WEATHERFORD
Middle School
Middle School
6th
Grade
Reading
March 25-29, 2019
Monday: voc. #14: Roots Derm = skin, Corp = body
cordial, discreetly, taxidermy, epidermis, sparse, mesmerized, cardiologist, barren, corporation, corpse
“The Wind People” pgs. 145-148///Go over benchmark test results
Tuesday: Begin Code Talker pgs. 1-22 (quiz)
Wednesday: Read pgs. 23-37 (significant sentences)
Thursday: read pages 38-49 (reading guide)
Friday: voc. test #14
read pages 50-67 (5 Q&A)
March 11-15, 2019
Monday: spiral evaluation III
Benchmark review
Parent-teacher conferences 3:30-9:00 p.m.
Tuesday: Benchmark III reading test
Wednesday: Complete Benchmark reading test
Thursday: 6th grade AR parties/ morning
Go over benchmark test results
Friday: NO SCHOOL (HAVE A SUPER SPRING BREAK!)
March 4-8, 2019
Monday: Prepare posters for novel project
Tuesday: complete posters/ rehearse presentations
Wednesday: Present novel projects
Share posters/deliver significant scene presentations
Thursday: Post-test/novel follow-up
Friday: Benchmark III review
Skills review
Feb. 25-March 1, 2019
Monday: Complete novel (pages 218-234)
Tuesday: AR test over the novel
Roll of thunder crossword
Wednesday: Morning classes: assembly at the PAC
Afternoon classes: cubing lit. exercise
Thursday: Introduce cumulative novel project
Friday: AR Deadline for 3rd nine weeks
Continue working on novel poster project
Feb.18-22, 2019
Monday: No School/Staff Development Day
Tuesday: Read pages 184-194/reading guide
Wednesday: Read pages 194-209 (discuss plot structure/details)
Thursday: Read pages 210-217 (Introduce literature circles)
Friday: Literature circles in assigned groups
Feb.11-15, 2019
Monday: voc. #13: insolently, patronize, reprimand, vanity, caress, compassion, crescendo, despicable, muffle, premature
read pages 110-118 (record three telling quotes)
Tuesday: Read pages 119-134 (4 Q&A)
Wednesday: Read pages 134-144 (chapter illus., favorite sentence, chapter summary template)
Thursday: Read pages 145-164 (ch. 8 quiz)
Friday: voc. test #13
Read pages 165-183 (discuss)
Feb. 4-8, 2019
Monday: Root: Cord/Cardi = heart voc. #12 includes the words in the 3rd column of glossary provided last week: aloofness, audible, awestruck, candidly, condone, denote, disclose, dumbfounded, falter, feign (all roots will be included on voc. test #12)
Complete ch. 3 through page 58 (quiz)
Tuesday: Read ch. 4 pgs. 59-67 (reading guide)
Wednesday: Read pgs. 68-86 (5 Q&A)
Thursday: Read pgs. 87-98 (ch. 5 quiz)
Friday: voc. test #12
Read pgs. 99-110 (reading guide)
January 28-February 1, 2019
Monday: ACT Aspire reading test (computer lab)
Tuesday: voc. list #11 roots we have already studied
words: caravan, amiably, skittish, resiliency, oblivious, offensive, precariously, radical, formidable, indignant
Begin ch. 1 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
pgs. 3-16 (discuss characterization)
Wednesday: complete ch. 1 pgs. 17-27/quiz ch.1
Thursday: ch. 2 pgs. 28-35/reading guide
Friday: voc. test #11
Begin ch. 3 pgs. 36-50
January 21-25, 2019
Monday: No School (Staff Dev. Day)
Tuesday: Collection 5 skills review pgs.524-533
Wednesday: “The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln” pg. 544/ quiz
Thursday: “The Gold Cadillac” pg. 316 (Complete all prediction questions noted in text)
Friday: AR test over “The Gold Cadillac”
“Separate but Never Equal” pg.331-334
January 14-18, 2019
Monday: voc. #10: new roots: cide = to kill, cise = to cut
incisor, incision, genocide, pesticide, homicide, internal conflict, external conflict, omniscient point of view, plot, novel
Read Arachne pg. 642 (Pearson text) quiz
Tuesday: Assign group mythology skits: The Trojan Horse, Persephone & Hades, Perseus & Medusa, Midas & the Golden Touch
read the short stories together as a class, groups will then practice scripts
Wednesday: First half of class: practice staging & rehearsing scripts
Groups will perform their skits
Thursday: Read “A Glory Over Everything” pg. 468/ quiz
Friday: voc. test #10, “All Aboard with Thomas Garrett” pg. 483
