clock Melcon
- Typed Melcon due Friday
- Poem due Last Friday
- Scavenger Hunt due Today
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will write a Melcon using text evidence.
- Students will expand evidence into paragraphs.
- Teach Me Tuesday: What's something you know that Mrs. Rachu probably doesn't.
- Spelling: Sparkle
- Writing: The Body's Clock Melcon
- Poem due Friday
- Grammar Worksheet due tomorrow
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph using text evidence.
- Students will expand their evidence into full paragraphs.
- What's Playing Wednesday: What are your top three favorite songs right now?
- Spelling: 10 Minutes Spelling City
- Greek and Latin: mob
- Writing: Internal Clock Melcon
- Melcon due Friday
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph using text evidence.
- Students will expand evidences into full paragraphs.
- Students will avoid verb tense shifts.
- Three Things Thursday: What are your three favorite things about spring.
- Spelling: The Unfair
- Work Time: Melcon, Grammar Worksheet, and Greek and Latin Pictures
- Melcon due Friday
- Grammar Worksheet due Friday
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph using text evidence.
- Students will expand their evidences into full paragraphs.
- Students will avoid verb tense shifts.
- Happy Fry-Day: Which restaurant do you think has the best fries?
- Spelling: Spelling Test
- Work Time: Melcon and Greek and Latin Pictures
- Melcon due Today
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Today
March 12th through March 16th
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will use text evidence in a Melcon paragraph.
- Students will write a poem with an AABB rhyme scheme.
- Mindset Monday: What is something that you struggled with when you first learned it but are now good at?
- Spelling: Pre-Test: Frequently Misspelled Words
- Writing: Finish up Melcon (due today!)
- Writing: AABB rhyme scheme poem
- Typed Melcon due Today
- Poem due Friday
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will identify and use main and helping verbs.
- Students will write a poem with an AABB rhyme scheme.
- Tell Me Tuesday: What was your favorite thing about the speaker yesterday?
- Spelling: Individual Whiteboard Practice
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Reviewing Action Verbs
- Grammar: Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
- Work Time: Poem and Worksheet
- Poem due Friday
- Grammar Worksheet due tomorrow
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will learn and use present perfect, present progressive, past perfect, past progressive, future perfect, and future progressive tense.
- Students will write a poem with an AABB rhyme scheme.
- What's the Question Wednesday: Watermelon is the answer. What's the question?
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Perfect and Progressive Tenses
- Work Time: Poem and Worksheet
- Poem due Friday
- Worksheet due Tomorrow
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will learn and use present perfect, present progressive, past perfect, past progressive, future perfect, and future progressive tenses.
- Students will write a poem with an AABB rhyme scheme.
- Throwback Thursday: Saturday is Nation Awkward Moment Day. What is an awkward moment you'd like to share?
- Spelling: 10 minutes of Spelling City
- Grammar: Perfect Tense Scavenger Hunt/Mystery Picture
- Poem due Friday
- Mystery Picture due next Tuesday
Objectives:
- Students will spell frequently misspelled words.
- Students will learn and use present perfect, present progressive, past perfect, past progressive, future perfect, and future progressive tenses.
- Students will write a poem with an AABB rhyme scheme.
- Feel the Love Friday: What do you love about sixth grade?
- Spelling: The Unfair Game
- Grammar: Continue Scavenger Hunt
- Poem due Today
- Scavenger Hunt/ Mystery Picture due Tuesday
March 5th through March 9th
Objectives:
- Students will use subject/ verb agreement in their writing.
- Students will spell words with r-controlled vowels.
- Students will use Greek and Latin roots to find the meaning of unknown words.
- Meaningful Monday: What is one thing you wish Mrs. Rachu knew about you?
- Spelling: Rescheduled Spelling Test (r-controlled vowels)
- Finish Up Stations
- Station Work due Today
Objectives:
- Students will use write a Melcon paragraph.
- Students will use details from articles to support their arguments.
- Tasty Tuesday: If someone named a sandwich after you, what would be on it?
- Forward Test Prep: Is too much technology bad for kids?
- None
Objectives:
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph.
- Students will use details from an article to support their argument.
- Wordy Wednesday: What words can you make from the Boggle Board?
- Forward Test Prep: Is too much technology bad for kids?
- None
Objectives:
- Students will write a Melcon paragraph.
- Students will use details from an article to support their argument.
- Tasty Thursday: Yesterday was National Cereal Day! What is your favorite cereal?
- Forward Test Prep: Is too much technology bad for kids?
- Melcon due written on Friday
Objectives:
- Students will review types of sentences, nouns, verbs, Greek and Latin roots, and Melcon paragraphs.
- Favorite Friday: It's National Meatball Day! What is your favorite type of pasta?
- Forward Test Prep: Is too much technology bad for kids?
- Review: The Unfair Game
- Melcon due Today