Mrs. Todd

Lesson plans are subject to change.

May 21-25

LAST FULL WEEK OF 6TH GRADE!!!

*Remember be respectful and kind to others.

*All work needs to be turned this week as grades are due.

*TALENT SHOW on Wednesday at 1:30/shortened periods

*Guest Speaker in social studies on Thursday.

Reading..

Monday- Wednesday….Before the project begins…group leaders are responsible for checking tests from Friday. Then, Book Club groups will be working on their end of the Novel Project. Each group has a choice of creating an i movie or power point presentation advertising their books. This activity will be used for next year’s classes to help them decide which book they would like to read for this activity. The project will be worked on in class during Reading and Language Arts periods. Due date is Thursday presentations are scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

Thursday-Friday….presentations

Language Arts

Monday- Wednesday…. Book Club groups will be working on the end of the Novel Project. Each group has a choice of creating an i movie or power point presentation advertising their books. This activity will be used for next year’s classes to help them decide which book they would like to read for this activity. The project will be worked on in class during Reading and Language Arts periods. Due date is Thursday as presentations are scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

Thursday & Friday….presentations.

Social Studies

Monday & Tuesday…Review for the Chapter 10 test Wednesday. Complete review in class and check.

Wednesday….Give time to study and then distribute the Chapter 10 test. Last on for the year!!!

Thursday…Guest Speaker on Greece…Welcome Mr. Luther

Friday…..Movie Day. Classes will be watching movies on Greek Gods of Olympus and well as documentary on Greek Civilization to wrap up the Unit of Greece.

Mrs. Todd

May 14-18

Lesson plans are subject to change

*Talent show on the 17th.

Reading/Books must be read by the 18th./Mrs. Stauffer will be our guest presenter on Tuesday.

Monday- Friday…Final week for Book Club and packets. All groups will have read all chapters and completed all the activities that go along with their novels. Novel projects will be introduced on Friday and complete by the 25th. Each group will have an option to create a PP or i movie persuading others to read their novels. This will be worth 40 points.

Lang. Arts

Monday & Tuesday…. Final two days to write their 2018 Graduation Letters. We will seal all envelopes on Wednesday. Be sure to supply an envelope addressed like the example in the packet. Also, remember to add any pictures, or small items to your envelope before the sealing ceremony.

Wednesday…Seal envelops and give to Miss Popovich for delivery to the high school. Use the rest of the week to finish novels.

Thursday & Friday…Book Club wrap up.

Social Studies

Monday- Project alert…last lesson.

Tuesday –Friday….Finish discussing Sparta/Athens by completing the Chapter 10 outline as a group. This outline covers 10.1-10.3. This will take classes all week to complete. All work will be completed in class since we are using in class resources. Next week we will review and prepare for a Chapter 10 test.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR May 7-11

*Project Alert…NO social studies classes Monday and Tuesday.

*Bully meeting on Wednesday….missing 4th period.

*Band concert on Wednesday after 7th period.

*FIELD TRIP on Friday.

1. All packed lunches must be DISPOSIBLE.

2. Hats and sunglasses are permitted.

3. Food is sold on the boat, so money is optional. No more than 10-15 dollars is needed.

4. Be sure to wear tennis shoes as we will be doing a lot of walking and sandals may leave blisters.

5. Finally, remember sunscreen if sunny!

SOCIAL STUDIES

Monday…No classes due to Project Alert. Project Alert hmwk due today….worth 10pts.

Tuesday….Project Alert.

Wednesday….Students will view a short DVD on the events of the Trojan War before moving on to Chapter 10,….Sparta and Athens. Begin reading and discussing Chapter 10. Distribute the Ch. 10 outline. Continue working on this tomorrow.

Thursday….Continue working on Chapter 10. Complete the outline by the end of class next Monday (14th)

Friday…Field Trip….Heinz Field and Gateway Clipper.

READING

Monday-Book Club….students will finish generating test questions for chapters 1-10. Group leaders must have all tests typed by tomorrow. Groups need to read up to and including chapter 20.

Tuesday…groups will be taking a quiz on chapters 1-10. Group leaders will be responsible for distributing and checking tests. Continue reading.

Wednesday-Thursday …..Book Club…read and complete a Cause and Effect wkst for points. Groups will make up another test for chapters 11-20. The test needs to include all types of questions…True and False, Completion, Matching, Multiple Choice. Each test must have 10 questions.

Friday…Field Trip Day!!

