Grade 6 HM
2014-2015
Page 1
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 1
August 18
Subject
Week 1
Reading
Theme 1: Courage
Houghton Mifflin
Read: “Hatchet” pgs. 28-43
(HM)
August 25
Week 2
Theme 1: Courage
Read: “Passage to Freedom”
pgs. 52-64
Resource Packet
(RP)
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 44
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 66
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 1 (9/12)
September 1 (9/1 holiday)
September 8
Week 3
Week 4
Theme 1: Courage
Theme 1: Courage
Read: “Climb or Die”
Read: “True Confessions of
pgs. 74-86
Charlotte Doyle” pgs. 99109
Complete: HM Responding
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 88
pg. 110
Practice Book (PB)
PB pgs. 3-17
PB pgs. 23-37
PB pgs. 38-52
PB pgs. 53-73
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
TST- Selection Test
TST- Complete pgs. 4-7 and
Selection Test
TST- Complete pgs. 8-11
and Selection Test
TST- Complete pgs. 12-15
and Selection Test
D6W: Unit 1 Ideas
Week 1 Choosing a Strong
Idea
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 3-7
D6W: Unit 1 Ideas
Week 2 Writing a Topic
Sentence and Supporting
Details
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 8-12
D6W: Unit 1 Ideas
Week 3 Developing
Character, Setting, and
Plot Ideas
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 13-17
D6WTE pgs. 10-11
D6WTE pgs. 16-17
D6WTE pgs. 22-23
Take STAR Renaissance
Reading Test with resource
teacher during RP 1
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional Reading
Choose 1 novel and read in 4 weeks, *literature unit optional
*Hatchet-Gary Paulsen
*Tuck Everlasting-Natalie Babbitt
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 1
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth Science
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
2014-2015
August 18
Week 1
Ch. 1 Decimals and
Integers
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Lessons 1.1-1.3 pgs. 2-17
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 17
(estimation strategies, add/
subtract decimals, multiply/
divide decimals)
Take STAR Renaissance
Math Test with resource
teacher during RP 1
Unit 1 Introduction to
Earth Science - Ch. 1 The
Nature of Earth Science
Section 1: Thinking Like a
Scientist
Section 2: Scientific
Methods in Earth Science
pgs. 6-23
SGB pgs. 1-7; 11-13
Chapter Quizzes and
Tests (QT)
Ch. 1 The First
Civilizations
Section 1: Early Humans
pgs. 114-131
Complete review pg. 131
QT Quiz pg. 1
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Mesopotamia packet –ask
Resource Teacher-optional
Maps, Charts and
Graphs (MCG)
MCG L1: Mapping the
Earth
Page 2
August 25
Week 2
Ch. 1 Decimals and
Integers
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
September 1 (9/1 holiday)
Week 3
Ch. 1 Decimals and
Integers
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
September 8
Week 4 End of RP 1 (9/12)
Ch. 2 Exponents, Factors
& Fractions
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Lessons 1.4-1.7 pgs. 20-39
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 35
(measuring metric units,
comparing/ordering decimals
add/subtract integers, mult/
divide integers)
Lessons 1.8-1.9 pgs. 40-49
(order of operations,
distribution property,
mean/median/mode)
Lessons 2.1-2.3 pgs. 58-77
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 71
(exponents, order of
operations, prime factors,
simplifying fractions)
Ch. 1 The Nature of Earth
Science
Section 3: Safety in Science
pgs. 24-29
SGB pgs. 8-10; 14
Complete 1 Lab during RP1pg. 30 or 70
Chapter 1 Test
Ch. 1 The First
Civilizations
Section 2: Mesopotamian
Civilization
pgs. 132-141
Complete review pg. 139
QT Quiz pg. 2
Ch. 1 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 5257
Ch. 2 Tools of Earth
Science
Section 1: Tools and
Measurement
Section 2: Models in Science
pgs. 42-55
SGB pgs. 15-20; 27-28
Ch. 1 The First
Civilizations
Section 3: New Empires
pgs. 142-149
Complete review pg. 147
QT Quiz pg. 3
KDM - Mesopotamiaoptional
MCG L2: Using Map Skills
MCG L3: Reading a Map
Ch. 2 Tools of Earth
Science
Section 3: Mapping Earth’s
Surface
Section 4: Maps in Earth
Science
pgs. 56-69
SGB pgs. 21-26; 29-32
Chapter 2 Test
Ch. 1 First Civilizations
QT Chapter 1 Test pgs. 5-8
Begin an Ancient
Civilizations Timeline.
Continue this timeline as the
year progresses-ask
Resource Teacher for
handout. Display at
Extravaganza in May!
MCG L4: Using a Highway
Map
Grade 6 HM
2014-2015
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NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 2 September 15
Subject
Week 5
Reading
Theme 1: Courage
Houghton Mifflin
Read: Focus on Poetry pgs.
121-134
(HM)
Refer to RP for instructions
Resource Packet
and ideas. Memorize a poem
of your choice and recite it
(RP)
aloud OR write your own
poem
Practice Book (PB) PB pgs. 75-76
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 2 (10/10)
September 22
September 29
October 6
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Theme 1 paperback books
Theme 2: What Really
Choose one to read: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, Happened?
