Week of February 19

Monday

IXL assignments from last week are due today (P2, Q4 6th grade)

Mistake Monday (“The Great Chicago Fire” on Quill.org)

“Emmett Till” on CommonLit

No Red Ink assignments for this week: Building Strong Introductory Paragraphs, Using Specific and Concise Language, Building Strong Conclusions, Writing Hooks

 

Tuesday

Test Prep Tuesday: Reliable sources

Finish “Emmett Till” on CommonLit

 

Wednesday

Word Up Wednesday: Unit 4 vocabulary

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges

Thursday

Think About It Thursday: Reaction to Emmett Till video

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges

Friday

First Chapter Friday (The Lincoln Project)

Vocabulary quiz (Units 3 and 4)

Retake nonfiction quiz from February 6 (anyone below 75%)

Week of February 12

Monday

Mistake Monday (proofread passage on Quill)

Work on MLK essay on Criterion (due Friday)

IXL P2 Organize by main idea (6th grade) — due 2/19/18

IXL Q4 Identify supporting details (6th grade) — due 2/19/18

Tuesday

Test Prep Tuesday (text evidence)

Reliable sources

Wednesday

**Modified schedule due to early dismissal

ISTEP Practice Test

Thursday

ISTEP Practice Test

Friday

First Chapter Friday

MLK essay due

Finish ISTEP Practice Essay

 

Week of February 5

Monday

Mistake Monday (proofread passage on Quill)

Finish “Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin” (Commonlit.org)

Tuesday

Test Prep Tuesday: context clues

Quiz: “Martin Luther King, Jr.” (Commonlit.org)

Wednesday

Snow day

Thursday

Think About It Thursday: MLK essay

Review last year’s winners

Start planning essay

Friday

First Chapter Friday

Finish planning MLK essay in Criterion (due by the end of the day)

Week of January 29

Monday

Quiz on nonfiction text structure

Tuesday

Skill check: combining sentences

Civil Rights Road Trip (group assignment)

Wednesday

Unit 3 vocabulary

Finish Civil Rights Road Trip (group assignment)

Thursday

Think About It Thursday: pick something you own and describe it for the J.Peterman catalog

Friday

First Chapter Friday

“Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin” (Commonlit.org)