September 24th through September 28th
Essential Question:
English
- Why do people form alliances?
English
- Minion Monday: If you had an army of minions, what would you do with them? (5 minute writing prompt)
- Spelling: Spelling City Pretest: Long Vowel Words
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Complete Subject and Simple Subject
- Silent Reading (20 minutes)
- Seminars
- Seminar 1:
- In Homerooms, go over expectations, grades, and expert examples.
- Seminar 2:
- Keefe: PLP Support/Lit Circle Planning
- Shipman: Drumbeat of Freedom (Blue 1)
- Rachu: Drumbeat of Freedom First Read (Orange)
- Green 1, Green 2, and Blue 2: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 1:
- PLP due October 10th
- Worksheet due Tomorrow
Essential Question
English
- Why do people form alliances?
English
- Treasure Tuesday: What is the greatest treasure you own?
- Spelling: 15 minutes Spelling City
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Review Subject and Simple Subject
- Grammar; Introduce Predicates and Simple Predicates
- Silent Reading (20 minutes)
- Seminars
- Seminar 1
- Keefe: Literature Circles (Blue 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Drumbeat of Freedom (Green 1)
- Rachu: Drumbeat of Freedom Close Read (Orange)
- Green 2: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 2
- Keefe: Literature Circles (Blue 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Drumbeat of Freedom (Green 2)
- Rachu: Character, Setting, Plot (Orange)
- Green 1: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 1
- Grammar Worksheet due Tomorrow
- PLP due October 10
Essential Question
English
- Why do people form alliances?
English
- What's Good Wednesday: Tell me something good in your life right now!
- Spelling: Hint Game
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Review Complete Subject, Complete Predicate, Simple Subject, and Simple Predicate
- Greek and Latin: annu/enni and aqua
- 20 minutes Silent Reading
- Seminar 1
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Orange)
- Shipman: Drumbeat of Freedom (Blue 1)
- Rachu: Drumbeat of Freedom (Blue 2)
- Green 1 and 2: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 2
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Orange)
- Shipman: Visualize (Green 1)
- Rachu: Visualize (Green 2)
- Blue 1 and 2: PLP Work Time
- PLP due October 10th
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Essential Question
English
- Why do people form alliances?
English
- Thirst Quenching Thursday: What is your favorite soda?
- Spelling: Hangman with a Partner (10 minutes)
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Avoiding Sentence Fragments
- Grammar: Subject/Predicate Scavenger Hunt
- 20 minutes Silent Reading
- Seminars
- Seminar 1
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Green 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Visualize (Orange)
- Rachu: Visualize (Blue 1)
- Blue 2: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 2
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Green 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Visualize (Blue 2)
- Rachu: Character, Setting, Plot (Blue 1)
- Orange: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 1
- PLP due October 10th
- Grammar Worksheet due Tomorrow
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Essential Question
English
- Why do people form alliances?
English
- Famous Friday: If you could meet one famous person, who would it be and why?
- Spelling: Sparkle
- Grammar: Subject and Predicate Scavenger Hunt
- All: Reading Wonders Weekly Assessment
- Silent Reading or PLP Work Time when Finished
- PLP due October 10th
- Scavenger Hunt due October 3rd
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Today
September 17th through September 21st
Essential Question:
English
- How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
English
- Movie Monday: What is your all time favorite movie?
- Spelling: Wheel of Spelling Game
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Interjections and Correct Punctuation
- Silent Reading (20 minutes)
- Seminars
- Seminar 1:
- Keefe: Literature Circles (Green 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Character, Setting, Plot (Blue 1)
- Rachu: Character, Setting, Plot (Blue 2)
- Orange: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 2:
- Keefe: Literature Circles (Green 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Visualize (Orange)
- Rachu: Realistic Fiction (Blue 1)
- Blue 2: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 1:
- Four Types of Sentences Comic due Wednesday
- Worksheet due Tomorrow
Essential Question
English
- How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
English
- Travelling Tuesday: If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
- Spelling: 15 minutes Spelling City
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Proofreading
- Grammar: Brandon!
- Silent Reading (20 minutes)
- Seminars
- Seminar 1
- Keefe: Literature Circles (Blue 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Character, Setting, Plot (Green 2)
- Rachu: Charcter, Setting, Plot (Green 1)
- Orange: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 2
- Keefe: Literature Circles (Blue 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Realistic Fiction (Orange)
- Rachu: Realistic Fiction (Green 2)
- Green 1: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 1
- Spelling Worksheet
- PLP due September 26
Essential Question
English
- How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
English
- What's Playing Wednesday: What are your three favorite songs right now.
- Spelling: Hint Game
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Grammar Game
- Greek and Latin: agri and amo/ami
- 20 minutes Silent Reading
- Seminar 1
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Orange)
- Shipman: Sentence Clues (Green 1)
- Rachu: Realistic Fiction (Blue 2)
- Green 2 and Blue 1: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 2
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Orange)
- Shipman: Realistic Fiction (Green 1)
- Rachu: Sentence Clues (Green 2)
- Blue 1 and 2: PLP Work Time
- PLP due September 26th
- Grammar Worksheet due Tomorrow
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Essential Question
English
- How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
English
- Three Things Thursday: What are three things you look for in a friend?
