Monday, October 31

6th grade only (no 7th grade classes today):
•Halloween story starter
•Word Scramble
•7th hour only: Take Unit 11 Spelling Test

Thursday, October 27

6th grade:
•Test over "Nadia the Willful"

7th grade:
•Test over "Waiting"

Wednesday, October 26

6th grade:
•Vocabulary Test over "Nadia the Willful"
•Make a study guide for the test over "Nadia the Willful" and Compare/Contrast

7th grade:
•Vocabulary Test over "Waiting"
•Make a study guide for the test over "Waiting" and Compare/Contrast

*Test over the story tomorrow!
*Unit 11 Spelling Test on Friday!

Tuesday, October 25

6th grade:
•Responding Options over "Nadia the Willful" (pp. 28 and 29):
-from PR to CA #'s 1-4, and 6
-Literary Concepts
-Words to Know
•Study vocabulary terms for quiz tomorrow

7th grade:
•Responding Options over "Waiting" (pp. 50-52):
-from PR to CA #'s 1-6
-Literary Concepts
-The Writer's Style
-Words to Know
•Study vocabulary terms for quiz tomorrow

Monday, October 24

6th grade:
•Unit 11 Spelling Pre-test (list below)
•Review "Nadia the Willful"
•Compare and Contrast practice worksheets "Where Do I Find It" and "Warming Trend"

7th grade:
•Unit 11 Spelling Pre-test (list below)
•Review "Waiting"
•Compare and Contrast Practice worksheets "Getting to the Reunion" and "Computer Programs"

6th grade:
lawyer
dentist
author
system
custom
method
standard
admit
supply
whisper
tennis
instant
burden
rescue
banquet
bullet
surface
journey
laundry
campus

7th grade:
desert
dessert
access
excess
continual
continuous
hardy
hearty
reality
realty
bizarre
bazaar
formally
formerly
hurdle
hurtle
prescribe
proscribe
conscious
conscience

Friday, October 21

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 10 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals (fill out 1st entry of the 2nd 9 weeks)
•AR

Thursday, October 20

6th grade:
•Comprehension Check over "Nadia the Willful"
•Summary over "Nadia the Willful"
•Receive classroom passes and AR goals

7th grade:
•Comprehension Check over "Waiting"
•Quickwrites #3 on page 50
•Receive classroom passes and AR goals

*Spelling Test tomorrow!

Wednesday, October 19

6th grade (only 5th and 7th hours):
•Classroom book discussion
•AR

(No 7th grade or 3rd and 4th hour classes today)

Tuesday, October 18

6th grade:
•Play reading games online (only half of the 6th grade classes will have Reading class today on account of the 1st quarter movie)

7th grade:
•Research 10 facts about life growing up in the US during WWII
•If time, play funbrain.com

*AR goals will be given tomorrow

Monday, October 17

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 10 Spelling Pre-test (lists below)
•Go to the library
•AR

6th grade:
weapon
struggle
frighten
horror
mental
channel
sample
moral
litter
soldier
kitchen
gallon
stumble
linen
panel
error
rural
quarrel
bundle
cancel

7th grade:
plaza
fiesta
tortilla
siesta
burro
poncho
sombrero
hammock
chocolate
tomato
enchilada
burrito
alligator
bonanza
patio
cargo
chili
cocoa
vanilla
iguana

monday, October 17

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 10 Spelling Pre-test
•Go to the library
•AR

Thursday, October 13

6th grade:
•Reading Journals graded today
•Research 10 facts about deserts and 10 facts about oases

7th grade:
•Reading Journals graded today
•AR
(Students were getting pictures taken during this time also)

Wednesday, October 12

6th grade:
•Finish reading "Nadia the Willful"
•Complete the Compare/Contrast practice worksheet "A House Divided" and "Two Boys-Two Cultures"
•AR!!!

7th grade:
•Finish reading "Waiting"
•Complete and turn in the Venn diagram over Juliette and Henrietta
•Compare and Contrast practice worksheet "Mother Goose's Cabinet"
•AR!!

*AR is due today at 3:00!!!

Tuesday, October 11

6th grade:
•Preview the story "Nadia the Willful"
•Create Title Web
•Begin reading the story

7th grade:
•Preview the story "Waiting"
•Class Discussion about twins
•Begin reading the story

*AR is due TOMORROW!!!!!

Monday, October 10

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 9 Spelling Pre-test (lists below)
•New story definitions:
--6th grade: "Nadia the Willful"
--7th grade: "Waiting"
•Compare/Contrast Practice Worksheet

6th grade:
senator
director
minister
similar
senior
junior
messenger
superior
familiar
acre
calendar
elevator
inner
minor
barrier
grammar
surrender
particular
youngster
passenger

7th grade:
architecture
achievement
fragment
sculpture
ornament
texture
failure
equipment
freedom
judgment
procedure
argument
literature
boredom
legislature
fracture
gesture
tournament
kingdom
disappointment

Friday, October 7

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 8 Spelling Test
•Reading Journals
•AR

*AR is due October 12th!

Thursday, October 6

6th and 7th grade:
•Mrs. Tucker to read fall books to the class
•Split into groups and read fall stories
•Fall word scramble

*AR is due October 12th!!!

Wednesday, October 5

6th grade:
•TEST over "The White Umbrella"
•AR

7th grade:
•TEST over "The Chief's Daughter"
•AR

*AR is due October 12th!

Tuesday, October 4

6th grade:
•Make a study guide and fill it out for the test over "The White Umbrella"
•STUDY!!

7th grade:
•Make a study guide and fill it out for the test over "The Chief's Daughter"
•STUDY!!!

*AR is due October 12th!

Monday, October 3

6th and 7th grade:
•Unit 8 Spelling Pre-test
•Go to the library
•AR

*AR is due October 12th!
*Test over the story and inferences on Wednesday

6th grade:
fir
fur
scent
sent
scene
seen
vain
vein
principal
principle
manor
manner
who's whose
tacks
tax
hanger
hangar
died
dyed

7th grade:
geometry
perimeter
diameter
diagram
centimeter
kilogram
cyclone
thermos
physician
encyclopedia
thermometer
physics
telegram
grammatical
barometer
thermostat
physique
motorcycle
thermal
cyclical

Friday, September 30

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

*AR is due October 12th!