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WEEK OF June 9-13th

MONDAY - June 9th

  • Go to this link and complete the quiz of the week using the letter "K". 
  • Complete the Packets - all writing items need to be on Moodle/PbWikis. 

Tuesday, June 10

  • New Schedule!  Schedule has been updated this week. Sorry for the lack of audio books (for one group) and the plethora of work with the Rbooks (another group). Review where you are supposed to be. 
  • We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Work on the moodle responses for the WAVE work this week. All four of the assignments on the last number need to be completed this week.

WEDNESDAY, June 11

Work on the schedule.

  • New Schedule! We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Finish the WAVE work in Moodle There are four assignments that need to be completed.

Thursday, June 12

  • New Schedule! We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Finish the paragraph and upload to Moodle.

Friday, June 13

  • New Schedule! We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Finish the paragraph and upload to moodle.
 


Monday - May 25 - HOLIDAY MEMORIAL DAY

 

Tuesday, May 13

  • New Schedule!  Schedule has been updated this week. Sorry for the lack of audio books (for one group) and the plethora of work with the Rbooks (another group). Review where you are supposed to be. 
  • We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Work on the moodle responses for the WAVE work this week. All four of the assignments on the last number need to be completed this week.

WEDNESDAY, May 27

Work on the schedule.

  • New Schedule! We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Finish the WAVE work in Moodle There are four assignments that need to be completed.

Thursday, May 28

  • New Schedule! We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Finish the paragraph and upload to Moodle.

Friday, May 29

  • New Schedule! We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Finish the paragraph and upload to moodle.

Monday - May 12

WAVE work. All the words for the last two weeks and the Wednesday writing prompt. When done.

TEST PREP WORK: Review key terms by going onto quia and practicing with the last four assignments on the class page.  

Tuesday, May 13

  • New Schedule!  Schedule has been updated this week. Sorry for the lack of audio books (for one group) and the plethora of work with the Rbooks (another group). Review where you are supposed to be. 
  • We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Pages to pg. 77 this week. We will be doing some responses in the book and other on Moodle and some on Quia.com

WEDNESDAY, May 14

VIVID VERBS - finish on moodle. many of you have not completed the exercise on moodle. If assigned to R-books, finish this first then work with the guest teacher on Rbooks.

  • New Schedule! We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Pages to pg. 77 this week. We will be doing some responses in the book and other on Moodle and some on Quia.com

Thursday, May 15

  • New Schedule! We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Pages to pg. 77 this week. We will be doing some responses in the book and other on Moodle and some on Quia.com

Friday, May 16

  • New Schedule! We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Be sure to know where you are supposed to be and keep the books (audio) organized.
  • R books = Pages to pg. 77 this week. We will be doing some responses in the book and other on Moodle and some on Quia.com

Monday - May 5

Write a story by moving to other computers in the room. Start the story in the PB WIKI page. You will start with a sentence starter : "The best thing that happened this year so far...".

  1. The story needs to be appropriate for school.
  2. No first and last names of students are allowed.
  3. You need to establish the setting, plot, characters and tone of the story during the first paragraph.
  4. When you add to the story, your addition must add to the plot, characters, and setting established in the opening paragraph(s) by the original author.
  5. For each entry, you need to add your initials at the begining of the passage the you write. You will be asked to move 2 spaces, then three spaces, then 1 more space. Be sure to add your initials each time.
  6. The original author will have 15 minutes to add an appropriate ending the ties all the elements in the story together. We will share them throughout the week.

TEST PREP WORK: Review key terms by going onto quia and practicing with the last four assignments on the class page.  

.  Chief Seattle's Speech - review this speech together (see handouts). We will be working on it for our next reading in a few weeks.

Tuesday, Apr 29


  • New Schedule!  Review where you are supposed to be. 
  • We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Monday's will be our day for the group reading, assignments such as test prep and areas that you identified as needing/wanting some assistance with during this class.

WEDNESDAY, Apr 30

WAVE WORK. Complete the writing prompt in MOODLE. Must be completed by the end of the WAVE time.

  • New Schedule!  Review where you are supposed to be. 
  • We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Monday's will be our day for the group reading, assignments such as test prep and areas that you identified as needing/wanting some assistance with during this class.

Thursday, May 1 - MINIMUM DAY

  • New Schedule!  Review where you are supposed to be. 
  • We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Monday's will be our day for the group reading, assignments such as test prep and areas that you identified as needing/wanting some assistance with during this class.

Friday, May 2

  • New Schedule!  Review where you are supposed to be. 
  • We will be using this schedule for the remainder of the year. Monday's will be our day for the group reading, assignments such as test prep and areas that you identified as needing/wanting some assistance with during this class.

Monday - Apr 28

Write a story by moving to other computers in the room. You will start with a sentence starter : "The girl was running...".

