Missed that standard? Recovery day is 11/16.

Most students need some time to master some aspect of their work.  If you notice  that you did not pass an assignment on OnCourse, you may try again over the long weekend.  If you need to make a better grade (6 or less may recover to a 7 on 10 point items; 0% may recover to 100% on pass/fail items) then use the Local News story, "First Job" by Gary Soto, to try again on plot diagrams and/or summaries.  You may NOT redo either the plot diagram or the summary on the original story assigned.

Please parents, reading logs need to be checked daily.  Students must read 30 minutes per day and may include assigned reading. Nothing, however, takes the place of a great novel.  Please talk to your child about their daily reading assignment.  It might be helpful to tape the reading log into the planner, then it can be completed EVERY day.

Compass is still 8% of the grade, and many students have hours to make up.  No excuses, find a computer that works with Compass and get it done......your classmates are doing so, with great success!

Moving Forward!

Our District Timed Writing scores improved dramatically this time!  Students are seriously forming paragraphs, creating thesis statements and adding FRIESS support to their work.  Most students moved up on the rubric scale, and those who did not have still made huge progress.

Our next DTW will involve persuasive writing, something new for all 6th graders.  There is a very specific format for this and I will post the plan on the blog when we return from break.

We are reading Local News and your child has been assigned a book.  There will be reading required each and every class; occasionally two short stories will be assigned.  Look for Local News to be coming home each day, and make sure it returns on B day.  (I seriously have NO extra copies in the classroom!)

Continue reading your independent reading book and keep up your log!