WEATHERFORD
Middle School
Middle School
6th
Grade
Reading
May 20-22, 2019
Monday: AM...Talent Show at PAC
PM...Dodgeball practice in gym/ Benchmark make-up tests
Tuesday: Fun Day in gym (Dodgeball tournament, gaming competitions, Jenga tournament, etc.)
Benchmark make-up tests
Wednesday: Teacher Check out
Have an incredible summer!
See you in August, 7th graders!!!
May13-17, 2019
Monday: READING BENCHMARK IV
Tuesday: Complete READING BENCHMARK IV
Wednesday: Field Trip to Science Museum
Thursday: spiral evaluations
Begin “The Hitchhiker” pg. 87
Friday: Complete “The Hitchhiker” pg. 87-102
May 6-10, 2019
Monday: Read pages 112-145
Tuesday: Read pages 146-166
Wednesday: AR tests over Max the Mighty
Illustrations using character descriptions
Thursday: Review for reading benchmarks
Friday: AM Classes: Musical
Noon: AR reading reward students to movie
Benchmark practice pgs. 212-215; 410-413; 676-679
April 29-May 3, 2019
The final novel study for 6th grade is the sequel to Freak the Mighty that the students read at the beginning of the year. In order to finish Max the Mighty before the AR deadline on May 8th, most of our classwork will involve reading and discussing with less time devoted to written work. The AR test grade will be the cumulative grade for the novel. Discussion will center upon the elements of plot with an emphasis on characterization.
Monday: Read pages 1-31
Tuesday: Read pages 32-58
Wednesday: Read pages 59-82
Thursday: Read pages 83-111
Friday: NO SCHOOL
April 22-26, 2019
(ACT Aspire testing will occur throughout the week: Tuesday – English; Wednesday – math; Thursday – reading; Friday – science; Monday, April 29 – writing) Assignments for classes that will be meeting at their regular assigned times are listed below:
Monday: Read “The Bracelet” pg. 149 quiz
Tuesday: Read “Ta-Na-E-Ka” pg. 135-141 Holt text (answer all text box questions)
Wed: Read “All Summer In a Day” pg.41 (quiz)
Thursday: Read informational text link to “All Summer In a Day” pg 53-60
Friday: Read “The Hitchhiker” pg. 87-102
April 15-19, 2019
Monday: Read pages 196-206 (reading guide)
Tuesday: Read pages 207-214
Novel discussion/ closure/ relevant themes
Wednesday: pgs. 215-224 (author’s note)
AR test over novel
Thursday: Read “Wartime Mistakes and Peacetime Apologies” pg. 159-164 (Holt text) Complete note cards and test practice p. 164
quiz
Friday: No School (Good Friday) . HAVE A JOYOUS EASTER!
April 8-12, 2019
Monday: Read pages 135-145 (reading guide)
Tuesday: STATE MATH TEST (morning classes)
novel related activity (afternoon)
Wednesday: Read pages 146-162 (4 Q&A)
Thursday: Read pages 163-182 (discuss plot and character development)
Friday: Read pages 183-195 (open book quiz with elbow partner)
April 1-5, 2019
Monday: read pages 68-75 (reading guide) BONUS vocab. (Students will select and look up definitions for their chosen words)
Tuesday: Read pages 76-97 (main events)
Wednesday: Read pages 98-112 (reading guide)
Thursday: Read pages 113-134 (illus. blocks)
Friday: ELA STATE TEST (MORNING CLASSES)
vocabulary activity: afternoon classes
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