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Parents- PLEASE make sure you are signing your child’s agenda daily. Homework along with teacher notes are here daily. Thank you for your support! Important Dates: Wednesday, December 12- Text Structure Unit Test Thursday, December 13 – Comparison Essay Test (Informational Writing) Tuesday, December 18 – Book Log Due Thursday, December 20 – Class Holiday Parties Friday, December 21 – First Day of Winter Break (Enjoy 😊) Grammar: Last week we started a new unit relating to building their vocabulary which will include synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and homographs (homonyms). We’ll have this test the last week before Winter Break. Writing: This week we’ll continue to expand on the informational writing unit by learning how to write a comparison essay. We’ll have completed a practice essay (in their Writer’s Notebooks) by tomorrow. On Thursday, we’ll have a comparison writing essay as a test. Reading: We will finish our nonfiction unit in reading that will include text structure this Wednesday. Students took notes on the various types of text structures, these notes are posted to the class website. We have practiced reading passages and determining the text structure used by looking for key words. In this unit, students analyzed a biography on either Henry Ford, Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Candy Bombers, or Thomas Edison. We will use these books, along with graphic novels, newspapers, and nonfiction articles, to study all the different types of text structures and compare/contrast these text structures. Sixth graders have learned how to analyze a text to determine if it is biased or unbiased. If you would like extra practice for your child at home, on the Launchpad website https://launchpad.classlink.com/fcs there is a link for i-Ready, your child may use this link for i-Ready for additional reading at home. Please monitor your child’s monthly Book Log. Students are required to read one, 150 page book in December. The Book Log, along with the completed book review, are due Tuesday, December 18. It will only be accepted if signed by parent so we can make sure the book was read and finished at home.
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