LITERATURE ASSIGNMENTS

2008-2009
Daily Assignments 
1st Six Weeks

1st 6 Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
August 18-22	Orientation to 6th grade	Go over class rules	Dictionary Skills Packet	Star Reading Test	Dance & Volleyball game
August 25-29	Bell Ringer #1 Read "Summer of the Swans"	Thesaurus Notes Smartboard Activity on Using a Thesaurus	Vocabulary Pg. 18 and Thesaurus Activity for Synonyms	Test over "Summer of the Swans"	No School
September 1-5	No School	Vocabulary Pg. 42 Bell Ringer # 3 Read "The  Lost City"	Smartboard Lesson on Compound Words Wkbk Pgs. 1,2,5,8,13 (done in class--if not finished, then it is homework)	Listen to  "The Lost City" on CD Discuss story for quiz tomorrow	Quiz over "The Lost City" Free Reading time after the quiz School Dismisses at 2:00
September 8-12	Library TN TCAP weekly #1	Read "Gecko Glue..." Write story on invention using vocabulary words	Share Invention Stories Wkbk. Pg 9,12,15,16	TCAP Coach Pre-test	Test over "Gecko Glue..." Free reading after the quiz or finish Pre-test School Dismisses at 2:00
September 15-19	Read Keira's Magical Moment Wkbk pg 22,24,26	Begin Reading "The Secret Garden"	Secret Garden questions	Read "The Magic Gourd" TN TCAP  #2 10 cause/effect relationships	Test over the Magic Gourd
September 22-26	Library	Main Idea Web on Clouded Leopard	Wkbk. pages 29-31 Read Interrupted Journey	Computer Lab Endangered Species Project	Read Secret Garden
September 29-30	Alliteration wkbk pg. 33 12 examples of alliteration from board	Quiz over main idea, compound words, and cause and effect

Assignments 
2nd Six Weeks

2nd 6 Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
October 1-3			Unit 1 Vocabulary Review	TCAP # 4 & 5	Quiz over Interrupted Journey
October 6-10	Library	Unit 1 Vocabulary test	Vocabulary pg. 130 wkbk. pg 380and 39	Inference Chart pg. 40	Secret Garden questions
October 13-17	Unit 1 Test	Synonyms & Antonyms Smartboard Activity	Synonyms & Antonyms Review Game 1 page story using vocabualry words on page 130	Present Story to class Go over Unit 1 test Review for test tomorrow	Test over "How Tia  Lola came to stay"
October 20-24	Library	Computer Lab	Work on Book Reports in class	Old book review
October 27-31	Old Book review	Homonyms and homographs  Smartboard activity	Read "The Night of the Northern Lights" Wkbk pgs 45/46 vocabulary pg. 154	Scary Time Story using supporting details and sensory words	Dance  Purple  & white ballgame
November 3-7	Library		Review	Ripley's Aquarium	Book Reports Due Present Book Reports in class
November 10-14	Read Zoo Story Vocabulary pg. 180 Wkbk PGs. 52, 53, 57		Inferences Smartboard Pictures using inferences Write two pararaphs and draw three pictures using inferences	Inferences	Test over Zoo Story Free Reading time Six weeks ends

Important Dates:
October 2nd-- Parent Teacher Conferences 4-6:30
October 6-7th Lee Environmental Center
October 8th --grade cards
October 9th -10th Graybeal Environmental Center
October 22nd--progress reports
October 24th--No school
November 4th-- no school
November 11th-- no school
November 14th--end of 2nd 6 weeks
November 13-14th Smith Environmental Center

      

Assignments 
3rd Six Weeks

3rd 6 Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
November 17-21	Library & Lesson with Mrs. Day	Read Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter wkbk 59 & 60 vocabulary & sentences  pg. 192	Myths Read "The Golden Touch' Wkbk pg. 63	Test on Thursday over Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter Begin Watching Secret Garden Movie	Free Reading Friday & Dance
November 24-28	LIBRARY Begin work on  book report	Watch Secret Garden  Movie Compare movie and book using Venn Diagram	1/2 half day of school	No school	No school
December 1-5	Read The last Great Race on Earth and do vocabulary on pg. 220 workbook page 66	Read The Great Serum Race	Discuss Story and do workbook page on sequence of  events page 68	Discuss Haiku poetry Write a Haiku poem	Test over The Great Serum Race
December 8-12					Big Party for Wrapping Paper Sales
December 15-19	Library				Dance and Movie
December 22-26
December 29-Jan 2
January 5-9
January 12-13

Important Dates:
November 24th--Grade Cards
November 27-28th--Thanksgiving Break
December 1st-2nd--Flynn Environmental Center
December 10th--Progress Reports
December 22nd-January 2nd--Christmas Break
January 13th--End of 3rd  weeks
January 14th--No School

 
 
 

Assignments 
  4th Six Weeks

4th 6 Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
January 14-16
January 19-23
Jan 26-30
February 2-6
February 9-13
February 16-20
February 23-27
March 2

Important Dates:
January 19th-- No School
January 22nd-- Grade cards
January 22nd--Parent Teacher Conferences 4-6:30
January 29th--Parent Teacher Conferences 4-6:30
February 4th--progress reports
February 13th & 16th-- No School
March 2nd-- End of 4th 6 weeks

    
 

Assignments 
5th Six Weeks

5th 6 Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
March 3-6
March 9-13
March 16-20
March 23-27
March 30- April 3
April 6-10
April 13-17
April 20

Important Dates::
March 10th--Grade Cards
March 19th-20th--King Environmental Center
March 19th--parent teacher conference 4-6:30
March 25th--progress reports
March 26th--parent teacher conferences 4-6:30
April 6th-10th--TCAP
April 13th-17th--Spring Break
April 20th--end of 5th 6 weeks

 
 

Assignments 
6th Six Weeks

6th 6 Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
April 21-24
April 27- May 1
May 4-8
May 11-15
May 18-22
May 25-29
June 1-3

Important Dates:
April 27th--Junior Author's Conference
April 28th--grade cards
May 5th-- Orleans Hannah Math test
May 13th--Progress reports
May 25th--no school
June 2nd--no school
June 3rd--pick up grade cards