Go Readers!!!
Mr. Ogden in the 6th grade. Proof that he is really not from a different planet. He's smiling because he just read a book, and yes, those are his ears.
Email
Lakesideogden@gmail.com
Here's the web site for my Online ME poster on Glogster.
http://ogdog.edu.glogster.com/mr-ogden/
Go Bulldogs!
Wecome back to Lakeside!
Welcome to a new school year at Lakeside. Remember, I am a part of all that I have read. When you look at common ingredients to success in this world, reading is singularly important, and in order to become a successful reader you must practice. To become a better ball player or to succeed in ballet, one must practice. Learn to turn off that TV or video game and discover the wonder literature has to offer.
Dear Parents,
I invite you to call or visit if you have any questions about the class. On the first day of school I will send home class information that I would like you to read and sign. These will be inside of your student's grammar tech manual, a folder containing information students will use all year. Key items to remember:
Weekly Progress Reports !!!!
I issue an academic progress report to every student every Friday. This will show each assignment and assigned grade for the subjects spelling, reading, language, and language. Ask your son or daughter to see this.
For reading classes I write the assignments and due dates for the whole week on the board every Monday. Students write this information in their homework notebooks on Monday morning. <o:p></o:p>
Assignments for this week: 8/22/11
Note about assignments: All students write down their assignments in their planning books purchased here at school. Every Monday I write the homework on the board. It is there all week. This site serves as a reminder and resource for parents. <o:p></o:p>
READING/LANGUAGE ARTS1&2, 5&6 PERIODS
READING-“Sound of Summer Running” pp. 4-14
Test Friday
Cornell Notes due Friday
Selection Support (Brown book) pp. 1-3 due Friday
SPELLING- No Spelling this week!
LANGUAGE- DOL - Due Wednesday. Know the rules of grammar! DOL is a sheet I will hand out Monday. Students rewrite 10 sentences on binder paper. Pay attention to the rules on the left side of each sentence. This will give you clues as to errors. Be careful. Each error is two points. We will be discussing these rules all year long and writing about them in our grammar tech manual. There's no mystery about grammar. Just like your times tables, you just have to know and study them. This is due Wednesday or before. Try to finish it in class. <o:p></o:p>
Classroom activities and Standards this week:
Figurative Language, colons and semicolons, paragraphing/outlining, and multi-paragraph essays.
We’ll be reviewing the structure of the paragraph, learn to form an outline with a thesis in the introduction and summary, and then finally write a multi-paragraph essay based on our outline. This same procedure will be repeated all year. Our first project is the…<o:p></o:p>
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Autobiography Project - This is our first major project of the year. It will be the model for the major writing assignments throughout the year. It will include the following:<o:p></o:p>
-ME poster due September 7. The instructions for this will be handed out the first day of school.<o:p></o:p>
_Shield- due Wednesday 8/31. I will hand this out the first week of school. This includes 4 of the paragraphs from the ME poster. This will serve as a springboard for the poster to help students review and edit their paragraphs. <o:p></o:p>
-Autobiography due date will be announced in the next couple of weeks. This includes an Outline and Essay. This will be typed in computer lab or at home.<o:p></o:p>
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AR-Don't forget AR!!! This is 10 percent of your grade. Look each Friday at your report to see your current AR percent. Don't wait to the last minute because it will affect your reading grade significantly. Read your library books at home, take a test here in the computer lab. <o:p></o:p>
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Computer Lab and Writing: Our first visit to the computer lab will include a test to determine AR levels. We will also use Type to Learn for 10 minutes. Be sure you do not look at the keys! Finally we will work on the Basic Formatting handout that I gave to you. You have two computer labs to complete this. <o:p></o:p>
Note that we may not have lab this week. They will still have the opportunity to work on the computers in the class. I will discuss basic formatting and typing skills. A handout will be issued that challenges kids to learn formatting skills in PowerPoint and Word, two of several programs students will be using all year. <o:p></o:p>
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Oranges-an orange textbook<o:p></o:p>
Limes-A Spelling workbook (a green book)<o:p></o:p>
Potatoes-Selection Support Workbook (a brown book). A book that supports the orange textbook.<o:p></o:p>
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Supplies:paper, pencils, pens, red pen, colored pencils or crayons, and optional flash drive (memory stick). <o:p></o:p>
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HISTORY<o:p></o:p>
Assignments: Students will work in their HTM's-BVNS (see below)<o:p></o:p>
The first two days we will make our HTM folders and review the organization of the textbook.<o:p></o:p>
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Monday: BVNS. Making HTM’S. <o:p></o:p>
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“Getting to know your textbook” activity.<o:p></o:p>
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Geography and Mapping handout due Friday. PP. 7-9<o:p></o:p>
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Continue with yesterday. <o:p></o:p>
Reading- Ch. 1 section 1. Learning to set up your HTM and taking notes<o:p></o:p>
PowerPoint-<o:p></o:p>
Discussion of 7 Wonders of the World. <o:p></o:p>
Statue of Zeus drawing due Friday. Write information on your drawing based on my lecture and powerPoint-Paraphrase!<o:p></o:p>
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Reading-Ch 1 section 2<o:p></o:p>
PowerPoint-review of ch 1 section 1<o:p></o:p>
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Thursday: BVNS<o:p></o:p>
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PowerPoint-Ch1 section 1 and 2<o:p></o:p>
Work on Geography handouts 7-9<o:p></o:p>
Work on Statue of Zeus informational drawing<o:p></o:p>
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What is HTM?- History Tech Manuals- Students write in these every day. We will make these the first and second day of school. Students record BVNS.<o:p></o:p>
What is BVNS? Bellringer, Vocabulary, Notes, and Summary. Each day students will divide a piece of binder paper inside of their HTM into 4 sections-BVNS. At the beginning of class students will see an activity that they will work on quietly (bellringer). As the period progresses they will write and define their Vocabulary words, take Notes on either the reading or PowerPoint, and finally Summarize for the day. <o:p></o:p>
Computers in the Classroom-typing, basic formatting, saving to a flash drive, using Windows Explorer…<o:p></o:p>
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PERIOD 8- GUITAR/STUDY HALL<o:p></o:p>
Students can drop off their guitars in my class in the morning, but they must be taken home the same day. Thank you, Glen Ogden.<o:p></o:p>
Students will bring their guitars Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday the school has tutoring. <o:p></o:p>
Study Hall: All students must come prepared to study hall. You will need your homework or an AR book. This is a time to study and complete your homework not to talk.
Guitar: Those of you who are taking lessons in guitar must have these items:
Guitar and case
Optional electronic tuner. You can purchase these at any music store for as little as $14.
I will issue each of you a workbook and music to study. Try to practice at least three times a week. 10-20 minutes a night is fine. Turn the TV off. Live a little.<o:p></o:p>
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Go Bulldogs!<o:p></o:p>
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Feed Ralph.<o:p></o:p>
Ignore Bob.<o:p></o:p>
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