Monday – Student Holiday!!!
Tuesday – Library Day
Wednesday – IXL diagnostic & Flocabulary – Text Features
Thursday – IXL diagnostic & Flocabulary – Text Features
Friday – IXL diagnostic & ReadWorks – The King Holiday
Category Archives: 6.6C
(C) use text evidence to support an appropriate response
Week of December 18, 2023
NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK!!!!
Monday – wrapping up the 1st semester & go over semester exam/benchmark
- HOMEWORK – no homework this week!!!
Tuesday – early release at 12:15 – following semester exam schedule
- HOMEWORK – no homework this week!!!
Wednesday – early release at 12:15 – following semester exam schedule
- HOMEWORK – no homework this week!!!
Christmas Break begins Thursday, December 21! Students will return for the second semester on Tuesday, January 9th!
Week of December 11, 2023
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – Students need to make sure their Chromebooks are fully charged when they leave for school each morning!!!! Please bring your Chromebook chargers on benchmark testing days this week (Wednesday & Thursday)!!!!
Monday – Benchmark Review
Tuesday – Benchmark Review
Wednesday – READING BENCHMARK
- HOMEWORK – NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT
Thursday – MATH BENCHMARK
Friday – Poetry Test
Week of November 6, 2023
WOMS LANGUAGE ARTS IXL LEADERBOARD COMPETITION – TIME SPENT
Winning grade level earns a BRICK WALL for their derrick!!! Competition runs from 7:30 am, Monday through 3:45 pm, Friday!!! Students with a minimum of 2 hours will get a 100 in the reading grade book!!!
LET’S GO 6TH GRADE!!!
Monday – “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” – vocabulary activity
Tuesday – “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” – review & begin comprehension quiz
Wednesday – “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” – comprehension quiz & corrections
Thursday – Drama unit review
Friday – Drama Passage Practice
Week of October 30, 2023
Monday – Halloween Readers’ Theater
Tuesday – Library Day – Happy Halloween! 
Wednesday – begin “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”
- introduce selection vocabulary
- anticipation guide
- inferencing activity
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading or IXL recommended skills
Thursday – “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”
- review selection vocabulary
- read selection
- finish inferencing activity
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading or IXL recommended skills
Friday – “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”
- review selection vocabulary
- close reading & critical thinking questions
Week of October 23, 2023
IXL LEADERBOARD CHALLENGE THIS WEEK for TIME SPENT on LANGUAGE ARTS skills!!! Challenge begins at 7:30am on 10/23 and ends at 3:45pm on 10/27. Good Luck!!!
It’s also RED RIBBON WEEK! Say NO to drugs!
Scholastic Book Fair This Week!!!
Monday – WEAR RED
- “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” discussion
- Finish the Inferencing Activity
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading or IXL recommended skills
Tuesday – PJ DAY
- selection review
- share 4 square vocabulary
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading or IXL recommended skills
Wednesday – Favorite COLLEGE or CAREER DAY – Early Release at 12:00 pm
- Quizlet Live
- silently read
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading or IXL recommended skills
Thursday – TIE DYE DAY
- “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Comprehension Quiz
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading or IXL recommended skills
Friday – SUPER HERO DAY
- finish “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Comprehension Quiz
- Inferencing Task Cards – Part 2
STUDENTS ON AN IXL PRACTICE SCHEDULE ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE 80 MINUTES WORKING ON RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS FROM 10/17/23 – 10/29/23.
Week of October 16, 2023
Monday – STUDENT HOLIDAY – Enjoy!
Tuesday – 1st day of 2nd 9 weeks!
Wednesday –
- Introduce Drama Terminology
- Introduce “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Vocabulary
- Read “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
- 4 Square Vocabulary
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading or IXL recommended skills
Thursday –
- Reread “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
- Complete the Close Reading and Critical Thinking Questions
- Begin Inferencing Activity
- 4 Square Vocabulary
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading or IXL recommended skills
Friday –
- Reread “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
- partner/small group discussion of Close Reading and Critical Thinking Questions
- 4 Square Vocabulary
STUDENTS ON AN IXL PRACTICE SCHEDULE ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE 80 MINUTES WORKING ON RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS FROM 10/17/23 – 10/29/23.
Week of September 18, 2023
Monday:
- periods 1 & 2: Tuck Everlasting = Ch. 4 – 8 – HOMEWORK if not finished
- periods 3, 5, & 7: “Rescue at the Water’s Edge” Reread, review & begin Comprehension Quiz
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading OR recommended skills in IXL Language Arts
Tuesday:
- LIBRARY DAY
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading OR recommended skills in IXL Language Arts
Wednesday: EARLY RELEASE at 12:00 PM
- periods 1 & 2: Tuck Everlasting = Ch 9 – 13
- periods 3: Quizlet Live & IXL Group Jam/Recommended Skills
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading OR recommended skills in IXL Language Arts
Thursday:
- periods 1 & 2: Tuck Everlasting = Ch. 9 – 13 – HOMEWORK if not finished
- periods 3, 5, & 7: “Rescue at the Water’s Edge” = review selection & RACE Strategy & complete the comprehension quiz/IXL recommended skills
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading OR recommended skills in IXL Language Arts
Friday:
- periods 1 & 2: Tuck Everlasting = begin Ch. 14 – 18
- periods 3, 5, & 7: Story Elements Task Cards
Week of September 11, 2023
Monday:
- Henry’s Freedom Box: reread then complete the Think Plot Story Mountain
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading OR recommended skills in IXL Language Arts
Tuesday:
- periods 1 & 2: Tuck Everlasting = Prologue – Ch. 3
- periods 3, 5, & 7: “Rescue at the Water’s Edge” = discuss genre characteristics, introduce selection vocabulary, watch video,
read selection - HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading OR recommended skills in IXL Language Arts
Wednesday:
- periods 1 & 2: Tuck Everlasting = Prologue – Ch. 3 – HOMEWORK if not finished
- periods 3, 5, & 7: “Rescue at the Water’s Edge” = review vocabulary, read selection again, & class discussion
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading OR recommended skills in IXL Language Arts
Thursday:
- periods 1 & 2: Tuck Everlasting = Ch. 4 – 8
- periods 3, 5, & 7: “Rescue at the Water’s Edge” = complete vocabulary activity & close reading & critical thinking questions
- HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading OR recommended skills in IXL Language Arts
Friday:
- periods 1 & 2: Tuck Everlasting = Ch. 4 – 8
- periods 3, 5, & 7: “Rescue at the Water’s Edge” = review vocabulary & class discussion
Week of September 4, 2023
Monday – Happy Labor Day – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday – Library Day – HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading/advanced classes (1st & 2nd periods) – read Tuck Everlasting by September 12th
Wednesday – Skyward/email Mrs. Owens/IXL – HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading/advanced classes (1st & 2nd periods) – read Tuck Everlasting by September 12th
Thursday – STAAR Test Analysis – HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading/advanced classes (1st & 2nd periods) – read Tuck Everlasting by September 12th
Friday – Henry’s Freedom Box – summarize & close-reading discussion