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In-Class |
Homework |
| Thursday, May 24th |
No LA due to adjusted schedule |
Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements. |
| Wednesday, May 23rd |
No LA due to extended EOG testing |
Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements. |
| Tuesday, May 22nd |
Video and quiz: "Holocaust - One Teenager's Experience" |
Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements. |
| Monday, May 21st |
EOG Reminders and test-taking tips, Literary Terms Review Game |
ClassScape Incentive and Practice EOG (if needed) due to Mrs. Deal prior to testing! (Late - you will not qualify for the entire time outside.)
Review your literary terms. There is a link on my webpage.
Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements. |
| Friday, May 18th |
IR/Conf, Checked HW using PRS: "Fifteen"
Qualifications for one free LA period outside after EOGS: 1)Complete all the assigned ClassScape quizzes and have an overall average of 70 or higher OR 2) If your ClassScape average is below 70, complete the Practice EOG OR 3)Complete 1 and 2 and make at least 3 points growth on the Reading EOG. |
ClassScape Incentive and Practice EOG (if needed) due on Monday!
Review your literary terms. There is a link on my webpage.
Read to complete your books for 49W and/or Genre requirements. |
| Thursday, May 17th |
IR/Conf, Mood (Mary Poppins videos, Brainpop: Mood & Tone, Determine mood for a variety of examples) |
EOG Practice: "Fifteen" due tomorrow.
ClassScape Incentive due on Monday.
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Blog due tomorrow.
Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18. |
| Wednesday, May 16th |
IR/Conf, Check HW using PRS: "History of Chocolate" |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday.
Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18.
Blog due on Friday.
Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18. |
| Tuesday, May 15th |
Reading blog, ClassScape Incentive, Take Released EOG if needed, Review literary terms using online flashcards |
EOG Practice: "History of Chocolate" due on tomorrow.
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday.
Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18. |
| Monday, May 14th |
Media Center (last visit): New books if needed, ClassScape - SC quizzes in preparation for EOG tomorrow |
EOG Practice: "History of Chocolate" due on Wednesday.
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday.
Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18. |
| Friday, May 11th |
IR/Conf, Checked "A Different View" using PRS |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Review your literary terms for a quiz on Friday, 5/18. |
| Thursday, May 10th |
ClassScape Incentive - Complete all the assigned quizzes while maintaining an overall average of 70 and earn a class period outside after EOGs.
ClassScape Incentive - 8th.pdf
If you complete all the ClassScape quizzes and your average is below a 70, you may complete the Practice EOG found on the Class Documents page. You will qualify for the outside time is you make a 70 or higher on this. |
EOG Practice: "A Different View" due tomorrow.
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Blog due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, May 9th |
IR/Conf, Checked "Deep Flight Adventures" using PRS |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday. |
| Tuesday, May 8th |
IR/Conf, Checked Literary Terms Pretest, Finished "Southbound on the Freeway" |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday. |
| Monday, May 7th |
IR/Conf, Literary Terms Pretest, "Southbound on the Freeway" |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday. |
| Friday, May 4th |
IR/Conf, Checked "The Hangman at Home" using PRS |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, May 3rd |
ClassScape Incentive - Complete all the assigned quizzes while maintaining an overall average of 70 and earn a class period outside after EOGs.
ClassScape Incentive - 8th.pdf |
EOG Practice: "The Hangman at Home" due tomorrow.
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, May 2nd |
IR/Conf, Checked "Whitetails" using PRS |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, May 1st |
IR/Conf, Poetry Devices Sort, Discussed "O Captain! My Captain" |
EOG Practice: "Whitetails" due tomorrow!