January 7-11, 2019
Monday: AR Reading Day/ Make up Benchmarks
Tuesday: voc. #9
Roots: aud = hear/listen, auto = self, bio = life, chrom = color, chron = time
myth, audible, auditorium, autobiography, autograph, biography, biology, chromosome, chronological, synchronize
Read “Baucis & Philemon” pg. 257/quiz
Wednesday: notes over mythology: 1. supernatural characters/events, 2. reward/punishment 3. explains the origin of something 4. moral lesson 5. transformations occur Read Icarus & Daedlus (compare to Baucis & Philemon)
Thursday: Read “Medusa’s Head” pg. 353, reading check pg. 364
Friday: voc. test #9, read “Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head” pg. 360 quiz
Dec. 17-21, 2018
Monday: Benchmark test review (Go over half of terms...test practice pg. 114-119)
Tuesday: Complete benchmark test review
Wednesday: Reading BENCHMARK TEST
Thursday: Reading BENCHMARK TEST
Friday: Spiral evaluation, go over benchmark test results
Dec. 10-14, 2018
Monday: voc. #8 roots: ali= other, alt = high, anni, annu, enni = year, aster/astr= star
alien, alibi, alias, altitude, anniversray, annual, centennial, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy
Thank you notes
Tuesday: “What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything?” pg. 556
inference questions
Wednesday: Notes over plot diagram
group writing assignment with yesterday’s story/quiz
Thursday: Persuasian techniques pg. 724-729
Friday: voc. test #8
group commercial ads
Dec. 3-7, 2018
Monday: Students will practice group poem in classroom
Tuesday: Students will practice individual poems in classroom
Wednesday: Students will practice in library
Thursday: Final rehearsal in library
Friday: 6TH GRADE POETRY FESTIVAL!
Nov. 26-30, 2018
Monday: Send home parent letters explaining poetry festival slated for DECEMBER 7th
Read “Author’s Note” pg. 255-262 (complete handout)
Read Q&A interview with the author in “AFTERWORDS”
Tuesday: Read “The Circuit” pg. 60 (Pearson text)
quiz over selection
Wednesday: write drafts of phone #/address poems/take pics for banners
Thursday: final drafts/decorations for festival
Friday: assign individual poems...sign up for refreshments
Nov. 19-20
Monday: Read pgs. pgs. 234-247 (reading guide)
Tuesday: Read pgs. 247-253
AR TEST over ESPERANZA RISING
HAVE A BLESSED THANKSGIVING!
Nov. 12-16, 2018
Monday: Read pgs. 158-178 (reading guide)
Tuesday: make-up Monday’s missed work
hours 1&2 (reading fluency teams)
Read pgs. 158-178 (reading guide)
Wednesday: REad pgs 179-198 (quiz)
Thursday: Read pgs. 199-213 (reading guide)
Friday: Read pages 214-233 (5Q&A)
Nov. 5-9, 2018
Monday: voc. list #7: makeshift, tinged, propelled, immunized, taut, regal, susceptible, encrusted, deportation, devoutly
Read pgs. 72-80 (silently) Students will answer questions from Friday’s reading and complete the questions on the test over pages 58-80. (Open book)
Tuesday: Read pages 81-99 (aloud) Give oral quiz following reading assignment
Wednesday: Read pages 100-120 (illustration blocks)
Thursday: Read pages 121-138 (complete template for illustration, sentence, and summary)
Friday: voc. test #7
Read pages 139-157 (quiz)
Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2018
Monday: voc. list #6: arbors, tendril, reaping, premonition, serenaded, massive, capricious, forlorn, anguish, methodically
Spiral Evaluation/ go over answers for the ACT classroom tests
anticipation guide
Tuesday: read pgs. 1-22 (quiz)
Wednesday: read pgs. 23-38 (quiz)
Thursday: read pgs. 39-57 (5 Q&A)
Friday: voc test #6
read pages 58-72 (reading guide)
read pgs. 72-80 (quiz over pages 58-80)
Oct. 22-26, 2018
ALL PARENT LETTERS/BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE BACK! THESE MUST BE RETURNED WHETHER A BOOK IS ORDERED OR NOT!
Monday: Final Draft Day: Complete final 2 poems in collection, work on illustrations
Tuesday: Work on Cover Design, Title Page, and Dedication Page
Wednesday: FINAL final draft day
Thursday: ACT Aspire Classroom tests #1, 2, 3 (Poetry Book Mail in deadline!)
