SEMESTER 1
Week 1:
8/7/17
Introduce Syllabus- BreakoutEDU
8/8/17
All About Me
Decorate Incentive Files
8/9/17
Classroom Job Applications
Introduction to unit rubrics and chart
Set up Binders
8/10/17
Stereotypes of Native Americans and us as Americans from other peoples' viewpoints
Journal entry: What is an American?
8/11/17
Scholastic articles about refugees as a whole group
Week 2:
8/14/17
Unit 1 Vocabulary
Set goals for week
8/15/17
Read The Rough Face Girl
Compare and Contrast The Rough Face Girl with Cinderella
Read Body Rituals of the Nacirema and discuss as a whole group
8/16/17
Write your own Nacirema ritual
View "Native Americans Through the Eyes of My Children" on youtube
8/17/17
Finish Nacirema journal entry
Bell Ringer activity
8/18/17
Catch up on unfinished work
Independent Reading
Week 3:
8/21/17
Eclipse Day- Study Hall
8/22/17
30 Days on an Indian Reservation documentary
8/23/17
Bell Ringers
Primary Source: Trail of Tears article and questions
8/24/17
Native Americans and Colonial Relations article and questions
8/25/17
Figurative Language PowerPoint and handout
Bell Ringers
Life Skills: Study Skills
Week 4:
8/28/17
Figurative Language Posters
Bell Ringers
8/29/17
Bell Ringers
IRP
8/30/17
Bell Ringers
IRP
Catch up on missing work
8/31/17
Teacher workday
9/1/17
Teacher workday
Week 5:
9/4/17
Labor Day- No School
9/5/17
13 Moons on Turtle's Back activity
9/6/17
IRP
Finish 13 Moons on Turtle's Back activity
9/7/17
IRP
9/8/17
IRP
Week 6:
9/11/17
Inclement Weather Day
9/12/17
Inclement Weather Day
9/13/17
Inclement Weather Day
9/14/17
IRP
9/15/17
IRP
Week 7:
9/18/17
Vocabulary Unit 1
Anticipation Guide
9/19/17
Finish IRP
9/20/17
IRP presentations
Discuss anticipation guide
9/21/17
FastBridge Testing
9/22/17
The Dreadful, Smelly Colonies
Week 8:
9/25/17
Breakout EDU- The Salem Witch Trials
9/26/17
Salem Witch Trials: Interactive and History Adventure
9/27/17
History Channel Video: The Salem Witch Trials
9/28/17
Leveled Football Articles
9/29/17
Leveled Football Articles
Finish Unfinished work
Week 9:
10/2/17
Sentence Types Lesson
10/3/17
Sentence Types Lesson
10/4/17
Unit 2 Vocabulary
10/5/17
IRP
10/6/17
Teacher Workday
Week 10:
10/9/17
Columbus Day- No School
10/10/17
TedTalk video and reflection
10/11/17
PSAT
10/12/17
Station Rotation: Reading Groups- The Salem Witch Trials, Finish Vocabulary,Writing, IRP
10/13/17
Character Posters
Week 11:
10/16/17
Reading groups, writing, IRP
10/17/17
Reading groups, writing, IRP
10/18/17
Field Trip- OR- Writing, IRP
10/19/17
Character Posters
10/20/17
Reading groups, writing, IRP
Week 12:
10/23/17
Reading Comprehension
10/24/17
Writescore
10/25/17
Finish Writescore, Writing, IRP
10/26/17
Running records, catch up on missing work, IRP, Writing
10/27/17
Reading comprehension, IRP, Writing
Week 13:
10/30/17
finish Reading Comprehension, Make up day
10/31/17
Commonlit- Witch Trials
11/1/17
Writing
11/2/17
IRP
11/3/17
Reading comprehension, IRP
Week 14:
11/6/17
Unit Vocabulary
11/7/17
Watch "The Crucible"
11/8/17
Watch "The Crucible"
11/9/17
Finish watching "The Crucible"
Make-up day: graphic organizers, reading passages, IRP
11/10/17
Letters to soldiers
Unit Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
Finish make-up work
