Friday, April 30

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 33 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•Academy of Reading
•AR

*AR is due May 17th

Thursday, April 29

6th grade:
•Make-up any reading or missing assignments
•Advertisement Activity -- create an advertisement for a vacation to Alaska

7th grade:
•Finish reading Chapter 8 of "Johnny Tremain"

*AR is due May 17th

Wednesday, April 28

6th grade:
•Search the internet for 10 facts on the novel "Dogsong" and Gary Paulsen
•Answer questions about personal thoughts over the novel

7th grade:
•Read Chapter 8, Sections 3 and 4 of "Johnny Tremain"
•Draw Activity -- create a cartoon over a scene from the story

*AR is due May 17th

Tuesday, April 27

6th grade:
•Finish "Dogsong"
•Problem Solving activity

7th grade:
•Finish reading Chapter 7
•Character Analysis
•Read Chapter 8, Sections 1 and 2

Monday, April 26

6th grade:
•Finish reading "Dogsong"

6th and 7th hours:
•Read Chapter 13 of "Dogsong"
•Create an Open Mind Chart for Russel

7th grade:
•Finish reading Chapter 7 of "Johnny Tremain"

*AR is due May 17th

Thursday, April 22

6th grade:
•Read Chapter 13 of "Dogsong"
•Create an Open Mind Chart using Russel as the subject

7th grade:
•Finish up Roundtable discussion
•Read Chapter 7, Sections 1 and 2 of "Johnny Tremain"

Wednesday, April 21

6th grade:
•Spelling Peer Tutor

Tuesday, April 20

6th grade:
•Read Chapters 11 and 12 of "Dogsong"
•Draw a cartoon of a scene from the story

7th grade:
•Read Chapter 6, Sections 3-6
•Roundtable discussion with your group

Monday, April 19

6th and 7th grade:
•Go to the library for book checkout/renewal and visit the Book Fair
•Unit 32 Spelling Pre-test (see lists below)
•AR

*AR is due May 17th

6th grade:

account
addition
accurate
approve
advice
assist
affair
advise
applaud
assure
assume
adjust
appeal
accuse
assign
accomplish
approach
according
acquire
assemble

7th grade:

assistant
assistance
independent
independence
patient
patience
confident
confidence
significant
significance
competent
competence
attendant
attendance
intelligent
intelligence
elegant
elegance
magnificent
magnificence

Friday, April 16

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 31 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•Academy of Reading
•AR

*AR is due May 18th

Thursday, April 14

6th grade:
•Read the FYI for Chapters 6-10
•Define terms for Chapters 10-15

7th grade:
•Active Reading Chart for Chapters 6-8
•Read Chapter 6, Sections 1 and 2
•Write a brief summary over Sections 1 and 2

*AR is due May 18th

Wednesday, April 14

6th grade:
•Read Scope magazine
•Sense Wheel over "The Last Song"

7th grade:
•Writing Activity:
-write an apology from Johnny to Dove
•Research Activity:
-research Boston in the 1770's
-find 10 facts

Tuesday, April 13

6th grade:
•Go to the library
•Answer comprehension questions over Chapters 6-10 of "Dogsong"

7th grade:
•Go to the library
•Finish reading Chapter 5
•Answer the Personal Response questions over Chapters 1-5 of "Johnny Tremain"

Monday, April 12

6th grade:
•Spelling Pre-test Unit 31 (list below)
•Read Chapter 10 of "Dogsong"

7th grade:
•Spelling Pre-test Unit 31 (list below)
•Read Chapter 5, Sections 1 and 2

6th grade:
freight
receipt
yield
review
belief
eighty
brief
ceiling
neither
foreign
shield
diesel
reign
fiery
conceit
veil
grief
relieve
seize
leisure

7th grade:
application
appropriate
arrival
attitude
opportunity
commute
accusation
irritate
allergy
corrupt
approximate
appetite
attach
attire
opponent
commercial
attain
irrigate
alliance
corrode

Friday, April 9

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 29 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•Academy of Reading
•AR
•Catch up on any missed reading in novels

Thursday, April 8

6th grade:
•Read Chapter 9 of "Dogsong"
•Spelling Activity:
-draw a picture and hide all spelling words in it

7th grade:
•Read Chapter 4, Sections 4 and 5 of "Johnny Tremain"
•Spelling Activity

Wednesday, April 7

6th grade:
•Read Chapters 7 and 8 of "Dogsong"
•Summarize both chapters (at least 1/2 page)
•AR

7th grade:
•Read Chapter 4, Sections 1-3
•Write a continuation of the story as you think it will happen
•AR

Tuesday, April 6

6th grade:
•Complete Comprehension questions over chapters 1-5 of "Dogsong"

7th grade:
•Finish reading chapter 3 of "Johnny Tremain"
•Define the following words:
-belligerent
-chagrin
-exuberant
-flaccid
-nonchalantly

Monday, April 5

6th grade:
•Unit 29 Spelling Pre-test
•Read chapter 5 of "Dogsong"

6th and 7th hour:
•Unit 28 Spelling Test

7th grade:
•Unit 29 Spelling Pre-test
•Begin reading chapter 3 of "Johnny Tremain"

6th grade:
preview
prehistoric
prohibit
permanent
permission
proceed
project
profession
progress
predict
prepare
promise
prepaid
persuade
product
persist
perfume
prospect
previous
process

7th grade:
blizzard
hurricane
satellite
bulletin
cancellation
possibility
forbidding
allotted
misspell
credited
professor
exaggerate
medallion
villain
gossiping
challenge
equipped
necessary
abbreviate
dissimilar

Thursday, April 1

6th and 7th grade (hours 1-5):
•Unit 28 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•Academy of Reading
•Make-up any reading in "Dogsong" or Johnny Tremain" if behind
•AR