Thursday, January 28

6th grade:
•Simile/Metaphor 4-Square example and illustration activity
•Simile and Metaphor practice worksheet (due tomorrow)

7th grade:
•Onomatopoeia activity:
-brainstorm words that sound like their meaning and use them in a sentence
-create a comic strip using onomatopoeia in each square
•Onomatopoeia practice worksheet (due tomorrow)

*AR is due March 10th

Wednesday, January 27

6th grade:
•Spelling Activity
•Review Figurative Language
•"Hang Out Survey" (link below)

7th grade:
•Idiom Activity
•Idiom Practice (due tomorrow)
•"Hang Out Survey" (link below)

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=fMF6OWfsSA1IOi69y3roKA_3d_3d

Tuesday, January 26

6th grade:
•Discuss and take notes over similes, metaphors and analogies
•Simile practice activity (due tomorrow)

7th grade:
•Discuss and take notes over similes, metaphors, idioms, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, analogies
•Simile and metaphor practice activity (due tomorrow)

*AR is due March 10th

Monday, January 25

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 22 Spelling Pre-test
•Go to the library
•Academy of Reading
•AR

*AR is due March 10th

Friday, January 22

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 21 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•Academy of Reading
•AR

*AR is due March 10th

Thursday, January 21

6th and 7th grade:
•Spelling Activity:
-make flashcards
-play matching game
-quiz each other
•AR

*AR is due March 10

Wednesday, January 20

6th and 7th grade:
•Test over Text Structure and all other skills

*AR is due March 10th

Tuesday, January 19

6th and 7th grade:
•Complete the Text Structure Poster
•Review for the Text Structure test (it's tomorrow)

*AR is due March 10th

Monday, January 18

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 21 Spelling Pre-test (see below for Spelling words)
•Text Structure Assessment Practice
•Text Structure Reminder Poster

*AR is due March 10th

6^th grade

Spelling Words

Unit 21

Consumer

Control

Constitution

Comment

Confront

Compete

Conference

Computer

Conflict

Commotion

Conquer

Content

Concert

Contact

Confirm

Composition

Conversation

Community

Contest

Complicate

7^th grade

Spelling words

Unit 21

Antiseptic

Adhesive

Administer

Absorb

Adequate

Adept

Abnormal

Postpone

Admission

Postscript

Adviser

Administration

Abuse

Absolve

Absolute

Antonym

Adjustment

Antifreeze

Postgraduate

Postdate

Friday, January 15

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 20 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•Academy of Reading
•AR

Thursday, January 14

6th and 7th grade:
•Problem Solving Activity
•Use text structure examples that you and a partner made up on Monday, and put the information into the correct graphic organizer (homework if not finished in class)

*Spelling Test tomorrow
*AR is due March 10

Wednesday, January 13

6th and 7th grade:
•Study Spelling words
•Scope Activity
•AR

Tuesday, January 12

6th and 7th grade:
•Make up a short story that fits each text structure
•Share with class (if time)
•Text Structure Practice worksheet (due tomorrow)

Monday, January 10

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 20 Spelling words (from last week)
-Rewrite them two more times
•Sort passages according to their text structure (with partner)

Wednesday, January 6

6th and 7th grade:
•Text Structure notes and examples
•Make up own examples for each of the five text structures and share with a partner
•Study Spelling words
•AR

Tuesday, January 5

6th and 7th grade:
•Go to the library
•Unit 20 Spelling Pre-test
•Set AR goals and hand out bathroom passes