Weekly Schedule
This page will give you an idea of what we will be covering in class each week. This page will be updated weekly. However, please see this as a working document that will change as often as needed. *Homework will also be displayed on this page.
Monday, February 11-Friday, February 15
Monday: Valentine video summarizing activity.
Tuesday: Library Day. Finish summarizing activity.
Wednesday: Scholastic Scope-play. Quiz on Play.
Thursday: Fact & Opinion Flocabulary work. Vocabulary Packet Due Today. Valentine's Kahoot! CLUB DAY.
Friday: Vocabulary Quiz.
Wednesday, February 6-Friday, February 8
Wednesday: Practice with main idea.
Thursday: Parent/Teacher Conferences. Thomas Jefferson guest speaker. Kahoot! & Quizzis to continue practicing Main Idea.
Friday: Main Idea Around the Room. Main Idea article practice on Chromebooks. Responding to classmates' answers.
Monday, January 21-Friday, January 25
Monday: Martin Luther King Jr. video and activity. Finish cause/effect assignment from Friday.
Tuesday: Library Day. Go over cause/effect article. Introduce Main Idea. Flocabulary activity.
Wednesday: Chromebooks. Newsela article. IXL. TeenBiz
Thursday: Vocabulary homework due. Go over vocabulary. Review with Kahoot! Continue main idea activities.
Friday: Quiz on Lesson 8 vocabulary. Review main idea.
Monday, January 14-Friday, January 18
Monday: Finish Text Features (Around the Room Activity). Begin Text Structures (Flocab & worksheet). Discuss Text Structure project. Give Lesson 7 vocabulary. Due Thursday.
Tuesday: Library Day. Work on writing project in computer lab.
Wednesday: Chromebooks. Finish writing project. Work on vocabulary when finished.
Thursday: Go over vocabulary worksheet. Kahoot! with vocabulary.
Friday: Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 7. Purple Book Lesson 3.
Monday, January 7-Friday, January 11
Monday: Chromebooks: Kahoot! to review rules, TeenBiz, DeckToys Figruative Language.
Tuesday: Library Day. Introduce text features (PowerPoint, Flocabulary). Work on vocabulary packet in class. What is not finished in class will need to be done for homework. This is due tomorrow!
Wednesday: Go over and grade vocabulary packet. Titanic Text Features activity.
Thursday: Review vocabulary. Finish Titanic Text Features activity. Complete review for text features quiz on Monday.
Friday: Vocabulary Test. Lesson 2 in purple book.
Thursday, January 3-Friday, January 4
Thursday: Rules Re-cap. Pass back papers/Clean out binders. Figurative Language Order-Up. New Year's Resolution/Reflection.
Friday: Begin "Test-Prep Friday." Discuss purple/yellow books. Scholastic News-MLK Jr. Analyzing Quotations.
Monday, December 10-Friday, December 14
Monday: Teen Biz. Give Unit Review Vocabulary packet. Lesson 5 Vocabulary Quiz
Tuesday: Library Day. Work on Review packet.
Wednesday: Christmas BreakOut.
Thursday: Quiz on Figurative Language. Play Kahoot! on vocabulary.
Friday: Mrs. Musick will not be here. Please be respectful to the substitute! Unit Review Test on Vocabulary. Scholastic News article.
Monday, December 3-Friday, December 7
Monday: TeenBiz: LeBron James Opens a School. Vocabulary Packet Lesson 4.
Tuesday: Library Day. Go over vocabulary.
Wednesday: Lesson 4 Vocabulary Quiz. Give Lesson 5 Vocabulary.
Thursday: Go over Lesson 5 Vocabulary. Katy Perry Figurative Language. Quiz on Figurative Language next Thursday.
Friday: Barter Trip! No Core 1 this day. For Core 2 and 3, we will do a writing activity based on the play. If you do not attend the play, you will be given an alternate assignment.
Monday, November 26-Friday, November 30
Monday: Go over PowerSchool access. Teen Biz: What Koko Taught Us. Homework:Vocabulary packet.
Tuesday: Library Day. Work on Figurative Language Packet. Go over homework.
Wednesday: Lesson 2 Vocabulary Quiz. Give Lesson 3 Vocabulary. Chromebooks: IXL-Figurative Language. Deck Toys.
Thursday: Go over Lesson 3 vocabulary. Work on Figurative Language packet.