Language Arts

Monday-Wednesday (16th) ….. Students will be working on a Futuristic Graduation Writing Activity. Students will be handwriting a two page long letter describing them as they are NOW. They must include things such as, their friends, current events, sports, what 6th grade is like etc… Students will have one week to complete this assignment. Letters will be received in 2018 prior to graduation.

Friday…..Field Trip Day!

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR April 30-May 4

**Book Club will end on May 18th with a novel project to follow.

**Meet and Greet will be on Friday, May 4th

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Monday& Tuesday…..Project Alert/pass out the 9.2 study guide for Thursday’s test.

Wednesday…..Check and discuss 9.2. Remind classes the test on 9.2 will be on tomorrow.

Thursday…Give time to study and then distribute the 9.2 test and collect. Students will then work on the second half of their Color and Learn lesson. This will be due next Friday.

Friday…Hand back and discuss the test. Give time to work on the Color and Learn. This is due at the end of the period.

READING/Book Club week #2/Book Club ends on the 18th of May.

Monday…..Switch group leaders today and check pg. 3 of packet……Important vs. Interesting for points. Groups will need to choose 10 spelling words for their book. This student generated spelling test will be given in LA class of Thursday. Finally, groups will meet and read silently the chapters assigned by the leader. Reminder….. vocab. test will be giving tomorrow on all 15 words.

Tuesday…give time to review and then give the Vocab. test. Group leader will be responsible for checking and turning in the tests to me. The rest of class will be given to complete an assignment out of their packets.

Wednesday-Friday… Book Club.

Language Arts/Student generated spelling.

Monday…...Finish the comparative/superlative packet and review for Wednesday’s test. Introduce the Collage project. Students will search to find examples for comparatives and superlatives in magazines and or newspapers to glue on to construction paper. This Collage will be due at the end of class on Tuesday.

Tuesday….Review for the test on Comp./Superlatives tomorrow with the Collage project. Share projects.

Wednesday….Give a few minutes to look over materials before distributing the Comparative/Superlative Unit test. Reminder, the spelling test will be on Thursday. Begin an direct and indirect object unit.

Thursday…Give a spelling test and check. Continue learning about direct/indirect objects.

Friday…..Direct and Indirect object unit.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR April 23-27

*Chorus members get all missed work for Monday and Tuesday

*Chorus assembly on Wednesday/shortened periods

*Take Your Child to Work Day on Thursday/get missed work

*Progress notes on Friday

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Monday& Tuesday…..Project Alert

Wednesday…..Give time to study and then give the 9.1 test. The color and learn pgs. 1-10 will also be due today.

Thursday-Friday…Begin 9.2…The Mycenanaeans. Read and discuss Chapter 10. Distribute the 9.2 outline and complete.

READING/Novel Lesson

Monday…..Finish viewing Soul Surfer and then explain our final Novel Lesson. Students will be allowed to choose a novel of choice. Each group will be responsible for reading chapters, assigning hmwk. and choosing a group leader every week. Teacher created tests and quizzes on the book will be periodically given as well. Each group will also be responsible for an end of the book project.

Tuesday-Friday… Novel groups will generate a 10-15-word vocabulary word list. Vocabulary definitions’ will be due on Wednesday. The teacher will also approve hmwk assignments assigned by this week’s group leader.

Language Arts/No spelling this week.

Monday…..New Unit…Comparatives and Superlatives. Distribute a pre-test to assess knowledge, no grade. Begin completing the Comparative/Superlative outline pgs. 1-20. Work on pgs. 1-3. May need to finish explaining our Novel Unit if we ran out of time during 1st period.

Tuesday & Wednesday…. Continue working on discussing/identifying Comparative forms of adjectives. Complete pgs. 4-9.

Thursday& Friday…..Complete pgs. 10-15.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR APRIL 16-20

*Bushy Run 5K on Friday the 20th. Be prepared.

*SPELLING BEE in LA

READING/swbat identify examples of different types of Author’s Purpose as well as answer questions regarding this week’s selection.

Monday…Check P pg. 112 and vocab. folds. Then listen to the story…pgs. 368-379 and discuss with P pg. 114. Assign the Author’s Purpose activity that is due on Wednesday. Selection test will be on Wednesday. Be sure to study.

Tuesday ….Complete all practice (pgs. 116-118). Allow students time to look for books that relate to different examples of Author’s Purposes.

Wednesday….Present the Author’s Purpose activity for a grade. Give a few minutes to study and then give the selection test.

Thursday & Friday….. Students will be viewing the movie Soul Surfer to reinforce our stories theme of Perseverance. This will take two days.

