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Lesson Plans for 2022-23 *Tentative—Subject to Change

May 15-19, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: Write a short summary of the  Hunger Games Part 3.

  1. Read Hunger Games 22-23
Tuesday

Bell Ringer: None

7th Grade Filed Trip Frisco Rough Riders

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: How do you predict that the novel will end?

  1. Read Chapters 24
  2. Quiz 22-24
  3. Read Ch. 25
Thursday

Bell Ringer: How would you end the Hunger Games is ou were writing this story?

  1. Read Chapter 26-27
  2. Hunger Games Test
Friday

Bell Ringer: What major life lessons could be learned from the fictional story of the Hunger Games?

  1. Begin watching The Hunger Games
May 8-12, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: Is it wise to make an alliance with Rue? Why or why not?

  1. Read Hunger Games 14-15
  2. Quiz 13-15
Tuesday

Math STAAR 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: If you were a Gamemaker, what special ting would you make for the trubutes to overcome in the arena?

  1. Read Chapters 16-17
Thursday

Bell Ringer: What king of mutation would you create? e.g. Tracker-jacker, mocking-jay, etc.

  1. Read Chapter 18
  2. Quiz 16-18
  3. Read Chapter 19
Friday

Bell Ringer: Whose death has been the hardest to read about so far? Why?

  1. Read chapters 20-21
  2. Quiz 19-21
May 1-5, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What are your initial impressions of Peeta Mellark?

  1. Quiz Ch. 4-6
  2. Read Chapter 7-8 of The Hunger Games
Tuesday

Bell Ringer: How do you think you would do in the games facing dehydration, starvation, being chased to your death?

  1. Read Chapter 9
  2. Take Quiz over chapter 7-9
Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What are your thought of Effie Trinket?

  1. Read Chapters 10-11
Thursday

Bell Ringer: Who Haymitch and what imprtance does he have in the book for Katniss and Peeta?

  1. Read Chapter 12
  2. Quiz Chapter 10-12
  3. Read Chapter 13
Friday

Math BLITZ

April 24-28, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What would make a dictatorship good for any country?

  1. Introduce The Hunger Games
  2. Class Reaping
  3. Youtube Video about the author
Wednesday

Bell Ringer: This story takes place in the future, so when Katniss refers to her ancestors, she is referring to us.  What happened in North America and how did we contribute to its destruction?

  1. Fill out Google form in Classroom
Thursday

Bell Ringer: Make 3 precictions  about what you think will happen.

  1. Read chapters 1-3 of The Hunger Games
Friday

Bell Ringer: Write a short summary of what has happened so far.

  1. Read Chapter 4-6

 

April 17-21, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School

Tuesday

BLITZ

Wednesday

STAAR skills review

Thursday

Reading STAAR

Friday

Team Builder Exercise

April 10-14, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What did your family do for the Easter Break?

1. Author's Purpose Escape Room

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: Write the beginning of a creative story that involves an animal.

1. IXL practice

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Choose a side of the argument--should cell phones be allowed in schools?

1. Correspondance Essay--Argumentative

2. Quiz over graphic Organizer

Thursday

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1. STAAR Practice Activity

Friday

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1. STAAR Practice Activity

April 3-7, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about star athletes?

1. Independent Read: Simone Biles-No Dream too High

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What do you know about aeronautic engineering?

1. First Read: Hidden Figures--Quiz and Think

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What was the message of Hidden Figures? What about Simone Biles?

1. Close Read: Hidden Figures

Thursday

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1.Complete anything that is incomplete

2. MOOD/TONE group activity

Friday

GOOD FRIDAY—No School

Mar. 27-31, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about the Major League?

1. First Read: Hitting Big League Fastball "Clearly Impossible"--Quiz and Think

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about equality?

1. First Read: Harrison Bergeron--Quiz and Think

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Give Examples of books, movies, or tv shows that are told in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person point of view.

1. Finish Harrison Bergeron

2. Skills: Interpreting Text 

3. Skill: Point of View

Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is the difference between an implicit meaning and explicit meaning?

1. Close Read: Harrison Bergeron

Friday

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1. Watch Harrison Bergeron

Mar. 20-24, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you ahve about the rules of baseball?

1. Skill: Making Inferences

2. 1st Read: Casey at the Bat—Quiz and Think

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What figurative language showed the emotions of the people watching the game from “Casey at the Bat”?

1.Skill: Figurative Language

2.Close Read: Casey at the Bat

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What is an author’s purpose in literature?

1.Author’s Purpose Escape Room

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Name an act of kindness you have shown someone this week and an act of kindness someone has shown you.

1. Author’s Purpose Daily Reading Comprehension Activity

Friday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1.Study Island STAAR Practice

Mar. 6-10, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: Why do we read informational texts? What are some features of informational texts?

1. Review Benchmark Passage

2. Study Sync Unit 4 Overview: Moment of Truth

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: If you were teaching someone to use a computer, what important points would you want to elucidate?

1.  Benchmark Review

  1. Academic Vocabulary

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

  1. Kickball Fundraiser for BLITZ days
Thursday

MATH BENCHMARK

Friday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

  1. Class TEKS Skill Building Activity
Feb. 27-Mar. 3, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: Explain what a counter argument is.

1. Introduce Argumentative Graphic Organizer

2. Review Rubric from TEA

3. Redo Essay from Benchmark using the graphic organizer.

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What are the best test taking skills that you have learned over the years?

1. Benchmark Review

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

  1. Benchmark Review-Paired Passages
Thursday

Bell Ringer: Free Write
1. Benchmark Review

Friday

Bell Ringer: What should a good argumentative essay contain?
1. Class Skill Bilding Activity

Feb. 20-24, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What does it mean to be persuasive.

  1. Practice Creating Persuasive Leads--Worksheet

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What iideas do you have about space exploration?

  1. First Read: Machines, not people should be exploring the stars for now (Quiz and Think)
Thursday

Bell Ringer: Free Write
1. Go over Benchmark

Friday

Bell Ringer: Free Write
1. Go over Benchmark

Feb. 13-17, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about dictators and the eay they rule countries?
1. First Read: Before We Were Free—Quiz and Think

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What text evidence shows that Papi and the others are scared of the secret police (SIM) in yesterday’s reading?

  1. Close Read: Before we were free—Vocab and Write

 

Wednesday

Reading Benchmark

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Free Write
1. First Read: Machines, not people should be exploring the stars for now

Friday

No school

Feb. 6-10, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: Free write
1. Students work in partners to complete an Informational Writing Graphic organizer for “Money” Essay #2

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: Generate a list of any information or ideas you have about the Underground Railroad and the escaped enslaved persons that used it.


1.Independent Read: Harriet Tubman- Quiz Questions 

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What is a thesis statement?
1.Independent Read: Harriet Tubman-Essay, compose using the graphic organizer introduced last week. Informational writing

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Free Write
1.Peer Reviews of Essays
2.Notes over Transition Words in organizational patterns and in writing

Friday

Bell Ringer: What is an organizational pattern?
1.Review Organizational Patterns
2.Class Activity identifying signal words in various organizational patterns
3.Take notes in Reader’s Notebook

January 23-27, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Project Presentations

Tuesday
  1. Finish Project Presentations
  2. Writing Process of Informational Outline using a graphic organizer

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Generate a list of any information or ideas you have about the Underground Railroad and the escaped enslaved persons that used it.

  1. Independent Read: Harriet Tubman- Quiz Questions 
Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is a thesis statement?

  1. Independent Read: Harriet Tubman-Essay, compose using the graphic organizer introduced on Tuesday.
Friday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

  1. Peer Reviews of Graphic organizers of Harriet Tubman Essay.
January 16-20, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School: MLK Day

Tuesday

No School: Teacher In-service

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: How do you predict the novel will end?

  1. Read Ch. 12-13 
  2.  AR test for comprehension
  3. Work on Projects—due 1/23/23
Thursday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

  1. Work on project
Friday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

  1. Work on Project (Due on Mon.--1/23)
January 9-13, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: Based on the title, what do you think Bridge to Terebithia will be about?

1. Introduce the novel and author

2. Discuss upcoming project

3. Read Chapters 1 & 2

4. Quiz #1

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What are some typical conflicts that 7th graders face. today?

