Daily schedule & assignments
Trimester 1
Week 1
8/23-25/17 : Ice breakers, Course intro., syllabus, rules Homework: parent signature Shaffer's Rules
Week 2
8/28-9/1/17 : Daily Lang. Review, Proofreading Marks, Writing Workshop Homework: SSR book/Study
for DLR quiz
Week 3
9/5/17 : DLR, Parts of speech Homework: Parts of speech worksheet
9/6/17 : T-chart paragraph writing Homework: Goals sheet
9/7/17 : Rough draft paragraph writing Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/8/17 : DLR quiz #2, Rough, Revise, Edit paragraph writing
Week 4
9/11/17: DLR, Final draft paragraph writing
9/12/17: cont. paragraph writing, Homework: Favorite book, author, & picture
9/13/17: cont. paragraph writing
9/14/17: cont. paragraph writing, Writing workshop Homework: Study for DLR
9/15/17: DLR quiz #3
Week 5
9/18/17: DLR, Unit 1 Childhood: "Wagon Train at Dusk"
9/19/17: "Brown Girl Dreaming"
9/20/17: cont. "Brown Girl Dreaming" Homework: Study for DLR quiz; Vocabulary Sentences
9/21/17: No School
9/22/17: DLR quiz #4, cont. "Brown Girl Dreaming"
Week 6
9/25/17: DLR, cont. Brown Girl Dreaming Homework: Study Vocab. Words (quiz 9/27)
9/26/17: cont. "Brown Girl Dreaming" Homework; Study Vocab. words
9/27/17: Vocabulary Quiz, cont. "Brown Girl Dreaming"
9/28/17: Test "Brown Girl Dreaming", writing workshop Homework: Study for DLR quiz
9/29/17: DLR quiz #5, writing workshop
Week 7
10/2/17: DLR, Calvin and Hobbs
10/3/17: cont. Calvin and Hobbs
10/4/17: cont. Calvin and Hobbs comic strip Homework: Comic Strip Idea
10/5/17: comic strip Homework: Study for DLR quiz
10/6/17: DLR quiz, comic strip
Week 8
10/9/17: DLR, Personal Narrative Homework: Comic Strip (due Wed.)
10/10/17: personal narrative, comic strip Homework: Comic strip
10/11/17: personal narrative
10/12/17: personal narrative Homework: Study for DLR quiz
10/13/17: DLR quiz, personal narrative rough draft
Week 9
10/16/17: DLR, narrative rough draft, revision, editing
10/17/17: narrative revision, editing
10/18/17: narrative revision, editing, final
10/19/17: "The War Orphan Who Became a Ballerina" Homework:Vocabulary Sentences, Study for DLR
10/20/17: DLR quiz, "The War Orphan Who Became a Ballerina"
Week 10
10/23/17: DLR, narrative writing, "The War Orphan"
10/24/17: "Bad Boy", narrative writing Homework: Vocabulary Sentences
10/25/17: "Bad Boy", narrative writing Homework: Study Vocabulary
10/26/17: Vocabulary quiz, narrative writing Homework: Study for DLR quiz
10/27/17: DLR quiz, Writing Workshop, Wonder intro.
Week 11
10/30/17: Daily Writing Prompt, Wonder pg. 3=5
10/31/17: Wonder pg. 5-12
11/1/17: Wonder pg. 6-20 Homework: Vocabulary Sentences
11/2/17: Wonder pg. 21-23, questions
11/3/17: Writing prompt, Wonder pg. 24-30
Week 12
11/6/17 Daily Writing Prompt, Wonder pg. 31-36 Homework: Vocabulary sentences, Study vocab.
11/7/17 Wonder pg. 37-42 Homework: Study for vocabulary quiz
11/8/17 Vocabulary quiz, Wonder pg. 43-48
11/9/17 Writing prompt, Wonder pg. 49-52
11/10/17 No School - Veteran's Day!
Week 13
11/13/17 Daily Writing Prompt, Wonder pg. 53-58 Homework: Vocabulary Sentences, Study vocab.
11/14/17 Wonder pg. 59-67 Homework: Study vocabulary
11/15/17 Vocabulary quiz, Wonder pg 68-72
11/16/17 Wonder pg. 73-80, Wonder Test - Auggie
11/17/17 5K Run
Trimester 2
Week 14
11/20/17 Wonder review Auggie, vocabulary, pg. 81-84
11/21/17 Wonder pg. 85-89
11/22-24/17 No School ; BE THANKFUL!!!
Week 15
11/27/17 Wonder pg. 90-94 Homework: Vocabulary sentences (Via)
11/28/17 Wonder Writing Prompt; pg. 94-96 Homework: Study Vocabulary (quiz on Thurs.)