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Monday, April 30th |
Media Center: New books, ClassScape Incentive |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Friday, April 27th |
IR/Conf, Analyzed and performed Poems for Two Voices |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, April 26th |
IR/Conf, Shared "Poem-in-your-Pocket", Poems for Two Voices - practiced fluency and choral reading |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due on tomorow. |
| Wednesday, April 25th |
No class today due to 8th grade HydroMania Field Trip |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Locate a poem to share tomorrow for "Poem-in-your-Pocket" day.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, April 24th |
IR/Conf, "How to Unwrap a Poem" with O Captain, My Captain |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Locate a poem to share on Thursday for "Poem-in-your-Pocket" day.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Monday, April 23rd |
IR/Conf, Poem-in-Your-Pocket day information, "Introduction to Poetry"/"How to Eat a Poem" - speaker's message |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Locate a poem to share on Thursday for "Poem-in-your-Pocket" day.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Friday, April 20th |
ClassScape Incentive - Complete all the assigned quizzes while maintaining an overall average of 70 and earn a class period outside after EOGs.
ClassScape Incentive - 8th.pdf |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, April 19th |
IR/Conf, Intro. to Poetry - Graffiti Wall and Human Value Line activities |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, April 18th |
IR/Conf, "Prove It!" with Fall LDP |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, April 17th |
IR/Conf, "Prove It!" with Fall LDP |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Monday, April 16th |
IR/Conf, Fall LDP Analysis |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday. |
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Spring Break |
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| Thursday, April 5th |
ClassScape Incentive |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Wednesday, April 4th |
Discussed "Emancipation" |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Tuesday, April 3rd |
"Emancipation" - continued |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Monday, April 2nd |
"Emancipation" - finish reading, answer Literary Analysis/Reading Check questions, Graphic Organizer for Tone and questions page 556. |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Friday, March 30th |
IR/Conf, Brainpop video/quiz: Tone and Mood, "Emancipation" - read and summarize in pairs |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, March 29th |
Media Center: New books, Missing Assignments, ClassScape |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, March 28th |
No LA due to 7th grade field trip. Extra MA/SC today! |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday. |
| Tuesday, March 27th |
IR/Conf, "The Vision of Maya Lin" - discussed |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday. |
| Monday, March 26th |
IR/Conf, "The Vision of Maya Lin" - text structure, graphic organizer, summary and questions |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday. |
| Friday, March 23rd |
No School |
"The Vision of Maya Lin" - text structure, graphic organizer, summary and questions |
| Thursday, March 22nd |
DC Trip |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
NO reading response blog due this week because of DC trip. |
| Wednesday, March 21st |
DC Trip |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
NO reading response blog due this week because of DC trip. |
| Tuesday, March 20th |
"The Vision of Maya Lin" - text structure, graphic organizer, summary and questions |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
NO reading response blog due this week because of DC trip. |
| Monday, March 19th |
Biographical Sketch of Maya Lin |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
NO reading response blog due this week because of DC trip. |
| Friday, March 16th |
Spring Reading LDP (finished), Make sure all reading response blogs/project blogs and final projects are posted to the wiki. DC Photo Analysis activity. |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, March 15th |
Spring Reading LDP (cont) |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, March 14th |
Spring Reading LDP |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday. |
| Tuesday, March 13th |
Project Presentations |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday. |
| Monday, March 12th |
Project Presentations |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday. |
| Friday, March 9th |
Laptops: Final day to work on project! |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday. Don't forget to complete the final blog and link your website to the wiki. |
| Thurday, March 8th |
Media Center - new books, peer edit, continued with project |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due tomorrow.
Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday. Don't forget to complete the final blog and link your website to the wiki. |
| Wednesday, March 7th |
No LA class due to STEM trip |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday.
Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday. |
| Tuesday, March 6th |
IR/Conf, Project Checklist/Self-evaluation, Root Review - L. 1-5 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday.
Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday. |
| Monday, March 5th |
Laptops - Blog #2: Reflection on Research Process, Genre Check #5, Research |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due Friday.
Multi-genre Research Project due on Monday. |
| Friday, March 2nd |
IR/Conf, Minilab - continued Research |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Genre #5 due Monday. |
| Thursday, March 1st |
Laptops - Genre Check #4, Research |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due tomorrow.