LANGUAGE ARTS/swbat identify Adverbs in a sentence and tell what they modify as well as participate in a spelling bee contest.

Monday….Review for an Adverb test by search and identifying Adverbs in children’s books, completing a review wkst. plus a practice test.

Tuesday…Give the Adverb test after allowing a few minutes to study. Hand out the Spelling Bee Word List. We will be participating a Spelling Bee Contest on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

Wednesday & Thursday….SPELLING BEE CONTEST!!

Friday…Hand back Adverb test and finish the Spelling Bee if necessary.

Social Studies/swbat discuss the beginnings of the Greek civilations…Minons.

Monday & Tuesday…..Project Alert.

Wednesday-Thursday…. Start the Greek Unit by brainstorming things we know about Greece/Greeks. We will continue working on this Unit for several weeks. Classes will be working outside the book for the majority of the Unit. Students will be provided with packets and worksheet in order to be successful on the quizzes and tests. Classes will read 9.1 and complete the outline pages in class. This will be due on Friday,

Friday…Check 9.1 and review for Monday’s test.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR APRIL 11-13

*Bully meeting on Wednesday in the morning…missing 4th period.

READING/swbat identify meanings of vocabulary and use them in context.

Wednesday…Introduce the theme of our unit…….. Perseverance. Read Comeback on pgs. 366-367 and discuss…Soul Surfer. Define vocabulary,…deteriorate, maturity, awesome, crevasses, freestyle, sponsorship, retina, mountaineer, insulate. Play a read around game to reinforce vocabulary retention.

Thursday ….Instruct students to create a Vocabulary Fold like they do in science class. Complete practice page 112. Review the tested skill…Author’s Purpose.

Friday…...Listen to the story on pgs. 368-379. Discuss Author’s Purpose.

LANGUAGE ARTS/Spelling this week/swbat identify adverbs in a sentence and use adverbs to modify verbs, adjective and other adverbs.

Wednesday….Adverb unit will begin today. Complete pgs. 1-4 in the Adverb outline. A spelling test on Seeing Things His Own Way will be given on Friday. No packets or pre-test this week.

Thursday….Finish the remaining pages of the outline. Reminder….that our final spelling test will be tomorrow. No packet this week due to it being a short week. The class may play a Spelling Relay Race if time permits to review for tomorrow’s test.

Friday…. Give the spelling test on Seeing Things His Own Way.

Social Studies/swbat identify several countries and bodies of water in and around Europe.

Wednesday & Thursday....Give students several practice test to prepare for Friday's Map of Europe test. Remind students that their maps will be collect before the test on Friday. Be sure to have all countries and bodies of water colored and labeled…STUDY!

Friday….Give the classes a few minutes to look over their maps. Collect all maps for a grade. Start the Greek Unit by brainstorming things we know about Greece/Greeks. We will continue working on this Unit for several weeks. Classes will be working outside the book for the majority of the Unit. Students will be provided with packets and worksheet in order to be successful on the quizzes and tests. Classes will read 9.1.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR APRIL 2-4

*Monday…..assembly/missing 6th and some of 7th period.

*Wednesday…Last day before break!

READING/swbat write creatively on an historical event.

Monday & Tuesday ….Students will work on writing/typing their Eye Witness Account of the Titanic sinking. This will be due on Wednesday. Students will refer to the informational sheet for specific directions regarding the paper. Students may also research their passenger to make his or her store more accurate.

Wednesday….. Share papers.

LANGUAGE ARTS/swbat correct common grammatical mistakes and spell previous spelling words correctly.

Monday….Show a Grammar Video and discuss bad grammar. Work through a grammar packet to celebrate National Grammar month.

Tuesday….Grammar wksts. + divide the class into two groups for a Spelling BEE.

Wednesday…. Continue the Spelling Bee. Last three standing win a small prize.

Social Studies/swbat locate and label specific countries in Europe.

Monday & Tuesday… Project Alert.

Wednesday… Classes will work on labeling and coloring their maps of Europe. This will be due when we come back from break on Wednesday, April 11th.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR March 26-30

*Bully meeting on Thursday and missing 2ndperiod.

* Assembly on the 30h…. information on the 5K

Social Studies

Monday….Start presenting India projects.

Tuesday..Continue viewing i-movies and word brochures on India.

Wednesday- Friday-Color and label a map of Europe. Maps are due on Friday. Be sure to follow the direction sheet to ensure you have labeled all the listed countries and bodies of water. A test will follow just like we’ve done with past. This one is the most difficult, so be sure to study!!

