Week of January 5, 2026

Students are responsible for reading 60 minutes outside of their reading class this week!

ADVANCED READING CLASSES:

MONDAY: Teacher Workday

TUESDAY

  1. Weekly Word Work: anti-/ant-
  2. “Searching for the Lost Ship” from Scope Magazine
    • class discussion
    • video
    • introduce selection vocabulary
    • identify text features
    • purpose in reading
    • listen to selection

WEDNESDAY

  1. Weekly Word Work: anti-/ant-
  2. “Searching for the Lost Ship” from Scope Magazine
    • review selection vocabulary
    • recall text features
    • purpose in reading
    • read selection
    • group discussion
    • whole group discussion

THURSDAY:  

  1. Weekly Word Work: anti-/ant-
  2. “Searching for the Lost Ship” from Scope Magazine
    • whole group discussion
    • review selection vocabulary
    • vocabulary activity
    • Theme questions

FRIDAY:

  1. Weekly Word Work: anti-/ant-
  2. “Searching for the Lost Ship” from Scope Magazine
    • selection review
    • comprehension quiz

ADVANCED ENGLISH CLASSES:

MONDAY: Teacher Workday

TUESDAY:

  1. Journal Entry #68
  2. Capitalization Lessons 3 & 4
  3. The Beautiful Truth Poem
  4. Capitalization Task Cards – Set 1

WEDNESDAY:  

  1. Journal Entry #69
  2. Esteem Post-Survey
  3. Capitalization Lessons 3 & 4
  4. The Beautiful Truth Poem
  5. Capitalization Task Cards – Set 1

THURSDAY:  

  1. Journal Entry #70
  2. Review the structure of writing a letter
  3. “Searching for the Lost Ship” from Scope Magazine Theme-writing a letter activity
  4. Capitalization Lessons 3 & 4
  5. The Beautiful Truth Poem
  6. Capitalization Task Cards – Set 1

FRIDAY:

  1. Journal Entry #71
  2. Capitalization Posttest
  3. finish “Searching for the Lost Ship” from Scope Magazine Theme-writing a letter activity

 

 

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Week of 12/1/25

Students are responsible for reading 80 minutes outside of their reading class this week!

ADVANCED READING CLASSES:

MONDAY:

  1. Weekly Word Work: Figurative Language Slides
  2. Introduce Poetry and Poetry Sound Devices Terminology
  3. Begin “The Only Me” Poetry Analysis

TUESDAY

  1. Weekly Word Work: Figurative Language Slides
  2. Symbolism Lesson
  3. Finish “The Only Me” Poetry Analysis
  4. Poetry Cat

WEDNESDAY

  1. Weekly Word Work: Figurative Language Slides
  2. Go over “The Only Me” Poetry Analysis
  3. Poetry Task Cards

THURSDAY:  

  1. Weekly Word Work: Figurative Language Slides
  2. Begin “Magic Sweatshirt” Poetry Analysis
  3. Poetry Task Cards

FRIDAY:

  1. Weekly Word Work: Figurative Language Slides
  2. Finish “Magic Sweatshirt” Poetry Analysis
  3. Poetry Task Cards

ADVANCED ENGLISH CLASSES:

MONDAY

  1. Journal Entry #58
  2. Subject/Verb Agreement Review
  3. The Beautiful Truth Poem

TUESDAY

  1. Journal Entry #59
  2. Library Day

WEDNESDAY:  

  1. Journal Entry #60
  2. Subject/Verb Agreement Posttest
  3. Ice and Snow Cream Revise & Edit Practice
  4. The Beautiful Truth Poem

THURSDAY:  

  1. Journal Entry #61
  2. Go over Ice and Snow Cream Revise & Edit Practice
  3. Capital Letters Pretest
  4. Begin Capitalization Lesson 1

FRIDAY:

  1. Journal Entry #62
  2. Give ’em a Break Revise & Edit Practice
  3. Capitalization Lesson 1
  4. The Beautiful Truth Poem