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Mr. Varela, Language Arts, 6th Grade

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Week of 10/23

Hello Parents and Guardians,
 
Students are hard at work on writing their horror stories in preparation for Halloween. We've also been analyzing horror stories to better set the mood and tone of our writing. 
 
Thanks,
Richard Varela

Week of 9/18/23

Hello Parents and Guardians,
 
Students have been working hard to learn how to analyze a text utilizing an Action Analysis structure. There is nothing to read this week as we'll be on Outdoor Ed on Monday and Tuesday and we have the Washington Street Clean Up on Thursday.
 
Thanks,
Richard Varela

Week of 9/5/23

Hello Parents and Guardians,
 
We are beginning Flush this week! There will be homework that can be found on this page during the duration of our reading. Please make sure your students read each night as there will be a quiz to start each day.
 
Please follow the words on the PDF while listening to the read aloud.
 
Thanks,
Richard Varela

Week of 8/28/23

Hello Parents and Guardians,
 
We started our reading of World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky last week and this week we'll be finishing it in chapter 5! The purpose of reading this book was to provide the students with background knowledge when we started reading Flush by Carl Hiassen on September 5th. This week, however, students will read through the last few chapters on Monday and Tuesday, taking an end-of-unit assessment on Wednesday, and getting introduced to Flush on Thursday.
 
Thanks,
Richard Varela

Week of 8/21/23

Hello Parents and Guardians,
 
We have decided to make a bit of a pivot. This week, we're going to start reading World Without Fish by Mark Kurlasky. Students will be assigned some reading homework that I HOPE to post here once I have it available. For now, you can find the nights students need to read and what they'll need to read.
 
Monday Night (Home): Chapter 1, pages 1-8
Tuesday Night (Home): Nothing
 
Thanks,
Richard Varela

Week of 8/14/23

Hello Parents and Guardians,
 
We are starting our run-up to our very first unit. We're still in the process of generating ideas for potential writing work and organizing our reading journal in preparation for analysis and dialogue. Next week I'll outline our first unit and explain the project students will complete to show off their learning in both reading AND writing. The students already know the project so you might be able to coax that information out of them!
 
Thanks,
Richard Varela