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NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 1 (9/12)
Reporting Period 1 August 18 August 25 September 1 (9/1 Holiday) September 8
Subject Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 1: “Seventh Grade”, “The Last Dog”, “Thank You
M’am”, “Rikki-tikki-tavi”, “Holes” pgs. 24-97
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Select at least 1 story per week
Take STAR Renaissance Reading Test with Resource Teacher
during RP 1.
Unit 1: “Exploring the Titanic”, “The Monsters Are Due on
Maple Street”, “What Makes Your Imagination Soar?”, pgs.
98-165
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Complete: Reading Comprehension “Papa’s Parrot” pgs.
166-171.
Select at least 1 story per week
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
English/Spelling Houghton Mifflin
(HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
Complete Reading-Writing
Connection that corresponds
with stories read A & B
pgs. 41, 60, 71, or 91
HME: Unit 1 The Sentence
L1 Kinds of Sentences
L2 Complete Subjects and
Predicates pgs. 32-39
WBP: pgs. 1-6
VOC: L1 pgs. 13-18
SP: L1 pgs. 169-170
HME: Unit 1
L3 Simple Subjects and
Predicates
L4 Finding the Subject pgs.
40-47
WBP: pgs. 7-12
VOC: L2 pgs. 19-22
SP: L2 pgs. 171-172
Complete Reading-Writing
Connection that corresponds
with stories read A & B pg.
117
HME: Unit 1
L5 Conjunctions
L6 Fragments and Run-ons
pgs. 48-56
WBP: pgs. 13-15
VOC: L3 pgs. 23-26
SP: L3 pgs. 173-174
Do Writing Workshop:
Describing a Place-pg. 158
HME: Unit 1 Checkup and Test Practice
pgs. 57-62
WBP: pgs. 16-17
VOC: L4 pgs. 27-36
SP: L4 pgs. 175-176
Additional Reading Anna of Byzantium - Barrett
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Reporting Period 1 August 18 August 25 September 5 (9/1 Holiday) September 8
Subject Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 End of RP 1 (9/12)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 1 Algebraic Expressions
& Functions www.phschool.com
Check for Readiness pg. 2
Sections 1.1-1.4 pgs. 4-22
(variables/expressions, order of
operations, writing/evaluating
exp, integers, absolute value)
Take the screening test with
your Resource Teacher for
accurate placement.
Take STAR Renaissance Math
test with Resource Teacher
during RP1.
Ch. 1 Algebraic Expressions
& Functions
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 22
Sections 1.5-1.9 pgs. 43-49
(add/subtract integers, inductive
reasoning, patterns,
mult./dividing integers)
Ch. 1 Algebraic Expressions
& Functions
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 49
Section 1.10 pgs. 52-56
(coordinate plane)
Ch. 2 Solving 1-Step
Equations & Inequalities www.phschool.com
Check for readiness pg. 66
Sections 2.1-2.4 pgs. 68-85
(properties, dist. Property,
simplify algebraic exp.,
variables/equations)
Checkpoint Quiz 1- pg. 81
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B (SGB)
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Unit 1: The Study of Living Things
Ch. 1 The Nature of Life Science Sections 1-5 pgs. 2-47
Complete section review questions, quick labs, section
quizzes and Ch. 1 test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 1-21.
Ch. 2 It’s Alive! Or Is It? Sections 1-2 pgs. 48-71
Complete section review questions, quick labs, section
quizzes, and Ch. 2 test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 23-34
Choose 2 quick labs to complete.
Social Studies Glencoe Medieval &
Early Modern Times
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
Magazine ( KDM)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch. 1 Roman Civilization Section 1 pgs. 133-143
QT: Quiz 1-1 pg. 1
MCG: L1 Finding
Directions
Ch. 1 Roman Civilization Section 2 pgs. 144-155
QT: Quiz 1-2 pg. 2
KDM: Pompeii
MCG: L2 Using Map Scale
Ch. 1 Roman Civilization Section 3 pgs. 156-167
QT: Quiz 1-3 pg. 3
Ch.1 Test Form A pgs. 5-8
MCG: L3 Comparing Map
Scales
Ch. 2 Islamic Civilization Section 1 pgs. 170-180
QT: Quiz 2-1 pg. 13
MCG: L4 Reading a Map
Key
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NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 2 (10/10)
Reporting Period 2 September 15 September 22 September 29 October 6
Subject Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 2: “Zebra”, “The Scholarship Jacket”, “A Retrieved
Reformation” pgs. 176-239
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Select at least 1 story per week
Optional: Extension and Challenge.
Unit 2: “The Three-Century Woman”, “Charles, Encounter
with Martin Luther King Jr”, “Dirk the Protector”, “A
Mother in Mannville” pgs. 240-299
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Complete: Reading comprehension assessment pgs. 294-299
Select at least 1 story per week
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
Complete Reading-Writing Connection A & B pg. 207
Complete Reading-Writing Connection A & B pg. 279.
