Day 56: 11/30/17 - D Day: Description Text Structure & Ch 12 Course of Action

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is a 'D" day. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. 
                         Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble
ELA:
Do Now:

• Write down tonight's homework
• Pick up a copy of the Description text structure graphic organizer

Homework: 

• Read Chapter 12 & Complete the Course of Action Graphic Organizer

Activity #1

Text Structure - Description

Standards:

RI6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

Directions:

Step 1: Review the 5 different forms of text structure.

Step 2: Review the Definition for Description text structure - The author provides several details of something to give the reader a mental picture

Step 3: Read the Descriptive article about Labrador Retrievers.

Step 4: Reread the article and underline the details 

Step 5: Write the topic and details in the graphic organizer

Step 6: Color Code, Cut, & Glue in the graphic organizer into your ELA Interactive Notebook

Activity #2

Read-a-loud Ch. 12 - Comparing Characters

Standards:

RL6.2 'Provide a summary of a text distinct from personal opinions'

RL6.3 'Describe how characters respond and change as the plot moves forward'

Part 1

Essential Questions for Chapter 11:

How are these characters alike?

How are these characters different?

Part 2

Essential Questions for Chapter 12:

What course of action would you take if you were Bud?

Directions:

As we read ch 12 think about what Bud course of action Bud takes in various situations. Then describe what course of action you would have taken if you were him.

RTI - D Day 11/30/17

Step 1 - Pick up a copy of the article about Healthy Eating 

Step 2 - Read through your article to get a basic understanding of what the article is about.

Step 3 - Reread the article a 2nd time and use the Highlighting Strategy to identify the:

• Topic
• Topic Sentence
• Supporting Details
• Main Idea

Step 4 - Complete the Main Idea Graphic Organizer

Step 5 - Draft a summary

***When you are done you will bring your work to me and we will conference about your article. I will be asking:

1. What is the topic of your article?

2. What is the topic sentence?

3. What is the Main Idea?

4. What supporting details led you to think that?

Enrichment Group:

Select an aspect of the Great depression to research. 

Some examples include:

• Bank Runs
• Unemployment
• Discrimination
• Breadlines & Soup Kitchens
• Stock Market Crash
• The Dust Bowl
• The Drought
• Hoovervilles
• Hobos
• Orphans
• Herbert Hoover
• The New Deal
• How the Depression effected the rich
• How the Depression effected the poor

Create a visual presentation regarding the information you learned.

Some examples include:

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Poster
• Video
• Song
• Brochure
• Skit
• etc.

Day 55: 11/29/17 - C Day: Overview of Text Structure & Ch 11 Comparing Characters

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is a 'C" day. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. 
                         Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble
ELA:
Do Now:

• Write down tonight's homework
• Pick up a Text Structure Graphic Organizer
• Take out your colored pencils

Homework: 

• Read Chapter 11 & Complete the Comparing Characters Graphic Organizer

Activity #1

Overview of Text Structure

Standards:

RI6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

Direction:

It is important that you can identify the author's purpose for writing a text, but it is just as important that you can identify the way the author structures their text. There are several different structures authors use to write texts. Today we will be learning about the 5 most common structures used in nonfiction writing. 

Activity #2

Read-a-loud Ch. 11 - Comparing Characters

Standards:

RL6.2 'Provide a summary of a text distinct from personal opinions'

RL6.3 'Describe how characters respond and change as the plot moves forward'

Part 1

Essential Question for chapter 10:

What important events did you include in a summary of chapter 10?

Use - Mix & Mingle 5 minutes

Part 2

Essential Questions for Chapter 11:

How are these characters alike?

How are these characters different?

Directions:

As we read think about the three different families Bud has encountered. Record information in the graphic organizer to describe each family. Then write a paragraph about how they are alike and how they are different. Use the back of the worksheet or lined paper to draft your response.

RTI - C Day 11/29/17

Step 1 - Pick up a copy of the article about Healthy Eating 

Step 2 - Read through your article to get a basic understanding of what the article is about.

