June 21: Last day of school (yearbook signing/assembly)
June 18-20: Comic Book unit (6th grade reflection)
June 11-17: Tiny House STEM mini-unit all week
June 3-10: Slam Poetry mini-unit all week
Week of May 28-31: First Chapter Book Clubs all week
Monday: No school Memorial Day
Week of May 20-24:
Monday: 5th period testing (AM)
PM classes (1, 6)
Text Structure Types SHOWDOWN
Tuesday: 6th period testing (AM)
PM classes (1, 6)
Text Structure Types SHOWDOWN
Wednesday: Infographics Lesson 3.7
Questions 2 and 5
Thursday: Creating our own Infographics (6th grade year review)
Friday: Kindness Assembly/ Thank-you note card
Work on/ present Infographics
Week of May 13-17: Testing for SBA
Week of May 6-10
Monday: Mix it/ Match it--Argumentative vocabulary
Claims and controversy
Tuesday: Library Check out
Wednesday: Review of writing structures
Test taking practice
Thursday: ELA CAT test during all periods
Please try not to miss class today and tomorrow
Friday: ELA CAT test during all periods
Week of April 29- May 3
Monday: Philosophical Chairs - to be graded (in class only)with Sports article
Using reasons and evidence to support claim
Discussion etiquette
Tuesday: Activity 3.8: Social Networking
Organizing and communicating an argument Questions 2-5
Philosophical Chairs - to be graded (in class only)
Wednesday: Activity 3.8 continued: Trace and evaluate an argument (to be graded) due in class today
Thursday: Speed Debating preparation
Friday: Speed Debating
Week of April 22-26 All Explanatory Essay rewrites are due by 4/29
Monday: Argumentative Essay: Should Metal Bats Be Banned From Youth Baseball? Author's purpose/bias and reasons vs. evidence
Tuesday: Q-Q-T: suffixes, prefixes, and meanings
Activity 3.4: Most Dangerous Sport of Cheerleading
Reasons and Evidence
Wednesday: Structure of an argumentative essay and vocab terms
Should Metal Bats Be Banned From Youth Baseball
Thursday: Q-Q-T: Suffixes, prefixes, and meanings
Structure of an argumentative essay/group work
Friday: Activity 3.4: Pop Warner article (p. 185)
Reasons and evidence to support claim
Questions 11-15 and page 190
Week of April 15-19: Hook Stations and Presentation Groups
All Explanatory Essay rewrites are due by 4/29
Week of April 8-12
Monday: Explanatory Essay Mini-lesson:Transitional sentences between paragraphs
Team Interview
EXPLANATORY ESSAYS DUE TODAY
Tuesday: Team Interview: Explanatory Essay
Self/Peer Feedback
Wednesday: Explanatory Essays--
Revise based on feedback
Thursday: Hook stations/Presentation groups
Friday: Hook stations/Presentation groups
Week of April 1-5 Spring Break!
Week of March 25-29
Monday: Mr. Bushman here: Thesis Statement
Tuesday: How to write an overarching statement in introduction to
tie in thesis and answers the question
Wednesday: Mr. Bushman here (Expository Writing)
Thursday: Mr. Bushman here (Expository Writing)
Friday: Mr. Bushman here (Expository Writing)
Week of March 18-22
Monday: Research for Unit 2EA 2--use a Springboard story
Creating Topic Sentences for each body paragraph
Tuesday: Lesson 2.19 Temple's Story
Question 1
Wednesday: Lesson 2.19 Synthesizing Temple's Story
Creating a thesis statement
Thursday: Temple Grandin Movie
Friday: Temple Grandin Movie
Week of March 11-15
Monday: Literary Vocabulary
Schema building about Temple Grandin
Tuesday: Conducting research for EA 2
Wednesday: MAP testing
Thursday: MAP testing
Friday: Lesson 2.19: Synthesizing Temple's Story
Creating a thesis statement
Week of March 4-8
Monday: Lesson 2.17 Saying Farewell to a Faithful Pet (Marley)
Trailer of Marley and Me to build schema
First Read
Tuesday: Lesson 2.17 Second Read Questions using text evidence to support answers
Wednesday: Lesson 2.18 Dogs Make Us Human
Identifying main idea and supporting details
Thursday: Lesson 2.18 continued…
Second Read questions
making connections through research
All re-writes for Explanatory Response due today
Friday: Ish lesson – revisiting Four pillars of engagement
Week of February 25-March 1
Monday (25): Soft Start/ reflect on engagement
Book Speed Dating (book choice/engagement)
Tuesday (26): Unpacking Unit 2 EA 2
Vocab (Q, H, T)
Do/ Know chart
Wednesday: Soft Start: reflect
Lesson 2.14 Explaining and Interpreting Change (pages 138-139)
Thursday: Soft Start: reflect
Lesson 2.16 Traveling With Charley
strategy: diffusing
vocab: pandemonium, ambled, tranquility
All re-writes for Diction Paragraph due today
Friday: Lesson 2.16 continued:
second read questions and working from the text
Library Check Out
Week of February 4-8
Monday: Lesson 2.9 Theme
Read chapter 32
Tuesday: Read W.T.M. chapters 33-35
Library check out
Wednesday: Identifying Internal/External Forces
Read chapters 36-37
Thursday: Discuss Plot and Subplot for W.T.M. (text evidence/commentary)
Read chapters 38-40
Friday: Finish W.T.M.
