I hope and pray everyone had a blessed Fall Break! This week we will pass out graded assignments, conclude the pronouns unit by working on a new evidence of learning pronouns paragraph (one paragraph in which students will include and identify a subjective, objective, and possessive pronoun), and start our new informational writing unit with a pretest, mentor text, and class notes.
Below is the tentative agenda for the week of October 26-30:
Monday, October 26:
Introduce weekly cursive worksheet and practice lowercase cursive letters "w" and "b"
This cursive worksheet will be due Friday, October 30
Return Graded Work
Writing Activity: Group Paragraph About Fall Break
Tuesday, October 27:
Model New Evidence of Learning Pronoun Paragraph
Class Work Time:
Work on NEW Evidence of Learning Pronouns Paragraph - Due Friday, October 30
Work on Cursive Worksheet (w & b) - Due Friday, October 30
Work on any Make Up Assignments - Due by Friday, October 30
Wednesday, October 28:
Pre-Test on Informational Writing
Thursday, October 29:
Mentor Text on Informational Writing: Reading Buddies
We will read and discuss this text from the SAVVAS curriculum on either Thursday or Friday
Class Notes on Informational Writing
Friday, October 30:
Mentor Text on Informational Writing: Reading Buddies
We will read and discuss this text from the SAVVAS curriculum on either Thursday or Friday
Class Notes on Informational Writing
Class Work Time:
Work on NEW Evidence of Learning Pronouns Paragraph - Due Friday, October 30
Work on Cursive Worksheet (w & b) - Due Friday, October 30
Work on any Make Up Assignments - Due by Friday, October 30
On Thursday, October 1, we started a new unit on the proper grammatical use of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. We are not studying how our culture may use preferred pronouns, but are studying the conventional grammatical usage of pronouns in the English language when used as the subject of the sentence, the object of the sentence, or to show ownership. This week, students will utilize their notes to practice their skills in using subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns correctly in both written and verbal expressions.
Students will have four assignments due this week before Fall Break begins:
1) Weekly Cursive Worksheet (lowercase letters p & o) - Done in class on paper and due Thursday
2) Evidence of Learning Pronouns Worksheet Packet - Done in class on paper and due Wednesday
3) Evidence of Learning Pronouns Paragraph - Done in class on paper and due Wednesday
4) Post-Test on Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns (in Schoology) - Done in class and due Thursday
Below is the agenda for the week of October 5-9:
Monday, October 5:
Introduce weekly cursive worksheet and practice lowercase cursive letters "p" and "o"
This cursive worksheet will be due Thursday, October 8
Model Evidence of Learning Worksheet Packet
Class Work Time
Work on Evidence of Learning Worksheet Packet - Due Wed., Oct. 7
Work on Cursive Worksheet (p & o) - Due Thurs., Oct. 8
Tuesday, October 6:
Model Evidence of Learning Pronoun Paragraph
Class Work Time:
Work on Evidence of Learning Pronoun Worksheet Packet - Due Tomorrow, Wed. Oct. 7
Work on Evidence of Learning Pronouns Paragraph - Due Tomorrow, Wed. Oct. 7
Work on Cursive Worksheet (p & o) - Due Thursday, October 8
Wednesday, October 7:
Class Work Day:
Work on Evidence of Learning Pronoun Worksheet Packet - Due Today
Work on Evidence of Learning Pronouns Paragraph - Due Today
Work on Cursive Worksheet (p & o) - Due Tomorrow, Thurs., Oct. 8
Thursday, October 8:
Post-Test on Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns (In Schoology) - Due Today
Class Work Time:
Work on Cursive Worksheet (p & o) - Due Today
Friday, October 9: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS! ENJOY YOUR FALL BREAK!!!
Parent Teacher Conferences in the Cafeteria
STUDENTS WILL RETURN ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 26
Due to a family medical emergency, I will be away for the next two weeks. However, I already informed each class of the situation and students will continue to work on drafting their personal narratives. All due dates remain the same.
Each week while I am away, students will have two assignments due on the last day of the week.
On Thursday, September 3, students will turn in their weekly cursive worksheet (letters "d" and "c") and the online Brain Pop Assignent "Subject and Predicate."