Genre #5 due Monday. |
| Wednesday, February 29th |
IR/Conf, DGP Quiz - Wk 9, "New Colossus" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Genre #4 due tomorrow.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, February 28th |
Laptops - Blog #1: Reflection on Research Process, Genre Check #3, Research |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 9 tomorrow.
Genre #4 due on Thursday.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Monday, February 27th |
No School |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Genre #3 due on Tuesday. |
| Friday, February 24th |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 9 (Fri), Roots Quiz - L. 5, Research/Blog |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Genre #3 due on Tuesday. |
| Thursday, February 23rd |
Genre Check #2 and Research using laptops |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Quiz - L. 5 tomorrow.
Blog due tomorrow.
Genre #3 due on Tuesday. |
| Wednesday, February 22nd |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 9 (Wed/Thurs), Discussed Roots Context Clues practice, Review Game - Roots L. 5 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Quiz - L. 5 on Friday.
Genre #2 (rough draft) due tomorrow.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, February 21st |
DGP - Wk 9 (Tues), MLA citations guide, Genre Check #1, Research using laptops |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Quiz - L. 5 on Friday.
Genre #2 (rough draft) due on Thursday.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Monday, February 20th |
IR, DGP - Wk 9 (Mon), "New Colossus" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Quiz - L. 5 on Friday.
Genre #1 (rough draft) due tomorrow!
Blog due on Friday. |
| Friday, February 17th |
Laptops - research, created webpage, began genres |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Genre #1 (rough draft) due on Tuesday. |
| Thursday, February 16th |
Lab - Finalized Research Plan and began research |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, February 15th |
Digital Multi-genre Project Requirements |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Plan sheet for Research Project due tomorrow.
Roots Review sheet - L. 5 due tomorrow.
DGP Quiz - Wk 8 will be tomorrow in AA.
Blog due tomorrow. |
| Tuesday, February 14th |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 5 (flashcards), "Coming to America" - finished EOG practice questions |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Monday, February 13th |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 5 (flashcards), "Coming to America" - reviewed text structure, summary questions and summary frames, EOG practice questions |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Finish EOG practice questions for "Coming to America".
DGP Quiz - Wk 8 on Wednesday.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Friday, February 10th |
Media Center - checked out new books, toured Book Fair, finished ClassScape quizzes, completed Reading Response blog for this week |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 8 on Wednesday. |
| Thursday, February 9th |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 8 (Fri), "Coming to America" - discussed previewing using text features, and shared annotations |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Blog due on Friday. |
| Wednesday, February 8th |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 8 (Wed/Thurs), Roots Quiz - L. 4, "Coming to America" - graphic organizer and summary |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Finish "Coming to America".
Blog due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, February 7th |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 8 (Tues), Root Review Game - L. 4 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Quiz - L. 4 tomorrow!
Blog due on Friday. |
| Monday, February 6th |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 8 (Mon), "Coming to America" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Quiz - L. 4 on Wednesday. |
| Friday, February 3rd |
IR/Conf, Book Fair Video, Finished discussion of characteristics and ways to read informational texts versus fiction |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, February 2nd |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 4 (Discussed context clues sentences), Informational Texts - What types do you read? Which do you prefer - info or fiction? Compare/Contrast the characteristics of and reading strategies used when reading informational text versus fiction |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Wednesday, February 1st |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 4 (#13-25) and context clues sentences, DGP Quiz - Wk 7 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots - L. 4 context clues due tomorrow.
RR Letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, January 31st |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 4 (#1-12), WCIT? - finish your writing assignment |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
WCIT? writing assignment due tomorrow!
DGP Quiz - Wk 7 tomorrow!
RR Letter due Friday. |
| Monday, January 30th |
IR/Conf, WCIT? - final discussion, Work on writing assignment comparing WCIT? to "Where Are You Christmas?" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
WCIT? writing assignment due on Wednesday, 2/1.