  1. Read Ch. 3 & 4
  1. Quiz # 2
Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Choose 2 characters and describe their character traits.

  1. Read Ch. 5 & 6 
  2.  Quiz # 3
Thursday

Bell Ringer: What are some things that you may fear in life?

  1. Read Ch. 7 & 8
  2. Quiz # 4
Friday

Bell Ringer: If you created your own world, your own Terabithia, what would it be like?

  1. Read Ch. 9-11
  2. Quiz # 5
January 2-6, 2023 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Teacher Work Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: Come up with at least 5 New Year's Resolutions for 2023.
1. Watch the following Youtube video and answer the questions on the sheet passed out in class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj2G5D9kz6c&t=1s

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What makes a dream worth pursuing?
1. Blast: Chasing the Impossible
2.  Skill: Recognize Genre
3. Skill: Academic Vocabulary

Thursday

Bell Ringer: What qualities make a good role model?
1. First read: We Beat The Street--Quiz and Think questions

Friday

Bell Ringer: How does the author use voice to help reveal the personalities of the people in the excerpt, "We Beat the Street?"
1. Skill: Voice
2. Close Read: We Beat the Street

Dec. 12-16, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What is your favorite Christmas movie? Why?

1. A Christmas Carol Movie and Questions (extension of previous Study Sync assignment)

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What made the biggest impression on you or what lesson do you learn from the movie?

  1. Continued assignment from yesterday
Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Final Exam Review

2. Christmas Carol Escape Room

Thursday

Final Exams

Friday

Final Exams

Dec. 5-9, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What ideas or information do you have about robbers?
1. 1st Read: The Highway Man

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: Where does the mood of the poem change?

  1. Skill: Mood
  2. Close Read: The Highway Man
Wednesday

Bell Ringer: How should we decide is music should be considered poetry? 
1. Blast: The Ballad and the Bard

2.Song Lyric Activity—Taylor Swift/Carrie Underwood

Thursday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you ahve about factories?

  1. 1st Read: Flesh and Blood So Cheap
Friday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

  1. For all students not attending UIL—Study Island
Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: Generate a list of rules parent may give their children.
1. 1st Read: My Mother Really Knew--Quiz and Think questions
2. Skill: Compare & Contrast

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What do you know about Christmas and traditions involved in celebrating Christmas?
1. Independent Read: A Christmas Carol--Quiz and Write

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Free Write comparing and contrasting "My Mother Really Knew," Tangerine, and "A Christmas Carol."
1. Close Read: My Mother Really Knew--Vocabulary & Essay

Thursday

Bell Ringer: What literature or TV shows have you seen or read about romantic love?
1. Skill: Visualizing
2. Skill: Adjusting Fluency
3. 1st Read: Annabel Lee--Quiz and Think questions

Friday

Bell Ringer: How does the poetic structure help the reader understand the speaker's love for Annabel Lee?
1. Close Read: Annabel Lee--Vocabulary & Essay

Nov. 21-25, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Happy Thanksgiving!!! NO SCHOOL this week!

Tuesday

 

Wednesday

 

Thursday

 

Friday

 

Nov. 14-18, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: Write a summary of what you remember about Tangerine.

1. Independent Read: Tangerine—Quiz and Write sections

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What are you thankful for?

1. Thanksgiving Escape Room

Wednesday

Reading Interim Exam

Thursday

Math Interim Exam

Friday

Team Builder—Early Release Day

Nov. 7-11, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about hearing the word “greatness”?

1. First Read: My Father is a Simple Man

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: How does the speaekr in “Elena”  and the speaker in “My Father is a Simple Man” feel about their famiy relationships?

1. Skill: Tone

2. Close Read: My Father is a Simple Man

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about Native American artifacts and any controversies surrounding them?

1. First Read: Museum Indians

Thursday

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

  1. Skill: Word Meaning
  2. Skill: Figurative Language
  3. Begin Close Read: Museum Indians
Friday

Bell Ringer: Do you prefer your home or being somewhere else?

1. Work with a partner to complete Museum Indians Close Read

Oct. 31-Nov.4, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What has been one highlight of the second six weeks and one negative of the second six weeks?

1. Close Read: The Hitch-Hiker

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What do we learn from love and loss?

1. Introduce Unit 1: Highs and Lows

2. Blast: Highs and Lows

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

4. Grade Bell Ringers 

Thursday

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

  1. Skill: Academic Vocabulary
Friday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about learning a new language?

1. Independent Read: Elena

Oct. 24-28, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What experiences do you have with reacting to an act of wrongdoing with kindness and forgiveness?

  1. First Read: Thank You M’am—Think and Quiz
Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What is an example of a story in which characters learn a lesson? How does the lesson reveal the theme?

1. Skill: Theme

2. Close Read: Thank You M’am

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Generate ideas you have about suspense stories and how they are told.

1. First Read: The Hitch-Hiker—Quiz and Think

Thursday

Bell Ringer: What are some of your favorite dramas on TV?

  1. Skill: Dramatic Elements
  1. Skill: Plot
  1. Finish The Hitch-Hiker 1st read
Friday

Haunted Happenings—Spooky reading Circle

Oct. 17-21, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #11

1. Read Tangerine

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #12
1. Quiz 5

2.Read Tangerine

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #13

1. Read Tangerine

Thursday

Bell Ringer #14

1. Finish Tangerine

2. Book Discussion

3. Test Over Book

Friday

Bell Ringer #14

1. Study Sync—1st Read: The HitchHiker

Oct. 10-14, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #7: What Character for Tangerine do you relate to the most? Why?
1. Begin One pager project for Tangerine character Study (Due FRIDAY)

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #8: Describe a time that you overcame a fear and stepped out in bravery.
1. Quiz 3
2. Read Tangerine p. 95-124 bk/ p.59-78 pdf

Thursday

Bell Ringer #9: Expalin your thoughts on this quote, “Families should always stick together.”

  1. Tangerine p. 124-160 bk/p.78-99 pdf (Fri. Sept. 22 Later-Wed. Oct. 4)
Friday

Bell Ringer #10: What are some things that you’re really good at?

  1. Quiz #4
  2. Tangerine p. 160-199 bk/ p. 99-123 pdf (Thurs. Oct. 5-Nov. 10)
  3. ONE PAGER PROJECT DUE TODAY!
Oct. 3-7, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #3: Is it important to like yourself? Why or why not?
1. Introduce the novel Tangerine
2. Anticipation Guide in Google Classroom
3. Read p. 1-32 book/ p. 1-22 pdf

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #4: Are some promises okay to break? Why or why not? Give an example.
1. Tangerine Comprehension Quiz #1 Aug. 18-23 p. 1-32 book/ p. 1-22 pdf
2. Read p. 32-64 book/ p. 22-42 pdf (Aug 28-Sept. 8)

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #5: How have specific life events helped to shape you into who you are? How would life be differentif they'd never happened?
1. Tangerine Comprehension Quiz #2 (Aug. 28-Sept. 8)
2. Read Tangerine p. 64-94 book/ 42-59 pdf (Sept. 8-later-Sept. 15)

Thursday

Bell Ringer #6: Describe a time that you overcame a fear and stepped out in bravery.
1. Quiz 3
2. Read Tangerine p. 95-124 bk/ p.59-78 pdf

Friday

NO SCHOOL

Sept. 26-30, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: Recall a character from a book or movie you have read or seen. How did they change over the course of the story?

1. Skill: Character

2. Finish 1st Rd: The Wise Old Woman Think Questions using R.A.C.E.

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What are characteristics that makes someone reliable in a time of need?

1. Close Read: The Wise Old Woman

2. Grade Bell Ringers

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Identify any experiences you have had when you’ve disagreed with a family member.

1. Independent Read: MAD

Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is one event that has stood out to you over the course of the first 6 weeks?

1. Study Island

Friday

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1. Team Builder

   
Sept. 19-23, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

 

Bell Ringer: What is the most important change Nimona wants to make to Blackheart’s plan? Why?

1. Skill: Plot

2. Close Read: Nimona

 

Tuesday

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about supervillains?

1. First Read: Nimona 

Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is the most important change Nimona wants to make to Blackheart’s plan? Why?

