1st Quarter Assignments

Weekly Calendar: August 17 - 21

Week 1 Tasks

Click on the task calendar to the left and see your assignments for the first week of school, August 17 -24. It also gives you directions on how to submit your work. In addition, there is reflection at the end of the calander to fill out and submit. The reflection will let me know about any difficulties you may have had this week.

Parent Contact Form

Task 1
Read syllabus and share the information with your parents or guardians. Please have your parents fill out the form above when done and submit it.


About Me Graphic Organizer.pdf

Task 2
Complete the "About Me" graphic organizer. Follow the directions on the assignment.


Article_ Creating a learning station.pdf

Task 3
Read the article about making a classroom at home. Answer the questions at the end in complete sentences.

What Type of Learner Are You?

Task 4

Find out what type of learner you are - visual, auditory or kinaesthetic . Complete the survey and write the reflection for this assignment. Follow the directions posted in the weekly task calendar at the top of this page.

Student's Quick Guide to GClassroom

Task 5

Read the quick guide to Google Classroom. Follow the directions posted in the weekly task calendar at the top of this page.

Skills used to complete the week's tasks:
Summarizing Text Making Predictions Analyzing Details Drawing Conclusions
Writing to communicate with others Understanding how to navigate system

How to submit your work.

  1. You can print tasks, complete them, then scan your work and send it to me via an email attachment.

  2. If you do not have a scanner you can take a screenshot or a picture and send via email (make sure picture is clear).

  3. If you cannot print, you can complete tasks on your own paper - make sure you have a title on all submitted work.

*Reminder - review weekly task calendar for directions and additional information

Eventually we will switch to Google Classroom when majority of students receive their GDOE emails and passwords. The site we are on now can be accessed by any email address.

AW2 Weekly Calendar: August 24 - 28/Week 2

Week 2 Tasks

For week 2 assignments, you can click on the links located on this calendar and you will be taken to each assignment for the week. Have a great week.

3.Assessments.pdf

Week 3 Tasks

Week 3 is dedicated to taking reading pretests, which includes

the Gates-MacGinitie Comprehension and Vocabulary Reading assessments.

AW4 Week 4 Task Calendar Sept. 8 - 11

Week 4 Tasks

In Week 4, we begin the first story reading from our textbook entitled, The 11:59 by Patricia McKissack. This Historical Fiction story is divided into 3 parts, each having comprehension questions to complete at the end. An After You Read Test is included as well.

AW5 Weekly Task Calendar Sept 14- Sept 18

Week 5 Tasks

In week 5, we focus on reinforcing comprehension skills. There are 3 exercise assignments dealing with Mood, Character, and Drawing Conclusions.

AW6 Weekly Tasks Calendar: Sept 21- 25

Week 6 tasks

In week 6, we focus on how to recognize and write themes in literature. We begin using note-taking strategies while we read and we start reading our second story from the textbook entitled, A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry, which has critical thinking questions to complete.

Week 7 Tasks

In week 7, we will focus on close reading exercises for three passages from A Retieved Reformation. We will also take take the story test and complete the calendar reflection questions.

AW7 HC Weekly Task Calendar Week 7 Sept 28- Oct 2 (2).pdf
AW8 Weekly Task Calendar Week 8 Oct 5 - Oct 9.pdf

Week 8 Tasks

Week 8 reinforces our understanding of allusion and irony through the two writing assignments located on the task calendar.