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May 2008
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	Noteable rubric again, go over essay tomorrow Roman Plays time Rash Biog. 3 Due	Reader's workshop #2 Soto's invite Play prop building / memorizing go over rubric for tomarrow's write	N of Not written essay all in one setting (plan, draft, typing?)	Finish Night of Notables paper - put onto notecards Roman Play performances Discuss tomorrow / literacy circles	sub 7th team time 3rd/6th WA DC trip intro. Unforgettables test Literacy circles
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	Noteable AutoBio Poem convert to speech / discuss costumes / props	Roman vid. Romulous/Remus Myth Stud. grade Reading Assess. begin Crispin.	Roman vid./Crispin (begin - Mosiacs) Reader's workshop #3 Begin in class Nof Notables presentations, Group 1 today AM CORE - , Kaleigh, Kai, Kendall, Kia, Rose, Loryn pm core - Hannah, Jorge, Kim, Ali, Brenna, Marisa	Roman vid./Crispin (mosiacs) N of Noteb. Group 2 AM core- Luke, , Emily, Jordan, Dylan, Andi, Arnie PM core- Casey, Rhett, Oscar, Paola, Derek S., Scott Plebian/patrician discussion- reinactment	Sub with personal Day How to Survive As a roman - ?s Crispin (mosiacs)
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	Geo. Lit - Map portion of test ***Discuss tie dye party and what I need. Crispin Julius Cesar - rise and fall.	Roman vid(pax Romana)./Crispin N of Noteb. Group 3 AM core- Selena, Audel, Isba, Makai, Maddie, Ismael PM core- Tyler, Lynnette, Emily, Mikaelah, Wyatt, Raven Intro Pax. romana groups - start research research 2nd / 6th	Roman vid./Crispin (mosiacs due at end of class) N of Noteb. Group 4 AM core- Pablo, Alberto, Marisa, Chris, Tawnee, Jesus PM core- Brian, Drew, Logan, Holly, Kristina, Derek P. Reader's workshop #4 Research/typing 1rst / 5th in 108	life of a street book ?? N of Noteb. Group 5 AM core- Kelly, Jair, Rebekah, PM core- Jakob, Meryl, Britta, Erik Crispin Pax Romana - Day for typing/building/preparing lesson.	Tie-Dye T-shirt party Crispin/Nof Not. presentations make ups.
25	26 Memorial Day	27	28	29	30	31
		Crispin Pax Romana getting set? Practice speeches	Night of the Noteables 7pm - in Gym. Take students down to gym - discuss everything. Crispin Pax Romana Presentations - 3rd Toby/Aaron (Toby does Roman Roads) and 7th	Crispin Pax Romana Presentations - 3rd Sandra/Toby and 7th - Hink/Lancaster (top group of 4 comes to teach) Assessment Data Due	Crispin Readers workshop due: 1 lit. project, 1 wildside Pax Romana Presentations - 3rd ONLY Hink/Toby

