Portland Public Schools
Portland, Oregon

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East Sylvan Middle School (Grade 6)
1849 SW 58th Ave. | Portland, OR 97221
Phone: (503) 916-5560 | Office Hours: 8:15-4:30
West Sylvan Middle School (Grades 7-8)
8111 SW West Slope Drive | Portland, OR 97225
Phone: (503) 916-5690 | Office Hours: 8:00-4:30

April 2012

April 2012
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2 

  • 3 Dilemmas
  • Vocab (Wednesday)
  • Role Sheet 9 (Wednesday)

3

  • Vocabulary
  • Role Sheet 9
  • Notes on your speech question

4 Vocab Work Due/ Role sheet 9 due

  • grade report
  • speech (your part)
  • role sheet 10 (Friday)
  • Community Service (Friday)

5

  • 6 amendment shield parts
  • role sheet 10
  • study vocabulary
  • community service and reflection

6 Vocab. Quiz

Role sheet 10 due

  • Finish amendment shield (floppy book)
  • role sheet 11 (Tuesday)
  • 5 words (Democratic Vocab. only)

9

  • role sheet 11
  • grade report
  • floppy book
  • take home quiz

10 Role Sheet 11 due

  • role sheet 12 (Thursday)

11 All Quarter 3 work due

  • Role sheet 12
  • bring lit. book

12 Quarter 3 Ends

Role sheet 12 due

  • Floppy book- pg. 82 (step 4 only, but write a reason)
  • Bring To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Study quote formatting
  • Cong. Hearings volunteer form

13 No School

Teacher Work Day

16 

  • Floppy book pg. 84- step 4 only- give a reason
  • vocab. book (Wednesday)
  • Study presidents (Friday)

17 

  • floppy book pg. 86- step 4 only- give a reason
  • vocab. book work
  • TKM chapter 1 questions
  • Bring all social studies books
  • presidents quiz Friday (1-5)

18 Late Start

Vocab. Work Due

  • read your We the People Unit
  • study vocab. (Quiz Friday)

19 

  • Study presidents 1-5
  • Study vocab
  • TKM Chapter 2 questions
  • Cong. Hearings notes

20 Vocab. Quiz

Presidents Quiz (1-5)

  • Congressional hearings (whatever your group needs)
  • Book Quiz (Tuesday)
  • Publishing Draft (Wednesday)
23 
24 Book Quiz
25 Publishing Draft
26
27 Final Publishing
30 
                           1
 Congressional 2  Hearings            
  OAKS testing      3

 Ms. Johnson's last 4 day                           

March 2012

March 2012
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 


1 (see February)
2 (see February)

5

  • Role sheet 2
  • Study for SS Quiz

6

  • Role sheet 3 (Thursday)

7 

  • Role sheet 3
  • WTP Speech paragraph (clean copy)
  • Practice speech out loud in front of people

8 Role sheet 3 due

  • Role sheet 4 (Monday)

9 

  • Role sheet 4
  • We the People pg. 108- 3 questions

12 Role sheet 4 due

  • We the People pg. 125 (#1 only)
  • Memorize preamble
  • Vocab. Work (Wednesday)
  • Role Sheet 5 (Wednesday)

13 

  • Role sheet 5
  • Vocab. work
  • Memorize preamble

14 Role sheet 5 due/ Vocabulary Book work due

  • Grade report signature
  • role sheet 6 (Monday)
  • Vocab. Quiz (Monday)
  • Book Quiz (Monday)

15 OAKS Reading Test

  • Role sheet 6 (Monday)
  • Study Vocab. (Monday)
  • Finish choice book (Monday)

 

16 OAKS Reading Test

  • Role sheet 6
  • Study Guide
  • Study for vocab. quiz
  • Finish choice book

19 Vocab. Quiz/ Book Quiz

  • Study for Social Studies Quiz
  • Role sheet 7 (Wednesday)
  • Memorize preamble and write paragraph (see student due date)
  • 5 words (Democratic Vocab. only)
  • Publishing draft (Wednesday)

20 Preamble- Mavrick, Sarah F, Emily, Page, Juliana

  • Role sheet 7
  • Preamble/ paragraph (if it's your night)
  • publishing draft

21 Publishing Draft Due/ Late Opening/ Preamble- Kate, Rachel, Ben, Tyler, Christian

  • Role sheet 8 (Friday)
  • Preamble/ paragraph (if it's you)
  • Ch. 9 floppy book page (whichever one's yours)
  • Publishing final (Friday)

22 Preamble- Adeline, Kris, Molly, Ansel, Henry

SNOW DAY!

