Mrs. Floyd's Classroom

Monday

Student’s library books MUST be turned in ASAP.

Everyday this week the last 7 minutes we will play our competition vocabulary game called Cranium in groups. We will use words from the novel we are reading.

Students are assigned their final exam review packet that is to be worked on for homework. This is due Monday, 21st.

The class will read and discuss chapters 16-18 of Things Not Seen from their I-pads.

Tuesday

The class will read and discuss chapters 19-22 of Things Not Seen from their I-pads.

Wednesday

The class will read and discuss chapters 23-end of Things Not Seen from their I-pads.

Thursday

We will have a sensory activity based around Things Not Seen.

Students will take their Things Not Seen book test. The test will be part multiple-choice and part essay questions.

Friday

Students will share their expository compositions they wrote with the class. After each presentation, students will give a positive comment on the student’s presentation skills or the content of the paper.

TEKS that will be covered:6.1, 6.2, 6.6, 6.8, 6.10, 6.14, 6.15, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28

Monday

Students will go to the library to check out and recheck their library books. The student’s books are due this Friday, 11th.

The class will have a mini-lesson on editing.

Students will partner edit/revise their expository composition.

I will continue to conference with students on the progress of their papers.

Tuesday

Students will write their final copy of their expository composition.

Wednesday

Before we start our last classroom novel the class will respond to the following prompt: What would you do if you woke up one morning to find that you were invisible? What would it feel like to know that no one could see you? Would you behave differently if you knew no one could see you?

The class will read from their I-pad chapters 1-5 of the science fiction book called Things Not Seen.

Thursday

The class will discuss their written responses to yesterday’s prompt.

I will introduce the novel’s vocabulary words. Students will do the vocabulary worksheet using a dictionary.

We will read and discuss chapters 6-10 of Things Not Seen.

Friday

Students will finish their vocabulary worksheet and turn into the basket when they finish. They will do this for homework if they do not finish.

The class will read and discuss chapters 11-15 of Things Not Seen. Students will follow along on their I-pads while listening to the book recording from I-Tunes.

Today is the last day for students to turn in their library books.

TEKS that will be covered: 6.1, 6.2, 6.6, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.17, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28

Monday

Everyday this week the last 7 minutes we will play our competition vocabulary game called Cranium in groups.

Students will go to the library to check out and recheck their library books.

Students will respond to the following writing prompt: You will write about a field trip that you think your class should take that would help you and your classmates learn about a certain subject matter.  Students will begin prewriting their expository composition. The completed paper will count as the student’s semester project grade.

Students will finish prewriting for homework.

Tuesday

We will review the student’s handout on the No No Words!  We will discuss non-descriptive words that should be replaced with WOW words, or sensory words. Students will use the website Dictionary.com to help replace their vague words.

Students will share their introduction and conclusion they wrote with the class.

Students will use their prewriting to write their rough copy of their expository composition.

I will conference with students on the progress of their papers.

Wednesday

The class will have a mini-lesson on editing.

Students will partner edit/revise their expository composition.

I will continue to conference with students on the progress of their papers.

Thursday

6th grade band students will be gone on their field trip.  The students that remain will have an opportunity to read their library books and work on their book project for the 6 weeks.

Friday

Students will write their final copy of their expository composition.

TEKS that will be covered: 6.1, 6.2, 6.10, 6.13, 6.14, 6.17, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28

Monday

The students will go to the library to check out and recheck their books. They need to be reading outside of class and working on their 6 weeks book project: chart, book review, book bag, Glogsters, Google Docs, etc. Students have the book project handout.

As a class we will review the reading skills from the Study Island program: theme, plot, sensory language, making inferences, drawing conclusions, author’s purpose, main idea, organizational patterns, making connections, procedural text, and graphic features.

Students will also practice the skill summary after I will read the story Moving Day.

Tuesday

STAAR math test

Wedesday

STAAR reading test

Thursday

I will introduce descriptive writing to the class.  We will read and discuss the handout.  I will share several descriptive poems with the students.  I will bring the students to the Nature Center to work independently or work with a partner to write a descriptive poem.

Friday

Students will have an opportunity to share their descriptive poems with the class.

Together we will do Write Source daily language workout page 81 Peanuts, Please!

Students will work in groups of 2 to do the revising and editing expository passage Admiral Zheng He pages 112-114.

TEKS that will be covered: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28

Monday

The students will go to the library to check out and recheck their books. They need to be reading outside of class and working on their 6 weeks book project.

We will finish the adverb Mimio lesson then students will take an adverb quiz.

For homework, students will read and prove their answers for the STAAR passage A Bird’s-Eye View of Teamwork and Eraser & School Clock poem due Thursday.

Tuesday 

Mrs. Hoskins will share the poems Fat Man and New Eyes. Together the class will discuss and analyze the poems.

As a class we will do Study Island Graphic Features lesson together.

Next, we will do 10 Study Island organization patterns together. Students will use their text organization handout for additional help. 

Wednesday

 The students will either work independently or with a partner to do 16 Study Island Graphic Features questions in the computer lab. Students will read aloud and make sure to prove their answers by highlighting

Thursday

We will read and discuss the author’s purpose handout.

Students will split into 2 groups to play the What’s the Purpose game to practice identifying author’s purpose of different types of texts, such as to inform, influence, express, or entertain.

We will also together do 10 Study Island Author’s Purpose questions.

Friday

We will review the STAAR passage from this week.

 The students will either work independently or with a partner to do 15 Study Island Author’s Viewpoint and Argument questions in the computer lab. Students will read aloud and make sure to prove their answers by highlighting

TEKS that will be covered: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28

Monday

The students will go to the library to check out and recheck their books.

