Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 1 NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF …valleyoakscharterschool.org/.../6th-Grade-HM-Grid-16-17.pdf · 2016-08-22 · Ch. 6 Plate Tectonics Section 2: The Theory of

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 1 NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 1 (9/9)

Reporting Period 1 August 15 (School Starts 8/16) August 22 August 29 September 5 (9/5 Holiday)

Subject Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book (PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)

Theme 1: Courage

Read: “Hatchet” pgs. 28-43

Complete: HM Responding

pg. 44

PB pgs. 3-17

TST- Selection Test

Theme 1: Courage

Read: “Passage to Freedom”

pgs. 52-64


pg. 66

PB pgs. 23-37

TST- Complete pgs. 4-7 and

Selection Test

Theme 1: Courage

Read: “Climb or Die”

pgs. 74-86


pg. 88

PB pgs. 38-52

TST- Complete pgs. 8-11

and Selection Test

Theme 1: Courage

Read: “True Confessions of

Charlotte Doyle” pgs. 99-

109


pg. 110

PB pgs. 53-73

TST- Complete pgs. 12-15

and Selection Test

Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)

D6W: Unit 1 Ideas Week 1 Choosing a Strong

Idea

Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 3-7

D6WTE pgs. 10-11

D6W: Unit 1 Ideas Week 2 Writing a Topic

Sentence and Supporting

Details Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 8-12

D6WTE pgs. 16-17

D6W: Unit 1 Ideas Week 3 Developing

Character, Setting, and

Plot Ideas Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 13-17

D6WTE pgs. 22-23

Additional Reading Choose 1 novel and read in 4 weeks, *literature unit optional

*Hatchet-Gary Paulsen

*Tuck Everlasting-Natalie Babbitt

Schedule and take STAR Renaissance reading test with resource teacher during RP 1.

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 2 Reporting Period 1 August 15 (School Starts 8/16) August 22 August 29 September 5 (9/5 Holiday)

Subject Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 End of RP 1 (9/9)

Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)

Chapter 1 Whole Number

Operations

What You Learned Before

pg.1

Sections 1.1-1.2

pgs. 2-15


Operations

Section 1.3

pgs. 16-22

Quiz 1.1-1.3

pg. 23

Section 1.4

pgs. 24-29


Operations

Sections 1.5-1.6

pgs. 30-43

Quiz 1.4-1.6

pg. 44


Operations

Chapter Review

pgs. 45-47

Chapter Test

pg. 48

Standards Assessment

pgs. 49-51

Complete a Performance

Task PTP Chapter 1

Science

Holt: Earth Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Chapter Tests

Unit 1 Introduction to

Earth Science - Ch. 1 The

Nature of Earth Science

Section 1: Thinking Like a

Scientist

Section 2: Scientific

Methods in Earth Science

pgs. 6-23

SGB pgs. 1-7; 11-13

Ch. 1 The Nature of Earth

Science

Section 3: Safety in Science

pgs. 24-29

SGB pgs. 8-10; 14

Complete 1 Lab during RP1-

pg. 30 or 70

Chapter 1 Test

Ch. 2 Tools of Earth

Science

Section 1: Tools and

Measurement

Section 2: Models in Science

pgs. 42-55

SGB pgs. 15-20; 27-28

Ch. 2 Tools of Earth

Science

Section 3: Mapping Earth’s

Surface

Section 4: Maps in Earth

Science

pgs. 56-69

SGB pgs. 21-26; 29-32

Chapter 2 Test

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes and

Tests (QT)

Kids Discover

Magazine (KDM)

Maps, Charts and

Graphs (MCG)

Ch. 1 The First

Civilizations

Section 1: Early Humans

pgs. 114-131

Complete review pg. 131

QT Quiz pg. 1

Mesopotamia packet –ask

Resource Teacher-optional

MCG L1: Mapping the

Earth

Ch. 1 The First

Civilizations

Section 2: Mesopotamian

Civilization

pgs. 132-141


QT Quiz pg. 2

MCG L2: Using Map Skills

Ch. 1 The First

Civilizations

Section 3: New Empires

pgs. 142-149


QT Quiz pg. 3

KDM - Mesopotamia-

optional

MCG L3: Reading a Map

Ch. 1 First Civilizations

QT Chapter 1 Test pgs. 5-8

Begin an Ancient

Civilizations Timeline.

Continue this timeline as the

year progresses-ask

Resource Teacher for

handout. Display at

Extravaganza in May!

MCG L4: Using a Highway

Map

-Schedule and take STAR Renaissance math test with resource teacher during RP 1.