1. Skill: Plot

2. Close Read: Nimona

Friday

Bell Ringer: What experiences have you ahd with standing out or fitting in?

1. Independent Read: Stargirl

Sept. 12-16, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What does Gary Paulsen hope readers will learn from reading about his experiences in nature?

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Close Read: Woodsong

Tuesday

 

Bell Ringer: What experiences have you ahd with standing out or fitting in?

1. Independent Read: Stargirl

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Study Island Skills Practice

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Generate any ideas you have about folktales.

1. First Read: The Wise Old Woman

Friday

Bell Ringer: What are characteristics that makes a person reliable in a time of need?

  1. Skill: Character
  2. Close Read: The Wise Old Woman
Sept. 5-9, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School

Tuesday

No School

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: When do differences become conflicts?

1. Blast: Chasing the Impossible

2.Skill: Recognize Genre 

 

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Academic Vocabulary—all three parts

Friday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about how animals interact in the wild?

1. Skill: Generating Questions

2. First Read: Woodsong

Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: How do contemporary issues and cultureshape your worldview?

1. Skill: Annotation

2. Skill: Context Clues

3.Skill: Reading Comprehension

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you ahve about fables or morals?

1. First Read: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

2. Quiz Questions #1-10

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What is one of your favorite fables or morals? Why? What lesson did you learn from it?

1. Complete Rikki-Tikki-Tavi—Quiz and Think questions

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Do you think Nag and Nagaina truly represent evil or have they been unfairly cast as the villains? Explain your answer.

1. Close Read: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

2. Write an essay concerning the passage in Study Sync

Friday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Team building exercise—River Crossing

2. Discuss Strengths and weaknesses in relation to Reading based on the metaphor of the team-builder

Aug. 22-26, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: So far, what are you most excited about being in the 7th grade?

1. Finish anything that was not completed on Friday

2. Set up class codes for Google Classroom

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet and requirements

Tuesday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: What are you most worried about as a 7th grade student?

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Friday

Bell Ringer: What teams have you ever been on before?

1. Team building exercise—The Floor is Lava

2. Discuss Strengths and weaknesses in relation to Reading based on the metaphor of the team-builder

Aug. 15-19, 2022  Lessons for the Week
Monday

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Tuesday

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Thursday

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Bell Ringer: Come up with 2 Truths and a Lie about yourself.

1. Welcome...2 Truths and a Lie

2. Teacher Intro/Slide show

3. Review Class Expectations/Letter

4. Review AR & Incentives

 

FRIDAY

Bell Ringer: Answer the Skittle Challenge Questions.

1. First Days of School Station Activity

2. Explain Bell Ringer Requirements

3. Review Exemptions from Final Exams Criteria

4. Chromebook checkouts

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson Plans for 2021-22

May 23-27,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday
  1. Call of the Wild
Tuesday
  1. Call of the Wild
Wednesday
  1. Final Exams—early release
Thursday
  1. Final Exams—early release

 

Friday
  1. Teacher Work Day
May 16-20,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday
  1. Write a Letter to Next Year’s Students
Tuesday
  1. End of Year Exam
Wednesday
  1. Begin novel: The Call of the Wild
Thursday
  1. The Call of the Wild

 

Friday
  1. The Call of the Wild
  2. Six Flags Incentive Trip
May 9-13,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday
  1. Team builders
  2. Test Strategy Review
Tuesday
  1. MATH STAAR TEST
Wednesday
  1. READING STAAR TEST
Thursday

Watch The HUNGER GAMES

 

Friday

Watch THE HUNGER GAMES

May 2-6,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday
  1. Complete Step Up To The TEKS Paired passage formative assessment.
  2. Review answer choices
Tuesday
  1. Step Up to the TEKS inference model passage
  2. Guided passage to review inferencing
Wednesday
  1. Step Up to the TEKS partner practice over inferencing
  2. Inferencing Formative Assessment
Thursday

BLITZ

 

Friday
  1. Talk about BLITZ
    1. Things learned
    2. favorite parts
    3. trouble parts
    4. review STAAR skills
April 25-29,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School—Bad Weather Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #11: Free Write

1. Complete: Summarizing Activity in Class from last week

2. Review Making Connections

 

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #12: What does it mean to make connections across genres?

1. Making Connections Activity—Walk-About Gallery

Thursday

Bell Ringer #13: What are different ways to make connections within texts?

1. Model Passage Across Genres

 

Friday

Bell Ringer #14: Free Write

1. Independent passage across genres—STAAR passage

April 18-22,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School—Bad Weather Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #7: Free Write

1. Complete: Vote for...Who? (in-class passage)

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #8: What does it mean to summarize?

1. Summarizing Activity—Walk-About Gallery

Thursday

Bell Ringer #9: What ideas or information do you have about rites of passage from different cultures?

1. Independent Read: The Giver—Vocabulary, Quiz, Write

 

Friday

Bell Ringer #10: What ideas do you have about North Korea and their history?

1. Independent Read: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea—Vocabulary, Quiz, Write

April 11-15,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #3: How is drama different from other types of writing?

1. In Google Classroom under Classwork do Easel: Author’s Purpose

2. Unit 6 Overview

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

4. Academic Vocabulary

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #4: What ideas do you have about childhood diseases?

1. Skill: Making Connections

2. First read: A Civil Action—Quiz and Think

3. Easel: Author’s Purpose

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #5: Why is it important to determine the Author’s Purpose of a text?

  1. Skill: Author’s Purpose
  2. Close Read: A Civil Action—Vocabulary and Write
Thursday

Bell Ringer #6: What does Easter mean to you?

1. Author’s Purpose In-Class Activity

Friday

Good Friday!!! Happy Easter!!!

April 4-8,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #26: Look at the board. Determine what you believe is going on.

1. Inferencing: Show VS. Tell

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #27: Look at the board. Determine what you think the characters are feeling.

1. Inferencing in Real World: Social media, music, TV

Wednesday
  1. Grade Bell Ringers for a test grade
  2.  Inferencing: Gallery Walk-About
Thursday

Bell Ringer #1: What is inferencing? Give an example of how you make inferences daily.

1. Model passage and answering questions.

Friday

Bell Ringer # 2: Free Write

1. Your Turn: Read passage and answer questions. Use text evidence to write a justification for your thought process.

2. EARN YOUR PASSPORT STAMP fro REWARDS!!!!

Mar.28-April 1,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #23: What do you know about folktales?

1. 1st Read: The Invisible One

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #24: What does the saying “to fly too close to the sun” mean?

1. 1st Read: Icarus and Daedalus

Wednesday

Math Interim exam

Thursday

Reading Interim Exam

Friday

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Close Read: Icarus and Daedalus

 

Mar.21-25,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #18: What are some examples of classical heroes and/or stories?

1. Independent Read: The Classical Roots of the Hunger Games

2.Overview of Theseus and the Minotaur

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #19: Give 3 examples of ways in which Theseus and the Minotaur and the HungerGames are similar.

1. Finish The Classical Roots of the Hunger Games

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #20: What are some examples of legendary heroes?

1. First Read: The Cruel Tribute—Quiz and Think

Thursday

Bell Ringer # 21: What do you know about folktales?

1. Finish The Cruel Tribute 1st read

2. Close Read of the Cruel Tribute

Friday

Bell Ringer # 22: Free Write

1. Complete The Cruel Tribute

2. Independent Reading 

Mar.7-11,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #13: Is it wise to make alliances with Rue?

1. Quiz Ch. 13-15 Hunger Games

2. Read Chapters 16-17

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #14: What kind of mutation would you create if you could? e.g. tracker-jacker, mocking-jay

1. Read Hunger Games Ch. 18

2. Quiz Ch. 16-18

3. Read Ch. 19-20

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #15: What was your reaction to Rue’s death?

1. Read Ch. 21

2. Quiz Hunger Games Ch. 19-21

3. Read Ch. 22 (homework)

Thursday

Bell Ringer # 16: Do you think Katniss should go ahead and kill Peeta? What do you think Gale is thinking right now?

  1. Read Ch. 23-24
  2. Read Ch. 25-26 (Homework)
Friday

Bell Ringer # 17: Free Write

  1. Read Ch. 27
  2. Take AR test over The Hunger Games
Feb. 28-Mar. 4,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #8: Make three predictions about what you think will happen in the plot of the story.

