Week of March 12th

Wednesday is an early-release, department-meeting day.

Please bring your Chromebooks.

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.

Thursday 6th-grade / Friday 7th-8th-grade:

Standardized multiple choice questions:


●	Unpacking questions
●	Assessment vocabulary

Sharing strategies:


●	Please bring one brilliant idea 💡

Mini-assessments:

6th, 7th, and 8th-grade Cycle 3C mini-assessments will be on Canvas and ready for you starting on Wednesday, March 14th.

Main Idea Vs. Theme Task Cards

These cards are helpful for our students in understanding the difference between the main idea of a story and the theme of a story.

The cards include sixteen original stories:

Set #1 includes a prompt card encouraging students to see the difference between main idea and theme as well as sixteen half-page cards.

Set #2 includes the same sixteen stories with three options, one is the theme, one is the main idea, and one is simply an event from the story. The students use the multiple choice options to determine the main idea and theme of the passage.

You can also use these task cards and passages to simply teach theme or main idea, independent of one another using your own strategies.

Click here to get this great resource.