Small Steps, or The Little Ships. Ask Resource Teacher for Read: “Amelia Earhart” pgs.
assistance.
145-157.
Write a summary of story chosen-refer to RP for
instructions.
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 158
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
TST-Complete pgs. 16-26
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional
Reading
D6W: Unit 1 Ideas
Week 4 Elaborating on
Ideas and Details
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 18-22
D6WTE pgs. 28-29
PB pgs. 79-93
D6W: Unit 1 Ideas
Week 5 Maintaining Your
Focus
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 23-27
D6WTE pgs. 34-35
Choose 2 novels and read in 8 weeks, *literature unit optional
*The Golden Goblet-Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Mara, Daughter of the Nile-Eloise Jarvis McGraw
*Pyramid-David Macaulay
TST-Complete pgs. 28-31
and Selection Test
HME: Writing an Essay to
Express an Opinion
See Unit 8 in HME for
instructions and a model.
HME: Writing an Essay to
Express an Opinion
See Unit 8 in HME for
instructions and a model.
Begin writing assignment
Continue writing assignment
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 2
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
2014-2015
Page 4
September 15
Week 5
Ch. 2 Exponents, Factors
and Fractions
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
September 22
Week 6
Ch. 2 Exponents, Factors
and Fractions
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
September 29
Week 7
Ch. 3 Operations with
Fractions
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
October 6
Week 8 End of RP 2 (10/10)
Ch. 3 Operations with
Fractions
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Lessons 2.4-2.6 pgs. 78-92
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 92
(comparing/ordering
fractions, mixed
numbers/improper fractions,
fractions & decimals)
Lesson 2.7 pgs. 93-96
(rational numbers)
Lessons 3.1-3.3 pgs. 104-119
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 120
(estimating
w/fractions/mixed
numbers, add/subtract
fractions)
Lessons 3.4-3.5 pgs. 122-134
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 135
(multiplying & dividing
fractions & mixed numbers)
Ch. 3 Earth’s Systems &
Cycles
Section 1: The Earth System
Section 2: Heat & Energy
pgs. 82-97
SGB pgs. 33-40; 48-51
Ch. 3 Earth’s Systems &
Cycles
Section 3: Cycling of Energy
Section 4: Cycling of Matter
pgs. 98-111
SGB pgs. 41-47; 52-54
Unit 2 Earth’s Resources
Ch. 4 Material Resources
Section 1: Natural Resources
Section 2: Rock and Mineral
Resources
pgs. 126-137
SGB pgs. 55-59; 63-65
Ch. 4 Material Resources
Section 3: Using Material
Resources
pgs. 138-143
Complete 1 Lab during RP2pg. 112 or 144
SGB pgs. 60-62; 66
Ch. 2 Ancient Egypt and
Kush
Section 1: The Nile Valley
pgs. 152-164
Complete review pg. 164
QT Quiz pg. 13
Chapter 3 Test
Ch. 2 Ancient Egypt and
Kush
Section 2: Egypt’s Old
Kingdom
pgs. 165-176
Complete review pg. 170
QT Quiz pg. 14
Ch. 2 Ancient Egypt and
Kush
Section 3: The Egyptian
Empire
pgs. 178-186
Complete review pg. 186
QT Quiz pg. 15
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Ancient Egypt packet-ask
Resource Teacher-optional
KDM – Ancient Egyptoptional
Continue to work on
Timeline assignment
Maps Charts
Graphs (MCG)
MCG L5: Using Scale
MCG L6: Comparing Scale
MCG L7: Finding Routes &
Distance
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth
Science
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
Chapter Quizzes
and Tests (QT)
Ch. 2 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 98103
Chapter 4 Test
Ch. 2 Ancient Egypt and
Kush
Section 4: The Civilization of
Kush
pgs. 187-193
Complete review pg. 191
QT Quiz pg. 16
QT Chapter 2 Test pgs. 17-20
KDM - Pyramids- optional
MCG L8: Finding Latitude
Grade 6 HM
2014-2015
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NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 3 October 13
October 20
October 27
Subject
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Reading
Houghton Mifflin
(HM)
Theme 2: What Really
Happened?
Read: “The Girl Who
Married the Moon” pgs. 171181
Theme 2: What Really
Happened?
Read: “Dinosaur Ghosts”
pgs. 190-206
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 3 (11/7)
November 3
Week 12
Write a short play
OR
Write a compare/contrast
essay based on the plays
from previous week-use
D6W as a reference
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 182
Theme 2: What Really
Happened?
Read: Focus on Plays pgs.
217-237
“The Diary of Anne Frank”
and “A Better Mouse Trap”Complete: HM Responding refer to RP for instructions
pg. 208
and ideas
Practice Book (PB)
PB pgs. 99-113
PB pgs. 115-133
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
TST-Complete pgs. 32-35
and Selection Test
TST-Complete pgs. 36-38
and Selection Test
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
HME: Writing an Essay to
Express an Opinion
See Unit 8 in HME for
instructions and a model.
