March 16th-20th, 2026 🏝️ Survivor Week

 8th grade English

Monday, March 16th (A)- PJ Day

DUE TODAY: Lantern/Bio Poem Sheet

1. Discuss with your table group Chapters 1-6 (5-10 minutes)
2. Read/Listen to  A Long Walk to Water Ch. 7-8 📕 🎧 ON YOUR OWN!
3. Take the Quiz on ALWTW Chapters 1-8 in Google Classroom 💻 
• I can refer to the text and find specific examples that support my thoughts and inferences about a story.
• I can read and understand literary nonfiction at my grade level and above (with help where needed).
4. Complete ALWTW EdPuzzle for Ch. 9 & 10 (20 minutes)-DUE TODAY! 💻 🎧 
5. Start MCA IXL Week 1-8.4.1.1-DUE next Monday!  💻 READ the directions ing Google Classroom!!
6. Read your choice book 📕 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.

Wednesday, March 18th (C)-Country vs. Club Day

Would you rather live in a never-landing airplane or a never-surfacing submarine?

TURN IN YOUR GREEN PROGRESS SHEET *LATE sheets will no longer be accepted.

1. TURN in your Lantern and Bio Poem sheet...if you forget on Monday!
2. Nuer and Dinka Scars 👀 
3. ABCs of ALWTW
4. Complete the EdPuzzle for ALWTW Ch. 11-12 👂 *DUE TODAY!
5. Read your choice book 📕 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.
• Quarter 3 ends next Wednesday, March 25th!

Thursday, March 19th (A)-Beach Day

Would you rather be lost in the mountains for a year or stranded on a tropical island for a year?

DUE Yesterday: Ch. 11/12 EdPuzzle

1. Read your choice book 📕 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.
2. Picture book-Water Princess
3. Watch Sudan Water Access Video Clip LINK 👀 
4. Water Activity 💪 
5. Watch Salva Dut's TED Talk and Complete Keep Walking poster *DUE TODAY! 🖍️ 
• Take Notes while you watch the video.
• On the poster, add connections, big ideas, quotes from the video, and any visuals representing Salva's story.
• Posters will hang in our classroom as a reminder of Salva’s important lesson. 
6. Complete the EdPuzzles for Ch. 13-14 DUE next Monday! 💻  🎧 
•  I can refer to the text and find specific examples that support my thoughts and inferences about a story.
7. Remember: MCA IXL Week 1-MCA Week 1-8.4.1.1-DUE next Monday!  💻
8. Read your choice book 📕 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.
• Quarter 3 ends next Wednesday, March 25th!

6th grade English

Monday, 3/16 (A) PJs & Tuesday, 3/17 (B) Holidays-

BOOK BUDDIES-to Kindergarten

1. Start Part One of Totem Pole Project - My Spirit Journey
• Use the brainstorming graphic organizer (on paper) and animal symbols and their meanings in Google Classroom under the Survival tab in Classwork
2. Take a look at the student example that is in the My Spirit Journey document in Google Classroom
3. Work on Totem Project-DUE on MONDAY/TUESDAY at the START of CLASS! 📝  💻 

Wednesday, March 18th (C)-Country vs. Club Day-

Would you rather live in a never-landing airplane or a never-surfacing submarine?

TURN IN YOUR GREEN PROGRESS SHEET *LATE sheets will no longer be accepted.

1. Return Touching Spirit Bear Test *see Mrs. Schreifels for retake INSTRUCTIONS TODAY!
2. Review project instructions 
3. You MUST fill out your brainstorming sheet BEFORE you start typing your essay!!
4. START Part 2: Construction Paper Totem once your Spirit Journey essay is COMPLETE!
5. Quarter 3 ends next Wednesday, March 25th!

Thursday, 3/19 (A)-Beach Day & Friday, 3/20 (B) Color Day-

Would you rather be lost in the mountains for a year or stranded on a tropical island for a year?

1. Last day to work on the project in class, be ready to present next Monday/Tuesday! NOT DONE? Finish in Royal Hour or at home!
2. READ/A.R. TEST
1. LAST day to take the Touching Spirit Bear test is next Wednesday, March 25th.
2. Quarter 3 ends next Wednesday, March 25th!