Monday

Day 5, October 5, 2026

8^th Grade Assignments

English

LESSON:

Planners, agenda, goals.

BR Objective: increase brain activity, improve fine motor skills, improve performance across all academic areas, use in real life writing, foundational activity for HOTS. Cursive letter: F, f

Spelling Practice wk. 4

Speech Giving Survey in GC

NoRedInk --- Underlining titles lesson and practice

ASSIGNMENT:

Spelling Test 4 on Friday.

No Red Ink Lesson and Practice Capitalizing Titles due start of class Tuesday

Quizlet and Blooket available for review

History

Bell-ringer: Create a word wall on handout : “Adjectives that describe a relationship”

Activities: Introduction to DBQ project using project overview handout; Show students how to access Primary Source Documents on Google Classroom; Read through DocA “Massacre in the Main Temple”; complete Primary Source Notes for Document A ONLY, practice this with the large group; hand back graded assignments

Assignment: Study Colony Characteristic Chart for Friday’s Quiz

Literature

BELL RINGER: Pick up ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip - Activity #1 and Graphic Book Review Peer Revising Form; Share two boxes of information from your Graphic Book Review with your table partner

LESSON:

Introduce ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Vocabulary Words and Activity #1

Introduce Graphic Book Review Peer Revising Form

Assign partners for Peer Revising

Make final corrections on Graphic Book Review.

Staple completed Peer Revising Form to Rough Draft copy. This will need to be turned in with your final copy.

Print colored copy to turn in with your rough draft/peer revising sheet TOMORROW!

ASSIGNMENT:

Independent Reading; ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip- Activity #1; Graphic Book Review (PRINTED IN COLOR) due tomorrow, Week #3 - Independent Reading Activity due tomorrow!

Math

Unit 8 Lesson 1

Science

Agenda:

Turn in homework

Reading from a Text book as a class.

Assignment: Finsh reading

Study for Unit Test Wednesday

7^th Grade Assignments

English

Fill out planner

Introduce Spelling List #5

Spelling Morphology #5

Review P.E.N.S. Writing Strategy

Refer to Cue Card #8

Add check for punctuation in compound sentences.

Assign: Writing Compound Sentences. Part A (GC) due tomorrow; Spelling Morphology #5 due Wednesday.

Reminder: Simple & Compound Sentences Test on Thursday.

Geography

Evaluating an Online Source - QFT - Culture

Groups of 4 students will create, refine, and strategize how to use their questions to understand culture.

Students will collectively create a word cloud to represent culture.

Homework: Evaluate an Online Source - Due Tomorrow

Literature

FORE vocabulary definitions

POSSUM due Wednesday

Read Pages 76-87

Assignment: POSSUM due end of day Wednesday

Literature

FORE vocabulary definitions

POSSUM due Wednesday

Read Pages 76-87

Assignment: POSSUM due end of day Wednesday

Math

Assignments have not yet been posted for this class.

Science

Review slides #26-28

CK DNA review W.Sheet

DNA and RNA Escape room activity

Assignments: Finish Escape room Due Tuesday

6^th Grade Assignments

English

Punctuation questions

semicolons and colons

Five Study Tips for MS Students

Assignment: punct #2 worksheet (back only), Punctuation Test is Thursday

Literature

Hand in Typed response – Luke & Me

Among the Hidden Vocabulary Quiz #1-25

Among the Hidden – chapters 24 & 25

Assignment: Read 1/2 hour

Math

BR - fill in planner, page 124 (18.1 only)

Notes lesson 17

Discuss 18.1

18.2: choice partner (4

minutes)

18.3: class

Collect white packet #5

Hand out white packet #6

HW - page 127 #2, test Wednesday

Science

Assignments have not yet been posted for this class.

Social Studies

BR: Weekend Stories

Activities: Weekend Stories, Greek City-States, Page 214, Vocab Terms, Handout

Assignment: Vocab Terms Due Thursday

Tuesday

Day 6, October 6, 2026

8^th Grade Assignments

English

LESSON:

Planners, agenda, goals.

BR Objective: increase brain activity, improve fine motor skills, improve performance across all academic areas, use in real life writing, foundational activity for HOTS. Cursive letter: G, g

Quotes and Underlining sort activity (individually at table) / discuss

Quotes and underlining handout! (put in binder behind resources!). Repeat sort activity

Lesson and Practice: Long Form-Short-Form Titles and Formatting 1 NoRedInk

ASSIGNMENT:

Spelling Test 4 on Friday.

