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 towards grade level TEKS according to their IEPs.

Reading – Students will read aloud to the teacher selected stories. The students will answer comprehension questions.

Friday – Running records

English – Writing workshop – Personal Narrative

Monday – Students will select topic from writing prompt list and begin brainstorming ideas.

Tuesday – Using a graphic organizer, the students will begin their rough draft. Students will conference with teacher.

Wednesday – Students will revise and edit rough draft. Conferences will continue.

Thursday – Students will begin to type their personal narrative into Google docs.

Friday – Students will complete their personal narrative.

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 their grade level TEKS according to their IEPs.

Reading

Monday-Friday

Students will read to the teacher the selected story of the week and answer the comprehension questions.

English

Monday

Lesson 4 cont’d. from Powerful Writing Strategies

Review mnemonic WWW What=2 How=2

Given a picture as a writing prompt, the students will pick their idea, organize their thoughts by writing the 7 story parts on a graphic organizer, begin writing story.

Tuesday

7th grade –  editing packet

6th + 8th grade – expand sentences in story

Wednesday

7th grade – editing packet

6th + 8th grade- Students will analyze their story for completeness of 7 story parts, graph onto rocket.

Thursday

Root words and affixes

Friday – Early release day

LA games

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 their grade level TEKS according to their IEPs.

Reading

Students will read to the teacher the selected story of the week and answer the comprehension questions.

Spelling words

Prefixes and Suffixes

English

Monday

Lesson 4 from Powerful Writing Strategies – Review mnemonic WWW What=2 How=2

Tuesday

Apply organizational strategies by using the graphic organizer with the writing prompt.

Wednesday

Write story and edit

Thursday

Type story

Friday

Spelling test

Running records

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.

Monday

Students will add definition of Character and Characterization to Lit. of Elements book

Read/Listen to The Cay

6th grade – Students will draw or give written description of one of the main characters from The Cay.

7th and 8th grade – Student will write a descriptive paragraph about one of the main characters from The Cay.

English

6th – complete character description

7th- write concluding paragraph for slide presentation

8th- finish gathering research for slide presentation, begin writing concluding paragraph

Tuesday

Add definition for Setting in Lit. of Elements book.

Read/Listen to The Cay

Complete Setting chart

Quiz on chapters 5-7

English

6th – Draw or give written description of the raft scene, of characters living on the cay.

7th and 8th grade will work on cite page for slide presentation

Wednesday

Read/Listen to The Cay

Quiz

Complete Venn diagram of how the character Philip has changed from living in Curacao to living on the cay.

English

7th and 8th grade – Complete slide presentation

Thursday

Read/listen to The Cay (should be about finished with the novel)

Students  will write a daily journal entry based on Philip or Timothy’s first person point of view of living on the cay.

7th grade will meet in the Computer Lab at 2:00 to learn how to post their slide presentation on their blog.

Friday

Complete The Cay

If all classes are finished with the novel they will have a test  on The Cay, then write an alternative ending to The Cay.

 

 

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.

Reading

Monday – Thursday

Students will read selected stories and answer comprehension questions.

Friday – Running records

English

Monday – Friday

Figurative language devices – similes and metaphors

We will read simile poems and discuss the attributes of the poems, the students will practice writing similes and by weeks end, write and illustrate a simile poem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading

The students will be taking reading benchmarks this week. We will be completing a story a day.

 English – Persuasive letter

Fact from opinion

Brainstorm ideas

Arranging reasons in importance – most to least important

Rough draft

Edit, final copy

 

 

 

greetings and closing

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

Reading

Spelling pre-test

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Students will read to the teacher the selected stories. This week the student will recall the important details from the story and organize them onto a summary star. After organizing the details, the student will work on an oral retelling of the passage.

Tuesday, Thursday Figurative Language -Alliteration

Teacher will give definition of alliteration and read examples from poetry books. Students will make up their own tongue twisters.

Teacher will show drawings of student’s work illustrating an alliteration which contains a noun, verb, and adjective. The students will select an alliteration and illustrate.

English

Students will write a personal narrative paragraph using the WWW W=2 How=2 chart to organize their writing.

 

 

 

Reading

Students will read aloud with the teacher selected stories based on their individual reading levels.

Students will predicate outcomes  by writing responses to the following questions:

“What would happens if…?”

“Judge the effects…?”

“Tell how much change there would be…”

English

Mon., Wed., Fri. – Lessons 3-4 from “Powerful Writing Strategies”

Tues. and Thurs. – Idioms

Students will select  figures of speech and create an illustration of their chosen idiom(s).