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Lesson Plans
8th
Grade Science
Click on the link below to access the 8th
grade Science Textbook
http://www.wcskids.net/grissom/staff_websites/fleming/Textbook%20links.htm
Tuesday 9/5 – Intro
Wednesday 9/6 – Textbook Distribution, Syllabus,
Begin Lab Safety Review Sheet
Thursday 9/7 – Begin Ch. 1: Measurement and the
Scientific Method, Take Pre-Test, Start Vocabulary (Vocab. is due on
9/20 when I check your notebook.)
Friday 9/8 –Finish Ch. 1 Pre-Test (1st
hour only), Ch. 1 Notes on Prefixes and Conversions, Assignment:
Conversion Practice
Monday 9/12 – Basic Review of Measurement, Talk about
Tools, Go over Conversions Assignment, Measuring Length/Finding Volume
Assignment
Tuesday 9/13 – Check Measuring Length/Finding Volume
Assignment, Notes on Finding Mass and Liquid Volume, Finding Mass and
Liquid Volume Lab, Reading Temperatures Assignment
Wednesday 9/14 – Check Temperature Assignment, Notes
on Density, Density Lab, Assignment: “What
is the Scientific Method?”
Thursday 9/15 – Collect “What is the Scientific
Method?”, Notes on Variables (independent, dependent, control),
Simpsons Variable Assignment
Friday 9/16 – Check Simpsons Variable Assignment,
Notes on Graphs (bar, line, circle, x and y), Communicating with Graphs
Assignment
Monday 9/19 – Check front side of Communicating with
Graphs Assignment, Work on Review Packet
*Notebook check is tomorrow!
Tuesday 9/20 – Check Review Packet, Assign Study
Guide, Notebook Check
Wednesday 9/21 – Chapter 1 Test, Do Chapter 7
Section 1 Guided Reading Activity
Thursday 9/22 – Pre-Test on Chapter 7, Notes on 7-1,
Assign “Earth in Space”
Friday 9/23 – Turn in “Earth in Space,”
Notes on 7-2 Time and Seasons, Assign “How Does Earth Orbit the
Sun?”
Monday 9/26 – Turn in How Does Earth Orbit the Sun?,
Review Last Week’s Concepts, Assign “Earth in Space Part
2”
Tuesday 9/27 – Turn in Earth on Space Part 2, The
Universe: The Moon (Fill Out Note Guide)
Wednesday 9/28 – Notes on Section 7-3, Assign
“What is a Solar Eclipse?”
Thursday 9/29 – Turn in “What is a Solar
Eclipse?,” Do CCR on Lunar
Landing, Begin Lunar Landing Project
Friday 9/30 – Notebook Check, Complete Lunar Landing
Project
Monday 10/3 – Lunar Landing Project Due, Review for
Test: Do Earth, Moon, Sun System (discuss at end of hour)
Tuesday 10/4 – Chapter 7 Test, Do Guided Reading for Chapter 8
Section 2 (Due Friday)
Wednesday 10/5 – Take Chapter 8 Pre-Test, Notes on
8-1, Assign: “Planet Motion”
Thursday 10/6 – Turn in “Planet Motion,”
Video: The Universe – Mars (complete note guide)
Friday 10/7 – The Universe – Mars (complete
note guide), Notes on 8-2, Assign: “Inner Planets” Work
Monday 10/10 – Go over “Inner Planets,”
Notes on 8-3, Assign: “Outer Planets”
Tuesday 10/11 – Go over “Outer Planets,”
Notes on 8-4, Assign: “Life in the Solar System”
Wednesday 10/12 – Go over “Life in the Solar
System,” Begin Spacebook Project
Thursday 10/13 – Continue Spacebook
Project
Friday 10/14 – Spacebook
Project due at the end of the class period today
Monday 10/17 – Notebook Check, Hand out Study Guide
for Test, Assign Chapter Review Out of Textbook
Tuesday 10/18 – Check Chapter Review, Review Orally
for Test
Wednesday 10/19 - Have Students Show/Explain their Spacebook Projects; Class Discusses if Posts are
Factually Accurate
Thursday 10/20 – Chapter 8 Test
Friday 10/21 – Pretest Chapters 15 and 26, Notes on
15-1, Assign: “Wavestown”
Monday 10/24 – Turn in “Wavestown,”
Do “Hidden Messages” Activity
Tuesday 10/25 – Turn in “Hidden Messages”
Activity, Begin Notes on 26-1, Assign: “Observing the
Universe”
Wednesday 10/26 – Turn in “Observing the
Universe,” Notes on the Life Cycle of Stars, Assign: “Lives
of Stars”
Thursday 10/27 – Turn in “Lives of Star,”
Review the Life Cycle of Stars again, Assign: “Star Life Level 1
(review assignment)
Friday 10/28 – Turn in “Star Life Level
1,” Video - The Universe: The Sun (complete notes)
Monday 10/31 – Notes on the Parts of a Star, Receive
Study Guide for Friday’s Test, Assign: “The Sun”
Tuesday 11/1 – Turn in “The Sun,”
Notes/Discussion of Types of Galaxies, Assign: “Identifying
Galaxies”
Wednesday 11/2 – Turn in “Identifying
Galaxies,” Chapter Reviews for Chapters 15 and 26, Work on Study
Guide
Thursday 11/3 –Go over Ch. 15 and 26 Chapter Reviews,
Notebook Check, Video - The Universe: The Milky Way (complete notes)
Friday 11/4 – (1/2 day) Review for Test
Monday 11/7 – Chapter 15/26 Test
Tuesday 11/8 – NO SCHOOL
Wednesday 11/9 – Work on Study Guide for Common
Assessment #1 (Finish for homework if not done in class.)
Thursday 11/10 – Check Study Guide, Review for Test
Friday 11/11 – Common Assessment #1, Guided Reading 12-2,
Improvement Reflection for PTC
Monday 11/14 – Pretest on Ch.12, Notes/Discuss 12-3
(Earth’s Layers), Define vocab. for Ch. 12, Assign: “Layers
of the Earth”
Tuesday 11/15 – Turn in “Layers of the
Earth,” Notes on 12-1 Plate Tectonics, Assign: “Sea Floor
Spreading”
Wednesday 11/16 – Turn in “Sea Floor
Spreading,” Review of yesterday’s notes, Assign:
“Theory of Plate Tectonics”
Thursday 11/17 – Turn in “Theory of Plate
Tectonics,” Do Plate Tectonic Lab
Friday 11/18 – Turn in Plate Tectonic lab, Notes on
12-2 Earthquakes, Assign: “What are Earthquakes?”
Monday 11/21 – Turn in “What are Earthquakes?,”
Video: Angry Earth (complete questions)
*5th Hour will not meet tomorrow, so they will
be receiving the assignment listed below today. It is due on Monday 11/28.
Tuesday 11/22 – Assign and Work on RQ’s for
sections 1 & 3 of Chapter 12 (due on Monday 11/28)
Assembly 1st hour from 8:10-8:50.
Wednesday 11/23 – NO SCHOOL
Thursday 11/24 – NO SCHOOL
Friday 11/25 – NO SCHOOL
Monday 11/28 – Notes/Discuss Volcanoes, Assign:
“Volcano” handout
Tuesday 11/29 – Turn in “Volcano”
handout, Assign: “Mapping Quakes and Volcanoes”
Wednesday 11/30 – Turn in “Mapping Quakes and
Volcanoes,” Video: Top 10 Dangers of Volcanoes
Thursday 12/1 – Review for Chapter 12 Test
Friday 12/2 – Chapter 12 Test, Notebook
Check, Assign: Guided Reading 20-1
Monday 12/5 – Ch. 20 Pre-test, Discuss G.R. 20-1,
Notes on half of 20-1 (up to physical property of fluorescence),
Assign: “What Properties are Used to Identify Minerals?”
Tuesday 12/6 – Turn in “What Properties are
Used to Identify Minerals?,” Finish notes on 20-1, Set up Mineral
Formation Lab, Define vocabulary for Ch. 20
Wednesday 12/7 – Complete Mineral Formation Lab; turn
in TODAY, Work on “What Minerals make Up Earth’s
Surface?”
