Week of March 31

Monday –

Students will finish presentations in think Lab. Students will also post the presentation to his/her blog. Students will also finish lesson in Study Sync.

Tuesday –

Students will take a two story benchmark in order to improve scores after two weeks of tutoring.

Wednesday –

Finish benchmark. We will review answers. Students will begin writing a fantasy story.

Thursday –

Students will complete Scope magazine article that was carried over from last week. Students will complete lesson in Study Island.

Friday –

Students will finish story, Scope magazine article, and Study Island lesson.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.13, 6.14, 6.16, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28

Week of March 24

Monday –

Students will work on STAAR passages. They will read passages, prove answers, and answer questions.

Tuesday –

Students will check out or recheck out books.

Students will read a story in Scope Magazine and complete lesson involving comprehension and writing.

Wednesday –

Students will complete the poetry and drama lesson on Study Island.

Thursday –

Students will be given the opportunity to work on book projects.

Friday –

Book project presentations.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.13, 6.14, 6.16, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28

Week of March 3

Monday:

Students will take a reading benchmark.

Tuesday:

Students will begin listening to Timothy of the Cay.  This is a continuation of the book read in social studies.

Wednesday – Friday:

Students will listen to Timothy of the Cay.  When finished, students will choose a skill and write an explanation as how it deals with the book.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.10, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28

Week of January 20

Monday
School Holiday

Tuesday
Students will check out and recheck their library books.
Students will take their writing and editing/revising universal screener.

Wednesday
Due to the students having difficulty on organizational patterns, I will reteach this reading skill.
Then students will work independently to do the computer reading skills. They answer 20 organizational patterns questions.

Thursday
The class will read the 2 non-fiction pieces from our Literature book called Farah Ahmedi p. 231 and Facing a Mob p. 211, then the class will read the graphic novel called Alienation p. 157. As we read out loud students will answer the comprehension questions.

Friday
From the Elements of Language book pages 422-425 as a class read and do exercises 1, 2, and 4. Then students will work with a partner to do Subject and Verb Agreement worksheet p. 112.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.16, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28

Week of December 9

Monday

Students will will write in journals. Students will also finish Google Lit Trip.

Students will read and discuss Number the Stars chapters 12-15.

Students will begin working on semester review.

Tuesday

Students will check out and recheck their library books.

The class will finish reading and discussing Number the Stars chapters 16-end.

We will discuss the novel’s plot: exposition, revising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

Wednesday

Students will take their Number the Stars test.

Students will finish plot diagram.

Thursday
Students will either work independently or work with a partner to do Study Island. They will read the passages and highlight their answers for 12 main idea and making inferences questions.

Friday

The class will review kinds of sentences by doing a Mimio lesson.

Students will take a main idea quiz.

Students will work on Mountain Language.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.13, 6.14, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28

Week of November 11

Monday
Students will newspaper articles and select the 1 headline that best describes the main idea of the article.

Tuesday
Students will check out and recheck their library books.
Students will make a parts of speech fold-able focusing on nouns today. We will add the other parts of speech in subsequent days to come. Students will write its definition, write a sentence using a noun/nouns from their own writing, and then they will copy a sentence from their book using nouns.

Wednesday
Early release

Students will finish working on their parts of speech foldable.

Thursday
Students will respond to their ePals pen pals.  Students will be able to detect adjectives in a passage.

Friday
Students will read a couple of nonfiction article at Tween Tribune and answer a critical thinking question.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.14, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28

 

Week of October 14

Monday
Students will complete non fiction article from Friday.

Students will work on communication skills while writing a letter to a epal.
Students will also complete their character analysis of one of the following: Amy, Louanne, or Aunt Claire from the book Dollhouse Murders.
Tuesday
Students will be able to check out library books.

Students will be given academic vocabulary for drama.
Wednesday

As a class read aloud and discuss using capital letters from the language book pages 542-548 and do exercises 4 and 5. Students will work in a group to do pages 216 & 217. This is homework if they do not finish.

We will read aloud and discuss capital letters from the language book pages 537-541 and do exercises 1 & 3. Students will work in a group to do pages 213 & 215. This is homework if they do not finish.

We will review the reading skill summary. Students will receive a handout that we will read and discuss.
Thursday

The class will perform the play The Case of the Kidnapped Nephew.
Friday
The students will read non fiction and complete a critical thinking question.
TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.14, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28

Week of Sept. 30

Monday

Students will continue reading Dollhouse Murders. Chapters 11-14.

Tuesday

Students will finish reading Dollhouse Murders.

Wednesday

Students will take their 6 weeks language arts test.

Thursday

Students will take a reading Universal Screening to access what they know and need to know.

Friday

Students will read a non-fiction article and complete a critical thinking question.

Mini-lesson over subject-verb agreement.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.14, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28