D6W: Unit 2
Organization
Week 1 Sequencing
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 28-32
D6W: Unit 2 Organization
Week 2 Organizing
Information Logically
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 33-37
D6W: Unit 2 Organization
Week 3 Organizing
Information to Compare
and Contrast
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 38-42
D6WTE pgs. 40-41
D6WTE pgs. 46-47
D6WTE pgs. 52-53
Resource Packet
(RP)
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
TST-Complete pgs. 39-45
Complete writing
assignment
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional
Reading
PB pgs. 135-136
Continue reading novels from weeks 5-8
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 3
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
2014-2015
October 13
Week 9
Ch. 3 Operations with
Fractions
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Lesson 3.6 pgs. 136-140
(changing units in
customary)
Ch. 3 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 142147
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth Science
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Chapter Quizzes
and Tests (QT)
Maps Charts
Graphs (MCG)
October 27
Week 11
Ch. 4 Equations
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
November 3
Week 12 End of RP 3 (11/7)
Ch. 4 Equations
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Lessons 4.1-4.3 pgs. 148163
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 164
(evaluating & writing
expressions, solving
equations w/number sense,
adding)
Lessons 4.4-4.5 pgs. 166174
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 175
(solving equations by
subtracting & multiplying)
Lesson 4.6 pgs. 176-179
(solving equations by
dividing)
Unit 3 Plate Tectonics and
Earth’s Structure
Ch. 6 Plate Tectonics
Section 1: Earth’s Structure
pgs. 188-197
SGB pgs. 79-82; 92-93
Ch. 6 Plate Tectonics
Section 2: The Theory of
Plate Tectonics
Section 3: Deforming
Earth’s Crust
pgs. 198-209
SGB pgs. 83-88; 94-97
Ch. 6 Plate Tectonics
Section 4: California
Geology
pgs. 210-217
SGB pgs. 89-91; 98-99
Ch. 4 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 184189
AP - Quarter 1 Test
Ch. 5 Energy Resources
Section 1: Fossil Fuels
Section 2: Alternative
Energy
pgs. 156-173
SGB pgs. 67-78
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
Page 6
October 20
Week 10
Ch. 4 Equations
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
KDM – Rocks - optional
Chapter 5 Test
Ch. 3 The Ancient
Israelites
Section 1: The First
Israelites
pgs. 196-205
Complete review pg. 205
QT Quiz pg. 25
MCG L9: Finding
Longitude
Ch. 3 The Ancient
Israelites
Section 2: The Kingdom of
Israel
pgs. 206-212
Complete review pg. 212
QT Quiz pg. 26
MCG L10: Finding Places
in the Eastern Hemisphere
Ch. 3 The Ancient
Israelites
Section 3: The Growth of
Judaism
pgs. 213-225
Complete review pg. 223
QT Quiz pg. 27
QT Chapter 3 Test pgs. 2932
MCG L11: Using a Political
Map
Complete 1 Lab during RP3pg. 174 or 218
Chapter 6 Test
Ch. 4 Early India
Section 1: India’s First
Civilizations
pgs. 230-245
Complete review pg. 245
QT Quiz pg. 37
India and China Packet –
optional
MCG L12:
Elevation/Contour Lines
Grade 6 HM
2014-2015
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NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 4 November 10
November 17
November 24
Subject
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Reading
Houghton Mifflin
(HM)
Theme 2 paperback books
Choose one to read: Anastasia’s Album, The Fire Bug
Connection, or Surtsey. Ask Resource Teacher for
assistance.
Theme 3: Growing Up
Read: “Where The Red Fern
Grows” pgs. 246-264
Theme 3: Growing Up
Read: “Last Summer with
Maizon” pgs. 277-291
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 266
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 292
Practice Book (PB)
PB pgs. 139-153
PB pgs. 159-173
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
TST-Complete pgs. 48-51
and Selection Test
TST-Complete pgs. 52-55
and Selection Test
HME: Writing an Essay to
Persuade
See Unit 9 HME for
instructions and a model.
HME: Writing an Essay to
Persuade
See Unit 9 in HME for
instructions and a model.
Begin writing assignment
Complete writing assignment
Resource Packet
(RP)
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional
Reading
Write a summary of story chosen-refer to RP for
instructions.
D6W: Unit 2 Organization
Week 4 Organizing to
Persuade
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 43-47
D6WTE pgs. 58-59
D6W: Unit 2 Organization
Week 5 Choosing Which
Way to Organize Your
Writing
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 48-52
D6WTE pgs. 64-65
Choose 1 novel and read in 4 weeks, *literature unit optional
*Tusk and Stone-Malcolm Bosse
*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe-C.S. Lewis
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 4 (12/5)
December 1
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 4
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth Science
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
Chapter Quizzes
and Tests (QT)
2014-2015
November 10
Week 13
Ch. 5 Ratios, Rates, and
Proportions
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Lessons 5.1-5.3 pgs. 190-205
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 201
(ratios, unit rates &
proportional reasoning,
proportions)
Lessons 5.4-5.6 pgs. 208-225
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 220
(solving proportions, using
similar figures, maps/scale
drawings)
Ch. 7 Earthquakes
Section 1: What Are
Earthquakes?
