Ms. Sampley
Week of May 2, 2022
ELA: "The Weird Ones" series, grammar
Math: basic skills practice, convert fractions to decimals, volume
Week of April 25, 2022
ELA: "The Weird Ones" ReadWorks series (after TNReady testing is complete)
8th Math: TNReady testing; math games and basic skills practice (after TNReady testing is complete)
Week of April 18, 2022
ELA: TNReady Testing, parts of speech (end of week)
8th Math: TNReady review
Week of April 11, 2022
ELA: context clues, figurative language, editing
8th Math: volume, review of skills
Week of April 4, 2022
ELA: central idea, "Noticing Mistakes Boosts Learning," writing task, spelling practice, punctuation unit
8th Math: Pythagorean Theorem (use the converse, apply to problems, find distance in the coordinate plane)
Week of March 28, 2022
ELA: Central/main idea, "Coding--It's All Around Us," TNReady review questions, sentence fragments, run-on sentences
8th Math: Pythagorean Theorem (using the converse, applying the theorem to solve problems), TNReady review problems
Week of March 21, 2022
ELA: Allusions, sentence fragments, run-on sentences, tone vs mood
8th Math: Pythagorean Theorem
7th Math: Write & solve two-step equations, use the distributive property to solve equations
Week of March 7, 2022
ELA: Connotations/denotations, writing an essay (Romeo & Juliet), sentence fragments, run-on sentences
8th Math: Analyze linear equations, understand the Pythagorean Theorem
7th Math: Write and solve two-step equations, use the distributive property
Week of February 28, 2022
ELA: Verb tense, inappropriate shifts in verb tense, writing an essay (Romeo & Juliet)
8th Math: calculate slope, write a linear equation, y-intercept, interpret line graphs
7th Math: subtracting expressions, applied problems, equivalent expressions
Week of February 21, 2022
ELA: summaries, essay structure, writing prompt, capitalization conventions, grammar (expanding sentences)
8th Math: write a linear equation, understand the y-intercept
7th Math: factoring expressions, adding and subtracting expressions (Topics 4-5, 4-6, and 4-7)
Week of February 14, 2022
ELA: Informational texts, main/central idea, supporting details, The Puzzling Platypus, analyzing texts, writing tasks, conventions
Math: finding slope from two points, write a linear equation from two points, graph an equation, y-intercept, write the equation of a line
Week of February 7, 2022
ELA: Romeo & Juliet, unit assessment, writing essays, grammar & conventions
8th Math: solving equations, connecting proportional relationships and slope, linear equations
7th Math: expand expressions, factor expressions, add & subtract expressions
Week of January 31, 2022
ELA: writing task ("Romeo's Transformation"), Romeo & Juliet
8th Math: Solve equations
7th Math: Simplify and expand equations
Week of January 24, 2022
ELA: Romeo & Juliet, vocabulary, writing tasks (using vocabulary; Mercutio's death speech)
8th Math: Solve equations with variables on both sides, multistep equations, fractions, individual skills
7th Math: Determine if expressions are equivalent, simplify expressions, expand expressions, properties of operations, fractions
Week of January 18, 2022
No school
Week of January 10, 2022
ELA: Complete sentences, capitalization, vocabulary (emotion words), Romeo & Juliet
8th Math: Solve equations with variables on both sides, distributive property, individual skills
7th Math: Write and evaluate algebraic expressions, generate equivalent expressions, simplify expressions
Week of January 3, 2022
ELA: Complete sentences, capitalization & punctuation, Romeo & Juliet
Math: Solving Equations, fractions, decimals
Week of December 13, 2021
ELA: Romeo & Juliet, informative writing
Math: Combine Like Terms to Solve Equations
Week of December 6, 2021
ELA: Romeo & Juliet
Math: Combine Like Terms to Solve Equations
Week of November 30, 2021
ELA: Romeo & Juliet
Math: Scientific Notation
Week of November 15, 2021
ELA: Going Solo, Lesson 4, writing techniques; Fish Cheeks
Math: Properties of Exponents
Week of November 8, 2021
ELA: Going Solo, Lessons 2 and 3, showing vs telling, dialogue, vocabulary (sound words)
Math: Integer Exponents
Week of November 1, 2021
ELA: Going Solo, Lesson 1, "What's Goin' to 'appen to it?"
Math: Solving equations using square roots and cube roots
Week of October 25, 2021
ELA: The Collector, historical fiction, point of view, theme, analyzing text. Begin Going Solo, by Roald Dahl
Math: Evaluate square roots and cube roots, volume and area, solve equations using square roots and cubes
Week of October 18, 2021
ELA: Finish Bud Not Buddy
Math: perfect squares, perfect cubes, evaluate square roots and cube roots, solve equations using square roots and cube roots
Week of September 7, 2021
ELA: Review The Golden Touch. Begin Amplify lessons (focusing on a moment, adding vivid details to writing)
Math: Locating irrational numbers on a number line, using perfect squares, evaluate square roots and cube roots
Week of August 30, 2021
ELA: The Golden Touch - retelling of the King Midas myth by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Math: Estimate irrational numbers using perfect squares, locate on a number line
Week of August 23, 2021
ELA: Strife - a myth. Inferencing, point of view, figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification), summarizing, context clues
Math: Compare and order real numbers, change fractions to decimals, evaluate perfect squares and perfect cubes
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