DGP Quiz - Wk 7 on Wednesday, 2/1.
RR Letter due Friday. |
| Friday, January 27th |
Finish reading WCIT? Have QARs ready for sections 8-10 ready to discuss on Monday. Writing assignment: Compare WCIT? to "Where Are You Christmas?" (This will be due later next week.) |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Be prepare for WCIT? Discussion #8-10 on Monday. |
| Thursday, January 26th |
Media Center - new books, ClassScape Quiz 2.01 Quiz 1, read WCIT? - pp. 124-136 and write QARs. |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Wednesday, January 25th |
IR/Conf, Pretest on types of nonfiction, WCIT? - Read pp. 108-123 and prepare QAR questions for discussion |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Friday, January 20th |
DGP - Wk 7 (Fri), IR/Conf, Scholastic Book Flyer, WCIT? - Discussion #7 |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, January 19th |
DGP - Wk 7 (Wed/Thurs), 29W Self-evaluation, WCIT? - Read pp. 92-101 and write 6 QAR questions in preparation for discussion tomorrow. |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Be prepared for WCIT? - Discussion #7 tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, January 18th |
DGP - Wk 7 (Tues), Roots Quiz - L. 3, WCIT? - Discussion #6 |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Tuesday, January 17th |
DGP - Wk 7 (Mon), IR/Conf, Roots Review Game |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots - L. 3 Quiz tomorrow. |
| Monday, January 16th |
No School |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots - L. 3 Quiz on Wednesday. |
| Friday, January 13th |
RR letters due, Book Talks (online), WCIT? - Read pp. 77-91 and write 6 QAR questions in preparation for our discussion on Tuesday. |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots - L. 3 Quiz on Wednesday. |
| Thursday, January 12th |
IR/Conf, WCIT? - discussion #5 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots - L. 3 Quiz on Wednesday.
Reading Response letter due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, January 11th |
DGP Quiz - Wk 6, WCIT? - Finish reading 62-76 and complete 6 sticky notes for our discussion tomorrow. |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Review - L. 3 (context clues sheet) due tomorrow.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, January 10th |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 3 (finished flashcards), WCIT? - Discussion #4, began reading pp. 62-76 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 6 tomorrow.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Monday, January 9th |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 3 (made flashcards), WCIT? - Finish reading pp. 47-61 and complete 6 sticky notes in preparation for discussion tomorrow! |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 6 on Wednesday.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Friday, January 6th |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 6 (Fri), Exchanged Reading Response Letters |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, January 5th |
Media Center - New Books, ClassScape Quiz, Read WCIT? pp. 47-61 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, January 4th |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 6 (Wed/Thurs), WCIT? - Sticky Discussion #3 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, January 3rd |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 6 (Tues), WCIT? - discussed "Give One, Get One" activity, Read pages 30-46 and completed 6 sticky notes for discussion tomorrow. |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Monday, January 2nd |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 6 (Mon), WCIT? - Review elements of a short story / "Give One, Get One" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, December 20th |
No class due to early release schedule |
Read at least 140 pages from 12/17/11 to 1/2/12 |
| Monday, December 19th |
IR/Conf, "Death of Santa Claus", Begin reading WCIT? - pages 30-46 |
Read at least 140 pages from 12/17/11 to 1/2/12 |
| Friday, December 16th |
IR/Conf, Reading Response Letter Exchange, WCIT? Sticky Note discussion |
Read at least 140 pages from 12/17/11 to 1/2/12 |
| Thursday, December 15th |
Media Center - New Books, WCIT? - finish reading and sticky notes, ClassScape Quiz - Obj. 5.01 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Wednesday, December 14th |
Root Quiz - L. 2, Began reading WCIT? - pp14-29 and completing sticky notes for discussion on Friday. |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, December 13th |
IR/Conf, Roots Review - L. 2 (game) |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Quiz - L. 2 tomorrow!
