Supporting Sentences

Plan ahead - Week at a Glance


Starting on next Thursday, you will write your INDEPENDENT literacy essay about your historical fiction novel. Be thinking of possible thesis statements form your own H.F. book!

Advance warning: On Friday May 10th, we will be participating in a Service Learning activity. Our role will be to do some 'arts and crafts' with senior citizens from the Christalite Methodist Home. Most of these people are over 60 and even 70 or 80 years old.  You will decide on  craft

Student of the Week: Ryan

The Friday Message: Why was this song the 'voice of the people'?

Social Studies

Friday's class

Bring any photos or notes that you have taken for your S.S. project. You will be given a block of class time to work on your project.

'Verbs' test is postponed until next Tuesday!

Freedom Summer Reading Responses

'How to' Literacy Essay Resources

Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting  and Marble Champ by G. Soto

Your Name in Gold and Eleven (another copy)

H/W - make sure you have captured screen shots for at least 6-8 of your 'steps' for the How to Essay.

Set up an 'educreations.com account and make a brief experiment video. Mojos for anybody who posts the video link to the blog.

How to...Essay

Study link 11.4

Math Game Volume Practice

Watch this video and then do the exercise


Transitive and Intransitive Verb Practice

6th Grade Digital Citizen Agreements MUST be turned in by Friday. Use this link to print out the forms from SAS is you need to do so.

Continue working on your planning of your Literacy Essay: How to Video.  Watch this video again to recap. Remember: the key elements of an 'how to...video'



Write the x5 first steps of how to write a Literacy Essay in your google doc.

Digital links to stories for image capture: Use this link to capture your screen shots for your 'how to' essay

Social Studies Singapore Project will now be MAY 7th. You will be given a class on Friday and a class next Tuesday to work on this project. You will also have Monday's Tech class to work on your tech. component. Make sure you bring any resources, images, other materials to use  in these sessions.

Make sure you turn your work in to turnitin.com before 8pm tonight
Class ID: 6382623 Pass: mrbuxton
You will need to copy your final draft into word then upload it.

Watch this video tutorial for submitting your work:




Begin the online verbs practice for Friday's verb test. Click highlighted link.

Check to see if you have your work below. I am missing some files



Study link 10.3