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 – 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.

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

Reading

All classes will begin the novel, The Cay, by Theodore Taylor.  All classes will record notes on the story characters, setting, point of view, conflicts,  theme, and events during the course of the novel onto a graphic organizer.

Monday

I will introduce the novel and the vocabulary prejudice and discrimination. The students will look up the meanings in a dictionary and write the meaning into their own words. Students will listen to chapters 1-3.  Students will chart plot elements onto graphic organizer.

Tuesday

Listen to chapters 4-6. students will chart plot elements onto graphic organizer. Students will answer questions to chapters 1-6.

Wednesday – Early Release Day
Listen to chapters 7-9. Chart plot elements, and answer questions to the chapters.

Thursday

Listen to chapters 10-13, chart plot elements, and answer questions.

Friday

The students will record the important details that they have learned about Philip and Timothy using the active reading chart.

English

Monday

Students will gather research data to support their position on the persuasive paragraph.

Tuesday

Students will begin typing their slide presentation.

Thursday

Mrs. Kindig out – Will have a sub.

Grammar – Comma usage

Friday

Students will import images onto their slide presentation.

 

 

 

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

 

Monday – Holiday

Tuesday – Friday

The students will read aloud their selected stories, demonstrate reading strategies to locate answers in the reading, and answer the story comprehension questions.

 

English – Figurative Language Test, February 20
We will finish the Figurative Language study will the last two devices of Rhyme and Metaphor.

Tuesday – Friday – The writing project will probably take two weeks to complete.

6th grade – The students will be working on their Social Studies project of comparing the ancient civilizations of the Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs. They will  select and compile information from the Internet and printed sources. They will type the information onto their blog pages.

 

7th Grade – The students will begin an expository paper on an environmental issue. The students have selected their topic and will select and compile information from the internet and printed sources. They will type the information onto their blog pages. Students will chose the format of final product: report with poster, report with drawing, slide show, or power point presentation.

8th Grade – same as 7th grade assignment.

The classes will begin working on the semester project of Christmas Around the World. I will provide internet sites focusing on five countries. The students this week will gather data from the internet, organize their data using  an outline, begin writing their rough draft.  I expect to spend about a week and a half on the project. The culminating activity will be a presentation of their report using a visual aide.

 

English – Focus on Verbs

Monday – Present tense

Tuesday – Past tense

Wednesday – Past tense W/ ied

Thursday – Helping verbs

Friday- Irregular verbs