After[another]winter the world dissolves in weak sunshine and water: Mud sucks at your shoes. It’s impossible to keep the floors or the dogs clean...
~from Mud Season By Alice Persons
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When I think of mud season, I remember hauling my young children into the woods on an old toboggan to gather sap. We made our way to our meager stand of maples on a long-abandoned road, little more than a muddy/slushy path now. It made traveling pretty challenging--especially on the way back with buckets brimful of sloshing sap and giggling pre-schoolers in tow. No one minded the mud. It was part of the experience.
"You cannot open a book without learning something." ~ Confucius
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Remember, 6th Graders, Story Maps (on your first book for the month) are due on Thursday, March 14th.
ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF
MARCH 11 -- 14
LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday:
Notes for sub-sections "Ra" through Nile River due TODAY! 10 points off if turned in tomorrow. "Cool Facts About Ancient Egypt" page due tomorrow.
Tuesday:
Type facts (from all sections). (Refer to syllabus for directions.) Work must be "Presentation Quality" -- include sub-headings and at least 5 pictures. Be creative, and remember G.U.M.!
Wednesday:
Continue typing, Grade 5! Grade 6, continue to work independently since we'll be at Hunt's Farm during your class time.
Thursday:
Finish, finish, finish typing! Associated art projects and book completion next week.
SPELLING, GRADE 6
No assignments this week. However, tomorrow we'll have the Vocabulary Test associated with last week's work.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Monday, Grade 5:
Complete Note-Taking using Graphic Organizer I provided you
Tuesday, Grade 6:
Same as above
Wednesday, Grade 5:
Complete Introductory Paragraph using notes from Graphic Organizer. Turn both in at the end of class.
Thursday, Grade 6:
Same as above
READING, Mrs. Maynard's Class
Monday:
Lesson -- "Steps to Textual Analysis" (no assignment)
Silent read
Tuesday:
Grade 5 -- A Real Life Bat Man (textual analysis--figurative language)
Grade 6 -- A Hole in the Planet (textual analysis--vocabulary in context)
Wednesday:
No class -- Read-aloud (listening skills/comprehension) with Mrs. Chamberlain
Thursday:
Grade 5 -- A Stargazer's Guide to Mission Control (textual analysis--genre)
Grade 6 -- A Liger's Tale (textual analysis--figurative language)
Grade 5 -- A Real Life Bat Man (textual analysis--figurative language)
Grade 6 -- A Hole in the Planet (textual analysis--vocabulary in context)
Wednesday:
No class -- Read-aloud (listening skills/comprehension) with Mrs. Chamberlain
Thursday:
Grade 5 -- A Stargazer's Guide to Mission Control (textual analysis--genre)
Grade 6 -- A Liger's Tale (textual analysis--figurative language)
STORY MAPS DUE, GRADE 6!
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