« May 2006 | Main | September 2006 »
August 29, 2006
For the words missed on the spelling pre-test, make hint cards to help you remember the difficult part of the word. On one side of the card write the word; on the other side write a sentence that will jog your memory.
For example: ribbon (side 1)
(side 2) If you missed the /on/ part write a sentence to jog your memory about the /on/. The sentence must include the missed word and the memory jogger.
The winner hung her first place ribbon on the wall. (Be sure to underline the word and the memory jogger.)
Posted by Krodman at 05:30 AM
August 28, 2006
Today, students took home a yellow laminated folder that contains their graded work from the last two weeks. Please look through the work and sign the sheet stapled inside the folder. Keep the papers in the folder and return it to school. Some problems completed will be used for data collection and some papers will be saved portfolios.
Posted by Krodman at 06:25 PM
August 27, 2006
Monday night is open house for sixth grade. i look forward to seeing each of you.
Click here for the schedule: Download file
Posted by Krodman at 08:34 AM
August 23, 2006
Over the last several days in math we have covered the concepts in the title of this post. Students know that when an addend is missing, "you don't add, you subtract". Sequences lead to multiples of numbers, and studying of digits prepares students for place value concepts. While learning all these new concepts, we have also worked on objectives specific to each child.
Posted by Krodman at 03:58 PM
Students have personalized the covers of their composition book journals with interesting pictures that have meaning for them. Journal activities will be completed a few times a week to allow students to practice free-writing with concepts they are learning. Students who utilize technology to assist their writing will print their work and glue it into the journal.
Posted by Krodman at 03:53 PM
August 20, 2006
Each student at Mabry Middle School and those entering Mabry from our feeder elementary schools were to have completed a summer reading assignment. Those assignments were to have been turned in by Wednesday, August 16. In this small group Language Arts class, some students turned in completed reading logs, some completed the reports as assigned, still others claimed to have not received the assignment at all. When you look at your child's grades on icue for parents, you will see the assignment listed. If your son or daughter turned ANYTHING in showing reading was completed during the summer, they received a 100 grade for the assignment. If no attempt was made to do the summer reading assignment, the assignment will be marked as exempt rather than a 0. Certainly a 100 grade added to a student's average will heavily impact their nine-week grade in a positive way. Students without this 100 will not receive the benefit of starting the marking period with this advantage. I believe this is a fair way to reward those students that did the assigned work without giving a 0 to those that did not. If your student is new to Cobb County or the Mabry family of schools, they will receive the benefit of the added grade as they did not have the opportunity to do the assignment.
Posted by Krodman at 10:55 AM
August 16, 2006
Idiomatic language is sometimes difficult for students with language difficulties. Each week we will explore a different idiom or expression commonly used in English. This week's idiom "keep your nose to the grindstone", has great significance as we begin a new year.
Tonight's homework is to draw a literal and figurative example of the meaning of "keep your nose to the grindstone". Papers are to be folded in half, literal drawn on one side and figurative on the other. The idiom and it's figurative meaning should be on the paper.
Posted by Krodman at 11:45 AM
August 15, 2006
By Friday, have a white one and a half inch three ring binder and a set of dividers (5)
Tonight, find out what your assigned person is known for.
Posted by Krodman at 11:27 AM
August 13, 2006
This year, I am pleased to be able to present to my Language Arts class a wonderful program being introduced in several small group Language Arts classes in Cobb County. Entitled Language! it emcompasses all parts of language learning: grammar and usage, listening and reading comprehension, speaking and writing, phonemic awareness and phonics, word recognition and spelling, and vocabulary and morphology. This Orton-Gillingham based program has proved to be "effective in improving test scores..."
Ten years ago, I trained in the implementation of this program with Jane Fell Greene, Ed.D. its creator. Today, it is new and improved, and I am anxious to begin this curriculum with students.
If you are interested in reading more about the Language! program, read what the research has to say.
Posted by Krodman at 09:32 PM
August 07, 2006
Here we go...We're off to a new running start, so tie up your sneakers, take a deep breath and let's go!
Posted by Krodman at 02:05 PM