Thursday 12/8 – Begin “What Mineral is
It?” Lab
Friday 12/9 – Complete “What Mineral is
It?” Lab; turn in TODAY, Work on review questions for Ch. 20
Monday 12/12 – Notes on 20-2 and 20-3; Assign:
Igneous Packet
Tuesday 12/13 – Turn in Igneous Packet, Complete
notes on 20-4, Assign: Metamorphic Rock Work
Wednesday 12/14 – Turn in Metamorphic Rock Work,
Discuss review question distributed on 12/9, Notebook Check, Assign:
Ch. 20 Review
Thursday 12/15 – Check/Turn in Ch. 20 Review,
Review for Test
Friday 12/16 – Chapter 20 Test, Do Chapter 21
Picture Preview
Monday 12/19 – Pass out Exam Review Guide, Mythbusters: Holiday Episode
Tuesday 12/20 – (1/2 day) Read Science News Articles,
Do short review assignments on articles
Wednesday 12/21 through Tuesday 1/3 – Holiday Break
Wednesday 1/4 – Notes on 21-1, Assign: Weathering and
Soil Handout
Thursday 1/5 – Turn in Weathering and Soil handout,
Notes on 21-2, Assign: Shaping the Landscape
Friday 1/6 – Turn in Shaping the Landscape, Begin
Erosion Lab
Monday 1/9 – Finish Erosion Lab, Notes on 21-3,
Assign: Groundwater work and RQ’s for Ch. 21
Tuesday 1/10 – Turn in Groundwater work, Notes on
21-4, Assign: Geologic Time
Wednesday 1/11 – Turn in Geologic Time, Chapter 21
Review
Thursday 1/12 – Chapter 21 Test, Notebook
Check, Work on Midterm Review
Friday 1/13 – Review for Midterm
Monday 1/16 – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 1/17 – MIDTERM PART 1
Wednesday 1/18 – MIDTERM PART 2
Thursday 1/19 – Ch. 9 Pre-Test, Do
G.R. 9-1
Friday 1/20 – Grades, Do Ch. 9 Vocab.
Monday 1/23 – Notes on 9-1, Assign: Temperature and
Thermal Energy
Tuesday 1/24 – Turn in Temperature and Thermal
Energy, Notes on 9-2, Assign: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Wednesday 1/25 – Turn in Solids, Liquids, and Gases,
Notes on 9-3, Explain States of Matter Project, Assign: Heat Transfer
Thursday 1/26 – Work on States of Matter Project
Friday 1/27 – Turn in Heat Transfer, Finish States of
Matter Project
Monday 1/30 – Turn in States of Matter Project, Do
Chapter 9 Review
Tuesday 1/31 – Ice Cream Lab, Assign:
Analysis/Conclusion Questions for Lab
Wednesday 2/1 – Turn in Lab, Turn in Ch. 9 Review,
Review and Do Study Guide for Test
Thursday 2/2 – Chapter 9 Test, Notebook
Check, Chapter 18 Scavenger Hunt
Friday 2/3 – Discuss Chapter 18 Scavenger Hunt, Notes
on 18-1, Assign: Composition of Matter
Monday 2/6 – Turn in Composition of Matter, Finish
Notes, Assign: Describing Matter
Tuesday 2/7 – Turn in Describing Matter, Make Graphic
Organizer of 18-1, Video Clip on Mixtures and Solutions, Assign:
Difference Between Physical and Chemical Changes
Wednesday 2/8 – Turn in Difference Between Physical
and Chemical Changes, Fill out beginning of Lab Report, Assign:
Classification of Matter
Thursday 2/9 – Turn in Classification of Matter,
Assign: Ch.18 Study Guide
Friday 2/10 – Physical and Chemical Change Lab,
Assign: Analysis/Conclusion Questions for Lab
Monday 2/13 – Turn in Lab, Discuss Study Guide,
Notebook Check, Assign: Ch. 18 Review
Tuesday 2/14 – Turn in Ch. 18 Review,
Review Game
Wednesday 2/15 – (High School scheduling to take place
today) Chapter 19 G.R., Define Vocabulary, Study for Chapter 18 Test
Thursday 2/16 – Chapter 18 Test
Friday 2/17 – (Assembly Schedule) Mythbusters
Monday 2/27 – Discuss G.R. 19-1, Notes on 19-1,
Assign: Structure of the Atom
Tuesday 2/28 – Turn in Structure of the Atom, Notes
on 19-2 (stop notes before Bohr models and Lewis structures), Assign:
Atomic Structure
Wednesday 2/29 – Turn in Atomic Structure, Notes on
drawing Bohr models and Lewis structures (handout with instructions
too), Assign: Isotopes
Thursday 3/1 – Turn in Isotopes, Review orally Ch. 19
concepts, Assign: Periodic Table Search
Friday 3/2 – Turn in Periodic Table Search, Modern
Marvels: Carbon DVD
Monday 3/5 – Notes on 19-3, Assign: Metals and
Non-metals
Tuesday 3/6 – Turn in Metals and Non-metals, Notes on
19-4, Assign: Review of Metals
Wednesday 3/7 – Turn in Review of Metals, Lab on
Metals, Assign: Lab Analysis Questions
Thursday 3/8 –Turn in Lab, Receive RQs for Chapter 19, Assign: Periodic Table Families
Friday 3/9 – Turn in Periodic Table Families, Assign:
Periodic Table Puzzle
Monday 3/12 – Turn in Periodic Table Puzzle, Notebook
Check, Assign: Study Guide for Ch. 19
Tuesday 3/13 – Discuss Study Guide, Assign: Ch. 19 Review
Wednesday 3/14 – Chapter 19 Test, Work on G.R.
22-1 and 22-2
Thursday 3/15 – Continue working on G.R. and Do Ch.
22 Vocab.
Friday 3/16 – Discuss G.R., Forensic Detectives DVD: Do Video Quiz
at the End
Monday 3/19 – Notes on 22-1, Assign: Counting Atoms
Tuesday 3/20 – Turn in Counting Atoms, Notes on 22-2,
Assign: Ionic and Covalent Bonding
Wednesday 3/21 – (Due to EXPLORE testing schedule)
Hours 1 & 5: Turn in Ionic and Covalent Bonding, Notes on 22-3,
Assign: Naming Binary Compounds; NO CLASS 2ND HOUR
Thursday 3/22– (Due to EXPLORE testing Schedule) Hour
5: Mythbusters; NO CLASS 1st and 2ND
HOUR
Friday 3/23 – Hours 1 & 5: Turn in Naming Binary
Compounds, Lab on Bonding
Hour 2: Turn in Ionic and Covalent Bonding, Notes on 22-3,
Assign: Naming Binary Compounds
Monday 3/26 – Hours 1 & 5: Turn in Lab, Assign:
Study Guide for Quiz and Review Packet
Hour 2: Turn in Naming Binary Compounds, Assign: Study Guide for
Quiz and Review Packet
Tuesday 3/27 – Quiz on Bonding, Assign: Study
Guide for Common Assessment #3
Wednesday 3/28 – Discuss Study Guide, Review for
Common Assessment #3
Thursday 3/29 – Common Assessment #3
Friday 3/30 – See Grades
Tuesday 4/10 – AIDS/HIV Instruction
Wednesday 4/11 – Assign: Guided Reading Chapter 3 and
Vocab. p92 (15 words)
Thursday 4/12 – AIDS/HIV Instruction
Friday 4/13 – AIDS/HIV Instruction
Monday 4/16 – Discuss G.R.; Notes on 3-1; Assign:
Describing and Measuring Motion
Tuesday 4/17 – Turn in Describing and Measuring
Motion; Review Monday’s Concepts; Receive Review Questions for
Ch. 3; Assign: Graphing Speed
Wednesday 4/18 – Assign: Distance Time Graphs
Practice Problems; Work Time
Thursday 4/19 – Turn in Graphing Speed; Notes on 3-2;
Assign: Acceleration
Friday 4/20 – Turn in Acceleration; Do Speed Lab;
Assign: Analysis/Conclusion Questions for Lab
Monday 4/23 – Turn in Lab; Review Equations; Assign:
Speed, Acceleration, and Velocity Review Assignment
Tuesday 4/24 – Turn in Speed, Acceleration, and
Velocity Review Assignment; Complete Notes on Ch. 3; Assign:
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Wednesday 4/25 – Turn in Balanced and Unbalanced
Forces; Notebook Check; Discuss Review Questions; Work on Study Guide
Thursday 4/26 – Discuss Study Guide; Do Ch. 3 Review
Friday 4/27 – Chapter 3 Test; Work on Ch. 4 Vocab.
