Agenda 4/25 - 4/29

Monday

• SSR
• Review TAKS strategies
• On Level: Survival
• Pre AP: Recipes

Tuesday

• TAKS MATH

Wednesday

• TAKS READING

Thursday

• SSR
• Reader's Theater - Phantom Tollbooth
• Procedural Essay
• Brainstorm for Procedural Essay

Friday

• SSR
• Reader's Theater - Phantom Tollbooth
• Procedural Essay
• Review Prepositional phrases

Agenda 4/18 - 4/22

Monday

• SSR
• DLR
• TAKS Review
• Informal Letters

Tuesday

• SSR
• DLR
• TAKS Review
• Informal Letters 

Wednesday

• SSR
• DLR
• TAKS review
• Informal Letters
• Facts/Opinions

Thursday

• SSR
• DLR
• TAKS Review
• Informal Letters
• Compare and Analyze expository texts 

Friday

• SSR
• DLR
• Informal Letters
• TAKS Passage

Agenda 4/11 - 4/15

Monday

• SSR
• Grammar
• On Level - Integration lab to create brochure for "local pet shelter". Use rough draft created on construction paper
• Pre AP - Read informational texts to compare and contrast - follow multi-step instructions

Tuesday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Analyze informational texts

Wednesday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Analyze informational texts
• Create a map and write out multi-step instructions

Thursday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Doctoring Sentences
• Review active/passive voice, superlative and comparative for quiz tomorrow

Friday

• SSR
• TAKS practice
• Analogies
• Grammar quiz - Step 1-5, active/passive voice, superlative/comparative

Agenda 4/4-4/8

Monday

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board - Due Thursday
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• Sentence Structure

Tuesday

• SSR - nonfiction sharing board - Due Thursday
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• Nonfiction Introductions & Conclusions

Wednesday - Library Day

• SSR
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• On level - Read "The Stray" then write news report and create a brochure
• Pre AP - Read "Homecoming" then write news report

Thursday

• SSR - sharing board due
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• Continue news reports

Friday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Daily Language Review
• TAKS passage/ PRESS strategies
• Analogies

Agenda 3/28 - 4/1

Monday

• SSR
• Daily Language Review
• Grammar - Irregular Verbs, Active/Passive Voice
• Complete TAKS passage from Friday

Tuesday

• SSR
• Daily Language review
• Grammar
• Prefixes & Suffixes
• Comparative/Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs

Wednesday - Mrs. G will have a Substitute Teacher

• SSR
• Daily Language Review
• Active Passive Voice
• TAKS passage/ PRESS strategies
• Mood & Tone application

Thursday

• SSR
• Daily Language Review
• Reading Comprehension - Analyze connections; annotations
• Punctuation/Capitalization

Friday

• SSR
• Daily Language Review
• Reading Comprehension - Make connections
• Punctuation/Capitalization

Agenda 3/21 - 3/25

Monday

• SSR - Nonfiction
• Grammar - Simple Steps
• TAKS practice - Organization
• Active & Passive Voice
• Point of View/Audience - TEXT Zlata's Diary

Tuesday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Active & Passive Voice
• TAKS practice
• Reader's Theater - On level - distinguish fact from fiction - historical fiction
• Pre AP - socratic seminar - review for Stargirl test

Wednesday

• SSR
• Grammar Test - On Level
• Active & Passive Voice
• Stargirl Novel Test - Pre AP
• TAKS practice
• On Level - "Surviving a Concentration Camp"
• Pre AP - Levels of Reading

Thursday

• SSR
• Grammar
• Irregular Verbs
• Active & Passive Voice
• Prefixes & Suffixes
• TAKS practice
• Pre AP - Levels of Reading

Friday

• SSR
• Grammar
• TAKS passage
• Inferencing & Theme
• Pre AP - Levels of Reading

Agenda 3/7-3/11

Monday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar - Predicate Nominatives & Predicate Adjectives
• On Level: Holocaust poetry & create butterflies
• Pre AP: Stargirl lit circles chapters 28-More than Stars

Tuesday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar
• On Level: Review comprehension & vocabulary for test tomorrow
• Pre AP: Lit circles

***Open House***

Wednesday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar
• On Level: Test over Number the Stars
• Pre AP: Lit circles

Thursday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar
• Prefixes & Suffixes
• On Level: Compare/Contrast Letters from Concentration Camp to Letter to Scottie.
• Pre AP: Grammar Test, Lit Circles

Friday

• SSR
• Mood/Tone
• Grammar
• TAKS passage
• Active & Passive Voice