Weekly Plans & Supporting Your Child's Learning

Schedule & Weekly Lesson Overview (for all subjects)

Click the "Weekly Lesson Overview" in the document below to see weekly overviews of lesson plans for all teachers, subjects, and grades.

ELA Content Connection Questions

The document below is specific to students' language arts homework and provides content connection questions to support learning and encourage at-home conversations.

Small-Group ELA Support

"STING time" is an opportunity between first and second period for students to get small-group help and ask questions in a live setting.

Students who need any kind of help are encouraged to attend ELA STING time, which is offered from 9:17-9:32 every Tuesday at meet.google.com using nickname HRMSParker

If students have conflicts on Tuesdays, email me (at least 1 day in advance) and I can accommodate you another day/time that week!

Enrichment Resources and Opportunities

The activities below are enrichment and extra-practice opportunities aligned with language arts standards and skills. These can be used on nights when students have no other language arts homework, or to increase proficiency with certain ELA topics.

• ReadTheory.org: Practice your reading comprehension and test-taking skills with short reading passages and paired question sets. Sign up with your school email account and then join our class with code VWPCDV9K to track your progress. **This is GREAT practice for the EOG!**

• EReadingGames: Play a variety of games to test your skills with context clues, poetic devices, grammar, figurative language, and more. Most games are mobile-friendly. No log-in is needed.

• FreeRice.com: A vocabulary quiz game that donates to the World Food Programme for each correct answer. There are English vocabulary and English grammar questions to practice. No log-in is needed, but creating an account to track your own progress is optional.

• BeanBeanBean.com: Similar to FreeRice.com, BeanBeanBean is a vocabulary quiz game that donates site-based revenue to US-based food banks, natural disaster relief efforts, and other assorted charities for every correct answer. No log-in is needed.

• NaNoWriMo: Calling all creative writers! National Novel Writing Month happens annually in November, but you can write your own original novel any time of the year by accepting a 30-day challenge. Create an account and connect with other HRMS students using class code GTHBWCDO.

• NewsELA: Exercise your reading comprehension skills with news articles and paired question sets centered around high-interest current events. Log in with your Google account and connect to my class with code JUBHFP.

• E-Book Libraries (because one can never have too many books!):

  • • NCWiseOwl: Students access through the WakeID Portal. Click the NCWiseOwl icon, select "Ebooks," and then click "EBSCO eBooks K-8 Collection." On the next screen, enter the password wiseowl19 and you will be granted instant access to a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction texts organized by genre.

    • Project Gutenberg: A website offering 60,000+ free e-books for download - try a classic like The Wizard of Oz or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with no log-in needed.

    • OverDrive: An app for free e-books and audiobooks loaned through local libraries. You will need to create an account and use your Wake County public library card number (or sign up for one online).

• WCPSS Resources Page: Some additional middle school ELA resources from Wake County.