2008-2009
 Daily Assignments
1st Six Weeks
1st 6 Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
August 20-24

Rules/Procedures
 Rules/Procedures
Name Game!
August 27-31




September 3-7





September 10-14




September 17-21




September 24-28





October 1-2


Important Dates:
August 16~ Parent Orientation
August 20~ First Day of School
August 31 & September 3 ~ No School
September 21~ Picture Day
September 25 & 27~  Parent Conferences
  October 10~ Grade Cards
Assignments 
2nd Six Weeks
2nd 6 Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
October 3-5

















October 8-12




October 15-19




October 22-26



No School
Oct 29- Nov 2




November 5-9




November 12-16 No School
Inservice Day


November 15-- End of Second Six Weeks
Important Dates:
October 26~ No School
November 12~  No School~ Teacher Inservice Day
November 20~  Grade Cards




Assignments 
3rd Six Weeks

3rd 6 Weeks
 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
November 12-16
 - ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
Epley's homeroom only

Students will complete their 4-H speeches and outline using index cards. Some will practice their speeches by presenting to the class.
November 19-23 4-H
Speeches
Students did a wonderful job with their speeches! I'm very proud of them. Look for info on the County Speech Contest.





 Writing
Write about at least 2 things you're thankful for and why. Tell the who, why, what,when, and how you will do something to bless someone.






 1/2 Day

Homeroom
Exploratory
Rescue/Reward


Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

 No School~ Thanksgiving Break
November 26-30
 Spelling: Unit 12/p. 84-87

Prepare for Spelling Bee on Wednesday.
(Optional)

 TN Blueprint TCAP Coach Pretest
p. 1-15


 Classroom Spelling Bee

TN Blueprint TCAP Coach Pretest
p. 16-30

 Spelling activities
 Unit 12 Spelling Test

Exploratory
Reward/Rescue
December 3-7



Unit 13 Spelling Test

Exploratory
Reward/Rescue
December 10-14
 Unit 14 Spelling
Practice on pages 96-99
Due Thursday
 English
P. 380/Ex. 1 & 2
Page 382/Ex. 3           & 4
 English
384/Ex. 6
386/Ex. 8 & 9

 		"Assignment" Clocks
Review/check English work
 MEGA PARTY
Exploratory
Reward/Rescue
December 17-21 Unit 14 Spelling Test



No School
Winter Break		 No School
Winter Break
December 24-28
 No School
Winter Break		 No School
Winter Break		 No School
Winter Break		 No School
Winter Break		 No School
Winter Break
January 1-4
 No School
Winter Break		 No School
Winter Break		 NO SCHOOL

 NO SCHOOL
SNOW!!!:) 		Christmas Stories
January 7-11

 Spelling:
Unit 15
p. 102-104 w/ appointment
 Check Spelling &
Adjective Video & Sentence Parts of Speech Activity

Unit 16 Spelling TEST
January 14
January 14-- End of Third Six Weeks
Important Dates:
December 20-January 2~ Winter Break-- No School
January 22~  Grade Cards
Assignments 
  4th Six Weeks
4th 6 Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
January 15-18
NO SCHOOL:
ICE
 NO SPELLING

2 HOURS LATE: ICE
4-H Essay
 Prewriting & Drafting
 		2 HOURS LATE: ICE
4-H Essay
Revising & Editing
Graphic Organizer and rough draft are due tomorrow.

GRADE CARDS
January 21-25 No School



Jan 28 - Feb 1 Unit 17 Spelling
p. 114-117
 English
p. 421-424 ex. 7-10

Parent Conferences
 Preposition Activity
Poem w/ 10+ prepositions
 Share Poems
Writing Process Activity

Parent Conferences

 Unit 17 Spelling
TEST

Exploratory
Reward/Rescue
February 4-8 Unit 18 Spelling
p. 120-122
 NO SCHOOL
 WRITING ASSESSMENT

4-H Essay
 4-H Essay

T-CAP Practice
 Unit 18 Spelling TEST
(50 Words)
February 11-15 Unit 19 Spelling
p. 126-129
Small group activity spelling practice

