Mrs. Valentine's Sixth Grade Classes

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Homeroom: 

If your student is out for any reason, please be sure to send a note listing your student's name, the date(s) of the absence, and an explanation for the absence.  Be sure to sign the note and include a phone number where you can be reached.  If you've taken your student to the doctor, please also include a medical note for the absence.

Language Arts Homework:

Students should be revising their formal writing to create a 2 to 3 minute speech to present in class on Wednesday and Thursday.  There will be a vocabulary test over Lesson 20 on Friday.

UPCOMING:

Vocabulary Test over Lesson 20 on Friday, Feb. 12.

Third Nine Weeks Topics:

--conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, subordinating)

--sentence structures (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex)

--comma, semicolon, and colon usage

--research process

--expository writing