It's hard to believe we are almost finished with the second full week of school! The 6th graders have been hard at work in English. I wanted to give a quick explanation of our schedule so you are aware of when standing assignments are due.

Language Minute
*At the beginning of most classes, there will be an extra credit opportunity for students who choose to be in class on time.

Spelling
*Spelling occurs consecutively for five weeks. At the sixth week, we will work on vocabulary.
*A spelling pre-test is given on the first English class of the week. If a student gets 100% on this pre-test they do not have to take the test on the last class of the week. The pre-test does not count as a grade.
*The spelling test is always on the last class of the week. There are two challenge words for extra credit on each test.
*A spelling lesson is assigned for every unit. This assignment is due on the last class of the week. Students do not complete every part of the spelling lesson. They should know which parts they do and which they don't. They must complete the first page in cursive.

Grammar
*A grammar lesson is taught nearly every class. A ten question homework assignment is assigned nearly every class. Students must pay attention to how the homework is set up in class, as I often ask the students to follow my directions instead of the book directions. We always go through at least one problem as an example.
*A test will be at the end of each unit. The class before the test the students do a pre-test in class and we go over the answers to help them study.

Writing
*On Wednesday class days, the focus is on writing. We use the program Step Up to Writing at CCLS. The first months are spent reviewing and understanding the organization process and then small writing assignments are given, usually paragraph in length, leading up to longer writing assignments.

Vocabulary
*Once every five weeks, students work through a specific vocabulary lesson. The vocab lesson will have twenty words. The lesson is due on the last class of the week. There is no test for vocabulary.

Right now in grammar we are learning/reviewing capitalization and then we will move on to punctuation. If you have any questions, please let me know!