June 2008
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	Crispin/Video Downfall of Roman Empire	Crispin/Video/Manor due on Friday FINAL GEOLIT TEST - (blank paper)	Everyone's birthday party 3rd/7th Crispin/Video	Crispin (manor)/Video	Crispin (manor)due /Video Pay it Forward due - Class sharing. Graduation Letter - due Thursday
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	Crispin/Video The plague	Crispin/Video Knights/Castles - go over capture theBanner - Design our Banner - offer cloth. - Show how to make the helmet and sword (demo) but give no time to make any. ???What the world eats??	Crispin(Coat of Arms)/Video Coat of Arms due Work on Letter	Crispin(Coat of Arms) /Video Graduation Letter due Sword and Stone	Gradebook closed Lorax - story of stuff Crispin Medieval Capture the flag 3rd/7th
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	Taiga Make your day activity	FieldDay to confluence	Assembly day.	Hink's house
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September 2007
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Please make sure you have all your supplies by Tuesday.	Last Day of Summer Have a Safe and Fun Labor Day.	Planner Survey T-Chart Buddy Mingle Core Binder	Name Game ABC's of Core Personal Timeline Book ListBook Pass Library √ out	Parent / Survey Due Writing Assessment	Demo. Writing Conference Active Thinking Stategies Read aloud - Think aloud Personal Timeline Work time The House - Determine importance
9	10	11	12	13 Open House 7pm	14	15
	RASH Intro Cultural Universal Preview Personal Time work time 2 periods Writing Conferences	Reading Assessment Personal Timlines work times.2 periods?? Writing Conferences	Readers workshop-Mini lesson, shared reading/read aloud/ work time for Lit. Projects, Lit. Conferences, Wildsides, or Silent Reading/RASH Personal Timelines Due Writing Conferences	SRI What's in your Heart? Cultural Universal Lesson Writing Conference	Demo Literature Conference Unforgettable Pretest Read aloud- memoir Fear Factor? Writing Conference
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	Rash Due - grade Moment You'll never forget (demo - 1 pg draft due Friday)	Good beginnings - redo moment - Geolit. map pretest - Large Geo Lit Map. Cult. Universals - cut / paste	Readers workshop-Mini lesson - Import. book, shared reading/read aloud/ work time for Lit. Projects, Lit. Conferences, Wildsides, or Silent Reading/RASH map work time	Important book - map work time DEARFS/ Elaboration Lesson	Writing Contest of Moment Never Forget, Important book - map work time????
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	Chart Grades DayBook Less. 1 Rash Due	Cult. Universals - Gov. skits? / Religion video? Anecdote Lesson - Honorable Anecdotes map work time	Readers workshop-Mini lesson- Inferences "man at the Well" , shared reading/read aloud/ work time for Lit. Projects, Lit. Conferences, Wildsides, or Silent Reading/RASH map work time Fire drill 8:10	GeoLiteracy map due Cult. Universals - Begin Cult collage Government Skits - Cult. Univ. Add anecdotes to papers Lockdown drills 10:40 am /12:50 pm	Geo Lit Test #1 Culture Collage Honorable Anecdotes due Evac. Drill 2 pm
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October 2007
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	Chart Grades Most Embarrasing Moment/Turning Point - Contest Friday Rash Due-read w/ parent Anarchy / Tyranny Day	Show not tell Lesson w/ Mr. Hansen Cult. Collage work time Unforgettable spelling test Oligarchy / Aristocracy Day	SRI - Lexiles reading test work time for Lit. Projects, Lit. Conferences, Wildsides, or Silent Reading/RASH Cult. Collage work time Guest Teacher Today - "Best Behavior"	Simile Lesson Turning point reading - On the Far Side of Failure (Touch of Wonder) - Fear Factor "Water hold" Monarchy Day	Writing Contest-Most Embarrasing Moment/ Turning Point DUE Grade Unfogettables test and GeoLit. Test Riddles / Game / Community building Democracy Day
7	8	9	10	11	12 No School	13
	Chart Grades Life Soundtrack Rash Due Cult. Collage work time-DUE Totalitarianism Day	Work Choice Lesson - $100 words - add to their paper Daybook - Lesson #1	Readers workshop-Mini lesson- Connections , shared reading/read aloud/ work time for Lit. Projects, Lit. Conferences, Wildsides, or Silent Reading/RASH Buddism video	Transitions - 2's, 3's, and Complex 4 trans. Life Soundtrack - Hinduism video
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	Chart Grades Parent Conference Letter Rash Due Share Life Soundtrack - DUE	Parent Conference work time - Teach WWH Happy Endings Judiasm video	Readers workshop-Mini lesson-Visualizing - , shared reading/read aloud/ work time for Lit. Projects, Lit. Conferences, Wildsides, or Silent Reading/RASH Islam video	Extending Info - lesson / Question / Thought / Proof Christianity video Organize folders/ prepare for Parent Teacher Conference.	Reader's Workshop Due - 1 Lit. project, 1 Lit. Conference, 1 wildside Parent Conference Letter-DUE Demo - conference, organize folders Religion comparison posters - round robin
21	22 Parent Conferences 4:00-7:30	23 Parent Conferences 1:00-4:00	24 Parent Conferences 4:00-7:30	25 Parent Conferences 1:00-4:00	26 No Parent Conferences Today	27
	Periods 1,2,3,4 chart grades Readers workshop-Mini lesson- Inferences "man at the Well" , shared reading/read aloud/ work time for Lit. Projects, Lit. Conferences, Wildsides, or Silent Reading/RASH	Periods 4,5,6,7 chart grades Readers workshop-Mini lesson- Inferences "man at the Well" , shared reading/read aloud/ work time for Lit. Projects, Lit. Conferences, Wildsides, or Silent Reading/RASH	Periods 1,2,3,5 Compare and Contrast - 2 Religions (not Yours) - Teach Venn Diagram Read - The Ravine	Periods 3,4,6,7 Compare and Contrast - 2 Religions (not Yours) - Teach Venn Diagram Read - The Ravine	Periods 1,2,6,7 Gradebook closed - no more redos after 3:00 Core Fun if you have no missing assignments. If you do, then you'll be working on those.
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	Chart Grades Where I'm From Poem Rash Due	Where I'm From ATS - Bingo Reading - Summary	Writing Assess - Review (Game??) Clear Desks (New Seating Chart in IPeriod) Read - The Elevator Scary Stories	Writing Assessment	Contest on Anchor papers Reading Assess. Review (Game?) Where I'm From Poem Due

