Monday – Code Talkers: vocabulary, key ideas & details, text features activities
Tuesday – Library Day
Wednesday – Code Talkers: comprehension quiz
Thursday – Code Talkers: comprehension quiz
Friday – begin text structure
Category Archives: 6.9
(9) Author’s purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors’ choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author’s craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.
Week of January 29, 2024
Monday – Scope Magazine – Code Talkers: prereading activity, behind the scenes video & discussion, decoding fun
Tuesday – Scope Magazine – Code Talkers: selection vocabulary, identify selection text features & compare digital version to printed version, & read selection
Wednesday – Early Release at 12:00pm
Thursday – Scope Magazine – Code Talkers: complete close-reading & critical thinking questions & summary activity
Friday – Scope Magazine – Code Talkers: word study
Week of January 22, 2024
Monday – Text Features Task Cards
Tuesday – Library Day
Wednesday – Text Features Scavenger Hunt/Flocabulary – Text Features Read & Respond
Thursday – Text Features Scavenger Hunt/Flocabulary – Text Features Quiz
Friday – finish up text features
Week of January 15, 2024
Monday – School Holiday!!! “Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” – MLK, Jr.
Tuesday – Snow Day!
Wednesday – Snow Day!
Thursday – Nonfiction Text Features Chart
Friday – Text Features Task Cards
Please note – NO IXL practice schedule this week!!! So, reading homework is to simply read or work on IXL recommended skills Thursday night for 20 minutes!
photo credit – Lucky Little Learners
Week of January 8, 2024
Monday – Student Holiday!!!
Tuesday – Library Day
Wednesday – IXL diagnostic & Flocabulary – Text Features
Thursday – IXL diagnostic & Flocabulary – Text Features
Friday – IXL diagnostic & ReadWorks – The King Holiday
Please note – NO IXL practice schedule this week!!! We will be doing a middle of the year IXL diagnostic this week. So, reading homework this week (60 minutes) is to simply read!
Week of December 18, 2023
NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK!!!!
Monday – wrapping up the 1st semester & go over semester exam/benchmark
- HOMEWORK – no homework this week!!!
Tuesday – early release at 12:15 – following semester exam schedule
- HOMEWORK – no homework this week!!!
Wednesday – early release at 12:15 – following semester exam schedule
- HOMEWORK – no homework this week!!!
Christmas Break begins Thursday, December 21! Students will return for the second semester on Tuesday, January 9th!
Week of December 11, 2023
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – Students need to make sure their Chromebooks are fully charged when they leave for school each morning!!!! Please bring your Chromebook chargers on benchmark testing days this week (Wednesday & Thursday)!!!!
Monday – Benchmark Review
Tuesday – Benchmark Review
Wednesday – READING BENCHMARK
- HOMEWORK – NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT
Thursday – MATH BENCHMARK
Friday – Poetry Test
Week of December 4, 2023
Monday – Poetry Practice Test
Tuesday – Poetry Task Cards
Wednesday – Poetry Task Cards
Thursday – finish Poetry Practice Test & Task Cards
Friday – Figurative Language Escape Room & finish Poetry Practice Test & Task Cards, if needed
- advanced classes (1st & 2nd periods) – dramatic adaptations due today
Week of November 27, 2023
Monday – Poetry Practice
Tuesday – Poetry Practice
Wednesday – Poetry Warm Up & RACE Strategy Practice
Thursday – Poetry Warm Up & More RACE Strategy Practice
Friday – Poetry Warm Up & More RACE Strategy Practice
Week of November 13, 2023
Monday – Drama Practice Passage
Tuesday – Library Day
Wednesday – Figurative Language Task Cards
Thursday – Poetry PowerPoint
HOMEWORK – 20 minutes of reading or IXL recommended skills
Friday – Symbolism Lesson