Language Arts
In Literacy we follow Lucy Calkins 'Readers and Writers Workshop', while students work on their spelling and Grammar during Word Study and Bell work lessons. Social Studies strands are often also incorporated into the Readers and Writers Workshop lessons.
Students are required to practice their reading on daily basis at home. Each evening your child should read their library book.
You can find more information about Readers and Writers Workshop here.
What’s New in English this Week? 11/06/2017
This week in English we will focus celebrating how we grew as writers and readers this year. Students will have the opportunity to select their favorite writing topic of Year 6 and produce a final written piece.
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 28 in the Pupil Book.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
* Review for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 06/06/2017
This week in Readers and Writers Workshop we conclude our unit on Poetry.
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 27 in the Pupil Book.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
* Review for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 29/05/2017
This week in Readers and Writers Workshop we continue with our new unit on Poetry!
We will learn more about SHAPE poems
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 26 in the Pupil Book.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
* Write your own age-appropriate, creative shape poem.
* Review for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 21/05/2017
This week in Readers and Writers Workshop we continue with our new unit on Poetry! We will learn more about LIMERICKS.
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 25 in the Pupil Book.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
* Write your own age-appropriate, humorous limerick. Remember to use the rhyme scheme: AABBA
* Review for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 14/05/2017
This week in Readers and Writers Workshop we continue with our new unit on Poetry! We will learn more about ACROSTIC and HAIKU poems
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 24 in the Pupil Book.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
* Create an acrostic poem, using the words STEPPING-UP for the poetry competition - entries close Thursday, 18 May.
* Review for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 07/05/2017
This week in Readers and Writers Workshop we continue with our new unit on Poetry! We will learn more about the elements of poetry and figurative language.
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 22 in the Pupil Book (a + double letters)
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
* Review for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
Review for the Elements of Poetry test this Tuesday.
(Study sheet available in the homework book and here)
What’s New in English this Week? 30/04/2017
This week in Readers and Writers Workshop we continue with our new unit on Poetry! We will learn more about the elements of poetry and figurative language.
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 20 in the Pupil Book - Tricky Words
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
* Review for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
* Create a colourful, A4 mini-poster about a simile or metaphor of your choice (Due Tuesday)
Review for the Elements of Poetry test next Tuesday.
(Study sheet available in the homework book and here)
What’s New in English this Week? 23/04/2017
This week in Readers and Writers Workshop we start with our new unit on Poetry!
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 21 in the Pupil Book - British English or American English?
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
* On Sunday, do some research online and write 1 paragraph in your homework book on "What is poetry?"
(DO NOT copy and paste from the internet!)
* Review the Key Words of Unit 21 for a quiz on Wednesday. The quiz will take a similar form as the Extension exercise on page 47 in the Pupil Book.
What’s New in English this Week? 09/04/2017
This week in Readers and Writers Workshop we will focus on comprehension and listening skills. After the holiday we will start with our new unit on Poetry!
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 19 in the Pupil Book - ery, ary and ory.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute, log it and complete a reading response of your choice.
* Review the Key Words of Unit 19 for a quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 02/04/2017
Readers and Writers Workshop
This week we will continue with our Personal Narrative unit. Students will edit and publish their own personal narratives.
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 18 in the Pupil Book - er, ar and or.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute, log it and complete a reading response of your choice.
* Review the Key Words of Unit 18 for a quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 26/03/2017
Readers and Writers Workshop
This week we will continue with our Personal Narrative unit. Students will draft their own personal narratives and focus on adding 'snapshot', sensory moments and a powerful conclusion.
During Bell Work, we are focusing on Unit 17 in the Pupil Book - Homophones and Near Homophones.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute, log it and complete a reading response of your choice.
* Review the Key Words of Unit 17 (spelling and meaning) for a quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 19/03/2017
Readers and Writers Workshop
This week we will continue with our Personal Narrative unit. Students will read and discuss various personal narratives and focus on crafting powerful leads for their written work.
During Bell Work, we are using our Year 6 Grammar Packet to focus on:
- Quotation Marks
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute, log it and complete a reading response of your choice.
* Complete the assigned Grammar work in your Homework book.
* Review page 12 in the Grammar Packet about how to correctly use quotation marks when writing dialogue.
BOOK WEEK Homework assignment from Ms. Jennie:
Write a 2-3 paragraph story about a day that you have had.
The title should be a type of day: wonderful, happy, sad, good, bad, boring, etc. with four adjectives.
Ex: Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Your paragraphs should describe why your day was as such.