Monday 4/30 – Assign: Guided Reading Chapter 4
Tuesday 5/1 – Discuss G.R.; Do Introductory Activity;
Assign: Predict the Motion
Wednesday 5/2 – Go over Predict the Motion; Notes on
the First Two laws; Assign: First Two Laws Handout
Thursday 5/3 – Turn in First Two Laws Handout; Do
Second Law of Motion Activity
Friday 5/4 – (1/2 day) Turn in/Discuss Second Law of
Motion Activity
Monday 5/7 – Notes on Third Law; Assign: Third Law of
Motion
Tuesday 5/8 – Turn in Third Law of Motion; Do Newton’s First
Law Activity
Wednesday 5/9 – Turn in First Law Activity; Notes on
4-2; Assign: Gravity
Thursday 5/10 – Turn in Gravity; Assign: Newton’s First
and Second Laws Review
Friday 5/11 – Turn in Newton’s First
and Second Laws Review; Do Inertia and Momentum Activity
Monday 5/14 – Turn in Inertia and Momentum Activity;
Notebook Check; Assign: Ch. 4 Study Guide
Tuesday 5/15 – Discuss Study Guide; Assign: Ch. 4 Review
Wednesday 5/16 – Chapter 4 Test
Thursday 5/17 – Computer Lab for Research for Rocket
Project
Friday 5/18 – Research is graded as rocket building
begins; Begin Building Rockets
Monday 5/21 – Build Rockets
Tuesday 5/22 – Build Rockets
Wednesday 5/23 – Launch Rockets (weather permitting)
Thursday 5/24 – Fix/Rebuild Rockets
Friday 5/25 – (1/2 day) Fix/Rebuild Rockets
Monday 5/28 – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 5/29 – Final Rocket Launch (weather
permitting); Assign: Analysis/Conclusion Questions
Wednesday 5/30 – Turn in Rocket conclusion questions;
Discuss Ch. 5 G.R.; Notes on Ch. 5 (stop at GPE); Assign: What is
Energy?
Thursday 5/31 – Turn in What is Energy?; Finish
Notes; Assign: Nature of Energy
Friday 6/1 – Turn in Nature of Energy; Review Energy
Conversions; Assign: Forms of Energy and Energy Conversions in Fossil
Fuels
Monday 6/4 – Turn in Forms of Energy and Energy
Conversions in Fossil Fuels; Do GPE Ruler Drop
Tuesday 6/5 – Turn in GPE Ruler Drop; Ch. 5 Review; Prep
for Quiz
Wednesday 6/6 – Quiz on Ch. 5; Notebook
Check; Begin working on Study Guide for Final
Thursday 6/7 – Continue working on Study Guide
Friday 6/8 – Discuss Final Exam Study Guide; Review
Game
Monday
6/11 – FINAL EXAM Part 1
Tuesday
6/12 – FINAL EXAM Part 2
Wednesday
6/13 – NO CLASS------8th Grade Farewell Activity All
Day
Thursday
6/14 – (½ day) Last Day of School; End of Year Reflection
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6th
Grade Science
To access the 6th grade science
textbook online:
www.lab-aids.com
Go to
“Student Login” on the left side of the screen.
Enter the
following:
Userid:
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Password: jpisharude
Tuesday 9/5 - Intro
Wednesday 9/6 – Syllabus, Lab Safety
Thursday 9/7 – Begin Tools/Measurement Review
Packet
Friday 9/8 – Complete Tools/Measurement Review
Packet (This is homework if it’s not finished in class.),
Assembly at 10:30
Monday 9/12 – Go Over Tools/Measurement Review
Packet, Textbook “Hunt”
Tuesday 9/13 – Unit 1 Pre-Test (soil, rocks, &
minerals), Go Over Proper Lab Notebook Set-up
Wednesday 9/14 – Begin Unit A…Observing Soil
Scientifically
Activity 1: Into the Field (complete activity &
analysis questions)
Thursday 9/15 – Continue with Activity 1: Into the
Field (analysis questions #1-4)
Friday 9/16 – Finish Activity 1 (analysis question
#5), Begin Activity 2: The Garden Problem (complete activity)
Monday 9/19 – Finish Activity 2: The garden
Problem (analysis questions), Discuss Activity 3: Observing Soil
Tuesday 9/20 – Complete Activity 3: Observing Soil
(complete activity and analysis questions)
Wednesday 9/21 – Begin Activity 4: Soil Columns
(complete activity)
Thursday 9/22 – Finish Activity 4: Soil Columns
(analysis questions),
Friday 9/23 – Notebook Check for Activities 1-4,
Assignment: “How Do Scientists Measure Things?” Packet
Monday 9/26 – Check Friday’s Work, Begin
Activity 5: Soil Composition (compare particle sizes)
Tuesday 9/27 – Continue with Activity 5: Soil
Composition (complete reading, do Stopping to Think questions, add The
Cycle of Nutrients and Characteristics of Soil Layers and Bedrock to
notebooks)
Wednesday 9/28 – Finish Activity 5 (analysis
questions), Begin Setting Up Activity 6: Describing Soil Scientifically
(if time)
Thursday 9/29 – Begin Activity 6: Describing Soil
Scientifically (activity)
Friday 9/30 – Finish Activity 6: Describing Soil
Scientifically (data and analysis questions)
Monday 10/3 – Notebook Quiz on Activities 1-6,
Read “The Scoop on Soil” article (if time)
Tuesday 10/4 – Activity 7: Mapping Soils (begin
activity); Finish Notebook Quiz if needed
Wednesday 10/5 – Activity 7: Mapping Soils
(complete analysis questions)
Thursday 10/6 – Activity 8: The Dust Bowl
(complete activity and analysis questions)
Friday 10/7 – Activity 9: Nutrients in Soil
(complete part A of activity)
Monday 10/10 – Activity 9: Nutrients in Soil
(complete part B of activity; start analysis questions if time)
Tuesday 10/11 – Activity 9: Nutrients in Soil
(complete analysis questions), Set-up Activity 10: Organic Matter Test
in NB’s
Wednesday 10/12 – Activity 10: Organic Matter Test
(complete activity)
Thursday 10/13 – Activity 10: Organic Matter Test
(complete analysis questions), Activity 11 – Garden Action (complete
activity in class; complete analysis questions for homework)
Friday 10/14 – Collect Activity 11 Analysis
Questions, Review for Unit A Test on Monday
Monday 10/17 – Unit A Test
Tuesday 10/18 – Begin Unit B…Rocks and
Minerals
Read page B-3 together, Begin Activity 12: Observing
Natural Resources (complete activity)
Wednesday 10/19 – Complete Activity 12: Observing
Natural Resources (complete analysis questions), Set-Up and Discuss
Activity 13: Diamond Dilemma
Thursday 10/20 – Continue Activity 13: Diamond
Dilemma (complete activity)
Friday 10/21 – Finish Activity 13: Diamond Dilemma
(complete analysis questions), Complete Activity 14: Analyzing Diamond
Data (complete activity and analysis questions)
Monday 10/24 – Finish Activity 14: Analyzing
Diamond Data (finish analysis questions), Assign: “What Makes Up
the Earth’s Surface?” (page 2)
Tuesday 10/25 – FIELD TRIP!
Wednesday 10/26 – Field Trip Reflection Activity,
Assign: “What Makes Up the Earth’s Surface?” (page 3)
Thursday 10/27 – Activity 15: Mineral Properties
(complete activity), Finish Field Trip Reflection Activity
Friday 10/28 – Check “What Makes Up the
Earth’s Surface?,” Assign:
“What Properties are Used to Identify Minerals?”
Monday 10/31 – Activity 15: Mineral Properties
(complete analysis questions), Check “What Properties are Used to
Identify Minerals?”
Tuesday 11/1 – Activity 16: Mineral Identification
(begin activity)
Wednesday 11/2 – Review Assignment: “Soil
Profile” / “Rocks and Minerals,” Assign: “What
are Minerals?”
Thursday 11/3 – Check “What are
Minerals?,” Activity 16: Mineral Identification (complete
activity)
Friday 11/4 – Activity 16: Mineral Identification
(begin analysis questions)
Monday 11/7 – Activity 16: Mineral Identification (finish
analysis questions), Begin Activity 17: The Minerals in Rocks
(set-up/go over activity)
Tuesday 11/8 – NO SCHOOL
Wednesday 11/9 – Activity 17: The Minerals in
Rocks (complete activity and begin analysis questions)
Thursday 11/10 – Activity 18: Every Rock Tells a
Story (complete activity)
Friday 11/11 – Activity 18: Every Rock Tells a
Story (complete analysis questions), Improvement Reflection for PTC
Monday 11/14 – Activity 19: Rock Formation
(complete activity)
Tuesday 11/15 – Activity 19: Rock Formation
(complete analysis questions)
Wednesday 11/16 – Activity 20: Identifying Rock
Types (complete part A of activity)
Thursday 11/17 – Activity 20: Identifying Rock
Types (complete part B of activity; begin analysis questions); Assign:
“What are Igneous Rocks?”
Friday 11/18 – Activity 20: Identifying Rock Types
(finish analysis questions); Check: “What are Igneous Rocks?”; Assign: “What are Sedimentary
Rocks?”
Monday 11/21 – Check “What are Sedimentary
Rocks?”; Assign: “What are Metamorphic
Rocks?”
Tuesday 11/22 – Assembly
Wednesday 11/23 – NO SCHOOL
Thursday 11/24 – NO SCHOOL
Friday 11/25 – NO SCHOOL
Monday 11/28 – Activity 21: Modeling Rock Layers
(complete activity)
Tuesday 11/29 – Check “What are Metamorphic
Rocks?”; Activity 21: Modeling Rock Layers (complete analysis
questions)
Wednesday 11/30 – In Class Assignment: “Name
that Mineral” / “Classy Rocks” / “Rocks and
Minerals”, Assign: “What is the Rock Cycle?”
