6B News-Mrs. Pouley

October 2009

 

 

 

 

Homeroom Activities…

*Reading and Writing Process- We are currently practicing being active readers and close readers.  We are examining paragraphs and their many parts including topic sentence (main idea) and supporting details.  We will most likely begin the Julie of the Wolves the week of October 12.

 

*Grammar-  We have begun our grammar studies, starting with nouns: plural/singular, common/proper, abstract/concrete

 

*Weekly Spelling Tests- Monday is the pretest and 3 pages are assigned to work on throughout the week.  The pages and the final test are Friday.

 

*Reading response journal-A reading response journal is due by Friday every week.  The purpose of the response journal is to have an ongoing written conversation with me about the books that students are reading outside of the classroom.  Each student is required to be reading a book of his/her choice.  10 minutes of reading is required a day and a journal entry about the students opinions/insights/reflections/connections is required.

 

 

Upcoming Events…

October 7-Picture Day, Last Tally Day

October 9-No School-Archdiocesan Inservice

October 12-Noon Dismissal-Faculty Inservice

October 16-Midterm

October 23-Progress Reports go home

 

November 4-6-Noon Dismissal-conferences

 

Other…

A weekly schedule for the year for students and parents attending Northwest Harvest went home via email.  Please mark your calendars if you have volunteered to drive.