Step 3 - Reread the article a 2nd time and use the Highlighting Strategy to identify the:

• Topic
• Topic Sentence
• Supporting Details
• Main Idea

Step 4 - Complete the Main Idea Graphic Organizer

Step 5 - Draft a summary

***When you are done you will bring your work to me and we will conference about your article. I will be asking:

1. What is the topic of your article?

2. What is the topic sentence?

3. What is the Main Idea?

4. What supporting details led you to think that?

Enrichment Group:

Select an aspect of the Great depression to research. 

Some examples include:

• Bank Runs
• Unemployment
• Discrimination
• Breadlines & Soup Kitchens
• Stock Market Crash
• The Dust Bowl
• The Drought
• Hoovervilles
• Hobos
• Orphans
• Herbert Hoover
• The New Deal
• How the Depression effected the rich
• How the Depression effected the poor

Create a visual presentation regarding the information you learned.

Some examples include:

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Poster
• Video
• Song
• Brochure
• Skit
• etc.

Day 54: 11/28/17 - B Day: Author's Purpose Quiz & Ch 10 Summarizing

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is a 'B" day. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. Please hand in your Report Card Envelopes!!!!
                         Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble
ELA:
Do Now:

• Write down tonight's homework

Homework: 

• Read Chapter 10 & Complete the Summarizing Graphic Organizer

Activity #1

Author's Purpose Assessment

Standards:

RI6.6 Determine an author's point of view, or purpose, in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text

Direction:

Step 1 - Review Homework using the Mix and Mingle Protocol that we learned yesterday to share responses to your Author's purpose practice

Step 2 - Independently read each passage and circle author's purpose that corresponds with that passage

Activity #2

Read-a-loud Chapter 10 - Summarizing

Standards:

RL6.2 'Provide a summary of a text distinct from personal opinions'

RL6.3 'Describe how a particular story's plot unfolds in a series of events'

Essential Question:

What important events would you include in a summary of chapter 10?

Directions:

List 5 events that happened in chapter 10 in the order that they happened.

Be sure to write them in your own words.

Be sure to write in complete sentences.

RTI - B Day 11/28/17

Step 1 - Pick up a copy of the article about Healthy Eating 

Step 2 - Read through your article to get a basic understanding of what the article is about.

Step 3 - Reread the article a 2nd time and use the Highlighting Strategy to identify the:

• Topic
• Topic Sentence
• Supporting Details
• Main Idea

Step 4 - Complete the Main Idea Graphic Organizer

Step 5 - Draft a summary

***When you are done you will bring your work to me and we will conference about your article. I will be asking:

1. What is the topic of your article?

2. What is the topic sentence?

3. What is the Main Idea?

4. What supporting details led you to think that?

Enrichment Group:

Select an aspect of the Great depression to research. 

Some examples include:

• Bank Runs
• Unemployment
• Discrimination
• Breadlines & Soup Kitchens
• Stock Market Crash
• The Dust Bowl
• The Drought
• Hoovervilles
• Hobos
• Orphans
• Herbert Hoover
• The New Deal
• How the Depression effected the rich
• How the Depression effected the poor

Create a visual presentation regarding the information you learned.

Some examples include:

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Poster
• Video
• Song
• Brochure
• Skit
• etc.

Day 53: 11/27/17 - A Day: Author's Purpose & Review of Ch 8 & 9

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is an 'A" day. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. Please hand in your Report Card Envelopes!!!!
                         Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble
ELA:
Do Now:

• Write down tonight's homework
• Take out your Homework from ch 8 & 9 

Homework: 

• Complete the Identifying Author's Purpose Practice

Activity #1

Review of Chapters 8 & 9

• RL6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

Directions for part 1: You do - (8 min)

Mix & Mingle (Also Know as Give One to Get One)

• Get up out of your seat and find a partner to share your homework responses with.
• Give your partner 1 of the answers on your graphic organizer.
• Get one answer from your partner. 
• You may fill in empty boxes, change answers, or add to the answers you already have.
• When the whistle blows find a new partner
• Repeat the process of Giving one response, and getting one response. 
• Bring your book with you to support your thinking. You must be able to support your your thinking with evidence from the text!!!