Section 2: Earthquake
Measurement
pgs. 230-243
SGB pgs. 100-106; 110-113
Ch. 7 Earthquakes
Section 3: Earthquakes and
Society
pgs. 244-251
SGB pgs.107-109; 114-115
Page 8
November 24
Week 15
Ch. 5 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 226231
Ch. 4 Early India
Section 2: Hinduism and
Buddhism
pgs. 246-257
Complete review pg. 253
QT Quiz pg. 38
MCG L13: Finding
Elevation
December 1
Week 16 End of RP 4 (12/5)
Ch. 6 Percents
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Lessons 6.1-6.3 pgs. 232-246
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 242
(percents/fractions/decimals,
% greater than 100%, less
than 1%, finding percent of a
number)
Ch. 8 Volcanoes
Section 1: Why Volcanoes
Form
pgs. 264-269
SGB pgs. 116-117; 123-124
Complete 1 Lab during RP4pg. 252 or 282
KDM – Earthquakes optional
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Maps Charts
Graphs (MCG)
November 17
Week 14
Ch. 5 Ratios, Rates, and
Proportions
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Ch. 8 Volcanoes
Section 2: Types of
Volcanoes
Section 3: Effects of
Volcanic Eruptions
pgs. 270-281
SGB pgs.118-122; 125-127
KDM - Volcanoes- optional
Chapter 7 Test
Ch. 4 Early India
Section 3: India’s First
Empires
pgs. 259-269
Complete review pg. 267
QT Quiz pg. 39
QT Chapter 4 Test pgs. 4144
MCG L14: Using an Atlas
Ch. 5 Early China
Section 1: China’s First
Civilizations
pgs. 272-283
Complete review pg. 283
QT Quiz pg. 49
Chapter 8 Test
Ch. 5 Early China
Section 2: Life in Ancient
China
pgs. 284-293
Complete review pg. 291
QT Quiz pg. 50
KDM - Ancient China –
optional
Continue to work on
Timeline assignment
MCG L15: Using SpecialPurpose Maps
MCG L16: Comparing
Special-Purpose Maps
Grade 6 HM
2014-2015
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 5 December 8
December 15
Subject
Week 17
Week 18
Reading
Houghton Mifflin
(HM)
Theme 3: Growing Up
Read: “The Challenge” pgs.
301-313
Theme 3: Growing Up
Read: “The View from
Saturday” pgs. 322-344
Resource Packet
(RP)
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 314
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 346
PB pgs. 174-188
PB pgs. 189-203
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
TST-Complete pgs. 56-59
and Selection Test
TST-Complete pgs. 60-63
and Selection Test
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
D6W: Unit 3 Word Choice
Week 1 Writing Precise
Descriptions
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 53-57
D6W: Unit 3 Word Choice
Week 2 Writing About
Action
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 58-62
D6WTE pgs. 70-71
D6WTE pgs. 76-77
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional
Reading
Choose 1 novel and read in 3 weeks, *literature unit
optional
*Between the Dragon and the Eagle-Mical Schneider
Confucius the Golden Rule-Russell Freedman
Ancient China-Eyewitness Book
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 5 (1/9)
December 22-January 5
January 5
Holiday
Week 19
Theme 3 paperback books
Choose one to read: Later
Gator, Taking Sides, or Letters
from Rifka. Ask Resource
Teacher for assistance.
Write a summary of story
chosen-refer to RP for
instructions.
Christmas Vacation
Practice Book (PB)
Page 9
TST-Complete pgs. 64-69
D6W: Unit 3 Word Choice
Week 3 Using Figurative
Language
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 63-67
D6WTE pgs. 82-83
Continue reading novel from
weeks 17-18
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 5
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
2014-2015
December 8
Week 17
Ch. 6 Percents
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
December 15
Week 18
Ch. 6 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 270275
Page 10
December 22-January 5
Holiday
Lessons 6.4-6.7 pgs. 247-262
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 263
(solving % problems using
proportions, equations, tips
and discounts, interest)
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
Chapter Quizzes
and Tests (QT)
Unit 4 Shaping Earth’s
Surface
Ch. 9 Weathering & Soil
Formation
Section 1: Weathering
Section 2: Rates of
Weathering
pgs. 296-307
SGB pgs. 128-132; 137-140
Ch. 5 Early China
Section 3: The Quin and Han
Dynasties
pgs. 294-305
Complete review pg. 303
QT Quiz pg. 51
QT Chapter 5 Test pgs. 5356
Lessons 7.1-7.3 pgs. 276-293
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 294
(lines & planes, identifying &
classifying angles, triangles)
AP - Quarter 2 Test
AP - Mid-Course Test
Ch. 9 Weathering & Soil
Formation
Section 3: From Bedrock to
Soil
Section 4: Soil Conservation
pgs. 308-317
SGB pgs.133-136; 141-144
Ch. 6 The Ancient
Americans
Section 1: The First
Americans
pgs. 308-316
Complete review pg. 316
QT Quiz pg. 61
Christmas Vacation
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth Science
January 5
Week 19 End of RP 5 (1/9)
Ch. 7 Geometry
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Ch. 9 Weathering & Soil
Formation
Complete 1 Lab during RP5pg. 318
Chapter 9 Test
Ch. 6 The Ancient
Americans
Section 2: The Mayan People
pgs. 317-323
Complete review pg. 321
QT Quiz pg. 62
QT Chapter 6 Test pgs. 63-66
Continue to work on
Timeline assignment
Maps Charts
Graphs (MCG)
MCG L17: World Time
Zones
MCG L18: Using Map
Projections
MCG L19:Using an Historical
Map
Grade 6 HM
2014-2015
Page 11
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 6 January 12
January 19 (1/19 holiday)
January 26
Subject
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Reading
Houghton Mifflin
(HM)
Theme 4: Ancient Cultures
Read: “Lost Temple of the
Aztecs” pgs. 362-376
Theme 4: Ancient Cultures
Read: “The Great Wall”
pgs. 391-401
Theme 4: Ancient Cultures
Read: “The Royal Kingdoms
of Ghana, Male, & Songhay”
pgs. 411-423
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 378
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 402
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 424.
