Teach for America: Metro DC Region

Middle School Language Arts – The First Two Weeks

August-September
Monday – Day 1 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Obj: SWBAT Obj: SWBAT Obj: SWBAT Obj: SWBAT Obj: SWBAT
explain perform perform reading perform explain and
classroom partner/ group procedures in independent perform all
expectations and procedure in order to explain reading class
procedures in order to explain why “work procedures in procedures and
order to have a why “be nice” is hard” is an order to explain expectations in
great year! an expectation expectation of why “no order to score
of our our classroom. excuses” is an 80% on our first
Opening: classroom. expectation of assessment!
1) syllabus Opening: our classroom.
scavenger hunt Opening: 1) Vocab: Opening:
1) Vocab: malleable – Opening: 1) *Independent
WP: respect – teach review vocab 1) Vocab: Reading begins
1) Teach vocab procedure relentless – – review
following procedure review vocab procedure
procedures WP: procedure
WP: 1) Classroom 2) YouTube 2) Announce
- Expectations/ 1) Teach Expectation video activity Scholars of the
Consequences/B partner/group activity – “Work Week
ehavior chart procedure Hard WP:
- Big Goal 1) Select 3) “What do
- Raise hand vs. 2) 1) Teach read independent Good Readers
call out Partner/group aloud, shared reading book Do” activity
- SLANT list of “do’s and reading, and
- Bathroom don’t” of think-pair-share WP:
- Garbage respect in our procedure Closing: 1) Procedure
- Talking classroom through 1) Review all Olympics
Volumes Malleable procedures
2) Classroom Intelligence 2)Teach quiz
2) Review Expectation article 2) Review procedure
syllabus scav. activity – “Be homework
Hunt answers, Nice” 2) Shared 3) Take quiz on
materials reading of TFA Due: student classroom rules
needed 3) Review all “malleable picture (for and procedures
procedures incl. intelligence” Scholar of the
3) Explain raffle partner/group article Week) Closing:
tix 1) five days on
Closing: Closing: “green”
Closing: 1) Exit Slip 1) Review behavior
1) Exit slip homework celebration
2) Review
2) Exiting homework 2) Class raffle
procedure
Due: study
Due: signed guide
syllabus,
student/paren
t info sheet
Obj: SWBAT Obj: SWBAT Obj: SWBAT Obj: SWBAT SWBAT explain
identify traits of identify take the SRI make the habits of
good readers in characteristics test in order to predictions in good readers in
order to practice of non-fiction determine their order to order to score
the habits of texts in order to current reading practice the 80% on their
good readers. analyze why a level. habits of good quiz!
personal readers.
Opening: memoir is non- Opening: Work Period:
1) Independent fiction 1) Independent Opening: using context
Reading Reading 1) Independent clues
2) Teach at Opening: 2) Review Reading
home reading 1) Independent testing 2) Vocab: Procedures:
log Reading procedure logical Respect Shout-
3) Vocab: non- 2) Vocab: 3) Grammar Outs
fiction memoir Work Period: Time
4) Grammar 3) Grammar 1) SRI test 4) Quick Write Second Quiz:
Time Time 5) Begin What Good
5) Quick Write 4) Quick Write Closing: prediction Readers Do
6) YouTube 5) YouTube 1) Big Goal activity
video video review *Due: study
7) Begin non- 6) Being 2) Review exit Work Period: guide for quiz
fiction activity memoir activity procedure 1) Complete
prediction
Work Period: Work Period: activity
1) Complete non- 1) Complete
fiction activity memoir activity Closing:
2) Assessment 1) Exit slip
reflection Closing: 2) Review all
1) Share out procedures
Closing: 2) Exit slip 3) “We Beat the
1) Share out 3) Review exit Streets” read
2) Review all procedure aloud
week 1
procedures *Due: at home
reading log
(each day)