READING

Monday…Continue viewing the Titanic movie. Review vocab. words.

Tuesday….Have students write brief journal entry explaining the emotional roller coaster they felt while watching Titanic. Explain what the movie made them think about?? Share a few entries. Play a synonym/plate review game to prepare for tomorrow’s test. Finish reading our Scholastic book in groups.

Wednesday… Give the vocab. test and explain the Titanic project. The project will be worth 20pts. and go into our writing folders.

Thursday & Friday…work on the Titanic project…being a passenger on the boat.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Monday-Intro new spelling words for the week. This week’s spelling has a twist. Students will need to know definitions as well as how to spell the word correctly. A pre-test will be given on Wednesday with a final test on Friday. Continue working in the Adjective packet…pgs. 17-19. Try and complete by Wednesday and look for a Unit test on Friday

Tuesday & Wednesday… More fun with Adjectives working on pgs. 20-24. Give a spelling pre-test on Wednesday.

Thursday- Review for the Spelling/definitions and Adjective Tests. Unit test on Adjectives will be tomorrow.

Friday- Two evaluations today….spelling/definitions as well as an Adjective Test.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR March 19-23

*Bully meeting…..Wednesday…….missing 1st pd.

*End of the 3rd nine week period is Wednesday the 21st.

*Report Cards will be issued on the 28th.

READING

Monday….Titanic unit. Define vocabulary and listen to the story. Pass out permission slips to view the second half of the movie Titanic.

Tuesday…check vocab. and preview the story. Complete P pgs.

Play the plate game with vocab. A vocab. word is written in the center of the plate and students (in small groups write a synonym on the plate the matches the center vocab. word. Once groups are finished they will turn the plate over and write antonyms for that same work. Discuss outcomes.

Wednesday…No class due to bully meeting.

Thursday- Complete the remaining practice book pgs. + discuss the history behind the ship. Read hard back (Scholastic) books from the series. Collect all permission slips.

Friday…Watch the movie….start with the second VHS…make sure permission slips have been collected.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Monday-Friday…. Start a new unit on ADJECTIVES…..describing words. Distribute packets and begin completing several pages per day. Most of the work will be finished during class, so there will not be a lot of homework this week. We will pick up spelling since we are back in our Reading books. Spelling this week goes with the story TITANIC. Pre-test will be given on Wednesday and final test on Friday. No packets as we will be switching it up and completing a TIC-TAC-TOE.

Social Studies

Monday-Thursday…We are heading to Lab 209 to create a brochure of India. Students have been researching and now have a rough idea of how to persuade people to vacation to India. Students have two choices…..to create a brochure via Word OR an i movie. If they chose to create an i movie, they were permitted to work with one other person of their choice. These projects will be presented on Friday.

Friday… Presentations of India.

MRS. TODD

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR MARCH 12-16

*PSSA’s START ON TUESDAY and END ON THURSDAY…..COME IN RESTED AND READY TO GO! WE ARE PREPARED, SO I KNOW WE ALL WILL DO WELL.

Social Studies

Monday….Classes brainstorm ideas for their India Brochures/i movies.

Tuesday….NO CLASS for periods 3 and 4. I will see periods 7 and 8, so have your information and ideas on a rough draft.

Wednesday….Continue working on India Brochures/i movies for periods 3 and 4…NO CLASSES for periods 7 and 8.

Thursday….PSSA Reward/Fun Day!

Friday…Final day to work on coloring/labeling Maps.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Monday…...Discuss the Sentence Test given on Friday. PRT for the rest of class. Students need to try and finish their novels, so we can being show Narnia.

Tuesday….Last day for novels.

Wednesday…Narnia

Thursday…PSSA Reward/Fun Day!

Friday….Finish watching the Narnia movie as a final conclusion to the book.

READING

Monday……Students will have one final review before PSSA’s….on the CPS units…..PRT time after review.

Tuesday….NO CLASS.

Wednesday….Narnia movie continues from LA class.

Thursday…PSSA Reward/Fun Day!!!!

Friday…..Finish watching the Narnia movie as a final conclusion to our book.

Mrs. Todd

Plans are subject to change

March 5-9

*PSSA meeting on Wednesday/missing 7th pd.

Reading

Monday…Back to the book this week…The Case of the Phantom Poet. Preview pages. 336-337 discussing class plays, musicals and dance. Define charismatic, sleuthing, mimics, array, significance, despondently, sponsoring and anonymous. Reinforce definitions by reading the Unusual Robot on pgs. 338 & 339. If time, complete P. pg. 103.

