6th Grade Class Calendar
Lesson Plans for the Week of November 12-16
Monday –
- Out of my Mind
- 5 Types of Text Structure (Flocabulary)
- Breakout Video
Click HERE to practice vocabulary with flashcards and games (test on Thursday, November 15)
HW: Finish “The Big Jump” Drama hw and study “drama” vocabulary
Tuesday –
- Out of My Mind
- Begin “I’m Thankful” Google Slides (include particular text structures in the presentation)
HW: Finish “The Big Jump” Drama hw and study “drama” vocabulary
Wednesday- THE BIG JUMP DRAMA HOMEWORK IS DUE
- Turn in “The Big Jump”
- Out of My Mind (finish novel)
- Work on “I’m Thankful” Google Slides
HW: Study vocabulary and complete “The Big Jump”
Thursday-
- Vocabulary/Out of my Mind Novel Test
- Work on “I’m Thankful” Google Slides
HW: Study vocabulary and complete “The Big Jump”
Friday-
- Present Google Slides to table group
HW: Have a wonderful, and safe, Thanksgiving break!
Lesson Plans for the Week of 11/5-11/9
Monday –
- Out of my Mind
- Hand out new drama vocabulary (test on Thursday, November 15)
- Discuss “At the Window” poetry
Click HERE to practice vocabulary with flashcards and games.
HW:
- Complete Vocabulary.com “Drama” assignment for a grade. This is due by Wednesday, November 7
- Get Common Assessment 1 letter signed by parent
Tuesday –
- “The Monkey’s Paw” Drama
- Inferencing Activity
HW:
- Complete Vocabulary.com “Drama” assignment for a grade. This is due by Wednesday, November 7
- Get Common Assessment 1 letter signed by parent
Wednesday- COMMON ASSESSMENT LETTER & VOCABULARY.COM DUE
- Hand out “The Big Jump” hw
- Out of my Mind
- Mood words and how they affect the story, poem, or play
HW: Study vocabulary and complete “The Big Jump”
Thursday-
- Out of my Mind
- “The Monkey’s Paw” short film
- Compare/contrast “The Monkey’s Paw” play to the film
HW: Study vocabulary and complete “The Big Jump”
Friday-
- “The Monkey’s Paw” quiz
- Plot Elements Flocabulary quiz
HW: Have a great weekend!
Lesson Plans for the Week of 10/29- 11/2
Monday –
- Out of my Mind
- Kick Me Vocabulary Game (context clues activity)
- Point of view activities
Click HERE to practice vocabulary with flashcards and games.
HW: Study vocabulary and read for 20 minutes
Tuesday –
- Point of View and Figurative language activities
HW: Study vocabulary and read for 20 minutes
Wednesday- EARLY RELEASE AT NOON
- Halloweiner
- Digital Halloween Breakout
HW: Study vocabulary and read for 20 minutes
Thursday-
- Review Common Assessment 1
- Send home letter for parents to sign (Common Assessment 1 results)
- Out of my Mind
HW: Study vocabulary and read 20 minutes
Friday-
- Vocabulary test
- Out of my Mind
- Discuss “At the Window” poem
HW: Have a great weekend!
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 22-October 26
This is RED RIBBON WEEK!
Monday – WEAR RED
- Hand out New Vocabulary
- Out of my Mind
- Plot Diagram Practice
Click HERE to practice vocabulary with flashcards and games.
HW: Study vocabulary words and finish POETRY passage “At the Window”
Tuesday – NERD DAY
- Review sensory language, multi-meaning words, context clues, and point of view
- Out of my Mind
HW: Study vocabulary words and finish POETRY passage “At the Window”
Wednesday- TWIN DAY
- Common Assessment 1 (please make every effort to be at school)
HW: Study vocabulary and read for 20 minutes
Thursday-TEAM JERSEY
- Vocabulary practice (poetry terms)
- Analyze “Secrets” by Lola Ridge
- Out of my Mind
HW: Study vocabulary and read 20 minutes
Friday- DRESS AS YOUR FUTURE
- Vocabulary Activities
HW: Have a great weekend!
