Week of October 29-November 2, 2018
Monday, October 29
Refugee (pages 242-252):
Isabel - Off the Coast of Florida - 1994 - 5 days from home
Mahmoud - Serbia to Hungary - 2015 - 15 to 16 days from home
Notice and Note Signposts on your tracking sheets - we will use these!
Current Events and reading about Anti-Semitism though a historical perspective - complete SIT organizer - groups share out
Tuesday, October 30 - Parent Teacher Conferences tonight!
Refugee (pages 253-269):
Josef - Somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean - 1939 - 22 days from home
Isabel - Off the Coast of Florida - 1994 - 5 days from home
Mahmoud - Hungary - 2015 - 16 days from home
Notice and Note Signposts on your tracking sheets
Wednesday, October 31 - Happy Halloween!
Refugee (pages 270-284):
Josef - Antwerp, Belgium - 1939 - 39 days from home
Isabel - Off the Coast of Florida - 1994 - 5 days from home
Mahmoud - Hungary - 2015 - 17 days from home
Notice and Note Signposts on your tracking sheets
Review Anti-Semitism article responses from Monday
Thursday, November 1
Refugee (pages 285-305):
Josef - Vornan, France - 1940 - 1 year, 1 month, and 10 days from home
Isabel - Miami Beach, Florida - 1994 - 5 days from home
Mahmoud - Hungary to Germany - 2015 - 17 days from home
Notice and Note Signposts on your tracking sheets
Friday, November 2
Refugee (pages 306-317):
Isabel - Miami, Florida - 1994 - Home
Mahmoud - Berlin, Germany - 2015 - Home
Refugee discussion and final project
Week of October 22-26, 2018
**You should be reading 30 minutes per night for homework! We will check in on what books you've read later this week!**
Monday, October 22
Refugee Chapters 30-32
Character tracking and response sheets - review HOW to fill out and begin completing one for chapters 30-33 - these will be due on Wednesday!
Tuesday, October 23
Refugee chapters 33-34
Character tracking and response sheets - due today
Work on Padlet post or Flipgrid (if you have permission)
Wednesday, October 24
Refugee chapters 35-36
Character tracking and response sheets - due TODAY
Types of conflict review and practice - due Friday
Visit book fair tomorrow - bring money if you'd like to purchase!
Thursday, October 25 - Parent/Teacher Conferences tonight!
Refugee chapters 37-38
Visit book fair - last 15 minutes or so of class
Friday, October 26
Refugee chapters 39-40
Conflict practice due today
Pass back papers and show examples
Week of October 15-19, 2018
Monday, October 15 - Hat/Crazy Hair Day
Read Refugee Chapters 19-22 (pages 110-135)
Begin daily reading reflection log
Tuesday, October 16 - Class Color Day - WEAR RED
Conflict lesson and practice
Read Refugee Chapters 23-24 (pages 136-146)
Wednesday, October 17 - Pink Out Day
Media Center visit
Read Refugee Chapter 25-26 (pages 147-156)
Thursday, October 18 - Disney/Marvel/Star Wars Day
Characterization/Making Inferences lesson and practice
Read Refugee Chapters 27-29 (pages 157-170)
Friday, October 19 - BLUE & GOLD Day
1/2 day Schedule and Fun Run
Refugee Flipgrid and/or Padlet posts
Week of October 8-12, 2018
Monday, October 8
Refugee chapters 10-12
Vocabulary Practice - use context clues with Week 1 words
**Respond to prompt on Google Classroom if time allows
Tuesday, October 9
Refugee chapters 13-15
Use context clues to determine unfamiliar vocabulary week 1 sample, work on week 2.
**Respond to prompt on Google Classroom if time allows
Wednesday, October 10
Refugee chapters up to 17
Keep working on vocabulary for Week 2 as you hear the words.
Thursday, October 11
Refugee chapters
What would you put in your backpack? Writing assignment
Friday, October 12
Refugee chapter 19
Complete What would you put in your backpack? and/or Google Classroom responses and/or Flipgrid responses
Week of October 1-5, 2018
**Signpost quiz on Friday - know definition, questions, and how to notice them in text and how to answer the questions***
Monday, October 1
- Contrast & Contradiction Mini-lesson
- Tour Builder for Refugee
- Signpost quiz Friday!