Reporting Period 2 September 12 September 19 September 26 October 3


Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book (PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)

Theme 1: Courage

Read: Focus on Poetry pgs.

121-134

Refer to RP for instructions

and ideas. Memorize a poem

of your choice and recite it

aloud OR write your own

poem

PB pgs. 75-76

Theme 1 paperback books

Choose one to read: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World,

Small Steps, or The Little Ships. Ask Resource Teacher for

assistance.

Write a summary of story chosen-refer to RP for

instructions.

TST-Complete pgs. 16-26

Theme 2: What Really

Happened?

Read: “Amelia Earhart” pgs.

145-157.


pg. 158

PB pgs. 79-93


and Selection Test

Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)

D6W: Unit 1 Ideas

Week 4 Elaborating on

Ideas and Details

Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 18-22

D6WTE pgs. 28-29

D6W: Unit 1 Ideas Week 5 Maintaining Your

Focus Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 23-27

D6WTE pgs. 34-35

HME: Writing an Essay to

Express an Opinion

See Unit 8 in HME for

instructions and a model.

Begin writing assignment


Express an Opinion



Continue writing assignment

Additional

Reading

Choose 2 novels and read in 8 weeks, *literature unit optional

*The Golden Goblet-Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Mara, Daughter of the Nile-Eloise Jarvis McGraw

*Pyramid-David Macaulay

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 4 Reporting Period 2 September 12 September 19 September 26 October 3


Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)

Chapter 2 Fractions and

Decimals


pg. 53

Sections 2.1-2.2

pgs. 54-69


Decimals

Section 2.3

pgs. 70-76

Quiz 2.1-2.3

pg. 77

Section 2.4

pgs. 78-83


Decimals

Sections 2.5-2.6

pgs. 84-99

Quiz 2.4-2.6

pg. 100


Decimals

Chapter Review

pgs. 101-103

Chapter Test

pg. 104


pgs. 105-107

Complete a Performance Task

PTP Chapter 2

Science

Holt: Earth

Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Chapter Tests

Ch. 3 Earth’s Systems &

Cycles

Section 1: The Earth System

Section 2: Heat & Energy

pgs. 82-97

SGB pgs. 33-40; 48-51

Ch. 3 Earth’s Systems &

Cycles

Section 3: Cycling of Energy

Section 4: Cycling of Matter

pgs. 98-111

SGB pgs. 41-47; 52-54

Chapter 3 Test

Unit 2 Earth’s Resources

Ch. 4 Material Resources

Section 1: Natural Resources

Section 2: Rock and Mineral

Resources

pgs. 126-137

SGB pgs. 55-59; 63-65

Ch. 4 Material Resources

Section 3: Using Material

Resources

pgs. 138-143


pg. 112 or 144

SGB pgs. 60-62; 66

Chapter 4 Test

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes

and Tests (QT)

Kids Discover

Magazine (KDM)

Maps Charts

Graphs (MCG)

Ch. 2 Ancient Egypt and

Kush

Section 1: The Nile Valley

pgs. 152-164


QT Quiz pg. 13

Ancient Egypt packet-ask


MCG L5: Using Scale


Kush

Section 2: Egypt’s Old

Kingdom

pgs. 165-176


QT Quiz pg. 14

KDM – Ancient Egypt-

optional

MCG L6: Comparing Scale


Kush

Section 3: The Egyptian

Empire

pgs. 178-186


QT Quiz pg. 15

Continue to work on

Timeline assignment

MCG L7: Finding Routes &

Distance


Kush

Section 4: The Civilization of

Kush

pgs. 187-193


QT Quiz pg. 16


KDM - Pyramids- optional

MCG L8: Finding Latitude

Schedule and take grade 6 math pre-test with resource teacher during RP2.


Reporting Period 3 October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31


Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book (PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)


Happened? Read: “The Girl Who

Married the Moon” pgs. 171-

181


pg. 182

PB pgs. 99-113


and Selection Test


Happened? Read: “Dinosaur Ghosts”

pgs. 190-206


pg. 208

PB pgs. 115-133


and Selection Test


Happened? Read: Focus on Plays pgs.

