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.

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

Reading – Monday – Tuesday

Students will read aloud teacher selected stories and answer comprehension questions.

English – Commas in a Series – Yellow book pgs. 274 & 275, Green book pgs. 286 & 287,

Combining Sentences – FANBOYS words, Green book pgs. 32 & 33

Wednesday – Friday – Students will conduct an investigation and gather information to support the view, “What Was the First Thanksgiving Really Like?”

• Students will be given three web sites to distinguish facts from myths

• Students will compare facts/myths using a web
• Students will write their findings into a paragraph
• Students will present their findings to a student/teacher panel

 

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

Reading – Students will read teacher selected stories and answer comprehension questions.

Friday – Running records

 

English –  Alphabetizing and Dictionary Skills

Monday – Alphabetizing to the 3rd or 4th letter

Tuesday – Dictionary – Using guide words

Wednesday – Dictionary skills

6th & 7th grade -page 125

8th grade – page 122

Thursday – Homophones

Friday – Homophones

This week 6th,7th,and 8th grade classes will be taking the Reading and English Universal Screener. The measurement tool will be the BRIDGE. I have planned to utilize 4 days to complete the two screeners.  There will also be a 6 week test covering Prefixes, Suffixes, and past tense verbs. I will have a review on Monday and Tuesday. The test will be on Thursday.

 

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

Reading –  6th and 7th grader will read teacher selected stories and answer comprehension questions.

8th grade – read “Just Once” from Literature book. Students will provide support of their understanding of the main characters internal/external conflict.

English

Monday -Continue with Suffixes.

Tuesday – Present tense verbs

Wednesday – Past tense verbs with  -ed

Thursday – Past tense verbs with -ed, -ied

Friday – Irregular verbs

 

Grading:  Please be aware that the posting of your child(s) grades will vary according to the subject area ranging from three (3) days to two (2) weeks determined by the complexity of the assignments. Minor assignments: 1-3 days: Major assignments: (3-5) days. Major writing assignments, major projects: 10 days. Please check your child’s teacher website for additional information.

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

Reading

Spelling pretest

Students will read aloud teacher selected stories and answer comprehension questions.

This week students will study prefixes, suffixes, and root words.

Friday – spelling test and running records

Writing

The classes have enjoyed researching facts about guinea pigs. You may have heard quite a few interesting facts about guinea pigs from your student. The kids loved  sharing the facts with the class. This week the students will write a rough draft, revise, edit, and write a final copy of their paragragh.

 

Grading:  Please be aware that the posting of your child(s) grades will vary according to the subject area ranging from three (3) days to two (2) weeks determined by the complexity of the assignments. Minor assignments: 1-3 days: Major assignments: (3-5) days. Major writing assignments, major projects: 10 days. Please check your child’s teacher website for additional information.

 

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

 

Reading

Yea!! The students have completed their reading assessments!! Reading groups can now commence.

Monday-Thursday

Students will read aloud teacher selected stories and answer comprehension questions.

Students will have a spelling pre-test.

Friday – Running records, spelling test, play group L.A. game

 

Writing – Expository

Students will use library books and internet sites to gather information on the topic – Guinea Pigs. Students will select and organize their information onto a graphic organizer. Using the organizer, students will write one to two paragraphs using descriptive sensory language. Students will share interesting facts to classmates.

 

 

Grading:  Please be aware that the posting of your child(s) grades will vary according to the subject area ranging from three (3) days to two (2) weeks determined by the complexity of the assignments. Minor assignments: 1-3 days: Major assignments: (3-5) days. Major writing assignments, major projects: 10 days. Please check your child’s teacher website for additional information.

 

Students will be working toward grade level TEKS according to their IEPs

Monday – Memorial Day

Reading

Students will review for finals by reading selected stories for plot elements, comprehension, and story sequencing.

Wednesday – Awards Assembly 8:10-9:30

8th grd Reading final

Thursday – Finals

Friday – Finals

English

Tuesday – Capitalization pgs. 262-265 and Abbreviations pg. 266 and pg 69

Thursday – Finals

Friday – Finals