Welcome to sixth grade.

THIS FIRST SIX WEEKS WILL BE A TIME TO ADJUST TO SIXTH GRADE, REMEMBER WHAT WAS LEARNED LAST YEAR, AND GET EXCITED ABOUT SCHOOL AGAIN.

STARTING THE SECOND SIX WEEKS, I WILL SEND HOME A BOOK REPORT ASSIGNMENT.  STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE A BOOK FROM OUR LIBRARY, ON THEIR READING LEVEL.  MOST OF THE READING AND WORK IS TO BE DONE AT HOME.  THEREFORE, YOU WILL GET YOUR ASSIGNMENT THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE SIX WEEKS AND THE REPORT WILL BE DUE THE LAST MONDAY OF THE SIX WEEKS.  I WILL HELP YOU WITH THE TIMING AND I WLLL REMIND YOU TO KEEP READING.

IT IS VERY SELDOM YOU WILL HAVE ASSIGNED DAILY HOMEWORK IN READING.  HOWEVER, EVERY DAY WHEN YOU'RE HOME YOU SHOULD PLAN TO READ SOMETHING FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES.  YOU MAY READ MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, EVEN COMIC BOOKS.  READING IS LIKE ANY OTHER ACTIVITY, THE MORE YOU DO IT, THE BETTER YOU WILL GET.

WE WILL HAVE DAILY SPELLING WORK. YOU WILL HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES EACH DAY TO WORK ON YOUR ASSIGNMENT IN CLASS. IF YOU DON’T GET FINISHED IN CLASS, YOU DO HAVE HOMEWORK! OUR SPELLING WORDS WILL BE GIVEN OUT ON FRIDAY AND THE TEST WILL BE ON THURSDAY OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

IN LANGUAGE, WE WILL BE WORKING IN OUR TEXTBOOKS AND WRITING ESSAYS. UNLESS THE ESSAY IS FOR A SIX WEEK TEST, THE STUDENTS WILL TURN IN THEIR BRAINSTORMING, A ROUGH DRAFT, AND A FINAL COPY.

OUR SCHOOL YEAR WILL ZIP BY AS WE ENJOY NEW NOVELS AND WRITINGS.