NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 4

RAMP UP
Monday-Independent Reading; Read Wanted p. 136-145
Tuesday-Independent Reading; Read Wanted p. 136-152
Wednesday- Write Literary Letter
Thursday- Revise Literary Letter
Friday- Work from the Independent Menu

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-JGB Text Opener; Quiz over "Eleven"
Tuesday-Vocabulary Notes; Read Spit Nolan p. 20-31
Wednesday- Read Spit Nolan; Guided Notes
Thursday- Spit Nolan Choice writing assignment
Friday-Spit Nolan Shared Inquiry Discussion; Quiz over Figurative Language

NOVEMBER 9-13

RAMP UP
Monday- Complete Children's Book
Tuesday- Complete Children's Book
Wednesday- No School
Thursday- Complete Children's Book
Friday- Read p. 84-91

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-Introduction to Shared Inquiry
Tuesday- Read the House on Mango Street
Wednesday- No School
Thursday- Practice Shared Inquiry Discussion
Friday-Read "The Moth and the Star"

VOCABULARY TEST FRIDAY NOV. 20

Desolate- a place with no people
Debtor- a person who owes soemthing to another
Strapping- a person with a strong build
Afflicting- causing pain or trouble
Sustenance- something that supports life
Despondency- extreme sadness
Singed- to burn slightly
Impressionable- easily influenced
Circumstance- a condition connected to an event
Creditor- a person to whom money is owed
Impartially- without favoring one side or the other
Solitaire- a person who feels lonely
Banished- to be driven away and ordered not to return

NOVEMBER 2-6

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-Revise/Edit How to... Rough Draft
Tuesday-How to... Final Copy
Wednesday-Type How to...
Thursday-Type How to..
Friday-Journal Assignment/Type How to... Paper

RAMP UP
Monday-Rough Draft Children's Book/Read p. 74-83 in WANTED
Tuesday-Rough Draft Childern's Book
Wednesday- Type Children's Book
Thursday-Type Children's Book
Friday-Type Children's Book

OCTOBER 26-30

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-Theme,Main Point;Read Chapter 12 in A Wrinkle in Time
Tuesday-Begin How to...paper;Study Guide for Unit Test
Wednesday-Complete Rough Draft; Study for Unit Test
Thursday-Study for Unit Test, How to Rough Draft Due
Friday- Unit Test over A Wrinkle in Time

RAMP UP
Monday-Read p. 33-41 in WANTED
Tuesday- Read "When I was Young in the Mountains
Wednesday- Begin writing Children's stories
Thursday-Read p. 58-66 in WANTED
Friday- Read p. 66-74 in WANTED

OCTOBER 20-24

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-No School
Tuesday- 1st nine weeks awards; complete Reader's Theater
Wednesday-Book Talk Sign Up;Read Chapter 10- Wrinkle
Thursday-Read Chapter 11; Quiz over 10 & 11
Friday-Fieldtrip

RAMP UP
Monday- No School
Tuesday-Read p. 25-33 in WANTED
Wednesday-Read p. 33-41
Thursday- Form Questions about the text
Friday-Fieldtrip

Goals

Middle school is very different from elementary school. A new nine weeks means a new opportunity to learn and set goals. What do you need to work on to be successful during the next nine weeks? What do you plan on doing to get there?