Week of September 2-6, 2013

TEKS/STAAR READINESS/SUPPORTING STANDARDS:
7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.18

MONDAY – LABOR DAY HOLIDAY – ENJOY!

***PARENTS, PLEASE BE SURE YOU HAVE SIGNED YOUR CHILD’S READING LOG, DUE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Computer Lab
Students will create and post their “This is Me” Wordles – follow up to “Seventh Grade” fiction piece (character traits of seventh grade story characters)
Independent Reading-Backpack Reader

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Class starter: Journaling
Homework – study for vocabulary quiz; extra credit offered for parent-signed voc. study sheet
Vocabulary list given for “Mystery of the Suffocated Seventh Grader”
(quiz Friday)
Read drama (fiction)
Teacher will model and students will create, share, and connect real-life scenarios

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Class starter: Vocabulary review
Study for vocabulary quiz
Writing assignment – proving wrong conclusions: “Can You Prove Anything?”
Independent Reading

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Class starter: Study vocabulary
Vocabulary quiz
Complete writing assignment from Thursday
Students will share writing as time allows