Week at a Glance Weston January 14 - 18, 2019

Week activities at a glance Monday: checkpoint Formative – ELA and Math Tuesday: Remediation Wednesday: Iready diagnostics Thursday: iready diagnostics, if needed Friday: iready diagnostics, if needed

ELA 6th grade Learning targets I can cite explicit and inferred evidence from text. I can summarize the central idea of a text. I can demonstrate figurative language and word relationships. I can Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

Instructional activities Weekly Resources: figurative language handout – simile/metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration Argumentative writing organizer Homework practice Monday/Tuesday: Simile and Metaphor, personification/alliteration/onomatopoeia Wed/Thurs: main idea practice Monday: simile/metaphor practice for homework; main idea/citing text Tuesday: begin argumentative writing exercises Wednesday: iready diagnostics Thursday: i-ready diagnostics Friday: I Ready lesson/figurative language.

Arts integration and Differentiation Figurative language: Students will take simile and metaphor of their choice, draw picture and trade to see if classmate can identify Oral administration Use of graphic organizers Small group

ELA 6th Math Learning Targets I can solve equations using order of operations I can write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole number exponents

Instructional Activities Monday: order of operations Addition/subtraction, multiply/divide Homework practice Tuesday: quiz over vocabulary terms: Wednesday: iready diagnostics Thursday: I-Ready diagnostics, as students finish, complete assigned lesson in iready on exponents and order of operations. Friday: complete iready assignment for formative Students when complete with work will be allowed to utilize computers and work on i-ready lessons Homework is given at least 2 times a week

Arts integration/differentiation Arts for exponents: students will use their bodies to give interpretation of what happens to a number when exponents are applied. Students write a rap or song about order of operations. Differentiation: calculators, oral administration, small group opportunities Manipulatives and graphic organizers

7th ELA Learning targets I can cite explicit and inferred evidence from text. I can summarize the central idea of a text. I can demonstrate figurative language and word relationships. I can Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

Instructional activities Weekly Resources: figurative language handout – simile/metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration Argumentative writing organizer Homework practice Monday/Tuesday: Simile and Metaphor, personification/alliteration/onomatopoeia Wed/Thurs: main idea practice Monday: simile/metaphor practice for homework; main idea/citing text Tuesday: begin argumentative writing exercises Wednesday: i-ready diagnostics Thursday: i-ready diagnostics Friday: I Ready lesson/figurative language.

Arts integration and Differentiation Figurative language: Students will take simile and metaphor of their choice, draw picture and trade to see if classmate can identify Oral administration Use of graphic organizers Small group