Friday: No School: Staff Development Day
Oct. 15-19, 2018
Monday: Final Draft Day
Tuesday: If You Really Knew Me poems
Wednesday: Author Acrostics
Thursday & Friday: HAVE A WONDERFUL FALL BREAK! (PARENT LETTERS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, OCT. 22)
Oct. 8-12, 2018
Monday: Read/discuss models of odes
Select a person/place as the subject of an ode
Tuesday: Examine models of limericks, paying attention to the rhyme scheme (aabba) and syllable count in lines 1,2,5 = 8 syllables, lines 3-4 = 5 syllables
Wednesday: read/discuss models of “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” poems. Students will brainstorm favorite pasttimes of the past, the present, and what they anticipate for the future to complete this poem
Thursday: read/discuss student models of “There’s a __________ inside me” poems. Students will brainstorm traits of their chosen subject to develop an extended metaphor about themselves
Friday: FINAL DRAFT DAY
Oct. 1-5, 2018
Monday: voc. #5: haiku, alliteration, cinquain, personification, onomatopoeia, imagery, rhyme, ode, limerick
write 2 contrasting haiku: (summer/winter, elephant/ant, desert/ocean, etc.)
Tuesday: write color poems
Wednesday: write 5 senses season cinqains
Thursday: write a place poem (The best place to write a poem...the worst place to write a poem)
Friday: voc. test #5
FINAL DRAFT DAY
Sept. 24-28, 2018
Monday: voc.#4 (simile, metaphor)
Write one statement completing the line “Poetry is...” (These lines will be put together to form a class collaborative poem)
Students will write 3 descriptive sentences in their composition notebooks using similes/metaphors.
Tuesday: Read model poem “Poetry Rides the Bus” as an example of a personification poem
Brainstorm positive/negative abstract nouns: (joy, misery, determination, frustration, etc.)
Students will select a subject from their brainstorming list to create an original personification poem (minimum 12 lines)
Wednesday: Read models of prep. phrase poems
Students will write original prep. phrase poems with a minimum of 5 prep. phrases included
Thursday: Read Lucille Clifton’s “The 1st” as a model of a memory poem
Students will select a memory of their own to draft an original memory poem (minimum 8 lines)
Friday: voc test #4
FINAL DRAFT DAY (Students will prepare final drafts of poems composed this week in their packets)
Sept. 17-21, 2018
Monday: Parent-Teacher conferences (12-7)
Tuesday: Begin film version of the novel
(note 5 differences between film/novel)
Wednesday: Continue film
(note 5 similarities between film/novel)
Thursday: ACT ASPIRE INTERIM TEST 1 (computer lab 109)
Friday: Complete film
pyramid activity
Sept. 10-14, 2018
Monday: voc. #3 = gruel, stabilized, toxic, prodigy, illiterate, furrowed, trussed, precaution, bloated, abduction
Read pgs. 115-121 (following reading assignment, review Freak’s dictionary at back of novel)
Tuesday: Read pgs. 122-134 (quiz)
Wednesday: Read pgs 135-146 (reading guide)
Thursday: Read pages 147-160 … discuss themes (life lessons) that are evident in the novel. Take notes over these:
Isolation: Hiding from problems won’t solve them.
Appearances: Appearances can be deceiving
Family: Who your parents are does not determine who you are.
Friendship: A true friend is a gift to treasure.
Memory: Writing about memories can bring healing.
Change: Life is all about change.
Friday: voc. test #3
AR test over novel
In composition notebook, select one of the themes from notes and cite evidence from the novel to show how this theme can be supported.
Sept. 3-7. 2018
Monday: NO SCHOOL (Labor Day)
Tuesday: read ch. 11 (reading guide)
Wednesday: read pgs. 72-87 (5 Q&A)
Thursday: read pgs. 88-99 (select significant sentences)
Friday: read pgs. 100-114 (reading guide)
August 27-31, 2018
Monday: voc. #2 (methods of characterization: direct, indirect)
ASATOD = appearance, speech, actions, thoughts, other’s opinions, direct characterization Freak the Mighty anticipation guide
Tuesday: Begin Freak the Mighty: read ch 1-3/quiz
Wednesday: read ch. 4-5/ reading guide
Thursday: read ch. 6-8/quiz
Friday: voc. test #2
read ch. 9-10 (illus. blocks)
August 20-24, 2018
Monday: voc. list #1 (life principle words)
Begin 20 questions group activity (textbook scavenger hunt)
Tuesday: complete 20 questions qroup activity...go over answers...share descriptive paragraphs
Wednesday: Read “Eleven” pg. 574 (Holt text) quiz
Thursday: Discuss character traits/life principle connections of characters in story (group)
Brainstorm positive/negative clothing memories
Friday: voc. test #1
write clothing narratives in composition notebooks
Aug. 15-17, 2018
Wednesday: class policy
Thursday: goal letters
Friday: supplies/10 unique traits