CHECK YOUR GRADES HERE- ESEMBLER FOR YOU

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Reading with Mrs. McIntosh

We have started our year using the Best Practices in Reading workbook.  The selections and strategies will prepare students for the FCAT.  We will work on a new strategy "INFERENCE".

Monster

In Reading class we will be studying the novel, Monster by Walter Dean Myers.  Questions for each section will come from Castle Learning and text will be available here.  Just click the link above.

~COMPUTER LAB~

Jays and Falcons

Our first assingment will be using Microsoft Publisher.  You will be creating a newlsetter ALL ABOUT YOU!  Due 9/10/10

New for 2010:  Approved sites to be on

Schooltimegames.com

Next assignment:  Click on the link

CASTLE LEARNING LINK-no assignments at this time.

Comic Life-students will be able to tell a story using this unique online tool.

Family Trees and Crests-Where is your family from?

Coat of Arms-make your own and print it out?

Ellis Island-find your relatives

Go to Geni.com and start your own family tree for free!

Virtual Book Template

Searching-Class Activity Webquest

READ. WRITE. RIGHT. PLAGIARISM WEBQUEST

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

PRESS JOURNAL

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LANGUAGE ARTS W/MRS. MCINTOSH

We started our year off with spelling strategies and the reading of the short story "Stray" by Cynthia Rylant.

A new spelling list will be given each week.  Spelling test every Friday.

The Complete Sentence

We are just starting our PENS sentence writing strategy.  Today the 6th graders wrote their very best six sentences on a topic of choice.

WE ARE continually WORKING ON OUR SENTENCE WRITING STRATEGIES~

BRUSH UP ON YOUR GRAMMAR-
TRY SOME MAD LIBS FOR FUN!

MADLIBS

READ A BOOK-

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

OR TWO-

CAMP CONFIDENTIAL-

GAMES, GAMES, AND MORE GAMES!!!

CHECKERS SUDOKO CHESS

 
1. Before you start your story, you should develop an outline covering the beginning to the end. You need to know where you are going with your story.

2. It is acceptable to amend the outline as you write the story (all good writers do this).

3. Try to pick characters, setting, and plots with which you are familiar. You may wish to pick an event in your life which made an impression on you; don't hesitate to use the event changing names, places, etc. if you wish.

4. Most short stories have only one or two characters, one plot, and no more than two settings in a story.

5. I recommend you develop your story in the following order:

a. Introduce your character and setting
b. As you introduce the characters and setting, give some details about them (appearance, personalities, what a setting looks like, etc.)
c. Have a conflict occur (this may be between the characters, between a character and a force of nature, or between a character and his or her society)
d. The conflict may be external (outside of the character), or it may be internal (in the character's mind)
e. Have the conflict reach a climax (the point of no return or where the events cannot be changed)
f. Have a denouement (falling action leading to a resolution of the conflict)
g. Have the conflict resolved

6. You may write the paper in long hand; however, I hope you will type the story which should be at least eight double-spaced pages using a font of 12. Should you write the paper in long hand, it should be at least 10 pages.

7. The paper is due the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday break. You will receive the equivalent of five test grades for this project. These grades will be posted into the grading system the second nine-week grading period. If you are able to turn in your paper early, additional points will be added to each of the five grades as follows: October 1-16---100 points; October 19 -30---50 points; November 2-20---25 points. No points will be awarded after November 20th.

What kind of man or woman will you be?

Are you going to be rich?
Is it important that you get a big job?
Are you going to be powerful?
Are you going to be a very important person?
Will you be driven to succeed?
Will you care for others?
Will you be a man or woman of your word?
Will people trust you?
Will people seek your advice?
Will you finish what start?
What kind of man or woman will you be?

You can try for the first 5 if you wish, but consider spending your life working towards the next 5.

HOMEWORK

Read 30 minutes and write in RRJ (reading response journal)

AR test due November 6th. 

Library Wish List

Be sure to check the front bulletin board as you enter the school for our library wish list.  These  are books that are requested by the students.  I have written the title, author.  All you need to do is take one off the wall, buy the book, place the paper inside the book with your child's name on it and return.  Your child can earn 5 merits for every AR book that is a book level of 4.5 or higher.  All donations are greatly appreciated!

EXTRA CREDIT

If a student wishes to do extra credit to help their grade, all they need to do is read.  Taking extra AR tests is the only way to do extra credit in my class.  Their overall average for the nine weeks on AR is worth 30% of their grade, therefore the more a student tests the higher their average.  Students can test whenever they finish a book. They need to be sure to take the vocabulary test, if one is offered, and to look for literacy skills tests. 

If your child is struggling, tutoring is available.

BOOK BATTLE

Do you enjoy reading fun, interesting, intriguing books?

  THEN, Book Battle is for you! 

Read the Sunshine State Young Readers books and earn prizes.

If you read:

5 books by October 28th, you get to go to a pizza party

10 books by January 20th, you get to dress down and go on a picnic at Riverview Park

All 15 books by March 26th, you get 15 dress down coupons, and a major prize that has not yet been announced

Reading these books also fulfills your requirement for AR.  If you are reading book battle books you do not have to stay within your specific reading level.    In April I will be choosing 7 people to represent us on our school Book Battle team to compete against the other middle schools.  Below is the list of book battle books for this year.

Wing Nut. Square Fish, ©2008.

The Misadventures of Maude March. Yearling, ©2007.

Into the Wild. Razorbill, ©2008.

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk. HarperCollins, ©2009.

Dragon Slippers. Bloomsbury USA, ©2008.

Found. Simon & Schuster, ©2009.

All the Lovely Bad Ones. Sandpiper, ©2009.

Airball: My Life in Briefs. Square Fish, ©2008.

Gabriel’s Horses. Peachtree, ©2007.

Go Big or Go Home. HarperCollins, ©2009.

La Línea. Square Fish, ©2008.

Schooled. Hyperion, ©2008.

Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet. Laurel Leaf, ©2009.

First Light. Yearling, ©2008.

Runaway. Laurel Leaf, ©2008.

COME ON OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN!!!!!!