May 4th-8th, 2026

8th grade English

Monday, May 4th (A)- Question of the day: If you could design a brand-new app, what would it do?

• Turn in your yellow progress sheet
• Feild Trip Update

1. Review allegory: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Are you a Bystander or Upstander?
2. Discuss Terrible Things by Eve Bunting 
3. Kids Meet a Holocaust Survivor Video Link (10 minutes)
4. Go over Post-it Notes
5. Quiz on Surviving the Angel of Death Chapters 6-9 DUE TODAY!
6. Complete the EdPuzzle for Erika's Story Due TODAY! (8 minutes)
7. Americans and the Holocaust Tour Video Guide LINK  (40 minutes)
• Turn in the Video Guide-DUE on Wednesday!
8. Read/A.R. testALL BOOKS NEED TO BE RETURNED TO MY CLASSROOM BY Friday, 5/22!
9. FastBridge Testing on Wednesday

Wednesday, May 6th (C)-

1. FastBridge Testing *you need headphones/earbuds
• Complete aReading and AutoReading (you must complete ALL the boxes)
2. Finish the Americans and the Holocaust Tour Video Guide LINK and Turn in the Video Guide-DUE TODAY!
3. Read your choice bookALL BOOKS NEED TO BE RETURNED TO MY CLASSROOM BY Friday, 5/22!

Thursday, May 7th (A)-Question of the day: If you could have any animal as a pet (even wild or dangerous ones), what would you choose?

1. Action Quiz “The Girl Who Lived Forever”--DUE TODAY
2. Decorate a card for your favorite teacher-DUE TODAY (put it in the tray when you're done)! *One person can make a difference!
3. Read and/or listen to Ch. 10 and 11 and complete the identity activity for Monday
• Use paper on the counter to complete the identity activity.
• You can draw shapes or attach paper to create the "shards."
• Write your name on the BACK of your paper *number on the FRONT
• Type your final copy reflective paragraph in Google Classroom OR write it neatly on the back of your pink instruction sheet
4. Check SKYWARD!
5. Read/A.R. Test-ALL BOOKS NEED TO BE RETURNED TO MY CLASSROOM BY Friday, 5/22!

6th grade English

Monday, May 4th (A) and Tuesday, May 5th (B)-Question of the day: If you could design a brand-new app, what would it do?

• Turn in your yellow progress sheet
• Reminders about field trip-share bus assignments, no phones, & bring a lunch
• Last day with Book Buddies When I Was Five by Arthur Howard and time capsule sheet

1. Go over Boy Journal Slideshow 
• Complete Slide 2 of the Journal Slideshow for Boy: Tales of Childhood IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM-DUE when we finish the book, so stay caught up!
2. REVIEW OF STARTING POINT CHAPTERS
3. QUIZ on Starting Point Section of Boy: Tales of Childhood 
4. Listen/Read the following chapters of Boy and complete slides 3, 4, 5, and 6 WHILE YOU LISTEN! DUE on Thursday/Friday
1. Chapter 3-The Bicycle and the Sweet Shop (12 min)
2. Chapter 4-The Great Mouse Plot (4 min)
3. Chapter 5-Mr. Coombes (11 min)
4. Chapter 6-Mrs. Pratchett's Revenge (10 min)

Wednesday, May 6th (C)-

Field trip to MN State Capitol and MN History Center

Thursday, May 7th (A) and Friday, May 8th (B)-Question of the day: If you could have any animal as a pet (even wild or dangerous ones), what would you choose?

1. Chapter 3-6 Review *Be sure your slideshow is updated! Share your wanted poster 😃 
2. Listen/Read 
• Chapter 7-Going to Norway (9 min)
• Chapter 8-The Magic Island (9 min)
• Chapter 9-A Visit to the Doctor (5 min)
3. Review Game on Llandaff LINK
4. QUIZ ON LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SECTION 
5. Complete Norway Research-DUE TODAY (put it in the tray when you're finished)!
6. When you're done, decorate a card for your favorite teacher-DUE TODAY (put it in the tray when you're finished)!
7. Read/A.R. Test-ALL BOOKS NEED TO BE RETURNED TO MY CLASSROOM BY Friday, 5/22!