We started the day with an April Fools prank.... a following directions activity. Students were given a list of directions to follow. The first direction was to read all directions before writing anything down. The last direction was to not do any of the above things but sit quietly at their seats. It was very fun for me to see who could follow those directions!
During writing we looked at the trait of sentence fluency. With this, we discussed varying length of sentences in their pieces as well as sentence beginnings. Students mapped out their pieces, noting sentence beginnings and length of sentences. They then revised with this in mind.
Homework: Final drafts done by 4/9.
In reading, we finished The Last Book in the Universe! What a book! I'm not a science fiction fan, but this book was great! We also shared the Somebody Wanted But So summaries that we created with picture books. After hearing them, I asked students to choose another book to use the same method for summarizing. This one is the one that I will assess for understanding. It is important for students to be able to use this method with books that have simple plots before applying it to novels with sub-plots.
Homework: Log 24 due 4/6; book talk by May 1; students always need the book that they are reading for independent reading.
In science for 6S, we went over Cell Structures and did an on-line quiz on cells. Students also worked on an activity called, "Cell City". In this activity, a cell and its parts are compared to a city and students need to determine how the cell parts compare to a city and its parts. There is a quiz on cells on Wednesday of next week.
In 6F spelling today, we got our tests back and wrote the words we misspelled on our Words to Learn lists. Also, we did a word preview for unit 9.