Thursday 12/1 – Activity 22: The Rock Cycle Game (complete
procedure up through step 9)
Friday 12/2 – Check “What is the Rock
Cycle?”, Common Assessment #1 Review
Monday 12/5 – Common Assessment Units A and B, Pre-Test
Units C and D
Tuesday 12/6 – Finish Pre-Test Units C and D, Read
pC-3 together, Set-Up Notebook for Activity 28, Assign: “What
Causes Mechanical Weathering?”
Wednesday 12/7 – Begin Activity 28: Cutting Canyons and Building
Deltas (complete activity), Assign: “What Causes Chemical
Weathering?”
Thursday 12/8 – Finish Activity 28: Cutting Canyons and Building
Deltas (complete analysis questions), Check “What Causes
Mechanical Weathering?” and “What Causes Chemical
Weathering?”
Friday 12/9 – Complete Activity 29: Weathering,
Erosion, and Deposition” (complete activity and analysis questions
1-2), Assign: “How Does Running Water Cause Erosion?”
Monday 12/12 – Complete Activity 29: Weathering,
Erosion, and Deposition” (complete analysis question 3), Check
“How Does Running Water Cause Erosion?”
Tuesday 12/13 – Complete Activity 31: Resistance
to Erosion (complete activity and begin analysis questions)
Wednesday 12/14 – Finish Activity 31 analysis
questions, Assign: “What are flood plains and deltas?”
Thursday 12/15 – Begin Activity 33: Earth’s
Processes and Boomtown’s Coast (complete reading activity),
Check, “What are flood plains and deltas?,”
Assign: “How do glaciers change the earth’s surface?”
Friday 12/16 – Begin Activity 32: Investigating a
Cliff Model (complete activity)
Monday 12/19 – Continue Activity 32: Investigating
a Cliff Model
Tuesday 12/20 – (1/2 day) Finish Activity 32:
Investigating a Cliff Model (activity)
Wednesday 12/21 through Tuesday 1/3 – Holiday Break
Wednesday 1/4 – Check “How do glaciers
change the earth’s surface?,” Finish Activity 32: Investigating
a Cliff Model (complete analysis questions)
Thursday 1/5 – Assign: “How does wind change
the earth’s surface?” and “How do waves change the
earth’s surface?”
Friday 1/6 – Check “How does wind change the
earth’s surface?” and “How do waves change the
earth’s surface?,” Magnetism Pre-Test, Magnetism Video
Monday 1/9 – Go over video answers, Continue with
Magnetism
Tuesday 1/10 – Short Video Clips on Earth’s
Magnetism, Assign: Magnetism Packet
Wednesday 1/11 – Check Magnetism Packet, Set-Up
Activity 36 – Storing Waste
Thursday 1/12 – Contour Maps
Friday 1/13 – Complete Activity 36 – Storing
Waste
Monday 1/16 – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 1/17 – Activity 37: Volcanic Landforms
(Complete Activity)
Wednesday 1/18 – Activity 37: Volcanic Landforms
(Complete Analysis Questions); Check Contour Map Assignment
Thursday 1/19 – Activity 38: Beneath the
Earth’s Surface (Complete Activity)
Friday 1/20 – Begin “Solid Ground?”
Activity
Monday 1/23 – Midterm Review, Continue
“Solid Ground?”
Tuesday 1/24 – Midterm, Finish “Solid
Ground?”
Wednesday 1/25 – Grades, Begin Activity 39: Earth
Time (Complete Activity)
Thursday 1/26 – Finish Activity 39: Earth Time
(Complete Analysis Questions), Assign: “What are the parts of the
earth?”
Friday 1/27 – Check “What are the parts of
the earth?”, Video: Earth’s
Crust, Assign: “What is
inside of the earth?”
Monday 1/30 – Check “What is inside of the
earth?” and Video Questions, Notebook Quiz Activities 38 and 39
Tuesday 1/31 – Finish Notebook Quiz, Activity 40:
The Continent Puzzle (Complete Activity)
Wednesday 2/1 – Activity 40: The Continent Puzzle
(Complete Analysis Questions),
Thursday 2/2 –Begin “A Massive Past,”
Assign: “What is the Theory of Continental Drift?”
Friday 2/3 – Finish “A Massive Past”
and Finish “What is the Theory of Continental Drift?”
Monday 2/6 – Check “What is the Theory of
Continental Drift?” and “A Massive Past”
Tuesday 2/7 – Begin Activity 44: Mapping Plates
(complete activity)
Wednesday 2/8 – Finish Activity 44: Mapping Plates
(complete analysis questions)
Thursday 2/9 – Finish Activity 45: Understanding
Plate Boundaries
Friday 2/10 – Complete Activity 45: Understanding
Plate Boundaries
Monday 2/13 – Sea-Floor Spreading Activity
Tuesday 2/14 – Review for Common Assessment Units C
and D
Wednesday 2/15 – Packet Reviewing Mountains,
Earthquakes and Volcanoes (due on Friday)
Thursday 2/16 – Common Assessment Units C and D, Assign:
Paragraph explaining sea-floor spreading (use models that we made as a
guide), Finish Packet from yesterday if necessary
Friday 2/17 – (Assembly Schedule) Check
Mountains/Earthquakes/Volcanoes Packet
Monday 2/27 – Pre-Test Common Assessment on Energy
Tuesday 2/28 – Continue Activity 53: Home Energy
Use
Wednesday 2/29 – Continue Activity 53: Home Energy
Use
Thursday 3/1 – Finish Activity 53: Home Energy
Use; Assign: “What is Energy?”
Friday 3/2 – Begin Activity 54: Drive a Nail
Monday 3/5 – Check “What is Energy?”;
Finish Activity 54: Drive a Nail
Tuesday 3/6 – Complete Activity 55: Roller Coaster
Energy
Wednesday 3/7 – Begin Activity 56: Shake the Shot
(complete activity)
Thursday 3/8 – Finish Activity 56: Shake the Shot
(complete analysis questions)
Friday 3/9 – Activity 57: The Conservation of
Energy; Assign: “What are Potential and Kinetic Energy?”
Monday 3/12 – Check “What are Potential and
Kinetic Energy?”; Time to “catch-up” notebooks
Tuesday 3/13 – Notebook Check Activities 53-57;
Begin Activity 58: Follow the Energy
Wednesday 3/14 – Finish Activity 58: Follow the
Energy
Thursday 3/15 – Begin Activity 59: Ice-Melting
Contest
Friday 3/16 – Continue Activity 59: Ice-Melting
Contest; Assign: “How does energy form?”
Monday 3/19 – Begin Activity 60: Ice-Preserving
Contest; Assign: “How does an electrical generator work?”
Tuesday 3/20 – Finish Activities 59 and 60
Wednesday 3/21 – NO CLASS TODAY DUE TO IOWA TESTING
Thursday 3/22 – NO CLASS TODAY DUE TO IOWA TESTING
Friday 3/23 – Check “How does an electrical
generator work?”; Vocabulary Assignment
Monday 3/26 – Present Vocabulary Work; Begin
Activity 61: Mixing Hot and Cool Water
Tuesday 3/27 – Vocab. Quiz
Wednesday 3/28 – Activity 61: Mixing Hot and Cool
Water
Thursday 3/29 – Video on Energy
Friday 3/30 – Locker Clean-Out; See Grades
Tuesday 4/10 – Finish Energy Video; Catch-Up
Wednesday 4/11 – Complete Activity 64: Electricity
Generation
Thursday 4/12 – Activity 63: Measuring Calories
Friday 4/13 – Finish Activity 63: Measuring
Calories; Assign: “What can be used to power a generator?”
Monday 4/16 – Check “What can be used to
power a generator?”; Begin Activity 65: Chemical Batteries
Tuesday 4/17 - Continue Activity 65: Chemical Batteries
Wednesday 4/18 – Notebook Pop-Quiz on Activities
63 and 64; Assign: “What are alternate sources of energy?”
Thursday 4/19 – Check “What are alternate
sources of energy?”; Begin Activity 65: Chemical Batteries
Friday 4/20 – Continue Activity 65: Chemical
Batteries
Monday 4/23 – Finish Activity 65: Chemical
Batteries
Tuesday 4/24 – G. O. Reading Activity #1; Collect
Notebooks for Notebook Check Activities 63, 64, and 65
Wednesday 4/25 – Finish G. O. Reading Activity #1
Thursday 4/26 – Video: “Basics of Physics:
Exploring Energy”; Assign: “How can people conserve
energy?”