Tuesday….Complete P pg. 104 in class. Divide class into 4 groups of 8 students. Assign roles, and read play in small groups (pgs. 340-353). If not completed continue reading play during 5th period LA.

Wednesday…Listen to the play to reinforce comprehension. Answer questions on pg. 354 and P pg. 105. Give clues to help students draw conclusions about the selection.

Thursday…..Give the selection test for selection and complete P pgs. 107, 108 & 110 in class.

Friday…...Novel PRT!

Lang. Arts/Spelling this week but not our normal routine.

Monday…Give a two small quizzes on sections 8 and 9. Check in class and finish working on section #10. Pronounce the new spelling list….The Case of the Phantom Poet.

Tuesday and Wednesday…Continue working on the Sentence Packet #2…..section # 11. NO pre-test on Wednesday since the Sentence Unit test is scheduled for Friday. Only one Spelling test will be given on Thursday of this week! Make note of change.

Thursday…Review for a unit test with more practice. Reviewing all sections 1-11. Give the final spelling test today.

Friday….Give the unit test on Sentences!

Social Studies

Monday…Give 5-8 minutes to study for the 4.3 test. Give test and collect. Students will work on their Gandhi Timeline Activity they started on Friday once completed with the test. This is worth 15pts.

Tuesday & Wednesday…Read and discuss 4.4 and complete the outline in class.

Thursday & Friday….Review information to prepare for a small quiz on 4.4. Introduce the Unit active of creating a Travel Brochure using Word. We will be travelling to the computer Lab all next week to work on this project.

MRS. TODD

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR Feb. 27th-March 2nd

*PSSA meeting on Wednesday/missing 6th

* ALL SOCIAL STUDIES MODELS MUST BE TAKEN HOME.

Social Studies

Monday…. Hand back and discuss the 4.2 test and distribute any make up tests as well. Discuss parts of the Indian magazine and have groups create a lesson plan to present to the class. Each lesson plan must include and introduction, facts and an ending activity.

Tuesday…..Continue working on lesson plans. Start presentations during the second half of class today. Continue presenting the remaining lesson tomorrow.

Wednesday …Finish any lessons not taught on Tuesday. Continue working on the 4.3 Buddism study guide. It will be due tomorrow.

Thursday… Check the 4.3 hmwk. Complete a review sheet. Test for 4.3 will be tomorrow.

Friday….Give a few minutes to look over materials for 4.3. Give the test and collect. Introduce our India project….Travel Brochures. Will we be working on this Monday and Tuesday of next week. Please bring in any special supplies if you wish.

READING

Monday……PSSA review…..Figurative Language Activity

Tuesday….PSSA review…..continue lesson from Monday. All pages of Figurative packet are due tomorrow.

Wednesday…...PSSA review…..Author’s Purpose.

Thursday…..PSSA review….Understanding Poetry.

Friday….Novel/PRT!

LANGUAGE ARTS/NO Spelling!!

Monday….Students will be working through Sentence Packet #2, sections 8-11. These sections will be more challenging, therefore will require more practice/studying for the over all Unit Test.

Tuesday…..Sentence packet #2….section 9.

Wednesday…...Sentence packet section 10.

Thursday & Friday….Sentence packet section 11 or any pages not completed during the week.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR Feb. 20-24

*NO SCHOOL on Monday the 20th…ENJOY!

*PSSA Prep on Wednesday/missing 4th period.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Monday… NO SCHOOL.

Tuesday…..Finish completing the 4.2 outline. Make a card for Mr. Schafer thanking him for taking the time to come in and speak to us about present day Egypt.

*Wednesday….Check 4.2 in class for a grade. Show parts of a video on India. Looking for quiz on 4.2 this Friday…start studying.

Missing 4th period social studies

Thursday…Finish any parts of the video if needed and then review for quiz. Complete the crossword puzzle and take a practice test. 4.2 TEST is tomorrow.

Friday….Give a few minutes to review materials and then distribute the 4.2 test. Have students start previewing 4.3 and pass out line.

READING

Monday…NO SCHOOL.

Tuesday-Back to the book…..The Emperor’s Silent Army. Define the following vocab. words on the provided wkst.….figurines, utensils, excavate, replicas, immortality, superstitious, civilized, trenches, prolong, precede, and steadfastly. Play a game of read around to reinforce definitions. Make predications after looking at pgs. 314-315.

Wednesday-Complete practice pg. 96 & read pgs. 316-317. Play a final game of read around. Listen to story….pgs. 319-330.

