Advisory / Community Circle:
Mindset Introduction
Checking In / Achieve 3000 / Presentations: What Makes a Successful Teacher / Achieve 3000 / No Advisory on Friday
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ELA CCS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Weekly Concept: Writers learn strategies for creating informational books.
English
ELA: / No ELA on Monday / No ELA on Tuesday / Objective: Writers of Informational books create summaries of what they are reading as they gather information. / Objective: Writers of Infomational books choose a subtopic and write a chapter for their books / Objective: Students will analyze and respond to article on Achieve 300
Agenda:
Jumpstart: Reading/ 40 book challenge summary
Mini Lesson: Gathering Information
Active Engagement: Summaries
Share / Agenda:
Jumpstart: Reading/ 40 book challenge summary
Mini Lesson: Choosing a chapter to write
Active Engagement: Begin Chapter
Share / Agenda:
Achieve 3000
Homework:
Read 25 minutes and fill out reading log
Complete Pre Writing of 5 chapters / Homework:
Read 25 minutes and fill out reading log
Complete Pre Writing of 5 chapters / Homework:
Read 25 minutes and fill out reading log / Homework:
Read 25 minutes and fill out reading log / Homework:
Have a great weekend!
Read 25 minutes and fill out reading log
Weekly Theme: Early Hominins
Essential Question:What capabilities helped hominins survive?
Vocabulary: archaeologist, hominin, capability, migrate
Social Studies / Objective: Students will describe the capabilities, or skills of four early hominin groups and explain why these capabilities are important. / Objective: Students will analyze images of various hominin groups and explore how physical and cultural adaptations gave later hominin groups advantages over earlier groups / No Social Studies on Wednesday / No Social Studies on
Thursday / Objective: Students will analyze how hominids had certain survival advantages over other groups by analyzing a series of hominids groups.
Agenda:
Agenda
Written Jumpstart
Technology in the Classroom
Mini Lesson: Homo Erectus and Homo Neandertalensis
Debrief
Homework
Transition / Agenda:
Agenda
Written Jumpstart
Technology in the Classroom
Mini Lesson: Homo Sapiens/ Modern Humans
Debrief
Homework- Processing
Transition / Agenda:
Agenda
TCI Assessment #2: Early Hominins
Homework:
Complete Classwork TCI Sections 2-3 / Homework:
Processing: Student create a poster highlight the capabilities of one of the hominin groups (Due Friday) / Homework:
- No Homework. Have a great weekend!
Middle School Success / 6-ORG.A2 Keep calendars and/or planners for each class which show assignments
6-COLL.2 Follow established rules for engaging in collaborative activities
EQ: “What norms do we need to have in place to make sure we have a positive and productive AVID class?” / 6-COLL.3 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners
6-COMM.A6 Practice speaking skills in front of small groups
EQ: “What slogan best represents our AVID class?” / 6-COLL.1 Participate in team building lessons to learn about valuing and effectively working with others
6-COLL.2 Follow established rules for engaging in collaborative activities
EQ: “How are we doing at becoming an AVID community?”
Agenda:
Jumpstart
Time Log
Weekly Learning Log
Mini Lesson: Creating a Social Contract
Debrief / Agenda:
Agenda:
Jumpstart
Time Log
Weekly Learning Log
Mini Lesson: Creating A Class Slogan
Debrief / Agenda:
No Middle School Success on Wednesday / Agenda:
No Middle School Success on Thursday / Agenda:
Agenda:
Jumpstart
Time Log
Weekly Learning Log
Community Circle: Sum of Skittles
Homework:
Weekly Learning Log
Time Log / Homework:
Weekly Learning Log Due Friday