Friday 4/27 – Begin Activity 67: Hot Bulbs (Part
A)
Monday 4/30 – Check “How can people conserve
energy?”; Continue Activity 67: Hot Bulbs (Part B)
Tuesday 5/1 – Finish Activity 67: Hot Bulbs
(Finish B if needed/Do Analysis Questions)
Wednesday 5/2 – G. O. Reading Activity #2
Thursday 5/3 – Review for Energy and MatterPost-Test tomorrow
Friday 5/4 – (1/2 day) Energy and Matter
Post-Test
Monday 5/7 – Ecology Pre-Test
Tuesday 5/8 – Complete Student Survey in Computer
Lab; Assign: “What is Ecology?”
Wednesday 5/9 – Check “What is
Ecology?”; Begin Activity 72:
the Miracle Fish
Thursday 5/10 – G. O. Reading Activity #3
Friday 5/11 – Finish Activity 72: the Miracle Fish; Read through
Activity 73: Introduced Species
Monday 5/14 – Read through Activity 73: Introduced
Species; Assign: Edit your written response for Act. 72 ?#6
Tuesday 5/15 – G. O. Reading Activity #4; Assign:
“What are some other characteristics of an ecosystem?”
Wednesday 5/16 – Begin Activity 75: Classifying
Animals
Thursday 5/17 – Finish Activity 75: Classifying
Animals; Check “What are some other characteristics of an
ecosystem?”
Friday 5/18 – Assign: Final Copy of your written
response for Act. 72 ?#6; NB Check Activities 67, 72, and 73
Monday 5/21 – Complete Activity 76: People, Birds,
and Bats
Tuesday 5/22 – Begin Activity 77: Ups and Downs
Wednesday 5/23 – Finish Activity 77: Ups and Downs
Thursday 5/24 – Graphic Organizer Activity #5
Friday 5/25 – (1/2 day) Assign: “What are
biomes?”
Monday 5/28 – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 5/29 – Set-Up
for Owl Pellet Study; Begin Owl Pellet Lab - Set-Up NB
Wednesday 5/30 – Continue Owl Pellet Lab - Dig in & Identify
Thursday 5/31 – Continue
Owl Pellet Lab – Re-Construction of skeletons
Friday 6/1 – Continue Owl Pellet Lab –
Re-Construction of skeletons
Monday 6/4 – Finish Owl Pellet Lab – Review
& Discussion of Analysis Questions
Tuesday 6/5 – Food Webs (SMART lesson); Assign:
What things can change the environment?
Wednesday 6/6 – Check What things can change the
environment?; Finish Food Webs (SMART lesson and questions)
Thursday 6/7 –Symbiosis (SMART lesson); Assign:
How do people upset the balance of nature?
Friday 6/8 – Review for Ecology Post Test on
Monday
Monday 6/11 – Ecology Post Test; Check How do people upset
the balance of nature?; Assign: What is
conservation?
Tuesday
6/12 – Textbook Collection; Check What is conservation?; Bill Nye
Video – Populations (video, discussion, worksheet); Begin
Invasive Species in Michigan and the Great Lakes
Wednesday
6/13 – Invasive Species in Michigan and the Great Lakes
Thursday
6/14 – (½ day) Last Day of School; End of Year Reflection
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8th
Grade Language Arts
Tuesday 9/5 - Intro
Wednesday 9/6 – Syllabus, Take the DRP Reading
Assessment, Hand-out Book “Report” #1 assignment
Thursday 9/7 – Library for Book Check-Out, Go Over
Book “Report” #1 Assignment, Silent Reading
Friday 9/8 – CCR:
“Children Are Invited…” (Informational Text), Define
Test-Taking Terms (10)
Monday 9/12 – BW week 1: Monitoring Comprehension,
Before You Read p170 (do Making the Connection; Discuss Foreshadowing),
Assignment: Define footnotes and Words to Own in your binders (17)
Tuesday 9/13 – BW week 1: Monitoring
Comprehension, Read “The LandLady”
pp171-179 tog., Complete Graphic Organizer
p77, Assignment: Answer Reading Check a.-d. and
Questions 3, 5, and 6.
Wednesday 9/14 – BW week 1: Monitoring
Comprehension, Go Over Tuesday’s Assignment, CCR: “Littlejim” (narrative), Discuss Grammar Link
p183 (Do Try it Out tog.), Assignment: Grammar Link pp15-16
Thursday 9/15 – BW week 1: Monitoring
Comprehension, Complete and Go Over “The LandLady”
Reading Mini-Test p32, Complete the First Three Pages of the “Try
it Out” Test, Assignment: “The LandLady”
Spelling & Words to Own p8/p7
Friday 9/16 – BW week 1: Monitoring Comprehension,
Finish “Try it Out” Test, Work on Test Essay Question for
Monday
Monday 9/19 – BW week 2: Make Connections, “The LandLady” Test, Silent Reading
Tuesday 9/20 – BW week 2: Make Connections, Read
and Discuss p184, BYR p185: Do M the C and QW, Define Vocab. from
pp185-197
Wednesday 9/21 – BW week 2: Make Connections, Read
“The Monkey’s Paw” pp186-197 and Discuss, Assignment:
Complete GO p82
Thursday 9/22 – BW week 2: Make Connections,
Assignments: (1) Reading Check Questions a.–e. and #’s 2,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 (2) Complete WTO p85, Silent Reading
Friday 9/23 – BW week 2: Make Connections, Go Over
GL p200 (Do Try It Out tog.), Assignments: (1) GL pp17-18 and (2)
Decoding p9/Spelling p86, Silent Reading
Monday 9/26 – BW week 3: Visualization, Go Over
Reading Check Questions a.–e. and #’s 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9,
Check Decoding p9/Spelling p86, Silent Reading
Tuesday 9/27 – BW week 3: Visualization, Check GL
pp17-18, Do Short Answer Question for Test Tomorrow
Wednesday 9/28 – BW week 3: Visualization,
Notebook Check, “The Monkey’s Paw” Test, Silent
Reading
Thursday 9/29 – BW week 3: Visualization, Review
Kinds of Nouns and Possessives, Assignment: Nouns Packet
Friday 9/30 – BW week 3: Visualization, Check Noun
Packet, Read BYR p201 tog., Do WTO and Footnotes in Notebooks (17
words)
Monday 10/3 – BW week 4: Organization, Word
Analysis (part together, part independently), Assignment: “The
Dust Bowl” (comprehension and cause/effect)
Tuesday 10/4 – BW week 4: Organization, Read
“The Tell-Tale Heart” pp202-207 together, Create a 4 scene
comic strip of the main points of the story/Answer
?’s 2, 3, 4, and 7 on the back (p209)
Wednesday 10/5 – BW week 4: Organization, Notes on
Pronouns (personal, antecedents, subject, object, and possessive
pronouns), Assignment: Pronoun Packet pp9-12
Thursday 10/6 – BW week 4: Organization, CCR: “Littlejim,” Go Over
?’s 2, 3, 4, and 7 together, Assignment: GL pp19-20
Friday 10/7 – BW week 4: Organization, Finish CCR: “Littlejim,” Discuss GL p211 (Do Try It Out
together), Check GL pp19-20, Assignment: Essay Question for Test on
Monday **Study your WTO!
Monday 10/10 – BW week 5: Determine Important
Information, “The Tell-Tale Heart” Test, Silent
Reading
Tuesday 10/11 – BW week 5: Determine Important
Information, Notes on Pronouns (reflexive, demonstrative, intensive, indefinite,
interrogative, and relative pronouns)
**Your book for your book report must be completely read by
today!**
Wednesday 10/12 – BW week 5: Determine Important
Information, Work on Book Report Project
Thursday 10/13 – BW week 5: Determine Important
Information, Assign: Pronoun Packet pp13-15 (due tomorrow)
Friday 10/14 – BW week 5: Determine Important
Information, Work on Book Report Project
Monday 10/17 – BW week 6: Ask Questions, Computer
Lab to type/print captions for Project
Tuesday 10/18 – BW week 6: Ask Questions, Check
Pronoun Packet, Read and Discuss “There Will Come Soft
Rains” pp215-220
Wednesday 10/19 – BW week 6: Ask Questions, Work
on Book Report Storyboards
Thursday 10/20 – BW week 6: Ask Questions, Final
Day to Finish Storyboards for Project
Friday 10/21 – BW week 6: Ask Questions, Book Report
Presentations (1/2 of class)
Monday 10/24 – BW week 7: Main Idea and
Details/Sequence, Book Report Presentations (1/2 of class)
Tuesday 10/25 – BW week 7: Main Idea and Details/Sequence,
Open book test for “There Will Come Soft Rains”, Read BYR
p226 tog. (Do M the C; discuss and turn in), Assign: Vocab. in NB
(framework story, WTO, and footnotes – 20 total)
Wednesday 10/26 – BW week 7: Main Idea and
Details/Sequence, Begin Reading and Discuss “The Inn of Lost
Time” pp228-241
Thursday 10/27 – BW week 7: Main Idea and
Details/Sequence, Finish Reading and Discuss “The Inn of Lost
Time”
pp228-241, Go over GL p245 tog., Do GL pp23-24 tog. on
board, Assign: ?s 1-8 on p243
Friday 10/28 – BW week 7: Main Idea and
Details/Sequence, Check ?s 1-8 from yesterday, Read “I
Didn’t have a Book…” p242 and complete/turn in
Reading Mini-Test p40, Assign: 1. Spell. p12/WTO
p10 2. Test Essay Question for Monday
Monday 10/31 – BW week 8: Cause and
Effect/Evaluate Evidence, Check Spell. p12/WTO p10, “The Inn of Lost Time”
Reading Test, Silent Reading
Tuesday 11/1 – BW week 8: Cause and
Effect/Evaluate Evidence, “The Outsiders” Pre-Test, Begin
Writing Prompt
Wednesday 11/2 – BW week 8: Cause and
Effect/Evaluate Evidence, T4 Reading Strategy, Read “Brainy Echnida Proves Looks Aren’t Everything”
and complete questions on the back, Assign: Complete Writing Prompt
from Tuesday
Thursday 11/3 – BW week 8: Cause and
Effect/Evaluate Evidence, Go Over Reading Strategies that Work (Apply
to Yesterday’s Article), Discussion: What is Realistic Fiction?,
Read Chapter 1 pp1-18 together
Friday 11/4 – (1/2 day) BW week 8: Cause and
Effect/Evaluate Evidence, Assign: Characterization Chart (use with Ch.
