week 7
Dear parents, This week we reviewed Journeys Lessons 16-20, Literary Devices, Grammar Units 9-11, Science Units 20-21 and Math Ch. 6. On Thursday 3/24 students took the English Exam and on Friday 3/25 they took Math and Science exams.
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Matilda Chapter Summaries
Matilda Chapter Summaries 1-9 Chapter 1: The Reader of Books The narrator describes how most parents think that their children are the best and the smartest. The narrator says that sometimes parents do the opposite and ignore their children. This is the case with Matilda. Matilda’s brother, Michael, is “perfectly normal,” but Matilda is brilliant and sensitive. She can speak like an adult at age one and a half. She teaches herself to read by age three, but her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood, do not notice that she is special. There are very few books in Matilda’s home, so she asks her father if he would buy her one. He tells Matilda that she should watch TV instead. Every afternoon, while her father is working and her mother leaves town to play bingo, Matilda walks to the public library. The librarian, Mrs. Phelps, is concerned by Matilda’s age and lack of supervision, but does not interfere. Matilda reads through all of the children’s books and asks for a good, famous book that
"Out of My Mind" Summary Ch. 1-12
Out of My Mind Chapters 1-12 Summary Chapter 1 The story is narrated by a young girl who is almost eleven years old and lives with her father and mother. She develops a strong understanding of language very early on in life and remembers the words to nearly all the songs her parents ever sang and stories they ever told her. Even though her head is almost overflowing with thoughts, she has never spoken a word. Chapter 2 This chapter more fully introduces Melody Brooks, a young girl living with a crippling medical disorder. Due to her illness, she is unable to walk or talk, and she can barely move her arms. On occasion, her limbs seem to act with a mind of their own and flail about even if she does not want them to. She has a pink wheelchair, which she uses to get around, though the fact that it’s pink doesn’t add much in her opinion. Melody has an incredible memory and can recall specific events even from when she was only a baby. She is a quick learner, so she picked up the m
week 6
Dear parents, This week we worked on: Journeys : We reviewed lessons 16-18 Math : We completed Ch 6 till page 30 Science : We reviewed Unit 20 Literary Elements : We reviewed “Genre, Point of View and Author’s Purpose” Students took a quiz on “Lesson 16 spelling and vocabulary and Literary Devices”. Since the students have all the books, parents must check if they have done corrections and sign at the end of each lesson or unit. 6 th Grade English Review Exam 1 Semester 2 Date: Thursday, March 24 th , 2022 6 th Grade Science and Math Review Exam 1 Semester 2 Date: Friday, March 25 th , 2022
Week 5
Dear parents, This week we worked on: Journeys : Lesson 20 - We completed the activities in the book and practiced the vocabulary. Students also took a spelling, vocabulary, grammar quiz. Grammar : Unit 11 “Present Perfect Simple vs Past Simple / The verb used to Math : We did Ch 6 L2 One Quantity as a Percentage of Another till page 25 Science : We completed Unit 21 “Energy and Heat” Literary Elements : “Author’s Purpose” 6 th Grade English Review Exam 1 Semester 2 Date: Thursday, March 24 th , 2022 Grammar: (24%) Review Resource: Live English Grammar Units 9-11 a) a ) Reflexive-Emphatic Pronouns/Which?/One-Ones b) Present Perfect Simple c) Present Perfect Simple vs. Past Simple Literary Devices: (20%) Students will have to answer a series of questions identifying the genre, author’s point of view, and author’s purpose. 50 New Vocabulary Words : (16%) Review Resource: Journeys Vocabul
week 4
Dear parents, This week we worked on: Journeys : Lesson 19 “Finding King Tut” We completed the activities in the book and also practiced the vocabulary. Students also took a spelling, vocabulary, grammar quiz. Grammar : Unit 11 “Present Perfect Simple vs Past Simple / The verb used to Math : We did Ch 6 L2 One Quantity as a Percentage of Another till page 19 Science : We started Unit 21 “Energy and Heat” Literary Elements : “Author’s Point of View” - https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5fc78dd48752b1001e18f982/authors-point-of-view Author's Point of View Practice :