1 of 13

Date 12/1-12/5

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

Continue essay research

Research or Organizer

Writing

Writing

Finalize and turn in

6th Grade

Finalizing Essays

Last day for essays

HMH Textbook

Unit 3 Introduction- How do you find courage in the face of fear?

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Wrap up open work

Upcoming Dates:

November 26th-28th - School Closed, Thanksgiving Break

December 2nd- HAP Texas RH Restaurant Night

December 4th - Orchestra Concert @ Lakeview

December 6th - Nutcracker Performance @ Mahone

December 12th - No School

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

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Date 11/24-11/28

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

Continue essay research

Continue essay research

No School

No School

No School

6th Grade

Finalizing Essays

Finalizing & turning in Essays

No School

No School

No School

Upcoming Dates:

November 26th-28th - School Closed, Thanksgiving Break

December 2nd- HAP Texas RH Restaurant Night

December 4th - Orchestra Concert @ Lakeview

December 6th - Nutcracker Performance @ Mahone

December 12th - No School

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

3 of 13

Date 11/17-11/21

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

Unwind Final Test

54321

Vocabulary List 5-6

Select Essay topic & begin research

Research

Research

6th Grade

Continue essay research

Continue essay research

Begin graphic organizer

Graphic organizer

Writing Essay

Writing Essay

Writing Essay

Upcoming Dates:

November 26th-28th - School Closed, Thanksgiving Break

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

4 of 13

Date 11/10-11/14

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

  • Snow Day

Work Time to finish Lit Circle - all slides due 11/13

Work Time to finish Lit Circle - all slides due 11/13

Final Lit Circle Discussion

rescheduled due to snow day

Vocab Teast

Unwind review

6th Grade

Snow Day

Continue essay research

Continue essay research

Work on organizing information

Begin writing when research and graphic organizer have been checked

Upcoming Dates:

November 11th, 7:00-8:00pm - middle school band concert

November 12th, 5:00-6:00pm - RHA Open House

November 26th-28th - School Closed, Thanksgiving Break

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

5 of 13

Date 11/3-11/7

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

  • Vocabulary List 3-4 review
  • 54321
  • Lit Circle Week 4 work time

Work Time

Quarter 1 Incentive - Bowling

Lit Circle Group discussion #4

(rescheduled)

Begin Week 5 reading

review

6th Grade

New Kid by Jerry Craft - Test

Plagiarism & Paraphrasing

Quarter 1 Incentive - Bowling

Research skills

Choose essay topic

Begin research

Upcoming Dates:

Quarter 1 incentive - Wednesday 11/3

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

6 of 13

Date 10/27-10/31

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

Vocabulary List 3-4

Lit Circle Week 3 work time

Work Time - Lit Circle week 3 work time

All work for Lit Circle week 3 is due

(Band field trip)

Lit Circle Group discussion #3

(rescheduled)

No School

6th Grade

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Reader’s Notebook

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Reader’s

Notebook

Take time to proofread Reader’s Notebook & turn in

Review Story

Test on Monday

No School

Upcoming Dates:

Quarter 1 ends October 30th

No School October 31st

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

7 of 13

Date 10/20-10/24

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

Vocabulary Test

Week 2 Reading

Work Time - Lit Circle week 2 and missing work

All work for Lit Circle week 2 is due

Lit Circle Group discussion #2

(rescheduled)

Begin Week 3 reading and assignment

6th Grade

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Reader’s Notebook

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Research Questions

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Reader’s Notebook

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Reader’s Notebook

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Reader’s Notebook

Upcoming Dates:

Quarter 1 ends October 30th

No School October 31st

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

8 of 13

Date 10/13-10/17

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

Vocabulary Review

Work on Lit Circle

All work for Lit Circle week 1 is due

Lit Circle Group discussion

Begin Week 2 reading and assignment

No School

6th Grade

Corrections

Reading chapter 3 & Readers Notebook

Read Chapter 3 out loud, move on to chapter 4

Reading Response Notebook

No School

Upcoming Dates:

Parent Teacher Conferences - 10/14 & 10/16

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

9 of 13

Date 10/6-10/10

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

Review/share Author Research

Introduce Lit Circles

Begin reading Unwind

Introduce Lit Circle Groups, set deadlines and discussion expectations

Reading

Class discussion

Work on project

6th Grade

HMH Unit 1 Review

Reading Test

Author Research

Introduce Reading Response Notebook

Begin

The New Kid

Upcoming Dates:

Parent Teacher Conferences - 10/14 & 10/16

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

10 of 13

Date 9/29-10/3

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

Figurative Language (complete worksheet)

Clean-up incomplete work

Begin reading

Unwind

Author Research

Field Trip

Complete Figurative Language packet started Friday

missing work & corrections

Parts of Speech Review

6th Grade

HMH Textbook - Unit 1 Lesson 4

What's So Funny, Mr. Scieszka?

HMH Textbook - Unit 1 Lesson 4

What's So Funny, Mr. Scieszka?

Field Trip

Complete

Lesson 4

Missing work & corrections

Writing

Upcoming Dates:

September 30th - Picture Day

  • School Uniform Required
  • Link to pre-order

October 1st - Boundless Adventures

Parent Teacher Conferences - 10/14 & 10/16

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

11 of 13

Date 9/22-9/26

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

HMH Textbook - Unit 1 Lesson 4

The Monkey’s Paw

Read

HMH Textbook - Unit 1 Lesson 4

The Monkey’s Paw

Compare

Lesson 4 wrap up

Figurative Language

Unit 2 Reading Test

Writing

6th Grade

HMH Textbook - Unit 1 Lesson 3

Selfie

HMH Textbook - Unit 1 Lesson 3

Selfie

Parts of Speech

Independent Reading

HMH Textbook - Unit 1 Lesson 4

What's So Funny, Mr. Scieszka?

Writing

Upcoming Dates:

September 22nd-25th - Middle School Math Aimsweb Testing

October 1st - Boundless Adventures

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

12 of 13

9/15-9/19

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

Figurative

Language

Complete 54321

HMH Textbook - Unit 2 Lesson 3

Tell Tale Heart

HMH Textbook - Unit 2 Lesson 3

Tell Tale Heart

Review & Notes

Independent Reading (bring a book)

54321/writing

6th Grade

Parts of Speech review

HMH Textbook - Unit 1 Lesson 2

Brown Girl Dreaming

HMH Textbook - Unit 1 Lesson 2

Brown Girl Dreaming

Review & Notes

Independent Reading (bring a book)

Writing

Upcoming Dates:

September 15th - Boundless Adventures permission slip,

payment, & gloves are due

September 22nd-25th - Middle School Math Aimsweb Testing

Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu

13 of 13

Date

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8th Grade

6th Grade