Tuesday, October 2
- Review Refugee Tour Builder
- Begin reading Refugee - chapters 1-3
- Tough Question lesson
- Signpost quiz Friday!
Wednesday, October 3
- Continue reading Refugee
- Notice and Note Signposts in Refugee
- Join our Google Classroom: db6z9x
- Introduction to Flipgrid - permission slip
- Signpost Quiz Friday!
Thursday, October 4
- Continue reading Refugee chapters 5, 6, and 7
- Notice and Note Signposts in Refugee
- Signpost Quiz Tomorrow!
Friday, October 5
- Signpost Quiz Part 1
- Refugee chapter 9 and Signpost Quiz Part 2
- Media Center visit
Week of September 24-28, 2018
Monday, September 24
- Notice and Note Fiction Signpost Pre-Assessment
- Review Notice and Note Signpost: Aha Moments
- Continue Notebook Presentations
- Read independently - keep an eye out for Aha Moments
Tuesday, September 25
- Review Notice and Note Signpost: Aha Moment and Again and Again
- Take notes on your note sheet - there will be a quiz next week!
- Complete Notebook Presentations
- Read independently - keep an eye out for Aha Moments and Again and Again
Wednesday, September 26
- Complete Notebook Presentations
- Review Notice and Note Signpost: Memory Moments
- Read independently - keep an eye out for Aha Moments, Again and Again, and Memory Moments
Thursday, September 27
- Review Notice and Note Signpost: Words of the Wiser
- Read independently - keep an eye out for Aha Moments, Again and Again, Memory Moments, and Words of the Wiser
Friday, September 28
- Introduce Global Read Aloud text "Refugee"
- FlipGrid introduction to partner schools
- Refugee Pre-Reading activities
Next week...Global Read Aloud of "Refugee" begins!
Week of September 17-21, 2018
Monday, September 17
Notebooks due - we will have to present them at the end of the week due to NWEA.
Monday, September 17-Wednesday, September 29
NWEA testing - please do your best!
Thursday, September 18
Notebook presentations
Friday, September 19 - 1/2 day
Media Center visit
Complete Notebook presentations
Week of September 10-14, 2018
Scope Magazine Activities with Guest Teacher
https://scope.scholastic.com/issues/2018-19/090118/island-of-sorrow.html#tab1
Thank you for doing such a fantastic job over the past three days!
Thursday, September 13
Lois Lowry reading assessment
Friday, September 14
Should Alicia Give Up
Debate article
Scavenger Hunt for central idea and evidence
Argument paragraph
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Target: Get to know one another and our expectations
- Complete Post-it activity from yesterday
Thursday, September 6, 2018 - Open House tonight!
Target: Show what you can do as a reader
- Norms discussion and formulation
- Notebook cover assignment - due Monday 9/17
- "You are Here" get to know you sheet
Friday, September 7, 2018
Target: Get to know the Media Center
- First media center visit
- Check out books
- Read! Remember your homework is to read 30 minutes per night.
Week of June 11-15, 2018
****PLEASE>>>>BRING MY BOOKS BACK!!!!! THANK YOU!!!
Monday, June 11
Historical Presentations
Tuesday, June 12
Farmington Library Presentation for Summer Reading Programs
Wednesday, June 13
Finish Historical Presentations
Thursday, June 14
Growth Celebration & movie
Friday, June 15 - 1/2 Day - Last Day!
Monday, June 4
Return Argument Essay Rubrics - you have until FRIDAY for any revisions. NO papers will be accepted after Friday!!!
Historical Presentations are due ON Friday - we will begin presentations that day.
We will have work time for revising arguments and putting presentations together Monday - Thursday this week (unless class time is not used well). Please take advantage of this time!
Tuesday, June 5-Thursday, June 7
Work time! Make good use of your time!
All argument Essays due by FRIDAY - no exceptions!
Friday, June 8
Begin Historical Presentations
All Argument Essays due today - no papers will be accepted after today!
Week of May 29 - June 1, 2018
**Essays are in the process of being graded - about half of you still did not turn one in! You may not get a chance to revise if you don't!
Tuesday, May 29
Historical Fiction and Historical Research Project steps:
1) Finish reading your historical fiction book AND complete the Tracking Historical
Facts and Questions chart - due by Friday!