Week 15:
11/13/17
IRP
Reading Groups
Finish Make-up work
11/14/17
Catch-up day: Reading groups
11/15/17
Reading comprehension
IRP
11/16/17
In class writing- narrative
11/17/17
IRP DUE
Vocabulary quiz
In class writing- narrative
Week 16:
11/27/17
Boston Tea Party Reading
Writing- narrative
11/28/17
Breakout EDU- The Declaration of Independance
11/29/17
Introduction to IRP and paper
Events leading to the Revolution Reading
11/30/17
Boston Tea Party Activity
IRP (unit 2) brainstorming
12/1/17
Boston Tea Party Activity
Week 17:
12/4/17
Boston Massacre Activity
12/5/17
Boston Massacre Reading
Writing- narrative
12/6/17
George vs George Reading
12/7/17
George vs George Reading
12/8/17
George vs George Reading
Week 18:
12/11/17
SNOW DAY
12/12/17
Patrick Henry Reading and Storyboard Activity
12/13/17
Patrick Henry Reading
The Declaration of Independence and its Legacy Reading
12/14/17
Listen to the DOI reading and complete HIPPO chart
DOI reading comprehension
12/15/17
Investigating the DOI
Week 19:
12/18/17
Finish Investigating the DOI
Talk about Portfolio project- brainstorm Ideas and fill in graphic organizers to use
12/19/17
Finals
12/20/17
Finals
12/21/17
Finals
SEMESTER 2
Week 1:
1/8/18
SNOW DAY
1/9/18
10 gothic elements
vocabulary introduction
1/10/18
Gothic Elements in Film
Watch "Psycho"
1/11/18
Watch "Psycho"
1/12/18
Reading passages (2)
Week 2:
1/15/18
MLK HOLIDAY
1/16/18
Finish "Psycho"
Begin "Coraline" Chapter 1
1/17/18
SNOW DAY
1/18/18
SNOW DAY
1/19/18
SNOW DAY
Week 3:
1/22/18
Coraline chps 2-3
Comprehension questions
1/23/18
Coraline Chps 4-5
1/24/18
CSI article
Finish Chp 5
1/25/18
Reading Comprehension article
1/26/18
"Fastbridge Testing"
Coraline chps 6-8
Week 4:
1/29/18
"Said is dead"
Dialogue Activity
1/30/18
Read Coraline pgs 72-110
1/31/18
Coraline Comprehension questions
2/1/18
Finish comprehension questions
Ghost reading activity
2/2/18
Read chps 10-12
Week 5:
2/5/18
"Dreams" reading comprehension
Snow Globe research
2/6/18
Coraline chp 13
Writing Gothic Short Stories
2/7/18
Writescore
2/8/18
Writescore
Writing Gothic short stories
2/9/18
Reading data collection
Coraline test
Writing Gothic short stories
Week 6:
2/12/18
Career Research Project media center lesson
2/13/18
Introduce Book Clubs and do book review. Pick top 3 book choices for book club.
2/14/18
Reading data, book club meetings to plan schedule for reading. Work on gothic literature projects as whole group to review Coraline and Psycho
2/15/18
Reading data and begin Book Club books
2/16/18
Stations- Book Club, research paper, and gothic literature project
Week 7:
2/19/18
President's Day- NO SCHOOL
2/20/18
Reading Day
Circa Now- pgs 18-60
The Real Boy- pgs 22-74
Pictures of Hollis Woods- pgs 12-36
2/21/18
Catch up day- complete missing work or reading
2/22/18
Catch up day- complete missing work or reading and work on gothic literature projects
2/23/18
Work on career paper research outlines
Week 8:
2/26/18
Research paper outlines and gothic elements project
2/27/18
Work on career paper outlines
2/28/18
Reading data and career paper outlines
3/1/18
Conference about career paper outlines and continue to research
3/2/18
Work on career paper outlines and conference with Ms. Arnhart. Outlines due Monday.