November 2007
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4	5	6 End of 1st Q.	7	8	9	10
	Chart Grades Intro Egypt Learning Centers Rash Due	Egypt Learning Centers Reading Assessment	Egypt Learning Centers Intro Coffeehouse, demo my poem Grade Reading Assess. Poetry Intro. Lang and Lit. - 5 purposes of Poetry, basket of poems	Egypt Learning Centers Poetry songs - w/ 5 purposes Writing WASL Anchor Contest	Egypt Learning Centers If I were in Charge of the World CoffeeHouse Poem Due - write out onto Note Cards
11	12 Veteran's Day	13	14	15	16	17
	No School	Egypt Learning Centers Poetry Packet - Demo Fog - begin writing - own "Fog" - Analyze Road Not Taken Practice Poem Chart Grades Focus this week is on Inferences Rash Due If I were in Charge Poem Due	Egypt Learning Centers Inferences - Inference poster Reader's workshop #3 Practice Poem	Egypt Learning Centers "Fog" Due - Begin Writing Road Not Taken Practice Poem	Egypt Learning Centers I love you the Purplest - inferences and Compare and Contrast Inference Posters due Chart Reading Assessments - set goals Practice Poem
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	Egypt Learning Centers Road Not Taken - poem/picture Practice Poem	Egypt Learning Centers Road Not Taken - typed put with pict. for Thanksgiving Analyze Haikus Practice Poem	Write Haikus Analyze Oranges - Catch up. Practice Poem - time to build props Read aloud - I love you the Purplest
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	Egypt movie minute Practice Poem - discuss coffeehouse - props concerns, etc. Focus: Text features Chart Grades Read w/ Parent Rash Due	Egypt movie minute Egypt Unit Test Due - Grade question #1 Haikus due-Write Oranges & Analyze We Real Cool Practice poems - build props AM Coffeehouse 7pm in Rm 103	Egypt movie minute Egypt - review game Egypt Unit - Grade #2 Time to write Oranges/ & Analyze We Real Cool Reader's workshop	Egypt movie minute Write We Real Cool & Analyze Dream Deferred Egypt Unit - Grade #3,4 Text Features - lesson -prep for Library Day Book Unit #1 PM Coffeehouse 7pm in rm. 103	Daybook Egypt movie minute, KWL - Egypt Text Features - library fill in. First 1/2 Readers workshop due: 1 Wildside, 1 lit. project, 1 Lit. Conference "Bus Driver"

December 2007
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	Chart Grades Newspaper Rash Due We Real Cool due - Write Dream Deferred & Analyze The Red Wheelbarrow Weekly write - letter of thanks.	Egypt movie minute, KWL Daybook Text Features - plan - additions Dream Deferrde due - Write The Red Wheelbarrow & Analyze old age sticks	7th grade community building 7th and IPeriod Unforgettables test, corrections Handout - progress reports due Monday	Grade unforgettables / name game w/ "old" nicknames Bee movie Daybook The Red Wheelbarrow due - Wriie old age sticks & Analyze Mother to Son, name game w/ "old" nicknames	Text Features in Library additions, typing poems. Text Features Test Reader's workshop #1
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	Chart Grades Progress Reports Due old age sticks due - Write Mother to Son Rash Due	Talk about food for Christmas party Mother to Son due - & Analyze Union of Children's Rights together, Write Union of Children's Rights All Poetry Redos finished by Thurs.	Music Assembly 1rst thing Reader's workshop #2 Go to Library to type poems -2 periods	Union of Children's Rights Due -collect poetry packets Prince of Egypt Movie? Grade packets	Egypt Geolit Test Christmas Party Staff vs Students volleyball/ basketball games
16	17 Winter Break	18Winter Break	19 Winter Break	20 Winter Break	21 Winter Break	22

23	24 Winter Break	25 Winter Break	26 Winter Break	27 Winter Break	28 Winter Break	29