Writing workshop pgs. 286-292. Do a Comparison-
Contrast Essay
English/Spelling Houghton Mifflin
(HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
HME: Unit 1
VOC: L5 pgs. 37-40
SP: L5 pgs. 177-178
HME: Unit 1
GWA: Unit 1 test
The Sentence pg. 3
VOC: L6 pgs. 41-44
SP: L6 pgs. 179-180
HME: Unit 2 Nouns
L1 Kinds of Nouns pgs. 70-
72
WBP: pgs. 19-20
VOC: L7 pgs. 45-48
SP: L7 pgs. 181-182
HME: Unit 2 L2 Collective and
Compound Nouns pgs. 73-75
WBP: pgs. 21-22
VOC: L8 pgs. 49-58
SP: L8 pgs. 182-184
Additional Reading
The Cow Switch and Other African Tales or The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay
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Reporting Period 2 September 15 September 22 September 29 October 6
Subject Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 End of RP 2 (10/10)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 2 Solving 1-Step
Equations & Inequalities
Sections 2.5-2.8 pgs. 88-105
(solving equations by
add/subt., mult/divide, try,
test revise, inequalities and
their graphs)
Ch. 2 Solving 1-Step
Equations & Inequalities
Sections 2.9-2.10 pgs. 106-
114 (solving 1-step
inequalities by
add/sub/mul./dividing)
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 109
Ch. 2 Review & Test pgs.
117-120 Standards Mastery
pgs. 121-23
Ch. 3 Decimals and
Equations www.phschool.com
Check for Readiness pg. 124
Sections 3.1-3.3 pgs. 127-
140 (rounding/estimating,
est. decimal
product/quotients, formulas)
Quiz 1 pg. 140
Ch. 3 Decimals and
Equations
Sections 3.4-3.6 pgs. 142-
155
(solving equations by
add/subt., mult/divide
decimals, metric system)
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 155
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B ( SGB)
Life Science Chapter
Quizzes & Tests-
Packet ( QT)
Ch. 3 Light & Living Things Sections 1-3 pgs. 72-106
Complete section review questions, quick labs, section
quizzes, and Ch. 3 Test (QT)
Complete (SGB) pgs. 35-51
Unit 2: Cells
Ch. 4 Cells The Basic Units
of Life
Sections 1-3 pgs. 108-142
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quizzes & Ch. 4 Test (QT)
Complete (SGB) pgs. 52-68
Ch. 5 The Cell in Action
Sections 1- 2 pgs. 144-166.
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quizzes & Ch. 5 Test (QT)
Complete (SGB) pgs. 69-79
Social Studies
Glencoe Medieval
& Early Modern
Times (MMT)
Chapter. Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
(KDM)
Maps, Charts,
Graphs (MCG)
Ch. 2 Islamic Civilization Section 2, pgs. 181-189
QT: Quiz 2-2, pg. 14
MCG: L5 Using Parallels
and Meridians
Ch. 2 Islamic Civilization Section 3, pgs. 190-199
QT: Quiz 2-3, pg. 15, and
Ch. 2 Test Form A, pgs. 17-
20
MCG: L6 Finding Exact
Locations on Maps
Ch. 3 Medieval Africa Section 1, pgs. 203-214
QT: Quiz 3-1, pg. 25
MCG: L7 Reading a Climate
Map
Ch. 3 Medieval Africa
Section 2, pgs. 222-229
QT: Quiz 3-2, pg. 26
KDM: African Kingdoms
MCG: L8 Using a Letter-
Number Grid
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NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 3 (11/7)
Reporting Period 3 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3
Subject Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 3: “The Two Brothers, Amigo Brothers”, “The War of
the Wall”, “What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything”, “A
Crush”, pgs. 304-371
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Select at least 1 story per week
Unit 3: “The Giver”, “Spring Harvest of Snow Peas”, “A
Christmas Carol”, “The Hummingbird That Lived Through
Winter”, pgs. 374-433
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Select at least 1 story per week
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
Complete Reading-Writing Connection A & B pgs. 325, 355
Writing Workshop: Write You Own Short Story (pg. 420).
Write a story that is set in an unusual time or location. Make
sure that your story has a plot line, a conflict, characters, and
suspense.
English/Spelling Houghton Mifflin
(HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
HME: Unit 2 L3 Singular and Plural
Nouns pgs. 76-78
WBP: pgs. 23-24
VOC: L9 pgs. 59-62
SP: L9 pgs. 185-186
HME: Unit 2 L4 Possessive Nouns pgs.
