September 26th through September 30th
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Melcon Monday!: Mini lesson about links
- Melcon Monday!: Mr. Leonard is thinking about inviting a celebrity to come give a speech at MAMS. What celebrity would you choose to come speak? Write a Melcon convincing Mr. Leonard that your celebrity is best celebrity to invite.
- Personal Narrative Seminars
- Melcon
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Top Two Tuesday: Pick two names on the board. Write one nice thing below each person's name. Let's try to get every person two nice things.
- Grammar: Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates
- Work Time for Homework
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Wordy Wednesday: What words do you see in the Boggle Board?
- Greek and Latin Roots: cede/ceed/cess and dict
- Sparkle
- Work Time for Homework
- Grammar Worksheet
- Spelling Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Practice Spelling: Spelling Word Graffiti
- Personal Narrative Seminars
- Study Spelling Words
Class Trip to the School Forest
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Greek and Latin Root Chromebook Games
- None
September 19th through September 23rd
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Melcon Monday!: Introduction to Melcons
- Fall Would You Rather Melcon
- Personal Narrative Seminars and Work Time
- Fall Would You Rather Melcon
- Spelling Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Tell Me a Story Tuesday: Tell me a story that happened in your life or make up a short story
- Spelling Review Game
- Grammar: Simple Sentences
- Spelling Worksheet
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Wannabe Wednesday: What do you want to be when you grow up? Write it in your notebook and on the board.
- Greek and Latin Roots: annu/enni and aqua
- Interactive Notebooks: Simple Sentences (Part 1)
- Work Time for Homework
- Grammar Worksheets
- Greek and Latin Pictures
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Practice Spelling Words with a Partner
- Long Vowels Word Sort
- Personal Narrative Seminars
- Study Spelling Words
Homecoming: Shortened Classes
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why do we write personal narratives?
- Freaky Friday: If you could trade lives with one person for a day, who would it be and why?
- Spelling Test
- Review Subjects and Predicates
- Interactive Notebooks Simple Sentences (Part 2)
- Work Time for Homework
- Grammar Worksheet
September 12th through September 16th
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why should we avoid sentence fragments?
- Greek and Latin -act and -aud review
- Spelling Test
- Grammar Quiz
- Begin writing personal narrative
- None
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why should we avoid sentence fragments?
- Trivia Tuesday Writing Prompt: Write your favorite trivia question on the board and in your notebook. See if you can stump us!
- Spelling Pre-Test: Long Vowels
- Hand out New Spelling Words
- Notes/Practice Simple Sentences
- Interactive Notebooks: Simple Sentences (Part 1)
- Work Time for Homwork
- Grammar Worksheet
- Spelling Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and compound sentence?
- Why should we avoid sentence fragments?
- Into the Wild Wednesday: If you could be any animal, which would you be and why?
- Greek and Latin Roots: Agri and Amo/Ami
- Review subject and predicate
- Interactive Notebooks: Simple Sentences (Part 2)
- Work Time for Homework
- Grammar Worksheets
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why should we avoid sentence fragments?
- Practice Spelling Words with a Partner
- Proofreading Sentences and Reviewing Simple Sentences
- Long Vowels
- Sparkle
- Work time for Personal Narrative
- None
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why should we avoid sentence fragments?
- What makes up a personal narrative?
- Fantastic Friday!: What is one thing that made this week fantastic?
- Spelling Test
- Grammar Quiz
- Work Time for Personal Narrative
- None
September 5th through September 9th
No School: Labor Day
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why should we avoid sentence fragments?
- Trivia Tuesday Writing Prompt
- Spelling Pre-Test: Short Vowels
- Hand out New Spelling Words
- Notes/Practice Types of Sentences
- Interactive Notebooks: Types of Sentences and Sentence Fragments
- Work Time for Homwork
- Grammar Worksheet
- Spelling Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and compound sentence?
- Why should we avoid sentence fragments?
- Worldly Wednesday: Where have your traveled or where in the world would you like to go?
- Greek and Latin Roots: Act and Aud
- Editing Sentences
- Personal Narrative Unit: Reading an Expert Model
- Work Time for Homework
- Grammar Worksheets
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why should we avoid sentence fragments?
- Practice Spelling Words with a Partner
- Proofreading Sentences and Reviewing Sentence Types
- Begin Personal Narrative and Turn in Plan
- Work Time for Homework
- Spelling Worksheet
- Personal Narrative Plan
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What are the parts of a sentence?
- What is the difference between a simple and a compound sentence?
- Why should we avoid sentence fragments?
- What makes up a personal narrative?
- Five Word Friday: You just won a million dollars in the lottery! Using only five words, describe what you would do with the money.
- Spelling Test
- Grammar Quiz
- Begin Writing Personal Narrative
- None
August 29th through September 2nd
No School: Open House
No School
No School
Essential Question: Why study Language Arts?
- Classroom Rules and Expectations
- Sixth Grade Trivia Kahoot!
- Have a notebook picked out for tomorrow
Essential Question: Why study Language Arts?
- Finish up trivia Kahoot!
- Review rules and expectations
- Define classroom rules for ourselves
- Set up notebooks
- Writing Prompt: Future Friday: What are some things you are excited about this year?\
- Hand out and explain Greek and Latin Root packet
- Sparkle: Preassessment for next week's words
- None