2) Determine what you want the class to learn about your time period - research
general information, and the questions you compiled while reading your historical
fiction book
3) Put together a Google Slides presentation to teach your classmates about your
historical event and your historical fiction book - I will show you samples tomorrow
of what students have put together for this (it's usually a combination of a book
talk and a history lesson!)
**If you are done reading, get started on step two!**
Wednesday, May 30
Sample Historical Fiction/Research Projects from last year
Presentations should include:
- overview of event
- research questions
- conclusions
- comparison of real and fictionalized event
Thursday, May 31
Project work time
Friday, June 1
Project work time - you should be finished with STEP ONE by today!
I will be checking your Historical Facts and Questions paper today!
Week of May 21-25 - NWEA and Historical Reading time!
Monday, May 14
Overview of Historical Fiction assignment
"Tracking Historical Information & Questions/Vocabulary"
Finish M-Step or Read
Tuesday, May 15
Read Historical Fiction and take notes on Tracking Sheet
Wednesday, May 16
Argument Rubric
Review transitions - add them to your essay!
Read Historical Fiction and take notes on Tracking Sheet
Thursday, May 17
Argument: Add citations for your sources and create a works cited page
Read Historical Fiction and take notes on Tracking Sheet
Friday, May 18
Argument: Update essay so it's ready to hand in!
Check to see that you have a variety of sentence types, especially some compound/complex sentences!
Final Copy due next Wednesday!
Read Historical Fiction and take notes on Tracking Sheet
1/2 day schedule:
1st hour: 7:45-8:20 2nd hour: 8:25-8:50 3rd hour: 8:55-9:20
4th hour: 9:25-9:50 5th hour: 9:55-10:20 6th hour: 10:25-10:55
Week of May 7-11, 2018
May 7 - 9
M-STEP Assessment
Do your best
NO PHONES - they must be powered OFF - no exceptions
Have a book to read if you finish!
Week of April 30-May 4, 2018
Monday, April 30
Vocabulary:
- Quiz on mit/mis roots
- New root of the week: ped, pod
- Continue completing organizer
Tuesday, May 1
Vocabulary:
- sentences due Wednesday for ped/pod
- study for Friday's quiz!
- mini-lesson on writing connector/commentary
- do commentary draft for at least one piece of evidence (show to Mrs. F for approval)
- complete organizer
Wednesday, May 2
Vocabulary:
- sentences due
- study for Friday's quiz
- Review Argument Writing Packet
- Finish Outline asap!
- begin drafting paper from outline (due Friday)
Thursday, May 3
Vocabulary:
- Practice worksheet - check in class
- Study for Friday's quiz
- continue drafting
- draft due at the end of class tomorrow
Friday, May 4
Vocabulary:
- quiz on ped/pod
- finish draft and turn in Google Classroom for feedback
Week of April 23-27, 2018
Monday, April 23
Vocabulary
- root of the week: mit, mis
- Quiz on Friday (or Thursday...or Monday?)
- Topic Sheets should be reviewed by today!
- Review Factual and Anecdotal Evidence
- Continue Collecting Evidence for your Argument
Tuesday, April 24
*****Browse Book Fair - you can go back later in the week!*****
Vocabulary
- study mit, mis root for Friday's test
- sentences/paragraph/story due tomorrow!
- Complete Collecting Evidence
- Be sure to keep a Google Doc of all the websites you used!
- Be sure that you have SEVERAL pieces of factual evidence
- Be sure that you have one good piece of anecdotal evidence
Wednesday, April 25
Vocabulary
- Sentences/Paragraph due today!
- Study for Friday's test!
- Complete "Collecting Evidence"
- Organize your evidence - at least two categories plus counter-evidence
- Begin to complete the organizer by plugging evidence in the appropriate places
Thursday, April 26
Vocabulary
- Study for tomorrow's test!
Friday, April 27
Vocabulary
- Test Today!
Week of April 16-20, 2018
Monday, April 16
Vocabulary
- No new vocabulary this week due to Mammoth Cave Trip!
- IF there is any vocabulary quiz you wish to retake, please do it this week!
- Mini-lesson on COUNTER-ARGUMENT and TURN-BACK
- Read around the room to identify COUNTER-ARGUMENT and TURN-BACK in the sample essays
- Read a book of your choice
- Read 30 minutes for homework!
Tuesday, April 17
Vocabulary
- No new vocabulary this week due to Mammoth Cave Trip!