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Monday, December 12th |
IR/Conf, Created class rules for discussion, Sticky Note discussion of WCIT? - pages 1-13 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Review Roots - L. 2 for quiz on Wednesday.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Friday, December 9th |
IR/Conf, Book Talks (traditional literature), WCIT? - Read pp. 1-13 and prepare sticky notes for discussion on Monday. |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Be prepared for WCIT? discussion on Monday.
Review Roots - L. 2 for quiz on Wednesday. |
| Thursday, December 8th |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 2 Review, WCIT? - Discussed Preview, Modeled Sticky Note Discussion with page 1 |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Review Roots - L. 2 for quiz on Wednesday, 12/14 |
| Wednesday, December 7th |
DGP Quiz - Wk 5, Roots - L. 2 (Make flashcards for #14-25), Roots Review Sheet |
Finish flashcards and review sheet.
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response Letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, December 6th |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 2 (Make flashcards for #1-13), What Child Is This? - Previewing Activity |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 5 tomorrow.
Reading Response Letter due Friday. |
| Monday, December 5th |
No LA due to lockdown. |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 5 on Wednesday.
Reading Response Letter due Friday. |
| Friday, December 2nd |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 5 (Thurs/Fri), Collected Reading Response Letters, Book Talks |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 5 on Wednesday, 12/7 |
| Thursday, December 1st |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 5 (Wed), "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" - discussion and summaries |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response Letter due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, November 30th |
Roots Quiz - L. 1, "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response Letter due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, November 29th |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 5 (Tues), "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Quiz - L. 1 tomorrow.
Reading Response Letter due on Friday. |
| Monday, November 28th |
IR/Conf, DGP - Wk 5 (Mon), "After Apple Picking" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Roots Quiz - L. 1 on Wednesday.
Reading Response Letter due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, November 22nd |
Media Center - new books, finish LDP & other ClassScape quizzes |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Review your roots for quiz next week. |
| Monday, November 21st |
Reading Response Letter Exchange, "When the Frost is on the Punkin" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Review your roots for quiz next week. |
| Friday, November 18th |
IR/Conf, Reading Response Letter Exchange, "When the Frost is on the Punkin" |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Review your roots for quiz next week. |
| Thursday, November 17th |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 1 Review Game, "Why Leaves..." |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due on Friday.
Review your Roots each night. |
| Wednesday, November 16th |
DGP Quiz - Wk 4, Roots - L. 1 Practice sheet, "Why Leaves..." |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due on Friday.
Review your Roots each night. |
| Tuesday, November 15th |
IR/Conf, Roots - L. 1 (finished flashcards), "Why Leaves Change Color in the Fall" with Say Something Strategy |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 4 tomorrow.
Reading Response letter due on Friday.
Review your Roots each night. |
| Monday, November 14th |
IR/Conf, New RR Letter schedule, Roots - L. 1 (made flashcards) |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 4 on Wednesday.
Reading Response letter due on Friday.
Review your Roots each night. |
| Friday, November 11th |
No School |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, November 10th |
Radio Transcript - WWII Veterans |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Wednesday, November 9th |
IR/Conf, DGP Quiz - Wk 3, Type and print memoirs |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Tuesday, November 8th |
Reading LDP |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 3 tomorrow.
No Reading Response Letter this week. |
| Monday, November 7th |
Reading LDP |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wed, 11/9.
LDP's on 11/8
No Reading Response Letter this week. |
| Friday, November 4th |
Reading LDP |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wed, 11/9.
LDP's on 11/7 and 11/8
No Reading Response Letter this week. |
| Thursday, November 3rd |
Media Center - New books, Finish ClassScape quizzes, Type memoir |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wed, 11/9
Media Center on Thursday.