Long Form-Short-Form Titles and Formatting 1 practice due START of class Wednesday

Quotes and Underlining Quiz NRI on Thursday

History

Bell-ringer: Review/Finish Document A “Massacre in the Main Temple”

Activities: Continue DBQ Source Analysis with Document B: read as a large group, get into DBQ groups and complete Primary Source notes, then come back together as a large group and review, correcting work

Assignment: Study Colony Characteristic Chart for Friday’s Quiz

Literature

BELL RINGER: Pick up ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #2; Turn in Week #3 - Independent Reading Activity; Question - When you hear the word “outsider” what do you think about?

LESSON:

Introduce ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #2

Discuss bell ringer answers

The Outsiders teaser video

Introduce The Outsiders Webquest

ASSIGNMENT:

Independent Reading; Complete ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #2; The Outsiders Webquest due at the end of the day on Wednesday

Math

Finish Unit 8 Lesson 1, Start Lesson 2

Science

Agenda:

Finish reading from a Text book as a class.

Ocean Warming Interactive

Finish individually

Assignment: Study for Unit Test

7^th Grade Assignments

English

Fill out planner

DEP bell ringer

Continue writing compound sentences using P.E.N.S. strategy.

Assign: Writing Compound Sentences. Part B (GC) due tomorrow; Spelling morphology #5 due tomorrow.

Reminder: Simple & Compound Sentences Test on Thursday

Geography

What are the different typs of government systems found around thie world?

Introduce the Declaration of Human Rights - video.

Read pages 66-67.

Complete section notes and review questions

HW: Chapter 2 - Section 3.5 - Human Rights (GC) - Due Tomorrow

Literature

Read pages 87-99

Ghost Vocabulary Practice

Assignment:

POSSUM due tomorrow

Ghost Vocabulary Practice

Literature

Read pages 87-99

Ghost Vocabulary Practice

Assignment:

POSSUM due tomorrow

Ghost Vocabulary Practice

Math

Assignments have not yet been posted for this class.

Science

Warm up #19 Do you think fruit has DNA?

Fruit DNA lab and questions

Extracting fruit DNA solution

Lab clean up

Assignments:

Fruit Lab Question Due Wed

6^th Grade Assignments

English

apostrophes

note card quiz

Assignment: punct#2 (front side), punctuation test is Thursday

Complete Punctuation Questions as often as needed

Literature

Six Way Paragraph #52 - What Did Confucius Say?

Population Laws

-Slideshow in Google Classroom

-Share China’s Population Law

-Begin EdPuzzle Videos & Questions

Assignment: Read 1/2 hour

Math

BR - fill in planner, correct page 127

Notes lesson 18 and 19

Review packet: as a class and independent

HW - Review worksheet, test tomorrow

Science

Assignments have not yet been posted for this class.

Social Studies

BR: Google Form BR

Activities: Google Form BR, Athens Democratic Society, Compare Greece to Iowa, Page 221, Handout

Assignment: Vocab Terms Due Thursday

Wednesday

Day 1, October 7, 2026

8^th Grade Assignments

English

LESSON:

Planners, agenda, goals.

BR Objective: increase brain activity, improve fine motor skills, improve performance across all academic areas, use in real life writing, foundational activity for HOTS. Cursive letter: H, h

Quotes and Underlining Practice test (paper)

Lesson and practice: Formatting Titles 2 & 3 NoRedInk

ASSIGNMENT:

Spelling Test 4 on Friday.

Formatting Titles 2 & 3 NoRedInk due at START of class tomorrow.

Quotes and Underlining QUIZ in NRI tomorrow!

Quizlet and Blooket available for review

History

Bell-ringer: Review Document B

Activities: Continue DBQ Source Analysis with Document C and D: read as a large group, and complete Primary Source notes with small group, then review as large group

Assignment: Study Colony Characteristic Chart for Friday’s Quiz

Literature

BELL RINGER: Pick up Week #4 - Independent Reading Activity; Turn in ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #2; TAKE TIME FOR TEN!

LESSON:

Introduce Week #4 - Independent Reading Activity

Introduce ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #3 - Wordwall

Check in with The Outsiders Webquest progress

Continue working on The Outsiders Webquest - due tomorrow by the end of the day!

ASSIGNMENT:

Independent Reading; ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #3; Week #4 - Independent Reading Activity due Wednesday, October 14th

Math

Finish Unit 8 Lesson 2, Start Lesson 3

Science

Agenda: Unit Test

Assignment: None

7^th Grade Assignments

English

Fill out planner

Hand in Morphology #5

Fill out assessment sheet

Review for tomorrow’s test

Assign: Simple & Compound Sentences Review (GC)

Geography

Review the Declaration of Human Rights.

Review pages 66-67.