Friday: Lesson 3 Vocabulary Quiz. Order-Up Figurative Language. Kahoot! with Figurative Language.
Monday, November 19-Friday, November 23
Monday: Refugee projects due today. You will not go to the dance on Tuesday if you do not have your project. Last video chat with Manteo Middle School. Present projects.
Tuesday: Library Day. Thanksgiving activities.
Wednesday-Friday: Enjoy your break!
Monday, November 12-Friday, November 16
Monday: Finish Refugee. Discuss final project for book. Complete TeenBiz Article #1. Start root/prefix/suffix vocabulary practice.
Tuesday: Library Day. Please make sure you bring all your books, if you are keeping them, you must re-new them. Vocabulary Practice. Gather research for final project. The rest of the project will need to be done at home.
Wednesday: Kahoot! with vocabulary and Refugee.
Thursday: Vocabulary Quiz. BARTER PERMISSION SLIPS & MONEY DUE! Begin Figurative Language unit.
Friday: STEM Day for girls. LEAF day for boys.
Monday, November 5-Friday, November 9
Monday/Tuesday: No School
Wednesday: TeenBiz Pre-test
Thursday: Read Refugee.
Friday: Finish Refugee.
Monday, October 29-Friday, November 2
Monday: Quiz on Refugee pages 93-196. Read Refugee pages 197-215. Complete packet work from Friday.
Tuesday: Library Day. Complete packet work from Monday/Friday. Read Refugee pages 216-235.
Wednesday: HALLOWEEN. Halloween activities. Dracula Comprehension Worksheet, Scary Short Stories, & Blackout Poetry (?).
Thursday: Read Refugee pages 236-252. Discussion Questions for Friday's Google Hangout. Frankenstein Anticipation Guide.
Friday: Google Hangout with Manteo Middle..... last one=(. Read Frankenstein play. Faculty vs. Student Volleyball Game.
Monday, October 22-Friday, October 26
Monday: Celebrate National Day on Writing (October 20). Around the room stations: 1. #WhyIWrite statements. 2. Complimentary notes to classmates. 3. Story Cubes. 4. 2-sentence scary stories. 5. Halloween Magnetic Poetry & Veterans Day Poems.
Tuesday: Library Day. Finish Veterans poems.
Wednesday: Read Refugee pages 146-172. Complete The Race Against Death Quiz from Scholastic (Core 1 & 2).
Thursday: Read Refugee pages 173-196. Complete Flipgrid for the week.
Friday: Mrs. Musick will be out. Please be respectful to the substitute. You will be working in the Scholastic News magazine today.
Monday, October 15-Friday, October 19
Monday: Read Refugee pages 93-109. Discuss inferencing and characterization.
Tuesday: Library Day. Everyday Edit sheet. Scholastic Scope (Its vs. It's).
Wednesday: Report cards go home. Please bring them back by Friday (19th). Refugee 110-128. Its vs. It's practice. Homework: Week 3 Discussion Questions.
Thursday: Refugee 129-146. Answer discussion questions for Refugee. Scholastic Scope (The Race Against Death-Text Features, Critical Reading, Summarizing, Quiz).
Friday: Video chat with Manteo. (Chatting this week: Alex, Owen, Ethan, Lane, Anna, Summer, Reese, Hannah, Zac R., Caylee, and Bradley... (BE PREPARED). Finish Scholastic Scope work from yesterday.
Monday, October 8-Friday, October 12
Monday: Library Day this week. Read pages 56-73 in Refugee.
Tuesday: Farm Field Trip. Please make note of the information that was attached to your permission slip (no shorts, no open-toed shoes, bring lunch).
Wednesday: Read Refugee pages 74-92. Pop Quiz on pages 1-73. Please remember: if you miss a day of school, it is your responsibility to make up the reading during advisory, recess, assisted studies, or silent reading time. We read something every day.
Thursday: Complete Flipgrid videos for discussion with Manteo Middle. Discuss point of view and inferencing.
Friday: FINISH Ungifted. Open book test when book is completed.
Monday, October 1-Friday, October 5
Monday: Begin GRA Refugee. Padlet answers with author interview (graded). Read pages 1-17. Discuss three characters and history of Syrian and Cuban refugees.
Tuesday: Library Day. Read Ungifted.