81-83
WBP: pgs. 27-28
VOC: L10 pgs. 63-66
SP: L10 pgs. 187-188
HME: Unit 2 Checkup, Test Practice and
Cumulative Review pgs. 88-
94
WBP: pgs. 29-30
VOC: L11 pgs. 67-70
SP: L11 pgs. 189-190
WBP: pgs. 31
GWA Unit 2 Nouns page 7
VOC: L12 pgs. 71-80
SP: L12 pgs. 191-192
Additional Reading The Samurais Tale – Haugaard or The Hobbit- Tolkien ( Literature Unit available)
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Reporting Period 3 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3
Subject Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 End of RP 3 (11/7)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 3 Decimals and
Equations
Section 3.7 pgs. 158-161
(reasoning strategy: act it
out)
Chapter review and test pgs.
163-166 Standards Mastery
pgs. 167-169
Ch. 4 Factors, Fractions &
Exponents www.phschool.com
Check for readiness pg. 170
Sections 4.1-4.3 pgs. 172-
186 (divisibility & factors,
exponents, prime
factorizations, GCF)
Activity Lab pg. 187
Ch. 4 Factors, Fractions &
Exponents
Sections 4.4-4.8 pgs. 188-
209 (simplifying fractions,
reasoning strategy, rational
numbers, exponents, &
mult/division)
Checkpoint Quiz 1 & 2 pgs.
191 & 209
Ch. 4 Factors, Fractions &
Exponents
Section 4.9 pgs. 210-215
(scientific notation)
Ch. 4 review and test pgs.
217-220 Standards Mastery
pgs. 221-223
Complete Quarter 1 test (get
test from resource teacher
and return to teacher to be
graded)
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B (SGB)
Life Science Chapter
Quizzes & Tests
Packet (QT)
Unit 3: Heredity and Genes
Ch. 6 Heredity Sections 1-3 pgs. 170-202
Complete section review questions, quick labs, section
quizzes, and Ch. 6 Test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 80-97
Ch. 7 Genes and DNA Sections 1-2 pgs. 204-226
Complete section review questions, quick labs, section
quizzes and Ch. 7 Test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 98-109
Social Studies Glencoe Medieval &
Early Modern Times
(MMT)
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
(KDM)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch. 3 Medieval Africa Section 3 pgs. 230-237
QT: Quiz 3-3 pg. 27 and
Ch. 3 Test Form A, pgs. 29-
32
MCG: L9 Using an Atlas
Ch. 4 China in the Middle
Ages Section 1 pgs. 250-259
QT: Quiz 4-, pg. 37
KDM: Ancient China
MCG: L10 Reading Contour
Maps
Ch. 4 China in the Middle
Ages Section 2 pgs. 260-
266
QT: Quiz 4-2 pg. 38
MCG: L11 Using an
Elevation Map
Ch. 4 China in the Middle
Ages Section 3 pgs. 267-
273
QT: Quiz 4-3 pg. 39
MCG: L12 Comparing the
Map Projections
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NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 4 (12/5)
Reporting Period 4 November 10 (11/11 Holiday) November 17 November 24 (11/27-28 Holiday) December 1
Subject Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 4: “Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed”, “A Day’s
Wait”, “The People Could Fly, Out of the Dust” pgs. 438-
493
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Select at least 1 story per week
Unit 4: “Breaking the Ice”, “One Perfect Rose”, “Old Age
Sticks”, “The Hound of the Baskervilles” pgs. 494-529
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Select at least 1 story per week
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
Complete Reading-Writing
Connection A & B pg. 465.
Complete Reading-Writing
Connection A & B pg. 475
or writing prompt 479.
Writing Workshop: Complete Response to Literature
activity on pg. 516.
English/Spelling Houghton Mifflin
(HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
HME: Unit 3 Verbs
L 1-4 pgs. 100-112
WBP: pgs. 32-39
VOC: L13 pgs. 81-84
SP: L13 pgs. 193-194
HME: Unit 3 L 5-8 pgs. 113-128
WBP: pgs. 40-47
VOC: L14 pgs. 85-88
SP: L14 pgs. 195-196
HME: Unit 3 L 9-10 pgs. 129-138
WBP: pgs. 48-53
VOC: L15 pgs. 89-92
SP: L15 pgs. 197-198
HME: Unit 3 L11-12 pgs. 139-146
WBP: pgs. 54-59
VOC: L16 pgs. 93-102
SP: L16 pgs. 199-200
Additional Reading The Single Shard- Park or Otto of the Silver Hand-Pyle
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Reporting Period 4 November 10 (11/11 Holiday) November 17 November 24 (11/27-28 Holiday) December 1
Subject Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 End of RP 4
(12/5)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 5 Operations with
Fractions www.phschool.com
Check for readiness pg. 224
Sections 5.1-5.4 pgs. 226-246
(compare/order rational
numbers, fractions/decimals,
add/subt/ mult/divide fractions)
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 241
Ch. 5 Operations with
Fractions
Check for readiness pg. 224
Sections 5.1-5.4 pgs. 226-246
(compare/order rational
numbers, fractions/decimals,
add/subt/ mult/divide fractions)
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 241
Ch. 5 Operations with
Fractions
Section 5.9 pgs. 270-273
(powers of products &
quotients)
Ch. 5 review and test pgs. 275-
278. Standards Mastery pgs.
279-281
Ch. 6 Ratios, Proportions, &
Percents www.phschool.com
Check for readiness pg. 282
Sections 6.1-6.4 pgs. 284-305
(ratios, unit rate, proportions,
similar figures, scale drawings,
fractions, decimals, percent)
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 299
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B (SGB)
Life Science Chapter
Quizzes & Tests
Packet (QT)
Unit 4: Earth and Life History
Ch. 8 Studying Earth’s Past
Sections 1-3 pgs. 228-258.