1. Read Chapters 1-3 of The Hunger Games

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #9: This story is based in the future, so when Katniss references her ancestors she is referring to us. What happened to North America and how did we contribute to its destruction?

1. Quiz Ch. 1-3

2. Read Ch.4-6

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #10: Give a short summary of the novel so far.

1. Quiz ch. 4-6

2. Read Hunger Games Ch. 7-9

Thursday

Bell Ringer # 11: What are your initial impressions of Peeta Mellark?

  1. Quiz CH. 7-9
  2. Read Chapters 10-12
Friday

Bell Ringer # 12: How do you think you would do in the games facing dehydration, starvation, and being chased down to your death?

  1. Quiz Ch. 10-12
  2. Read Chapters 13-15
Feb. 21-25,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #5: Explain the quote on the board and how you feel about it.

1. Introduce The Hunger Games

2. Class Reaping

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #6: How did the activity yesterday make you feel?

1. Watch YouTube video over Suzanne Collins

2. Answer questions in google classroom over video

Thursday

Bell Ringer #7: Make three predictions about what you think will happen in the plot of the story.

1. Read Chapters 1-3 of The Hunger Games

Friday

Bell Ringer #8: This story is based in the future, so when Katniss references her ancestors she is referring to us. What happened to North America and how did we contribute to its destruction?

1. Quiz Ch. 1-3

2. Read Ch.4-6

Feb. 14-18,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #1: Why do we still read myths and folktales?

1. Unit 5 Overview: Test of Time

2. Blast: Test of Times

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #2: FREE WRITE

1. Skill: Academic Vocabulary

2. Sustained Independent Reading

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #3: What ideas do you have about greed?

1. Skill: Monitoring Comprehension

2. First Read: Aesop’s Fables—Quiz and Think

Thursday

Bell Ringer #4: What information or ideas do you have about aliases?

1. Skill: Theme

2. First Read: A Retrieved Reformation—Quiz and Think

Friday

NO SCHOOL

Feb. 7-11,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #18: What do you know about electricity and light?

1. 1st Read: The Last Human Light—Quiz and Think

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #19: FREE WRITE

1. Skill: Paraphrasing

2. Skill: Author’s Purpose

3. Skill: Author’s Purpose

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: GRADE BELL RINGERS

1. Sustained Independent Reading Day

Thursday
  1. Review Hidden Figures
Friday
  1. Class team-building Exercise
Jan. 31-Feb. 4,  2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #16: What ideas or do you know about the power of wind?

1. 1st Read: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind—Quiz and Think

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #17: What do you know about star athletes?

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Independent Read: No Dream too High: Simone Biles...--Quiz and Write

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #18: What is aeonautic engineering or what ideas so you have about it?

1. 1st Read: Hidden Figures—Quiz and Think

Thursday

Snow Day

Friday

Snow Day

Jan. 24-28, 2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Math Benchmark

Tuesday

Reading Benchmark

Wednesday

Watch Bridge to Terabithia

UIL Fieldtrip to stonebriar Mall in Frisco, TX

Thursday

Bell Ringer #14: Write about equality.

1. 1st Read: Harrison Bergeron—quiz and think questions

Friday

Bell Ringer #15: What is an explicit statement and give an example.

1. Skill: Interpreting Text

2. Skill: Point of View

3. Watch production of Harrison Bergeron

Jan. 17-21, 2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

School Holiday-NO School

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #10: How do you predict the novel will end?

1. Read chapters 12-13

2. Take AR test

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #11: Free Write

1. Work on project

Thursday

Bell Ringer #12: Free Write

1. Work on project (20 min.)

2. Begin Presentations

Friday

Bell Ringer #9: Free Write

1. Project Presentations

Jan. 10-14, 2022 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #5: Based on the Title, what do you think this novel will be about?

1. Introduce Bridge to Terabithia, summary and author

2. Read Ch. 1-2

3. Quiz # 1

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #6: What are typical conflicts 7th graders face today?

1. Read chapters 3-4

2. quiz #2

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #7: choose 2 characters from the novel and describe their character traits.

1. Read chapters 5-6

2. Quiz # 3

Thursday

Bell Ringer #8: What are some things that you may fear in life?

1. Read chapters 7-8

2. Quiz #4

Friday

Bell Ringer #9: If you created your own world what would it be like?

1. Read chapters 9-11

2. Quiz # 5

Jan. 3-7 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Teacher Work Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #1: How can one event change everything?

1. Introduce Unit 4: Informational texts—Moment of Truth

2. Blast: Moment of Truth

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #2: Name some characteristics of informational texts.

1. Skill: Recognize Genre

2. Academic Vocabulary

Thursday

Bell Ringer #3: What Rules of Baseball do you know?

1. Skill: Making Inferences

2. Casey at the Bat (Quiz and Think)

Friday

Bell Ringer # 4: What do you know about Major League baseball?

  1. Skill: Figurative Language
  2. Hitting Big League Fastball ‘Clearly Impossible’ (Quiz and Think)
Dec. 13-17, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Unit Exam

Tuesday

Unit Exam continued

Wednesday

Murder Mystery Game: A Classic Case of Who Done it?

Thursday

Final Exams

Friday

Final Exams

Dec. 6-10, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #18: What do you know about Christmas and traditions involved in celebrating Christmas?

  1. Independent Read: A Christmas Carol—Quiz and Write
Tuesday

Bell Ringer #19: What is your favorite Christmas movie and why?

1. Watch “A Christmas Carol”—answer the accompanying questions to the movie.

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #20: What made the biggest impression on you from the movie yesterday?

1. Finish the movie and questions.

Thursday

Bell Ringer #21: Free Write

1. Digital Escape room over “A Christmas Carol”

Friday

Bell Ringer # 22: Free Write

1. UIL Academic Competition

2. All students not competing  will complete—Independent Read: “Speech to the Young, Speech to the Progress Toward”—Quiz and Write

Nov 29-Dec. 3, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #13: What ideas do you have about dictatords and the way they rule countries?

1.1st Read: before We Were Free—Quiz and Think

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #14: What thoughts do you ahve about exploring space?

1. Skill: Setting

2. Skill: Synthesizing

3. 1st Read: Machines, not people, should be exploring the stars for now

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #15: Do you agree or disagree with author from the argumentative text yesterday?

     1. Finish Yesterday’s work

  1. Skill: Greek & Latin Affixes and Roots
  2. Skill: Counter Arguments
Thursday

Bell Ringer #16: What do you know about space exploration?

1. 1st read: Responses to “Machines, not people...”

2. Skill: Logical Fallacies

Friday

Bell Ringer # 17: Free Write

1. Logiacl Fallacies—Nearpod or Quizizz

Nov 15-19, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #8: What do you know about Native Americans?

1. Skill: Controlling Idea or Thesis

2. 1st Read: The First Americans—Quiz and Think

 

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #9: How can the power of words affect someone?

1. Skill: Summarizing

​2. Skill: Rhetorical Devices

3. Blast: The Power of Words

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #10: Generate a list of important people and events in the history of American civil rights.

  1. First Read: All Together Now
  1. Skill: Arguments and Claims
Thursday

Bell Ringer #11: Generate a list of any information or ideas your students have about dictators and the way they rule countries.

1. 1st Read: Before We Were Free—Quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer # 12: What are your family’s Thanksgiving traditions?

  1. Thanksgiving Escape Room
Nov 8-12, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #3: What makes a dream worth pursuing?

1. Introduce Unit 3: Chasing the Impossible

2.Blast

3. Recognize Genre

4. Academic Vocabulary

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #4: What qualities make a good role model?

1. Finish Academic Vocabulary

​2. 1st Read: We Beat the Street

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #5: What ideas do you haveabout the underground railroad and the escaped slaves that used it?

1. Skill: Voice

2. independent read: Harriet Tubman

Thursday

Bell Ringer #6: What do you know about the history of slavery in the U.S.?

1. 1st Read: Letter to Harriet Tubman

Friday

Bell Ringer # 7: What do you know about Native Americans?

1. Skill: Controlling Idea

2. 1st Read: The First Americans

Nov 1-5, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #16: What do you know about funeral traditions? Or what do you know about funerals?