Final thoughts/reflection of synthesis of the book
Week of January 28-February 1
Monday: Lesson 2.8 Analyzing Author's Use of Diction
Read chapter 22
Tuesday: Lesson 2.8 continued
Read chapters 23-26
Wednesday: What is the difference between commentary and text evidence?
Read chapter 27
Thursday: Lesson 2.6 How setting relates to theme.
Read chapter 27-28
Friday: W.T.M. discussion groups
Read chapters 29-31 and write in double-entry journal
Week of January 21-25
Monday: No school in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
Tuesday: Read chapters 14-17
Library check out
Wednesday: Lesson 2.7 Questioning (review)
Read WTM (chapter 13 together)
Write 3 questions and answers (one of each level)
Fan and Pick Strategy
Thursday: Aesthetic Experience Lesson
Something Beautiful picture book
Identifying aesthetic experiences in W.T.M. and Flipped
Writing about your own aesthetic experience
Friday: Lesson 2.7 continued Discussion Groups (p.113-115)
Read chapter 18-19
Week of 14-18
Monday: Lesson 2.4 continued
Read chapters 4-6
Graphic organizer page 104
Tuesday: Soft Start: Read chapters 7-8
Lesson 2.5 Mapping the journey/plot and subplot
Film clips of UP
Wednesday: Lesson 2.5 continued
Read chapters 9-10
Thursday: Aesthetic Experiences to enhance engagement
Friday: Read WTM and use double entry journal (model)
Read aloud chapter 13
They can read up to chapter 19
Week of January 7-11
Monday: Lesson 2.1: Unpacking Unit 2 Embedded Assessment 1 (Explanatory Essay)
Tuesday: Lesson 2.2: Forces of Change/ UP Clips
Focus on internal and external forces
Wednesday: Lesson 2.2 continued
How to write a topic sentence/commentary (p.98)
Thursday: Lesson 2.3 Walk Two Moons chapter 1
Introducing the Double-entry journal
Friday: Characterization Lesson using Verdi
Lesson 2.4: Characterization in Walk Two Moons
Week of January 3-4 Welcome Back! It's 2019!
All Narrative re-writes are due by January 10th. Please fill out reflection portion of grading sheet and turn in to the "turn in box" to be regraded.
Thursday: Flipped Movie (Narrative must be completed in order to watch.)
Friday: Flipped Movie
Week of December 17-18:
Monday: Flipped
Library Check out
Tuesday: Flipped
Editing/revising narratives
Assembly
Week of December 10-14 Presentation/Hook Stations all week
Monday: Self/Peer Feedback on Narratives
How to give good feedback/Actions to take when given feedback lesson
Tuesday: Hook station A: Building Schema Road Map lesson
Wednesday: Hook Station B: Questioning the text--question types
Voices In The Park
Thursday: Hook Station C:
Pronoun Usage/agreement grammar lesson
Previewing the novel Walk Two Moons
Friday: Make Stations
Week of December 3-7 Narrative Writing Week
Monday: Narrative Plot elements/planning sheet to pre-write for narratives
Tuesday: Mini-Lesson: Narrative beginnings (p.84 The Fun They Had—
read paragraphs 1-8 and answer/discuss question 1)
Write beginning of Narrative
Wednesday: Mini-lesson: Characterization page 89
Use picture book Verdi as a mentor text
Write Narrative focus on characterization
Thursday: Mini-Lesson: Dialogue to move the story along
Write Narrative and check your dialogue
Friday: Mini-Lesson: Narrative Endings
Write Narrative ending
Narrative due Monday, December 10
Week of November 26-30
Monday: Lesson 1.14 Eleven
Questions 1-6 (SHOWDOWN)
Tuesday: Flipped
Library check out
Wednesday: Lesson 1.15 Treasure of Lemon Brown
Thursday: Hot Cocoa for periods 5 and 6
The Treasure of Lemon Brown--inference and theme
Inference paragraph due by Wednesday, December 5
Friday: Hot Cocoa for periods 1, 2, and 4
The Treasure of Lemon Brown--inference and theme
Inference paragraph due by Wednesday, December 5
Week of November 19-23
Monday: Lesson 1.14 continued
FLIPPED
Tuesday: Thankful metaphors lesson
Wednesday-Friday: Thanksgiving Break--No School
Week of November 12-16
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Library lesson –Scavenger hunt (all period)
Theme paragraphs due!