Theme 4 paperback books
Choose one to read: The
Librarian Who Measured the
Earth, or Aida. Ask
Resource Teacher for
assistance.
Resource Packet
(RP)
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 6 (2/6)
February 2
Write summary of story
chosen-refer to RP for
instructions.
Practice Book (PB)
PB pgs. 213-227
PB pgs. 233-247
PB pgs. 248-262
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
TST-Complete pgs. 76-79
and Selection Test
TST-Complete pgs. 80-82
and Selection Test
TST-Complete pgs. 83-86
and Selection Test
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
D6W: Unit 3 Word Choice
Week 4 Choosing Words
for Your Audience
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 68-72
D6W: Unit 3 Word Choice
Week 5 Getting the
Reader’s Attention
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 73-77
HME: Writing an Essay to
Compare and Contrast
See Unit 10 in HME for
instructions and a model.
HME: Writing an Essay to
Compare and Contrast
See Unit 10 in HME for
instructions and a model.
Begin writing assignment
Complete writing assignment
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional
Reading
D6WTE pgs. 88-89
D6WTE pgs. 94-95
Choose 1 novel and read in 4 weeks, *literature unit optional
* Summer of the Monkeys-Wilson Rawls
* My Side of the Mountain-Jean Craighead George
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 6
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth Science
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
Chapter Quizzes
and Tests (QT)
Maps Charts
Graphs (MCG)
2014-2015
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January 12
Week 20
Ch. 7 Geometry
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
January 19 (1/19 holiday)
Week 21
Ch. 7 Geometry
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
January 26
Week 22
Ch. 8 Measurement
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
February 2
Week 23 End of RP 6 (2/6)
Ch. 8 Measurement
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Lessons 7.4-7.6 pgs. 295308
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 304
(quadrilaterals & other
polygons, properties of
angles, circles)
Lesson 7.7 pgs. 309-312
(circle graphs)
Lessons 8.1-8.3 pgs. 322-335
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 337
(perimeter & area of a
rectangle, parallelogram,
triangle)
Lessons 8.4-8.7 pgs. 338-358
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 353
(circumference & area of a
circle, 3-D figures, surface
areas & volume
of prisms & cylinders)
Ch. 10 Agents of Erosion
& Deposition
Section 1: Shoreline
Erosion & Deposition
Section 2: Wind Erosion
and Deposition
pgs. 330-343
SGB pgs. 145-148; 154157
Ch. 10 Agents of Erosion &
Deposition
Section 3: Erosion &
Deposition by Ice
Section 4: Erosion by Mass
Movement
pgs. 344-351
SGB pgs. 149-153; 158-161
Ch. 11 Rivers and
Groundwater
Section 1: The Active River
pgs. 364-373
SGB pgs. 162-165; 171-172
Ch. 11 Rivers and
Groundwater
Section 2: Stream and River
Deposits
Section 3: Using Water
Wisely
pgs. 374-383
SGB pgs. 166-170; 173-175
Ch. 7 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 316321
Complete 1 Lab during RP6pg. 352 or 384
Ch. 7 The Ancient Greeks
Section 1: The Early
Greeks pgs. 328-343
Complete review pg. 343
Chapter 10 Test
Ch. 7 The Ancient Greeks
Section 2: Sparta and Athens
pgs. 344-350
Complete review pg. 350
QT Quiz pg. 71
QT Quiz pg. 72
Ancient Greece packet-ask
Resource Teacher-optional
Continue to work on
Timeline assignment
MCG L20: Comparing
Historical Maps
MCG L21: Interpreting Map
Data
Ch. 7 The Ancient Greeks
Section 3: Persia Attacks the
Greeks
pgs. 351-357
Complete review pg. 357
QT Quiz pg. 73
Chapter 11 Test
Ch. 7 The Ancient Greeks
Section 4: The Age of Pericles
pgs. 358-369
Complete review pg. 367
QT Quiz pg. 74
QT Chapter 7 Test pgs. 75-78
MCG L22: Using a
Population and Climate Map
MCG L23: Using Maps to
Make Predictions
Grade 6 HM
2014-2015
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NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 7 February 9 (2/9 holiday)
February 16 (2/16 holiday)
February 23
Subject
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Reading
Houghton Mifflin
(HM)
Theme 4: Ancient
Cultures
Read: Focus on Myths pgs.
432-445. Refer to RP for
instructions and ideas.
Write a 5 paragraph essay
describing the elements of a
good myth. Use specific
examples from the myths
previously read. Refer to RP
for instructions and ideas.