1. Skill: Making Connections

​2. 1st Read: The Walking Dance—Quiz and Think questions

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #17: Free Write

1. Skill: Text Evidence

2. Skill: Plot

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Grade Bell Ringers

1. Unit Exam: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

Friday

IXL STAAR Practice

Oct. 25-29, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #13: How can you stand up to someone whom you feel powerless against?

1.Tangerine: Pt 3—Nov.20-24 p.203-237 bk/ p.123-145 pdf

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #14: Do you think things are always exactly the way they seem? Why?

1. Quiz 5

​2. Tangerine Nov. 27-Dec. 2 p. 237-270 bk/ p.145-166 pdf

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #15: Make predictions about how the novel will end.

  1.  Tangerine— Dec.3-Dec. 6 p.270-end bk/p. 166-end pdf
Thursday

Bell Ringer #16: Who, besides Paul, was your favorite character? Why? Sis any predictions you made come true?

1. Book talk

2. Tangerine AR test

3. Finish up ONE PAGERS and turn in

4. Discuss menu for Spooky reading Circle tomorrow

Friday

Bell Ringer #17: FREE WRITE something scary

HAUNTED HAPPENINGS!!!

Spooky Reading Circle

Oct. 11-15, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School: Columbus Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #5: What ideas so you have about Museums with Native American Artifacts and controversies regarding these artifacts?

1. First Read: Museum Indians—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #6: How did the daughter feel about her mother in Museum Indians?

  1.  Skill: Word Meaning
  2. Skill: Fugurative Language
  3. Close Read: Museum Indians
Thursday

Bell Ringer #7: Is it important to like yourself? Why or why not?

  1. Anticipation guide to Tangerine
  2. Introduce Tangerine- a novel study
  3. Read p. 1-33 book/p. 1-22 pdf (Aug. 18-23)
Friday

Bell Ringer: Take the comprehension check # 1 in google classroom.

  1. Comprehension Check #1
  2. Read p. 33-64 bk/p. 22-42 pdf (Aug 28-Sept 8)
Oct. 4-8, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 1: What relationships are important in your life? How have they shaped who you are?

1. Introduce Unit 2: Highs and Lows

2. Blast: Highs and Lows

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

  1. Academic Vocabulary
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #3: What ideas do you have about learning s new language?

  1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write
Thursday

Bell Ringer #4: What do you think of when you hear the word “greatness?”

1. Skill: Tone

2. 1st Read: My Father Was a Simple Man—Quiz and Think

Friday

NO SCHOOL

Sept.27-Oct 1, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #26: Name two of your favorite excerpts that we read this six weeks from Study Sync.

  1. Review for Unit 1 Exam
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

  1.  Unit 1 Exam
Thursday

Bell Ringer #28: List two goals that you want to set for yourself next six weeks.

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Friday

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

  1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
  2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS
Sept. 20-24, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 20: Generate a list of any experiences your students have had with elements of other cultures.

  1. Independent read: In the Year 1974—Quiz and Think
Tuesday

Bell Ringer #21: What do you think about reacting to an act of wrongdoing with forgiveness and kindness?

  1. Thank You, Ma’am—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #22: Generate a list of any information or ideas you have about suspenseful stories and how they are usually told.

  1.  Skill: Theme
  1. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas
Thursday

Bell Ringer #23: What are some of your favorite dramas on t.v?

1. Read/ Listen to the  “The Hitch-Hiker”--do quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer #24: What makes radio dramas so compelling?

  1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”
  1. Skill: Dramatic Elements
  1. Skill: Plot
Sept. 13-17, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #15: What ideas do you have about supervillians?

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

Tuesday

Bell Ringer # 16: What is a folktale and what are characteristics if a folktale?

1. Skill: Making and Confirming Predictions

2. The Wise Old Woman—Quiz and Think questions

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #17: Tell about a time that you have disagreed with a family member.

  1. Skill: Character
  2. Skill: Plot
  3. Independent Read: MAD— Quiz and Think questions
Thursday

Bell Ringer #18: In what ways do you stand out from others around you? How do you blend in?

1. independent Read: Stargirl— Quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer # 19: What experiences do you have with being excited or nervous about the first day of school?

1. Read: Seventh grade— Quiz and Think questions

Sept. 6-10, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

  1. Skill: Reading Comprehension
  2. Skill: Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts & Clashes
Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is your favorite category or type of fiction? e.g. mystery, historical, sci fi, mythology

1. Skill: Recognize Genre

2. Academic Vocabulary (complete all three sections)

Friday

Bell Ringer: Generate ideas about how you believe animals interact in the wild.

1. Skill: Generating Questions

2. 1st Read: Woodsong (complete Quiz questions)

Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What was one of your favorite childhood fables?

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: How do contemporary issues and culture shape your world view?

1. Introduce Unit: Conflicts and Clashes

2. Blast: Welcome to Study Sync

3. Skill:Annotations

4. Skill: Context Clues

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Generate a list of any ideas or information you have about fables or morals.

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

2. 1st Read: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi—Complete all Quiz questions and Think questions.

Friday

Bell Ringer: Tell me about the ending of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. What was your favorite part of the fable?

  1. Skill—Interpreting Texts
  2. Skill—Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts and Clashes
Aug. 16-20, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: So far, what are you most excited about being in the 7th grade?

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Thursday

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Friday

Bell Ringer

1. Team building exercise

2. Discuss Strengths and weaknesses in relation to Reading based on the metaphor of the team-builder

 

Oct. 18-22, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #8: How have specific life events helped to shape you into who you are today? How would you or your life be different if they’d never happened?

1.Comprehension check #2 (Aug 28-Sept 8)

2.Tangerine- read p. 64-94 bk/ 42-59 pdf (Sept 8 later- Sept. 15)

 

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #9: Describe a time that you overcame a fear and stepped out in bravery.

1. Tangerine p. 95-123 bk/ p.59-78 pdf

2. Quiz 3

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #10: Explain your thoughts on this quote, “Families should always stick together.”

  1.  Tangerine— Sept. 23-Oct. 4 p. 123-160 bk/p. 78-99 pdf
Thursday

Bell Ringer #11: What are some things that you are really good at? What areas are you gifted in?

1. Tangerine— Oct. 5- Nov. 10 p. 160-199 bk/ p. 99-123

2. Quiz 4

Friday

Bell Ringer #12: How can you stand up to someone that you feel powerless against?

1. Tangerine— Part 3 – Nov. 20- Nov. 24 p. 203-237 bk/ p. 123-145 pdf

Oct. 11-15, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School: Columbus Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #5: What ideas so you have about Museums with Native American Artifacts and controversies regarding these artifacts?

1. First Read: Museum Indians—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #6: How did the daughter feel about her mother in Museum Indians?

  1.  Skill: Word Meaning
  2. Skill: Fugurative Language
  3. Close Read: Museum Indians
Thursday

Bell Ringer #7: Is it important to like yourself? Why or why not?

  1. Anticipation guide to Tangerine
  2. Introduce Tangerine- a novel study
  3. Read p. 1-33 book/p. 1-22 pdf (Aug. 18-23)
Friday

Bell Ringer: Take the comprehension check # 1 in google classroom.

  1. Comprehension Check #1
  2. Read p. 33-64 bk/p. 22-42 pdf (Aug 28-Sept 8)
Oct. 4-8, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 1: What relationships are important in your life? How have they shaped who you are?

1. Introduce Unit 2: Highs and Lows

2. Blast: Highs and Lows

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

  1. Academic Vocabulary
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #3: What ideas do you have about learning s new language?

  1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write
Thursday

Bell Ringer #4: What do you think of when you hear the word “greatness?”

1. Skill: Tone

2. 1st Read: My Father Was a Simple Man—Quiz and Think

Friday

NO SCHOOL

Sept.27-Oct 1, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #26: Name two of your favorite excerpts that we read this six weeks from Study Sync.

  1. Review for Unit 1 Exam
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

  1.  Unit 1 Exam
Thursday

Bell Ringer #28: List two goals that you want to set for yourself next six weeks.

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Friday

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

  1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
  2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS
Sept. 20-24, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 20: Generate a list of any experiences your students have had with elements of other cultures.

