Upcoming Events:
Thursday, October 6th: Schilling Showdown

Fall break is October 10th-14th! No School! Have a safe and restful fall break!

Weekly Agenda:
This week we will review "Jackie Robinson-Justice at Last" (including a Brain Pop). The students will receive text dependent questions and a study guide will be provided. Students need to use the login code provided by their language arts teachers to access the text. It is in the Literature Book.

The test on "Jackie Robinson-Justice at Last" will be scheduled after fall break. Students will begin the essay on "Jackie Robinson-Justice at Last”. We will continue working on the essay after fall break.

Have a great weekend!

Monday, September 26th
Review Punctuating Quotations
HW None
Tuesday, September 27th
We will practice writing thesis statements using the Louis Braille prompt.
HW None
Wednesday, September 28th
Begin a close read and text dependent questions on "Jackie Robinson-Justice at Last”.
HW None
Thursday, September 29th
Jackie Robinson Continued
HW None
Friday, September 30th
Jackie Robinson Writing
HW None

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, September 19th
Begin a close read of “Louis Braille” by Noah Remnick
No HW
Tuesday, September 20th
Louis Braille continued
No HW
Wednesday, September 21st
Louis Braille Questions
No HW
Thursday, September 22nd – Writing
No HW
Friday, September 23rd
Scope Magazine
No HW

Parents and Students,

Monday, September 12
John Brown Anti Slavery Raid Questions
HW None
Tuesday, September 13
Complete TIDE Organizer for John Brown
HW None
Wednesday, September 14
John Brown essay
HW None
Thursday, September 15
Writing a good conclusion for an essay
HW None
Friday, September 16th
Teacher Inservice
No School for students
HW None

Have a great weekend!

Monday, September 5th – Labor Day Holiday No School
Tuesday, September 6th
Topic Sentences & Supporting Details
HW Review Notes
Wednesday, September 7th – Topic Sentences & Supporting Details Review & CFA Quiz
HW None
Thursday, September 8th –
Begin John Brown’s Closed Reading
HW None
Friday, September 9th –John Brown Writing
HW None

Supplies are getting low. Please make sure students have pencils and highlighters.

Have a great week.

Monday, August 29th
BrainPop
Parts of Speech
Picture Day
HW None
Tuesday, August 30th
Pull Apart A Prompt (Deconstructing the Prompt)
HW Bring in research to share on the harmful effects of smoking
Wednesday, August 31st
How to create a topic sentences with supporting detail
HW None
Thursday, September 1st
How to organize an essay
HW None
Friday, September 2nd
Writing – Rough Draft
HW

Have a great weekend.

Writing Weekly Agenda
Monday, August 22nd – Sentence Patterns
Prepositional Phrases
HW Review Notes Test Friday
Tuesday, August 23rd – Quiz on Prepositions (Students received list on 8/19)
HW Review Notes Test Friday
Wednesday, Reviewing All Sentence Patterns
HW Study Notes
Thursday, August 24th – Review for Test & Writing
HW Study for Sentence Patterns Test
Friday, August 25th – Test on Sentence Patterns
HW None

Monday, August 15th - I Am Poem - Students may type at home or students may type in computer lab on Monday.

HW Complete I Am Poem

Tuesday, August 16th - I Am Poem due today!

HW None

Wednesday, August 17th - Homeless to Harvard (paired text) with character/biography compare/contrast organizer

Thursday, August 18th - Students will complete a writing sample that will go in their portfolio.

HW None

Friday, August 19th - Complete writing assignment

HW None

 

 

 

Monday, August 8th-12th

Getting to know you activities

Procedures