23 Publishing Final Due/ Preamble- Catherine, Noah, Laura, Emilie, Nick

  • Role sheet 8
  • Floppy Book Chapter 9 (finish all 6 sections)
  • Preamble and paragraph (if applicable)
  • Vocab. (Wednesday)
26 Spring Break
27 Spring Break
28 Spring Break
29 Spring Break
30 Spring Break

February 2012

February 2012
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

1 See January Calendar
2 See January Calendar
3
See January Calendar

6

  • Character Notes- Leanora, Esther, Percelle, Merlin
  • 5 words (Democratic Vocabulary only)
  • We the People definitions- civic virtue, constitution, constitutional government, higher law

7

  • Character Notes- add to Leanora and Esther; new page for Sara
  • Get grade policy signed

8 

  • Witness Character Journal- Sara, Percelle, Leanora, Harvey, Fitzgerald, Viola, Johnny, Esther, Iris
  • We the People group activity- anything you need to do to be ready

9 

  • Witness Character Journal- Raynard, Willie, Leanora, Iris, Harvey, Viola, Johnny, Sara, Percelle, Esther, Merlin

10 

  • Witness Character Journal- Raynard, Merlin, Leonora, Iris, Harvey, Viola, Johnny, Sara, Esther
  • We the People pg. 43 (4 questions)

13 

  • Work on Study Guide (Wednesday)
  • Work on Vocabulary (Wednesday)
  • Prepare for book quiz (Wednesday)

14 

  • Character Journal- Raynard, Percelle, Esther, Iris, Sara, Johnny
  • Vocab work
  • Prepare for book quiz
  • Study guide

15  Vocab. Book Work due/ Independent Book Quiz

  • Grade Report
  • Study for Social Studies Quiz
  • Study for vocab. quiz (Friday)

16 Social Studies Quiz (We the People Unit 1 and History Alive Chapter 5)

  • Character Journal- (Tuesday) Reynard, Percelle, Esther, Fitzgerald, Sara, Johnny, Viola, Leanora, Merlin
  • Study for Vocab. Quiz
  • Choose 1776 character (Tuesday)
  • 5 words (Tuesday)- Democratic Vocab only

17   Vocab. Quiz

  • Witness questions final copy
  • 5 words (Dem. Vocab. only)
  • Study Guide
  • Grade report signature
20 No School- Presidents' Day

21 

  • Character Journal- Willie, Merlin, Esther, Fitzgerald, Sara, Johnny, Iris, Percelle, Viola, Reynard
  • 1776 questions (so far as we've gotten)
  • Publishing Draft

22  Publishing Draft Due

  • Character journal- Harvey, Merlin, Esther, Mr. Field, Sara, Johnny, Leanora, Percelle, Viola, Reynard
  • 1776 question sheet
  • Publishing (Friday)
  • Bio Poem Draft (Friday)

23

  • bio poem draft
  • publishing final copy
  • grade report signature

24  Publishing Final Copy Due

  • Read We the People pgs. 72-73
  • vocab (Wednesday)
  • character journal- Harvey, Merlin, Esther, Iris, Sara, Johnny, Leanora, Percelle, Viola, Reynard, Fitzgerald

27 

  • Bio Poem final copy
  • We the People task (bottom of p.73)
  • Vocab book (Wednesday)
  • Witness Questions draft (Thursday)

28

  • 7 definitions (WTP 84-86)
  • Vocabulary
  • We the People pg. 87 4 questions
  • Witness questions draft (Thursday)

29 Vocab. work due

  • Witness questions draft (preferably typed)
  • Study for vocab quiz (Friday)
  • Lit. Circle role sheet 1 (Friday)

 1 Witness Questions draft due

  • Study for vocab. quiz
  • Reading and Role Sheet 1
  • Witness final draft (Monday)
2 Vocab. Quiz/ Lit Circles #1 due

January 2012

January 2012
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2 
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4
5
6
9
10
11 
12 
13 
16 
17 
18 

19 

  • Study for vocab. quiz
  • Lit. Circles section 8

 

20 Lit Circles section 8 due

  • Great Debaters reflection
  • Read We the People (WTP) 8-11
  • 5 words (Dem. Vocab. only
  • Lit circles 9 (Tuesday)

23 

  • Lit. Circles section 9
  • Read We the People pg. 15 and do 7 questions
  • Publishing draft (Wednesday)
  • Community service and reflection (Friday)

24 Lit circles section 9 due

  • Lit circles 10 (Thursday)
  • Publishing Draft
  • Community service (Friday)
  • We the People page 19, questions 1-3