Activity #2

Author's Purpose

Standards:

RI6.6 Determine an author's point of view, or purpose, in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text

Directions:

Author's have a variety of reasons, or purposes, for writing a text. As a reader it is your job to determine what that purpose is! It will help you to analyze their writing, and will allow you to make more informed inferences and conclusions about what you have read.

Your Turn:

Read each passage and answer the questions that follow.

RTI - A Day 11/27/17

Step 1 - Pick up a copy of the article about Healthy Eating 

Step 2 - Read through your article to get a basic understanding of what the article is about.

Step 3 - Reread the article a 2nd time and use the Highlighting Strategy to identify the:

• Topic
• Topic Sentence
• Supporting Details
• Main Idea

Step 4 - Complete the Main Idea Graphic Organizer

Step 5 - Draft a summary

***When you are done you will bring your work to me and we will conference about your article. I will be asking:

1. What is the topic of your article?

2. What is the topic sentence?

3. What is the Main Idea?

4. What supporting details led you to think that?

Enrichment Group:

Select an aspect of the Great depression to research. 

Some examples include:

• Bank Runs
• Unemployment
• Discrimination
• Breadlines & Soup Kitchens
• Stock Market Crash
• The Dust Bowl
• The Drought
• Hoovervilles
• Hobos
• Orphans
• Herbert Hoover
• The New Deal
• How the Depression effected the rich
• How the Depression effected the poor

Create a visual presentation regarding the information you learned.

Some examples include:

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Poster
• Video
• Song
• Brochure
• Skit
• etc.

Day 52: 11/22/17 - D Day: Finish Main Idea, Details, & Summarizing Quiz, & Mid-Book Test

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is a 'D' Day. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. Please hand in your Report Card Envelopes!!!!
                         Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble

Schedule:
HR   8:40 - 8:49
Bl 1  8:51 - 9:34
Bl2  9:36 - 10:18
Bl3  10:20 - 11:03
Bl 4  11:05 - 11:47
Band  11:49 - 12:21
Lunch  12:20 - 12:50
HR/Lockers  12:50 - 1:00
Specials  1:00 - 1:30
Dismissal  1:30 - 1:40

ELA:
Do Now:

• Hand in you signed grade report
• Take out your Ch 9 Homework so I can check it

Homework: 

• Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break

Activity #1
(Finish If Needed)
Identifying Main Idea & Evaluating Details in order to write a summary Quiz

Standards:

RI6.1 - Cite textual evidence(details) to support analysis of what the text says

RI6.2 - Determine the central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinion

RI6.3 Analyze in detail how a key idea is introduced, illustrated and elaborated in a text

Directions:

• Read the article. You may highlight and annotate the article as you read.
• Answer the 4 multiple choice questions
• Write the main idea in the graphic organizer
• Record one detail for each section of the article on the graphic organier. Record the detail which you think pertains to the main idea and that you believe is most important.
• Using the information from your graphic organizer, on loose leaf paper draft a 4 sentence summary of the article. Include the:

1. Main idea
2. and one detail from each section of the article

Activity #2

Mid-Book Test

Standards:

RI6.1 - 6.6

Directions:

• Multiple Choice
• Answer the 15 multiple choice questions by circling your answer
• Short Answer
• Respond to each question in a complete sentence or sentences

***If you finish you may read from an independent reading book, or you may begin reading the next chapter in Bud, Not Buddy

Day 51: 11/20/17 - C Day: Main Idea, Details, & Summarizing Quiz, & Bud, Not Buddy Ch 9

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is a 'C' Day. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. Please hand in your Report Card Envelopes!!!!
                         Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble

Schedule:
HR   8:40 - 8:49
Bl 1  8:51 - 9:34
Bl2  9:36 - 10:18
Bl3  10:20 - 11:03
Bl 4  11:05 - 11:47
Band  11:49 - 12:21
Lunch  12:20 - 12:50
HR/Lockers  12:50 - 1:00
Specials  1:00 - 1:30
Dismissal  1:30 - 1:40

ELA:
Do Now:

• Write your homework down in your agenda
• Hand in you signed grade report
• Take out your Ch 8 Homework so I can check it

Homework: 

• Read Ch 9 of Bud, Not Buddy
• Complete the Cause & Effect Graphic Organizer

Activity #1
Identifying Main Idea & Evaluating Details in order to write a summary Quiz

