Thursday, September 30

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 7 Spelling Activity:
-make word cards
-play spelling Memory

*Please don't forget that AR is due October 13th!

Wednesday, September 29

6th grade:
•Test over "The White Umbrella" and Inferences

7th grade:
•Test over "The Chief's Daughter" and Inferences

*AR is due October 13th!

Tuesday, September 28

6th grade:
•Make a Study Guide for the story "The White Umbrella" and Inferences
•AR

7th grade:
•Make a Study Guide for the story "The Chief's Daughter" and Inferences
•AR

*AR is due October 13th

Monday, September 27

6th grade:
•Review "The White Umbrella"
•Unit 7 Spelling Pre-test (list below)

7th grade:
•Review "The Chief's Daughter"
•Unit 7 Spelling Pre-test (list below)

6th grade:
barefoot
sea gull
driftwood
carefree
somebody
nowhere
haircut
runner-up
teammate
toothbrush
headache
iceberg
fireproof
uproar
whereas
dead end
forehead
grandchildren
old-fashioned
nevertheless

7th grade:
investigate
investigation
detect
detection
violate
violation
exhibit
exhibition
operate
operation
duplicate
duplication
evaluate
evaluation
participate
participation
punctuate
punctuation
congratulate
congratulations

Friday, September 24

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 5 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•AR

*AR is due October 13th

Thursday, September 23

6th grade:
•Responding Options over "The White Umbrella" (pp. 422-423):
-from Personal Response to Critical Analysis (#'s 1-5)
-Critic's Corner
-Literary Concepts
-Words to Know

*Due tomorrow

7th grade:
•Responding Options over "The Chief's Daughter" (pp. 271-272):
-from Personal Response to Critical Analysis (#'s 1-5)
-Critic's Corner
-Literary Concepts
-Words to Know

*Due tomorrow

*AR is due October 13th

Wednesday, September 22

6th grade:
•Inference charades
•AR

(No 7th grade classes today)

*AR is due October 13th

Tuesday, September 21

6th grade:
•Finish art activity from yesterday

Assignment: Inferences practice worksheet pp. 133 and 134

7th grade:
•Finish art activity from yesterday

Assignment: Inferences practice worksheet pp. 129 and 132

*AR is due October 13th

Monday, September 20

6th grade:
•Unit 5 Spelling Pre-test (list below)
•Quickwrites #2 on p. 422:
-create a Mother's Day card from the narrator of "The White Umbrella" to her mother

7th grade:
•Unit 5 Spelling Pre-test (list below)
•Alternate Activity #1 on p. 272:
-create a diorama (3-D) of a scene from "The Chief's Daughter"

*AR is due October 13th

6th grade:
fierce
sword
court
snarl
thorn
earth
skirt
chart
urge
yarn
whirl
mourn
rehearse
curb
earnest
starch
purse
birch
pierce

7th grade:
capital
capitol
border
boarder
core
corps
colonel
kernel
hostile
hostel
council
counsel
bail
bale
idle
idol
cereal
serial
compliment
complement

Friday, September 17

6th and 7th grade:
•Go to the library (it will be closed next week for MAP testing)
•Unit 4 Spelling Test
•Reading Journal
•AR

*AR is due October 13th

Thursday, September 16

6th grade:
•Reading Skilbuilder over "The White Umbrella"
•Vocabulary Skillbuilder over "The White Umbrella"
•AR

7th grade:
•Reading Skillbuilder over "The Chief's Daughter"
•Vocabulary Skillbuilder over "The Chief's Daughter"

Wednesday, September 15

6th grade:
•Finish "The White Umbrella" and the Inferences chart (if you haven't already)
•Mountain Climbing Spelling Activity

7th grade:
•Finish reading "The Chief's Daughter" and the Inferences chart
•Spelling Activity

*AR is due October 13th!

Tuesday, September 14

6th grade:
•Continue reading "The White Umbrella" and filling out Inferences chart

*Assignment: Inferencing practice worksheet: "Reading Between the Lines"

7th grade:
•Continue reading "The Chief's Daughter" and filling out Inferences chart

*Assignment: Inferencing practice worksheet: "High Jumps: High Dreams"

*AR is due October 13th

Monday, September 13

6th grade:
•Unit 4 Spelling Pre-Test (list below)
•Discuss Inferencing and make chart
•Preview "The White Umbrella"
•Begin reading and filling out the chart

7th grade:
•Unit 4 Spelling Pre-test (list below)
•Discuss Inferencing and make an inference chart
•Preview "The Chief's Daughter"
•Begin reading the story and filling out the chart

6th grade Spelling words:
bloom
sprout
droop
crouch
annoy
vault
squawk
avoid
sought
naughty
mound
groove
foul
hoist
gloom
trout
noun
roost
clause
appoint

7th grade Spelling words:
gardenia
zinnia
magnolia
begonia
boysenberry
saxophone
leotard
guy
graham cracker
volt
sideburns
Braille
maverick
silhouette
cardigan
mackintosh
boycott
derby
Ferris wheel
derrick

Friday, September 10

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 3 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•AR

*Finish up story and context clues test if not finished yesterday.

Thursday, September 9

6th grade:
•Look over study guide
•TEST over "The Secret of the Wall" and Context Clues
•AR

7th grade:
•Look over study guide
•TEST over "Last Cover" and Context Clues
•AR

*AR is due October 13th!

Wednesday, September 8

6th grade:
•Make a study guide over "The Secret of the Wall" and Context Clues

7th grade:
•Make a study guide over "Last Cover" and Context Clues

*TEST IS TOMORROW!!!

Tuesday, September 7

6th grade:
•Unit 3 Spelling Pre-test
•Go to the library
•Context Clues Practice (pp. 51 and 52)

7th grade:
•Unit 3 Spelling Pre-test
•Go to the library
•Context Clues Practice (multiple choice)

*AR is due October 13th

Friday, September 3

6th and 7th grade:
•Study Spelling words
•Unit 2 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•AR

*AR is due October 13th

Thursday, September 2

6th grade:
•Responding Options over "The Secret of the Wall" (p. 402)
- from Personal Response to Critical Analysis (#'s 1-6)
- The Writer's Style
- Words to Know (Exercise A only)

*Due tomorrow

7th grade:
•Responding Options over "Last Cover" (p. 102)
- from Personal Response to Critical Analysis (#'s 1-6)
- Literary Concepts
- Critic's Corner
- Words to Know

*Due tomorrow

Wednesday, September 1

6th grade:
•Finish up Story Art Activity
•Context Clues Standardized Test Prep

*Assignment: Context Clues Practice Worksheet pp. 50 and 51 (didn't have time yesterday; will be due tomorrow)

7th grade:
•Complete and turn in Advertising Flyer
•Context Clues Standardized Test Prep

*Assignment: Context Clues Practice worksheet