  1. Independent read: In the Year 1974—Quiz and Think
Tuesday

Bell Ringer #21: What do you think about reacting to an act of wrongdoing with forgiveness and kindness?

  1. Thank You, Ma’am—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #22: Generate a list of any information or ideas you have about suspenseful stories and how they are usually told.

  1.  Skill: Theme
  1. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas
Thursday

Bell Ringer #23: What are some of your favorite dramas on t.v?

1. Read/ Listen to the  “The Hitch-Hiker”--do quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer #24: What makes radio dramas so compelling?

  1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”
  1. Skill: Dramatic Elements
  1. Skill: Plot
Sept. 13-17, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #15: What ideas do you have about supervillians?

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

Tuesday

Bell Ringer # 16: What is a folktale and what are characteristics if a folktale?

1. Skill: Making and Confirming Predictions

2. The Wise Old Woman—Quiz and Think questions

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #17: Tell about a time that you have disagreed with a family member.

  1. Skill: Character
  2. Skill: Plot
  3. Independent Read: MAD— Quiz and Think questions
Thursday

Bell Ringer #18: In what ways do you stand out from others around you? How do you blend in?

1. independent Read: Stargirl— Quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer # 19: What experiences do you have with being excited or nervous about the first day of school?

1. Read: Seventh grade— Quiz and Think questions

Sept. 6-10, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

  1. Skill: Reading Comprehension
  2. Skill: Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts & Clashes
Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is your favorite category or type of fiction? e.g. mystery, historical, sci fi, mythology

1. Skill: Recognize Genre

2. Academic Vocabulary (complete all three sections)

Friday

Bell Ringer: Generate ideas about how you believe animals interact in the wild.

1. Skill: Generating Questions

2. 1st Read: Woodsong (complete Quiz questions)

Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What was one of your favorite childhood fables?

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: How do contemporary issues and culture shape your world view?

1. Introduce Unit: Conflicts and Clashes

2. Blast: Welcome to Study Sync

3. Skill:Annotations

4. Skill: Context Clues

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Generate a list of any ideas or information you have about fables or morals.

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

2. 1st Read: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi—Complete all Quiz questions and Think questions.

Friday

Bell Ringer: Tell me about the ending of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. What was your favorite part of the fable?

  1. Skill—Interpreting Texts
  2. Skill—Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts and Clashes
Aug. 16-20, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: So far, what are you most excited about being in the 7th grade?

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Thursday

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Friday

Bell Ringer

1. Team building exercise

2. Discuss Strengths and weaknesses in relation to Reading based on the metaphor of the team-builder

 

Nov 1-5, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #16: What do you know about funeral traditions? Or what do you know about funerals?

1. Skill: Making Connections

​2. 1st Read: The Walking Dance—Quiz and Think questions

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #17: Free Write

1. Skill: Text Evidence

2. Skill: Plot

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Grade Bell Ringers

1. Unit Exam: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

Friday

IXL STAAR Practice

Oct. 25-29, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #13: How can you stand up to someone whom you feel powerless against?

1.Tangerine: Pt 3—Nov.20-24 p.203-237 bk/ p.123-145 pdf

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #14: Do you think things are always exactly the way they seem? Why?

1. Quiz 5

​2. Tangerine Nov. 27-Dec. 2 p. 237-270 bk/ p.145-166 pdf

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #15: Make predictions about how the novel will end.

  1.  Tangerine— Dec.3-Dec. 6 p.270-end bk/p. 166-end pdf
Thursday

Bell Ringer #16: Who, besides Paul, was your favorite character? Why? Sis any predictions you made come true?

1. Book talk

2. Tangerine AR test

3. Finish up ONE PAGERS and turn in

4. Discuss menu for Spooky reading Circle tomorrow

Friday

Bell Ringer #17: FREE WRITE something scary

HAUNTED HAPPENINGS!!!

Spooky Reading Circle

Oct. 11-15, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School: Columbus Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #5: What ideas so you have about Museums with Native American Artifacts and controversies regarding these artifacts?

1. First Read: Museum Indians—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #6: How did the daughter feel about her mother in Museum Indians?

  1.  Skill: Word Meaning
  2. Skill: Fugurative Language
  3. Close Read: Museum Indians
Thursday

Bell Ringer #7: Is it important to like yourself? Why or why not?

  1. Anticipation guide to Tangerine
  2. Introduce Tangerine- a novel study
  3. Read p. 1-33 book/p. 1-22 pdf (Aug. 18-23)
Friday

Bell Ringer: Take the comprehension check # 1 in google classroom.

  1. Comprehension Check #1
  2. Read p. 33-64 bk/p. 22-42 pdf (Aug 28-Sept 8)
Oct. 4-8, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 1: What relationships are important in your life? How have they shaped who you are?

1. Introduce Unit 2: Highs and Lows

2. Blast: Highs and Lows

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

  1. Academic Vocabulary
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #3: What ideas do you have about learning s new language?

  1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write
Thursday

Bell Ringer #4: What do you think of when you hear the word “greatness?”

1. Skill: Tone

2. 1st Read: My Father Was a Simple Man—Quiz and Think

Friday

NO SCHOOL

Sept.27-Oct 1, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #26: Name two of your favorite excerpts that we read this six weeks from Study Sync.

  1. Review for Unit 1 Exam
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

  1.  Unit 1 Exam
Thursday

Bell Ringer #28: List two goals that you want to set for yourself next six weeks.

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Friday

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

  1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
  2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS
Sept. 20-24, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 20: Generate a list of any experiences your students have had with elements of other cultures.

  1. Independent read: In the Year 1974—Quiz and Think
Tuesday

Bell Ringer #21: What do you think about reacting to an act of wrongdoing with forgiveness and kindness?

  1. Thank You, Ma’am—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #22: Generate a list of any information or ideas you have about suspenseful stories and how they are usually told.

  1.  Skill: Theme
  1. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas
Thursday

Bell Ringer #23: What are some of your favorite dramas on t.v?

1. Read/ Listen to the  “The Hitch-Hiker”--do quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer #24: What makes radio dramas so compelling?

  1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”
  1. Skill: Dramatic Elements
  1. Skill: Plot
Sept. 13-17, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #15: What ideas do you have about supervillians?

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

Tuesday

Bell Ringer # 16: What is a folktale and what are characteristics if a folktale?

1. Skill: Making and Confirming Predictions

2. The Wise Old Woman—Quiz and Think questions

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #17: Tell about a time that you have disagreed with a family member.

  1. Skill: Character
  2. Skill: Plot
  3. Independent Read: MAD— Quiz and Think questions
Thursday

Bell Ringer #18: In what ways do you stand out from others around you? How do you blend in?

1. independent Read: Stargirl— Quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer # 19: What experiences do you have with being excited or nervous about the first day of school?

1. Read: Seventh grade— Quiz and Think questions

Sept. 6-10, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

  1. Skill: Reading Comprehension
  2. Skill: Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts & Clashes
Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is your favorite category or type of fiction? e.g. mystery, historical, sci fi, mythology

1. Skill: Recognize Genre

2. Academic Vocabulary (complete all three sections)

Friday

Bell Ringer: Generate ideas about how you believe animals interact in the wild.

1. Skill: Generating Questions

2. 1st Read: Woodsong (complete Quiz questions)

Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What was one of your favorite childhood fables?

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: How do contemporary issues and culture shape your world view?

1. Introduce Unit: Conflicts and Clashes

2. Blast: Welcome to Study Sync

3. Skill:Annotations

4. Skill: Context Clues

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Generate a list of any ideas or information you have about fables or morals.

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

2. 1st Read: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi—Complete all Quiz questions and Think questions.

Friday

Bell Ringer: Tell me about the ending of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. What was your favorite part of the fable?

  1. Skill—Interpreting Texts
  2. Skill—Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts and Clashes
Aug. 16-20, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: So far, what are you most excited about being in the 7th grade?

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Thursday

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Friday

Bell Ringer

1. Team building exercise

2. Discuss Strengths and weaknesses in relation to Reading based on the metaphor of the team-builder

 

Oct. 18-22, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #8: How have specific life events helped to shape you into who you are today? How would you or your life be different if they’d never happened?

