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

1. Read Hunger Games 22-23

Bell Ringer: None

7^th Grade Filed Trip Frisco Rough Riders

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

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

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

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

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

1. Begin watching The Hunger Games

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

Math STAAR 

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

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

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

1. Read chapters 20-21
2. Quiz 19-21

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

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

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

Bell Ringer: What are your thought of Effie Trinket?

1. Read Chapters 10-11

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

Math BLITZ

No School

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

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

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

1. Read chapters 1-3 of The Hunger Games

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

1. Read Chapter 4-6

No School

BLITZ

STAAR skills review

Reading STAAR

Team Builder Exercise

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

1. Author's Purpose Escape Room

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

1. IXL practice

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

1. Correspondance Essay--Argumentative

2. Quiz over graphic Organizer

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1. STAAR Practice Activity

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1. STAAR Practice Activity

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

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

Bell Ringer: What do you know about aeronautic engineering?

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

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

1. Close Read: Hidden Figures

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1.Complete anything that is incomplete

2. MOOD/TONE group activity

GOOD FRIDAY—No School

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

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

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about equality?

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

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

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

1. Close Read: Harrison Bergeron

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1. Watch Harrison Bergeron

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

1. Skill: Making Inferences

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

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

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

1.Author’s Purpose Escape Room

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

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1.Study Island STAAR Practice

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

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

1.  Benchmark Review

2. Academic Vocabulary

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Kickball Fundraiser for BLITZ days

MATH BENCHMARK

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Class TEKS Skill Building Activity

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.

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

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Benchmark Review-Paired Passages

Bell Ringer: Free Write
1. Benchmark Review

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

No School

Bell Ringer: What does it mean to be persuasive.

1. Practice Creating Persuasive Leads--Worksheet

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)

Bell Ringer: Free Write
1. Go over Benchmark

Bell Ringer: Free Write
1. Go over Benchmark

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

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

Reading Benchmark

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

No school

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

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 

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

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

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

Project Presentations

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

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 

Bell Ringer: What is a thesis statement?

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

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Peer Reviews of Graphic organizers of Harriet Tubman Essay.

No School: MLK Day

No School: Teacher In-service

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

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Work on project

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Work on Project (Due on Mon.--1/23)

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

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

1. Read Ch. 3 & 4

2. Quiz # 2

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

1. Read Ch. 5 & 6 
2.  Quiz # 3

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

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

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

1. Read Ch. 9-11
2. Quiz # 5

Teacher Work Day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Continued assignment from yesterday

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Final Exam Review

2. Christmas Carol Escape Room

Final Exams

Final Exams

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

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

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

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

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you ahve about factories?

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

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. For all students not attending UIL—Study Island

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

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

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

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

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

Happy Thanksgiving!!! NO SCHOOL this week!

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

1. Independent Read: Tangerine—Quiz and Write sections

Bell Ringer: What are you thankful for?

1. Thanksgiving Escape Room

Reading Interim Exam

Math Interim Exam

Team Builder—Early Release Day

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

1. First Read: My Father is a Simple Man

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

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

1. First Read: Museum Indians

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

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

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

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

NO SCHOOL

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

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 

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1. Skill: Academic Vocabulary

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

1. Independent Read: Elena

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

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

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

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

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

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Finish The Hitch-Hiker 1^st read

Haunted Happenings—Spooky reading Circle

Bell Ringer #11

1. Read Tangerine

Bell Ringer #12
1. Quiz 5

2.Read Tangerine

Bell Ringer #13

1. Read Tangerine

Bell Ringer #14

1. Finish Tangerine

2. Book Discussion

3. Test Over Book

Bell Ringer #14

1. Study Sync—1^st Read: The HitchHiker

NO SCHOOL

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)

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

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)

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!

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

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)

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)

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

NO SCHOOL

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.

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

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

1. Independent Read: MAD

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

1. Study Island

Bell Ringer: FREE WRITE

1. Team Builder

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

1. Skill: Plot

2. Close Read: Nimona

Bell Ringer: What ideas do you have about supervillains?

1. First Read: Nimona 

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

1. Skill: Plot

2. Close Read: Nimona

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

1. Independent Read: Stargirl

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

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

1. Independent Read: Stargirl

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Study Island Skills Practice

Bell Ringer: Generate any ideas you have about folktales.

1. First Read: The Wise Old Woman

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

No School

No School

Bell Ringer: When do differences become conflicts?