11/29/17 Wonder pg. 96-102, Wonder Writing Prompt; Homework: Study Vocabulary
11/30/17 Wonder Vocabulary test, Wonder pg. 103-113
12/1/17 Wonder pg. 114-118, Writing prompt Auggie
Week 16
12/4/17 Wonder pg. 119-123
12/5/17 Wonder Test - Via, writing prompt
12/6/17 No School
12/7/17 Wonder pg. 124-132 Homework: Vocabulary sentences
12/8/17 Wonder comp. questions, writing prompt final draft
Week 17
12/11/17 Wonder pg. 133-143 Homework: Study Vocabulary (quiz on Wed.)
12/12/17 Wonder pg. 144-150 Homework: study vocabulary
12/13/17 Vocabulary Quiz, Character paragraph Auggie final
12/14/17 Jack questions, Wonder pg. 151-154Homework: finish Jack quest.#15,16, Vocabulary definitions
12/15/17 Wonder pg. 155-169
Week 18
12/18/17 Wonder pg. 170-181 Homework: Vocabulary definitions, study for vocabulary quiz (on Wed.)
12/19/17 Wonder pg. 182-185, comp. questions Homework: Study for vocabulary quiz
12/20/17 Wonder Test - Jack, Vocabulary Quiz
12/21/17 Party time :)
12/22 - 1/7/18 No School! Have a safe and wonderful Winter Break! :)
Week 19
1/8/18 Winter paragraph, Wonder pg. 186-190 Homework: Reading log (due Fri.)
1/9/18 Winter paragraph, Wonder pg. 191-196 Homework: Reading log
1/10/18 Wonder pg. 197-204, comprehension questions Homework: Reading log
1/11/18 Wonder Test - Justin, Wonder pg. 205-206 Homework: Reading log, Vocabulary Sentences
1/12/18 Wonder pg. 207-213, Winter paragraph
Week 20
1/15/18 No School
1/16/18 Wonder pg. 214-225 Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.), study vocabulary (quiz Thurs.)
1/17/18 Wonder pg. 226-234 Homework: Reading Log, study vocabulary (quiz Thurs.)
1/18/18 Wonder Test - Justin, Vocabulary Quiz, Wonder pg. 235-240 Homework: Reading Log
1/19/18 Wonder pg. 241-246, Wonder Test - Miranda
Week 21
1/22/18 Pupil free day
1/23/18 Wonder pg. 247-260 Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
1/24/18 Writing prompt (Wonder character description) Wonder pg. 261-264 Homework: Reading Log
1/25/18 Writing prompt, Wonder pg. 265-270 Homework: Reading Log
1/26/18 Writing prompt, Wonder pg. 271-280
Week 22
1/29/18 Writing prompt (due Wed.), Wonder pg. 281-291 Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.), writing
prompt-Wonder Character description (googledocs)
1/30/18 Character description, Wonder pg. 292-298 Homework: Reading Log, Character descriptions
1/31/18 Wonder pg. 298-end of book! Homework: Reading Log, Vocabulary Sentences, study for
vocabulary test on Fri.
2/1/18 Wonder Test Homework: Reading Log, Study Vocabulary, Complete Wonder packet (questions)
2/2/18 Vocabulary Test, Wonder book report outline
Week 23
2/5/18 Wonder book report outline Homework: Reading Log (due Fri.)
2/6/18 Wonder book report Homework: Reading Log, Wonder Book report (due Fri.)
2/7/18 Wonder book report, Intro. Animal Allies Homework: Reading Log, Wonder Book report
2/8/18 Wonder book report, summary Reading Buddies Homework: Reading Log, Wonder Book report
2/9/18 Wonder book report final, summary Reading Buddies
Week 24
2/12/18 "My Life with the Chimpanzee" Homework: Reading Log
2/13/18 "My Life with the Chimpanzee" Homework: Reading Log, vocabulary sentences
2/14/18 "My Life with..." summary Homework: Reading Log, study vocabulary (quiz tomorrow)
2/15/18 Vocabulary quiz, "My Life with Chimp" Test
2/16/18 No School
Week 25
2/19/18 No School
2/20/18 "Hochiko" Homework: Reading Log, *Book Report due by March 2nd
2/21/18 "Hochiko" Homework: Reading Log
2/22/18 "Hochiko" Homework: Reading Log
2/23/18 Hochiko test, writing assignment (retell from Hochiko's point of view)
Week 26
2/26/18 Hochiko writing assignment, review test Homework: Reading log, book report template due Wed.,book report due Fri. on googledocs.
2/27/18 "Predators" Homework: Reading log, book report template due Wed. book report due Fri.
2/28/18 Book report, Monkey Master Homework: Reading log, book report due Fri. on googledocs.
3/1/18 Book report, Monkey MasterHomework: Reading log, book report due Fri. on googledocs.