Thursday…Use comprehension questions on pg. 331 to discuss story. Be sure to hit the targeted skill of summarizing. Complete the “Put Them Together” wkst. reinforcing the skill of Cause/ Effect. If not completed in class, it turns into hmwk.

Friday….PRT/ Novels …pillows welcomed! Check cause/effect wkst. if assigned for hmwk from Thursday.

LANGUAGE ARTS/SPELLING THIS WEEK!!!

Monday….NO SCHOOL

Tuesday….Introduce the new spelling list that goes along with the selection...The Emperor’s Silent Army. Re-do the sentence 1-4 review and retest.

Wednesday…. No pre-test in spelling due to a short week. Complete sections 5-7. SP packets due tomorrow.

Thursday… .Check SP packets and continue working on sections 5-7.

Friday…. Give the spelling test and collect. Begin Sentence Packet #2

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR February 13-17

*Wear RED on Tuesday for Valentine’s Day

*PSSA PREP meeting is 3rd period…Wednesday.

*Lab on Wednesday for 4-Sight.

Social Studies

Monday -Wednesday… Egyptian Project Presentations.

Thursday…Extra day for presentations/guest speaker on Egypt (Mr. Schafer)

Friday….Read 4.2 and complete the outline in class.

READING

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday… Students will be working of PSSA skills this week. The follow topics will be covered over a four-day period. Grades will be taken on class participation and hmwk. Be sure to be prepared for every class!

#1 Text organization

#2 Poetry

#3 Literary terms (plot, setting, theme pt. of view)

#4 Inference/Drawing conclusions

**Wednesday…..Head to Lab 209 to enter 4-Sight scores

LANGUAGE ARTS/No spelling this week!

Monday-Take the 4-Sight test/PRT ( Lion, Witch and Wardrobe)/Valentine to parents/guardians.

*Tuesday-Explain and assign the Black History Month Informative Paper. This paper will be done outside of class. Students will have two weeks to complete his/her assignment. A detailed outline will be given to all students explaining the requirements. Continue working thru numbers 1-4 in the Sentence Unit (pgs. 2-12)

Wednesday- Instruct students to create a Valentine Cinquain to give to someone special. Students will follow detailed instruction, and all poems must be complimentary and send a positive message. This will be with 10 points. Continue working in Sentence Unit, sections 1-4.

Thursday- Finish working on section 4 of the Sentence Unit ….reveiw for a small quiz, which will be tomorrow.

Friday- Give the Sentence Quiz on sections 1-4. Complete section 5 pg. 15.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR February 6-12

*PSSA REVIEW CLASS….missing 2nd period.

*Social Studies project due this week!!...Feb. 9th and 10th.

Social Studies-FYI 4.1 test has been moved to Thursday (2/6)

Monday…...View the Mt. Everest movie and discuss. Finish reading and work through the 4.1 outlines. Test this week!

Tuesday…. Pass out the review lesson w/ pg. 53. Test on 4.1 Wednesday….20pts. A packet of notes will be coming home to help prepare for the test tomorrow

Wednesday….. Give a few minutes to look over notes and distribute test. Have students preview 4.2 by completing the RR worksheet the ME column only. Then, in groups students will complete column #2. Finally, we will look in our books for the correct answers to the last column.

Thursday… Hand back the 4.1 tests and discuss. Start Egypt project presentations…cont. to Wednesday of next week.

Friday…Begin presenting Egyptian Projects.

READING

Monday…Look at pgs.2 74-275 and access prior knowledge from social studies class to make a prediction. Read “The Mysterious Limousine” on pgs 276-277. Discuss the highlighted vocab. words. Use context clue skills from last week to write definitions. Complete Transparency #12 as a closing for class.

Tuesday….Compete P pgs. 83 & 84 and read the selection on pgs. 278-294…Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street. Pass out the character trait wkst. that coincides with the story. The wkst. will be due on Wednesday.

Wednesday…..Discuss wkst. from yesterday’s class and the selection by using the comprehension questions on pg. 295. Explain the Character Study activity and complete. This activity may carry over to Thursday’s class.

Thursday…..Continue working on Character Study and finish all P pgs. for Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street (except pg. 85). Selection test and PWA will be given tomorrow.

Friday…..Give the selection test and PWA, collect and grade. Begin reading The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe as a class PRT novel. This novel needs to be with each student for first and second periods.

LANGUAGE ARTS/FYI....comma test has been moved to Wednesday (2/6)

Monday….reveiw for the Comma test on Tuesday and introduce the next set of spelling words for…..Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street.

