Classroom events for the week of Sept. 20th - Sept. 24th

This will be a full week of classes, something we haven't had since the end of August. We will be working hard this week with many things to accomplish so please be sure to come to class prepared: free reading book, planner, binder and Journal(Language Arts only), and a pencil. Remember: You must have a book to read at the beginning of class, DEAR is not a time to check out a book.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL LESSONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

6th Grade Reading: This week we will be working with the short story, The Lady and The Spider. We will be following the SCR schedule this week since it is a full week. On Monday we will learn the vocabulary for our story, on Tuesday we will listen to the story and then work in small groups on our Cooperative Comprehension. Since our past two stories covered inferencing we will do an inferencing mini lesson on Wednesday. On Thursday we will have time to work on our vocabulary cards and study for the vocabulary test which will be on Friday.

7th Grade Reading: Saving a Busload of Children will be the focus short story for our SCR lessons this week. We will cover the vocabulary for this story on Monday, then listen to the story on Tuesday as well as work on Cooperative Comprehension. The 7th graders will also work on an inferencing mini lesson on Wednesday. Thursday will focus on vocabulary cards and studying the words with a partner for the vocabulary quiz which will be on Friday.

8th Grade Reading: The 8th grade class will work on the short story called The Street this week. On Monday we will focus on vocabulary then listen to the story on Tuesday followed by Cooperative Comprehension. Wednesday will be a lesson on inferencing. Finally, on Thursday we work on vocabulary cards and study for Friday's

vocabulary test.

All students in Mrs. Larson's reading class are to read 20 minutes per day outside of her class. They will have a log that is to be completed each day and signed by an adult that has observed them read.

6th Grade Language Arts: You will find the spelling list for this week at the bottom of this post.

Monday: DOL and Quote of the Day followed by a quick quiz about the Writing Process. Homework: a worksheet to practice end punctuation

Tuesday: DOL and Quote of the Day. We will also identify how to use strong details in our writing. Homework: a worksheet on punctuating dialogue. Study spelling words for Wednesday's pretest.

Wednesday: DOL and Quote of the Day. Then, we will look at good and bad examples of organization in writing. We will also take our spelling pretest. Homework: A worksheet to practice the grammar rules for commas in a series.

Thursday: DOL and Quote of the Day. Today in class we will identify the use of voice in our writing. We will use today as a catch up day for our grammar practice.

Homework: Study this week's DOL from your Journal for the quiz on Friday. You should also study spelling for the final test on Friday.

Friday: Today in class we will take the DOL quiz and our final spelling test of the week. Homework: None

7th Grade Language Arts: You will find the spelling list for this week at the bottom of the post.

Monday: DOL and Quote of the Day. We will take a quiz to identify what we know about the writing process. We will also record our new spelling list in our planners. Homework: A worksheet to practice the use of different forms of end punctuation.

Tuesday: DOL and Quote of the Day. Today we will practice making our writing clear without being wordy. Homework: A worksheet to practice punctuating dialogue. The spelling pretest will be on Wednesday so you should study your words.

Wednesday: DOL and Quote of the Day. Organizing our writing will be our focus today after we have taken our spelling pretest. Homework: Students will complete a worksheet on commas in a series.

Thursday: DOL and Quote of the Day. We will look at samples of writing to identify the voice used in the piece. We will also use today as a catch up for grammar discussion we are behind on. Homework: Study for the DOL quiz and spelling final that we will take on Friday.

Friday: Today we will take the DOL quiz and our spelling final. Homework:

None.

6th Grade Spelling 7th Grade Spelling

source oblige

flirt paid

hurdle quality

parka rapidly

frontier salesmen

forward talent

radar umbrella

earnest particular

afford qualified

urban reality

discard sacrifice

smirk temperature

rehearse unfortunate

morn vacancy

suface warrior

parcel patronage

yearn receipt

fierce schedule

starch temporary

formula unusually

PREFIXES (BOTH GRADES MUST KNOW HOW TO SPELL THE PREFIX, WHAT IT MEANS, AND HOW TO SPELL A WORD THAT USES THE PREFIX.)

demo- people- democracy

dei, div- God, god- divine, divinity