Language Arts 3/10 – 3/14

Monday
Daily Language Review 25
Introduce vocabulary words:  -phobia, the fear of  (assign homework, due Friday)
Introduce grammar skill:  finding the indirect object (assign homework, due Friday)
Introduce new spelling:  Lesson 25, review packet in small groups

Tuesday
Daily Language Review 25
Grammar:  TSW complete guided practice on indirect object (6th 53, 7th 61, 8th 63, exercise 1)
Writing:  TSW take a current event topic and generate facts and opinions about it.  TSW compile a class list when complete.
Reading:  TSW demonstrate understanding of eight vocabulary words, student guided pp. 126 – 127.

Wednesday
Daily Language Review 25
Grammar:  TSW complete guided practice on indirect objects (6th 53, 7th 61, 8th 63, exercise 1).
Writing:  TSW learn the difference between qualified and unqualified statements when it comes to writing opinions. Given 8 unqualified statements, TSW rewrite them to make them qualified.
Reading:  Comprehension—TSW make predictions about a section on Blast Off!
Vocabulary—TSW recognize the words in context in Blast Off!  Materials—Student Guide, p. 128, Blast Off!, pp. 17 - 19

Thursday
Daily Language Review 25
Grammar: TSW complete guided practice on indirect objects (6th 54, 7th 62, 8th 64, exercise 1).
Writing:  Given 10 statements, TSW classify them as qualified or unqualified.  If the statements are unqualified, TSW correct them to make them qualified.
Spelling:  Test
Reading:  TSW relate prediction strategies to the scientific practice of using stars to make predictions about space.  www.edhelper.com

Friday
Daily Language Review 25
Grammar: TSW complete guided practice on indirect objects (6th 54, 7th 62, 8th 64, exercise 1).
Spelling:  Dictation sentences for test
Vocabulary:  Test
Reading:  Comprehension—TSW preview, ask questions, and use prior knowledge to make predictions.  Materials—Student Guide, pp. 129 - 130
Language Arts 2/19 – 2/22

Monday
No school—President’s Day

Tuesday
Daily Language Review 22
Introduce new vocabulary words—phon, phone, phono: sound
Introduce spelling lesson 22
Grammar: TSW recognize complete subjects and complete predicates. (6th p. 45, 7th p. 47, 8th p. 51: Exercise 1)
Reading: TSW recognize vocabulary words in context in Blast Off! TSW make predictions about Blast Off! Student Guide, p. 116 and Blast Off! Pp. 3 - 7

Wednesday
Daily Language Review 22
Grammar: TSW recognize complete subjects and complete predicates. (6th p. 45, 7th p. 47, 8th p. 51: Exercise 2)
Writing: TSW recognize and eliminate redundant information from given sentences, Persuasive Writing, p. 21

Thursday
Daily Language Review 22
Grammar: TSW recognize complete subjects and complete predicates. (6th p. 46, 7th p. 48, 8th p. 52: Exercise 1)
Writing: TSW differentiate between fact and opinion, Persuasive Writing , p. 22
Reading: TSW make predictions by reviewing the text. Vocabulary—TSW recognize vocabulary words in context. Student Guide, pp. 117 - 118

Friday
Daily Language Review 22
Spelling Test
Vocabulary Test
Grammar: TSW recognize complete subjects and complete predicates. (6th p. 46, 7th p. 48, 8th p. 52: Exercise 2)

Language Arts 2/11 – 1/15

Monday
Daily Language Review 21
Introduce new vocabulary words therm: heat, temperature. And assign homework.
Introduce new spelling words for Lesson 21
Reading: Redo test on The New You
TSW preview new Unit and the accompanying book, Blast Off!.

Tuesday
Daily Language Review 21
Grammar: TSW recognize the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence. (Ex. 1: 6th p. 43, 7th p. 45, 8th p. 49)
Writing: TSW recognize and eliminate redundant information from sentences, Persuasive Writing, p. 20
Reading: Vocabulary—TSW demonstrate understanding of eight vocabulary words. Student Guide, pp. 114 – 115.