Theme 5: Doers and
Dreamers
Read: “A Kind of Grace” pgs.
457-467
Theme 5: Doers and
Dreamers
Read: “Under the Royal
Palms” pgs. 479-489
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 468
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 490
PB pgs. 273-287
PB pgs. 293-307
D6W: Unit 4 Sentence
Fluency
Week 1 Combining
Sentences
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 78-82
TST-Complete pgs. 93-95
and Selection Test
D6W: Unit 4 Sentence
Fluency
Week 2 Writing Complex
Sentences
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 83-87
TST-Complete pgs. 96-99 and
Selection Test
D6W: Unit 4 Sentence
Fluency
Week 3 More Ways to
Combine Sentences
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 88-92
D6W: Unit 4 Sentence
Fluency
Week 4 Varying Sentence
Beginnings
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 93-97
D6WTE pgs. 100-101
D6WTE pgs. 106-107
D6WTE pgs. 112-113
D6WTE pgs. 118-119
Resource Packet
(RP)
Practice Book
(PB)
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional
Reading
PB pgs. 269-270
TST-Complete pgs. 87-92
Choose 1 novel and read in 4 weeks:
Dateline Troy-Paul Fleischman
Ancient Greece-Eyewitness Book
Archimedes and the Door of Science-Jeanne Bendick
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 7 (3/6)
March 2
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 7
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth
Science
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
Chapter Quizzes
and Tests (QT)
2014-2015
February 16 (2/16 holiday)
Week 25
Ch. 9 Patterns and Rules
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
February 23
Week 26
Ch. 9 Patterns and Rules
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Lesson 8.7 pgs. 354-358
(volume of prisms and
cylinders)
Lessons 9.1-9.2 pgs. 366377
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 380
(patterns & graphs, patterns
& tables)
Lessons 9.3-9.4 pgs. 381-389 Lesson 9.5 pgs. 392-395
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 390
(graphing linear equations)
(function rules, using tables,
rules and graphs)
Ch. 9 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 398403
Ch. 8 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 360365
Unit 5 Earth’s Oceans &
Atmosphere
Ch. 12 Exploring the
Oceans
Section 1: Earth’s Oceans
Section 2: The Ocean Floor
pgs. 398-411
SGB pgs. 176-179; 184-186
Ch. 12 Exploring the
Oceans
Section 3: Resources From
the Ocean
Section 4: Ocean Pollution
pgs. 412-421
SGB pgs. 180-183; 187190
Ch. 8 Greek Civilization
Section 1: The Culture of
Ancient Greece
pgs. 372-390
Complete review pg. 385
Chapter 12 Test
Ch. 8 Greek Civilization
Section 2: Greek
Philosophy and History
pgs. 392-397
Complete review pg. 397
Ch. 8 Greek Civilization
Section 3: Alexander the
Great
pgs. 398-403
Complete review pg. 403
QT Quiz pg. 83
QT Quiz pg. 84
QT Quiz pg. 85
KDM – Ancient Greece –
optional
Continue to work on
Timeline assignment
MCG L25: Reading Bar
Graphs
MCG L26: Reading DoubleBar Graphs
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Maps Charts
Graphs (MCG)
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February 9 (2/9 holiday)
Week 24
Ch. 8 Measurement
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
MCG L24: Using Maps to
Solve Problems
Ch. 13 The Movement of
Ocean Water
Section 1: Currents
Section 2: Currents and
Climate
pgs. 434-447
SGB pgs. 191-194; 198-200
March 2
Week 27 End of RP 7 (3/6)
Ch. 9 Patterns and Rules
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
AP - Quarter 3 Test
Ch. 13 The Movement of
Ocean Water
Section 3: Waves and Tides
pgs. 448-455
SGB pgs. 195-197; 201-202
Complete 1 Lab during RP7pg. 422 or 456
Chapter 13 Test
Ch. 8 Greek Civilization
Section 4: The Spread of
Greek Culture
pgs. 406-413
Complete review pg. 411
QT Quiz pg. 86
QT Chapter 8 Test pgs. 87-90
MCG L27: Reading Circle
Graphs
Grade 6 HM
2014-2015
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NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 8 March 9
March 16
March 23
Subject
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Reading
Houghton Mifflin
(HM)
Theme 5: Doers and
Dreamers
Read: “Chuck Close Up
Close” pgs. 499-511
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 512
Theme 5: Doers and
Dreamers
Read: Focus on Speeches
pgs. 522-539
Refer to RP for instructions
and ideas
Write and prepare to deliver
a speech to your Resource
Teacher.
Topic: The benefits of
homeschooling
Use RP as a reference
Resource Packet
(RP)
Practice Book (PB)
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 8 (4/3)
March 30
Holiday End of RP 8 (4/3)
PB pgs. 329-332
PB pgs. 308-328
TST-Complete Selection
Test
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
Take STAR Renaissance
Reading Test with resource
teacher during RP 8
D6W: Unit 4 Sentence
Fluency
Week 5 Writing a Smooth
Paragraph
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 98-102
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional
Reading
TST-Complete pgs. 103-110
TST-Complete pgs. 100-102
HME: Writing a Personal
Narrative
See Unit 12 in HME for
instructions and a model.