LDP's on 11/4, 11/7 and 11/8
No Reading Response Letter this week. |
| Wednesday, November 2nd |
DGP - Wk 4 (Thurs/Fri), IR/Conf, Brainpop video and quiz - "Show, not Tell", Memoirs - "Making a movie behind your eyelids" (Sensory Details) |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wednesday. (postponed until 11/9)
Media Center on Thursday.
LDP's on 11/4, 11/7 and 11/8
No Reading Response Letter this week. |
| Tuesday, November 1st |
DGP - Wk 4 (Tues/Wed), IR/Conf, Memoir - Example of Thoughts and Feelings |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wednesday.
Media Center on Thursday.
LDP's on 11/4, 11/7 and 11/8
No Reading Response Letter this week. |
| Monday, October 31st |
DGP - Wk 3 (Thurs/Fri) and Wk 4 (Mon), IR/Conf, Memoir - Thoughts and Feelings |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 3 on Wednesday.
Media Center on Thursday.
LDP's on 11/4, 11/7 and 11/8
No Reading Response Letter this week. |
| Friday, October 28th |
Teacher Workday |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, October 27th |
No classes due to lockdown. |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Wednesday, October 26th |
DGP - Wk 3 (Wed), DGP Quiz - Wk 2, Memoirs/Read |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
No Reading Response Letter due this week. |
| Tuesday, October 25th |
DGP - Wk 3 (Tues), IR/Conf, Memoirs - peer edit and teacher conferences |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 2 tomorrow.
No Reading Response Letter due this week. |
| Monday, October 24th |
DGP - Wk 3 (Mon), IR/Conf, Memoirs - Peer edit for "So What" and "Lead" using PAM conferencing strategy |
Read at least 20 pages each night.
DGP Quiz - Wk 2 on Wednesday.
No Reading Response Letter due this week. |
| Friday, October 21st |
RR Letters (Exchange), IR/Conf, Memoirs - Effective Leads |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, October 20th |
DGP - Wk 2 (Thurs/Fri), IR/Conf, Poem - "Remembrance of a Friend" |
Rough draft of memoir due tomorrow.
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due tomorrow. |
| Wednesday, October 19th |
DGP - Wk 2 (Wed), DGP Quiz - Wk 1, IR/Conf, Memoirs - rough draft |
Complete rough draft of memoir for Friday's editing activity.
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, October 18th |
DGP - Wk 2 (Tues), IR/Conf, Memoirs - So What? |
DGP Quiz - Wk 1 on Wednesday.
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due on Friday. |
| Monday, October 17th |
DGP-Wk 2 (Mon), IR/Conf, Memoirs - chose one event to write about and completed graphic organizer to plan for rough draft |
Finish graphic organizer for memoir.
DGP Quiz - Wk 1 on Wednesday.
Read at least 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due on Friday. |
| Friday, October 14th |
Reading Response letters due, Reviewed RW Weekly Grade Rubric, Memoirs - Questions for Memoirists and Brainstorm personal list of memoir worthy experiences |
Read at least 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, October 13th |
Media Center - Destiny Quest, New books, ClassScape Obj. 5.02 Quiz 1 |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Wednesday, October 12th |
IR/Conf, Memoirs - identified the characterstics of an memoir in the effective and non-effective examples |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday.
Media Center visit tomorrow! |
| Tuesday, October 11th |
IR/Conf, Memoirs - looked at examples of effective and non-effective memoirs and shared what we noticed |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response Letter due Friday. |
| Monday, October 10th |
No School |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Friday, October 7th |
Reading Response Letter exchange, Writing Territories |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, October 6th |
IR/Conf, Poem - "The Little Boy" |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Wednesday, October 5th |
ClassScape - purpose, new log-in info, and Quiz 1- Objective 6.01 |
Write a memoir about an unforgetable moment in your life. Due on Thursday.
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, October 4th |
IR/Conf, Read Aloud and making connections with Thank You Mr. Falker |
Write a memoir about an unforgetable moment in your life. Due on Thursday.