1)
Monday 11/7 – BW week 9: Compare and Contrast /
Make Inferences, Discuss “Alike but Different” chart on
prejudice, stereotyping, and intolerance, Finish Characterization Chart
(use with Ch. 1),
Tuesday 11/8 – NO SCHOOL
Wednesday 11/9 – BW week 9: Compare and Contrast /
Make Inferences, Read Chapter 2 pp19-36, Assign: Character Interactions
Chart (identify feelings felt/portrayed)
Thursday 11/10 – BW week 9: Compare and Contrast /
Make Inferences, Ch1/2 Quiz, Complete Focus Question #1 together,
Introduce use of 2-column note-taking strategy, Begin reading Chapter 3
pp37-41
Friday 11/11 – BW week 9: Compare and Contrast /
Make Inferences (days 4 and 5), Finish Reading Chapter 3 pp42-52, Go
over Character Interactions
Monday 11/14 – BW week 10: Character and Setting /
Theme, Book Fair Video, Grammar: Participial Phrase, Assign:
Participial Phrase wksh
Tuesday 11/15 – BW week 10: Character and Setting
/ Theme, Check Participial phrase wksh, Read
“Does Familiarity Breed Contempt?” and complete questions,
Discussion: How is Darry’s parenting
breeding contempt in Ponyboy? How do you think it will be resolved?
Wednesday 11/16 – BW week 10: Character and
Setting / Theme, Read Chapter 4 pp53-67, Complete “Escalation of
a Problem” Graphic Organizer and questions together, Assign:
Chapter 4 Questions
Thursday 11/17 – BW week 10: Character and Setting
/ Theme, Go over Chapter 4 Questions, Chapter 4 Quiz, Read Chapter 5
pp68-84
Friday 11/18 – BW week 10: Character and Setting /
Theme, Improvement Reflection for PTC, Read
Chapter 6 pp85-99, Assign: Complete Chapter 5/6 Questions
Monday 11/21 – Go over Chapter 5/6 Questions,
Chapter 5/6 Quiz, Assign: Complete Focus Question #4 with a partner
Tuesday 11/22 – No Class (Hours 1, 2, and 3 only)
Wednesday 11/23 – NO SCHOOL
Thursday 11/24 – NO SCHOOL
Friday 11/25 – NO SCHOOL
Monday 11/28 – BW week 11: Author’s Purpose
/ Prediction, Read Chapter 7-8 pp100-130
Tuesday 11/29 – BW week 11: Author’s Purpose
/ Prediction, Assign: Chapter 7 and 8 Questions
Wednesday 11/30 – BW week 11: Author’s
Purpose / Prediction, Assign: Verb Packet pp16-21
Thursday 12/1 – BW week 11: Author’s Purpose
/ Prediction, Go over Chapter 7 and 8 Questions, Check Verb Packet
pp16-21, Assign: Verb Packet p22
Friday 12/2 – BW week 11: Author’s Purpose /
Prediction, Check Verb Packet pp16-21, Chapter 7/8 Quiz, Assign: Verb
Packet pp22-24
Monday 12/5 – BW week 12: Nonfiction Text Features
/ Visual Information, Read Chapter 9 pp131-149, Check Verb Packet
pp22-24, Assign: Verb Packet pp25-26
Tuesday 12/6 – BW week 12: Nonfiction Text
Features / Visual Information, Read Chapter 10-11 pp150-166, Discuss
Outsiders Final Project
Wednesday 12/7 – BW week 12: Nonfiction Text
Features / Visual Information, Chapter 10/11 Quiz, Read Ch. 12
pp167-180, Debrief about story, Review proper paragraph format (topic
sentence, supporting sentences, details, concluding thought) using
“The Coolest Room”
Thursday 12/8 – BW week 12: Nonfiction Text
Features / Visual Information, Outsiders Test, Assign:
“Cell Phone Fever,” and “Why I Invented the Phlurg”
Friday 12/9 – BW week 12: Nonfiction Text Features
/ Visual Information, Check “Cell Phone Fever”/“Why I
Invented the Phlurg,” Begin “The
Outsiders” Movie
Monday 12/12 –Finish “The Outsiders”
Movie, Review 5 Paragraph Essay Format, Review Compare/Contrast Essay
Format, Assign: Practice Compare/Contrast using “Venus
Visit”
Tuesday 12/13 –Go over “Venus Visit,”
Assign: 5 Paragraph Compare/Contrast Essay on “The
Outsiders” book vs. movie
Wednesday 12/14 –Work on Outsiders Project
Thursday 12/15 –Work on Outsiders Project
Friday 12/16 –Work on Outsiders Project
Monday 12/19 – Presentation of Outsiders Projects
Tuesday 12/20 – (1/2 day) Finish Outsiders
Projects Presentations
Wednesday 12/21 through Tuesday 1/3 – Holiday Break
Wednesday 1/4 – BW: Museum Mystery/An Important
Even in History, Parts of Speech Pre-Test, BYR p556, Do Making the
Connection, Assign: WTO (10 words) in NB
Thursday 1/5 – BW: Pirate Peril/The Day I Met Elvis,
Begin - Read and Discuss Harriet Tubman pp557-566, Go over Parts of
Speech Pre-Test
Friday 1/6 – Class Spelling Bee, Finish - Read and
Discuss Harriet Tubman pp557-566, Assign: WTO p20/Short Answer
Mini-Test p84
Monday 1/9 – BW week 13: Main Idea and Details /
Sequence, Library for Book Check Out, Turn In WTO p20/Short Answer
Mini-Test p84, Go over GL p572, Read and Discuss “Freedom
Walk” p569, Assign: GL pp47-48/Reading Mini-Test p82
Tuesday 1/10 – BW week 13: Main Idea and Details /
Sequence, Check GL pp47-48/Reading Mini-Test p82, Recognizing Nouns
pp72/94, Silent Reading
Wednesday 1/11 – BW week 13: Main Idea and Details
/ Sequence, Harriet Tubman Open-Book Reading Test, Work on
Midterm Review
Thursday 1/12 – BW week 13: Main Idea and Details
/ Sequence, Read “Earth and Its Nearest Neighbors” tog. and
answer questions, Thinking: Cause and Effect, Assign: Practice A-B for
Thinking: Cause and Effect
Friday 1/13 – BW week 13: Main Idea and Details /
Sequence, Discuss/Review and Assign: Composition Skills: Main Idea,
Topic Sentences and Supporting Details, Comparing and Contrasting
Monday 1/16 – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 1/17 – Review answers for Composition
Skills: Main Idea, Topic Sentences and Supporting Details, Comparing
and Contrasting, Discussion: What is an appositive?, Practice with
Appositives, Assign: Combining Sentences: Appositives p99
Wednesday 1/18 – Check Combining Sentences:
Appositives p99, Midterm Review
Thursday 1/19 – MIDTERM
Friday 1/20 – Read “Far Eastern
Adventure” and “Another Kind of Language” tog., then
complete activities
Monday 1/23 – BW wk 14 Day 1: Cause and Effect /
Evaluate Evidence, Turn in Appositives, Finish Packet, Grades, Silent Reading
Tuesday 1/24 – BW wk 14 Day 2: Cause and Effect / Evaluate
Evidence, Turn in Packet, District Writing Assessment, Silent Reading
Wednesday 1/25 – BW wk 14 Day 3: Cause and Effect
/ Evaluate Evidence, Diagnostic Test, Unit Book – 3-1
Understanding the Big Question: Do pp206-211 tog.
