Week of May 21st 
(This is our last newsletter for this year.)
 
 
 
 
Check out this week's resource!  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6th-Grade Focus Standards:
●6.RV.3.1

The Big Ideas:

●Poetry 
“I can” Statements:

I can identify and construct figurative language.

 
 

7th-Grade Focus Standards:

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7.RL.4.1

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7.RL.4.2


The Big Ideas:

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Literature Analysis  


“I can” Statements:

I can compare different forms, genres, versions, or translations of texts. 


I can analyze literature to become a better writer and oral communicator.

 
 

8th-Grade Focus Standards:

●8.RL.4.1
●8.RL.4.1

The Big Ideas:

●Literature Analysis

“I can” Statements:

I can compare different forms, genres, versions, or translations of texts.


I can analyze literature to become a better writer and oral communicator. 

 
 
 
 
 

Thursday 6th-grade / Friday 7th-8th-grade:
●No Thursday or Friday meetings

 
 
 
 


End-of-the-year assessments:

• NWEA and SRI assessment windows  

  close on May 25th.

 


 
 
 

End of The Year Activities


Looking for something different to do at the end of the school year? 

This package includes 16 different activities for you and your students to complete as you near the last few days of school . It includes 31 worksheets and templates that can be easily differentiated for varying grades and abilities! 

Contents: 

●My Year in a Nutshell
●Time Flies... When You're Having Fun - Idiom Poetry Prompt
●Memory Movie Activity
●World's Greatest Classroom Advertising Activity
●Classroom Times - Newspaper Front Page Activity
●Past, Present and Future Goals
●Soundtrack of My Year - What music represents your year?
●Letter of Advice to Next Year's Students
●Top 10 - So many ways to complete this activity!
●Tweet Me Activity - review activity
●Final Countdown - writing activity
●Getting Social - Social media summarizing activity
●Selfies and Snapshots - Social media fun
●In the News - Year in Review
●Thanks A Million - thank someone for their help this year
●Writing Prompts with themed writing paper (3 prompts)
●Optional Cover Page - Great if students want to turn this into a memory book.
Lots of opportunities for students to reflect about the end of the year! Can be included into a memory book, year end activities or bulletin board / classroom display. 


Click here to get your packet!

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
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