1.Comprehension check #2 (Aug 28-Sept 8)

2.Tangerine- read p. 64-94 bk/ 42-59 pdf (Sept 8 later- Sept. 15)

 

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #9: Describe a time that you overcame a fear and stepped out in bravery.

1. Tangerine p. 95-123 bk/ p.59-78 pdf

2. Quiz 3

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #10: Explain your thoughts on this quote, “Families should always stick together.”

  1.  Tangerine— Sept. 23-Oct. 4 p. 123-160 bk/p. 78-99 pdf
Thursday

Bell Ringer #11: What are some things that you are really good at? What areas are you gifted in?

1. Tangerine— Oct. 5- Nov. 10 p. 160-199 bk/ p. 99-123

2. Quiz 4

Friday

Bell Ringer #12: How can you stand up to someone that you feel powerless against?

1. Tangerine— Part 3 – Nov. 20- Nov. 24 p. 203-237 bk/ p. 123-145 pdf

Oct. 11-15, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School: Columbus Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #5: What ideas so you have about Museums with Native American Artifacts and controversies regarding these artifacts?

1. First Read: Museum Indians—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #6: How did the daughter feel about her mother in Museum Indians?

  1.  Skill: Word Meaning
  2. Skill: Fugurative Language
  3. Close Read: Museum Indians
Thursday

Bell Ringer #7: Is it important to like yourself? Why or why not?

  1. Anticipation guide to Tangerine
  2. Introduce Tangerine- a novel study
  3. Read p. 1-33 book/p. 1-22 pdf (Aug. 18-23)
Friday

Bell Ringer: Take the comprehension check # 1 in google classroom.

  1. Comprehension Check #1
  2. Read p. 33-64 bk/p. 22-42 pdf (Aug 28-Sept 8)
Oct. 4-8, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 1: What relationships are important in your life? How have they shaped who you are?

1. Introduce Unit 2: Highs and Lows

2. Blast: Highs and Lows

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

  1. Academic Vocabulary
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #3: What ideas do you have about learning s new language?

  1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write
Thursday

Bell Ringer #4: What do you think of when you hear the word “greatness?”

1. Skill: Tone

2. 1st Read: My Father Was a Simple Man—Quiz and Think

Friday

NO SCHOOL

Sept.27-Oct 1, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #26: Name two of your favorite excerpts that we read this six weeks from Study Sync.

  1. Review for Unit 1 Exam
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

  1.  Unit 1 Exam
Thursday

Bell Ringer #28: List two goals that you want to set for yourself next six weeks.

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Friday

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

  1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
  2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS
Sept. 20-24, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 20: Generate a list of any experiences your students have had with elements of other cultures.

  1. Independent read: In the Year 1974—Quiz and Think
Tuesday

Bell Ringer #21: What do you think about reacting to an act of wrongdoing with forgiveness and kindness?

  1. Thank You, Ma’am—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #22: Generate a list of any information or ideas you have about suspenseful stories and how they are usually told.

  1.  Skill: Theme
  1. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas
Thursday

Bell Ringer #23: What are some of your favorite dramas on t.v?

1. Read/ Listen to the  “The Hitch-Hiker”--do quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer #24: What makes radio dramas so compelling?

  1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”
  1. Skill: Dramatic Elements
  1. Skill: Plot
Sept. 13-17, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #15: What ideas do you have about supervillians?

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

Tuesday

Bell Ringer # 16: What is a folktale and what are characteristics if a folktale?

1. Skill: Making and Confirming Predictions

2. The Wise Old Woman—Quiz and Think questions

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #17: Tell about a time that you have disagreed with a family member.

  1. Skill: Character
  2. Skill: Plot
  3. Independent Read: MAD— Quiz and Think questions
Thursday

Bell Ringer #18: In what ways do you stand out from others around you? How do you blend in?

1. independent Read: Stargirl— Quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer # 19: What experiences do you have with being excited or nervous about the first day of school?

1. Read: Seventh grade— Quiz and Think questions

Sept. 6-10, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

  1. Skill: Reading Comprehension
  2. Skill: Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts & Clashes
Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is your favorite category or type of fiction? e.g. mystery, historical, sci fi, mythology

1. Skill: Recognize Genre

2. Academic Vocabulary (complete all three sections)

Friday

Bell Ringer: Generate ideas about how you believe animals interact in the wild.

1. Skill: Generating Questions

2. 1st Read: Woodsong (complete Quiz questions)

Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What was one of your favorite childhood fables?

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: How do contemporary issues and culture shape your world view?

1. Introduce Unit: Conflicts and Clashes

2. Blast: Welcome to Study Sync

3. Skill:Annotations

4. Skill: Context Clues

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Generate a list of any ideas or information you have about fables or morals.

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

2. 1st Read: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi—Complete all Quiz questions and Think questions.

Friday

Bell Ringer: Tell me about the ending of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. What was your favorite part of the fable?

  1. Skill—Interpreting Texts
  2. Skill—Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts and Clashes
Aug. 16-20, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: So far, what are you most excited about being in the 7th grade?

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Thursday

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Friday

Bell Ringer

1. Team building exercise

2. Discuss Strengths and weaknesses in relation to Reading based on the metaphor of the team-builder

 

Nov 1-5, 2021

Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #16: What do you know about funeral traditions? Or what do you know about funerals?

1. Skill: Making Connections

​2. 1st Read: The Walking Dance—Quiz and Think questions

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #17: Free Write

1. Skill: Text Evidence

2. Skill: Plot

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Grade Bell Ringers

1. Unit Exam: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

Friday

IXL STAAR Practice

Oct. 25-29, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #13: How can you stand up to someone whom you feel powerless against?

1.Tangerine: Pt 3—Nov.20-24 p.203-237 bk/ p.123-145 pdf

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #14: Do you think things are always exactly the way they seem? Why?

1. Quiz 5

​2. Tangerine Nov. 27-Dec. 2 p. 237-270 bk/ p.145-166 pdf

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #15: Make predictions about how the novel will end.

  1.  Tangerine— Dec.3-Dec. 6 p.270-end bk/p. 166-end pdf
Thursday

Bell Ringer #16: Who, besides Paul, was your favorite character? Why? Sis any predictions you made come true?

1. Book talk

2. Tangerine AR test

3. Finish up ONE PAGERS and turn in

4. Discuss menu for Spooky reading Circle tomorrow

Friday

Bell Ringer #17: FREE WRITE something scary

HAUNTED HAPPENINGS!!!

Spooky Reading Circle

Oct. 11-15, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School: Columbus Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #5: What ideas so you have about Museums with Native American Artifacts and controversies regarding these artifacts?

1. First Read: Museum Indians—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #6: How did the daughter feel about her mother in Museum Indians?

  1.  Skill: Word Meaning
  2. Skill: Fugurative Language
  3. Close Read: Museum Indians
Thursday

Bell Ringer #7: Is it important to like yourself? Why or why not?

  1. Anticipation guide to Tangerine
  2. Introduce Tangerine- a novel study
  3. Read p. 1-33 book/p. 1-22 pdf (Aug. 18-23)
Friday

Bell Ringer: Take the comprehension check # 1 in google classroom.

  1. Comprehension Check #1
  2. Read p. 33-64 bk/p. 22-42 pdf (Aug 28-Sept 8)
Oct. 4-8, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 1: What relationships are important in your life? How have they shaped who you are?

1. Introduce Unit 2: Highs and Lows

2. Blast: Highs and Lows

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

  1. Academic Vocabulary
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #3: What ideas do you have about learning s new language?

  1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write
Thursday

Bell Ringer #4: What do you think of when you hear the word “greatness?”

1. Skill: Tone

2. 1st Read: My Father Was a Simple Man—Quiz and Think

Friday

NO SCHOOL

Sept.27-Oct 1, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #26: Name two of your favorite excerpts that we read this six weeks from Study Sync.

  1. Review for Unit 1 Exam
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

  1.  Unit 1 Exam
Thursday

Bell Ringer #28: List two goals that you want to set for yourself next six weeks.

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Friday

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

  1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
  2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS
Sept. 20-24, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 20: Generate a list of any experiences your students have had with elements of other cultures.