RED RIBBON WEEK IS NEXT WEEK!
photo credit: Sylvan Hills Middle School – PCSSD
MONDAY– Wear RED
TUESDAY– NERD day
WEDNESDAY– TWIN day
THURSDAY– TEAM jersey
FRIDAY– Dress as your FUTURE
Lesson Plans for the Week of 10/15-10/19
Bring your library book to school. Students will have an opportunity to return their fiction book and check out another one. I’m encouraging them to read a different type of fiction book this time.
Monday –
- Discuss Dialect and examples
- Informal vs. formal language
- Out of my Mind novel
Click HERE to practice vocabulary with flashcards and games.
HW: Study vocabulary words and read 20 minutes
Tuesday –
- Poetry lesson (discuss poetic devices used in poetry)
- Partners will analyze two poems
HW: Study vocabulary words and read 20 minutes
Wednesday- VOCABULARY TEST IS TODAY!
- Out of My Mind
- Vocabulary test (this grade will go on the next 9 weeks)
- Pass out poetry homework “At the Window”
HW: Complete poetry hw **Your child gets bonus points for proving their answers.
Thursday-
- Visit the library
- Out of my Mind
- Poetry quiz (10 question quiz)
HW: Complete poetry hw
Friday-
- no school for students (enjoy your day off)
HW: Have a great weekend!
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 15-19
Monday –
- Hand out new vocabulary (test on Wednesday 10/17)
Click HERE to practice vocabulary with flashcards and games.
- Figurative Language in popular songs (group and individual activity)
HW: Study vocabulary words and complete figurative language homework (students had to find 4 examples of figurative language in their fiction novel)
Tuesday –
- Flocabulary’s What is Poetry? video
- Poetry task cards
HW:Study vocabulary words and complete figurative language homework
Wednesday- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE HOMEWORK DUE!
- Out of My Mind
- Read The Legend of the Bluebonnet (discuss literary elements)
HW: Read 20 minutes and complete the assigned lists in vocabulary.com (this will be a grade)
Thursday-
- Discuss examples of figurative language in fiction books)
- Read Pink and Say (discuss literary elements)
HW: Read 20 minutes and vocabulary.com (this will be a grade)
Friday-
- Reading Scavenger Hunt
- Read The Dot
- Discuss 2 themes from The Dot (Make your mark and see where you go and Make each day a masterpiece)
HW: Have a great weekend!
Homecoming Pep Rally
Middle School students will NOT have Early Release this Friday, Oct 5th. We will run our normal Pep Rally schedule. Students will report to 8th period, teachers will take attendance, and then we will attend the pep rally as a campus. We will then walk back to the middle school for dismissal.
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 1-5
THIS IS HOMECOMING WEEK- Each day is a dress up theme.
Monday – TACKY TOURIST
- SCOPE inferencing activity: Read “The Good Deed” and infer from the story with a partner (provide text evidence)
- Out of My Mind Novel
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 10/5 and bring 3 pieces of trash that tell about you
Tuesday – DRESS AS YOUR FAVORITE MEME/VINE
- Finish Scope Inferencing Activity
- Figurative language in songs -watch a video and then provide specific examples of literary devices used in songs
- Out of My Mind novel
HW: Study vocabulary words for test on 10/5 and bring 3 pieces of trash that tell about you
Wednesday- DRESS IN YOUR FAVORITE DECADE
3 pieces of trash are due!
- Hand out figurative language hw (due next Wednesday)
- Flipgrid Inferencing
HW: Study vocabulary and fill in figurative language chart from nightly reading **Book must be fiction!
Thursday- WESTERN
- Finish Flipgrid Inferencing
- Out of My Mind novel
HW: Study vocabulary and figurative language chart
Friday- MAROON AND WHITE
- Out of My Mind novel
- Vocabulary Test
- Figurative Language in songs!!
HW: Have a great weekend!
Middle School Canned Food Drive
Student Council is sponsoring a canned food drive during the month of October. Bring canned goods and watch the teacher with the most cans from each grade level get a pie in the face at our last pep rally.