Remember to use repetitive language.
What’s New in English this Week? 12/03/2017
Readers and Writers Workshop
This week we will continue with our Personal Narrative unit. Students will read and discuss various personal narratives and focus on planning their own personal narrative in Writers' Workshop.
During Bell Work, we are using our Year 6 Grammar Packet to focus on:
- Sentence fragments
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute, log it and complete a reading response of your choice.
* Complete the assigned Grammar work in your Homework book.
* Review the key words of Unit 15 in the Pupil Book for this week's vocabulary quiz.
What’s New in English this Week? 05/03/2017
Readers and Writers Workshop
This week we will continue with our Personal Narrative unit. Students will read and discuss various personal narratives and focus on planning their own personal narrative in Writers' Workshop.
During Bell Work, we are using our Year 6 Grammar Packet to focus on:
- Tense consistency
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute, log it and complete a reading response of your choice.
* Complete the assigned Grammar work in your Homework book.
What’s New in English this Week? 26/02/2017
Readers and Writers Workshop
This week we will share our Fractured Fairy Tales during a special Authors' Chair Celebration.
We will also introduce our next upcoming unit - Personal Narratives!
During Bell Work, we are using our Year 6 Grammar Packet to focus on:
- Common usage errors
*There will be a comprehension test (integrated with our Science unit) this week.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
* Complete the assigned Grammar work in your Homework book.
What’s New in English this Week? 19/02/2017
Readers and Writers Workshop
This week is the last week for our unit on Fairy Tales. Students are hard at work publishing their own, amazing fractured fairy tales.
In Word Study, during Bell Work, we are reviewing conjunctions and contractions.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minute and log it.
What’s New in English this Week? 12/02/2017
Readers and Writers Workshop
This week we will continue with Fairy Tales. Students are hard at work using the Writing Process to DRAFT and EDIT their own, amazing fractured fairy tales.
In Word Study, during Bell Work, we are doing a review of the first 14 units in the Pupil Book.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book (fantasy or fairy tale) and log it.
* Design and draw a cover page for your fractured fairy tale - you will use this when you publish your story.
What’s New in English this Week? 22/01/2017
Readers' and Writers Workshop
This week we will continue with Fairy Tales.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book (fantasy or fairy tale) and log it.
* Review the key words of Unit 12 in the Pupil Book for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 15/01/2017
Readers' and Writers Workshop
This week we will continue with Fairy Tales by focusing on:
* Studying the introduction and setting.
* Planning & writing the introduction.
* Point of view (different versions of the same story).
* Planning and writing with point of view.
* “Good” and “evil” character traits, with text evidence.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book (fantasy or fairy tale) and log it.
* Review the key words of Unit 11 in the Pupil Book for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 08/01/2017
Readers' and Writers Workshop
This week we will focus on our first new unit for Term 2 - Fairy Tales!
A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events. The term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy tale ending" (a happy ending) though not all fairy tales end happily. Fairy tales are a genre in literature. They have their roots in the oral tradition. Fairy tales with very similar plots, characters, and motifs are found spread across many different cultures. Fairy tales also tend to take on the color of their location, through the choice of motifs, the style in which they are told, and the depiction of character and local color.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book (fantasy or fairy tale) and log it.
* Review the key words on page 22 of the Pupil Book for a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.
What’s New in English this Week? 03/01/2017
Readers' Workshop
This week is the last week we focus on our Nonfiction genre unit, while integrating Readers' Workshop and Writers' Workshop lessons.
Writers' Workshop
Students publish their final expository report (if it is not already done) and work on creating a PowerPoint presentation of their published work.
Next week we will start with our new unit of Readers and Writers - Yay!
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book and log it.
What’s New in English this Week? 11/12/2016
Readers' Workshop
We continue with our Nonfiction genre unit, while integrating Readers' Workshop and Writers' Workshop lessons!
Writers' Workshop
This week we will focus on drafting, editing and publishing our expository reports! Yay!
Word Study Geography and History Words - Pupil Book Unit 13
What’s New in English this Week? 04/12/2016
Readers' Workshop
We continue with our Nonfiction genre unit, while integrating Readers' Workshop and Writers' Workshop lessons!
Writers' Workshop
This week we will focus on writing a powerful thesis statement for our expository report.
Learn more about how to write your thesis statement here.
We will also look at how transitions help to make our writing flow smoothly and we will learn how to use domain specific vocabulary to enrich our reports.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book and log it.
* Complete Writers' Workshop class work at home if needed.
