MRS.

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6th grade English Language Arts Class

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Email/Phone
Both are checked daily:
lbreese@wareham.k12.ma.us
Phone: 508-291-3550 ext: 6194

Class Website
This is updated weekly
lisabreese.weebly.com

Welcome to your 6th grade English Language

Arts Classroom!

Remind

Abo u t Ou r Cl a s s
m very excited to welcome
you all to my 6th grade
English Language Arts
classroom.

!
I have an exciting year
planned, filled with a variety of
activities and experiences designed
to engage and enrich all students.
This class is designed to help
prepare all students to be more
eective readers and writers.
Students will participate in the
Writers Workshop this year and
our focus will be on the
production of strong writing
pieces. Students will be exposed to
multiple genres throughout the
year. We will read novels, plays,
short stories, myths, poems, and

This site is updated with weekly outlines,

pictures from our classroom, student
work, everything you want to know but
your middle schooler forgot to tell you.

informational pieces that are tied

directly to the curriculum. Students
will also take an active role in
setting and achieving learning goals
through our class C.A.F.E. model.
!
Of course parental support
and communication are greatly
appreciated throughout the year. I
have posted several ways to help
stay connected on this newsletter
and have asked for your insight and
information on
the attached
parent/
guardian
survey.
Thanks in
Advance!

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Additional Information:

omework will be assigned

on a regular basis. At the
start of each week students
will be assigned an article of the
week to take home and turn in on
Friday. (AoW) digital copies of these
and exemplars wi" be posted on the class
website. Students will be required
to CLOSE read the article, making
notes and annotations, and then
write a personal response. (These
skills will be modeled in class prior
to the first AoW being sent home)
Initial homework assignments:
due ASAP School Supplies
due by 9/2 Summer Reading
notes to take assessment
first independent AoW will be
due 9/16

Grading Policy:
Writing 25%
Classwork 20%
Homework 10%
Projects 25 %
Assessments 20%
Required Supplies:
A student planner or agenda to write
down homework
A composition notebook (to be kept
in the classroom)
(2) 2 pocket folders (one will be kept
in the classroom)

Mark your calendars: I have

already booked a trip to the

Personal reading material (book or

magazine to be brought to class
daily)

Zeiterion Theatre for all 6th

graders to see A Christmas Carol
on December 21st (more

Headphones

information to come as the trip

Pen/pencils/a highlighter

approaches)

P l ea s e h a v e a pa re n t / gu a rd i a n co m p le te b y
9/9 (i t wi l l c o un t a s a h om e wor k gr a d e )

To D is c u s s :

Each term students

will be asked to sele
ct a personal goal
to work towards. T
here are four main a
reas we will be
working on in the C
.A.F.E.

** Any time to spare this

year? Fill out a C.O.R.I
form with the main oce.
Wed love to have you join
us in our class this year as a
volunteer, a guest speaker, a
chaperone, a community
reader, plus we welcome
other ideas to get you more
involved :)

C-comprehension
(I understand what
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Each term I will ask
the students to sele
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a different area and
statement from the
corresponding goa
C.A.F.E to focus on.
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They will monitor t
these areas through
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information with you
e will share the
. They can start any
where in the C.A.F.E
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are planning to star
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his year.