1. Blast: Chasing the Impossible

2.Skill: Recognize Genre 

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Academic Vocabulary—all three parts

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

1. Skill: Generating Questions

2. First Read: Woodsong

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

1. Skill: Annotation

2. Skill: Context Clues

3.Skill: Reading Comprehension

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

1. First Read: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

2. Quiz Questions #1-10

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

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

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

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

1. Finish anything that was not completed on Friday

2. Set up class codes for Google Classroom

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet and requirements

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

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

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Bell Ringer: Free Write

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

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

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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

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

1. Call of the Wild

1. Call of the Wild

1. Final Exams—early release

1. Final Exams—early release

1. Teacher Work Day

1. Write a Letter to Next Year’s Students

1. End of Year Exam

1. Begin novel: The Call of the Wild

1. The Call of the Wild

1. The Call of the Wild
2. Six Flags Incentive Trip

1. Team builders
2. Test Strategy Review

1. MATH STAAR TEST

1. READING STAAR TEST

Watch The HUNGER GAMES

Watch THE HUNGER GAMES

1. Complete Step Up To The TEKS Paired passage formative assessment.
2. Review answer choices

1. Step Up to the TEKS inference model passage
2. Guided passage to review inferencing

1. Step Up to the TEKS partner practice over inferencing
2. Inferencing Formative Assessment

BLITZ

1. Talk about BLITZ
   1. Things learned
   2. favorite parts
   3. trouble parts
   4. review STAAR skills

No School—Bad Weather Day

Bell Ringer #11: Free Write

1. Complete: Summarizing Activity in Class from last week

2. Review Making Connections

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

1. Making Connections Activity—Walk-About Gallery

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

1. Model Passage Across Genres

Bell Ringer #14: Free Write

1. Independent passage across genres—STAAR passage

No School—Bad Weather Day

Bell Ringer #7: Free Write

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

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

1. Summarizing Activity—Walk-About Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Author’s Purpose In-Class Activity

Good Friday!!! Happy Easter!!!

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

1. Inferencing: Show VS. Tell

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

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

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

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

1. Model passage and answering questions.

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!!!!

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

1. 1^st Read: The Invisible One

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

1. 1^st Read: Icarus and Daedalus

Math Interim exam

Reading Interim Exam

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Close Read: Icarus and Daedalus

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

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

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

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

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

1. Finish The Cruel Tribute 1^st read

2. Close Read of the Cruel Tribute

Bell Ringer # 22: Free Write

1. Complete The Cruel Tribute

2. Independent Reading 

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

1. Quiz Ch. 13-15 Hunger Games

2. Read Chapters 16-17

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

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)

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)

Bell Ringer # 17: Free Write

1. Read Ch. 27
2. Take AR test over The Hunger Games

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

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

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

1. Quiz ch. 4-6

2. Read Hunger Games Ch. 7-9

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

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

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

NO SCHOOL

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

1. Introduce The Hunger Games

2. Class Reaping

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

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

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

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

Bell Ringer #2: FREE WRITE

1. Skill: Academic Vocabulary

2. Sustained Independent Reading

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

1. Skill: Monitoring Comprehension

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

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

1. Skill: Theme

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

NO SCHOOL

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

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

Bell Ringer #19: FREE WRITE

1. Skill: Paraphrasing

2. Skill: Author’s Purpose

3. Skill: Author’s Purpose

Bell Ringer: GRADE BELL RINGERS

1. Sustained Independent Reading Day

1. Review Hidden Figures

1. Class team-building Exercise

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

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

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

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

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

Snow Day

Snow Day

Math Benchmark

Reading Benchmark

Watch Bridge to Terabithia

UIL Fieldtrip to stonebriar Mall in Frisco, TX

Bell Ringer #14: Write about equality.

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

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

School Holiday-NO School

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

1. Read chapters 12-13

2. Take AR test

Bell Ringer #11: Free Write

1. Work on project

Bell Ringer #12: Free Write

1. Work on project (20 min.)

2. Begin Presentations

Bell Ringer #9: Free Write

1. Project Presentations

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

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

1. Read chapters 3-4

2. quiz #2

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

1. Read chapters 5-6

2. Quiz # 3

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

1. Read chapters 7-8

2. Quiz #4

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

1. Read chapters 9-11

2. Quiz # 5

Teacher Work Day

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

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

2. Blast: Moment of Truth

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

1. Skill: Recognize Genre

2. Academic Vocabulary

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

1. Skill: Making Inferences

2. Casey at the Bat (Quiz and Think)

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)

Unit Exam

Unit Exam continued

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

Final Exams

Final Exams

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

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

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

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

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

1. Finish the movie and questions.

Bell Ringer #21: Free Write

1. Digital Escape room over “A Christmas Carol”

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

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

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

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

1. Skill: Setting

2. Skill: Synthesizing

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

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

     1. Finish Yesterday’s work

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

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

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

2. Skill: Logical Fallacies

Bell Ringer # 17: Free Write

1. Logiacl Fallacies—Nearpod or Quizizz

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

1. Skill: Controlling Idea or Thesis

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

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

1. Skill: Summarizing

​2. Skill: Rhetorical Devices

3. Blast: The Power of Words

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

1. First Read: All Together Now

2. Skill: Arguments and Claims

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

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

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

1. Thanksgiving Escape Room

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

1. Introduce Unit 3: Chasing the Impossible

2.Blast

3. Recognize Genre

4. Academic Vocabulary

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

1. Finish Academic Vocabulary

​2. 1^st Read: We Beat the Street

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

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

1. 1^st Read: Letter to Harriet Tubman

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

1. Skill: Controlling Idea

2. 1^st Read: The First Americans

No School

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

1. Skill: Making Connections

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

Bell Ringer #17: Free Write

1. Skill: Text Evidence

2. Skill: Plot

Bell Ringer: Grade Bell Ringers

1. Unit Exam: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

IXL STAAR Practice

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

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

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

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

Bell Ringer #17: FREE WRITE something scary

HAUNTED HAPPENINGS!!!