- IF there is any vocabulary quiz you wish to retake, please do it this week!
- Review COUNTER-ARGUMENT and TURN-BACK
- Complete Scope "Fidget Spinner" article
- Read a book of your choice
- Read 30 minutes for homework!
Wednesday, April 18
Vocabulary
- No new vocabulary this week due to Mammoth Cave Trip!
- IF there is any vocabulary quiz you wish to retake, please do it this week!
- Brainstorm Potential Argument Topics
- Selecting a Topic sheet - due as soon as possible
- Read a book of your choice
- Read 30 minutes for homework!
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Argument Writing
- Topic Selection Sheet - get approval today
- Begin Collecting Evidence - facts, data, statistics, quotes about your topic - you will need some on BOTH sides of the argument
Week of April 9-13, 2018
Monday, April 9
Welcome back!
Vocabulary Root of the Week: mal
- Cut and paste interactive notebook
- Write definitions of your words
- Sentences due on Wednesday - remember to capitalize, spell vocabulary words correctly, and add endings as needed
- Too Cool For School Pre-Assessment - label hook, thesis, claim, reasons, evidence, counter-claim, turn back, and conclusion
Tuesday, April 10
Vocabulary Root of the Week: mal
- Sentences due tomorrow!
- Distribute packets - put your name on these!
- Review the standards
- Introduce vocabulary and organization of the essay
- Lessons on HOOK
- Identify HOOK in the sample essays - carousel style
Wednesday, April 11 (and Thursday, April 12)
Argument Writing
- Review HOOK
- Lesson on THESIS STATEMENT
- Identify THESIS STATEMENTS in the sample essays - carousel style (like yesterday)
- Assess THESIS STATEMENT and HOOK with "Too Cool for School"
- Sentences due today! Quiz on Friday
Thursday, April 12
Vocabulary Root of the Week: mal
- Study for TOMORROW'S QUIZ
- Complete Vocabulary Packet to study for FRIDAY'S QUIZ
- You may use Quizlet to practice more when you've completed the packet
- You will correct the packet in the last 10 minutes of class, so be prepared to do so!
- Lessons on CLAIM, REASONS, and EVIDENCE
- Identify CLAIMS, REASONS, AND EVIDENCE in the essays at your table
Friday, April 13
Vocabulary Root of the Week: mal
- QUIZ TODAY! Do both pages - write at the top which one you like best! :)
Week of March 26-29, 2018
Monday, March 26
Review the Three Big Questions and Five Signposts by finding examples in the article "The Children Who Escaped the Nazis"- complete the practice log to get ready for tomorrow's Signpost Assessment
Tuesday, March 27
Non-Fiction Signpost Assessment
Read silently when finished
Wednesday, March 28
"You Tube Made Me Do It" article in Scope magazine
Vocabulary
- Use context clues to determine meaning of words
- Vocabulary Practice
- fill out the organizer one step at a time
- practice writing a coherent argument essay
Thursday, March 29
Guided Writing: The Argument Essay
- fill out the organizer one step at a time
- work with a group to argue your side
- practice writing a coherent argument essay
Friday, March 20-Sunday, April 8 Have a great break!
Week of March 19-23, 2018
Monday, March 19
1. Vocabulary root of the week: log, logue
- Cut and paste in notebook
- Write the definitions under the flaps
- Sentences/Story/Paragraph using all five words due WEDNESDAY
- choose one of your words
- determine which type of word this is: technical, multiple meaning, figurative language
(Arlington 2002; Beers 2002; Guthrie 2004; Miller 2009)
Tuesday, March 20
Review ALL five signposts: Word Gaps, Quoted Words, Numbers and Stats, Extreme or Absolute Language, and Contrasts and Contradictions
Wednesday, March 21
Sentences/paragraph/story with vocabulary words due
Scope Article: "The Children Who Escaped the Nazis"
- Watch video: Beyond the Story: Kindertransport
- Preview vocabulary - practice determining meaning of bold words
- Vocabulary activity
- Read article on pages 4-9
- Notice and Note the five signposts - discuss
Thursday, March 22
Finish reading "The Children Who Escaped the Nazis"
Do the Vocabulary Practice paper - use the context clues and/or the dictionary definitions to help you - we will correct this today!
Key Ideas: Do the Key Ideas - The Children of the Kindertransport