HME: Writing a Personal
Narrative
See Unit 12 in HME for
instructions and a model.
Begin writing assignment
Complete writing assignment
D6WTE pgs. 124-125
Choose 1 novel and read in 3 weeks, *literature unit optional
*D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths-Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Auulaires
The Children’s Homer-Padraic Colum
Wishbone Classics The Odyssey-Homer Retold by Joanne Mattern
Spring Vacation
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 8
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
March 16
Week 29
Ch. 10 Displaying and
Analyzing Data
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid p 21
Lessons 10.1-10.3 pgs. 404422
Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 423
(making & analyzing data
displays, sampling)
Lessons 10.4–10.6 pgs.
424-436
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 432
(surveys and samples,
using data & graphs to
persuade)
Take STAR Renaissance
Math Test with resource
teacher during RP 8
Ch. 14 The Atmosphere
Section 1: Characteristics of
Atmosphere
Section 2: Atmospheric
Heating
pgs. 468-479
SGB pgs. 203-207; 214-217
Ch. 14 The Atmosphere
Section 3: Air Movement
and Wind
Section 4: The Air We
Breathe
pgs. 480-491
SGB pgs. 208-213; 218221
Chapter Quizzes
and Tests (QT)
Ch. 9 The Rise of Rome
Section 1: Rome’s
Beginnings
pgs. 416-425
Complete review pg. 425
QT Quiz pg. 95
Ch. 9 The Rise of Rome
Section 2: The Roman
Republic
pgs. 426-434
Complete review pg. 434
QT Quiz pg. 96
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Ancient Rome Packet –ask
Resource Teacher-optional
KDM – Ancient Rome optional
Maps Charts
Graphs (MCG)
MCG L28: Comparing
Graphs
MCG L29: Reading Line
Graphs
Page 16
March 23
Week 30
Ch. 10 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 438443
Ch. 14 The Atmosphere
Complete 1 Lab during RP8pg. 492
Chapter 14 Test
Ch. 9 The Rise of Rome
Section 3: The Fall of the
Republic
pgs. 435-441
Complete review pg. 441
QT Quiz pg. 97
MCG L30: Reading Tables
March 30
Holiday End of RP 8 (4/4)
Spring Vacation
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth Science
2014-2015
March 9
Week 28
Ch. 10 Displaying and
Analyzing Data
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid p 21
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2014-2015
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April 13
April 20
Subject
Week 31
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Reading
Houghton Mifflin
(HM)
Theme 5 paperback books
Choose one to read: Mary
McLeod Bethune, Jaime
Escalante: A Sensational
Teacher, or Lincoln: A
Photobiography.
Ask Resource Teacher for
assistance.
Theme 6: New Frontiers
Read: “Adventures of
Sojourner” pgs. 548-562
Theme 6: New Frontiers
Read: “Franklin R. ChangDiaz” pgs. 574-586
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 564
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 588
PB pgs. 333-347
PB pgs. 353-367
TST-Complete pgs. 112-115
and Selection Test
D6W: Unit 5 Voice
Week 2 Using Different
Voices for Different
Purposes
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 108-112
TST-Complete pgs. 116-119
and Selection Test
D6W: Unit 5 Voice
Week 3 Using Voice in
Poetry
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 113-117
D6WTE pgs. 136-137
D6WTE pgs. 142-143
Resource Packet
(RP)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
Write a summary of story
chosen.
D6W: Unit 5 Voice
Week 1 Identifying
Different Writing Voices
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 103-107
D6WTE pgs. 130-131
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional
Reading
See weeks 33 and 34
CAASPP TESTING
(Actual dates may vary)
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 9 April 6 (4/6 holiday)
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 9 (5/1)
April 27
Choose 2 novels and read in 7 weeks, *literature unit optional
*The Bronze Bow-Elizabeth Speare
The Eagle of the Ninth-Rosemary Sutcliff
Ancient Rome-Eyewitness Book
City-David Macaulay
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 9
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
2014-2015
April 27
Week 34 End of RP 9 (5/1)
Ch. 11 Using Probability
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/
practicetest.asp
Lessons 11.1-11.2 pgs. 444455
(probability, experimental
probability)
Lessons 11.3-11.4 pgs. 456-467
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 462
(sample spaces, compound
events)
Ch. 15 Weather & Climate
Section 1: Water in the Air
Section 2: Fronts and
Weather
pgs. 504-519
SGB pgs. 222-228; 235-237
Ch. 15 Weather & Climate Ch. 15 Weather & Climate
Section 3: What is Climate?