On Friday, September 11, students will turn in their weekly cursive worksheet (letters "m" and "n") and their completed rough draft of their personal narrative.
Below is the agenda for the next two weeks:
Monday, August 31:
Return Graded Assignments
Students need to keep their graded Personal Narrative Plan as they will use it for writing the other paragraphs for their rough draft and will turn it in with their completed rough drafts on Friday, September 11
Introduce weekly cursive worksheet and practice lowercase cursive letters "d" and "c"
This cursive worksheet will be due Thursday, September 3
Class Work Time
Work on Rough Draft - Goal: complete Introduction and 1st Body Paragraphs
Work on Cursive Worksheet (d & c) - Due Thursday, September 3
Work on Brain Pop on Subject and Predicate - Due Thursday, September 3
Students access the Brain Pop assignment by logging into Clever, then clicking on Brain Pop
Tuesday, September 1:
Model 2nd Body Paragraph
Class Work Time:
Work on Rough Draft - Goal: complete Introduction, 1st and 2nd Body Paragraphs by end of day tomorrow
Work on Cursive Worksheet (d & c) - Due Thursday, September 3
Work on Brain Pop on Subject and Predi ate - Due Thursday, September 3
Students access the Brain Pop assignment by logging into Clever, then clicking on Brain Pop
Wednesday, September 2:
Class Work Time:
Work on Rough Draft - Goal: complete Introduction, 1st and 2nd Body Paragraphs by end of day today
Work on Cursive Worksheet (d & c) - Due Thursday, September 3
Work on Brain Pop on Subject and Predi ate - Due Thursday, September 3
Students access the Brain Pop assignment by logging into Clever, then clicking on Brain Pop
Thursday, September 3:
Model 3rd Body Paragarph
Class Work Time:
Work on Rough Draft - Goal: complete Introduction, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Body Paragraphs by end of day Tuesday
Work on Cursive Worksheet (d & c) - Due Today, Thursday, September 3
Work on Brain Pop on Subject and Predi ate - Due Today, Thursday, September 3
Students access the Brain Pop assignment by logging into Clever, then clicking on Brain Pop
Friday, September 4: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS!
ENJOY YOUR 4 DAY WEEKEND!!!
Monday, September 7: LABOR DAY! NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS!
ENJOY YOUR 4 DAY WEEKEND!!!
Tuesday, September 8:
Introduce weekly cursive worksheet and practice lowercase cursive letters "m" and "n"
This cursive worksheet will be due Friday, September 11
Class Work Time:
Work on Rough Draft - Goal: complete Introduction, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Body Paragraphs by end of day Today
Work on Cursive Worksheet (m & n) - Due Friday, September 11
Work on any missing assignments or early finishers
Wednesday, September 9:
Model Conclusion Paragraph
Class Work Time:
Work on Rough Draft - Goal: complete entire rough draft by FRIDAY (Introduction, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
Entire Rough Draft is Due Friday, September 11
Work on Cursive Worksheet (m & n) - Due Friday, September 11
Work on any missing assignments or early finishers
Thursday, September 10:
Class Work Time:
Work on Rough Draft - Goal: complete entire rough draft by FRIDAY (Introduction, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
Entire Rough Draft is Due Friday, September 11
Work on Cursive Worksheet (m & n) - Due Friday, September 11
Work on any missing assignments or early finishers
Friday, September 11: ROUGH DRAFTS DUE!
Class Work Time:
Work on Rough Draft - Goal: complete entire rough draft by TODAY (Introduction, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion)
Entire Rough Draft is Due TODAY, Friday, September 11
Students will turn in their rough drafts with their personal narrative plan stapled together
Work on Cursive Worksheet (m & n) - Due TODAY, Friday, September 11
Work on any missing assignments or early finishers
This week, we will take a final start our Personal Narrative Learning plan. Get ready to write!
There will be two assignments that students will complete and turn in this week by the end of class on Friday, August 28: 1) Cursive Worksheet (letter a & words); 2) Personal Narrative Essay Plan / Outline. Though not due, students should have the goal of drafting the introduction paragraph and starting to draft the first body paragraph of their narrative by end of class Friday.