Wednesday: Read pages 18-33 in Refugee. Flipgrid Week 1.
Thursday: Read pages 34-55 in Refugee. Flipgrid Week 1.
Friday: Read Ungifted. Kahoot to review Ungifted.
Monday, September 24-Friday, September 28
Monday: Give 9-12 Vocabulary. Complete Daily Edit 1. Read pages 100-120.
Tuesday: Library Day. Complete Daily Edit 1. Read pages 121-130.
Wednesday: Read pages 131-159. Work on character chart. Begin discussing Global Read Aloud.
Thursday: Read pages 160-174. On Chromebooks: Type Ungifted Writing 1. Complete digital worksheet to review book. Practice on IXL X.7, and KK.1 to 80%.
Friday: Kahoot! on vocabulary from Chapters 1-12. Vocabulary Quiz on Chapters 1-12. Read pages 175-183.
Monday, September 17-Friday, September 21
Monday-Read Chapters 3 & 4 in Ungifted. Discuss and complete character chart.
Tuesday-LIBRARY DAY. Read 5 & 6 in Ungifted. Complete vocabulary for chapters 5-8. Homework if you do not finish in class.
Wednesday- Read 7-8 in Ungifted. Padlet on Chromebooks.
Thursday- Parent/Teacher Conferences. Read 9-10. Complete vocabulary for 9-12.
Friday- Pep Rally Day! Read 11-12.
*Please remember to turn in your farm field trip forms to your Core 1 teacher this week!
Monday, September 10-Friday, September 14
Monday- Begin Ungifted. Intro to book on Chromebooks.
Tuesday-Library Day. Begin vocabulary. Using a dictionary. Discuss 9/11 Remembrance.
Wednesday-
Tuesday, September 4-Friday, September 7
Tuesday- This will be Mrs. Musick's FIRST day back from maternity leave! I truly hope to make this transition coming from Mrs. McIlwaine to myself as your teacher as easy as possible. I look forward to spending the rest of the year in the classroom with each of you and getting to know everyone! Mrs. McIlwaine has covered many topics ranging from parts of speech to fiction and non-fiction. This week will be a review of those things you went over with her, starting with capitalization today.
Wednesday- Computer Lab
Thursday- Finish capitalization activity.
Friday- Story-writing activity.
Monday, February 11-Friday, February 15
Monday: Valentine video summarizing activity.
Tuesday: Library Day. Finish summarizing activity.
Wednesday: Scholastic Scope-play. Quiz on Play.
Thursday: Fact & Opinion Flocabulary work. Vocabulary Packet Due Today. Valentine's Kahoot! CLUB DAY.
Friday: Vocabulary Quiz.
Wednesday, February 6-Friday, February 8
Wednesday: Practice with main idea.
Thursday: Parent/Teacher Conferences. Thomas Jefferson guest speaker. Kahoot! & Quizzis to continue practicing Main Idea.
Friday: Main Idea Around the Room. Main Idea article practice on Chromebooks. Responding to classmates' answers.
Monday, January 21-Friday, January 25
Monday: Martin Luther King Jr. video and activity. Finish cause/effect assignment from Friday.
Tuesday: Library Day. Go over cause/effect article. Introduce Main Idea. Flocabulary activity.
Wednesday: Chromebooks. Newsela article. IXL. TeenBiz
Thursday: Vocabulary homework due. Go over vocabulary. Review with Kahoot! Continue main idea activities.
Friday: Quiz on Lesson 8 vocabulary. Review main idea.
Monday, January 14-Friday, January 18
Monday: Finish Text Features (Around the Room Activity). Begin Text Structures (Flocab & worksheet). Discuss Text Structure project. Give Lesson 7 vocabulary. Due Thursday.
Tuesday: Library Day. Work on writing project in computer lab.
Wednesday: Chromebooks. Finish writing project. Work on vocabulary when finished.
Thursday: Go over vocabulary worksheet. Kahoot! with vocabulary.
Friday: Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 7. Purple Book Lesson 3.
Monday, January 7-Friday, January 11
Monday: Chromebooks: Kahoot! to review rules, TeenBiz, DeckToys Figruative Language.
Tuesday: Library Day. Introduce text features (PowerPoint, Flocabulary). Work on vocabulary packet in class. What is not finished in class will need to be done for homework. This is due tomorrow!
