November 6th, 2017- November 16th, 2017
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I wanted to start updating you more frequently on what is going on in our classroom. You can return to this blog to see what your students are accomplishing in my 6th grade English Language Arts classes.
What are we doing now?
The students just completed their unit common assessment on Thursday, November 2nd. Today, we began our "Writer's Workshop Weeks" that we will continue until Thanksgiving break. During this time, the students will be focusing on how to become better writers using correct conventions. As a result, we will be reviewing capitalization, punctuation, transition words, verb tense, subject and verb agreement, and components of well-written paragraph. The students will complete various activities such as editing tasks, Quizizz competitions, group rotations, and writing tasks to assess their improvement throughout our workshop days.
Starting next week, the "Writer's Workshop" will solely focus on building an argumentative essay. The students have been writing argumentative paragraphs in preparation and have also already learned argumentative vocabulary. This task will take them step by step through the argumentative writing process and help them to build an essay suitable for the Georgia Milestones. They will learn how to write appropriate introductions, body paragraphs, cite relevant evidence, and a conclusion. My goal is for their essay to be completed and turned in by Thursday, November 16th.
What to expect:
Please be aware that I have given the students a Book Talk assignment due in a few weeks (Friday after Thanksgiving break). The task is for the students to read a book of their choice and then fill out the "Book Talk Pre-Write" sheet provided to them. They will then present the book to the class using this sheet for a quiz grade. I am doing this assignment in order to encourage students to read outside of class and reflect on what they have read.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at culbersoncj@fultonschools.org.
Have a wonderful Monday!
Sincerely,
Ms. Cassidy Culberson
Ms. Cassidy Culberson's Class Blog
Elkins Pointe Middle School
6th Grade ELA
culbersoncj@fultonschools.org
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I wanted to start updating you more frequently on what is going on in our classroom. You can return to this blog to see what your students are accomplishing in my 6th grade English Language Arts classes.
What are we doing now?
The students just completed their unit common assessment on Thursday, November 2nd. Today, we began our "Writer's Workshop Weeks" that we will continue until Thanksgiving break. During this time, the students will be focusing on how to become better writers using correct conventions. As a result, we will be reviewing capitalization, punctuation, transition words, verb tense, subject and verb agreement, and components of well-written paragraph. The students will complete various activities such as editing tasks, Quizizz competitions, group rotations, and writing tasks to assess their improvement throughout our workshop days.
Starting next week, the "Writer's Workshop" will solely focus on building an argumentative essay. The students have been writing argumentative paragraphs in preparation and have also already learned argumentative vocabulary. This task will take them step by step through the argumentative writing process and help them to build an essay suitable for the Georgia Milestones. They will learn how to write appropriate introductions, body paragraphs, cite relevant evidence, and a conclusion. My goal is for their essay to be completed and turned in by Thursday, November 16th.
What to expect:
Please be aware that I have given the students a Book Talk assignment due in a few weeks (Friday after Thanksgiving break). The task is for the students to read a book of their choice and then fill out the "Book Talk Pre-Write" sheet provided to them. They will then present the book to the class using this sheet for a quiz grade. I am doing this assignment in order to encourage students to read outside of class and reflect on what they have read.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at culbersoncj@fultonschools.org.
Have a wonderful Monday!
Sincerely,
Ms. Cassidy Culberson
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