Complete section review questions, quick labs, section
quizzes, and Ch. 8 Test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 110-121
Ch. 9 The History of Life Science Sections 1-3 pgs. 260-292.
Complete section review questions, quick labs, section
quizzes, and Ch. 9 test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 122-137.
Social Studies Glencoe Medieval &
Early Modern Times
(MMT)
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
(KDM)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch. 4 China in the Middle
Ages
Section 4 pgs. 281-289
QT: Quiz 4-4 pg. 40 and
Ch. 4 Test Form A pgs. 40-
44
MCG: L13 Using Highway
Maps
Ch. 5 Medieval Japan
Section 1 pgs. 294-301
QT: Quiz 5-1 pg. 49
MCG: L14 Reading a City
Map
Ch. 5 Medieval Japan
Section 2 pgs. 302-308
QT: Quiz 5-2 pg. 50
MCG: L15 Using a Political
Map
Ch. 5 Medieval Japan Section 3 pgs. 309-315
QT: Quiz 5-3 pg. 51and
Ch. 5 Test Form A pgs. 53-
56
MCG: L16 Using a
Historical Map
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NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 5 (1/9)
Reporting Period 5 December 8 December 15 December 22-January 2 January 9
Subject Week 17 Week 18 Holiday Week 19
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 5: “A Minor Bird”,
“The Names”, “The Earth is
a Living Thing”, “Gold” pgs.
534-553
Complete: Comprehension,
Literary Analysis,
Vocabulary, and selection
tests (PKT)
Unit 5: “Scaffolding”,
“Charge of the Light
Brigade”, “Two Haiku
Fireflies in the Garden” pgs.
562-583 Complete:
Comprehension, Literary
Analysis, Vocabulary, and
selection tests (PKT)
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Unit 5: “Jabberwocky”,
“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia”,
“Four Skinny Tress”, “Snow
in the Suburbs” pgs. 562-613
Complete: Comprehension,
Literary Analysis,
Vocabulary, and selection
tests (PKT)
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
Complete Reading-Writing
Connection A & B pg. 553.
Writing Workshop:
Response to a Poem pg. 600
English/Spelling Houghton Mifflin
(HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
HM: Unit 3 L14-16 pgs. 147-162
VOC: L17 Pgs.103-106
SP: L17 Pgs. 201-202
Complete Unit 3 Test
(GWA) pgs.11-17
VOC: L18 Pgs. 107-110
SP: L18 Pgs. 203-204
HM: Unit 4 Modifiers L1 pgs. 180-185
WBP: pgs. 69-72
VOC: L19 Pgs. 111-114
SP: L19 Pgs. 205-206
Additional Reading Crispin-Avi or Castle or Cathedral-McCaulay or Adam of the Road –Gray
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Reporting Period 5 December 8 December 15 December 22-January 2 January 5
Subject Week 17 Week 18 Holiday Week 19 End of RP 5 (1/9)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 6 Ratios, Proportions,
& Percents
Sections 6.5-6.8 pgs. 306-
323 (proportions & %, %
and equations, percent of
change, mark/up discount)
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 323
Activity Lab pg. 315
Ch. 6 Ratios, Proportions,
& Percents
Sections 6.9-6.10 pgs. 325-
333 (applications of rational
numbers, reasoning
strategies: making a table)
Ch. 6 review and test pgs.
339-341
C
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V
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Mid Course Test Ch. 1-6 (get
test from resource teacher
and return to teacher to be
graded)
Ch. 7 Solving Equations &
Inequalities www.phschool.com
Sections 7.1-7.4 pgs. 344-
361 (solving 2-step , multi-
step w/ fractions and decimal
equations)
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B (SGB)
Life Science Chapter
Quizzes & Tests
Packet (QT)
Ch. 10 The Evolution of
Living Things Sections 1-2 pgs. 294-311.
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quizzes (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 138-
145
Ch. 10 Evolution of Living
Things Section 3 pgs. 312-326.
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quiz & Ch. 10 Test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 146-
154
Ch. 11 Classification Section 1 pg. 328-332.
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quizzes (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 155-
158.
