Hattenberger

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I'm Sharon Hattenberger and your child's
language arts teacher for the 2009-10
school year on the Green Team!

My room number is 236.
My phone number is 651-702-8076.
Email address: shattenberger@isd622.org

I am available after school on Thursdays for
students who want to get caught up on work.

                            PLAN AHEAD
BRING MATERIALS TO CLASS EACH DAY!

My schedule is as follows:
Period Class                  MON            TUES-FRI
     0    Homebase     7:45-8:06        7:45-7:55
     1    ILA                 8:10-8:55        7:59-8:46
     2    ILA                 8:59-9:44        8:50-9:37
     3    ILA                 9:48-10:33      9:41-10:28
     4    Enriched        10:37-11:22    10:32-11:19
     5    ILA                 11:26-12:11    11:23-12:09
     Lunch                   12:11-12:36    12:09-12:34
     6    Team              12:40-1:25      12:38-1:24
     7    Prep                1:29-2:15        1:28-2:15

Week of March 15th - 19th
Hours 1,2,3, and 5
Monday: begin 3rd trimester;
vocab word -dict-; begin
Collection 7 in textbook
Tuesday-Friday:
work on menu for Collection 7
due Tuesday March 23rd

Hour 4
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:

Week of March 8th - 12th
Hours 1,2,3, and 5
Monday: library, read chapters 14-16
in Beowulf
Tuesday: themes, conflict in Beowulf;
review for test tomorrow
Wednesday: test on Beowulf
Thursday - Friday: No School
Staff Development

Hour 4
Monday: Lord of the Flies 5-7;
Reading Log #2 due at end of class
Tuesday: Utopia Post Assessment
Wednesday: Assessment continued
Thursday - Friday: No School
Staff Development

Week of March 1st - 5th
Hours 1,2,3, and 5
Monday: bookmark; begin reading Beowulf;
chapters 1-3; P. 15 in packet; vocab word
Tuesday: Beowulf, chapters 4-5; work in
packet; introduce 'Wanted Poster'
assignment - due Friday
Wednesday: Beowulf - chapters 6-7
Thursday: Beowulf chapters 8-10
Friday: Wanted Poster due today;
Beowulf chapters 11-13

Hour 4
Monday: Read satirical articles; work on
Lord of the Flies 2-4, Reading Log #1 due
Tuesday: computer lab to work on satire
Wednesday: computer lab;rough draft
of rough draft due end of period
Thursday: Lord of the Flies
Friday: computer lab, final draft of satire
due at the end of the period today

Week of February 22nd - 26th
Hours 1, 2, 3, and 5
Monday: Library, Vocab Word,
view 'Star Wars' - journey of a hero
Tuesday - Thursday: view 'Star Wars'
and wrap up hero journey and
character traits
Friday: Introduction to Beowulf

Hour 4
Monday: WordMasters word due;
"read the room"
Tuesday: WordMasters quiz
Wednesday: TBA
Thursday:
Friday:

Week of February 15th -19th
Hours 1, 2, 3, and 5
Monday: No School - Presidents' Day
Tuesday: Computer Lab to begin writing
assignment for journey of a hero by using
a graphic organizer
Wednesday: finish book, The Lightning
Thief - chapter 22
Thursday: continue journey of a hero
watching "Star Wars"
Friday: At the Movies - the day will be spent
with activities before and after seeing the
movie, "The Lightning Thief"

Hour 4
Monday: No School - Presidents' Day
Tuesday:
Wednesday: finish book, The Lightning
Thief, chapter 22
Thursday:
Friday: At the Movies - the day will be spent
with activities before and after seeing the
movie, "The Lightning Thief"

Week of February 8th - 12th
Hours 1, 2, 3, and 5
Monday: Library; finish character card; heroic
traits; vocab root for the week -dict-
and, time permitting, journey of a hero
Tuesday-Wednesday: journey of a hero;
begin viewing Star Wars A New Hope
Thursday: read The Lightning Thief,
chapter 20; vocab worksheet due; quiz
tomorrow on dict-
Friday: vocab quiz; continue journey of
a hero watching Star Wars A New Hope

4th Hour
Monday: poem, "Happiness" from student
book
Tuesday: begin reading, Lord of the Flies
Wednesday: WordMasters
Thursday: The Lightning Thief, chapter 20
Friday: The Lord of the Flies

Hours 1, 2, 3, and 5
We begin a new unit on Monday. Our focus will
be on heroes and conflict. Some of the questions
we will examine in class will be:
What is a hero? What are the kinds of conflict
a hero faces, and how does s/he deal with them?

