March 2nd-6th, 2026

8th grade English

Monday, March 2nd (A)-If animals could talk, which species do you think would be the rudest?

Poetry Contest LINK

TOP Word Count Winners for February: 

• Teddy Ruley-242,166 
• Ellie Mitzel-384,909
• Grace Isder-205,079

1. Turn in your GREEN progress sheet!
2. Read/A.R. Test 📕 💻 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.
3. Simple, Compound, Complex Review Game 💻 
4. Correct Complex Sentence Two Pager 🖍️ LINK 1 LINK 2 LINK 3
• I can analyze the sentence structure and recognize complex sentences.
5. Complete Types of Sentences QUIZ Simple Compound Complex EdPuzzle DUE TODAY!
• I can analyze the various types of sentence structures and recognize their differences.
6. Work on IXL Week 3-DUE on Wednesday.
7. Sentence Review Test on Thursday!

WEDNESDAY, March 4th (C)-Would you rather have the ability to fly or be completely invisible?

1. ACTION QUIZ: Should These Players Get a Raise? due today!
• I can understand a nonfiction text by finding the main idea, key details, and evidence.
2. Finish IXL Week 3 Due at the end of the day!
3. Poetry Contest LINK
4. Read/A.R. Test 📕 💻 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.

Thursday, March 5th (A)-How do you show someone (a friend or family member) that you appreciate them?

1. Blooket Review LINK
2. Sentence Review Test 📝 
• I can analyze the various types of sentence structures and recognize their differences.
3. Start our next class novel, A Long Walk to Water (ALWTW) 📕 *DO NOT TAKE THE BOOK WITH YOU!!!
4. Be sure to complete the EdPuzzles in the order listed BELOW. 🎧  💻 
5. EdPuzzle- A Long Walk to Water Introduction
• Main Characters:
• Nya is a young girl whose story is set in South Sudan in 2008 and is part of the Nuer tribe.
• Salva Dut is a young boy whose story is set in South Sudan in 1985, and is a part of the Dinka tribe.
6. Complete Chapters 1 and 2 EdPuzzles for A Long Walk to Water (ALWTW)
• I can refer to the text and find specific examples that strongly 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).
7. Complete the EdPuzzle-Lost Boys of Sudan 💻 🇸🇩
8. Read your choice book! 📕 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.
9. GREEN PROGRESS SHEET DUE on MONDAY!

6th grade English

Monday, March 2nd (A) and Tuesday, March 3rd (B)-If animals could talk, which species do you think would be the rudest?

BOOK Buddies TODAY! How to Catch a Leprechaun 🍀  

DUE TODAY: Ch. 20 & 21 EdPuzzles and Second Chance Paragraph

TOP Word Count Winners for February: 

• Ethan Schwartz-112,907 
• Isaac Burggraff-538,895
• Bryn Neisen-175,479

1. TURN IN YOUR GREEN PROGRESS SHEET!
2. SHARE SECOND CHANCE PARAGRAPH with your table group 💬
3. Work on TSB Ch. 22-25 study guide ✏️
• Listen to Ch. 22 & 23 as a class 👂🏻
• Listen/Read 24 & 25 on your own 🎧
• Write Cole's Letter pencil 📝
• Study guide is DUE on Thursday/Friday!
4. Read/A.R. Test 📕 💻 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.

Wednesday, March 4th (C)-Would you rather have the ability to fly or be completely invisible?

Hour 8: Turn in GREEN progress sheets again! 🤪

1. Action Quiz: Disaster in the Sky grade 6- DUE TODAY! 💻
• I can understand a nonfiction text by finding the main idea, key details, and evidence.
2. Start IXL MCA practice: Key Ideas and Details 6.4.1.1 (1-8). Cite evidence from the text that supports what it expresses and draw inferences from the text. Due NEXT Wednesday! 💻 
1. Short Stories (1)
2. Literary Passages (5)
3. Theme (2)
3. Be sure your Ch. 22-25 Study guide is done!! ✏️
4. Read/A.R. Test 📕 💻 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.

Thursday, March 5th (A) & Friday, March 6th (B)-How do you show someone (a friend or family member) that you appreciate them?

1. Read/A.R. Test 📕 💻 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.
2. Correct TSB Ch. 22-25 Study Guide 🖍️
3. GimKit review game LINK for Ch. 17-24 of TSB 💻 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.
4. Picture Book-Whale in the Sky 👂 
5. Listen to Ch. 26-27 of Touching Spirit Bear and coloring activity (25 minutes) 👂 🖍️ 
• I can describe how a story's characters change as a story moves toward its conclusion.
6. TURN IN THE COLORING ACTIVITY!
7. Read/A.R. Test AND BE SURE your IXL assignment is done! book 📕 💻 
• I can choose and read texts of personal interest.
8. TEST on Touching Spirit Bear will be next Monday/Tuesday!! - We'll listen to Chapter 28 and review before the test, so be sure you're caught up with the assignments and chapters!!
9. GREEN PROGRESS SHEET due on MONDAY!