Section 4: Changes in
Climate
Complete 1 Lab during RP 9 pgs. 520-533;
pg. 534
SGB pgs. 229-234; 238-240
Chapter Quizzes
and Tests (QT)
Ch. 9 The Rise of Rome
Section 4: The Early Empire
pgs. 444-453
Complete review pg. 451
QT Quiz pg. 98
QT Chapter 9 Test pgs. 99102
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
KDM – Roman Empire optional
Ch. 10 Roman Civilization
Section 1: Life in Ancient
Rome
pgs. 456-472
Complete review pg. 468
QT Quiz pg. 107
Section 2: The Fall of Rome
pgs. 474-483
Complete review pg. 483
QT Quiz pg. 108
Maps Charts
Graphs (MCG)
MCG L31: Interpreting
Diagrams
MCG L32: Interpreting
Charts
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
Prepare for CAASP Testing
Practice can be found at the
following website:
April 13
Week 32
Page 18
April 20
Week 33
Ch. 11 Using Probability
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth Science
April 6 (4/6 holiday)
Week 31
CAASPP TESTING
Actual dates may vary
Chapter 15 Test
Ch. 10 Roman Civilization
Section 3: The Byzantine
Empire
pgs. 484-493
Complete review pg. 491
QT Quiz pg. 109
QT Chapter 10 Test pgs. 111114
MCG L33: Interpreting
Cartoons
Grade 6 HM
2014-2015
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NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 10 May 4
May 11
May 18
Subject
Week 35
Week 36
Week 37
Reading
Houghton Mifflin
(HM)
Theme 6: New Frontiers
Read: “Beneath Blue
Waters” pgs. 597-609
Theme 6: New Frontiers
Read: “Out There” pgs.
619-633
Resource Packet
(RP)
Complete: HM
Responding pg. 610
Theme 6 paperback books
Choose TWO to read: Shannon Lucid: Space Ambassador,
Adventure in Space: The Flight to Fix Hubble, or Deep Sea
Explorer: Story of Robert Ballard Discoverer of Titanic.
Complete: HM Responding Ask Resource Teacher for assistance
pg. 634
Write summary of story chosen-refer to RP for instructions.
Practice Book (PB)
PB pgs. 368-382
PB pgs. 383-397
Selection/Theme
Skill Tests (TST)
TST-Complete pgs. 120-123
and Selection Test
TST-Complete pgs. 124127 and Selection Test
TST-Complete pgs. 128-133
Writing
Daily 6-Trait
Writing (D6W)
D6W: Unit 5 Voice
Week 4 Writing From
Different Points of View
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 118-122
D6W: Unit 5 Voice
Week 5 Using Voice in
Persuasive Writing
Complete Days 1-5
pgs. 123-127
HME: Writing a Story
See Unit 13 in HME for
instructions and a model.
HME: Writing a Story
See Unit 13 in HME for
instructions and a model.
Begin writing assignment
Complete writing assignment
D6WTE pgs. 148-149
D6WTE pgs. 154-155
Teacher’s Edition
(D6WTE)
Houghton Mifflin
English (HME)
Additional
Reading
Continue reading novels from weeks 32-34
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 10 (5/28)
May 25 (5/25 holiday)
Week 38
Grade 6 HM
Reporting Period 10
Subject
Math
Prentice Hall
2014-2015
May 4
Week 35
Ch. 11 Using Probability
http://www.phschool.com/
See grid pg. 21
May 11
Week 36
Lesson 11.5 (disjoint events)
pgs. 470-474
Checkpoint Quiz 2 pg. 474
Assessment Packet
(AP)
Science
Holt: Earth Science
Study Guide B
(SGB)
Chapter Tests
Social Studies
Glencoe: Ancient
Civilizations
Ch. 11 Review, Test &
Standards Mastery pgs. 479483
Unit 6 Ecology
Ch. 16 Interactions of
Living Things
Section 1: Everything is
Connected
Section 2: Living Things
Need Energy
pgs. 548-559
SGB pgs. 241-245; 249-252
Finish your TIMELINE
project and display it at
Extravaganza!
Chapter Quizzes
and Tests (QT)
Maps Charts
Graphs (MCG)
MCG L34: Reading Time
Lines
AP - Quarter 4 Test
AP - Final Test
Ch. 16 Interactions of
Living Things
Section 3: Types of
Interactions
pgs. 560-565
SGB pgs. 246-248; 253-254
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May 18
Week 37
Skills Handbook (back of
book)
pgs. 512-519 (comparing,
ordering, rounding,
multiplying and dividing
numbers, decimals)
May 25 (5/25 holiday)
Week 38 End of RP 10(5/28)
Skills Handbook (back of
book)
pgs. 520-527 (zeros in
product, dividing decimals,
powers of 10, fractions,
metric units of length,
capacity and mass)
Ch. 17 Biomes and
Ecosystems
Section 1: Studying the
Environment
Section 2: Land Biomes
pgs. 578-591
SGB pgs. 255-259; 266-268
Ch. 17 Biomes and
Ecosystems
Section 3: Marine
Ecosystems
Section 4: Freshwater
Ecosystems
pgs. 592-603
SGB pgs. 260-265; 269-271
Complete 1 Lab during RP10
pg. 566 or 604
Chapter 16 Test
Ch. 11 Rise of Christianity
Section 1: The First
Christians
pgs. 496-508
Complete review pg. 508
Ch. 11 Rise of Christianity
Section 2: The Christian
Church
pgs. 509-514
Complete review pg. 514
QT Quiz pg. 119
QT Quiz pg. 120
Chapter 17 Test
Ch. 11 Rise of Christianity
Section 3: The Spread of
Christian Ideas
pgs. 515-523
Complete review pg. 521
QT Quiz pg. 121
QT Chapter 11 Test pgs.
123-126
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