Week of February 1st - 5th
Monday: New Seats; Introduce new unit and
packet; What is a hero?
Tuesday: Computer lab to research what others
say about 'hero'
Wednesday: The Lightning Thief,
chapter 10
Thursday: Character
Friday: Character

4th Hour
Week of February 1st - 5th
Monday: Utopia: ideal room project
due
Tuesday: Utopia
Wednesday: The Lightning Thief
chapter 10
Thursday: Utopia
Friday: Utopia

Week of January 25th - 29th
Monday: Library Check-Out; portfolio
set-up; read
Tuesday: read; Introduction to folktales;
"Aunty Misery"
Wednesday: read a folktale of your choice;
write a summary (due Thursday)
Thursday: The Lightning Thief - Ch. 10
Friday: No School
Conferences and Staff Development

4th Hour
Monday: Library Check-Out; portfolio
set-up; read
Tuesday: Utopia - what is it?
Wednesday: ideal room assignment
    due Monday
Thursday: The Lightning Thief - CH. 10
Friday: No School
Conferences and Staff Development

Week of January 18th - 22nd
Monday: No School
Tuesday: "King Midas and the Golden
Touch" P683-687: skills - irony and
allusion
Wednesday: skill - adjective and adverbs;
quiz on "King Midas"
Thursday: Ch.6 of The Lightning Thief;
wkst-"The Beginning of the World"
Friday: wkst - "Inescapable Conflict;
game - 'It's Fate'

Hour 4
Monday: No School
Tuesday and Wednesday:
work on final copy of Philosophy
Slam paper, "Is the pen mightier
than the sword?"
Thursday: Ch.6 of The Lightning
Thief
Friday: introduce new unit-'Utopia'
take preassessment

Week of January 11th - 15th
Monday and Tuesday:
MAP Testing for Reading or
read book of choice; introduce this
week's root: manu
Wednesday and Thursday:
Listening to/reading the book,
The Lightning Thief or begin
reading "The Funeral Banquet of
King Midas" on pages 688-693:
skills: summarizing a text and context
clues
Friday: quiz on root: manu; finish reading
"The Funeral Banquet of King Midas"

Monday: Library(?); Introduce Greek/Latin
roots -textbook page 650-653; root - ped;
read
Tuesday: Vocab Sort; "Orpheus, the
Great Musician" P.664-671;
Skill - summarize
Wednesday: Figurative Language P.651 -
Practice; "Power of Music" P.672-674
#1-4; Skill - fact vs. opinion; Quick-Write
'Does Music Have Power?' - put in
writer's notebook (for portfolio)
Thursday: "The Flight of Icarus"
P. 675-681; skills - moral of a story
and make a generalization
Friday: Read; Vocab quiz on root - ped;
finish P. 681; begin grammar packet

Week of January 4th - 8th Hour 4
Monday - Friday: Philosophy Slam

Week of December 21st - 25th
Monday: Library to check out books
to read over vacation; continue to
work on final copy of origin myth
Tuesday: reflections on writing origin
myth; myth due at the end of hour today!
Wednesday: Story in a Bag/Celebrate
Thursday and Friday: VACATION

Week of December 14th -18th
Rough Draft of Origin Myth due Thursday!
Monday: myth organizer; share
examples of origin myths; write
Tuesday: Mini-Lesson - strong verbs;
begin building rubric; time to write
Wednesday: Mini-Lesson - simple and
complex sentences; write
Thursday: STAR revision tool; rewrite;
turn in drafts
Friday: finish rubric; conferences;
write published copy - due Tuesday

Week of December 7th - December 11th
Monday: set-up for Tri 2; Library Day
Tuesday: Introduction to Greece and Greek
mythology;
Wednesday: Read "The Origin of the Seasons"
from Textbook on P.654-663
Thursday: Article of the Week #7 (6th for
4th); introduce the "GrammarSpeak Club"
announce upcoming writing assignment on
origin myths
Friday: prewriting/writing origin myths about
a natural phenomenon

Week of November 30th - December 4th
Monday: opening class library; book
commercials
Tuesday: book orders; types of sentences
Wednesday: find the four kinds of
sentences in a newspaper; Read-Aloud
Thursday: Read-Aloud; quiz on the four
kinds of sentences; Article of the Week #6
due 12-10
Friday: No School

Week of November 23rd - 27th
Monday: library; begin 7th grade common
assessment of literary elements
Tuesday: complete assessment
Wednesday - Friday: No School
       Thanksgiving Break

Week of November 16th - 20th
Monday: use graphic organizer to diagram
plot from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"; introduce test
for literary elements to be completed in class;
work time
Tuesday - read; work time for test
Wednesday: read: work time
Thursday: working with sentences
Friday: working with sentences;
**Literary Element Test due today!