Wednesday: TED-ED Talk—gender/stereotypes
Perspective Bending/engagement lesson
Thursday: TED-ED Talk discussion (2nd part)
Goals for 2nd quarter. (Find yours, reflect, and write a new one.)
Friday: Lesson 1.14 Eleven (p.71) First read
Identify plot elements with a partner
Flipped
Week of November 5-9
Monday: Climate/Connectedness survey
Plot Elements
Tuesday: Lesson 1.12 Plot Elements in a fairy tale
Flipped
Wednesday: Lesson 1.13 Daedalus and Icarus
Plot elements of exposition, character development, and conflict
Foreshadowing
Thursday: Lesson 1.13 continued-- Theme in Daedalus and Icarus
Theme paragraph due by November 13th.
Friday: Early Release (end of semester grading)
Flipped
Veterans Day assembly
Week of October 29- November 2
Monday: Unpacking Unit 1 EA 2 (lesson 1.10)
Flipped read aloud
Tuesday: Lesson 1.11 What's in a Short Story? Thank You, M'am
Library Check Out
Wednesday: Lesson 1.11 continued
Thursday: Plot Elements foldable/definitions
Flipped
Friday: Lesson 1.12 Plot Elements
Week of October 22-26 (Conference Week) Students have half- day
Monday: Writing a reflection for learning, survey, and
Tuesday: Periods 1, 2, and 3 only
Identifying characterization in independent reading
Wednesday: Safety
Thursday: Periods 4, 5, 6 only
Identifying characterization in independent reading
Friday: Safety/Nitro Ball/ Learning Disabilities rotations
Week of October 15-19
Monday: Personal Narrative mini-lesson: How to write a reflective ending
Tuesday: Personal Narrative mini-lesson: revising/editing and peer feedback
Wednesday: Flipped read aloud/ Self-reflection for conferences
Personal Narratives Due
Thursday: Feedback: How to give quality feedback and what to do with feedback
Writing conferences
Friday: How to write a reflection/writing conferences
Week of October 8-12
Monday: Springboard Lesson 1.6 continued -- descriptive language /identifying IRR
Mindfulness assignment due (Re-do's are excepted until Oct. 22)
Tuesday: Personal Narrative pre-write: focusing on a small moment
Library check out
Wednesday: Introductions/hook AQQS
Begin writing Personal Narrative
Thursday: Introductions/identifying type of hook used AQQS
writing Personal Narratives
Friday: No School for Students/Professional Day
Week of October 1-5
Monday: MAP testing
Tuesday: MAP testing
Thursday: Springboard Lesson 1.4 My Superpowers (incident, response, and reflection)
Focusing on the "language of emotion"
Friday: Springboard Lesson 1.6 The Jacket (Vivid Verbs)
Inferences assignment due
Week of Sept. 24-28
Monday: Inferring character mindset and citing evidence to support it. (Inferring assignment given)
Read to self/ conferring
Tuesday: PAWS instruction
Library check out
Wednesday: Springboard lesson 1.1-- Unpacking EA 1 Unit 1
Thursday: Building Schema: Rafael and Ricardo story
Springboard Lesson 1.2-- The Circuit
Friday: Lesson 1.2 continued
Week of Sept. 17-21
Monday: Engagement--What is it? What is the difference between compliance, participation,
and engagement.
Tuesday: BHH - 14 Cows For America
Wednesday: BHH -- Hard At Work
What it means to be actively engaged discussion
Thursday: BHH -- The Story of Rafael and Ricardo
How do you re-engage?
Friday: BHH -- The Other Side
Week of Sept. 10-14
Monday: Reading Identity survey
Bookswap lesson
Tuesday: How to choose a book that is right for you
Text complexity assessment given/ I will confer with you about it.
Library check out
Wednesday: Does it match? lesson
What do I do when I don't understand the text?
Thursday: Lesson: What is a responsive reader? What is a responsible reader?
Picture book: What Do You Do With A Problem?
Goal setting (personal and reading)
Friday: Book, Head, Heart lesson
Picture book: 14 Cows For America
Week of Sept. 5-7
Wednesday: First Day of School
Focus: What it means to be a reader and a thinker.
Mindset lesson: Leaning In and Leaning Out
Picture book: Ish
Thursday: Leaning In and Leaning Out Scenario/discussion
Annotating: Poem and Syllabus
Parent survey due Tuesday (11th)
Friday: Reading Identity--to get to know yourself as a reader
August 28: Orientation
7th/8th grade: 9:00-12:00
6th grade: 1:00-4:00