Standards:

RI6.1 - Cite textual evidence(details) to support analysis of what the text says

RI6.2 - Determine the central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinion

RI6.3 Analyze in detail how a key idea is introduced, illustrated and elaborated in a text

Directions:

• Read the article. You may highlight and annotate the article as you read.
• Answer the 4 multiple choice questions
• Write the main idea in the graphic organizer
• Record one detail for each section of the article on the graphic organizer. Record the detail which you think pertains to the main idea and that you believe is most important.
• Using the information from your graphic organizer, on loose leaf paper draft a 4 sentence summary of the article. Include the:

1. Main idea
2. and one detail from each section of the article

Activity #2

Read Aloud Chapter 9

Complete the Cause & Effect Graphic Organizer

Standards:

RL6.3 Describe how a particular story's plot unfolds in a series of events as well as how characters respond or change as the plot moves forward

Directions:

• Read Chapter 9
• Complete the cause and effect chart to explain the facts in chapter 9. 

Day 50: 11/17/17 - B Day: Sequencing Events in Bud, Not Buddy Ch 8

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is a 'B' Day. Make sure you use the bathroom & sharpen your pencils. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. 
                         Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble

Schedule:
HR 8:40 - 9:00
Brunch 9:00 - 9:30
Bl 1  9:35 - 10:00
Bl2  10:00 - 10:27
Bl3  10:29 - 10:54
Bl 4  10:56 - 11:21
HR/Lockers  11:21 - 11:28
Specials  11:30 - 11:55

ELA:
Do Now:

• Write your homework down in your agenda
• Take out your Ch 6 & 7 Homework

Homework: 

• Read Ch 8 of Bud, Not Buddy
• Complete the Chronology of Events Graphic Organizer
• Get Report Card & Grade Report signed and return them on Monday

Activity #1
Review Ch 6 & 7

• RL6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details. Provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions

Activity #2

Read Aloud Chapter 8

Complete the Chronology of Events

• RL6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details. Provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions

Directions:

• Read Chapter 8 
• Make a Timeline of Events in chapter 8.
• Select the 10 most important events and record them on your timeline. 
• Use specific details
• Put the events in your own words.
• Write in complete sentences.

Day 49: 11/16/17 - A Day: STAR Assessment & Bud, Not Buddy Ch 7

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is an 'A' Day. Make sure you use the bathroom & sharpen your pencils. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. 
                         Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble
ELA:
Do Now:

• Write your homework down in your agenda

Homework: 

• Read Ch 7 of Bud, Not Buddy
• Complete the Setting Graphic Organizer

Activity #1

STAR Reading Assessment

Remember to bring your agenda so you have your Login Info:

Username: rtrumble 

Password: 06101974RT

                               (Month, day, birth year, initials)

Tips to do your best

• Read carefully
• Take your time
• Read ALL answers before choosing one
• Use process of elimination

**You will get your STAR score tomorrow to see how much growth you have made already. 

Activity #2

Read Chapter 7

Analyze How Setting affects Mood

• RL6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text.
• RL6.1 Cite textual evidence to support what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

RTI - A Day 11/16/17

NEW Article

Main Idea & Details

RI6.1 - Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RI6.2 - Determine the central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions and judgements

Whole Group:

Read the article

*As we read I want you to think about these questions:

1. What is the Main (or central) Idea?

2. What evidence makes me think that?

Partner work:

Step 1 - Get together with a partner 

Step 2 - Reread through the article so you can figure out the main idea and the details. You may alternate paragraphs, or alternate sections as you read. Write small inferences and questions you have in the margin.

Step 3 - Underline the evidence from the text that supports your inference.

Step 4 - Look at the inferences you wrote about each section. At the end of your article write a global inference, or MAIN IDEA based on all your smaller inferences you already wrote. 

Step 5 - Complete the Quiz that goes with your article & Complete the Main Idea Graphic organizer. (Always write in complete sentences)

*** I will come around to each group during the last 10 minutes and ask:

1. What is the article about?

2. What is an inference you made?

3. What evidence led you to make that inference?

4. What is the main idea?