Social Studies Glencoe Medieval &
Early Modern Times
(MMT)
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
(KDM)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch. 6 Medieval Europe Section 1 pgs. 322-333
QT: Quiz 6-1 pg. 61
KDM: Middle Ages
MCG: L17 Comparing
Historical Maps
Ch. 6 Medieval Europe
Section 2 pgs. 334-345
QT: Quiz 6-2 pg. 62
MCG: L18 Reading a World
Temperature Map
Ch. 6 Medieval Europe
Section 3 pgs. 346-354
QT: Quiz 6-3 pg. 63
KDM: Knights & Castles
MCG: L19 Making
Predictions with a Map
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NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 6 (2/6) Reporting Period 6 January 12 January 19 (1/19 Holiday) January 26 February 2
Subject Week 20 Week 21 Week 22 Week 23
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 6 : “Echo”, “Prometheus”, “Orpheus and Eurydice”,
“Icarus and Daedalus”, “Phaethon”, “Young Arthur” pgs.
618-661
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Unit 6: “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, “Crispin”,
“Brer Possum’s Dilemma”, “The Race Between Toad and
Donkey”, “The King Who Wished for Gold”, “The Three
Wishes” pgs. 662-741
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
Writing Workshop: Persuasive Essay pg. 940 Writing Workshop: Cause and Effect Essay pg. 728
English/Spelling Houghton Mifflin
(HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
HM: Unit 4 L2-3 pgs.186-192
WBP: pgs. 73-76
VOC: L20 pgs. 115-124
SP: L20 pgs. 207-208
HM: Unit 4 L4 pgs.195-197
WBP: pgs. 77-80
VOC: L21 pgs. 125-128
SP: L21 pgs. 209-210
HM: Unit 4 L5-6 pgs. 198-203
WBP: pgs. 81-85
VOC: L22 pgs. 129-132
SP: L22 pgs. 211-212
HM: Unit 4 Test Practice
and Cumulative Review pgs.
208-209.
GWA Modifiers p. 19
Additional Reading Catherine Called Birdy – Cushman or Door in the Wall –Angeli
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Reporting Period 6 January 12 January 29 (1/19 Holiday) January 26 February 2
Subject Week 20 Week 21 Week 22 Week 23 End of RP 6 (2/6)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 7 Solving Equations &
Inequalities
Sections 7.5-7.7 pgs. 363-
375 (solve 2-step
inequalities, transforming
formulas, simple/compound
interest)
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 370
Ch. 7 Solving Equations &
Inequalities
Ch. review and test pgs.
377-380 Standards Mastery
pgs. 381-383.
Ch. 8 Linear
Functions/Graphing
Sections 8.1-8.2 pgs. 388-
397(relations/functions,
equations w/ 2 variables)
Ch. 8 Linear
Functions/Graphing www.phschool.com
Sections 8.3-8.6 pgs. 399-
419 (slope & y-intercept,
direct variation, multiple
strategies, solving systems of
linear equations)
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 419
Ch. 8 Linear
Functions/Graphing
Section 8.7 pgs. 420-425
(linear inequalities)
Ch. review and test pgs. 427-
430
Benchmark test 2 (get test
from resource teacher and
return to teacher to be
graded)
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B (SGB)
Life Science Chapter
Quizzes & Tests
Packet (QT)
Ch. 11 Classifications
Section 2 pgs. 338-352.
Complete section review
questions, section quiz and
Ch. 11 Test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 159-
166
Unit 5: Structure &
Function
Ch. 12 Introduction to
Plants
Sections 1-2 pgs. 354-367.
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quizzes (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 167-
171
Ch. 12 Introduction to
Plants Sections 3-4 pgs. 368-390.
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quizzes and Ch. 12 test
(QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 172-
185
Ch. 13 Plant Processes, Sections 1-2 pgs. 392-403.
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quizzes (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 186-
194
Social Studies Glencoe Medieval &
Early Modern Times
(MMT)
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
(KDM)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch. 6 Medieval Europe
Section 4 pgs. 355-363
QT: Quiz 6-4, pg. 64
MCG: L20 Reading Special
Purpose Maps
Ch. 6 Medieval Europe
Section 5 pgs. 364-371
QT: Quiz 6-5 pg. 65 and Ch.
