Please take any seat – mrs. Frantz will be assigning you a seat in a few moments

Please take any seat mrs. Frantz will be assigning you a seat in a few moments

Please take any seat

mrs. Frantz will be assigning you a seat in a few momentsWelcome to6th Grade Language ArtsMrs. Frantz

Todays goals 8/20/13Assigned SeatsMeet Mrs. FrantzClass InformationDistribute Red Notebooks & Bell Ringer Folders

2-Hour Delay ScheduleTodays goals 8/21/13Review Class NormsSelinsgrove Accelerated Reader (SAR) Program LetterStudent Reading Levels Mrs. Frantz will pass outLibrary get an SAR book (Period 1-2 - get them tomorrow)

2-Hour Delay ScheduleQuick Class Norms ReviewModel good listeningEvery contribution is valuableTake turnsParticipate and do your shareTodays goals 8/22/13Bell Ringer #1 Get your folder from the table as you walk in. GET STARTED! 3 minutes!Reader SurveyRestating Questions ActivityIntroduce Nouns & Compound Nouns - Notes

PersonsPlacesThingsIdeas

One WordHyphenated WordTwo WordsRow Leader (Mrs. Frantz will assign) count the number of people in your row & get the blue grammar book off of the shelf for your row

Copy down the following sentences in Exercise 1 p. 323 into your blue notebooks. #1, 4, 6, 8, 102) Then, underline all nouns. 3) When finished, look back at your underlined words.Double underline the compound nouns.Time: 15-20 MinutesDO YOUR OWN WORK!!!!

Correct your answersThen, underline all nouns. Double underline the compound nouns.

Todays goals 8/23/13Bell Ringer #2 Get your folder from the table as you walk in. GET STARTED!Review Nouns & Compound Nouns Practice ExerciseShould Kids be on Reality TV? ActivitySAR Books reading time/conferencing with Mrs. FrantzHOMEWORK Read at least 5 pages of your SAR books.

Todays goals 8/26/13Bell Ringer NONE Library Orientation!!!SAR TimeIntroduce Common & Proper Nouns Notes

Common NounNames any one group of persons, places, things, or ideas and is not capitalizedProper NounNames a particular person, place, thing or idea and begins with a capital letterTodays goals 8/27/13Bell Ringer #3 Get your folder from the purple table as you walk in. GET STARTED!Finish Common & Proper Nouns Notes Do an exerciseFiction/Non-Fiction NotesBones Knowledge Survey

Row Leader (Mrs. Frantz will assign) count the number of people in your row & get the blue grammar book off of the shelf for your row

Copy down the following sentences in Exercise 2 p. 325 into your blue notebooks. # 4,5,6,8,102) Then, underline all common nouns. 3) When finished, look back at your sentences.Double underline the proper nouns.

Time: 15-20 MinutesDO YOUR OWN WORK!!!!

Correct your answersThen, underline all common nouns. Double underline the proper nouns.

Is that the Statue of Liberty made out of snow?

5. In the historic city of Kyoto each June, you can see a parade of spears.

A popular fair in Tokyo offers pickled radishes.

Toshiro said that his town enjoys the Star Festival every summer.

The birthday of Buddha is observed in April.

GenreA type or category of literature

Fictiona made-up storynot based on factscan use real places and peopleNonfiction

writing based on factual informationdesigned to explain, instruct, or describenon prefix meaning notnonfiction: not fictionTodays goals 8/28/13Meeting with Mr. WhyneStart Prefix De

Todays goals 8/29/13Bell Ringer #4 Get your folder from the purple table as you walk in. GET STARTED!Work more on Prefix De-Making Connections Notes Complete worksheet while you readStart Bones

Making Connections

Making ConnectionsConnecting what I know, to what I am reading, to help me better understand the text.text-to-self: personal connections between the reader and the texttext-to-text: connections between what the reader is reading and another texttext-to-world: larger connections between the text and the world

text-to-selfpersonal, me, connectionreaders experiences/lifetext-to-textother things Ive readsimilar stories, genre, topics

text-to-worldlarger connectionsthings Ive seen, heard about, talked about out in the world

Ive made a connection. SO WHAT???Connections help me:understand how the character feelsunderstand what motivates the characterhave a clearer picture as I readkeeps me involved and focused on the storyremember what Ive read ask questions about the story

Todays goals 8/30/13Bell Ringer #5 Get your folder from the purple table as you walk in. GET STARTED!SAR Time/Conferencing with Mrs. FrantzReview Making ConnectionsSecond box of worksheet while you readRead Bones

Todays goals 9/3/13NO BELL RINGER Shortened Schedule Grade AssessmentPrefix De Quiz ThursdayBones Test FridayRead Bones Finish Making Connections Worksheet

Homework: Begin studying forThursdays De-Prefix QuizTodays goals 9/4/13NO BELL RINGER Study Island BenchmarkComputer LabMain Idea & Supporting Details Notes After Reading Activity Bones - ???De- Prefix Quiz TomorrowBones Test moved to Monday

Homework: Study for tomorrowsDe- Prefix Quiz/Begin Studying for Mondays Bones testTodays goals 9/5/13Bell Ringer #6 De- Prefix QuizFinish Reading Bones test MondayFinish & Turn in Making Connections WorksheetMain Idea & Summary NotesStart Main Idea & Summary WS

Homework Study for Bones test

Main IdeaAlso called topic, big idea or picturethe central point the author tries to make.main idea lets the reader know what the rest of the paragraph will be about.main idea can be an opinion, argument or a general idea.most of the time the main idea is in the topic sentence, near the beginning. main idea sets the tone, voice, and style.

Definitionsupporting details are specific statements about the same topic.supporting details describe and support the main idea.supporting details explain/prove the authors point.supporting details are clear, organized details.

Supporting Details

A summary is the main idea, plus only one or two details.The summary is the essence or what the whole article is about.Summaries are always brief, short cut versions of the whole article, book, or movie.A summary is not a retelling.

Summary definitionTodays goals 9/6/13Bell Ringer #7Finish Bones books Work on Main Idea WSSAR/Conferencing Time

Homework Study for TUESDAYS Bones testTodays goals 9/9/13Bell Ringer #8 Finish Bones Main Idea WSBones After Reading WSBones Test Review Test TOMORROW! Book Borrower ListStart Photo- Prefix next prefix quiz on the next Day 6 (THIS Friday, September 13th)

Homework Study for TOMORROWS Bones testTodays goals 9/10/13Bell Ringer #9 Bones Test Read SAR Books when finishedStart Photo- Prefix prefix quiz on the next Day 6 (THIS Friday, September 13th)Quick Nouns ReviewSpice Article Activity

GROUP ACTIVITY SKIPPEDGROUP MEMBERS TASKMASTER keeps everyone doing their job, refocuses people who are distracting the group, corrects the group if they are too loudNOTE TAKER- writes group responses on the notecardTEXT READER re-reads the section to his/her groupBOARD WRITER shares answers on the board afterwardsDETAIL HUNTER finds supporting details