  1. Independent read: In the Year 1974—Quiz and Think
Tuesday

Bell Ringer #21: What do you think about reacting to an act of wrongdoing with forgiveness and kindness?

  1. Thank You, Ma’am—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #22: Generate a list of any information or ideas you have about suspenseful stories and how they are usually told.

  1.  Skill: Theme
  1. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas
Thursday

Bell Ringer #23: What are some of your favorite dramas on t.v?

1. Read/ Listen to the  “The Hitch-Hiker”--do quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer #24: What makes radio dramas so compelling?

  1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”
  1. Skill: Dramatic Elements
  1. Skill: Plot
Sept. 13-17, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #15: What ideas do you have about supervillians?

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

Tuesday

Bell Ringer # 16: What is a folktale and what are characteristics if a folktale?

1. Skill: Making and Confirming Predictions

2. The Wise Old Woman—Quiz and Think questions

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #17: Tell about a time that you have disagreed with a family member.

  1. Skill: Character
  2. Skill: Plot
  3. Independent Read: MAD— Quiz and Think questions
Thursday

Bell Ringer #18: In what ways do you stand out from others around you? How do you blend in?

1. independent Read: Stargirl— Quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer # 19: What experiences do you have with being excited or nervous about the first day of school?

1. Read: Seventh grade— Quiz and Think questions

Sept. 6-10, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

  1. Skill: Reading Comprehension
  2. Skill: Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts & Clashes
Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is your favorite category or type of fiction? e.g. mystery, historical, sci fi, mythology

1. Skill: Recognize Genre

2. Academic Vocabulary (complete all three sections)

Friday

Bell Ringer: Generate ideas about how you believe animals interact in the wild.

1. Skill: Generating Questions

2. 1st Read: Woodsong (complete Quiz questions)

Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What was one of your favorite childhood fables?

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: How do contemporary issues and culture shape your world view?

1. Introduce Unit: Conflicts and Clashes

2. Blast: Welcome to Study Sync

3. Skill:Annotations

4. Skill: Context Clues

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Generate a list of any ideas or information you have about fables or morals.

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

2. 1st Read: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi—Complete all Quiz questions and Think questions.

Friday

Bell Ringer: Tell me about the ending of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. What was your favorite part of the fable?

  1. Skill—Interpreting Texts
  2. Skill—Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts and Clashes
Aug. 16-20, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: So far, what are you most excited about being in the 7th grade?

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Thursday

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Friday

Bell Ringer

1. Team building exercise

2. Discuss Strengths and weaknesses in relation to Reading based on the metaphor of the team-builder

 

Oct. 18-22, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #8: How have specific life events helped to shape you into who you are today? How would you or your life be different if they’d never happened?

1.Comprehension check #2 (Aug 28-Sept 8)

2.Tangerine- read p. 64-94 bk/ 42-59 pdf (Sept 8 later- Sept. 15)

 

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #9: Describe a time that you overcame a fear and stepped out in bravery.

1. Tangerine p. 95-123 bk/ p.59-78 pdf

2. Quiz 3

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #10: Explain your thoughts on this quote, “Families should always stick together.”

  1.  Tangerine— Sept. 23-Oct. 4 p. 123-160 bk/p. 78-99 pdf
Thursday

Bell Ringer #11: What are some things that you are really good at? What areas are you gifted in?

1. Tangerine— Oct. 5- Nov. 10 p. 160-199 bk/ p. 99-123

2. Quiz 4

Friday

Bell Ringer #12: How can you stand up to someone that you feel powerless against?

1. Tangerine— Part 3 – Nov. 20- Nov. 24 p. 203-237 bk/ p. 123-145 pdf

Oct. 11-15, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

No School: Columbus Day

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #5: What ideas so you have about Museums with Native American Artifacts and controversies regarding these artifacts?

1. First Read: Museum Indians—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #6: How did the daughter feel about her mother in Museum Indians?

  1.  Skill: Word Meaning
  2. Skill: Fugurative Language
  3. Close Read: Museum Indians
Thursday

Bell Ringer #7: Is it important to like yourself? Why or why not?

  1. Anticipation guide to Tangerine
  2. Introduce Tangerine- a novel study
  3. Read p. 1-33 book/p. 1-22 pdf (Aug. 18-23)
Friday

Bell Ringer: Take the comprehension check # 1 in google classroom.

  1. Comprehension Check #1
  2. Read p. 33-64 bk/p. 22-42 pdf (Aug 28-Sept 8)
Oct. 4-8, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 1: What relationships are important in your life? How have they shaped who you are?

1. Introduce Unit 2: Highs and Lows

2. Blast: Highs and Lows

3. Skill: Recognize Genre

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

  1. Academic Vocabulary
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #3: What ideas do you have about learning s new language?

  1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write
Thursday

Bell Ringer #4: What do you think of when you hear the word “greatness?”

1. Skill: Tone

2. 1st Read: My Father Was a Simple Man—Quiz and Think

Friday

NO SCHOOL

Sept.27-Oct 1, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

Tuesday

Bell Ringer #26: Name two of your favorite excerpts that we read this six weeks from Study Sync.

  1. Review for Unit 1 Exam
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

  1.  Unit 1 Exam
Thursday

Bell Ringer #28: List two goals that you want to set for yourself next six weeks.

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Friday

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

  1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
  2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS
Sept. 20-24, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer # 20: Generate a list of any experiences your students have had with elements of other cultures.

  1. Independent read: In the Year 1974—Quiz and Think
Tuesday

Bell Ringer #21: What do you think about reacting to an act of wrongdoing with forgiveness and kindness?

  1. Thank You, Ma’am—Quiz and Think
Wednesday

Bell Ringer #22: Generate a list of any information or ideas you have about suspenseful stories and how they are usually told.

  1.  Skill: Theme
  1. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas
Thursday

Bell Ringer #23: What are some of your favorite dramas on t.v?

1. Read/ Listen to the  “The Hitch-Hiker”--do quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer #24: What makes radio dramas so compelling?

  1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”
  1. Skill: Dramatic Elements
  1. Skill: Plot
Sept. 13-17, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer #15: What ideas do you have about supervillians?

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

Tuesday

Bell Ringer # 16: What is a folktale and what are characteristics if a folktale?

1. Skill: Making and Confirming Predictions

2. The Wise Old Woman—Quiz and Think questions

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #17: Tell about a time that you have disagreed with a family member.

  1. Skill: Character
  2. Skill: Plot
  3. Independent Read: MAD— Quiz and Think questions
Thursday

Bell Ringer #18: In what ways do you stand out from others around you? How do you blend in?

1. independent Read: Stargirl— Quiz and Think

Friday

Bell Ringer # 19: What experiences do you have with being excited or nervous about the first day of school?

1. Read: Seventh grade— Quiz and Think questions

Sept. 6-10, 2021 Lessons for the Week
Monday

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Wednesday

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

  1. Skill: Reading Comprehension
  2. Skill: Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts & Clashes
Thursday

Bell Ringer: What is your favorite category or type of fiction? e.g. mystery, historical, sci fi, mythology

1. Skill: Recognize Genre

2. Academic Vocabulary (complete all three sections)

Friday

Bell Ringer: Generate ideas about how you believe animals interact in the wild.

1. Skill: Generating Questions

2. 1st Read: Woodsong (complete Quiz questions)

Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: What was one of your favorite childhood fables?

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer: How do contemporary issues and culture shape your world view?

1. Introduce Unit: Conflicts and Clashes

2. Blast: Welcome to Study Sync

3. Skill:Annotations

4. Skill: Context Clues

Thursday

Bell Ringer: Generate a list of any ideas or information you have about fables or morals.

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

2. 1st Read: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi—Complete all Quiz questions and Think questions.

Friday

Bell Ringer: Tell me about the ending of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. What was your favorite part of the fable?

  1. Skill—Interpreting Texts
  2. Skill—Character
  3. Blast: Conflicts and Clashes
Aug. 16-20, 2021  Lessons for the Week
Monday

Bell Ringer: So far, what are you most excited about being in the 7th grade?

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Tuesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Wednesday

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Thursday

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Friday

Bell Ringer

1. Team building exercise

2. Discuss Strengths and weaknesses in relation to Reading based on the metaphor of the team-builder