HMH
What assessments do we take after reading each text?
Selection Tests
This character turned herself into a boy to help her family.
Parvana
Name the verbs and nouns in the following sentence:
Mrs. Breitenbach dresses up.
Nouns: Mrs. Breitenbach
Verb: dresses
What are the 3 administrators' names?
Mr. Fullerton, Mrs. Shimon, and Mr. Ford
What is the formal name for the 4th of July?
What is the activity called that we do after reading the text but before the selection test?
Hint: think RACE
Analyze the Text
What was the name of the fox in the story from the animal unit?
Pax
Where does the comma belong in the following sentence?
Summer is almost here but we have a couple of days of school left.
Summer is almost here, but we have a couple of days of school left.
What are the 5 public elementary schools that filter into PCMS?
Glenbrook, Sunnyside, Fairview, Lannoye, and Hillcrest
How many stars and stripes are on the U.S. flag, and what do they stand for?
50 stars for 50 states
13 stripes for 13 orignial colonies
What is the name of the video we watched to learn how fight or flight works?
Wired for Fear
What was the name of the character that survived the sinking of the Titanic in "Into the Lifeboat?"
Violet Jessop
Name the words that make up the acronym FANBOYS, what their technical name is, AND what type of sentence we make with them
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Coordinating Conjunctions
Compound Sentences
What are the 8 special rotations 6th graders have at PCMS? (NOT gym or music)
What is in sunscreen that protects you from the sun?
SPF
We did 4 units this year. What were they called?
1. Never Give Up
2. Finding Courage
3. Through an Animal's Eyes
4. Surviving the Unthinkable
What are the names of the 4 friends in the short story "The Ravine?"
Vinny, Joe-Boy, Mo, and Starlene
Where does a/ do comma(s) belong in the following sentence?
My ELA teacher Mrs. Kodanko has a daughter named Rory.
My ELA teacher, Mrs. Kodanko, has a daughter named Rory.
Name every homeroom teacher in 6th grade
On what day in the summer is the annual Hotdog Eating Contest hosted?
July 4th
We read 4 poems this year. Name all 4.
Speech to the Young, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, After the Hurricane, and Watcher: After Katrina
The name of the main character from New Kid
Jordan Banks
Write a grammatically correct compound sentence and complex sentence.
Answers will vary; check with Mrs. K
What are the names of all the houses in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade?
6th: attitude, adventure, journey
7th: GRIT, community, success
8th: Badgers, Bucks (Packers in past)
This summer event on June 21 marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Summer Solstice