For the Week of November 9th - 13th
Monday: library check out; plot techniques;
define conflict; 5 types of conflict; read aloud
from The Great Kapok Tree
Tuesday: five types of conflict; read aloud
from The Great Kapok Tree
Wednesday: finish short story from Tues.;
Veterans' Day - special activities and class
discussion
Thursday: Article of the Week #4; read short
story from textbook, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi " while
finding literary elements
Friday: continue with short story

For the Week of November 2nd - 6th
Monday: New Seats; Book Orders; share
one thing I'm good at; Mini-lesson on setting;
read your own book
Tuesday: read aloud book on setting;
book commercials; read your own book/
book conferences
Wednesday: Mini-lesson on theme; read
your own book
Thursday: Article of the Week #3 (due
next Thursday); Mini-lesson on plot;
read
Friday: Mini-lesson on plot; plot diagram;
read

For the Week of October 26th - 30th
Monday: library visit, continue reading
Nightjohn
Tuesday: Mini-lesson: Conflict, and
read Nightjohn
Wednesday: Mini-lesson: Point of View
and Narrator; finish Nightjohn
Thursday: review for quiz; take quiz on
character
Friday: field trip to The Ordway to see
'Bad Boys of Dance"

For the Week of October 19th - 23rd
Monday: Study of Literary Elements begins
with Characterization as the class reads
Nightjohn, chapters 1 and 2;
pass back genre quizzes
Tuesday: Character definition,
Nightjohn chapter 3 begin worksheet -
Understanding "Character" Analysis in class
Wednesday: Character traits; worksheet -
Characterization; read chapter 4
*Characterization assignment on book
currently reading due Friday, November 13th
Thursday: Character Analysis - done as class, on
character traits; read chapter 5
Friday: No School for students
Parent/Teacher Conferences 7:30 - 10:30

For the Week of October 12th - 16th
Monday: Library Day!
Book Fair Information and Genre
Study; reading conferences
Tuesday: Mini-lesson: genres
Informational and Biography;
reading conferences
*QUIZ on GENRES Tomorrow
Wednesday: Quiz on genres
Thursday - Friday: No School
Education Minnesota Conference

For the Week of October 5th - 9th
Book Orders handed out on the 5th
Due on the 9th
Monday: Mini-lesson on proofreading
letters written for conferencing
Tuesday: Mini-lesson on reading
expectations and reading workshop
guidelines
Wednesday: Mini-lesson: a visual
representation of literature and
genre
Thursday: Mini-lesson: What is a
'quick-write'? Let's do one!
Friday: Mini-lesson: debrief on
quick-write

For the Week of September 28th - October 2nd
Monday: Library, ideas for responses to books
Tuesday: Mini-lesson on abandoning a book
read/journal entry
Wednesday: Poem; Mini-lesson on the top
ten reasons to read; read
Thursday: pretest on nouns; mini-lesson on
Article of the Week
Friday: Genre - fantasy

For the Week of September 21st - 25th
Students should be reading
in class and at home!
Monday: read aloud; Parents' Job;
set up readers' notebooks
Tuesday: Read Aloud; Mini-lesson:
How do readers choose books?;
read; To get my attention
Wednesday: Poem of the Week;
Read Aloud; begin working with
Greek roots; Read
Thursday: Read Aloud; Mini-lesson -
Why write? and takes notes
Friday: Minute article; Read Aloud;
Recipe poems; Write a "Recipe for
Success" poem

For the Week of September 14th - 18th

                              *Please Note*
        I will be sending home Scholastic book club
orders beginning this week. In this day and age
of technology, teachers know that the best way
for students to become better readers is to practice.
Here's a way to provide your child with all kinds of
books if you so desire. You may send an order with
your child to school (with check enclosed), or you
may order directly using the Internet. Details are
included in the order forms.

Monday: visit media center and checkout books
                behavior guideline - community
Tuesday/Wednesday: MAP Testing for Reading
set up reader's notebook; read; genre study for
traditional literature and fantasy; mini-lesson;
reading requirements for the year; behavior
Thursday: Quick write to obtain a writing sample;
behavior -my job
Friday: behavior - your job; set up writer's
notebooks and WRITE!
Happy Weekend!

For the Week of September 8th - 11th
All Classes
Tuesday - welcome, no homework
Wednesday - getting to know you;
balloon activity due tomorrow
reading survey due Friday
Thursday - getting to know you;
flower assignment - 7 things I'm good
at due Friday
Friday - getting to know others
no homework

"Breakfast of Champions"
for Trimester 1

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