As a class we will review the correct answers to the Cay test the students took last week.

Students will have an opportunity to present their book projects to the class whether it be book reviews, book bag, Glogsters, collage, timeline, map, persuasive letter from a major character, diary entry, music soundtrack, or collection of 5 poems of the major events, or chart.

We will start our 1 a day vocabulary.

For homework, students will read and prove their answers for the STAAR passage William Wegman.

Tuesday

We will read and discuss the Graphic Organization handout. Students will work with a partner to read the 9 short expository passages and place them in the 9 different graphic organizers. We will review the last 10 minutes of class.

Wednesday

The students will either work independently or with a partner to do 16 Study Island Organization Patterns questions on the Macbook. Students will read aloud and make sure to prove their answers by highlighting.

Thursday

Mrs. Hoskins will share the poems Fat Man and New Eyes. Together the class will discuss and analyze the poems.

We will watch the School House Rocks adverbs video.

I will introduce adverbs to the class using the Write Source book pages 536-539. The class will read and do the exercises together.

Students will create an adverbs fold-able using its definition, sentence of their own using a adverb, and a sentence from their library book.

Friday

The class will share their adverb fold-able with the class.

Students will independently do the Adverbs lesson in the Write Source program in the computer lab.

TEKS that will be covered: 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.13, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28

Monday

Students will take The Cay test.

As a class we will review the first half of the STAAR reading benchmark they took from last week.

For homework, students will read and answer the questions for the STAAR passage My Trip to Big Bend. This is due on Thursday.

Tuesday

We will review the last half of the STAAR reading benchmark they took from last week.

Students will work on finishing reading their library book and doing their six week’s project over their book that is due Wednesday.

Wednesday

Mrs. Hoskins will show a glog of coral reefs of the Carribbean Sea that she has created.

As a class will define and discuss coral reefs and a cay.

The class will have a scavenger hunt  of research questions on the I-pads using Wikibot. The class will share their answers with the class.

Students will use the Whiteboard on the I-pad to draw their own cay or coral reef.

Thursday

Students will view the movie The Cay. Students will list 4 examples of how Phillip experienced loss, fear, and anger; 4 examples of partial acceptance; 4 examples of total acceptance of his circumstances.

Friday

Easter Holiday

TEKS that will be covered:  6.1, 6.2, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.14, 6.15, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27

Monday

As a class we will have a reading skills review. Students will split into 2 teams for the competition game. The class will work on the skills: theme, plot, point of view, sensory language, making inferences, author’s purpose, main idea, organizational patterns, making connections, author’s viewpoint & argument, and graphic features in the Study Island computer program.

Tuesday

Students will take a STAAR math benchmark.

Wednesday

Students will take a STAAR reading benchmark.

Thursday

Students will go to the computer lab to respond to the following prompt as a blog post: Choose your favorite sense. How does this sense make your life better? How would your life be if this sense were taken away? This prompt is related to Phillip apart of the novel the class is reading, The Cay.

Friday

The class will read the remaining chapters of The Cay. The students will debate the question: How would things have been if Phillip had not gone blind? They will individually give their opinion making sure to use rationale.

TEKS that will be covered: 6.1, 6.2, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27

Monday

I’ll introduce the author Theodore Taylor by watching a video interview. I will also introduce the new vocabulary for the Cay novel. The class will read and follow along on their I-pad for chapters 1-3. We will also discuss what choice the students would have made: Stay in Curacao or leave by flying or taking a boat? They must also explain why? The class will have a virtual field trip to Curacao using Google Earth app. Students will do the STAAR reading passage for homework. This will be due on Thursday.

Tuesday

The class will listen and follow along on their I-pad for chapters 4-6 of The Cay. Students will do The Cay: Chapters 5-8 vocabulary worksheet using dictionary.com app on the I-pad.

Wednesday

The class will listen and follow along on their I-pad for chapters 7-10. The class will learn more about a cay by researching on their I-pad. Students will start on the Active Reading chapters 7-12 questions. We will have a scavenger hunt using Wikibot app.

Thursday

The class will listen and follow along on their I-pad for chapters 11-14.  The class will do a vocabulary class activity. Students will finish the Active Reading chapters 7-12 questions. This is homework if they do not finish.

Friday

The class will listen and follow along on their I-pad for chapters 15-end. Students will respond to the writing prompt and post it on their blog. They will use the thesaurus tab in the dictionary.com app to choose descriptive words.

TEKS that will be covered: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.6, 6.8, 6.13, 6.14, 6.17, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.23, 6.26

Monday

Students will choose parts for the 2 plays we will do on Thursday. Students will practice their parts for homework. Students are encouraged, but not required to bring props and clothes to fit their part in the play.

We will do several activities as a class and in groups to review verbs.

For homework, students will read and answer the STAAR passage Texas Vacation News. Students must make sure to prove their answers in the passage. This is due Thursday.

Tuesday

Mrs. Hoskins and the class will read and discuss the attributes of the poem We the People.

We will review the STAAR passage Science News for Kids.

Students will take a verb quiz.

Wednesday

Together, the class will read the handout on how to make an inference using a newspaper pages 11-16. Students will work in groups of 2 to draw inferences using the Longview News Journal.

Thursday

Students will put on the plays: The Man Without a Country and A Mad Tea Party. Each play will be videotaped for a podcast presentation.

Friday

The class will read and discuss the handout on text organization. Students will work independently or work with a partner to do the reading skills program Study Island. They will do 16 text organization questions. Students will read the passage aloud, read and discuss the best answer choice, and bag and tag their answers in the passage.

TEKS that will be covered: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.23, 6.26, 6.28