6th Grade Reading and Literature
We spend time reading from the Journeys series as well as reading longer chapter books (both novels and nonfiction works). I also strive to provide independent reading time in the classroom.
This week we will be reading Lesson 20: "Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii" from the Journeys series. This informational text tells of the eruption and destruction of Mt. Vesuvius. It also tells of the rediscovery of the archeological site. The target skills are main ideas and details, style and tone, and analyzing events. The vocabulary strategies are prefixes un-, re-, in-, im-, ir-, and il-. The test over this lesson will be on Thursday, May 16.
We are working on our 4th quarter AR goals. Students should be reading 35 minutes daily to work toward their 4th quarter AR goals. Students should be about 90% of the way to their points goal and be maintaining an 85% or higher on the accuracy (number of questions correct).
This week we will be reading Lesson 20: "Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii" from the Journeys series. This informational text tells of the eruption and destruction of Mt. Vesuvius. It also tells of the rediscovery of the archeological site. The target skills are main ideas and details, style and tone, and analyzing events. The vocabulary strategies are prefixes un-, re-, in-, im-, ir-, and il-. The test over this lesson will be on Thursday, May 16.
We are working on our 4th quarter AR goals. Students should be reading 35 minutes daily to work toward their 4th quarter AR goals. Students should be about 90% of the way to their points goal and be maintaining an 85% or higher on the accuracy (number of questions correct).