Wednesday: Go over and grade vocabulary packet. Titanic Text Features activity.
Thursday: Review vocabulary. Finish Titanic Text Features activity. Complete review for text features quiz on Monday.
Friday: Vocabulary Test. Lesson 2 in purple book.
Thursday, January 3-Friday, January 4
Thursday: Rules Re-cap. Pass back papers/Clean out binders. Figurative Language Order-Up. New Year's Resolution/Reflection.
Friday: Begin "Test-Prep Friday." Discuss purple/yellow books. Scholastic News-MLK Jr. Analyzing Quotations.
Monday, December 10-Friday, December 14
Monday: Teen Biz. Give Unit Review Vocabulary packet. Lesson 5 Vocabulary Quiz
Tuesday: Library Day. Work on Review packet.
Wednesday: Christmas BreakOut.
Thursday: Quiz on Figurative Language. Play Kahoot! on vocabulary.
Friday: Mrs. Musick will not be here. Please be respectful to the substitute! Unit Review Test on Vocabulary. Scholastic News article.
Monday, December 3-Friday, December 7
Monday: TeenBiz: LeBron James Opens a School. Vocabulary Packet Lesson 4.
Tuesday: Library Day. Go over vocabulary.
Wednesday: Lesson 4 Vocabulary Quiz. Give Lesson 5 Vocabulary.
Thursday: Go over Lesson 5 Vocabulary. Katy Perry Figurative Language. Quiz on Figurative Language next Thursday.
Friday: Barter Trip! No Core 1 this day. For Core 2 and 3, we will do a writing activity based on the play. If you do not attend the play, you will be given an alternate assignment.
Monday, November 26-Friday, November 30
Monday: Go over PowerSchool access. Teen Biz: What Koko Taught Us. Homework:Vocabulary packet.
Tuesday: Library Day. Work on Figurative Language Packet. Go over homework.
Wednesday: Lesson 2 Vocabulary Quiz. Give Lesson 3 Vocabulary. Chromebooks: IXL-Figurative Language. Deck Toys.
Thursday: Go over Lesson 3 vocabulary. Work on Figurative Language packet.
Friday: Lesson 3 Vocabulary Quiz. Order-Up Figurative Language. Kahoot! with Figurative Language.
Monday, November 19-Friday, November 23
Monday: Refugee projects due today. You will not go to the dance on Tuesday if you do not have your project. Last video chat with Manteo Middle School. Present projects.
Tuesday: Library Day. Thanksgiving activities.
Wednesday-Friday: Enjoy your break!
Monday, November 12-Friday, November 16
Monday: Finish Refugee. Discuss final project for book. Complete TeenBiz Article #1. Start root/prefix/suffix vocabulary practice.
Tuesday: Library Day. Please make sure you bring all your books, if you are keeping them, you must re-new them. Vocabulary Practice. Gather research for final project. The rest of the project will need to be done at home.
Wednesday: Kahoot! with vocabulary and Refugee.
Thursday: Vocabulary Quiz. BARTER PERMISSION SLIPS & MONEY DUE! Begin Figurative Language unit.
Friday: STEM Day for girls. LEAF day for boys.
Monday, November 5-Friday, November 9
Monday/Tuesday: No School
Wednesday: TeenBiz Pre-test
Thursday: Read Refugee.
Friday: Finish Refugee.
Monday, October 29-Friday, November 2
Monday: Quiz on Refugee pages 93-196. Read Refugee pages 197-215. Complete packet work from Friday.
Tuesday: Library Day. Complete packet work from Monday/Friday. Read Refugee pages 216-235.
Wednesday: HALLOWEEN. Halloween activities. Dracula Comprehension Worksheet, Scary Short Stories, & Blackout Poetry (?).
Thursday: Read Refugee pages 236-252. Discussion Questions for Friday's Google Hangout. Frankenstein Anticipation Guide.
Friday: Google Hangout with Manteo Middle..... last one=(. Read Frankenstein play. Faculty vs. Student Volleyball Game.
Monday, October 22-Friday, October 26
Monday: Celebrate National Day on Writing (October 20). Around the room stations: 1. #WhyIWrite statements. 2. Complimentary notes to classmates. 3. Story Cubes. 4. 2-sentence scary stories. 5. Halloween Magnetic Poetry & Veterans Day Poems.
