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Homework
1. Discuss the New Discipline Plan with a parent.
2. Get the letter signed and return the bottom slip.
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1. Idiom - Dot all the i's and cross all the t's
2. Wrote action plan to improve MAP score.
3. Wrote a reflection on first and second quarter
4. Read quietly

Homework
1. Get the letter signed and return the bottom slip if you haven't.
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MAP Test Room 507
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Last Day to turn in Thank-you Letter to Travis Brothers
1. Idiom-Kill two birds with one stone
2. Writing Warm-up 7
3. Check #1-7
4. Complete Quickwrite: 1/2 page, no skipped lines

Homework
Complete your Mini-poster Band Ad. Keep it school appropriate.
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1. BW-sentence
2. Reviewed RRJ
3. Vocab Organizer, page 3 Lit book
4. Read short story quietly

Homework
Reader's Response Journal-30 minutes
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1. BW-sentence
2. Idiom - Red-carpet treatment
3. Read short story again
4. Answered questions on page 8
5. Independent reading

Homework
1. Reader's Response Journal-30 minutes
2. Study for Thursday's Idiom Test - 14 idioms
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1. BW - sent.
2. Vocab organizer for "Two Kinds" pg. 15 in Lit. book
3. Read quietly

Homework
1. RRJ-30 min.
2. Study for Idiom Test - 14 idioms
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Idiom Test-14 Idioms
1. BW-sent.
2. Idiom - Shape up or ship out
3. Reviewed for idiom test
4. Took test
5. Some classes read "Two Kinds" some completed the vocab G.O.

Homework
RRJ-30 min.
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MAP Test
Reading
Room 507


Homework
RRJ 1 Due Tuesday
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MLK Jr. Day

No School
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1. Turned in RRJ 1
2. MAP Reflection
3. Read quietly or review "Two Kinds"
4. Literary Focus: Characters' Motives

Homework
1. Reader's Response Journal-30 minutes
2. "Two Kinds" TEST moved to tomorrow. READ the story again!
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1. Idiom - Bells and whistles
2. Lit. Focus: Characters' Motives
3. TEST-"Two Kinds"
4. Read quietly

Homework
1. RRJ-30 min.
2. Study 18 words from the two stories - Vocab TEST FRIDAY
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1. Idiom - One good deed deserves another
2. Reviewed for tomorrow's vocab test
3. Vocab organizer"Fish Cheeks"
4. Read "Fish Cheeks"

Homework
1. RRJ-30 min.
2. Study for tomorrow's Vocab TEST
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1. BW Paragraph
2. Review for vocab test
3.Vocab Test 2 Stories

Homework
1. RRJ-30 min.
2. RRJ 2 Due Monday
3. Bring a red pen
4. Bring 3 sheet protectors
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1. BW Sent
2. Review for vocab test
3.Vocab Test P. 1,3,4
4. Writing Assignment
5. RRJ 2 Due

Homework
1. RRJ-30 min.
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1. BW Sent
2. Idiom - Head honcho
3. Discussed & reviewed thank-you letter

Homework
1. RRJ-30 min.
2. Bring 3 sheet protectors if you haven't done so.
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1. BW - Sent
2. Writing assignment
3. Read quietly
Homework
1. RRJ-30 min.
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1. BW-Sent
2. Read The Circuit
3. Making Meanings Questions
4. Dreams and Struggles Story Map
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3rd & 4th
2. Writing Assignment

Homework
1. RRJ
30 min.
2. Vocab TEST Tuesday - Fish Cheeks
The Circuit
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1. BW - Sent.
2. Dreams and Struggles
3. Tone of the story
4. Free read

Homework
1. RRJ-30 min.
2. RRJ 3 Due Monday
3. Study for Tuesday's Vocab TEST
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