HMS B. Herbert 6th ELA S.C.O.R.E. bherbert@shelbyed.org

Silver Bio and Vit root words test Feb. 9   All students have chosen a novel from a collection of historical novels that they should be reading independently  at home independently. Students should not be listening to the novel as someone else reads it to them.  Research shows that just listening does not help with […]

  Herbert ELA 6  1-3  to 1-13 Due 1-11 Independent Reading Homework : page 516 517 “Letter from a Concentration Camp”  “Letter from Scottie” Independent Selection vocabulary: regret, documentation, misery In your composition book : Write one sentence for each blue vocabulary word.  Each sentence should include an appositive phrase or clause.   Academic vocab:craft […]

My classes just are not ready for the gold test  Parts of Speech so I am rescheduling for Monday.  It will be combined with a plot development  and characterization quiz.   On Friday I was absent and an adult sub gave my students permission to play on their phones and to ignore the assignment that I […]

I am very thankful God has blessed me with the opportunity to help you lay your secondary school foundation.  I will hold the door open. Run in! Due Dec. 2 Read pages 284 to 297 carefully  at least twice. Write one sentence for each of 6 blue vocab words on p 284.  Each sentence should […]

Because of time constraints, tomorrow’s test will be very simple.  Students will be given 3 sentences and they will tell me which sentence contains an action verb, which sentence contains a linking verb which sentence contains a helping verb They will be given 4 sentences and will tell me what the antecedent in each sentence is. […]

The following assignment is due 11/1—the day after Halloween!!!!!!! Complete all written portions on one piece  of loose leaf paper. Read page 108.  Then complete Practice A and Practice B Read page 111 and 112. Write a good, context clue filled  sentence for each of the words in blue. We are taking an ACT Aspire test using chrome books on […]

Weekly assignment due 10/28 Do not attempt to complete your reading and studying in one night. 1).Read page 373   2) Read page 962  3) Read page 978-986 4) read over Q.1-4 page 986  then re-read 978-986 a second  and third time Vocabulary for this week: diagnosis 981      disinfectant 982   foreshadowing 962 foreshadowing 982 […]

Independent reading assignment due 10/20 From your home textbook: read pages 300-314 which includes a short story and definitions for the selection  vocabulary words Vocabulary for this reading assignment : endured,    liable    declined    declined     pursuer     abruptly   summit     northern lights Yukon    yawing   abreast   capsized In addition, […]

The story string project is due on the 4th. I am enjoying reading the “Elder Experience” essays.  May I suggest you have your students print them at home and share them with their elders.  They are heartwarming– which is making it tough to grade them. We will have a 9 week review test next Friday. […]

The Story String project is due on the 4th of October. There is no yellow book independent reading assignment this week. Students should be reading their novels and working on their story strings. There is a test on the ject and sect vocabulary words next week on the 28th. The Story Strings project is due […]

Due Tuesday: read “Why Monkeys Live in Trees” p.74 Answer in your composition book: 2 to 3 complete sentences Why do you believe the passage is fiction? QUIZ Ject and Sect  on 9-28 NEW DUE DATE  for String Project is 10/4  

Carefully read pages 496 thru 506.  Answer questions 1-4 on 506  into composition books.  Answer in complete sentences using proper capitalization and punctuation.   There will be a vocabulary and phonics focus test on 9-14 using  Word lists A and B from our Monkey unit  and the dict and spec lists.  Copies of these words […]

Friday 8-26  in class: phonics focus silver test on ped and man, manu  Only on spelling the words hi-lighted.  No sentences for this. DUE on Tuesday: context clue sentences for  words in blue on page 30    Underline or hi-light the vocab word in the sentence.  Then, circle the nouns and box the verbs.  The […]

Our first reading comprehension quiz and vocabulary checks were on 8/18.  Most of the students did very well.  Your I-Now codes should have reached home by now.  Please give me until Sunday evening to enter grades.  My planning period is 9-930 am.   Assignments for this week due 8/25 Carefully read p. 44 thru p. 50 […]

  Due next Thurs. 8/18 From yellow Lit book that youchecked out brought home Read “Stray” p.22 , “Cynthia Rylant” and “Animal Shelters” 2  vocabulary words are blue on p 22 .On loose leaf For each vocabulary word, write a good context clue  filled sentence  using the word.  Underline the word and circle all of […]

I hope your Husky Day is fun and helpful to you.  I am looking forward to meeting you next week or seeing you again if you were at sixth grade registration. This is going to be a milestone year for you.  I am excited to be sharing your first year of middle school.  It will be fun, exciting […]

SUMMER READING Students will be given their Summer reading assignments this week.  The assignments are mandatory and due on August 12.  The directions are explicit and students are encouraged to read the novels at least twice and use a method of their choice to take notes .  If you did not order your books from […]

OOOPPS Chance Students have been assigned 2 independent reading assignments so far this 9 week period.  Comprehension checks for these count as a silver grade as they have all year.  On Monday of the week of April 4th, students were informed they could submit a 150 or more word summary of the readings to pull […]

Only one assignment this week: Tuesday night reading  p 962-977, which includes “Lob’s Girl”    

After speaking with other 6th grade teachers this afternoon, I have decided to postpone this week’s assignments to next week. We will be working on our poetry booklets and I will be conferencing with students during class. The poetry booklet is due 3-14 Original Poems each student should write Diamante beginning with first name and ending […]