Important Dates:
December 19, Tuesday – December Book Logs Due (all) December 20- Grammar test December 21, Thursday-Class Party Dear Parents, 1.) First, a note from Mrs. Zoll: Want to help the Georgia Department of Education see what a fantastic school we have at Dolvin? We need your help! Dolvin has scored 5 out of 5 stars on our climate the last two years. This is a very important part of our CCRPI score that went from to 89 to 97.9!! Please use a computer, tablet, or phone to complete this survey: http://gshs.gadoe.org/parents Let's show the state and Fulton County Schools what a great staff, great students, and learning opportunities we have! 2.) Note from Mrs. Morrill (in clinic): Is your child missing a jacket, scarf, mitten, etc.? If so, you might want to remind them to check out the lost and found by the clinic. All items left by Holidays will be donated to charity. Grammar: We will conclude our final grammar unit for this semester Wednesday with a unit test which will cover synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms (both homographs and homophones). They’ll also be learning how to read and answer analogies. Spelling-List 6 will be added to your child’s binder after Winter Break. If you feel your child needs more practice, all of their lists have been uploaded into the website https://www.spellingcity.com/users/bfhogan5 Writing: We have started our next unit on opinion writing. This week, we’ll start working through the structure from beginning to end and will add an example to their Writer’s Notebooks as well as add the opinion rubric to their binders. Reading: Last week we started a new nonfiction unit in reading that will include text structure and continue into January. In this unit, students will be analyzing a biography on either Henry Ford (5th grade), Amelia Earhart (5th grade), or Thomas Edison (6th grade). 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 will also be learning how to analyze a text to determine if it is biased or unbiased. We have passed out the December Book Log. Both 5th and 6th graders will need to read 150-page or more book of their choice for this month. It is due tomorrow, Tuesday, December 19. I passed out the January reading log today for students due to the students not returning until January 8th. **I hope everyone has a wonderful Winter Break, travels safely, enjoys their family time J, and has a Happy Holidays!!!
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