  1. The story needs to be appropriate for school.
  2. No first and last names of students are allowed.
  3. You need to establish the setting, plot, characters and tone of the story during the first paragraph.
  4. When you add to the story, your addition must add to the plot, characters, and setting established in the opening paragraph(s) by the original author.
  5. For each entry, you need to add your initials at the begining of the passage the you write.
  6. The original author will have 15 minutes to add an appropriate ending the ties all the elements in the story together. We will share them throughout the week.

.  Chief Seattle's Speech

Tuesday, Apr 29

  • WAVE. Read the bulleting (oral fluency practice). 
  • ALPHABETIZING PRACTICE: As a group, review the rules and complete and record.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading. Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG): Listen to part of a book. Work on individual dramatic readings.
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

WEDNESDAY, Apr 30

WAVE WORK. Complete the writing prompt in MOODLE. Must be completed by the end of the WAVE time.

  • UNIT 4: Lesson B as a group. Give them time to work on the assignment after explaining how it works.  
  • ALPHABETIZING: Review the rules for alphabetizing. Work on the exercises on the worksheet and review as a group.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG):Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading.

      Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Work in R-books. Start on page. 60 and finish all the assignments that go along with the story. Review with this group what the point of the assignment is and their answers.
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Thursday, May 1

  • TESTING YOURSELF: Complete the online alphabetizing test. Continue to record poems.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG)/BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Listen/read aloud part of a book.  (Left For Dead - not to be allowed out of class).
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Friday, May 2

Practice with test taking terms on QUIA.com Practice the last four activities on the Class page.

Monday - Apr

Start to record individual poems. For those who do not record today, practice, practice, practice. It may take until Friday to get them all recorded.  Chief Seattle's Speech

Tuesday, Apr 22

  • WAVE. Read the bulleting (oral fluency practice). 
  • ALPHABETIZING PRACTICE: As a group, review the rules and complete and record.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading. Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG): Listen to part of a book. Work on individual dramatic readings.
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

WEDNESDAY, Apr 23

WAVE WORK. Complete the writing prompt in MOODLE. Must be completed by the end of the WAVE time.

  • UNIT 4: Lesson B as a group. Give them time to work on the assignment after explaining how it works.  
  • ALPHABETIZING: Review the rules for alphabetizing. Work on the exercises on the worksheet and review as a group. Reminder, students must cite the rule number as well as write the answers on the worksheet. Collect both and leave on my desk. 
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG):Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading.

      Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Work in R-books. Start on page. 60 and finish all the assignments that go along with the story. Review with this group what the point of the assignment is and their answers.
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Thursday, Apr 24

  • TESTING YOURSELF: Complete the online alphabetizing test. Continue to record poems.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG)/BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Listen/read aloud part of a book.  (Left For Dead - not to be allowed out of class).
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Friday, Apr 25

Newspaper hunt for idioms, and other parts of speech. Add to your PB wiki's for credit!

Monday - Apr 14

Working on selecting your own dramatic speech to present and record next week.  Chief Seattle's Speech

Tuesday, Apr15

  • WAVE. Read the bulleting (oral fluency practice). 
  • CAPITALIZATION PRACTICE: As a group, review the rules and complete and record.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading. Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG): Listen to part of a book. Work on individual dramatic readings.
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

WEDNESDAY, Apr16

WAVE WORK. Complete the writing prompt in MOODLE. Must be completed by the end of the WAVE time.

  • CAPITALIZATION: Work on the Paragraph on the worksheet.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG):Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading.

      Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Listen to part of Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay.
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Thursday, Apr17

  • TESTING YOURSELF: Type the paragraph in MS word and then upload the corrected work to Moodle.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG)/BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Listen/read aloud part of a book.  (Left For Dead - not to be allowed out of class).
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Friday, Apr 18

Newspaper hunt for idioms, combined sentences, vocabulary words. Challenge of the Week - Practice your dramatic readings for Monday's recordings.

Monday - March 31

  Gettysburg Address - Will record after break. Click on the LISTEN TO OUR VOICES link to hear our recording for this week. NEXT MONDAY: Chief Seattle's Speech

MOODLE: Plans for Spring Break.

Tuesday, Apr 1

  • WAVE. Read the bulleting (oral fluency practice). 
  • UNIT 2 LESSON C: Combining sentences practice (written language).
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading. Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG): Listen to part of a book. Characterization worksheets.
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

WEDNESDAY, Apr 2

WAVE WORK. Complete the writing prompt in MOODLE. Must be completed by the end of the WAVE time.

  • UNIT 2 Lesson D: Combining sentences practice (written language). Instructor will review with students the requirements and the sample and review answers by calling on students.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG):Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading.

      Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Listen to part of Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay.

      Characterization Worksheet.
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Thursday, Apr 3

  •  UNIT 2 Lesson D: Combining sentences practice (written language). Instructor will review with students the requirements and the sample and review answers by calling on students. Sentences That Make Sense Worksheet.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG)/BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Listen/read aloud part of a book.  (Left For Dead - not to be allowed out of class).
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Friday, Apr 4

Newspaper hunt for idioms, combined sentences, vocabulary words.