4-H
 No School
Unit 19 Spelling Test
 No School
February 18-22
 No School



February 25-29
Parent Conference
Parent Conference
March 3-7
March 3-- End of 4th Six Weeks
Important Dates:
February 5~ TCAP Writing Assessment
March 12~  Grade Cards
Assignments 
5th Six Weeks
5th 6 Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
March 4-7



March 10-14




March 17-21



1/2 Day
March 24- 28 No School~ Spring Break
March 31-
April 4 		TCAP Practice:
Workbook 233-238
TCAP Coach Lesson 6
Punctuation Rules CD ROM using Smartboard
 TCAP Practice:
Workbook 105-114


UNIT 24 SPELLING TEST
 		TCAP Practice:
Workbook: Check 233-238
TCAP Coach Lesson 7
Punctuation Rules CD ROM using Smartboard 		TCAP Practice:
Workbook
Punctuation Rules CD ROM using Smartboard 		TCAP Practice:
Colon/Semi-colon/Subject-verb agreement practice using Smartboard (1st only)
Whole class workbook check
April 7-11 DOL
Workbook 143/144; 249-253
Punctuation Rules CD ROM using Smartboard
 TCAP Practice:
Workbook 315, 317, 223, 337(together)
309, 311/312
 TCAP Practice:
Punctuation Rules CD ROM using Smartboard

Oral, whole-class review
 		TCAP Practice:
Computer Lab
"Grammar Blast"
 TCAP Practice:
Oral, whole-class review
April 14-18 TCAP Testing
MATH
Review Language Arts
 TCAP Testing
LANGUAGE ARTS
Review Science
 TCAP Testing
SCIENCE
Review Social Studies
 TCAP Testing
SOCIAL STUDIES

Character Counts:
The Book of Virtures
"Grandmother's Table"
 TCAP Testing
Make-up

Crossword: 's, s', es' & Scavenger Hunt using the sentences (adv., adj., compound words, etc.)

Perfect Attendance Dance
April 21-25
April 21-- End of 5th Six Weeks
Important Dates:
March 20~ Spring Picture Day
April 14-18 ~ TCAP Testing
April 30~  Grade Cards/ Free Style Friends Picture Day




Assignments 
6th Six Weeks
6th 6 Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
April 21-25
 Spelling Unit 25
3 times each
Skills in Unit

Practice Suffixes:
-ed & -ing (transparency/whole class)
 Spelling Quiz:
Add suffixes -ed & -ing to base words
(transparency)

Fragments: Identify whether subject, verb, or both are missing.
(transparency/whole class)
 Field Trip to Heritage Planetarium
 1st: Creative writing using 15
Spelling words (in groups)

Complete Spelling Unit Skills

Identify Complete Sub./Pred. & Simple Sub./Pred. (transparency-
Whole class)
Quiz: Inverted Sentences: Identifying Subjects (transparency #1-8)
 Unit 25 Spelling Test

4th Only:
Quiz: Inverted Sentences: Identifying Subjects (transparency #1-8)

"Friend Pictures"
April 28- May 2
 Spelling Unit 26
Using directions in "Think & Sort" on page 168, write words (30) 3 times each.
Skills pages 169-173 (whole-class)
 Practice -s & -es
 Practice -er & -est
Newspaper activity
 Practice f & fe to v + -es
 UNIT 26 SPELLING TEST

Simple Sentences Video
May 5-9




May 12-16
 TCAP COACH
7th Grade Pretest
 FIELD DAY! :)
 TCAP COACH
7th Grade Pretest
Prefix Wordsearch & Concentration

May 19-23
Beach Party for Run For the Cubs Golden Eagle Dollywood Field Trip Grammar wb. 255-258 (Abbreviations) Team 2 Cookout
Grammar wb. 259-262 (Numbers)
May 26- 30
No School 		Talent Show
Awards Day 8:45
Nike Basketball Game 1:00
 Math Bowl 
June 2-4
No School
Administrative Day
Last Day of School!
Pick up Grade Cards
Have a safe and happy Summer!
Important Dates:
  May 26~ No School
June 3~  No Schoo l~ Administrative Day
June 4~  Last Day of School/ Grade Cards