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
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
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 |
Date 11/10-11/14 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
8th Grade |
| 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
Date 11/3-11/7 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
8th Grade |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
October 1st - Boundless Adventures
Parent Teacher Conferences - 10/14 & 10/16
Contact: jfenske@kusd.edu
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
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
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