6 Test Form A pgs. 67-70
MCG: L21 Reading a
Population Map
Ch. 7 The Renaissance Section 1 pgs. 380-391
QT: Quiz 7-1 pg. 75
MCG: L22 Comparing
Population Maps
Ch. 7 The Renaissance Section 2 pgs. 394-400
QT: Quiz 7-2 pg. 76
KDM: Shakespeare
MCG: L23 Analyzing Map
Data
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Reporting Period 7 February 9 (2/9 Holiday) February 16 (2/16 Holiday) February 23 March 2
Subject Week 24 Week 25 Week 26 Week 27
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 7: “Eleanor Roosevelt”, “Names/Nombres”, “It’s Not
About the Bike”, “Malcom X” pgs. 746-799
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Select at least 1 story per week
Unit 7: “The Noble Experiment”, “Jackie Robinson”, “Lucy
Stone”, “East to the Dawn” pgs. 800-855
Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary,
and selection tests (PKT)
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
Complete Reading-Writing Connection A & B pg. 781. Writing Workshop: Autobiographical Narrative pg. 842
English/Spelling Houghton Mifflin
(HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
HME: Unit 4 Test Practice
pgs. 208-210
VOC: L23 pgs. 133-136
SP: L23 pgs. 213-214
HME: Unit 5
Capitalization and
Punctuation
L1-5 pgs. 222-237
WBP: pgs. 86-97
VOC: L24 pgs. 137-140
SP: L 24 pgs. 215-216
HME: Unit 5 L6-10 pgs. 238-254
WBP: pgs. 98-109
VOC: Check your
knowledge pgs. 141 -146
HME: Unit 5 L11-12, Checkup, and Test
pgs. 262-266
WBP: pgs. 110-113
Unit 5 test
VOC: L25 pgs. 147-150
SP: L25 pgs. 217-218
GWA pg. 23
Additional Reading
Along Came Galileo- Bendick or The Midwife’s Apprentice- Cushman
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Subject Week 24 Week 25 Week 26 Week 27 End of RP 7 (3/6)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 9 Spatial Thinking www.phschool.com
Check for Readiness pg. 434
Sections 9.1-9.3 pgs. 436-
452
(intro. to geometry, angle
relationships/parallel lines,
classifying polygons)
Activity Lab pg. 453
Ch. 9 Spatial Thinking
Sections 9.4-9.7 pgs. 454-
474
(draw a diagram,
congruence, circles,
constructions)
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 462
Activity Lab pg. 469
Ch. 9 Spatial Thinking
Sections 9.8-9.10 pgs. 476-
489 (translations,
symmetry/reflection,
rotations) Checkpoint Quiz 2
pg. 480
Ch. review and Test pgs.
491-494 Standards Mastery
pgs. 495-497
Ch. 9 Spatial Thinking
Ch. review and test pgs. 491-
494 Standards Mastery pgs.
495-497
Quarter 3 test (get test from
resource teacher and return
to teacher to be graded)
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B (SGB)
Life Science Chapter
Quizzes & Tests
Packet (QT)
Ch. 13 Plant Process Section 3 on pg. 404.
Complete section review
questions, section quiz, and
Ch.13 Test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 195-
197
Ch.14 Introduction to
Animals Sections 1-2 on pgs. 420-
437. Complete section
review questions, section
quizzes, and quick labs.
Complete (SGB) pgs. 198-
205
Ch. 14 Introduction to
Animals Sections 3-4 on pgs. 438-
458. Complete section
review questions, quick labs,
section quizzes, and Ch. 14
test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 206-
220
Unit 6: Human Body
Systems
Ch. 15 Body Organization
and Structure
Sections 1-2 on pgs. 460-
475. Complete section
review questions, quick labs,
and section quizzes.
Complete (SGB) pgs. 221-
232
Social Studies Glencoe Medieval &
Early Modern Times
(MMT)
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
(KDM)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch. 7 The Renaissance Section 3 pgs. 408-413
QT: Quiz 7-3 pg. 77 and
Ch. 7 Test Form A pgs. 79-
82
MCG: L24 Finding the Best
Route
Ch. 8 The Reformation Section 1 pgs. 418-429
QT: Quiz 8-1 pg. 87
MCG: L25 Comparing
Land-Use Maps
Ch. 8 The Reformation Section 2 pgs. 430-434
QT: Quiz 8-2 pg. 88
MCG: L26 Comparing
Special Purpose Maps
Ch. 8 The Reformation Section 3 pgs. 435-441
QT: Quiz 8-3 pg. 89, and
Ch. 8 Test Form A pgs. 91-
94
MCG: L27 Solving a Border
Dispute
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NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 8 (4/3)
Reporting Period 8 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30
Subject Week 28 (Holiday 4/6) Week 29 Week 30 Holiday
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 8: “What Do You
Know About Sharks”, “Great
White Sharks” pgs. 860-885
Complete: Comprehension,
Literary Analysis,
Vocabulary, and selection
tests (PKT)
Take STAR Renaissance
Reading Test with resource
teacher during RP 8
Unit 8: “Like Black
Smoke”, “A World Turned
Upside Down” pgs. 886-899
Complete: Comprehension,
Literary Analysis,
Vocabulary, and selection
tests (PKT)
Unit 8: “News Reports”,
“Why Work Out?”, “The
Promise” pgs. 900-909
Complete: Comprehension,
Literary Analysis,
Vocabulary, and selection
tests (PKT)
Easter V
aca
tion
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
Complete Reading-Writing
Connection A & B. pg. 875
Complete Reading-Writing
Connection A pg. 919.