Spooky Reading Circle

No School: Columbus Day

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

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

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)

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)

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

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

1. Academic Vocabulary

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

1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write

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

1. Skill: Tone

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

NO SCHOOL

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

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

1. Review for Unit 1 Exam

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

1.  Unit 1 Exam

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

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS

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

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

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

2. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas

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

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

1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”

2. Skill: Dramatic Elements

3. Skill: Plot

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

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

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

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

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

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

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

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

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)

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

1. Skill: Generating Questions

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

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

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

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

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

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

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

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

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

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Bell Ringer

1. Team building exercise

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

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)

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

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

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

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

No School: Columbus Day

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

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

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)

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)

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

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

1. Academic Vocabulary

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

1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write

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

1. Skill: Tone

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

NO SCHOOL

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

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

1. Review for Unit 1 Exam

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

1.  Unit 1 Exam

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

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS

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

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

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

2. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas

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

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

1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”

2. Skill: Dramatic Elements

3. Skill: Plot

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

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

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

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

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

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

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

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

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)

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

1. Skill: Generating Questions

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

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

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

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

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

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

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

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

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

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Bell Ringer

1. Team building exercise

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

No School

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

1. Skill: Making Connections

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

Bell Ringer #17: Free Write

1. Skill: Text Evidence

2. Skill: Plot

Bell Ringer: Grade Bell Ringers

1. Unit Exam: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

IXL STAAR Practice

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

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

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

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

Bell Ringer #17: FREE WRITE something scary

HAUNTED HAPPENINGS!!!

Spooky Reading Circle

No School: Columbus Day

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

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

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)

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)

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

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

1. Academic Vocabulary

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

1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write

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

1. Skill: Tone

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

NO SCHOOL

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

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

1. Review for Unit 1 Exam

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

1.  Unit 1 Exam

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

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS

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

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

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

2. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas

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

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

1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”

2. Skill: Dramatic Elements

3. Skill: Plot

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

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

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

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

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

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

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

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

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)

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

1. Skill: Generating Questions

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

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

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

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

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

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

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

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

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

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

Bell Ringer

1. Team building exercise

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

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)

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

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

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

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

No School: Columbus Day

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

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

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)

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)

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

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

1. Academic Vocabulary

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

1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write

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

1. Skill: Tone

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

NO SCHOOL

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

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

1. Review for Unit 1 Exam

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

1.  Unit 1 Exam

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

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS

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

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

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

2. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas

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

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

1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”

2. Skill: Dramatic Elements

3. Skill: Plot

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

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

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

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

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

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

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

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

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)

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

1. Skill: Generating Questions

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

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

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

Bell Ringer

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test

3. Read AR

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

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

1. Skill: Reading Comprehension

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

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

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

1. Chromebook/ library book checkouts

2. Set up class codes

3.Review CSI Spreadsheet again

Bell Ringer

1. Take STAR test for reading levels in AR

Bell Ringer

1. Take Beginning of Year grade marker

Bell Ringer

1. Finish B.O.Y. grade marker

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

No School

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

1. Skill: Making Connections

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

Bell Ringer #17: Free Write

1. Skill: Text Evidence

2. Skill: Plot

Bell Ringer: Grade Bell Ringers

1. Unit Exam: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

IXL STAAR Practice

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

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

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

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

Bell Ringer #17: FREE WRITE something scary

HAUNTED HAPPENINGS!!!

Spooky Reading Circle

No School: Columbus Day

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

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

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)

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)

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

Bell Ringer #2: Free Write

1. Academic Vocabulary

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

1.  Independent Read: Elena—Quiz and Write

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

1. Skill: Tone

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

NO SCHOOL

Bell Ringer # 25: Free Write

1. Skill: Dramatic Elements

2. Skill: Plot

3. Blast: Theater of the Mind

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

1. Review for Unit 1 Exam

Bell Ringer #27: FREE WRITE

1.  Unit 1 Exam

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

1. Finish Unit 1 Exam

2. Read AR

Bell Ringer #29: FREE WRITE

1. Team Building Activity to prpomote classroom culture.
2. ****END OF 6 WEEKS

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

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

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

2. Vocabulary in The Hitch-Hiker— discuss genre and radio dramas

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

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

1. Watch The Twighlight Zone’s “The Hitch Hiker”

2. Skill: Dramatic Elements

3. Skill: Plot

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

1. Skill: Author’s Purpose

2. Nimona— Quiz and Think questions

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

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

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

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

NO SCHOOL—Labor Day

NO SCHOOL—Teacher Work Day

Bell Ringer #12: FREE WRITE

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

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)

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

1. Skill: Generating Questions

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

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

1. Study Island login

2. Study Island Diagnostic Test