Thursday 1/26 – BW wk 14 Day 4: Cause and Effect /
Evaluate Evidence, Read “A Trip to Remember” and complete
activities, Silent Reading
Friday 1/27 – BW wk 14 Day 5: Cause and Effect /
Evaluate Evidence, Unit Book – 3-2 Reading Skills: Do pp212-217
tog.
Monday 1/30 – BW wk 15 Day 1: Main Idea and
Details / Sequence, Unit Book – 3-3 Vocabulary Building
Strategies: Do pp218-219 tog., Assign: Reinforcement/Extension 3-2 and
3-3
Tuesday 1/31 – BW wk 15 Day 2: Main Idea and
Details / Sequence, Check Reinforcement/Extension 3-2 and 3-3, Unit
Book – 3-4 Literary Analysis/Expository Writing: Do pp220-226
tog., Assign: p227 #1-4
Wednesday 2/1 – BW wk 15 Day 3: Main Idea and
Details / Sequence, Go Over p227 #1-4, Do Reinforcement 3-4
tog./Discuss Extension 3-4 as a Class, Unit Book – 3-5Literary
Analysis/Persuasive Writing: Do pp228-232 tog., Assign: Reinforcement
3-5 A
Thursday 2/2 – BW wk 15 Day 4: Main Idea and
Details / Sequence, Unit Book – 3-5Literary Analysis/Persuasive
Writing: Do pp233-237 tog., Assign: Reinforcement 3-5 B and C
Friday 2/3 – BW wk 15 Day 5: Main Idea and Details
/ Sequence, Check Reinforcement 3-5 A-C, Discuss/Assign Extension 3-5
Monday 2/6 – BW wk 16 Day 1: Character and Setting
/ Theme, Unit Book – Read pp233-236 tog., Assign questions #1-4
p237, Come up with 3 Persuasive Writing Topics
Tuesday 2/7 – BW wk 16 Day 2: Character and
Setting / Theme, Persuasive Writing (Refer to pp274-278 of Unit Book):
Topic Selection/Approval, Discussion of Rubric, Begin Brainstorming
(use of a graphic organizer) and then working on Rough Draft
Wednesday 2/8 – BW wk 16 Day 3: Character and
Setting / Theme, Work on Writing/Revising/Editing
Thursday 2/9 – BW wk 16 Day 4: Character and
Setting / Theme, Work on Writing/Revising/Editing, Assign: “Rosie
the Riveter” excerpt with questions
Friday 2/10 – BW wk 16 Day 5: Character and
Setting / Theme, Computer Lab 507 to Type
Monday 2/13 – BW wk 17 Day 1: Author’s
Purpose / Prediction, Presentations
Tuesday 2/14 – BW wk 17 Day 2: Author’s Purpose
/ Prediction, Finish Presentations
Wednesday 2/15 – BW wk 17 Day 3: Author’s
Purpose / Prediction, Unit Book – p240 (Adjectives, Articles, and
Adverbs) tog., Assign: Reinforcement 3-7A, Silent Reading
Thursday 2/16 – BW wk 17 Day 4: Author’s
Purpose / Prediction, Assign: “Elizabeth Blackwell” excerpt
with questions
Friday 2/17 – BW wk 17 Day 5: Author’s
Purpose / Prediction, Check Reinforcement 3-7A, Check “Elizabeth
Blackwell” excerpt with questions
Monday 2/27 – BW: Read Cell Phones Have Changed Our Lives p160, Unit Book
– p241 (Comparative and Superlative forms) tog., Assign:
Reinforcement 3-7B
Tuesday 2/28 – BW: Unlock the Meanings p162, Check
Reinforcement 3-7B, Unit Book – p242 (Modifiers) tog., Assign:
Reinforcement 3-7C
Wednesday 2/29 – BW: Use Context Clues p163, Unit
Book – p243 (Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases) tog.,
Assign: Assign: Reinforcement 3-7D
Thursday 3/1 – BW: Process the Meanings p164,
Check Reinforcement 3-7D, Complete and Check Standardized Test Practice
pp250-251, Assign: More Practice with Prepositions and Prepositional
Phrases
Friday 3/2 – BW: Apply What You’ve Learned
p165 & Check, Mid-Unit Benchmark Test, Silent Reading
Monday 3/5 – BW: Daily RWU “The
World’s Longest Rivers”;
Monday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 1,2: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 2,1: Roots aqua and hydra; Complete
“Wet and Wonderful”/”The Clock is
…Dripping”
Work on
Writing – 3,4: Choose a Card, Choose a Prompt, Create and
Complete a Graphic Organizer for your Prompt
Meet with Teacher – 4,3: Diagnostic Test #2, Unit Book
pp252-253
Tuesday 3/6 – BW: Daily RWU “The Wild World
of Extreme Weather”;
Tuesday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 3,4: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 4,3: Roots aqua and hydra; Complete
“Wet and Wonderful”/”The Clock is
…Dripping”
Work on Writing – 1,2: Choose a Card, Choose a Prompt,
Create and Complete a Graphic Organizer for your Prompt
Meet
with Teacher – 2,1: Diagnostic Test #2, Unit Book pp252-253
Wednesday 3/7 – BW: Daily RWU “Plate
Boundaries”; Go Over Mid-Unit Test, Unit Book pp254-257, Assign:
Reinforcement 3-10
Thursday 3/8 – BW: Daily RWU “Persuasion
Ad”;
Thursday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 2,4: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 3,1: Roots aqua
and hydra; Complete “Tanks a Lot!”
Work on Writing – 4,2: Write Rough Draft
Meet with Teacher – 1,3: Go Over Reinforcement 3-10;
Adjective Work
Friday 3/9 – BW: Daily RWU “How to Build a
Shoebox Guitar”;
Friday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 1,3: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 4,2: Roots aqua
and hydra; Complete “Tanks a Lot!”
Work on Writing – 3,1: Write Rough Draft
Meet with Teacher – 2,4: Go Over Reinforcement 3-10;
Adjective Work
Monday 3/12 – BW: Daily RWU “Dog
Smarts”;
Monday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 1,2: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 2,1: Multiple Meaning Words (MMW)
(angle); depravity, pious, prudence (define, sentence, draw)
Work on Writing – 3,4: Identifying and adding
prepositions/prepositional phrases to rough drafts
Meet
with Teacher – 4,3: U.B. pp258-260; Assign: R3-11A/B
Tuesday 3/13 – BW: Daily RWU
“Tulip-mania”;
Tuesday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 3,4: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words
– 4,3: Multiple Meaning Words (MMW) (angle); depravity, pious,
prudence (define, sentence, draw)
Work on Writing – 1,2: Identifying and adding prepositions/prepositional
phrases to rough drafts
Meet with Teacher – 2,1: U.B. pp258-260; Assign: R3-11A/B
Wednesday 3/14 – BW: Daily RWU “The Sweetest
Tree”;
Thursday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 1,3: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 4,2: MMW (balance); Roots mob, mot,
& move (definitions & sentences)
Work
on Writing – 3,1: Identifying and adding adjectives and adverbs
to rough drafts
Meet with Teacher – 2,4: Work Time
Thursday 3/15 – BW: Daily RWU “Explosion in
the Night”; Catch-Up Day
Friday 3/16 – BW: Daily RWU “The Flavor
Gurus”;
Friday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 2,4: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 3,1: MMW (balance); Roots mob, mot,
& move (definitions & sentences)
Work on Writing – 4,2: Identifying and adding adjectives
and adverbs to rough drafts
Meet with Teacher
– 1,3: “Alert Albert’s Alarm” – Infer,
Main Idea, Fact/Opinion
Monday 3/19 – BW: Daily RWU “Masks in
Ancient Greek Theatre”; Paragraph Paste-Ups Packet (sequencing)
Tuesday 3/20 – BW: Daily RWU “Market
Day”;
Tuesday Group Assignments:
Read to Self – 1,2: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 2,1: Multiple Meaning Words (MMW)
(bowl); recurring, obsession (define, sentence, draw)
Work on Writing – 3,4: Write final copy of Essay (due
Friday with Brainstorming/RD attached to it);
Finish Paragraph Paste-Ups
Meet with Teacher – 4,3: U.B. pp261-265
Wednesday 3/21 – BW: Daily RWU “Baseball
Great Satchel Page”;
Wednesday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 3,4: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 4,3: Multiple Meaning Words (MMW)
(bowl); recurring, obsession (define, sentence, draw)
Work on Writing
– 1,2: Write final copy of Essay (due Friday with
Brainstorming/RD attached to it);
Finish Paragraph Paste-Ups
Meet with
Teacher – 2,1: U.B. pp261-265
Thursday 3/22 – BW: Daily RWU “Olmec Heads”; U.B. Discuss p265, Do
pp266-267; Check MMW (angle, balance);
Do MMW (boot); Finish Rough Drafts; Finish Paragraph Paste-Ups; Silent Reading
Friday 3/23 – BW: Daily RWU “Poison
Ivy”; Check BW; Check Roots mob, mot, & move; Check Paragraph
Paste-Ups; Check MMW (bowl, boot); Turn in Writing Assignment; U.B.