25 Publishing Draft Due

  • Lit Circles 10
  • Grade report signature
  • community service hours and reflection (Friday)
  • Publishing Final Copy (Friday)
  • Any late or revised work (Wednesday)

26 Lit Circles section 10 due

  • community service
  • publishing final copy
  • lit circles 11 (Monday)
  • late work (Wednesday)
  • Vocab. work (Wednesday)

27 Final Publishing Due/ Community Service (with reflection) due

  • Lit. Circles # 11
  • Summarize We the People pgs. 24 and 25 (bullet points OK)
  • late work (Wednesday)
  • Vocab work (Wednesday)

30 lit. circles section 11 due

  • We the People page 27- questions 2-5
  • Lit circles 12 (Wednesday)
  • Vocab work (Wednesday)
  • Any late work (Wednesday)

31

  • Lit Circles section 12
  • Vocab work
  • any late work for Quarter 2
  • Grade report

1 Lit circles section 12 due

Vocab. work due

  • Read Zinn 55-61 and write down key points
  • Study Vocab (Quiz Monday)

 2 Quarter 2 Ends

  • Study for vocab. quiz Monday
3 Teacher Work Day- No School

December 2011

December 2011
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 


1 (see November calendar)
2 (see November calendar)

5

  • Vocab (Wednesday)
  • Mascot essay second draft (Wednesday)
CE- Emilie

7 CE- Mavrick/ Vocab Due/ Mascot essay 2nd draft due

  • Part Time Indian Quickwrite 9 (and have 1-8 ready for turn-in)
  • Grade report signature
  • Study Vocab (Fri)
  • Mascot final copy (Fri)

8 CE- Sarah B.

  • Study for vocab quiz
  • Mascot final essay due

9 CE- Emily B./ Vocab. Quiz/ Mascot Essay due

  • Clean and organize binder
  • 5 word suggestions (Democratic Vocab. only)
  • Publishing Draft (Wednesday)

12 CE- Mark

  • Lit. Circle section 1 reading and role sheet
  • Publishing Draft (Wednesday)
  • Floppy Book 20 (Wednesday)

13 CE- Adeline

  • Publishing Draft
  • Floppy Book Chapter 20
  • Book Quiz (Thursday)
  • Lit. Circles reading and role sheet 2 (Thursday)

14 CE- Maddy/ publishing draft due

  • Lit circles reading and role sheet 2
  • Be ready for book quiz
  • Publishing final copy (Friday)
  • Vocab (due the Wednesday we get back

15 CE-Henry/ Book Quiz 3

  • Publishing final copy
  • Grade report signature
  • Literature circles section 3 reading and role sheet (Tuesday)
  • Vocab (Wednesday)
16 Publishing final copy due
19 No School 20 No School
21 No School
22 No School
23 No School
26 No School
27 No School
28 No school
29 No School
30 No School

November 2011

November 2011
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

1

  • 4.10-4.12 Notes
  • Study Guide 4
  • 3 Colonial House Chart entries

2

  • 3 more Colonial House Chart entries
  • Part Time Indian Quick-Write 4
  • Study for Social Studies Quiz

3 Chapter 4 Quiz

  • 5 Current Event questions
  • Part Time Indian Quickwrite 5
  • Community  Service hours and reflection
  • Grade report

4

  • Practice Current Event (written part only)
  • Color your colony map

7

  • Mascot chart- NCAA article
  • Zinn QW 2
  • Vocab (Wednesday)
  • Map Quiz (Wednesday)

8 

  • Mascot chart
  • vocab
  • study for map quiz
  • 3 colonial house entries

9 Colonies Map Quiz

End of Quarter 1

Vocab work due

  • 3 Colonial Chart entries
  • Study for vocab quiz
  • 5 vocab. word suggestions
10 Teacher Work Day- No School
11 Veterans' Day- No School

14 Vocab Quiz 4

  • Anything you need for your colony brochure
  • Current event (if it's your turn this week)
  • Be ready for book quiz
15 Independent Book Quiz

16 

  • Conference Goals
  • Mascot essay- hook, thesis, and general info
  • Anything you need for your brochure
17 Evening conferences- see schedule
18 
21 Conferences- No school
22 Conferences- No school
23 No school
24 Thanksgiving
25 No school

28 

  • Part Time Indian Quick-write 7
  • Prep for brochure presentation
  • Publishing draft (Wed.)

