September 24th through September 28th
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Introduction to Student Close Read Assignment
- Introduction to Student Blast Assignment
- Work Time
- Student Close Read and Blast Assignment due Thursday
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Continue Work Time for Barrio Boy as Needed
- Preview The Other Side of the Sky Video
- Read Introduction to Story
- Begin Filling Out Research Handout About the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan or the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
- Barrio Boy Close Read due Thursday
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Continued Work Time for Afghanistan Research
- Discuss Research as a Class; How do we think the main character lost her arm?
- Building Background: Watch Video about the Soviet War and Taliban
- Barrio Boy Close Read and Blast due Thursday
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Introduction to New Vocabulary and Predictions what These Words Mean
- Discuss Visualizing
- Read and Annotate Text Together
- None
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 15 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- DuoLingo Project Work Time
- DuoLingo Project due October 5th
September 17th through September 21st
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Study Sync TV (together as a class)
- Answer the First Your Turn Question Together
- Individual Time to Answer the Second Your Turn Questions
- Your Turn Questions due Friday Wednesday, September 19th
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Skill Focus: Main Idea and Key Details
- Watch Expert Model Video
- Watch Teacher Modeling Example
- Students Fill Out Graphic Organizer and Answer Questions
- Your Turn Questions due Thursday
- Graphic Organizer due Thursday
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Individual Assignment: Close Read Barrio Boy
- Individual Assignment: Blast
- Close Read Barrio Boy due Monday
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- DuoLingo Project Introduction
- Barrio Boy Close Read due Monday
- Duo Lingo Project Presentation Ready for September 27th
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- DuoLingo Project Work Time
- Barrio Boy Close Read due Monday
- DuoLingo Project due September 27th
September 10th through September 14th
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Finish Up "Seventh Grade" Analysis Activity
- Blast: In Pursuit Together as a Class
- Barrio Boy Trailer
- Begin Reading Barrio Boy Together as a Class
- None
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Read Barrio Boy Together as a Class
- Study Sync TV Example Discussion
- None
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Study Sync TV Example Discussion
- Answer and Turn in Discussion Questions Individually or with Partners
- Discussion Questions due Thursday
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Answer Discussion Question 1
- Students View Expert Model
- Students Discuss What They Are Missing
- Students Re-Answer Discussion Questions
- New Discussion Questions due Friday
Essential Question:
- What drives us to undertake a mission?
- 10 Minutes Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences
- Main Idea and Key Details
- Teacher Models
- Class Models Together (Your Turn Question)
- Students Model Individually
- Foreign Language DuoLingo Project Challenge
- Main Idea and Key Details Sheet due Tuesday
- Your Turn Question due Monday
- DuoLingo Project due Monday, September 24th
September 3rd through September 7th
No School; Labor Day
Objective:
- Students will follow class rules.
- Students will find things in the classroom.
- Students will understand citations and how they are earned.
- Students will get to know their classmates.
- Introduction to Class
- Around the Room Scavenger Hunt
- Team Building Activity: Stranded on an Island
- None
Objective:
- Students will follow class rules.
- Students will find things in the classroom.
- Students will understand citations and how they are earned.
- Students will try their best on NWEA testing!
- Library Book Check Out
- NWEA Fall Session
- None
Objective:
- Students will follow class rules.
- Students will find things in the classroom.
- Students will understand citations and how they are earned.
- Students will try their best on NWEA testing!
- NWEA Fall Session
- None
Objective:
- Students will follow class rules.
- Students will find things in the classroom.
- Students will understand citations and how they are earned.
- Students will try their best on NWEA testing!
- Join Google Classroom
- Copy Reading Log
- Study Sync Log In
- Practice Logging In to Study Sync
- Finish Up NWEA Fall Session
- None