30	31 Winter Break	1 New Year's Day	2	3	4	5

January 2008
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			Compare / Contrast - Paper people Reader's workshop #3	Forensics w/ Mrs. Mowat. Assignment: bring Object can last 1000 years paper people	Share Artifacts, United Streaming, Intro. Options for Dig Deep (sell)
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	Chart Grades Big 6 - task deff. Intro Dig Deep in Library Rash Due	Option Chosen, Intro note taking, start researching topics in book form Weekly write - Letter of Thanks	paper people due Reader's workshop #4 Research Dig Deep - books Transitions	Tchart - Sent. Fluency Time - work on ending Dig Deep Lab - Citation maker - open research	Dig Deep Lab -pro quest/elibrary- open research time Letter of Thanks due - required: Good beginning, anecdote, simile, 2 $100 words, 3 word (or less) sentence, happy ending
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	Chart Grades Dig Deep Lab - open research Rash Due	Dig Deep Lab - open research either in lab or books Non Fiction research papers.	Dig Deep Lab - open research either in lab or books in class Writing Assess. redos	Dig Deep Lab - open research either in lab or books Reading review Team Meeting - Substitute	Dig Deep Lab - open research either in lab or books - Last day!!! 2nd part of Reader's workshop Due
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		Chart Grades Writing Assessment Dig Deep Rash Due -	Mulan	Reading Assessment	Gradebook closed - no more redos accepted grade Reading Assessments Baby if you love me smile
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	Chart Grades Rash Due Extending info. target - intro Court case	Start The Giver Time for court case Geo. Lit. Test #3 China - past / present	The Giver Reader's workshop #1 Economic - what the world eats. Time for court case	"Trial of the Big Bad Wolf"

February 2008
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	Chart Grades Ext. Info. Rash Due Gary Soto - Baseball in April. - Read one story	Soto - read one story Begin Debate - Teach persusive once again - "gum" t-chart, 4 square, draft The Giver	The Giver Reader's workshop #2 Soto - read one story Draft - "gum" due Thrus.	The Giver Soto - read one story Constest "gum" - winner - debates me in front of class. "getting under skin" - 4 sq. on + or -.	Rootbeer Float Party The Giver Soto - read one story
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	Chart Grades Rash Soto Book The Giver Soto's Ode to Tennis Shoes	The Giver Getting under skin 4 squ due - mini debate Choose topics for final debate - Tues.	The Giver Reader's workshop #3 (all doing the Soto's discussion groups) Soto pre assessment	The Giver Ode to _____ due. - groups Valentines day special
17	18 President's Day	19	20	21	22	23
		Chart Grades/SOTM Nominations/The Giver Explain Book Clubs / Library books check out Final debate - decide	Substitue Today - Be respectful! The Giver Reader's workshop #4 Chart Writing Assess. Pretest - Greece	The Giver Soto - web quest Soto - Grafiti posters/summary due on Friday	The Giver Unforgettables test Fun Friday - w/ Hansen
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	Chart Grades No Rash - do to book clubs The Giver Greece reading -Greece Geog., climate, Ind. due Tues.	The Giver Levels Testing?? / What's worth fighting for- brainstorm Greece - Climate, Geog. and Econ. Poster - Due Monday	The Giver - Work on poster? Reader's workshop #1 How to Ace the WASL Song - performance Next Tues.	The Giver - Work on poster? Book Club #1 Time for Greece climate How to Ace the WASL Song - performance Next Tues.	First 1/2 Readers workshop due: 1 Wildside, 1 lit. project, The Giver - Work on poster? How to Ace the WASL Song - performance Next Tues. Writing Communtities explained

April 2008
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	Spring Break	1 Spring Break	2 Spring Break	3 Spring Break	4 Spring Break	5

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	Writing WASL Bootcamp Olympics	Writing WASL Bootcamp Olympics Night of Notables - Intro	Writing WASL Bootcamp Olympics 1rst readers workshop	Writing WASL Bootcamp Olympics Night of Notables web quest	Writing WASL Bootcamp (compactors going to Lewis and Clark for Kinders) Olympics Final Day Check out books for NofN
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	Expos. Writing WASL Prep Giving out Biog. Rash #1	Illustrate kit Myth	Illustrate Kit Myth Alexander The Great (movie, text), map practice	Illustrate Kit Myth Greece accomplishments (movie/ magazines)	Reading / Writing WASL prep - hot seat Myth - turn in Myth paper. Own the Throne activity
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	Persuas. Writing WASL Prep Rash Biog. 1 Due	Reading WASL prep Myth Game boards	Reading WASL prep Greece KWL (do the learned) Greece Jeopardy Myth Game boards	Illustrate Kit, Greece KWL (do the learned) Greece Jeopardy	Hercules
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	Begin - Personal obituary Show Gpa Pete's, begin writing Rash Biog. 2 Due	Rome KWL (individual) - as a table come up with the top 5, class shares Obit. Time, Rome Geography, Sarah's lesson	Biography lit Conference Begin research for Biography - hand out notes packet Begin Roman plays - hand out packets. Get into the two groups, pick parts, beging reading out loud together	Roman Plays time Biog. research time	Obituary due - Contest Biog Research time (last day in class) Roman Plays time