Weekly Assignments
Mrs. Smith
Planning Period 12:30-1:20
Lunch 11:05-11:35
for the week of
October 21st – October 25th
Second Nine Weeks
8:00-8:20 Plan
Mon.
Notes:
8:20-9:10 7th Reading
Read, Homer Price
Chapter 6 Wheels of Progress
Read/Discuss
-Lunch
Duty
9:15-10:05 6th Reading
The Tale of Despereaux: Book the Second
Plot Review
The class will complete a plot diagram over The
Tale of Despereaux: Book the Second.
James and the Giant Peach
Read/Discuss Chapters 24 & 25
Pop Quiz
Students will complete a plot diagram over The
Tale of Despereaux: Book the Third
Finish reading
Homer Price
Chapter 6 Wheels of Progress
The Tale of Despereaux: Book the Fourth
Read/Discuss
Chapter 34 - 40
James and the Giant Peach
Read/Discuss Chapters 26-29
Students will label the rhyme scheme and identify
stanzas in the poem from James and the Giant
Peach chapter 26.
-Choosing Correct Meanings
-Using Guide Words
-Recalling an Event
Tues.
10:10-11:05 5th Reading
The Tale of Despereaux: Book the Fourth
Chapters 31 – 40 Quiz
Vivid Mental Image
Students can choose either Roscuro or Mig to
complete their vivid mental image over.
James and the Giant Peach
Chapters 24-29 Quiz
The Tale of Despereaux: Book the Fourth
Chapters 41-45
Read/Discuss
Quiz
James and the Giant Peach
Read/Discuss
Chapters 30-34
The Tale of Despereaux: Book the Fourth
Chapters 46-52
-Students will complete a plot diagram over one Read/Discuss
of the chapters from Homer Price by Robert
Quiz
McCloskey
James and the Giant Peach
Read/Discuss
Chapters 35-39
Chapters 30-39 Quiz
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
A.R. Test
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
Wed.
-Writing a Journal Sample
-Recalling a Character
Thurs.
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
-Using Descriptive Words
-Creating a Picture
-Writing a Book Recommendation
Letter writing skills (salutation, address format,
etc.
Postcards from a Peach
Students will pretend they are riding on top of the
peach with James and his friends. They will write
a letter to their family or best friends about their
experiences. They should describe how they felt
when they met the creatures, the sensation of
bobbing in the sea or flying through the sky.
Fri.
Halloween
Carnival
-Explaining Feelings
Special Times
Plan
8:00-8:20
Lunch
11:05-11:35
Plan
3:10-3:40
Emergency Substitute Folder Located in
yellow folder beside printer in windowsill.
Duties:
11:40-12:30 8th Writing
2nd Nine Weeks
8th Grade Reading Benchmark
Descriptive Writing
12:30-1:20
PE/Title I
1:25-2:15 5th Writing
Persuasive Writing
Destination: Best Vacation
Your favorite vacation spot is the tops!
Imagine that you’re there, and then write a
postcard persuading a friend that it’s the best
place in the world to vacation.
PE – Computer Lab
12:30-1:20
5/6 Boys and Girls
Morning
Lunch Recess
(7:45-8:15)
(11:20-11:35)
2:20-3:10 8th Reading
Plot
Students will read three stories and identify
parts of the story plot.
-Camping Cousins
(Story Map)
-Visiting Aunt Rita
(Beginning, Middle, & End)
-No Ordinary Storm
(Steps)
Persuasive Writing
Let’s Eat!
You’ve been hired by your favorite fast-food
restaurant to help write an advertisement
promoting it. Write a paragraph persuading
people that this restaurant is the best place to
eat.
Plot
Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
Descriptive Writing Lesson
Students will brainstorm the characteristics
they associate with restaurant menus.
Students will be groups in pairs and they
will review examples of menus. They will
see if they notice any additional
characteristics of menus to add to the list.
Discuss key elements of restaurants and
how they differ depending on the kind of
restaurant and the particular customer.
Using the information that has been
gathered they will begin creating their own
menu.
-Students can use internet, cookbooks,
menus, etc. to gather ideas for their menu.
-Students are required to include pictures
and descriptive words.
Continue working on descriptive writing
lesson over menus.
Study Island
Capitalization Lesson
Capitalization Quiz
Plot Conflict Power Point
Teacher will read a short story and discuss
with the class the elements of conflicts in the
story. Then the students will be given a short
children’s story and they will have to read the
story and identify the conflicts within the story
using the conflict map.
Study Island
Multiple Meaning Words
Multiple Meaning Words Quiz
Study Island
Plot Assessment
15 Questions
Continue working on descriptive writing
lesson over menus.
James and the Giant Peach
Conflicts
Describe what your U.S. or State flag looks
like. Describe the colors and the symbols.
Do you know what the symbols mean? Look
up the picture and information over the
flags using chrome books.
Bonus
Students can illustrate the flag they were
assigned.
A.R. Quiz
Groups will exchange menus and using a
rubric they will evaluate each other menus.
Silent A.R. Reading
I will explain the meaning of the climax within a
story. I will review the rising actions lead to
the problem and then to the climax. I will also
review that falling actions lead to the resolution
of the problem. As a class we will complete a
plot diagram over the story Stone Soup.
-Newspaper Editorial, 1980
-High-Teach Tale
-If You were Coming in the Fall
3:10-3:40 Plan
Notes:
All Grades
will complete
Spelling
-write words 5 x each
-definitions
-test
OKLAHOMA PASS OBJECTIVES
5TH GRADE READING
Vocabulary 1.4.b
Fluency 2.2
Fluency 2.3
Comprehension/Critical Literacy 3.5.b
5TH GRADE WRITING
Modes and Forms of Writing 2.2.1
Modes and Forms of Writing 2.8.a – 2.8.d
Grammar/Usage and Mechanics 3.5a & 3.5c
Research and Information 5.1.e
Grammar/Usage and Mechanics 3.2.a-3.2.c
Grammar/Usage and Mechanics 3.3.a, 3.3.b, 3.3.c, 3.3.d, & 3.3.f
6th GRADE READING
Vocabulary 1.3.a & 1.3.b
Fluency 2.2.2 & 2.2.3
Comprehension/Critical Literacy 3.1.a – 3.1.d
Comprehension/Critical Literacy 3.2.b
Comprehension/Critical Literacy 3.3.a – 3.3.c
Comprehension/Critical Literacy 3.4.a – 3.4.e
Grammar/Usage and Mechanics 3.2.a & 3.2.c
Modes and Forms of Writing 2.4.a & 2.4.b
7th GRADE READING
Vocabulary 1.1 & 1.2
Fluency 2.1 & 2.2
Comprehension 3.2.b
Comprehension 3.3.a – 3.3.d
Comprehension 3.4.b
Literature 4.2.a
Research and Information 5.1.b
Modes and Forms of Writing 2.6.a – 2.6.d
8th GRADE READING
Fluency 2.1-2.1 & 2.4
Comprehension 3.3.a & 3.3b
Comprehension 3.4.e & 3.4.f
Literature 4.2.a
8th GRADE WRITING
Comprehension 3.4.c
Research and Information 5.1.a & 5.1.b
Modes and Forms of Writing 2.3.c
Compose Visual Messages 3.1