29

  • Mascot Essay Outline (Thursday)
  • Mascot Essay Draft (Monday)
  • Vocab-all flavors (Wed next week)
30
  • Mascot Essay Outline

  • Mascot Essay Draft (Monday)
  • Part Time Indian Quick-write 8
  • Grade Report

1 - Mascot Essay Outline Due

  • Mascot Essay Draft
  • Vocab. Wednesday

 2

  • Vocabulary (Wednesday)
  • Email me your mascot draft (if you haven't turned it in already

October 2011

October 2011
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3 Ropes Course

4

  • Ropes course reflection
  • 5 vocab. words (include source and page #)

5

  • Conference Form (if not already done)

6

  • Select and print news article
  • top half of current event worksheet
  • Floppy 2.2-2.4
  • Update Comparison chart, if necessary
  • Grade report signature

7

  • Current event worksheet and article
  • 2.2-2.6 floppy book
  • Vocab. work (Wednesday)

10

  • Work on vocab.
  • finish independent book

11 

  • Quickwrites 6-8
  • finish vocab.
  • SS study guide

12 Vocab work due

  • Code Talker project choice
  • study for SS quiz
  • be ready for book quiz

13 Book Quiz 1

  • Study for vocab. quiz (Monday)
14 No School

17 Vocab. Quiz

  • Code Talker Project materials- if necessary
  • 5 vocab. word suggestions
  • publishing draft

18 Publishing Draft

  • Bring anything you need for Code Talker Project
  • Publishing Friday

19 

  • Code Talker Project (Mon)
  • Publishing (Friday)
  • Vocab (Wednesday)

20 

  • Zinn Quick-write 1
  • Publishing Final Copy
  • Code Talker Project (Monday)
  • Vocab (Wednesday

21 Publishing Due

  • Code Talker project and bibliography
  • Part Time Indian Quick-write 1
  • Vocab (Wednesday)
  • Book choice (next free choice book)

24 

  • Bibliography
  • Presentations continue tomorrow
  • Vocab (Wednesday)

25 

  • Vocab work
  • Art Presentations tomorrow
  • 3 Colonial House chart entries

26 Vocab work due

  • Study vocab (Friday)
  • 3 Colonial House chart entries
  • Grade report signature

27 

  • Study for vocab. quiz
  • Part Time Indian Quick-write #2
  • Key points of your Ch.4 section

28 vocab. quiz

  • Part Time Indian Quick-write #3
  • 5 Vocabulary word suggestions
  • Anything you need for your skit

31 Halloween

Perform Ch. 4 Skits

  • Notes 4.2-4.9 (from presentations)
  • Witch Trial notes
 

 
 

September 2011

September 2011
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 
 
 
1 
2 
5 

6 

  • Name Research
  • Student Letter to Ms. J.
  • Parent Letter to Ms. J (Friday)
  • 3 paper bags (Friday)
  • Contact sheet

7 

  • Rock the World
  • Name poem draft (Fri)
  • Parent letter (Fri)
  • Book covers or 3 bags (Fri)
  • US Map (Mon)

8 

  • Rock the World final
  • Parent Letter
  • 3 bags (or book covers)
  • Map (Mon)
  • Name Draft (Mon)
  • Late Work

9 

  • Cover all three textbooks (Name, teacher, book title)
  • US Map (with rubric)
  • Name poem draft

 

12 

  • Choose your independent book (Quiz October 13)

13 

  • Bring supplies for poster work
  • Rock the Community Draft
  • States Quiz (Friday)

14 

  • Rock the Community Final Copy
  • Quickwrite 2
  • Floppy Preview 1
  • Map Quiz (Friday)
  • Poem (Friday)
  • Poster (Monday?)

15 

  • Name Poem

16 

  • Poster
  • Bring Vocab. Notebook

19 

  • Chapter 1 floppy book work
  • 5 words (Wednesday)

20 

  • Ch. 1 Study Guide
  • 5 Vocab. Words

21 

  • Study Ch. 1 Social Studies
  • Oregonian Scavenger Hunt (Fri)

22 

  • Oregonian scavenger hunt
  • Get Grade Report Signed
  • Code Talkers Quick Write 3

23 

  • highlight song article (interesting/ confusing things)
  • vocab. (Wed)
  • permission slip

26 

  • Floppy Book page 7
  • Permission slip
  • Vocabulary (Thursday)

27 

  • Vocab (Thurs)
  • Quick-write 4
  • Grade report
28 

29 Vocab. Due

  • Synergo extra permission slip
  • Study for Vocab. Quiz

30 Vocab. Quiz

  • Finish Zinn classwork
  • prep for field trip