217-237

“The Diary of Anne Frank”

and “A Better Mouse Trap”-

refer to RP for instructions

and ideas

PB pgs. 135-136

Write a short play

OR

Write a compare/contrast

essay based on the plays

from previous week-use

D6W as a reference


Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)


Express an Opinion



Complete writing

assignment

D6W: Unit 2

Organization Week 1 Sequencing

Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 28-32

D6WTE pgs. 40-41

D6W: Unit 2 Organization Week 2 Organizing

Information Logically Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 33-37

D6WTE pgs. 46-47

D6W: Unit 2 Organization Week 3 Organizing

Information to Compare

and Contrast Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 38-42

D6WTE pgs. 52-53

Additional

Reading

Continue reading novels from weeks 5-8

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 6 Reporting Period 3 October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31


Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)

Chapter 3 Algebraic

Expressions and Properties


pg. 109

Sections 3.1-3.2

pgs. 109-124

Chapter 3 Algebraic


Quiz 3.1-3.2

pg. 125

Section 3.3

pgs. 126-131

Chapter 3 Algebraic


Section 3.4

pgs. 132-141

Quiz 3.3-3.4

pg. 142

Take Math Assessment 1

with resource teacher

Chapter 3 Algebraic


Chapter Review

pgs. 143-145

Chapter Test

pg. 146


pgs. 147-149


Task PTP Chapter 3

Science

Holt: Earth Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Kids Discover

Magazine (KDM)

Chapter Tests

Ch. 5 Energy Resources

Section 1: Fossil Fuels

Section 2: Alternative

Energy

pgs. 156-173

SGB pgs. 67-78

Chapter 5 Test

Unit 3 Plate Tectonics and

Earth’s Structure

Ch. 6 Plate Tectonics

Section 1: Earth’s Structure

pgs. 188-197

SGB pgs. 79-82; 92-93

KDM – Rocks - optional


Section 2: The Theory of

Plate Tectonics

Section 3: Deforming

Earth’s Crust

pgs. 198-209

SGB pgs. 83-88; 94-97


Section 4: California

Geology

pgs. 210-217

SGB pgs. 89-91; 98-99


pg. 174 or 218

Chapter 6 Test

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes

and Tests (QT)

Maps Charts

Graphs (MCG)

Ch. 3 The Ancient

Israelites

Section 1: The First

Israelites

pgs. 196-205


QT Quiz pg. 25

MCG L9: Finding

Longitude

Ch. 3 The Ancient

Israelites

Section 2: The Kingdom of

Israel

pgs. 206-212


QT Quiz pg. 26

MCG L10: Finding Places

in the Eastern Hemisphere

Ch. 3 The Ancient

Israelites

Section 3: The Growth of

Judaism

pgs. 213-225


QT Quiz pg. 27

QT Chapter 3 Test pgs. 29-

32

MCG L11: Using a Political

Map

Ch. 4 Early India

Section 1: India’s First

Civilizations

pgs. 230-245


QT Quiz pg. 37

India and China Packet –

optional

MCG L12:

Elevation/Contour Lines


Reporting Period 4 November 7 (11/11 Holiday) November 14 November 21-November 25 November 28

Subject Week 13 Week 14 HOLIDAY Week 15

Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book (PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)

Theme 2 paperback books Choose one to read:

Anastasia’s Album, The Fire

Bug Connection, or Surtsey.

Ask Resource Teacher for

assistance.

Write a summary of story

chosen-refer to RP for

instructions.

Theme 3: Growing Up

Read: “Where The Red Fern

Grows” pgs. 246-264


pg. 266

PB pgs. 139-153


and Selection Test T

HA

NK

SG

IVIN

G V

AC

AT

ION

Theme 3: Growing Up

Read: “Last Summer with

Maizon” pgs. 277-291


pg. 292

PB pgs. 159-173


and Selection Test

Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)

D6W: Unit 2 Organization Week 4 Organizing to

Persuade Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 43-47

D6WTE pgs. 58-59

D6W: Unit 2 Organization Week 5 Choosing Which

Way to Organize Your

Writing Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 48-52

D6WTE pgs. 64-65


Persuade

See Unit 9 HME for


Additional

Reading

Choose 1 novel and read in 4 weeks, *literature unit optional

*Tusk and Stone-Malcolm Bosse

*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe-C.S. Lewis

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 8 Reporting Period 4 November 7 (11/11 Holiday) November 14 November 21-November 25 November 28

Subject Week 13 Week 14 HOLIDAY Week 15 End of RP 4 (12/2)

Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)

Chapter 4 Areas of

Polygons


pg. 151

Sections 4.1-4.2

pgs. 152-164

Quiz 4.1-4.2

pg. 165

Chapter 4 Areas of

Polygons

Sections 4.3-4.4

pgs. 166-179

Quiz 4.3-4.4

pg. 180

Chapter Review

pgs. 181-183

Chapter Test

pg. 184


pgs. 185-187


Task PTP Chapter 4

TH

AN

KS

GIV

ING

VA

CA

TIO

N

Chapter 5 Ratios and Rates


pg. 189

Sections 5.1-5.2

pgs. 190-203

Science

Holt: Earth Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Kids Discover

Magazine (KDM)

Chapter Tests

Ch. 7 Earthquakes

Section 1: What Are

Earthquakes?