- Spelling: Hangman with a Parnter (10 minutes)
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Using Sentence Types Game
- 20 minutes Silent Reading
- Seminars
- Seminar 1
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Green 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Sentence Clues (Blue 1)
- Rachu: Sentence Clues (Blue 2)
- Orange: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 2
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Green 1 and 2)
- Shipman: PLP Support
- Rachu: Sentence Clues (Orange)
- Blue 1 and 2: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 1
- PLP due September 26th
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Essential Question
English
- How do new experiences offer different perspectives?
English
- Fantastic Friday: What is your favorite thing about homecoming?
- Spelling: Sparkle
- Spelling: Spelling Test
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- All: Reading Wonders Weekly Assessment
- Silent Reading or PLP Work Time when Finished
- PLP due September 26th
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Today
September 10th through September 14th
Essential Question:
English
- How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
English
- Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences (10 minutes)
- Magnificent Monday: What did you do this weekend? (5 minutes prompt)
- Spelling City Log In
- Spelling City Pretest
- Hand Out New Spelling Words (short vowels)
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Sentences and Fragments
- Introducing Expectations, the Plan, and PLPs
- Introducing the Concept
- Intro to New Vocabulary
- Work Time for Vocab and Grammar Worksheet
- Bio Poem due Friday
- Grammar and Vocabulary Worksheet due Tomorrow
Essential Question
English
- How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
English
- Tic Tac Toe Tuesday: Play a tic tac toe match!
- Spelling: 10 minutes Spelling City
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Four Kinds of Sentences
- Grammar: Brandon!
- Silent Reading (20 minutes)
- School Pictures/English
- Seminar 1
- All: Introduction to Unit, PLP, Expectations, Etc.
- Seminar 2
- All: Guided Work Time for PLP
- Bio Poems due Friday
- Grammar Worksheet due Tomorrow
- PLP due September 26
Essential Question
English
- How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
English
- Wordy Wednesday: How many words can you make from the Boggle Board?
- Spelling: Hint Game
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Review Types of Sentences , Sentences and Fragments
- Greek and Latin: act and aud
- 20 minutes Silent Reading
- Seminar 1
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Green 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Cow Music (Blue 1)
- Rachu: Cow Music (Orange)
- Blue 2: PLP Work Time
- Seminar 2
- Keefe: Lit Circles (Green 1 and 2)
- Shipman: Cow Music (Blue 2)
- Rachu: Character, Setting, Plot (Orange)
- Blue 1: PLP Work Time
- Bio Poem due Friday
- Grammar Worksheet due Tomorrow
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
Essential Question
English
- How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
English
- Three Things Thursday Thursday: What are three things you would want with you if you were stranded on a deserted island?
- Spelling: Whiteboard Partner Practice (10 minutes)
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Using Sentence Types Game
- 20 minutes Silent Reading
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- Bio Poem due Friday
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Friday
- Spelling Worksheet due Tomorrow
Essential Question
English
Homework
- How do new experiences offer different perspectives?
English
- Silent Reading/Teacher Conferences (10 minutes)
- Lovin' Fall Friday: What is your favorite thing about fall?
- Spelling: Sparkle
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Finish the Sentence Game
Homework
- Bio Poem due Today
- Spelling Worksheet due Today
- Greek and Latin Pictures due Today
September 3rd through September 7th
Labor Day; No School
Objectives
- Students will understand classroom procedures.
- Students will understand classroom rules and discipline plan.
- Students will set up classroom expectations.
- Students will introduce themselves through community building activities and a poem.
- Tasty Tuesday: What is your favorite food?
- Set Up and Organization Time
- Daily Schedule Review
- Intro to Classroom PowerPoint
- Intro to Classroom Scavenger Hunt
- Rules and Set Up Classroom Expectations
- Intro to Bio Poems and Examples
- Work Time for Bio Poems
- Signed Citation Policy due Friday
Objectives
- Students will understand classroom procedures.
- Students will understand classroom rules and discipline plan.
- Students will introduce themselves through community building activities and a poem.
- Students will complete the NWEA fall session.
- Wild Wednesday: If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
- Work Time for Bio Poems
- Why Test?
- NWEA Fall Session
- Signed Citation Policy due Friday
Objectives
- Students will understand classroom procedures.
- Students will understand classroom rules and discipline plan.
- Students will introduce themselves through community building activities and a poem.
- Students will take the NWEA fall session.
- Thumbs Up Thursday: What was your favorite thing you did this summer?
- Work Time for Bio Poems
- NWEA Fall Session
- Signed Citation Policy due Tomorrow
Objectives
- Students will understand classroom procedures.
- Students will understand classroom rules and discipline plan.
- Students will introduce themselves through community building activities and a poem.
- Students will take the NWEA fall session.
- Finally Friday: What are you most looking forward to this school year?
- Work Time for Bio Poems
- Finish Up NWEA Fall Session
- Signed Citation Policy due Today