pp272-273; Assign: R3-13A/B
Monday 3/26 – BW: Daily RWU “The Olympic
Games”; Check R3-13A/B; U.B. pp268-271; Silent Reading
Tuesday 3/27 – BW: Daily RWU “Youth Sports
Online: An Interview with Carlos Perreyra”;
Tuesday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 1,3: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with
Words – 4,2: Margaret Bourke-White (Comprehension/Vocabulary
Builder Crossword)
Work on Writing – 3,1: Paragraph Paste-Up (“My
Survival Crate” / “River Kayaks”)
Meet with Teacher – 2,4: U.B. Test Practice pp280-283
Wednesday 3/28 – BW: Daily RWU “Are Humans
the Only Animals with Emotions?”;
Wednesday Group Assignments: Read to Self – 2,4: Silent Reading; Complete
Log
Work with Words – 3,1: Margaret Bourke-White
(Comprehension/Vocabulary Builder Crossword)
Work on Writing –
4,2: Paragraph Paste-Up (“My Survival Crate” / “River
Kayaks”)
Meet with Teacher – 1,3: U.B. Test Practice pp280-283
Thursday 3/29 – BW: Daily RWU “Visit Cahokia
Mounds”; End of Unit Benchmark Test; Silent Reading
Friday 3/30 – BW: Daily RWU “Effie’s
Visit to Egypt”;
Check BW; Finish Test (if needed) / Silent Reading
Tuesday 4/10 – Go over BYR p644 (Do M the C and
QW); Media Center for Book
Check-Out (Fiction, at least 175 pages); Assign: Vocabulary Activity
Wednesday 4/11 – Assign: Paragraph Paste-Up
(1)/Complete Paragraph Template (& write paragraph) and WTO p24;
Silent Reading
Thursday 4/12 – Check Paragraph Paste-Up (1) and
WTO p24; Turn in Paragraph Template w/ paragraph; Read “Camp Harmony”
pp645-650 and Discuss; Assign: Reading Mini-Test/Short Answer
Friday 4/13 – Check Reading Mini-Test/Short
Answer; Go over GL p655; Assign: GL pp55-56; Silent Reading
Monday 4/16 – Check GL pp55-56; Main Idea/Supporting
Details Newspaper Title Sequencing Activity; Silent Reading
Tuesday 4/17 – “Camp Harmony” Test; Silent Reading
Wednesday 4/18 – Check Main Idea/Supporting
Details Newspaper Title Sequencing Activity; Read “The Golden
Door: A Nation of Immigrants” pp636-642; Assign: Reflecting p643 ?’s 2, 3 and 4
Thursday 4/19 – Begin Reader’s Theater
“The Red-Headed League”
- Introduction of short story and script, students will preview
the script, introduction of vocabulary and figurative language, Assign:
Robust Vocabulary
Friday 4/20 – Check Robust Vocabulary; Continue
“The Red-Headed League”
- Students read the script independently, Assign: Build
Comprehension/Interpreting the Classic; Silent Reading
Monday 4/23 – Continue “The Red-Headed
League” – Finish Comprehension Activity from Friday,
Students read the script in their small groups
Tuesday 4/24 –
Continue “The Red-Headed League” - Check Build
Comprehension/Interpreting the Classic, Students complete
“Categories” activity within their groups, Practice script
for the last time; Silent Reading
Wednesday 4/25 – Finish “The Red-Headed
League” - Students will perform the script using fluency and
proper character intonation and inflection in front of the class;
Assign: Paragraph Sequencing; Silent Reading
Thursday 4/26 – Action Magazine: Read play and at
least two other articles, discuss and answer questions
Friday 4/27 – Grammar: Complete Subjects and
Complete Predicates p7; BYR p658: Do QW indep.
And then tog. as a class, Review Tone and Writer’s Perspective;
Assign: WTO p25, CS & CP p8
Monday 4/30 – Turn in WTO p25 & CS/CP p8; Read
“The Circuit” pp659-663 tog.;
Assign: p666 Reading Check a.-e. and ?’s
2-7
Tuesday 5/1 – Cloze Activity: “Caesar
Chavez”; Read “The Habit of Movement “ p665; Assign
and Check: Reading Mini-Test p100
Wednesday 5/2 – Check p666 Reading Check a.-e. and ?’s 2-7; Work on Persuasive Writing
Activity p667, ? #2 (minimum of 1 page, single spaced) Rough Draft;
Silent Reading
Thursday 5/3 – Grammar: Simple & Compound
Subjects and Predicates p9; Assign: S/C Subj/Pred
p10 and Essay ? for Tomorrow’s Test;
Silent Reading
Friday 5/4 – (1/2 day) “The
Circuit” Reading Test; Silent Reading
Monday 5/7 – Check S/C Subj/Pred
p10; Peer Revising of Persuasive Essay; Assign: Final Copy due tomorrow
Tuesday 5/8 – BYR p44: Do M the C tog, QW ind., Review Context Clues tog. Begin Reading and Discussing
“Flowers for Algernon” Part 1 pp45-60
Wednesday 5/9 – Finish Reading and Discussing
“Flowers for Algernon” Part 1 pp45-60; Assign: Reading
Check a.-d. and ?’s 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9
Thursday 5/10 – Finish Reading Check a.-d. and ?’s 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9; Assign:
Vocabulary Activity (10 WTO do definitions/sentences/pictures)
Friday 5/11 – Go over Reading Check a.-d. and ?’s 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9; Turn in
Vocabulary Activity; Review WTO (via EasiTeach
Activity); Assign: WTO p3
Monday 5/14 – Check WTO p3; Do Check Test; Review
for “Flowers for Algernon” Part 1 Test tomorrow; Silent Reading
Tuesday 5/15 – “Flowers for Algernon” Part 1
Test;
Silent Reading
Wednesday 5/16 – Read “Walt Disney”
Selection and complete questions; Assign: Review of Complete and Simple
Subjects and Predicates pp86-87
Thursday 5/17 – Check yesterday’s work; Read
and Discuss “Flowers for Algernon” Part 2 pp63-73; Assign:
Reading Mini-Test pp16/18
Friday 5/18 – Finish “Flowers for
Algernon” Part 2 Do Check
Test
Monday 5/21 – Check Reading Mini-Test pp16/18; Go
over GL p76; Assign: Reading Check p74 a.-e. and ?’s
1-8 and GL pp7-8; Silent Reading
Tuesday 5/22 – Go over GL pp7-8; Review for
tomorrow’s Test; Assign: “Flowers for Algernon” Vocab/Punctuation Activity
Wednesday 5/23 – “Flowers for Algernon”
Part 2 Test; Assign: Punctuating Quotations and Dialogue pp149-150;
Silent Reading
Thursday 5/24 – Do Writing Activity p75: Learning
for Life ?#4. Position Wanted
Friday 5/25 – (1/2 day) Continue Writing Activity
p75: Learning for Life ?#4. Position Wanted
(Due Tuesday 5/29)
Monday 5/28 – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 5/29 – Administer District Writing
Assessment; Students receive Final Exam review sheet
Wednesday 5/30 – Begin Book Report Projects;
Assign: Work on Final Exam review sheet
Thursday 5/31 – Continue Book Report Projects;
Assign: Work on Final Exam review sheet
Friday 6/1 – Finish Book Report Projects; Assign:
Work on Final Exam review sheet
Monday
6/4 – Present Book Report Projects; Assign: Work on Final Exam
review sheet (due tomorrow)
Tuesday
6/5 – Review for Final Exam
Wednesday
6/6 – Final Exam
Thursday
6/7 – “The Diary of Anne Frank” (divide class into 2
groups)
Group 1: Select
parts and practice lines from Act 1 Scenes 1-5 pp348-385; Decide on a
way to teach the class the 10 WTO
Group 2: Select
parts and practice lines from Act 2 Scenes 1-5 pp387-408; Decide on a
way to teach the class the 5 WTO
Friday
6/8 – Groups teach their classmates their WTO; Begin Reading “The Diary of Anne
Frank” based on assigned parts
Monday
6/11 – Continue Reading “The Diary of Anne Frank”
based on assigned parts
Tuesday
6/12 – Finish Reading “The Diary of Anne Frank” based
on assigned parts
Wednesday
6/13 – NO CLASS------8th Grade Farewell Activity All
Day
Thursday
6/14 – (½ day) Last Day of School; End of Year Reflection
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