Week of December 4th
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6th-Grade Focus Standards:

  • 6.RL.3.2
  • 6.RN.3.3

The Big Ideas:

  • Author’s perspective
  • Narrator’s influence 
  • Narrator’s point of view 

“I can” Statements:

I can determine the author’s purpose in a given text.

I can explain how the narrator can affect the tone of the story.

I can explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
 
 

7th-Grade Focus Standards:

  • 7.RN.2.1

  • 7.RV.2.3

  • 7.RL.2.2



The Big Ideas:

  • Inference

  • Connotation/Denotation

  • Theme



“I can” Statements:

I can infer what an author is saying by reading the text.

I can distinguish between the connotation and denotation of words.


I can identify and explain the theme in a work of literature.
 
 

8th-Grade Focus Standards:

  • 8.RL.2.1

  • 8.RV.2.3

  • 8.W.6.2a

  • 8.RL.2.2


The Big Ideas:

  • Inference

  • Connotations/Denotations

  • Capitalization

  • Theme


“I can” Statements:

I can understand and discuss what is unstated in a text.

I can distinguish between the connotation and the denotation of words.

I can use correct capitalization when I write.

I can identify and explain the main themes in a work of literature. 
 
 
 
 
 

6th-grade Thursday Meeting:
DOK and Rigor:  
— review  
— workshop
7th/8th-grade Friday Meeting:
DOK and Rigor:
— review
— workshop
 
 
 
 
Mini-assessments:
  •  7th/8th-grades cycle 2B/C minis will be on Canvas and ready for you on Wednesday the 8th
  •  6th-grade Cycle 2B mini will be on Canvas and ready for you on Wednesday the 8th
NWEA mid-year assessments:
 -Dec 11th and 12th: reading 
 -Dec 13th - 14th: language arts
 -Dec 15th: finish up / make-ups 
 
 
 
 
 

Rigorous Question  Stems

for 

Reading and Writing 


With new rigorous standards, the level of questioning must be raised in order for students to be prepared for college and career assessments.

Use these question stems to create your own questions for everyday questioning and summative and formative assessments to ensure you are using higher level questioning with your students.

All the questions are aligned with Webb's Depth of Knowledge. 

This is a great resource to help you expose your students to the types of questions that are going to be on NWEA MAP, ISTEP and the upcoming iLearn assessments. 

Click here to get your copy!
 
 
 
 
 
 
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