East-West Sylvan
Mr. Adam
E-mail me: agaede@pps.net
V.I.P Book Report forms
Gradebook
Homework and Absence Policy
Classroom Management and Climate
6th Grade Language Arts Standards
6th Grade Social Sciences Standards
Calendar
The color of the date indicates whether AM or PM students have Ancient History on that day.
Please click on each word of the day for a description of the students' responsibilities.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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7 DUE: Q2 Reflection and Q3 Goals |
8 DUE: Persuasive Essay Rough Draft (5 paragraphs) |
9 DUE: Typed Persuasive Essay Rough Draft |
10 |
| 13 DUE: Characterization of the wolf (2 paragraphs + drawing/caption) |
14DUE: Characterization of one "Ugly" character |
15 DUE: Love Poem brainstorm LATE OPENING
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| 20 NO SCHOOL:
Presidents' Day |
21 DUE: Love Poem (1 final artistic copy, 1 paper copy) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
| 27 DUE: Zhou Dynasty Presentations!!! (AM and PM) |
28 |
29 |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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3 |
4 |
5 DUE (PM): Kush Timeline |
6 DUE (AM): Kush Timeline |
| 9 DUE: V.I.P. Book Report #2 DUE: Mad Lib |
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11 DUE (PM): Geography Challenge |
12 DUE (AM): Geography Challenge |
13 DUE: Reading Response |
| 16 NO SCHOOL in honor of MLK Jr.
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17 NO SCHOOL:
Snow Day! |
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19 |
20 |
| 23 DUE: Bullying / Bystander Reflection |
24 |
25 DUE: 4 Persuasive Topics |
26 DUE: Topic, audience, 3 main points |
27 DUE: 3 paragraphs |
| 30 DUE: Writing Using Vocabulary |
31 DUE (AM): Ch. 20 graphic organizer DUE: Writing a Mad Lib |
Feb. 1 DUE (PM): Ch. 20 graphic organizer Parts of Speech Test
banter |
Feb. 2 DUE: Snapshot Final Resubmission DUE: V.I.P. 3 (Book "Report") Last Day of Q2
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Feb. 3 NO SCHOOL
for students |
Previous Months
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1 DUE: SHOW Don't TELL sentences Giver Ch. 2 - 3 discussions Egypt Project work time |
2 DUE: Q2 Book Report 1
Read Giver Ch. 4, 5, 6, 7 Egypt Project work time |
| 5 DUE: Giver 4, 5, 6, 7
Discuss Giver Ch. 4, 5, 6, 7 Work Time: type or read |
6 Lit circle + reading Egypt Social Class PRESENTATIONS! |
7 DUE: Giver 8, 9, 10, 11
Discuss Giver Ch. 8 - 11 Ancient Egypt myths |
8 Lit circle + reading Ancient Egypt myths |
10 DUE: Giver 12, 13, 14, 15 Discuss Giver Ch. 12 - 15 Egypt video |
| 12 DUE: Giver 16, 17, 18, 19 Discuss Giver Ch. 16 - 19 Egypt video |
13 DUE: Giver 20, 21, 22, 23 (The End!) Giver: lingering questions to ambiguous ending; Write a "Chapter 24" |
14 DUE: "Chapter 24" to The Giver Share "Chapter 24" writing; discuss Lowry's ending Quotation Punctuation; |
15 HISTORY TEST (EGYPT) History Test Quotation Punctuation; |
16 DUE: Snapshot FINAL DRAFT (ready to type in class) Informercial and Quiz Word Puzzles |
| 19 Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading! |
20 Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading! |
21
Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading! |
22
Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading! |
23
Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading! |
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Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading! |
27 Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading! |
28
Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading! |
29
Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading! |
30
Happy Holidays!
