ELA 2025 - 2026 Unit 2
Bud, Not Buddy
(Oct - Jan ...see below)
12/08-12/12
- historical events continued
- STAR testing
- Section 4 Assessment (100 points)
- Analyze the words, thoughts, and actions of characters
- No school for students on Friday 12/12
12/01-12/05
- Compare character reactions
- Chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11 of BNB
- Historical events incorporated into the novel and how the author uses them
11/24 - 11/28
Thanksgiving Break!
11/17-11/21
- Compare settings from texts
- 100 point assessment for chapters 6 & 7 and figurative language
- Compare character conflicts
- America's repsonse to the Great Depression
11/10-11/14
- Context Clues (paper packet - cancelled Kickball tournament)
- No school
- MCSB Progress Monitoring Assessment #3 for Esperanza Rising
- Chapters 6&7 of BNB and excerpts from Out of the Dust (fig lang, desc. details, theme)
11/03-11/07
- Complete MCSB's progress monitoring assessment (grade)
- Reading chapters three, four, and five of Bud, Not Buddy
- Reading excerpts from Out of the Dust
- Analyzing figurative language and writing exemplars
- Complete Section 1 multiple choice assessment of the first five chapters of Bud, Not Buddy
10/27-10/31
Week at a Glance: 10/27 - 10/31/25
-Viewing the "set the context" videos
-Viewing "Childhood Lost: An Overview of the Great Depression"
-Reading "Children & the Great Depression"
-Reading "A Bit of Stress May Help Young People Build Resilience"
-Reading the foreword and first two chapters of Bud, Not Buddy
ELA 2025 - 2026 Unit 1
Esperanza Rising
(Aug-Oct...see below)
10/20 - 10/24
-Complete reading Esperanza Rising (Unit 1 novel)
-Esperanza Rising multiple choice Assessment for final two chapters (50 points)
- Esperanza Rising AR test (read aloud) (50 points) and 6 AR points for 2nd 9 weeks!
-CWT narrative planning
-CWT typing and submission (100 points)
10/13 - 10/17
FALL BREAK
10/6 - 10/10
- Begin STAR Test
- Complete star test/Begin Avocadoes and Asparagus Assessment (100 points)
- Complete assessment and type the narrative we completed on 10/1 (50 points - already completed, just typing and submitting)
- Lexia/Make up day (Tiger Trot day!)
Friday - Virtual day assignment: 30 point grade
9/29 - 10/3
**MCSB Progress Monitoring Assessment scheduled for 9/16 is still not available to be administered. Once it is given, I will let you know since it is a grade.**
-Analyze previously read excerpts from Esperanza Rising
-Explain how characters advance plot and develop irony
-Read The Gift of the Magi
- 25 point quiz on The Gift of the Magi (Tuesday)
- 50 point narrative continuation from Jim or Della's pov (Tuesday and Wednesday)
- Make connections of lessons learned for characters from both texts
- Determine effectiveness of dialogue
9/22 - 9/26
**MCSB Progress Monitoring Assessment scheduled for 9/16 is still not available to be administered. Once it is given, I will let you know since it is a grade.**
Our Section 3 Assessment will be on Wednesday, 9/24/25 for a 100 point grade.
Analyze previously read excerpts from Esperanza Rising
Explain Dialogue/Sensory Detail and Language usage for imagery
Complete Section 3 Assessment
Read chapters 10 and 11 of Esperanza Rising
Explain the lesson Esperanza has learned so far
Determine theme by analyzing character action
9/15 - 9/19
Read "Okies" and "USDA Photographer Rescues Destitute Farm Workers"
MCSB progress monitoring assessment #2 (Grade on Tuesday)
Authors' use of sensory language
Central ideas
Author's word choice
3 new excerpts from “Out of the Dust”
Rewrite excerpt of choice from a new point of view (Grade on Thursday)
Esperanza Rising - chapter 8
9/8 - 9/12
Section 2 Lessons 4 - 7
Reading Esperanza Rising chapter 5 and The Stolen Party
Pair and small group collaborations
25 point short writing assignment
100 point Section 2 Assessment on Friday
9/2 - 9/5
District wide 6th grade ela progress monitoring assessment for a grade. (This was originally planned for last week but received late)
Chapters 5 and 6 of Esperanza Rising and excerpts from Out of the Dust. Our main focus will be on how the authors use dialogue and description in character development.
8/25 - 8/29
Lessons 5-7 M-W
Progress Monitoring Assessment (district wide) THURSDAY
Section 1 Assessment FRIDAY
8/18 - 8/22
Set the context, lessons 1 - 4, STAR testing
NO ASSESSMENTS THIS WEEK!