Section 2: Earthquake

Measurement

pgs. 230-243

SGB pgs. 100-106; 110-113

KDM – Earthquakes -

optional

Ch. 7 Earthquakes

Section 3: Earthquakes and

Society

pgs. 244-251

SGB pgs.107-109; 114-115

Chapter 7 Test

Ch. 8 Volcanoes Section 1: Why Volcanoes

Form

pgs. 264-269

SGB pgs. 116-117; 123-124


pg. 252 or 282

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes

and Tests (QT)

Kids Discover

Magazine (KDM)

Maps Charts

Graphs (MCG)

Ch. 4 Early India

Section 2: Hinduism and

Buddhism

pgs. 246-257


QT Quiz pg. 38

MCG L13: Finding

Elevation

Continue to work on

Timeline assignment

Ch. 4 Early India

Section 3: India’s First

Empires

pgs. 259-269


QT Quiz pg. 39


44

MCG L14: Using an Atlas MCG L15: Using Special-Purpose

Maps

Ch. 5 Early China

Section 1: China’s First

Civilizations

Section 2: Life in Ancient

China

pgs. 272-293

Complete review pgs. 283 &

291

QT Quiz pg. 49-50 MCG L16: Comparing Special-

Purpose Maps


Reporting Period 5 December 5 December 12 December 19 December 26-January 6

Subject Week 16 Week 17 Week 18 HOLIDAY

Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book (PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)

Theme 3: Growing Up

Read: “The Challenge” pgs.

301-313


pg. 314

PB pgs. 174-188


and Selection Test

Theme 3: Growing Up

Read: “The View from

Saturday” pgs. 322-344


pg. 346

PB pgs. 189-203


and Selection Test

Theme 3 paperback

books Choose one to read: Later

Gator, Taking Sides, or

Letters from Rifka. Ask


assistance.

Write a summary of story


instructions.


CH

RIS

TM

AS

VA

CA

TIO

N

Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)

D6W: Unit 3 Word Choice Week 1 Writing Precise

Descriptions Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 53-57

D6WTE pgs. 70-71

D6W: Unit 3 Word Choice Week 2 Writing About

Action Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 58-62

D6WTE pgs. 76-77

D6W: Unit 3 Word

Choice Week 3 Using Figurative

Language Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 63-67

D6WTE pgs. 82-83

Additional

Reading


*Between the Dragon and the Eagle-Mical Schneider

Confucius the Golden Rule-Russell Freedman

Ancient China-Eyewitness Book

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 10 Reporting Period 5 December 5 December 12 December 19 December 26-January 6

Subject Week 16 Week 17 Week 18 HOLIDAY End of RP5 (1/6)

Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)


Section 5.3-5.4

pgs. 204-216

Quiz 5.1-5.4

pg. 217


Section 5.5-5.7

pgs. 218-237



Chapter 5 Ratios and

Rates

Quiz Section 5.5-5.7

pg. 238

Chapter Review

pgs. 239-241

Chapter Test

pg. 242


pgs. 243-245


Task PTP Chapter 5

CH

RIS

TM

AS

VA

CA

TIO

N

Science

Holt: Earth Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Chapter Tests

Ch. 8 Volcanoes

Section 2: Types of

Volcanoes

Section 3: Effects of

Volcanic Eruptions

pgs. 270-281

SGB pgs.118-122; 125-127

KDM - Volcanoes- optional

Chapter 8 Test

Unit 4 Shaping Earth’s

Surface

Ch. 9 Weathering & Soil

Formation Section 1: Weathering

Section 2: Rates of

Weathering

pgs. 296-307

SGB pgs. 128-132; 137-140

Ch. 9 Weathering & Soil

Formation Section 3: From Bedrock to

Soil

Section 4: Soil

Conservation

pgs. 308-317

SGB pgs.133-136; 141-144

Complete 1 Lab during

RP5- pg. 318

Chapter 9 Test

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes

and Tests (QT)

Maps Charts

Graphs (MCG)

Ch. 5 Early China

Section 3: The Quin and Han

Dynasties

pgs. 294-305


QT Quiz pg. 51


56

KDM - Ancient China –

optional

MCG L17: World Time

Zones

Ch. 6 The Ancient

Americans

Section 1: The First

Americans

pgs. 308-316


QT Quiz pg. 61

Continue to work on

Timeline assignment

MCG L18: Using Map

Projections

Ch. 6 The Ancient

Americans

Section 2: The Mayan

People

pgs. 317-323


QT Quiz pg. 62


66

MCG L19:Using an

Historical Map


Reporting Period 6 January 9 January 16 (1/16 Holiday) January 23 January 30


Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book (PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)