Week 9:
Week 1:
8/7/17
Introduce Syllabus- BreakoutEDU
8/8/17
All About Me
Decorate Incentive Files
8/9/17
Classroom Job Applications
Introduction to unit rubrics and chart
Set up Binders
8/10/17
Stereotypes of Native Americans and us as Americans from other peoples' viewpoints
Journal entry: What is an American?
8/11/17
Scholastic articles about refugees as a whole group
Week 2:
8/14/17
Unit 1 Vocabulary
Set goals for week
8/15/17
Read The Rough Face Girl
Compare and Contrast The Rough Face Girl with Cinderella
Read Body Rituals of the Nacirema and discuss as a whole group
8/16/17
Write your own Nacirema ritual
View "Native Americans Through the Eyes of My Children" on youtube
8/17/17
Finish Nacirema journal entry
Bell Ringer activity
8/18/17
Catch up on unfinished work
Independent Reading
Week 3:
8/21/17
Eclipse Day- Study Hall
8/22/17
30 Days on an Indian Reservation documentary
8/23/17
Bell Ringers
Primary Source: Trail of Tears article and questions
8/24/17
Native Americans and Colonial Relations article and questions
8/25/17
Figurative Language PowerPoint and handout
Bell Ringers
Life Skills: Study Skills
Week 4:
8/28/17
Figurative Language Posters
Bell Ringers
8/29/17
Bell Ringers
IRP
8/30/17
Bell Ringers
IRP
Catch up on missing work
8/31/17
Teacher workday
9/1/17
Teacher workday
Week 5:
9/4/17
Labor Day- No School
9/5/17
13 Moons on Turtle's Back activity
9/6/17
IRP
Finish 13 Moons on Turtle's Back activity
9/7/17
IRP
9/8/17
IRP
Week 6:
9/11/17
Inclement Weather Day
9/12/17
Inclement Weather Day
9/13/17
Inclement Weather Day
9/14/17
IRP
9/15/17
IRP
Week 7:
9/18/17
Vocabulary Unit 1
Anticipation Guide
9/19/17
Finish IRP
9/20/17
IRP presentations
Discuss anticipation guide
9/21/17
FastBridge Testing
9/22/17
The Dreadful, Smelly Colonies
Week 8:
9/25/17
Breakout EDU- The Salem Witch Trials
9/26/17
Salem Witch Trials: Interactive and History Adventure
9/27/17
History Channel Video: The Salem Witch Trials
9/28/17
Leveled Football Articles
9/29/17
Leveled Football Articles
Finish Unfinished work
Week 9:
10/2/17
Sentence Types Lesson
10/3/17
Sentence Types Lesson
10/4/17
Unit 2 Vocabulary
10/5/17
IRP
10/6/17
Teacher Workday
Week 10:
10/9/17
Columbus Day- No School
10/10/17
TedTalk video and reflection
10/11/17
PSAT
10/12/17
Station Rotation: Reading Groups- The Salem Witch Trials, Finish Vocabulary,Writing, IRP
10/13/17
Character Posters
Week 11:
10/16/17
Reading groups, writing, IRP
10/17/17
Reading groups, writing, IRP
10/18/17
Field Trip- OR- Writing, IRP
10/19/17
Character Posters
10/20/17
Reading groups, writing, IRP
Week 12:
10/23/17
Reading Comprehension
10/24/17
Writescore
10/25/17
Finish Writescore, Writing, IRP
10/26/17
Running records, catch up on missing work, IRP, Writing
10/27/17
Reading comprehension, IRP, Writing
Week 13:
10/30/17
finish Reading Comprehension, Make up day
10/31/17
Commonlit- Witch Trials
11/1/17
Writing
11/2/17
IRP
11/3/17
Reading comprehension, IRP
Week 14:
11/6/17
Unit Vocabulary
11/7/17
Watch "The Crucible"
11/8/17
Watch "The Crucible"
11/9/17
Finish watching "The Crucible"
Make-up day: graphic organizers, reading passages, IRP
11/10/17
Letters to soldiers
Unit Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
Finish make-up work
Week 15:
11/13/17
IRP
Reading Groups
Finish Make-up work
11/14/17
Catch-up day: Reading groups
11/15/17
Reading comprehension
IRP
11/16/17
In class writing- narrative
11/17/17
IRP DUE
Vocabulary quiz
In class writing- narrative
Week 16:
11/27/17
Boston Tea Party Reading
Writing- narrative
11/28/17
Breakout EDU- The Declaration of Independance
11/29/17
Introduction to IRP and paper
Events leading to the Revolution Reading
11/30/17
Boston Tea Party Activity
IRP (unit 2) brainstorming
12/1/17
Boston Tea Party Activity
Week 17:
12/4/17
Boston Massacre Activity
12/5/17
Boston Massacre Reading
Writing- narrative
12/6/17
George vs George Reading
12/7/17
George vs George Reading
12/8/17
George vs George Reading
Week 18:
12/11/17
SNOW DAY
12/12/17
Patrick Henry Reading and Storyboard Activity
12/13/17
Patrick Henry Reading
The Declaration of Independence and its Legacy Reading
12/14/17
Listen to the DOI reading and complete HIPPO chart
DOI reading comprehension
12/15/17
Investigating the DOI
Week 19:
12/18/17
Finish Investigating the DOI
Talk about Portfolio project- brainstorm Ideas and fill in graphic organizers to use
12/19/17
Finals
12/20/17
Finals
12/21/17
Finals
SEMESTER 2
Week 1:
1/8/18
SNOW DAY
1/9/18
10 gothic elements
vocabulary introduction
1/10/18
Gothic Elements in Film
Watch "Psycho"
1/11/18
Watch "Psycho"
1/12/18
Reading passages (2)
Week 2:
1/15/18
MLK HOLIDAY
1/16/18
Finish "Psycho"
Begin "Coraline" Chapter 1
1/17/18
SNOW DAY
1/18/18
SNOW DAY
1/19/18
SNOW DAY
Week 3:
1/22/18
Coraline chps 2-3
Comprehension questions
1/23/18
Coraline Chps 4-5
1/24/18
CSI article
Finish Chp 5
1/25/18
Reading Comprehension article
1/26/18
"Fastbridge Testing"
Coraline chps 6-8
Week 4:
1/29/18
"Said is dead"
Dialogue Activity
1/30/18
Read Coraline pgs 72-110
1/31/18
Coraline Comprehension questions
2/1/18
Finish comprehension questions
Ghost reading activity
2/2/18
Read chps 10-12
Week 5:
2/5/18
"Dreams" reading comprehension
Snow Globe research
2/6/18
Coraline chp 13
Writing Gothic Short Stories
2/7/18
Writescore
2/8/18
Writescore
Writing Gothic short stories
2/9/18
Reading data collection
Coraline test
Writing Gothic short stories
Week 6:
2/12/18
Career Research Project media center lesson
2/13/18
Introduce Book Clubs and do book review. Pick top 3 book choices for book club.
2/14/18
Reading data, book club meetings to plan schedule for reading. Work on gothic literature projects as whole group to review Coraline and Psycho
2/15/18
Reading data and begin Book Club books
2/16/18
Stations- Book Club, research paper, and gothic literature project
Week 7:
2/19/18
President's Day- NO SCHOOL
2/20/18
Reading Day
Circa Now- pgs 18-60
The Real Boy- pgs 22-74
Pictures of Hollis Woods- pgs 12-36
2/21/18
Catch up day- complete missing work or reading
2/22/18
Catch up day- complete missing work or reading and work on gothic literature projects
2/23/18
Work on career paper research outlines
Week 8:
2/26/18
Research paper outlines and gothic elements project
2/27/18
Work on career paper outlines
2/28/18
Reading data and career paper outlines
3/1/18
Conference about career paper outlines and continue to research
3/2/18
Work on career paper outlines and conference with Ms. Arnhart. Outlines due Monday.
Week 9: