6th Grade Class Calendar
Monday –
- Make inferences from Mrs. Lobue’s trash
- Out of My Mind Novel
- Safety Procedures
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 9/21 and continue reading log (due WEDNESDAY)
Tuesday – SUB (I will be at a workshop)
- Watch Flocabulary’s Inferencing video and take quiz
- Synonym/Antonym Task Cards
- Read if finished early
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 9/21 **Reading log DUE tomorrow!
Wednesday- PICTURE DAY and READING LOG DUE
- Take up reading log
- Hand out Theme Task Cards (due next Wednesday)
- Inferencing Digital Class
HW: Study vocabulary and work on theme task cards
Thursday-
- Read Out of My Mind (make inferences and give text evidence)
- Drawing conclusions practice
HW: Study vocabulary and theme task cards
Friday-
- Read Out of My Mind
- Vocabulary Game – join vocabulary.com
- Vocabulary Test – Good luck!
HW: Have a great weekend!
Lesson Plans for the Week of September 10-September 14
Monday –
- Hand out new vocabulary words **Go HERE to study and practice your words with ready-made flashcards and games.
- Out of My Mind Novel
- Finish Characterization of Melody Graphic Organizer
- Early finishers will create a 9/11 WORDLE
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 9/21 and FINISH reading passage “The Day the Towers Fell” (DUE WEDNESDAY) Prove answers -5 bonus points on grade
Tuesday – SEPTEMBER 11…WE SHALL NEVER FORGET!
- Watch Flocabulary’s 9/11 video **Discuss theme and events of this day in history
- In partners, complete “Synonym and Antonym Match”
- See video of heroes and discuss what it means to be a HERO
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 9/21 **Reading passage DUE tomorrow!
Wednesday-
- Take up reading passage
- Hand out reading log (due next Wednesday) *This will be a grade. Your child should be reading a fiction book.
- Read chapter from Out of My Mind
- Begin 9/11 Context Clues Task Cards
HW: Study vocabulary and reading log
Thursday-
- Read Out of My Mind
- Complete 9/11 Context Clues Task Cards
HW: Study vocabulary and reading log
Friday-
- Read Out of My Mind
- Vocabulary Game
- Those finished with ALL work from the week will complete a 9/11 Cinquain
HW: Have a great weekend!
Lesson Plans for the Week of September 3-7
Monday –
LABOR DAY – SCHOOL HOLIDAY
Tuesday –
- Glue character traits into our Interactive Notebook (discuss)
- Begin characterization of Melody from our novel
- Read Chapter 4 – Out of my Mind
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 9/7 **Vocabulary test is THIS Friday. Go HERE to study words.
Wednesday-
- Hand out first reading passage for hw (discuss the acronym UNWRAP **This can be found in the front of your child’s planner) DUE Wednesday 9/12
- Theme- Flocabulary video and quiz
- Continue Character Graphic Organizer for Melody
HW: Reading passage and study vocabulary
Thursday-
- Theme Task Cards – complete a few together
- Theme Quiz
- Read chapter 5 Out of my Mind
- Quizlet Live
HW: Reading passage and study vocabulary
Friday-
- Vocabulary Test
- Read chapter 6 Out of my Mind
- Theme Task Cards
HW: Have a great weekend!
School Holiday, Monday September 3
There will be NO school on Monday, September the 3rd. Classes will resume on Tuesday, September the 4th. Enjoy your weekend!
photo credit: Argyle Independent School District
Pep Rally Information
Pep Rally Information
HIGH SCHOOL-White Oak Middle School students and staff will attend all High School Pep Rallies. We will all walk over to the gym and sit together as a student body. At the conclusion of each pep rally, we will release students as normal- parent pickups, walkers, and bus riders. We also run an alternate schedule on Fridays for pep rallies. Students will attend periods 1-4, lunch at 11:07, and periods 5-8.
MIDDLE SCHOOL- Middle School pep rallies will take place on Thursdays at 3:00 in the New Middle School Gym. Our first pep rally will be Thursday, Sept. 6. Students and staff will sit together as a student body. Parents are welcome to meet us at the gym to celebrate our Middle School Roughnecks! At the conclusion of each pep rally, we will release students as normal- parent pickups, walkers, and bus riders.
GO NECKS!!!
Lesson Plans for the Week of 8/27-8/31
We have almost 100% of our parents on Class Dojo now. Way to go! Thank you. Be sure and download the app so you can see your child’s daily reports and messages. Feel free to use this to send a personal message to me if you have any questions or concerns. If you’re not signed up, ask your child for the form with his/her personal code so you can get signed up. This is how I will be communicating frequently with parents.
Monday –
- Hand out new vocabulary for Out of My Mind
**We will be starting a wonderful novel, Out of My Mind this week. This is a book about an eleven-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who cannot speak. Throughout the book, she overcomes and amazes her readers with her determination and strength. Melody is certainly an unforgettable character.
- Introduce Sharon Draper (author of our novel)
- Show Out of My Mind Trailer
- Begin Cerebral Palsy Webquest
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 9/7 ***Click HERE to practice words with flashcards and games.
Tuesday –
- Read chapters 1-2 in Out of My Mind
- Finish Webquest
- Character traits
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 9/7
Wednesday-
- Moby Max Reading Assessment
- Character Graphic Organizer for Melody
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 9/7
Thursday-
- Moby Max Reading Assessment
- Character Graphic Organizer for Melody
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 9/7
Friday-
- Read chapters 3-4 Out of My Mind
- Finish Webquest, character graphic organizer and/or Moby Max Assessment
HW: Have a great weekend!
Stand Up For Learning – Our Donor’s Org Project
Tomorrow only- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 (starting by 9AM ET), donations to projects on DonorsChoose.org — including yours! — will receive a 50% boost from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For example, a $20 donation will become a $30 donation, and so on. (Technically, we call this a 1.5x match.)
Here’s the link to our project….
Any help at all is greatly appreciated. Feel free to share with others.
Mrs. Boo and her crew
Lesson Plans for the Week of August 20-24
Most parents have already joined our Class Dojo messaging system. Thank you. Be sure and download the app so you can see your child’s daily reports. If you’re not signed up, ask your child for the form with their personal code so you can get signed up. This is how I will be communicating frequently with parents.
Monday –
- Go to the library to check out a FICTION book
- Random Acts of Kindness
Tuesday –
- Set up Reading Interactive Notebooks
- Plot Diagram Discussion – Anchor Chart and Video
- Introduce a book we’ll be reading tomorrow
Wednesday-
- Set up computers (bookmark sites we will be using frequently this year)
- Read The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (point of view, genre, rule of 3 and magic helper)
Thursday-
- Moby Max Reading Assessment
- Finish name glyph; if done, read book
Friday-
- Moby Max Reading Assessment
- Finish name glyph; if done, read book
Lesson Plans for the Week of August 16-17
Thursday-
- Procedures
- Expectations
- Supplies
- Introduction of the word GRIT (Generating Relentless Inner Toughness) – Read Grit and Bear It and discuss the THEME
Friday-
- Remind students of the theme from Grit and Bear It (discuss the difference between the theme and topic of the book)
- Ice Breaker (Teamwork)
- Name Glyphs
