Week at a Glance

Team: Socrates
Language Arts Ms. Wilden
Monday: Labor Day Holiday This I Believe Prewrite due in class (parts 1-5 collected) Unit: Introduction to Word Learning, Phonics/Decoding, and Nonfiction Reading Strategies Opening Activity: Introduction to Literary Genres Daily lesson: Introduction to Word Learning Strategies using the nonfiction article entitled Ritual Among the Nacirema Learning Target: Work to read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6-8-text complexity band independently and proficiently. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text, including its relationship to supporting ideas Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. Closing Activity: Word learning strategies and practice. Explain homework assignment. HW: Practice word learning strategies using the Ritual Among the Nacirema, Language Arts 8 Silent Sustained Reading Project annotations due Friday Unit: Introduction to Word Learning, Phonics/Decoding, and Nonfiction Reading Strategies Opening Activity: SIPPS Daily lesson: Facts and Information overview using the nonfiction article entitled Ritual Among the Nacirema Learning Target: Work to read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6-8-text complexity band independently and proficiently. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text, including its relationship to supporting ideas (main idea, supporting idea, fact, and opinion). Provide an objective summary of the text Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. Determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text. Closing Activity: Summary Strategies and practice. Explain homework assignment. HW: Summarize Ritual Among the Nacirema and respond to prompt. Language Arts 8 Silent Sustained Reading Project annotations due Friday

Students seeking to Be a SCHOLAR Week of: September 2nd

Science Mr. Oglesby
Monday: Labor Day Holiday Sponge Metrics & Metric Conversions Review for Assessment 1 HW: Review over all notes and metrics/ metric conversions as Assessment 1 is tomorrow. Have you studied like I have asked you to do? Make sure you start off the year with a great grade!

Social Studies - Ms. Spencer

Monday: Labor Day Holiday Unit: Three Worlds Meet Learning Targets: Students will understand the factors that influence migration and the exploration of new lands. Opening activity: Explorers and Migrants Why Move? Daily lesson: Academic Vocabulary: Push Factors, Pull Factors, Migrants, Migration, Turmoil, Repel, Remittances, Persecution, Acculturation, Emigrate; Migration Activity HW: Complete Migration Activity

Notes

Tuesday

Wednesday & Thursday Block

Assessment 1: Characteristics of Science (Intro to science. Scientific method, lab safety, metrics, and metric conversions) Journal 1

Unit: Plot and Conflict Learning Target: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems at the high end of the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently Identify and analyze the stages of plot Identify and analyze types of conflict Opening Activity: Silent Sustained Reading (15 minutes) Collect the SSR Independent Reading Project annotations to collect data. Library visit to collect desired novels or to read Reading log and 112 pages due. 224 pages will be due on 9/20. Daily lesson: What makes a story worth telling? Preview of Unit 1 goals for literary analysis, reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary. Introduction to essential questions and learning targets. Readers Workshop: Plot and Conflict pages 24-26 Closing Activity: Introduce the left side of the interactive notebook and the corresponding homework assignment. HW: Interact with the class material regarding plot and conflict by creating/finding pictures, cartoons, songs, poems, quotes, etc.

Sponge Review Exploring Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration HW: Journal 1 due Wed, 10 Sep.

Unit: Three Worlds Meet Learning Targets: Students will understand the factors that influence migration and the exploration of new lands. Academic Vocabulary: Push Factors, Pull Factors, Migrants, Migration, Turmoil, Repel, Remittances, Persecution, Acculturation, Emigrate Opening activity: Explorers and Migrants Why Move? Daily lesson: Introduction to Migration and America PPT Closing: Create Your Own Immigrant Story Students will write a short story explaining life in another country, push factors that led to departure, and pull factors for moving to the United States. HW: Students should finish all work during class. Immigration story is homework if not finished during class. Unit: Civics Learning Targets: Students will understand the importance of the Supreme Court in relation to the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Students will understand 5 court cases, which protect their rights in school. Academic Vocabulary: Civics Daily lesson: The Constitution and You: 5 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know Closing: Answer follow-up questions, class review and discussion. Turn in follow-up answers. HW: None

Friday

Social Studies Mr. Atkinson

Labor Day Holiday Labor Day Holiday

Writing Mr. Banker

Notes

Parent/Teacher Connections
Phone Contact: 742-4700 Great Times to Call 7:45-8:00 a.m. 12:15-1:05 2:50-3:15 Parent Conferences: Before School 7:45-8:15 During School Monday, Tuesday and Friday 110-1:55 Thursday only 11:50-1:15 After School 2:45-3:15 If you desire to schedule a conference simply email or call Team Emails

Monday

Tuesday

Unit: Three Worlds Meet Learning Targets: Students will understand the factors that influence migration and the exploration of new lands. Academic Vocabulary: Push Factors, Pull Factors, Migrants, Migration, Turmoil, Repel, Remittances, Persecution, Acculturation, Emigrate Opening activity: Explorers and Migrants Daily lesson: Vocabulary Unit: Three Worlds Meet Learning Targets: Students will understand the factors that influence migration and the exploration of new lands. Academic Vocabulary: Push Factors, Pull Factors, Migrants, Migration, Turmoil, Repel, Remittances, Persecution, Acculturation, Emigrate Opening activity: A message from your government Daily lesson: Push/pull factors Who stays and who goes? An Immigrants story Unit: Three Worlds Meet Learning Targets: Students will understand the factors that influence migration and the exploration of new lands. Academic Vocabulary: Push Factors, Pull Factors, Migrants, Migration, Turmoil, Repel, Remittances, Persecution, Acculturation, Emigrate Current Event: The United States Constitution Five court cases ever teen should know

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Leandra Wilden Language Arts wilden_leandra@asdk12.org Jason Oglesby Science Oglesby_jason@asdk12.org Jessica Spencer Social Studies Spencer_jessica@asdk12.org Dakota Atkinson Social Studies Atkinson_dakota@asdk12.org

Wednesday & Thursday Block

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Tad Banker Writing Banker_tad@asdk12.org

Friday

Announcements/Reminders: Parent Open House Thursday 9/12/13 5:30-8:00