Theme 4: Ancient Cultures

Read: “Lost Temple of the

Aztecs” pgs. 362-376


pg. 378

PB pgs. 213-227


and Selection Test


Read: “The Great Wall”

pgs. 391-401


pg. 402

PB pgs. 233-247


and Selection Test


Read: “The Royal Kingdoms

of Ghana, Male, & Songhay”

pgs. 411-423


pg. 424.

PB pgs. 248-262


and Selection Test

Theme 4 paperback books Choose one to read: The

Librarian Who Measured the

Earth, or Aida. Ask


assistance.

Write summary of story


instructions.

Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)

D6W: Unit 3 Word Choice Week 4 Choosing Words

for Your Audience Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 68-72

D6WTE pgs. 88-89

D6W: Unit 3 Word Choice Week 5 Getting the

Reader’s Attention

Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 73-77

D6WTE pgs. 94-95


Compare and Contrast





Compare and Contrast



Complete writing assignment

Additional

Reading


* Summer of the Monkeys-Wilson Rawls

* My Side of the Mountain-Jean Craighead George

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 12 Reporting Period 6 January 9 January 16 (1/16 Holiday) January 23 January 30


Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)

Chapter 6 Integers and

the Coordinate Plane


pg. 247

Sections 6.1-6.2

pgs. 248-259

Chapter 6 Integers and the

Coordinate Plane

Section 6.3

pgs. 260-265

Quiz 6.1-6.3

pg. 266

Section 6.4

pgs. 268-273


Coordinate Plane

Sections 6.5

pgs. 274-283

Quiz 6.4-6.5

pg. 284


Coordinate Plane

Chapter Review

pgs. 285-287

Chapter Test

pg. 288


pgs. 289-291


PTP Chapter 6

Science

Holt: Earth Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Chapter Tests

Ch. 10 Agents of Erosion

& Deposition

Section 1: Shoreline

Erosion & Deposition

Section 2: Wind Erosion

and Deposition

pgs. 330-343

SGB pgs. 145-148; 154-

157

Ch. 10 Agents of Erosion &

Deposition

Section 3: Erosion &

Deposition by Ice

Section 4: Erosion by Mass

Movement

pgs. 344-351

SGB pgs. 149-153; 158-161

Chapter 10 Test

Ch. 11 Rivers and

Groundwater

Section 1: The Active River

pgs. 364-373

SGB pgs. 162-165; 171-172


pg. 352 or 384

Ch. 11 Rivers and

Groundwater

Section 2: Stream and River

Deposits

Section 3: Using Water

Wisely

pgs. 374-383

SGB pgs. 166-170; 173-175

Chapter 11 Test

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes

and Tests (QT)

Maps Charts

Graphs (MCG)

Ch. 7 The Ancient Greeks

Section 1: The Early

Greeks pgs. 328-343


QT Quiz pg. 71

Ancient Greece packet-ask


MCG L20: Comparing

Historical Maps


Section 2: Sparta and Athens

pgs. 344-350


QT Quiz pg. 72

Continue to work on

Timeline assignment

MCG L21: Interpreting Map

Data


Section 3: Persia Attacks the

Greeks

pgs. 351-357


QT Quiz pg. 73

MCG L22: Using a

Population and Climate Map


Section 4: The Age of Pericles

pgs. 358-369


QT Quiz pg. 74


MCG L23: Using Maps to

Make Predictions


Reporting Period 7 February 6 February 13 (2/13 Holiday) February 20 (2/20 Holiday) February 27


Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book

(PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)

Theme 4: Ancient

Cultures

Read: Focus on Myths pgs.

432-445. Refer to RP for

instructions and ideas.

PB pgs. 269-270


Write a 5 paragraph essay

describing the elements of a

good myth. Use specific

examples from the myths

previously read. Refer to RP

for instructions and ideas.


and Selection Test

Theme 5: Doers and

Dreamers

Read: “A Kind of Grace” pgs.

