All students will be working towards grade level TEKS according to their IEPs.

Classes will continue reading/listening to Number the Stars. Students will chart plot, conflicts, and character development.

All students will be working towards grade level TEKS according to their IEPs.

Monday – Apply reading strategies on teacher selected stories.

Tuesday – STAAR testing: 8th grade, Social Studies, 7th and 6th grade, Math

Wednesday – STAAR testing: 8th grade, Science, 7th and 6th grade, Reading

Thursday – Begin the novel Number the Stars -Intro to background, listen/read chapters 1&2

Friday – Listen/read chapters 3&4, begin filling out plot chart

Monday – Cause and Effect – KAMICO pg. 216

Tuesday – Drawing Inferences – KAMICO pg. 344

Wednesday – Compare/Contrast – KAMICO pg. 408

Thursday – Theme – Folk tales

Friday  – Off – Good Friday

I will be reviewing literature elements and strategies this week.

Monday – Analogies – activity from KAMICO pg. 30

Tuesday – Summary – KAMICO activity pg. 130

Wednesday – Character – KAMICO activity pg. 160

Thursday – Plot – KAMICO activity pg. 175

Friday is a clean up day to finish incomplete work.

All students will be working towards grade level TEKS according to their IEPs.

This week the students will be taking a writing benchmark. 7th grade will take the benchmark on two, half- days. 6th & 8th grade will have one, half-day of benchmarking. The tests days are still to be determined.

English

Contractions

Homonyms

Reading

Students will read selected stories and answer comprehension questions in their guided reading group.

Students will be working towards grade level TEKS according to their IEPs.

Students will begin a novel unit which will last for two weeks. The 6th & 7th grade will read Alistare Owl, the 8th grade will read The Giver.

6th & 7th grade – Genre – Fiction – Read/Listen to chapters 1-5, begin characterization chart, graph plot chart,and infer the mood through the use of figurative language.

8th grade – Genre – Science Fiction/Fantasy – Read/listen to chapters 1-11, Vocabulary and Concepts: theme, motif, symbols – Students will recognize the importance of memory, relationship between pain and pleasure, and the importance of the individual. Students will chart and explain the characters personality traits and development throughout the novel.

Monday – Students will watch the first half of the movie, Holes. The students will take notes onto a venn diagram to compare and contrast the novel to the movie.

Tuesday – Students will watch the second half of the movie, Holes. The students will take notes onto a venn diagram to compare and contrast the novel to the movie.

Wednesday – Early release day. Class time will be adjusted for the shorter day. The class will analyze the elements of plot onto a plot graph.

Thursday – Class will work together to complete a Cause and Effect T-chart, citing examples from the novel.

Friday – Discuss and define Flashback. Class will cite examples of flashbacks used in the movie/novel, explaining the reasons why the author used the technique.

All classes have really been enjoying the novel, Holes. Last week the students analyzed the characters in the novel by comparing and contrasting their traits onto a venn diagram and T-chart. This week we will focus on conflicts and plot development.

Monday – Read/listen chapters 21-26

Tuesday- Read/listen chapters 27-31

Wednesday – Read/listen chapters 32-36

Thursday – Read/listen chapters 37-41

Friday – Students will complete plot charts and answer comprehension questions

All classes will begin studying the novel, Holes, by Louis Sachar. This week students will focus on characterization and the effects setting has on influencing the characters development.

Monday – Listen/read chapters 1-3. Using a T chart, the students will diagram the major characters physical and personality traits. Students will build upon the chart as they progress through the novel.

Tuesday – Listen/read chapters 4-7. Point of View  – First and third person

ELA – Pronouns – first and third person

Wednesday – Listen/ read chapters 8-11,  Influence of setting on characters

Thursday – Listen/read chapters 12-15,   Conflict : Internal and External

Using a web, students will diagram examples of characters internal and external conflicts.

Friday – Students will complete a venn diagram comparing two characters.