Wednesday
Daily Language Review 21
Grammar: TSW recognize the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence. (Ex. 2: 6th p. 43, 7th p. 45, 8th p. 49)
Writing: TSW recognize and eliminate redundant information from sentences, Persuasive Writing, p. 21
Reading: TSW recognize vocabulary words in context in Blast Off! TSW make predictions about Blast Off! Student Guide p. 116 and Blast Off! Pp. 3 – 7.

Thursday
Daily Language Review 21
Grammar: TSW recognize the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence. (Ex. 1: 6th p. 44, 7th p. 46, 8th p. 50)
Spelling: Test (words only—dictation done Friday)
Writing: TSW differentiate between facts and opinions, Persuasive Writing, p. 22
Reading: TSW read and answer questions about Spacewalkers, www.edhelper.com

Friday
Daily Language Review 21
Grammar: TSW recognize the simple subject and simple predicate of a sentence. (Ex. 2: 6th p. 44, 7th p. 46, 8th p. 50)
Spelling: dictation sentences for test
Vocabulary: Review homework and test
Reading: Comprehension–TSW make predictions by previewing the text. Vocabulary—TSW recognize vocabulary words in context. Student Guide, pp. 117 - 118
Language Arts 2/4 – 2/8

Monday
Daily Language Review 20
Introduce new vocabulary words: -less (without) and assign homework (due Friday).
Introduce spelling words/packets—week 20 (due Thursday)
Introduce interjections.
TSW work in partners to summarize chapters (2-3 per group) from The New You. The class will combine the summaries to summarize the whole book.

Tuesday
Daily Language Review 20
Grammar: TSW recognize interjections in given sentences. Ex. 1 (6th, p. 41; p. 43; p. 47)
Writing: TSW review the structure of the 5 paragraph essay and practice writing introductions and conclusions
Fluency: Reading Drills

Wednesday
Daily Language Review 20
Grammar: TSW recognize interjections in given sentences. Ex. 2 (6th, p. 41; p. 43; p. 47)
Reading: TSW do a character analysis of each of the main characters in the story (Abby, Thais, and Celeste).
TSW play a review game for The New You
Fluency: Reading Drills

Thursday
Daily Language Review 20
Reading: Test over The New You
Writing: TSW rewrite sentences after eliminating redundant information., Persuasive Writing, p. 20
Spelling Test
Fluency: Reading Drills

Friday
Daily Language Review 20
Vocabulary Test
Writing: TSW rewrite sentences after eliminating redundant information., Persuasive Writing, p. 21
Reading: TSW preview Blast Off for Unit 3 of AMP Reading System
Fluency: Reading Drills
Language Arts 1/7 – 1/11

Monday
Daily Language Review 16
Vocabulary: Introduce new vocabulary words struct—build.
Spelling: Introduce new spelling words (lesson 16) and go over spelling packets.
Reading: TSW review events of The New You and complete a plot diagram up to the point that we finished reading.

Tuesday
Daily Language Review 16
Grammar: Introduce adverbs—6th p. 31, 7th p. 33, 8th p. 35, ex. 1
Writing: Given a topic sentence, TSW choose the most appropriate supporting sentences for a persuasive argument. Then, given facts about Babe Ruth, TSW write an original persuasive paragraph. (Persuasive Writing p. 16)
Reading: TSW read Chapter 8 of The New You and write an explanation of what they think happened to Abby to explain her strange experience.

Wednesday
Daily Language Review 16
Grammar: Adverbs–6th p. 31, 7th p. 33, 8th p. 35, ex. 2
Writing: Given a paragraph, TSW eliminate sentences that do not follow the topic sentence, then they will write a sentence to replace the one that was eliminated. (Persuasive Writing p. 18)
Reading: TSW read Chapter 9 and answer related comprehension questions.

Thursday
Daily Language Review 16
Grammar: Adverbs–6th p. 32, 7th p. 34, 8th p. 36, ex. 1

Spelling: Test
Reading: TSW read chapter 10 and then write a summary of what happened to Abby during her experience. They will write the summary from Abby’s point of view and share with the class as Abby was made to do in Mr. Mayjis’s class.

Friday
Daily Language Review 16
Vocabulary: Test
Grammar: Adverbs–6th p. 32, 7th p. 34, 8th p. 36, ex. 2
Writing: Given a paragraph, TSW write a good concluding sentence (Persuasive Writing p. 19
Reading: Continue with summaries from Thursday.