457-467


pg. 468

PB pgs. 273-287

TST-Complete pgs. 96-99 and

Selection Test

Theme 5: Doers and

Dreamers

Read: “Under the Royal

Palms” pgs. 479-489


pg. 490

PB pgs. 293-307

Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)

D6W: Unit 4 Sentence

Fluency Week 1 Combining

Sentences Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 78-82

D6WTE pgs. 100-101


Fluency Week 2 Writing Complex

Sentences

Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 83-87

D6WTE pgs. 106-107


Fluency Week 3 More Ways to

Combine Sentences Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 88-92

D6WTE pgs. 112-113


Fluency Week 4 Varying Sentence

Beginnings Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 93-97

D6WTE pgs. 118-119

Additional

Reading

Choose 1 novel and read in 4 weeks:

Dateline Troy-Paul Fleischman

Ancient Greece-Eyewitness Book

Archimedes and the Door of Science-Jeanne Bendick

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 14 Reporting Period 7 February 6 February 13 (2/13 Holiday) February 20 (2/20 Holiday) February 27


Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)

Chapter 7 Equations and

Inequalities


pg. 293

Sections 7.1-7.2

pgs. 294-307


Inequalities

Sections 7.3-7.4

pgs. 308-322

Quiz 7.1-7.3

pg. 323


Inequalities

Sections 7.5-7.7

pgs. 324-343




Inequalities

Quiz 7.5-7.7 pg. 344

Chapter Review

pgs. 345-347

Chapter Test

pg. 348


pgs. 349-351


PTP Chapter 7

Science

Holt: Earth

Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Chapter Tests

Unit 5 Earth’s Oceans &

Atmosphere

Ch. 12 Exploring the

Oceans

Section 1: Earth’s Oceans

Section 2: The Ocean Floor

pgs. 398-411

SGB pgs. 176-179; 184-186

Ch. 12 Exploring the

Oceans

Section 3: Resources From

the Ocean

Section 4: Ocean Pollution

pgs. 412-421

SGB pgs. 180-183; 187-

190

Chapter 12 Test

Ch. 13 The Movement of

Ocean Water

Section 1: Currents

Section 2: Currents and

Climate

pgs. 434-447

SGB pgs. 191-194; 198-200

Ch. 13 The Movement of

Ocean Water

Section 3: Waves and Tides

pgs. 448-455

SGB pgs. 195-197; 201-202


pg. 422 or 456

Chapter 13 Test

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes

and Tests (QT)

Kids Discover

Magazine (KDM)

Maps Charts

Graphs (MCG)

Ch. 8 Greek Civilization

Section 1: The Culture of

Ancient Greece

pgs. 372-390


QT Quiz pg. 83

MCG L24: Using Maps to

Solve Problems


Section 2: Greek

Philosophy and History

pgs. 392-397


QT Quiz pg. 84

KDM – Ancient Greece –

optional

MCG L25: Reading Bar

Graphs


Section 3: Alexander the

Great

pgs. 398-403


QT Quiz pg. 85

Continue to work on

Timeline assignment

MCG L26: Reading Double-

Bar Graphs


Section 4: The Spread of

Greek Culture

pgs. 406-413


QT Quiz pg. 86


MCG L27: Reading Circle

Graphs

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 15 NEXT APPOINTMENT END OF REPORTING PERIOD 8 (3/31)

Reporting Period 8 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27


Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book (PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)

Theme 5: Doers and

Dreamers

Read: “Chuck Close Up Close”

pgs. 499-511

Complete: HM Responding pg.

512

TST-Complete Selection Test

Theme 5: Doers and

Dreamers

Read: Focus on Speeches pgs.

522-539

Refer to RP for instructions and

ideas

PB pgs. 308-328


Write and prepare to deliver a speech to your Resource

Teacher.

Topic: The benefits of homeschooling

Use RP as a reference

PB pgs. 329-332


Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)


Fluency Week 5 Writing a Smooth

Paragraph

Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 98-102

D6WTE pgs. 124-125

HME: Writing a Personal

Narrative




HME: Writing a

Personal Narrative



Complete writing

assignment

D6W: Unit 5 Voice

Week 1 Identifying

Different Writing Voices Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 103-107

D6WTE pgs. 130-131

See weeks 33 and 34

Additional

Reading


*D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths-Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Auulaires

The Children’s Homer-Padraic Colum

Wishbone Classics The Odyssey-Homer Retold by Joanne Mattern

Schedule and take STAR Renaissance reading test with resource teacher as needed.

