Weekly Lesson Plans and Downloads
DAILY SCHEDULE
Block 1 LA 8:00 – 10:14
Block 2 LA 10:18 – 1:08 (Lunch 11:28 – 11:58)
Online WONDERS curriculum: Student Resources
LPS Grading Guide Here: LPS Language Arts grading guide
Materials Needed Everyday:
- Planner
- Pencil
- Personal Reading Book (Class Media Center checkout every two weeks)
- Language Arts BINDER*
- Writer’s Notebook*
- Wonders KEY book*
- Wonders LOCK book*
*These items are kept in the classroom.
Overview:
Language Arts is a block class in 6th grade that includes Spelling, Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading, and Writing. Spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and reading cycle on a 5 day schedule, with day 5 assessment day. Writing assessments are quarterly.
- In our class, we will have formative practice work to learn and practice skills (Interactive Notebook in Reading, specific book exercises in Grammar, Vocabulary exercises and review, and Spelling practice worksheets).
- We will also have summative assessments to measure what students have learned after we have taught course objectives.
- Summative assessments include Spelling Tests, Reading Comprehension Tests, Vocabulary Tests, Grammar Quizzes, Writing Rubrics.
Grades:
Letter grades (A, B, C, D, F) at the Middle Level are based entirely on summative assessments. The ‘formula’ for your student’s overall Language Arts grade will be based on the following:
- Reading Comprehension-40%
- Writing/Grammar 30%
- Vocabulary/Word Analysis- 15%
- Spelling-10%
- Speaking/listening-5%.
- Homework
Work/Study grades and Social/Behavior grades (Commendable, Satisfactory, Needs Improvement) are based on formative grades and daily observations and performance in class
- Graphic organizer (graded weekly)
- Part of Speech
- Definition
- Picture
Grammar
- Mini-lesson and practice
Writing
- Mini-lessons, free-writing, journal response
- Process Writing
- Descriptive Essay, Realistic Fiction, Research, Persuasive Essay
Independent Reading
- Weekly and/or quarterly assignments to be determined.