English/Spelling Houghton Mifflin
(HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
HM: Unit 6 Pronouns L 1-3 pgs. 280-290
WBP: pgs. 114-121
VOC: L26 pgs. 151-154
SP: L26 pgs. 219-220
HM: Unit 6
L4-6 pgs. 291-298
WBP: pgs. 122-127
VOC: L27 pgs. 155-158
SP: L27 pgs. 221-222
HM: Unit 6 L-9 pgs. 299-308
WBP: pgs. 128-134
VOC: L28 pgs. 159-166
SP: L28 pgs. 223-224
Additional Reading
Bard of Avon –The Story of Wm. Shakespeare Stanley/Vennema
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Subject Week 28 (Holiday 4/6) Week 29 Week 30 Holiday End of RP 8 (4/3)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 10 Area and Volume www.phschool.com
Check for readiness pg. 498
Complete sections 10.1-10.4
pgs. 500-523
(area: parallelograms,
triangles, trapezoids, circles,
space figures)
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 517
Take STAR Renaissance Math
test with resource teacher
during RP 8
Ch. 10 Area and Volume
Sections 10.5-10.8 pgs. 524-
547 (surface area: prisms,
cylinders, pyramids, cones,
spheres and volume: prisms,
cylinders)
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pgs. 547
Ch. 10 Area and Volume
Sections 10.9-10.10 pgs.
548-555 (volume: pyramids,
cones, spheres, scale factors,
and solids). Ch. review and
test pgs. 557-560
Standards Mastery pgs. 561-
563
Easter V
aca
tion
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B (SGB)
Life Science Chapter
Quizzes & Tests
Packet (QT)
Ch. 15 Body Organization
and Structure Section 3 on pgs. 476-490.
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quiz, and Ch. 15 Test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 226-
234
Complete project pg. 469.
(Choose one of the organ
systems & research how the
organ system works. Create
a poster diagram and include
a written description).
Ch. 16 Circulation and
Respiration Sections 1-2 on pgs. 492-
507. Complete section
review questions, quick labs,
section quizzes (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 235-
241
Social Studies Glencoe Medieval &
Early Modern Times
(MMT)
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
(KDM)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch. 9 The Americas Section 1 pgs. 448-455
QT: Quiz 9-1 pg. 99
MCG: L28 Choosing the
Best Location
Ch. 9 The Americas Section 2 pgs. 456-464
QT: Quiz 9-2 pg. 100
KDM: The Incas
MCG: L29 Using City
Maps
MCG: L30 Reading a Table
Ch. 9 The Americas Section 3 pgs. 470-477
QT: Quiz 9-3 pg. 101 and
Ch. 9 Test Form A pgs. 103-
106
KDM: Explorers, America
1492
MCG: L31 Reading a Circle
Graph
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NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 9 (5/1)
Reporting Period 9 April 6 (4/6 Holiday) April 13 April 20 April 27
Subject Week 31 Week 32 Week 33 Week 34 End of RP 9 (5/1)
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 8: “Pro Athletes’
Salaries Aren’t Overly
Exorbitant”, “Why We
Shouldn’t Go to Mars” pgs.
910-929
Complete: Comprehension ,
Literary Analysis
Vocabulary, and selection
tests (PKT)
CA
AS
PP
Testin
g
(actual d
ates may
vary
)
Complete Literature Unit
A Wrinkle in Time –
L’Engle
or
The Shakespeare Stealer –
Blackwood
or
Check with resource teacher
to choose your own literature
unit.
Unit 8: “Remarks at the
Dedication of the Aerospace
Medical Health Center”
Continue Unit 8 pgs. 930-
935
Complete: Comprehension,
Literary Analysis,
Vocabulary, and selection
tests (PKT)
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
Complete Reading-Writing
Connection B pg. 919.
Rewrite one of your
assignments as a short
speech.
English/Spelling Houghton Mifflin
(HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
HM: Unit 6 Checkup and
Extra Practice pages 311-313
& 316-324 and
Unit 6 GWA Pronouns
pg. 279
SP: L29 pgs. 225-226
HM: Unit 7 Prepositional
Phrases
L1-2 pgs. 326-332
WBP: pgs. 135-138
SP: L30 pgs. 227-228
HM: Unit 7
L 3 - 4 pgs.333-339
WBP: pgs. 139-142
SP: L31 pgs.229-230
Additional Reading Literature Unit see above
[Type a quote from the document or the summary of an
interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in
the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the
formatting of the pull quote text box.]
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Reporting Period 9 April 6 (4/6 Holiday) April 13 April 20 April 27
Subject Week 31 Week 32 Week 33 Week 34 End of RP 9 (5/1)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 11 Irrational Numbers
& Nonlinear Functions www.phschool.com
Sections 11.1-11.5 pgs. 566-
595 (square roots, irrational
numbers, Pythagorean
Theorem, distance/midpoint,
graph non- linear functions)
CA
AS
PP
Testin
g
(actual d
ates may
vary
)
Ch. 11 Irrational Numbers
& Nonlinear Functions Ch. review and test pgs. 597-
600
Ch. 12 Data Analysis
Check for readiness pg. 604
Sections 12.1-12.2 pgs. 606-
615 (mean, median, mode,
frequency tables, line plots,
histograms)
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 615
Benchmark Test 3 (get test
from resource teacher and
return to teacher to be
graded)
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B (SGB)
Life Science Chapter
Quizzes & Tests
Packet (QT)
Ch. 16 Circulation and
Respiration Section 3 pgs. 508-520
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quiz, and Ch. 16 test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 243-
249
Ch.17 Communication and
Control Section 1 pgs. 522-533.
