We still have several 6th graders who owe money to the library for missing library books! Please look under your beds, in your backpacks, lockers, closets, basements,etc. WE NEED THEM! It is their responsibility to take care of any books that they checked out. Ms. Duffy has been coming around. Students who do not pay fees or return books will not be able to go to the picnic.   HOMEWORK: Look high and low for any library books. Look for Mrs. Martin's class library books as well.

CLASS PICNIC IS ON Tuesday!!!!!! Tomorrow is Tuesday. We were going to change it to Wednesday because many students forgot to bring in their money. It is ok for them to still bring it in tomorrow. We will have snacks in the morning and then eat after our field day events.
Students brought home reminders last week to bring in $5.00 for our class picnic. They will have pizza, refreshments, and snacks. We will have field day after the picnic. Students should wear their PE clothes.

Wear red for our reading Sol day:
Checklist for preparing:
1. Go to bed early
2. Eat breakfast
3. Bring a book to read for when you are done! (Watson's Go to Birmingham , your literature group book or independent choice)
4. Study island: Some kids made review sheets by printing out the lesson sheets for each of the categories. You may want to do this if you did not get pass a category the first time. Study island is not just for games. You can put it in game mode for practice, then put it in test mode and see how you do when you feel confident in that area.
Practice the subtopics that did not get pass the first time. If you got Pass the first time, work on getting advanced.
5.  There are practice test links right on our class page. Look on the right side at all of the practice test links. We've done several in class, already, but they are always available.
6. Look on the porter homepage when you scroll down. The Sol blueprints are available, as we talked about, and there are several released tests available for practice.
7. remember test taking strategies that we went over. Students were given a sheet in class with reading strategies and types of questions.
remember :plug it in for context clues, answer the question being asked, restate the question in your own words. Ex: What is paragraph one mainly about means mostly about in your own words. Select the best/Delete the rest!!!!! 
8.  Have a positive attitude!!!! 

Three of our students were selected to be published in the Award Winning Writers of America Student Poetery Contest!!!!!!!! There work will be displayed by the cafteria Personal Best Bulletin board.

We will not be doing reading logs this week. On Monday through Thurday, the students should go on study island and complete reading objectives: analogies, word origins, figurative language, context clues, and reference sources for homework. Students are welcome to stay on Mondays and Wednesdays for extra  SOL practice and tutoring.

There are several links on the right side that are helpful.
Be sure to review the SOL Blueprints again.

In class centers for Seedfolks will be due on April 21. We will spend class time working on these, and students are encouraged to work on these when they finish work early. It is important to use class time wisely. Students that do not use class time wisely will have to complete these at home before the due date, but there is another project (powerpoint) they are working on at home, so class time is very valuable!!!!! Work habits and making good use of time are very important as a middle school student.

We will be taking the Story activity (Seedfolk character) and making a podcast recording!!!!!!!

Students read a novel of choice in the last 3 weeks. They are now ready for the powerpoint book project. The instruction sheet is below in the section files.

The pizza party/celebration will be on April 9th in the library. Everyone who has read at least 4 of the 10 books will vote on April 7th and attend the celebration on the 9th of April. See the powerpoint link for a description of all of the books! Many students put forth the extra effort and read all 10!!!!!!  Extended classes are required to read 5!!!!! This is due on April 7th!!!!

Extended Language Arts students are required to participate in the VA Reader's Choice activities. They are to read at least 4 books from the list, and record them in the library. We encourage them to read all of them. They will vote on the best book and then attend the pizza party celebration at the end of the year.

Remember to read for 20-30 minutes nightly. Reading logs are in the homework section.

Be Respectful
Be Prompt
Be Polite
Be Prepared 

Please be sure to check edulink for weekly grades and missing assignments. Students that have missing assignments must stay after school to complete.

RELEASED SOL TEST for at Home Practice

Circle Map for vocabulary words

ELEVEN FICTION CFA

Due Every Friday. Click here if you didnt get one at school.

Reading Log Directions

research activity