Discuss why whe have human rights

What happens when human rights are ignored or violated? Find a real-world example of Human Rights challenges around the world

HW: Chapter 2 Study Guide - Due Friday

Literature

Read Chapter 6

Comprehension questions with your group

Summary and Response on your own

POSSUM due today

Assignment:

Summary and Response paper

Week 6 Log due Friday

Literature

Read Chapter 6

Comprehension questions with your group

Summary and Response on your own

POSSUM due today

Assignment:

Summary and Response paper

Week 6 Log due Friday

Math

Assignments have not yet been posted for this class.

Science

Warmup #21 what happens when DNA gets Damaged? Video

Pop Quiz:DNA and RNA

Mutation work sheet and DNA and RNA Review

Assignments: Complete mutation W. SHeet and DNA and RNA

Due Thursday

6^th Grade Assignments

English

My punctuation skills

study for punctuation test

-preview of test

-group of review questions

-review and submit any questions from assignments

-make additional note cards

-review rules -- can you highlight any more?

-cover examples in your rules packet -- can you write your own

example, are you right?

Assignment: study! Punctuation test is TOMORROW!

Literature

Among the Hidden – chapter 26

Add to rising action

Video assignment – China’s One Child Policy

*Complete videos in EdPuzzle

Assignment: Read 1/2 hour

Math

BR - fill in planner, hand in worksheet, get out pink notes

Complete Unit 1 Assessment

Read

White packet #6

Other homework

HW - none

Science

Assignments have not yet been posted for this class.

Social Studies

BR: N/A

Activities: Old Gym with Science Class, Catapult Warfare, Greek Buildings

Assignment: No Assignment

Thursday

Day 2, October 8, 2026

8^th Grade Assignments

English

LESSON:

Planners, agenda, goals.

BR Objective: increase brain activity, improve fine motor skills, improve performance across all academic areas, use in real life writing, foundational activity for HOTS. Cursive letter: I, i

NRI Quiz

Dog of the Day Quick Write

Quotes and Underlining Test in GC (?)

Speech assignment in GC. Read!

ASSIGNMENT:

Spelling Test 4 on Friday.

History

Bell-ringer: Review Document C & D , possibly play a round of Blooket to prep for Col. Char. Quiz tomorrow

Activities: Continue DBQ Source Analysis with Document E and F: read as a small group, and complete Primary Source notes with small group; hand out and work on DBQ final script if time

Assignment: Finish all remaining sections of primary source notes (due Mon.) ; Study Colony Characteristic Chart for tomorrow’s Quiz

Literature

BELL RINGER: Pick up ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #4

LESSON:

Introduce ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #4

6-Way Paragraph benchmark assessment - Passage #M52 - “Whatever Floats Your Boat”

Record October score on reading comprehension graph.

Begin ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #4 or Independent Reading

ASSIGNMENT:

Independent Reading; ROOT: cap, ceit, ceive, cept, cip Activity #4 due tomorrow!

Math

Finish Unit 8 Lesson 2 then do Lesson 3

Science

Agenda:

Go over test questions.

Clean out binders.

New seating chart

Introduce The Water Cycle - Pretest

Assignment - finish pre-test

7^th Grade Assignments

English

Fill out planner

TEST-Simple and Compound Sentences

Work time

Assign: Spelling Assignment #6 (GC) due tomorrow.

Reminder: Spelling Test #6 tomorrow.

Geography

.Review in-class activity from yesterday on human rights

Allow time to work on Chapter 2 Study Guide

Blooket Review

Homework: Chapter 2 Test Tomorrow

Literature

Vocabulary Group Practice

Comprehension Question Review

Summary and Response Review

Inference Skill Lesson

Assignment: Quiz tomorrow - study

Week 6 Log due tomorrow

Literature

Vocabulary Group Practice

Comprehension Question Review

Summary and Response Review

Inference Skill Lesson

Assignment: Quiz tomorrow - study

Week 6 Log due tomorrow

Math

Assignments have not yet been posted for this class.

Science

Warm up #22 mistakes in DNA

Mutation notes

Discuss mutation section of notes (review)

Do RNA review W. Sheet in class together

Assignments:

6^th Grade Assignments

English

take punctuation test

Assignment: read and note three important ideas in Developing a Plot

Literature

Among the Hidden – chapter 27

Vocabulary words #26-30

Add to rising action

Study Island Group Session (if time)

Assignment: Read 1/2 hour

Math

BR - fill in planner, white packet #6

Hand out note sheet for Unit 2

1.1 discussion

1.2: class ***Need collection

1.3: partners ***Need 12 collections

Page 141 #1-3

HW - page 141 #1

Science

Assignments have not yet been posted for this class.

Social Studies

BR: KET News Report

Activities: KET News Report, Worksheet, Correct, Current Events Partner Work, Check Vocab Terms

Assignment: No Homework

Friday

Day 3, October 9, 2026