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 16 Reporting Period 8 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27


Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)

Chapter 8 Surface Area and Volume

What You Learned Before pg. 353

Sections 8.1-8.2

pgs. 354-366

Quiz 8.1-8.2

pg. 367

Chapter 8 Surface Area

and Volume

Sections 8.3-8.4

pgs. 368-379

Quiz 8.3-8.4

pg. 380

Chapter 8 Surface

Area and Volume

Chapter Review

pgs. 381-383

Chapter Test

pg. 384


pgs. 385-387


Task PTP Chapter 8



Science

Holt: Earth Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Chapter Tests

Ch. 14 The Atmosphere

Section 1: Characteristics of

Atmosphere

Section 2: Atmospheric Heating

pgs. 468-479

SGB pgs. 203-207; 214-217

Ch. 14 The Atmosphere

Section 3: Air Movement

and Wind

Section 4: The Air We

Breathe

pgs. 480-491

SGB pgs. 208-213; 218-221

Ch. 14 The

Atmosphere


RP8- pg. 492

Chapter 14 Test

Ch. 15 Weather &

Climate

Section 1: Water in the Air

Pgs 506-511

SGB pgs 222-224

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes

and Tests (QT)

Kids Discover

Magazine (KDM)

Maps Charts

Graphs (MCG)

Ch. 9 The Rise of Rome

Section 1: Rome’s Beginnings

pgs. 416-425


QT Quiz pg. 95

Ancient Rome Packet –ask Resource

Teacher-optional

MCG L28: Comparing Graphs


Section 2: The Roman

Republic

pgs. 426-434


QT Quiz pg. 96

KDM – Ancient Rome -

optional

MCG L29: Reading Line

Graphs

Ch. 9 The Rise of

Rome

Section 3: The Fall of

the Republic

pgs. 435-441

Complete review pg.

441

QT Quiz pg. 97

MCG L30: Reading

Tables


Section 4: The Early

Empire pgs. 444-453


QT Quiz pg. 98

QT Ch 9 Test pgs. 99-102

-Schedule and take grade 6 math post-test with resource teacher during RP8.

-Schedule and take STAR Renaissance math test with resource teacher as needed.


Reporting Period 9 April 3 Apr 10-14 April 17 April 17 April 24


Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book

(PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)

Theme 5 paperback

books Choose one to read: Mary

McLeod Bethune, Jaime

Escalante: A Sensational

Teacher, or Lincoln: A

Photobiography.

Ask Resource Teacher for

assistance.

Write a summary.

EA

ST

ER

VA

CT

ION

Theme 6: New Frontiers

Read: “Adventures of

Sojourner” pgs. 548-562


pg. 564

PB pgs. 333-347

TST-Complete pgs. 112-

115 and Selection Test

CA

AS

PP

Testin

g

(actu

al d

ates m

ay v

ary

)

Theme 6: New

Frontiers

Read: “Franklin R.

Chang-Diaz” pgs. 574-

586

Complete: HM

Responding pg. 588

PB pgs. 353-367

TST-Complete pgs.

116-119 and Selection

Test

Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)

None assigned D6W: Unit 5 Voice Week 2 Using Different

Voices for Different

Purposes Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 108-112

D6WTE pgs. 136-137

D6W: Unit 5 Voice Week 3 Using Voice in

Poetry

Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 113-117

D6WTE pgs. 142-143

Additional

Reading

See weeks 32-34 Choose 2 novels and read in 7 weeks, *literature unit optional

*The Bronze Bow-Elizabeth Speare

The Eagle of the Ninth-Rosemary Sutcliff

Ancient Rome-Eyewitness Book

City-David Macaulay

Schedule and take STAR Renaissance reading test with resource teacher during RP 9 if not taken

during RP8.

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 18 Reporting Period 9 April 3 Apr 10-14 April 17 (4/17 Holiday) April 24 April 1


Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)

Chapter 9 Statistical

Measures


pg. 389

Section 9.1

pgs. 390-395

Prepare for CAASP Testing

Practice can be found at the

following website:

www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/

practicetest.asp

EA

ST

ER

VA

CA

TIO

N


Measures

Sections 9.2-9.3

pgs. 396-410

Quiz 9.1-9.3

pg. 411

CA

AS

PP

Testin

g

(actual d

ates may

vary

)


Measures

Sections 9.4-9.5

pgs. 412-423

Quiz 9.4-9.5

pg. 424

Science

Holt: Earth

Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Chapter Tests

Ch. 15 Weather & Climate

Section 2: Fronts and

Weather

pgs. 512-519

SGB pgs. 225-228; 235-237

Ch. 15 Weather &

Climate

Section 3: What is

Climate?

