Quarter 3 1/30-Class Norms reset/discussion 1/31-newsela article 2/3- 2/4"How is it where you live?" Read aloud - Formal/informal, pov, style, freedoms compare/contrast 2/5-Adversity Unit Assessment- Group Discussions 2/6- No class 2/7- no school 2/10- 2/11- Trash Talk 2/12- Study hall 2/13-newsela article- Great Pacific Garbage Patch 2/14-2/17 Melting Away Video; Global Issues Picture Talk; Global Issue poster 2/18- review/study hall 2/19- Global Issue posters 2/20- no class 2/21- no school 2/24- testing and/or Our Environment/Planet Video Resources (listening practices) 2/25- "catch-up day"- posters, video questions, or homework!! 2/26- no class 2/27- Last day to work on posters! 2/28- "Trash" Food Newsela article 3/2- revisions day
Quarter 2 11/4- What is Adversity? (inferencing, drawing conclusions); Malala's story introduction 11/5- (sub) Malala newsela article and close reading 1 11/6- Malala questions continued 11/7- Plot diagram vocab and practice 11/8- Plot diagram "quiz"; hero story work 11/12- Hero Story example (narratives) 11/13-Kindness day 11/14- Hero story 11/15- Hero story/study hall 11/18- Summarizing strategies and class summary paragraph 11/19- (sub) Malala article 1 questions part 2 and summary paragraph 11/20- (sub) Malala article 2 11/21- Adversity pre-writing/prompt and study hall 11/22- Overcoming Adversity and Obstacles Ted Talk Video and class discussion 11/25-review/study hall 11/26-Gratitude definition and paragraph 12/2-Class Adversity Anchor Chart and Discussion 12/3-i-ready growth check 12/4- study hall 12/5- Malala Speech edpuzzle 12/6-edpuzzle part 2; Anchor Chart updates 12/9- Malala Speech Excerpts reading activity 12/10- Malala speech reading; Info on Dragons; Dragon, Dragon story intro 12/11-Study hall 12/12-Dragon, Dragon story (predictions, adversity, text evidence, word choice) 12/13- (sub)Dragon, Dragon Vocab practices 12/16- no class 12/17-Study hall 12/18-Dragon, Dragon vocab introduction 12/19- Dragon, Dragon vocab in context competition 12/20- Make-up day 1/6- What is a resolution? Goal Setting 1/7- I-ready 1/8- study hall 1/9-1/10- i-ready/study hall 1/13-Dragon, Dragon review and reading (inferences, predictions, text evidence) 1/14-Dragon, Dragon conclusion 1/15-study hall 1/16- Quote Sandwich Practice; Adversities in Middle Ages Paragraph Help (LA) 1/17-1/21- Dragon, Dragon summary and plot questions 1/22- ACCESS test training/demo 1/23- study hall 1/24- 2 texts comparison chart 1/27-2 texts comparison chart continued 1/28- Points of View and adversity review
Quarter 1 8/28-Intro to class 8/29-Letter to teachers part 1 8/30-Learning Styles Inventory and discussion 9/3-9/4 Reading Assessment Part 1; Letter to teachers part 2 9/9-6th grade "orientation", i-ready 9/10-Letter to teachers part 3 9/11-Study Hall 9/12- Intro to Myths 9/13- Superstitions, myths 9/16- Myths continued 9/17- Guest speaker SRO! 9/18- no class 9/19- study hall 9/20-Icarus and Daedalus Myth introduction, vocab, and context clues introduction 9/23-Icarus and Daedalus Myth Reading, Discussion - Is this a myth? Why? 9/24- study hall 9/25- Hero's Journey Review and Plot Diagrams Introduction 9/26-Percy Jackson and Hero's Journey Paragraph 9/27-Secret Water introduction, context clues review, and vocab 10/1- Secret Water Story (with prediction and inference questions) 10/2- Secret Water Hero's Journey Plot Diagram 10/3-Shu Fa and the Hero's Journey Paragraphs 10/4- How to use text evidence 10/7- Secret Water Quiz (inferences, vocab, text evidence) 10/8- Hero's Journey Story Planning 10/9- No school 10/10- Study Hall 10/11- Introduction to Arachne Myth 10/14- Arachne Myth reading (sub) 10/15- Arachne Myth questions continued 10/16- study hall 10/17- Arachne Claim and Evidence Paragraph 10/18- Hero's Journey through Toy Story and Story Writing 10/21- (sub) Hero's Journey Narrative Example 10/22- Class Norms 10/23- Study hall 10/24- Opinion writing- What does respect look like? 10/25- Golden Key Story Listening and Partner Summary 10/28- Golden Key Story Questions 10/29- Study Hall