Mrs. Giesler's 
            6th Grade 

 




                            Communication Arts
Dec. 5-8


Writing Assignment: Students will work in their newspaper groups to complete the front page(final copy due 12-7) of their Ancient Egyptian Newspaper.  Group members will write  the rough draft(due with revisions/editing 12-8) for their 2nd local story. 

Monday =  snow day
Tuesday =  groups will work on rough drafts for second local story and work on final copy of front page.
Wednesday = groups will work on rough drafts for second local story and work on final copy of front page.
Thursday = groups will revise and edit rough drafts and work other options for "local" section of newspaper.
Friday =    Final local story is due and should be written in local section of newspaper. 

Guided Reading lessons every day with groups of students.

Center Work

 *Fluency =   Students will read a play and focus on reading with expression and smoothness.
*Word Work = week 9.  Students use word wall words to do various activities. 
*Comprehension =   Students will read an article about mummies and answer quetions.
* SSR/ Response Writing =  students will read about Egypt in their Social Studies book and create an outline of important information.
Newspaper =  students complete a scavenger hunt to learn about all of the sections of the newspaper.
Daily Language Review = students review language skills.
Poetry = students read Egyptian poetry and create two poems of their own.
Game = Students play the game "Outburst"
Quotations =  Students work on direct and indirect quotes.
Antonyms =  Students match antonyms.
   
                       
  Things to remember: 
                         * Every Wednesday is study group day at 7:30 a.m.
                         * Mid-Quarter grade go home Nov. 30th
                         * December 12th Craft night 3:30-5:00p.m. $8
                         * Winter Break = Dec. 22nd
                                                                    
  e-mail me at: bgiesler@willard.k12.mo.us
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 2/13/03©Bonnie Giesler
2/13/03 
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