__________new quarter___________________
March 29, 2019
1. SOL skill: symbolism
2. took quiz on chapter 3
3. students read novel pages 47-54
April 1, 2019
1. SOL skill: analogies
2. read/discussed chapter 4 together
3. students read first five pages of next chapter
April 2, 2019
1. SOL skill: flow charts and diagrams
2. answered/turned in questions sheet for chapter 4
3. students read pages 72-77 of novel, Night
April 3, 2019
1. SOL skill: theme
2. finished chapter 5 aloud together
3. students read pages 85--bottom of page 90
April 4, 2019
1. finished chapter 6 of Night
2. IXL: U2, V1, Y3
3. 3rd and 4th periods completed question sheets for chapters 3-5
April 5, 2019
1. reviewed SOL skill: main idea and summary
2. read in novel--pages 98-108
3. students completed main idea/summary worksheet for grade---a couple may need to finish for homework
April 8, 2019
1. SOL skill: tone and mood
2. finished novel
3. marked 15 vocabulary words that will be on novel test
4. completed last question sheet for novel
NOVEL TEST WEDNESDAY
April 9, 2019
Watched Jakob the Liar (Holocaust movie)
NOVEL TEST TOMORROW---STUDY VOCAB--LOOK OVER OLD QUESTION SHEETS AND QUIZZES
April 10, 2019
---novel test
April 11, 2019
1. watched section of Jakob the Liar
2. make up tests for folks who were absent yesterday
April 12, 2019
2nd pd didn't meet---assembly
1. SOL skills: onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, alliteration
2. finished movie
April 15, 2019
1. SOL skill review: oxymoron and personification
2. paired reading practice in scholastic magazines: play and article---may work with partner
April 16, 2019
---Benchmark Test
April 17, 2019
1. SOL skill: hyperbole, cliche, idiom
2. read/discussed articles together
3. students read article about a lost ship and answered questions for a grade
April 18, 2019
1. time to finish benchmark test and magazine articles from this week
2. IXL: a1, b1, e5, e6---due Wednesday
April 23, 2019
1. SOL skill: point of view
2. read chapters 1 and 2 of The Pigman
3. students began working on novel vocabulary
QUIZ TOMORROW ON FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE--STUDENTS HAVE NOTES IN READING SOL TAB OF BINDER
IXL DUE WEDNESDAY AFTER SCHOOL
April 24, 2019
1. SOL skill: context clues
2. quiz on figurative language
3. read chapters 3 and 4 of The Pigman
4. worked on novel vocabulary and study questions for novel
April 25, 2019
1. "Personality Test" from novel
2. read chapter five aloud
3. pop quiz on novel
4. SOL skill: synonyms and antonyms
April 26, 2019
1. SOL skill: text structure
2. Test Prep book---practice test one, section one---went over answers together
3. students read chapter 6 of The Pigman
April 29, 2019
1. read chapter 7 aloud of The Pigman
2. completed a section of a practice test---went over answers
3. reviewed connotation and denotation--students completed a practice sheet
April 30, 2019
1. SOL skill: fact v. opinion
2. test prep section---went over answers
3. read chapters 8 and 9 of The Pigman
4. student worked on study questions for novel
May 1, 2019
1. pop quiz on novel
2. IXL: E2,D4,T2,C3---due Monday
May 2, 2019
1. SOL skill: cognates
2. completed test prep pages together (poetry)
3. Read chapters 10-11 of The Pigman
May 3, 2019
1. completed test prep book pages 18-22 for grade
2. read chapter 12
3. used 15 vocabulary words in sentences---turned in
May 6, 2019
---helped me take down prom
May 7, 2019
1. finished novel
2. students worked on last set of study questions
FRIDAY: Pigman test, all study questions due, 15 vocabulary sentences due
Students were given a letter today that allows them to retake a failed SOL if the parent signs for permission.
May 8, 2019
Today was the 8th grade science SOL test, so I worked on make-up work and novel work with the few kiddos that were in class.
May 9, 2019
last SOL skill to review---prefixes, roots, and suffixes---students worked in small groups to build words
TEST TOMORROW ON THE PIGMAN---ALSO, THEIR 15 VOCAB SENTENCES AND STUDY QUESTIONS ARE DUE
May 10, 2019
1. turned in study questions and vocabulary sentences
2. took test on The Pigman
SOL test Wednesday morning 5/15
Binder check 5/16
May 13, 2019
1. showed students what computer test will look like---format
2. completed half of a released test and went over answers
3. students submitted list of topics they want to review tomorrow (for SOL)
May 14, 2019
---SOL review based off practice test and student requests
May 15, 2019
--students took the reading SOL this morning
May 16, 2019
---taking a break---movie day---will begin remediation for those who qualify for expedited retakes
May 17, 2019
---movie day---reviewed with those kids who are retaking the SOL test
May 20, 2019
---last day for movie
May 21, 2019
read two nonfiction articles and completed question sheets
May 22, 2019
-----most students were in math 8 SOL test
May 23, 2019
1. magazines---read/discussed "Life on Other Planets"
2. students worked with partner in magazines for paired reading: "Ice History"--"Ice Cream"--completed question sheet
3. time for students to make up work
May 24, 2019
----no class----many students in science cram session and SOL retake
May 28, 2019
--students worked in small groups on exam review sheet
May 29, 2019
1. students finished exam review sheet
2. watched Jumanji
May 30, 2019
1. pay library fines
2. finish exam review sheet
3. Jumanji