* Review the Key Words on page 28 in your Pupil Book for a Vocabulary Quiz on Thursday
What’s New in English this Week? 27/11/2016
Readers' Workshop
We continue with our Nonfiction genre unit, while integrating Readers' Workshop and Writers' Workshop lessons!
Writers' Workshop
Informative writing doesn’t have to be boring! Research can be fun and interactive. That’s what we strive to reach in this writing unit. Students will focus solely on their informative writing pieces. They will be able to choose their topic and present it as a PowerPoint Presentation.
With guidance they will narrow down their focus and complete a thorough and extensive report on their topic.
Through this process they will also learn how to construct a proper essay/ informative piece of writing.
At the end of the unit, they will show all they have learned with a post assessment.
Word Study Useful connectives - Pupil Book Unit 16
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book
* Complete Writers' Workshop class work at home if needed.
* Review the Key Words on page 36 in your Pupil Book for a Vocabulary Quiz on Thursday.
What’s New in English this Week? 20/11/2016
Readers' Workshop
We continue with our Nonfiction genre unit, while integrating Readers' Workshop and Writers' Workshop lessons!
Writers' Workshop
Informative writing doesn’t have to be boring! Research can be fun and interactive. That’s what we strive to reach in this writing unit. Students will focus solely on their informative writing pieces. They will be able to choose their topic and present it as a PowerPoint Presentation.
With guidance they will narrow down their focus and complete a thorough and extensive report on their topic.
Through this process they will also learn how to construct a proper essay/ informative piece of writing.
At the end of the unit, they will show all they have learned with a post assessment.
Word Study No Word Study Lessons this week.
Homework
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book
* Complete Writers' Workshop class work at home if needed.
What’s New in English this Week? 13/11/2016
Readers' Workshop Continue with our Nonfiction genre unit!
● Grasping Main Ideas in Nonfiction Texts
● Talking to Grow Ideas About Nonfiction Texts
● Reading Differently Because of Conversations
● Identifying Nonfiction Text Structures and Adjusting Reading
Writers' Workshop ● Collecting ideas as Essayists
Word Study Focus on 'ph'
Pupil Book 6, Unit 7
Homework
* Review the Key Words of Unit 7 in Pupil Book 6 for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book
* Complete a NONFICTION reading response of your choice in your homework book.
(Scroll down for a copy of the Reading Response Menu)
What’s New in English this Week? 06/11/2016
Readers' Workshop Start with our Nonfiction genre unit!
● Readying Our Minds to Read Nonfiction
● Looking for Structure Within a Nonfiction Text
● Choosing Just-Right Texts and Reading with Stamina
● Becoming Experts and Teaching Others from Nonfiction Texts
● Grasping Main Ideas in Nonfiction Texts
Word Study Focus on Math and Science Vocabulary -
Pupil Book 6, Unit 5
Homework
* Review the Key Words of Unit 6 in Pupil Book 6 for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book
* Complete a NONFICTION reading response of your choice in your homework book.
(Scroll down for a copy of the Reading Response Menu)
What’s New in English this Week? 23/10/2016
Readers' and Writers' Workshop Writing: Review the Traits of Writing
Focus on reading: Complete high quality reading responses
Word Study Using Suffixes- Pupil Book 6, Unit 5
Homework
* Review the Key Words of Unit 5 in Pupil Book 6 for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book
* Complete a reading response of your choice in your homework book.
(Scroll down for a copy of the Reading Response Menu)
What’s New in English this Week? 16/10/2016
Readers' and Writers' Workshop Final week of DRA testing :)
Word Study Using Suffixes- Pupil Book 6, Unit 4
Homework
* Review the Key Words of Unit 4 in Pupil Book 6 for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book
What’s New in English this Week? 09/10/2016
Readers' and Writers' Workshop DRA testing will take place this week
Word Study Using Prefixes - Pupil Book 6, Unit 3
Homework
* Review the key words of Unit 3 in Pupil Book 6 for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
* Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book
What’s New in English this Week? 02/10/2016
Readers' and Writers' Workshop DRA testing will take place this week
Word Study Review plurals and tricky plurals
There will be a quiz on Thursday, 6 October on PLURALS
Homework
* Review Plurals and Tricky Plurals (Unit 1 and 2 in Nelson Spelling Pupil Book) for the Word Study test on Thursday.
*Read for at least 30 minutes every day from your library book
Additional Resources:
Grammar Games:
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/parts-of-speech.html
http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html
Identifying Sentence Types
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/cw-senttype.html
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/sentence_types/quiz1848.html
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