Tuesday….give a few minutes to look over the rules for commas and distribute the test. Collect….PRT after test or work on spelling packets.

Wednesday….Give the pre-test for spelling and check. Hand back the Comma test and discuss. Begin the next unit of study….SENTENCES with a pretest on subject/predicate.

Thursday…..Check spelling packets and complete pgs. in the sentence packet related to Collective Nouns.

Friday…..Give the final spelling test to those students that did NOT earn a 20/20 on Wednesday’s pre-test. Continue working on Collective Nouns. A quiz will be given after section 4.

Mrs. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR Jan. 30tht- Feb. 3rd

*PSSA Prep meeting….missing 1st period.

*Stay with your homeroom teacher for first rotation.

*Social Studies project ON THE 10TH OF FEBRUARY!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES

Monday…..Discuss Egypt test and introduce Chapter 4..INDIA. We will be working on a map for the rest of the week along with India’s flag. Students will understand the meaning behind the colors used in the flag. A map test will follow as it for the Middle East. Special supplies are welcomed.

Tuesday…. Map and flag work today.

Wednesday….. Check maps and start practicing for the map test, which will be on Friday.

Thursday…. Complete another practice test. If time, pass out the Reading Readiness worksheet for 4.1. Assign 4.1 for homework

Friday….. Give time to study for the map test. Have students work on the 4.1 outline after the test and finish for Monday.

READING

Monday-Give a few minutes to look over the selection before giving the selection test. Begin our PSSA review. Explain to the class what will be taking place over the next few weeks. Start review with words that have multiple meanings.

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday… PSSA review. Students will be reinforcing tested skills, such as, drawing conclusions, setting, main idea, multiple meaning words, author’s purpose, and making inferences. Most of the work will be completed in class, but there may be assignments that are started in class, and need to be finished for homework. Grades will be taken from class work.

*Wednesday-no class due to PSSA meeting.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Monday-Friday…Continue working of the Comma Unit in class. Most of the work will be in-class assignments. A Comma Unit test will be given around the second week of February. A mixed review will be completed before the Unit Test to review all 8 items.

*SPELLING will RESUME. Students will be tested on the Juan Verdades words from last week’s selection. Remember…..words on Monday, pre-test on Wednesday, packets due on Thursday and final test on Friday.

MRS. Todd

LESSON PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PLANS FOR JANUARY 23-27

*Bully meeting on Wednesday…missing 8th period. Last rotation for all homerooms.

*PJ fundraiser on Friday!

*SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECTS DUE FEB. 10TH

Social Studies

Monday….Practice Rap for half the class and present.

Tuesday…..Finish any Rap presentations from Monday. Begin working on the Vocabulary Building and Bingo review wksts. The Egypt Unit Test will be on Thursday. It will be 75 pts. Start studying using the study guide given today.

Wednesday….Check all review sheets and discuss the study guide. Test is tomorrow!!!

Thursday….Give a few minutes to review material before distributing the CPS units and taking the test.

Friday….Discuss results of the Unit test and begin our new unit of study…..INDIA.

Reading

Monday….Discuss the results of the 4-Sight tests. Distribute i-pod pass to those who earned advanced, proficient or increase their score by 3 points. Students will also complete their bar graph chart documenting individual results. Present students’ Sisters Grimm portraits and make sure all folders have been collect.

Tuesday …..Start Unit 3…..have a group discussion about the story’s theme(folktales) and vocab. words…FORMAN, EMPLOYEE, GRITTED, FULFILL, GLOAT, FLOURISH, VIGOROUSLY, GLEEFULLY, SEDATED, INTENT, SPECULATED. Use pg. 246-247 as well. Students will define vocab. words in their notebooks. Make predictions about the new selection….Juan Verdades on pg. 250-251;

Wednesday …. Complete P pg. 75 as a review of vocab. Read 248-249 and complete P pg. 76. Discuss story structure…character, plot and setting. Have students play a game of charades using the vocab. words. Break them into groups and only give a few minutes to practice.

Thursday ….Read the story on pgs. 250-265 aloud. Use P pg. 77 as a tool for discussion. Complete remaining practice pages in class. Selection test will be Friday.

Friday....Give time to review materials and give the test.

Language Arts

Monday.....Give time to look over NOUN material, and then give the Noun test.

Tuesday-Friday….Introduce the next unit of study….commas. Over the next several weeks students will be practicing the following comma skills: interjections/introductory words, direct address, items in a series, double adjectives, cities, states, dates in a sentence, appositives, and interrupters. Each day, students will cover a topic and practice inserting commas in their appropriate places.

