Mrs. Valentine's Class

In today’s class, students reviewed their answers on the verbs worksheet in order to prepare for Wednesday’s quiz on action verbs and state of being verbs. Then they worked on animating their ALICE movie, which will be due on Friday. It is very important for students to budget their time and devote homework time to this [...]

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In today’s class, students were introduced to action verbs and learned to differentiate between action verbs and “state of being” verbs. Then students worked on their ALICE animations, which will be due on Friday. It is very important for students to budget their time and devote homework time to this project in order to meet [...]

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In today’s class, students officially began the animation step in the process of creating an ALICE movie. Sixth graders are expected to budget their time so that this step is completed by Friday, 2/3. HW due Monday, 1/30: Using your laptop, write a FRIENDLY LETTER to your fifth grade buddy. (Use 1.5 spacing.) Set up the letter [...]

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In today’s class,as part of our grammar study, we reviewed the worksheet on conjunctions and interjections.  Mrs. Valentine asked for student input in allocating homework points for this assignment, so it became a self-evaluation tool as well. Then she announced that there would not be a grammar quiz on Friday. After that, students worked with [...]

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In today’s class, as part of our grammar study, conjunctions and interjections were introduced. Students were pleased to find that their old friends, the FAN BOYS, are actually called coordinating conjunctions. Those sixth graders who especially enjoy drama were pleased to meet interjections! After that, students worked with their partners on revising couplets, recording audio, [...]

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In today’s class, students took a quiz on pronouns, and then they worked with their partners on  ALICE animations. HW due Thursday, 1/26: Partners should decide who will say what line. Then ALL of the audio should be recorded. Do NOT wait until the last minute to do this assignment. It is too  important. Work [...]

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In today’s class, Mrs. Strother explained the directions for recording audio, and Mrs. Valentine reviewed the pronoun worksheet with the class. Then students worked on animating their stories. HW due Tuesday, 1/24: Be prepared for a quiz on pronouns. HW due Thursday, 1/26: Partners should decide who will say what line. Then all of the [...]

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In today’s class, pronouns were introduced. Students spent the rest of the period finishing ALICE animation couplets and working on storyboards and animations. The end of the class marked the deadline for couplets. So our next steps will be to complete storyboards, animate the action and record audio. HW due Monday, 1/23: 1. Get a [...]

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In today’s class, Mrs. Strother and Mrs. Valentine worked with students as they worked in pairs or groups of three to write couplets and create storyboards for the ALICE Animation project. Mrs. Valentine met with each group to discuss their ideas for the story and to make sure that they were on “the right track.” [...]

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