Tuesday: Library Day. Finish Veterans poems.
Wednesday: Read Refugee pages 146-172. Complete The Race Against Death Quiz from Scholastic (Core 1 & 2).
Thursday: Read Refugee pages 173-196. Complete Flipgrid for the week.
Friday: Mrs. Musick will be out. Please be respectful to the substitute. You will be working in the Scholastic News magazine today.
Monday, October 15-Friday, October 19
Monday: Read Refugee pages 93-109. Discuss inferencing and characterization.
Tuesday: Library Day. Everyday Edit sheet. Scholastic Scope (Its vs. It's).
Wednesday: Report cards go home. Please bring them back by Friday (19th). Refugee 110-128. Its vs. It's practice. Homework: Week 3 Discussion Questions.
Thursday: Refugee 129-146. Answer discussion questions for Refugee. Scholastic Scope (The Race Against Death-Text Features, Critical Reading, Summarizing, Quiz).
Friday: Video chat with Manteo. (Chatting this week: Alex, Owen, Ethan, Lane, Anna, Summer, Reese, Hannah, Zac R., Caylee, and Bradley... (BE PREPARED). Finish Scholastic Scope work from yesterday.
Monday, October 8-Friday, October 12
Monday: Library Day this week. Read pages 56-73 in Refugee.
Tuesday: Farm Field Trip. Please make note of the information that was attached to your permission slip (no shorts, no open-toed shoes, bring lunch).
Wednesday: Read Refugee pages 74-92. Pop Quiz on pages 1-73. Please remember: if you miss a day of school, it is your responsibility to make up the reading during advisory, recess, assisted studies, or silent reading time. We read something every day.
Thursday: Complete Flipgrid videos for discussion with Manteo Middle. Discuss point of view and inferencing.
Friday: FINISH Ungifted. Open book test when book is completed.
Monday, October 1-Friday, October 5
Monday: Begin GRA Refugee. Padlet answers with author interview (graded). Read pages 1-17. Discuss three characters and history of Syrian and Cuban refugees.
Tuesday: Library Day. Read Ungifted.
Wednesday: Read pages 18-33 in Refugee. Flipgrid Week 1.
Thursday: Read pages 34-55 in Refugee. Flipgrid Week 1.
Friday: Read Ungifted. Kahoot to review Ungifted.
Monday, September 24-Friday, September 28
Monday: Give 9-12 Vocabulary. Complete Daily Edit 1. Read pages 100-120.
Tuesday: Library Day. Complete Daily Edit 1. Read pages 121-130.
Wednesday: Read pages 131-159. Work on character chart. Begin discussing Global Read Aloud.
Thursday: Read pages 160-174. On Chromebooks: Type Ungifted Writing 1. Complete digital worksheet to review book. Practice on IXL X.7, and KK.1 to 80%.
Friday: Kahoot! on vocabulary from Chapters 1-12. Vocabulary Quiz on Chapters 1-12. Read pages 175-183.
Monday, September 17-Friday, September 21
Monday-Read Chapters 3 & 4 in Ungifted. Discuss and complete character chart.
Tuesday-LIBRARY DAY. Read 5 & 6 in Ungifted. Complete vocabulary for chapters 5-8. Homework if you do not finish in class.
Wednesday- Read 7-8 in Ungifted. Padlet on Chromebooks.
Thursday- Parent/Teacher Conferences. Read 9-10. Complete vocabulary for 9-12.
Friday- Pep Rally Day! Read 11-12.
*Please remember to turn in your farm field trip forms to your Core 1 teacher this week!
Monday, September 10-Friday, September 14
Monday- Begin Ungifted. Intro to book on Chromebooks.
Tuesday-Library Day. Begin vocabulary. Using a dictionary. Discuss 9/11 Remembrance.
Wednesday-
Tuesday, September 4-Friday, September 7
Tuesday- This will be Mrs. Musick's FIRST day back from maternity leave! I truly hope to make this transition coming from Mrs. McIlwaine to myself as your teacher as easy as possible. I look forward to spending the rest of the year in the classroom with each of you and getting to know everyone! Mrs. McIlwaine has covered many topics ranging from parts of speech to fiction and non-fiction. This week will be a review of those things you went over with her, starting with capitalization today.
Wednesday- Computer Lab
Thursday- Finish capitalization activity.
Friday- Story-writing activity.