Mrs. Todd

Plans are subject to change.

January 16-20

* NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY…Martin Luther King Day.

* BULLY MEETING WEDNESDAY….MISSING 7TH PERIOD.

*SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECTS ARE DUE FEB. 10TH.

Social Studies

MONDAY…No school

Tuesday….Finish reading the mummification packet #2 and answer the wkst that goes along with this packet. Complete the hieroglyphics activity and try to guess each other’s names.

Wednesday….Read the last information packet and complete the final info. Wkst. Pass out the ABC’s of Egypt worksheet. The catch is they have to start the fact that they have learned with the correct alphabet letter and it MUST be in sentence form,…..H= Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh in the Old Kingdom. Students may use their outlines to help them fill out the worksheet. This is a 26 pt. assignment that will be DUE ON FRIDAY.

THURSDAY….Explain the Egypt Rap project and requirements. This project will be done in groups of 4 and will be presented on Monday. Students will practice during class today and tomorrow. The Egyptian Unit test will be towards the end of next week.

FRIDAY…Practice Egyptian Raps

Monday….Egyptian Rap Presentations/LOOK FOR A UNIT TEST ON EGYPT COMING SOON! Doesn’t hurt to start studying your outlines…3.1-3.4.

Reading

Monday…No School!

Tuesday-Friday….Students will take the end of the book evaluation. Information will be given about the end of the novel activity. Students will receive folders that include daily activities that will need to be completed by Friday.

Language Arts/ Spelling this week!!!

Monday…No School!

Tuesday…..Finish working on the Possessive FUNKY Noun packet ….pgs. 11 & 12. Move to Abstract nouns. A Noun test will be coming soon! Spelling words this week are pulled from our Sisters Grimm Novel. Not only will the students need to spell the vocab. correctly, they must know the definition. The final spelling/definition test will be on Friday. Be sure to study!!!!!!!

Wednesday…..Review for the Noun Unit Test by using the review practice sheets.

Thursday ….Give a few minutes to look over all noun information before giving the Noun Unit Test. Reminder….spelling/definition test tomorrow.

Friday…. Give time to look over spelling words and definitions before giving the spelling/definition test.

Mrs. Todd

Plans are subject to change.

January 9-13

*BE SURE TO HAVE ALL MATERIALS FOR CLASS

* BULLY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY…MISSING 6th.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Monday….Discuss the 3.3 SG. Introduce the Egyptian AT HOME project with a handout and examples. Project will be due on Feb. 10th. Quiz on 3.3 will be tomorrow.

Tuesday….Give time to study and then give the 3.3 test. Have students read the Mummification pk. #1 after the test. Assign the “That’s Shocking” wkst for homework.

Wednesday…. Check Tuesday’s hmwk. Complete the 3.4 outline. What’s not finished in class will be hmwk.

Thursday…Check the 3.4 outline and show video #2 for a review.

Friday…Read the Mummification pk. #2 and answer questions on wkst. Complete the hieroglyphic activity in packet as well. Play the name game using the Elmo.

Reading

Monday…Read chapter 8 in class. Complete the Word Watcher Wkst. for 8. This is due tomorrow. Begin putting to memory the vocab. words form the beginning of our novel. A BIG vocabulary test is coming up on Thursday. Study!!! It’s 28 points and matching.

Tuesday…Read chapter 9 in small groups. Groups will turn in ONE word watcher sheet for a grade. Reminder of vocab. test on Thursday.

Wednesday…Assign the rest of the book for Friday. Give today as a silent reading day. Vocab. test tomorrow.

Thursday…..Give time to looking over vocab. words. Give the test and collect. Students will use the remaining time to finish reading Sisters Grimm for tomorrow.

Friday… Complete a few end of the book activities and wksts. This will be our end of the novel grade and project. Students will have next week to complete their assignments.

Language Arts

Monday….Give the Singular/Plural Noun evaluation and collect. Begin Possessive Nouns. Complete pgs. 1-3

*Journal: What was the nicest compliment you ever received from an adult? How did that make you feel?

Tuesday…Possessive Nouns pgs. 4-7.

*Journal: What was your first memory as a child?..share

Wednesday….. Possessive Nouns practice #2. Complete pages 1-5.

*Journal: What school activity do you most wish to be a part of? What holds you back?

Thursday…Possessive packet #2 pgs. 6-8

*Journal: Are any of the adults/parents/grandparents/family COOL? What makes them COOL?

Friday….Complete pages 9-12 in Possessive packet #2.

*Journal: FREE WRITE