Classroom Messages

6th Grade Upcoming Events:
09/06....First Day of School
09/08....All School Open House 6:30 pm-8:00pm
09/30....6th Grade Team Building at Riverview Camp
10/14....LID (non student day)
10/19-10/21....Parent-Teacher Conferences (1/2 day on 10/19; non-student days on 10/20 and 10/21)
11/11....Veteran's Day (no school)
11/24-11/27....Thanksgiving Break
12/22-01/02....Christmas Break
01/16....Martin Luther King Day (no school)
02/20....President's Day (no school)
03/17....Snow make up day
04/01 - 04/09....Spring Break
05/29....Memorial Day (no school)
06/1 to 06/2 6th Grade Camp at Lutherhaven
06/05 - 06/08....Human Growth and Development
06/14....Last day of school (12:45 dismissal)








Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Due tomorrow is the introduction paragraph and the rest of the paragraph (except the conclusion). Students had about 15-20 minutes to work on this in class.

In the paragraph the need to have the following (minimally):

Introduction strategy (scenario/anecdote, define/explain, questioning)
position stated
3 power 2s
The second and third power 2s NEED to have appropriate transitions words
The second and third power 2s SHOULD restate the position of the paper
You need to include AT LEAST 2 sentence starters
You need to include AT LEAST 1 figurative language strategy discussed in class
Each one of you power 2s MUST be supported with a FACT