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Monday, October 3rd |
IR/Conf, Absolutely Always, Appendix Notes for Thursday, DGP-Wk 1 (Wed/Thurs), Brainpop: Diagramming |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Friday, September 30th |
Reading Response Letter Exchange, IR/Conf, Capitalization and Punctuation |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, Septbember 29th |
IR/Conf, Poems- "Unlucky" and "Family" |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter is due tomorrow! |
| Wednesday, September 28th |
IR/Conf, Clauses, Sentence Types and Sentence Purpose, Appendix Notes for Wednesday |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Resonse letter due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, September 27th |
IR/Conf, Finished and discussed quiz, Appendix Notes for Tuesday, DGP-Wk 1 (Tues) |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Monday, September 26th |
IR/Conf, Preposition Dance, Quiz: Subjects/verbs, Verbs/Objects, and Prepositions |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Friday, September 23rd |
IR/Conf, collected Reading Response letters, Brainpop and quiz: Verbs and their Objects and Prepositions |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, September 22nd |
Media Center - new books, Book Fair, makeup work, Reading Response Letters, Read! |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due tomorrow! |
| Wednesday, September 21st |
IR/Conf, Appendix Notes for Monday, Completed DGP - Wk 1 (Mon), Brainpop and quiz: Subjects and Predicates |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, September 20th |
IR/Conf, Finished "Grammar Rock", Sentence formulation word game |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Monday, September 19th |
IR/Conf, Grammar Pretest, Review of parts of speech (poem), Sentence formulation word game |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Friday, September 16th |
Reading Response Letters exchange, Preamble paraphrasing activity and hand motions |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, September 15th |
Media Center/Lab: Book Fair, Type final copy of "What America Means to Me" poem |
Have a printed copy of poem ready to turn in tomorrow.
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Wednesday, September 14th |
"What America Means to Me" poem - requirements, find image, begin writing rough draft |
Have rough draft of poem ready to edit and type tomorrow.
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Tuesday, September 13th |
What does America mean to you? 2 Views (speech/poem) |
Choose a symbol to represent what America means to you.
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Monday, September 12th |
IR/Conf, President Bush's speech to America on 9/11 (annotations) |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due Friday. |
| Friday, September 9th |
Collected Reading Response Letters, Finished 3-2-1 Presentations, Group Presenation Rubric, Reactions to 9/11 |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, September 8th |
IR/Conf, Close Picture Read / 3-2-1 Presentation |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due tomorrow! |
| Wednesday, September 7th |
IR/Conf, Close Picture Read |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response letter due on Friday. |
| Tuesday, September 6th |
IR/Conf, Reading Response Letters |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Reading Response Letter due on Friday. |
| Monday, September 5th |
No School |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Friday, September 2nd |
IR/Conf, Continued with Reading Notebook |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Thursday, September 1st |
Media Center Orientation, Reading and Technology Surveys |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Wednesday, August 31st |
Finished "My New Best Friends" introductions, Book Pass |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.
Media Center visit tomorrow! |
| Tuesday, August 30th |
IR/Conferences, Introduced more "New Best Friends", Blog for Touching Spirit Bear, and Surveys |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night.. |
| Monday, August 29th |
IR/Conferences, Introduced more "New Best Friends", Set up Reading Notebook |
Read 30 minutes or 20 pages each night. |
| Friday, August 26th |
Collected 3-2-1, Introduced our "New Best Friends", Interactive Anticipation Guide for Touching Spirit Bear, Read beginning of TSB |
Read 40 pages or more in TSB.
Bring "marbled" composition book or laptop to class on Monday.
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| Thursday, August 25th |
Elevator Rule, Name Cards, Appointment Clocks, and "Meet your new Best Friend" |
Read LA expectations and complete the 3-2-1 activitiy.
Bring "marbled" composition book or laptop to class on Monday. |