3/2/18 Monkey Master summary
Week 27
3/5/18 Monkey Master; Black Cowboy, Wild Horses Homework: Reading Log
3/6/18 Black Cowboy, Wild Horses Homework: Reading Log
3/7/18 Writing Workshop, Black Cowboy, Wild Horses Homework: Reading Log
3/8/18 Black Cowboy, Wild Horses test Homework: Reading Log
3/9/18 Modern Technology Intro
Week 28
3/12/18 "That's Not Progress" Homework: Reading Log
3/13/18 "That's Not Progress" summary Homework: Reading Log
3/14/18 "Feathered Friend" Homework: Reading Log
3/15/18 "Feathered Friend" test Homework: Reading Log, "Feathered Friend" summary
3/16/18 "Teens and Technology"
Week 29
3/19/18 Bus of Horror
3/20/18 Outdoor School
3/21/18 Outdoor School
3/22/18 Outdoor School
3/23/18 Outdoor School
3/26/18 - 4/2/18 Spring break
Week 30
4/3/18 Outdoor school paragraph Homework: Reading log, Outdoor school paragraph (googledocs.)
4/4/18 "The Blackhole of Technology" Homework: Reading log, No Smartphones for 24 hours :)
4/5/18 "The Blackhole of Technology" Homework: Reading log, Thank you letter for outdoor school
4/6/18 Modern Technology Conclusion, Set up Tuck Everlasting
Week 31
4/9/18 Tuck Everlasting Prologue Homework: Reading log
4/10/18 Tuck Everlasting Prologue/Ch. 1 Homework: Reading log
4/11/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 1 Homework: Reading Guide worksheet, Reading log
4/12/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 2 Homework: Reading Log; Ch. 2 questions and summary (googledocs)
4/13/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 3
Week 32
4/16/18 Tuck Everlasting ch. 4 Homework: Reading Log, Vocabulary sentences, study for quiz (Fri.)
4/17/18 Tuck Everlasting review 2-4, Test ch. 1-4 Homework: Reading Log, study for vocabulary quiz
4/18/18 Tuck Everlasting ch. 5 Homework: Reading Log, study for vocabulary quiz
4/19/18 Tuck Everlasting ch. 6 Homework: Reading Log, study for vocabulary quiz
4/20/18 Vocabulary quiz
Week 33
4/23/18 Tuck Everlasting ch. 7 Homework: Reading log
4/24/18 Tuck Everlasting ch. 8,9 Homework: Reading log
4/25/18 Tuck Everlasting ch. 5-8 test Homework: Reading log
4/26/18 Movie Wonder Homework: Reading log
4/27/18 Movie Wonder
Week 34
4/30/18 Movie Wonder, Tuck Everlasting vocabulary Homework: Reading Log, Vocabulary sentences
and study for quiz (Fri.)
5/1/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 10 Homework: Reading Log, Vocabulary study for quiz (Fri.)
5/2/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 11, 12 Homework: Reading Log, Vocabulary study for quiz
5/3/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 13,14 Homework: Reading Log, Vocabulary study for quiz
5/4/18 Vocabulary Quiz
Week 35
5/7/18 Tuck Everlasting Test Ch. 9-13 Homework: Reading Log
5/8/18 Tuck Everlasting Test Ch. 14-16 Homework: Reading Log, chapter summary, comprehension
questions through ch, 16 (on googledocs)
5/9/18 No class -block schedule
5/10/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 17, 18 Homework: Reading Log, ch. summary, comp. questions
5/11/18 Block schedule
Week 36
5/14/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 19.20 Homework: Reading Log, summary comp. quest., Vocabulary
sentences
5/15/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 21 Homework: Reading log, summary, comp. quest. ch. 21 googledocs
5/16/18 Block Schedule Homework: Reading Log
5/17/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 22, 23 Homework: Reading log, summary, comp quest. ch.23, vocabulary
sentences #3
5/18/18 Block Schedule
Week 37
5/21/18 Tuck Everlasting Ch. 24, 25 Homework: Book Report (due by 6/1), study for vocabulary quiz
on Thurs. 6/24)
5/22/18 Tuck Everlasting Epilogue Homework: Book Report (due by 6/1), study for vocabulary quiz
on Thurs. 6/24), permission slip
5/23/18 Block Schedule
5/24/18 Tuck Everlasting Final, Vocabulary quiz Homework: Book Report (due by 6/1)
5/25/18 Response to Literature Tuck Everlasting
Week 38
5/28/18 Memorial Day
5/29/18 Book Report Homework: Book Report (template and 5 paragraphs typed;due no later than 6/1)
5/30/18 Response to Literature Tuck Everlasting Homework: Book Report
5/31/18 Letter to 6th grader Homework: Book Report due tomorrow
6/1/18 Block Schedule
Week 39
6/4/18 Response to Literature Tuck Everlasting, movie
6/5/18 Tuck Everlasting movie
6/6/18 Letter to 6th grader
6/7/18 yearbook signing
6/9/18 Last day of school! Have a wonderful summer! :)
Other Information/Handouts
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