Ms. Chilcote's News
Spring 2013
Wrapping up 4th 6 weeks...
We are now wrapping up our 4th six weeks. We are going to be moving into the 5th six weeks with EOG's on the mind. We have already learned reading strategies in class and we will continue to practice those with weekly then daily practice. We are going to continue to read non-fiction text and supplement with fiction reading, novels, independent reading, and projects. The following are themes we will be working around for the next six weeks:
6th grade- Instructional and how-to texts
7th grade- Science fiction
How To
How to reading is non-fiction. It will ask students to pay attention to specific details and sequence of events.
Science-fiction
Science fiction is a genre that students are already familiar with. This usually will have aliens, technology not yet invented, space travel, time travel etc.
EOG's
We will begin our weekly/daily practice with the new six weeks. Ask your student about their reading strategies and ask to see their notebooks.
Information covered so far this year (August 2012-March 2013)
These are concepts that students should be familar with. If not, then please make sure to contact me for one-on-one tutoring
Nouns, pronouns, adverbs, verbs, adjectives. Connotation/Denotation, main idea, theme, conflict, plot, setting, protagonist, antagonist, idioms, analogies, mood/tone, PIE, reading strategies and 5 paragraph writing.