Section 4: Changes in

Climatepgs. 520-533;

SGB pgs. 229-234; 238-

240


RP 9 -pg. 534

Chapter 15 Test

Unit 6 Ecology

Ch. 16 Interactions of

Living Things

Section 1: Everything is

Connected

Pgs 550-553

SGB pgs 241-242

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes

and Tests (QT)

Kids Discover

Magazine (KDM)

Maps Charts

Graphs (MCG)

KDM – Roman Empire -

optional

MCG L31: Interpreting

Diagrams

Ch. 10 Roman

Civilization QT Quiz pg. 107

Section 2: The Fall of

Rome pgs. 474-483

Cmplete review pg. 483

QT Quiz pg. 108


Charts

Ch. 10 Roman

Civilization Section 3: The Byzantine

Empire

pgs. 484-493


QT Quiz pg. 109

QT Chapter 10 Test pgs.

111-114


Cartoons

Schedule and take STAR Renaissance math test with resource teacher during RP 9 if not

taken during RP8.

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 19

NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 10 (5/31)

Reporting Period 10 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 (5/29 Holiday)


Reading

Houghton Mifflin

(HM)

Resource Packet

(RP)

Practice Book (PB)

Selection/Theme

Skill Tests (TST)


Read: “Beneath Blue Waters”

pgs. 597-609

Complete: HM Responding pg.

610

PB pgs. 368-382

TST-Complete pgs. 120-123 and

Selection Test


Read: “Out There” pgs.

619-633

Complete: HM

Responding pg. 634

PB pgs. 383-397

TST-Complete pgs. 124-

127 and Selection Test

Theme 6 paperback books

Choose TWO to read: Shannon Lucid: Space

Ambassador, Adventure in Space: The Flight to Fix

Hubble, or Deep Sea Explorer: Story of Robert

Ballard Discoverer of Titanic.

Ask Resource Teacher for assistance

Write summary of story chosen-refer to RP for

instructions.


Writing

Daily 6-Trait

Writing (D6W)

Teacher’s Edition

(D6WTE)

Houghton Mifflin

English (HME)

D6W: Unit 5 Voice Week 4 Writing From Different

Points of View Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 118-122

D6WTE pgs. 148-149

D6W: Unit 5 Voice Week 5 Using Voice in

Persuasive Writing

Complete Days 1-5

pgs. 123-127

D6WTE pgs. 154-155

HME: Writing a Story


instructions and a

model.

Begin writing

assignment

HME: Writing a Story



Complete writing

assignment

Additional

Reading

Continue reading novels from weeks 32-34

Grade 6 HM 2016-2017 Page 20 Reporting Period 10 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 (5/29 Holiday)


Math

Big Ideas

Course 1

Performance Task

Packet (PTP)


Measures

Chapter Review

pgs. 425-427

Chapter Test

pg. 428


pgs. 429-431


PTP Chapter 9

Chapter 10 Data Displays


pg. 433

Sections 10.1-10.2

pgs. 434-448

Quiz 10.1-10.2

pg. 449

Chapter 10 Data

Displays

Sections 10.3-10.4

pgs. 450-465

Quiz 10.3-10.4

pg. 466

Chapter 10 Data

Displays

Chapter Review

pgs. 467-469

Chapter Test

pg. 470


pgs. 471-473

Complete Performance

Tasks

PTP Chapter 10

Science

Holt: Earth Science

Study Guide B

(SGB)

Chapter Tests

Unit 6 Ecology

Ch. 16 Interactions of Living

Things

Section 2: Living Things Need

Energy

pgs. 548-559

SGB pgs. 243-245; 249-252

Ch. 16 Interactions of Living

Things

Section 3: Types of Interactions

pgs. 560-565

SGB pgs. 246-248; 253-254

Complete 1 Lab during RP10

pg. 566 or 604

Chapter 16 Test

Ch. 17 Biomes and

Ecosystems

Section 1: Studying the

Environment

Section 2: Land Biomes

pgs. 578-591

SGB pgs. 255-259; 266-

268

Ch. 17 Biomes and

Ecosystems

Section 3: Marine

Ecosystems

Section 4: Freshwater

Ecosystems

pgs. 592-603

SGB pgs. 260-265; 269-

271

Chapter 17 Test

Social Studies

Glencoe: Ancient

Civilizations

Chapter Quizzes and

Tests (QT)

Maps Charts Graphs

(MCG)

Finish your TIMELINE

project and display it at

Extravaganza!

MCG L34: Reading Time

Lines

Ch. 11 Rise of Christianity

Section 1: The First Christians

pgs. 496-508


QT Quiz pg. 119

Ch. 11 Rise of

Christianity

Section 2: The Christian

Church

pgs. 509-514


QT Quiz pg. 120

Ch. 11 Rise of

Christianity

Section 3: The Spread of

Christian Ideas

pgs. 515-523


QT Quiz pg. 121

QT Chapter 11 Test pgs.

123-126

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