Complete section review
questions, quick lab, section
quiz (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 250-
252
Ch. 17 Communication and
Control Section 2 pgs. 534-550.
Complete section review
questions, quick labs, section
quiz, and Ch. 17 Test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 253-
259.
Social Studies Glencoe Medieval &
Early Modern Times
(MMT)
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
(KDM)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch. 10 The Age of
Exploration
Section 1 pgs. 484-492
QT: Quiz 10-1 pg. 111
MCG: L32
Comparing Circle Graphs
Ch. 10 The Age of
Exploration
Section 2 pgs. 493-499
QT: Quiz 10-2 pg. 112
KDM: Columbus
MCG: L33 Reading a Bar
Graph
Ch. 10 The Age of
Exploration
Section 3 pgs. 502-505
QT: Quiz 10-3 pg. 113 and
Ch. 10 Test Form A pgs.
115-118
MCG: L34 Comparing Bar
Graphs
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NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 10 (5/28)
Reporting Period 10 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 (5/25 Holiday)
Subject Week 35 Week 36 Week 37 Week 38
Reading
McDougal Littell
Literature
Selection Test
Packet (PKT)
Unit 9: Research Strategies pgs. 958-975 - Read through
the Research Strategies to guide you through writing a
research paper. Research topic and gather information.
Unit 9: Research Report pgs.976-990. Read material, make
note cards, write an outline, do works cited page and write a
rough draft, proof it, and make needed corrections. Write a
final draft.
Writing
McDougal Littell
Literature
See research paper above
See research paper above
English/Spelling
Houghton Mifflin
Textbook (HME)
HM Workbook Plus
Handouts (WBP)
Word Wise
(VOC/SP)
Grammar Writing
Assessment packet
(GWA)
HM: Unit 7
L 5-6 pgs. 340-347
WB: pgs. 143-149
SP: L32 pgs. 231-232
HM: Unit 7
Prepositional Phrases pg. 3
(GWA)
HM: Unit 7
Prepositional Phrases pg. 33
(GWA)
HM: Unit 8 Complete
Sentences
Cumulative Review pgs. 376-
379
WBP: pg. 154
Complex Sentences pg. 37
(GWA)
Additional Reading
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle- Avi
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Reporting Period 10 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 (5/25 Holiday)
Subject Week 35 Week 36 Week 37 Week 38 End of RP 10 (5/28)
Math Prentice Hall
California
Pre-Algebra
Ch. 12 Data Analysis www.phschool.com
Sections 12.3-12.4 pgs. 617-
626 (box and whisker plots,
stem and leaf plots)
Quarter 4 test (get test from
resource teacher & return to
be graded).
Ch. 12 Data Analysis
Sections 12.5-12.6 pgs. 628-
638 (scatter plots, reasoning
strategy: solve by graphing)
Ch. review and test pgs.
641-644
Complete Guided problem
solving pg. 634 in textbook
Ch. 12 Data Analysis
Ch. 12 Standards Mastery
pgs. 645-649.
Final Test – Chapters 1-12 (get
from resource teacher and
return to be graded)
Science Life Science - HOLT
Study Guide B (SGB)
Life Science Chapter
Quizzes & Tests
Packet (QT)
Ch. 18 –Reproduction and Development Sections 1-2 pgs. 552-576. Complete section review questions, quick labs, section quizzes, and Ch. 18 test (QT).
Complete (SGB) pgs. 260-269.
Social Studies Glencoe Medieval &
Early Modern Times
(MMT)
Chapter Quizzes &
Tests (QT)
Kids Discover
(KDM)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch. 11 The Age of
Enlightenment
Section 1 pgs. 512-523
QT: Quiz 11-1 pg. 123
MCG: L35 Reading a
Double Bar Graph
Ch. 11 The Age of
Enlightenment
Section 2 pgs. 524-530
QT: Quiz 11-2 pg. 124
KDM: Leonardo da Vinci
MCG: L36 Reading a Line
Graph
Ch. 11 The Age of
Enlightenment
Section 3 pgs. 531-541
QT: Quiz 11-3 pg. 125 and
Ch. 11 Test Form A pgs. 127-
130
MCG: L37 Reading a
Double Line Graph
KDM: The Industrial
Revolution
MCG: L38-42
Using a Map and a Graph
Together, Using a Time Line,
Reading Diagrams, Reading
Editorial Cartoons, Interpreting
Editorial Cartoons