Week of February 26th

6th-Grade Focus Standards:


●	6.W.5

The Big Ideas:


●	Research

“I can” Statements:

I can conduct short research projects that use several sources to answer a specific question.

I can gather information from multiple sources (print and digital) and assess credibility of those sources.

7th-Grade Focus Standards:


●	7.RN.4.3

The Big Ideas:


●	Comparing & contrasting informational texts

“I can” Statements:

I can compare and contrast the perspective or point of view of two or more authors.

8th-Grade Focus Standards:


●	8.RL.2.3
●	8.RL.3.1

The Big Ideas:


●	Dialogue propels action
●	Comparing and contrasting literary texts

“I can” Statements:

I can analyze how dialogue or specific incidents reveal information about characters and move the plot forward.

I can compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts.

7th/8th-grade Friday Meeting:


●	ISTEP+
●		Part 1 reflections
●		Looking ahead to Part 2
●	Cycle 3C - Standards, focus resources

6th-grade Thursday meeting:


●	No meeting due to ISTEP+ Testing

ISTEP+ Part 1: Applied Skills:

February 27th - March 1st

Tuesday — Math

Wednesday - ELA

Thursday — Social Studies/Science

Mini-assessments:

6th, 7th, and 8th-grade Cycle 3C mini-

assessments are on your Weekly Focus page for your consideration.

Comparing texts: A Literacy Skills Lesson

Here is a great lesson on identifying strategies to compare and contrast two texts and to understand how to evaluate two texts. Easily adaptable activity- there are two articles about Pamplona bull running - nice and gory, a slides presentation with strategies and student directions, orginal documents, and a lesson plan outline.

Here are four documents (click on each one to open and make a copy):

1. Lesson plan
2. Slides presentation
3. Original Documents
4. Chopped texts: ready to print and cut