Below is our tentative agenda:
Monday, August 24:
Introduce and practice lowercase cursive letter "a" and words
Class Notes: Run-on Sentences
Introduce Personal Narrative Learning Plan
Go over Personal Narrative Essay Plan / Outline (Due Friday)
Go over the due dates for Rough and Final Drafts
Go over rubrics for Rough and Final Drafts
Go over Brain Pop Quizes to be completed during learning plan
Tuesday, August 25:
Model completing Personal Narrative Essay Plan / Outline (Due Friday)
Class work time:
Personal Narrative Essay Plan / Outline - Due Friday
Cursive Worksheet (a & words) - Due Friday
Wednesday, August 26:
Model Introduction Paragraph for Personal Narrative
Class work time:
Personal Narrative Essay Plan / Outline - Due Friday
Cursive Worksheet (a & words) - Due Friday
Drafting Introduction Paragraph (in writing notebooks)
Thursday, August 27:
Small Groups (I will call small groups of students to check with their Personal Narrative Plan / Outline and Introduction Paragraph)
Class work time:
Personal Narrative Essay Plan / Outline - Due Friday
Cursive Worksheet (a & words) - Due Friday
Drafting Introduction Paragraph (in writing notebooks)
Friday, August 28:
Model First Body Paragraph for Personal Narrative
Class work time:
Personal Narrative Essay Plan / Outline - Due by end of class period
Cursive Worksheet (a & words) - Due by end of class period
Drafting Introduction and 1st Body Paragraphs (in writing notebooks)
This week, we will continue to create a couple S.O.P.s, take our beginning of the year STAR Test as a school, start learning some lowercase cursive letters, take notes on parts of speech, and take a pretest on narrative writing.
There will be two assignments that students will complete and turn in this week by the end of class on Friday, August 14: 1) Cursive Worksheet (letters l, h, k, t) - we will work on this throughout the week; 2) Narrative Pretest - students will complete this pretest in class on Friday.
Below is our tentative agenda:
Monday, August 10: First Day of STAR Testing (for all Red Team Students)
Special STAR Testing Schedule for Red Team (Core classes are slightly shorter)
Review Class Vision & Code
Create S.O.P.s
Introduce and practice lowercase cursive letter "l"
Tuesday, August 11: Second Day of STAR Testing (for all Red Team Students)
Special STAR Testing Schedule for Red Team (Core classes are slightly shorter)
Introduce and practice lowercase cursive letter "h"
Class Notes on Parts of Speech: Nouns and Verbs
Wednesday, August 12: First Day of STAR Testing (for all Gold Team Students)
Introduce and practice lowercase cursive letter "k"
Class Notes on Parts of Speech: Adjectives and Adverbs
Thursday, August 13: Second Day of STAR Testing (for all Gold Team Students)
Introduce and practice lowercase cursive letter "t"
Class Notes on Parts of Speech: Prepositions and Conjunctions
Friday, August 14:
Complete and Turn in Cursive Worksheet (letters l, h, k, t) - Due by end of class period
Complete and Submit Narrative Pretest (in Schoology) - Done in class & due by end of class period
Welcome to Falcon Middle School (FMS)! During this first week, we will get to know each other, co-create our class vision (why we come to writing), code of conduct (how we will treat each other, fellow students, and staff), and S.O.P.s (how we will do important tasks). In addition to all that, yes, we will WRITE! I look forward to meeting and learning with you all :)
Below is our tentative agenda:
Monday, August 3: First Day of 6th Grade!
Special 6th Grade Orientation Schedule
Familiarize Students with FMS, their class schedules, and more.
Tuesday, August 4: First Day for All Grades
Ice-Breaker
Creating Class Vision
Collecting Materials
Wednesday, August 5:
Ice-Breaker
Creating Class Vision / Code
Collecting Materials
Thursday, August 6:
Ice-Breaker
Creating Class Code and S.O.P.s
Friday, August 7: Assembly Schedule (school day will conclude with an assembly)
Ice-Breaker
Creating Class Code and S.O.P.s