NO SCHOOL, but keep reading |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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1 DUE: AM - Geography Challenge 2 (p. 50-51) Reading with Fluency Timeline Challenge AM |
2 DUE: PM - Geography Challenge 2 (p. 50-51) |
3 DUE: Topic/Theme (Reading); DUE: Writing using theme Inferring with Tight Times Timeline Challenge AM |
4 DUE: Book Report 3 Book Report 3 and Inferring with SSR book Timeline Challenge PM |
| 7 DUE: Inferring with SSR book Inferring with "Cat on the Go" Chapter 7 |
8 Inferring with SSR book |
9 DUE: Inferring with SSR book; DUE: ALL QUARTER 1 Assignments!!! New Book Report (VIP) - practice with "Peter and the Wolf" video |
10 NO SCHOOL! |
11 NO SCHOOL! |
| 14 Quarter 1 Reflection and Quarter 2 Goals |
15 DUE: Kindness comic strip final draft; DUE: Q1 & Q2 Survey Tackling difficult vocabulary with inferring ("The All-American Slurp") |
16 DUE: PM - Ch. 7 map Inferring unfamiliar words using Shackleton |
17 DUE: AM - Ch. 7 map; DUE: Inferring Vocabulary; DUE: Responses to Shackleton; DUE: "How to Eat" writing jubilant
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18 Writing news report or interview using rubric |
| 21 NO SCHOOL! |
22 NO SCHOOL! |
23 NO SCHOOL! |
24 NO SCHOOL! |
25 NO SCHOOL! |
| 28 Organize binders; |
29 DUE: PM - Ch. 9 notes
Literature Circles with The Giver, Ch. 1 |
30 DUE: AM - Ch. 9 notes Literature Circles with The Giver, Ch. 2 |
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| 3 DUE: "Zlateh" plot elements; DUE: Vocabulary Writing
Reading and correcting vocab writing using synonyms Begin Chapter 5 (History) |
4 Making predictions and visualization with"Dragon, Dragon" Living Journal: Fairy Tale related to "Dragon, Dragon" |
5 DUE: AM - Ch. 4 Assessment (city-state);
Reading our fairy tales and analyzing conflict/plot News report for a vocabulary word |
6
SSR time Vocabulary "news reports" and quiz |
7
"Dar and the Spear-Thrower" Language Out Loud + "Dutiful Parakeet" plot quiz |
| 10 SSR time Dar and the Spear-Thrower |
11 "Dar" reflections in Living Journal Dar and the Spear-Thrower |
12 Dar and the Spear-Thrower News report for a vocabulary word |
13 DUE: Book Report 2 Sharing Book Report 2 |
14 NO SCHOOL! |
| 17 Dar and the Spear-Thrower Presenting exhibits with chapter 5 reading |
18 Dar and the Spear-Thrower Dar reflections and denouements |
19 DUE: Dar Writing Arrive at school at 9:20 to depart for Outdoor School! AM to Sandy River with Mr. Adam PM to Namanu with Mr. Blowers
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20 Outdoor School |
21 Students return to school at 1:30 for pick-up! |
| 24 Read denouements and completed ODS workbook Letters to student leaders |
25 DUE: Letters to student leaders AM PM |
26 TEST: AM - Unit One (History) AM PM |
27 TEST: PM - Unit One (History) Applying vocabulary in context (review of words) PM: Unit One test |
28 DUE: Vocab Writing SSR time Geography Challenge 2 |
| 31 Read short scary stories aloud Geography Challenge 2 |
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7 | 8 DUE: Student Profile
"I Am From" brainstorm tool |
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| 12 DUE: "I Am From" poem
Previewing strategy with Ch. 1 in History Alive 5 Themes of Geography "The Lunar Landing" collaboration project |
13
Visualization and similes with "Eleven" Descriptive Writing assignment |
14 DUE: Visualize HW; DUE: PM - 5 Themes of Geography Outdoor School information Geography Challenge 1 Nikki McClure: Kindness posters |
15 DUE: Descriptive Writing piece; DUE: AM - 5 Themes of Geography
Making Predictions with "Zlateh the Goat" Sharing writing pieces |
16 DUE: Making Predictions HW; DUE: PM - Geography Challenge 1
Typing "I Am From" poems Ms. Sandhorst |
| 19 DUE: AM - Geography Challenge 1
Tackling Difficult Vocabulary with "Ta-Na-E-Ka" Plot Elements with "Ta-Na-E-Ka" |