November 2021

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reading trackers!

Student/Staff Holiday
Student Holiday - NYT Word of the Day GC -Final round of reading and Literary Analysis
8.3 (everyone) quick writing: (TEST/MAJOR GRADE)
-Two rounds of reading and * Ind. Rdg Analyze a passage from your
quick writing: * Quick Write: What independent reading this
* Ind. Rdg stood out to you in your week.
* Quick Write: What reading today?
stood out to you in your - Revisit quick writes; what is
reading today? worth analyzing?
-Looping Activity

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reading trackers!

-Vocab Word of the Day
-Ind rdg/trkr
-Intro: Digital Reading
(student choice; monitor on
GG)
-Big Idea: Summarizing
Nonfiction
- browse for 2; pick one to
read for 5 minutes
- Info vs. Op Mini-lesson
-Vocab Word of the Day
-Digital Reading
- Find an article; id as
viewpoint or info; find 5-7
facts; record in notebook.
- Mini-lesson: Summarizing
Nonfiction with “Bug Heads,
Rat Hairs . . .”
-Vocab Word of the Day -Vocab Word of the Day
- Ind rdg/trkr Digital Reading
Mini-Lesson: Taking notes -Find an article; id as
from Nonfiction & Writing viewpoint or info; find 5-7
from Notes facts; record in notebook.
- Complete GC 8.2 (finish
oyo if time does not allow)
-Vocab Word of the Day
-Ind rdg/trkr
-Paragraph of the Week:
Choose one of the articles
from this week to
summarize. Be sure to
include the TS and FC.

Narrative Writing for

NYT Challenge
Workshop during MA!
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reading trackers!

- Word of the Day GC8.3
(model filling in “wistful”)
- Ind rdg/trkr
- Create a KWO from
nonfiction article “Bug
Heads and Rat Hairs”
-Exit Ticket: Change My
Mind Padlets
- Word of the Day GC8.3
- Write a summary based
on class kwo for “Bug
Heads and Rat Hairs”
- Digital Reading in The
Learning Network; write
a response in your
notebook (see my
example in GC 0.4 )
● - Word of the - Word of the Day GC8.3 ● - Word of the
Day GC8.3 - complete Review Intro Day GC8.3
● - Ind rdg/trkr - Digital Reading- read a ● - Using New
● - Introduction to review from the New Vocab 8.4
Writing Reviews; York Times; write a ● - Ind rdg/trkr
activity and gallery response. ● - - Digital
walk Reading- read a
● review from the
New York Times;
write a response.

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Thanksgiving Holiday
11/29 11/30 1 2 3 UIL Grade Check

- Weeks 15 & 16 Overview
- WoD for November
- Ind Rdg/Work on Book
Talk
- GC 12.2 Writing Review
Pear Deck
- WoD for November - WoD for December - WoD for December - WoD for December
- Reader/Writer Workshop: - Reader/Writer Workshop: - Reader/Writer Workshop: - Reader/Writer Workshop:
work on your book talk or work on your book talk or work on your book talk or work on your book talk or
one of your writing one of your writing one of your writing one of your writing
assignments (GC 8.5 or GC assignments (GC 8.5 or GC assignments (GC 8.5 or GC assignments
12.6) 12.6) 12.6) - GC 1.5 Book Talk 2
- GC 12.3 Review a Treat - GC 12.4 Review a Picture - GC 12.5 Review a song or Due/
video TEST GRADE