  • 30 pts = Figurative Language including metaphors, similies, etc. See the links below for an explanation and some examples.
    >Sample One
    >Easy chart for reference with examples
  • 50 pts for WAVE WORDS
  • You need to collect the following information about the samples in the newspaper: 
  1. Page Letter and Number
  2. Headline and author (if there is one)
  3. Sentence where the item is found
  4. TYPE (figurative language = FL; WAVE; metaphor, etc.)
Points awarded for all items found!

 

Monday - March 24

Poetry Reading: Democracy by Langston Hughes. Click on the LISTEN TO OUR VOICES link to hear our recording for this week. 

MOODLE: Goals for third Trimester - what do you want/need to focus on for the remainder of the year to feel more comfortable in your other classes.

Tuesday, Mar 25

  • WAVE. Read the bulleting (oral fluency practice). 
  • UNIT 2 LESSON A: Combining sentences practice (written language).
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading. Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG): Listen to part of a book. Make predictions on the worksheet about what will happen next. Read from a book in class as a group. 
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

WEDNESDAY, Mar  26 - GUEST TEACHER

WAVE WORK. Complete the writing prompt in MOODLE. Must be completed by the end of the WAVE time.

  • UNIT 2 LESSON B: Combining sentences practice (written language). Instructor will review with students the requirements and the sample and review answers by calling on students.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG):Audio books with logs about your reading. Complete at least one handout and log your minutes using TIME TO COUNT reading.

      Add a reflection to your PB WIKI account about what you have read including any words that you were not certain about, parts of the book that stood out to you, and predictions about what will happen next). 
    • BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Listen to part of a book pg 1 to pg. 3 at the break, Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay.

      Using the PICTURE PERFECT handout, draw what you visualize happening at this point in the book. Write two to three sentences about what is happening in your picture. Describe any important action or setting details. Explain how they character(s) are feeling. Before you hear more... draw a picture of an event or situation you "see" happening next as you visualize the story.
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Thursday, Mar  27 - GUEST TEACHER followup

WAVE WORK. Complete the commonplace writing in Moodle. Look for "about my image".

  • UNIT 2 LESSON C: Combining sentences practice (written language). Instructor will review with students the requirements and the sample and review answers by calling on students.
  • INDIVIDUAL WORK in groups: 
    • GREEN (CK, GG, JG)/BLUE (ER, SS, EN) Listen to part of a book. Make predictions on the worksheet (Predict a Plot) about what will happen next. Read from a book in class as a group (Left For Dead - not to be allowed out of class).
    • RED (AC, DK, SR): Read 180 on the computers.

Friday, March 28

Newspaper hunt for idioms, combined sentences, vocabulary words.

  • 30 pts = Figurative Language including metaphors, similies, etc. See the links below for an explanation and some examples.
    >Sample One
    >Easy chart for reference with examples
  • 50 pts for WAVE WORDS
  • You need to collect the following information about the samples in the newspaper: 
  1. Page Letter and Number
  2. Headline and author (if there is one)
  3. Sentence where the item is found
  4. TYPE (figurative language = FL; WAVE; metaphor, etc.)
Points awarded for all items found! 

Monday, Mar17

Finish Women Scientist Essays. 

Tuesday 18

Start to work on IDIOMS PART TWO. Practice reading around for our first poetry recording.

Wednesday, March 19th

Finish the poetry recording and start to practice the next poem. Work on finishing the IDIOMS part two assignment. Remember to choose your own idiom and to follow the instructions. 

Thursday, March 20

WAVE WORK. Read 180 work. 

BLUE (EN, SS, CK) - R Books

GREEN = Audio books

RED = Read 180 computers .

Friday, March 21

SRI Follow up for Trimester Three. Work on Moodle IDIOM assignment when finished.

 

Monday, March 3 

EXPLAIN women's scientist essay project - may want to make copies for the students to take home. If so, please ask to use the RISO in the office (Carol and/or Susi can show you how). Might be easier for all the students to have the instructions and formatting instructions in one place. SUBMIT your three names for consideration to MOODLE.

 BRAINSTORM ideas and get approval for people (other than those on the samples). Look at the Women's History link on schoolnotes then look in the scientist section. Give approvals - be sure that they are actually fitting the profile as explained in the essays. 

HAVE students log into and out of my access. Remind them that there is a difference between SAVE AND FINISH LATER and SUBMIT. You may ONLY SUBMIT twice - once when you are done with the whole essay after spell checking! Then one more time after your REVISIONS! Your two submissions are due by FRIDAY, March 12th

Tuesday, Mar. 4

ELD = WAVE VOCAB

15 minutes KYB

Outline of essay due - be sure to show to guest teacher before you start to write - you must have all the elements that are required in the essay - you can choose to outline your ideas, use a concept map, bubble map - whichever works best for you. This will be part of your grade! You must turn in your brainstorm/outline on Friday along with your final submission. If you need to do some research, go online but you can only take notes -- no printing of the information, please. 

Wednesday, Mar. 5

ELD: Wave responses on Moodle. Be sure to use the links.

Explain again the difference between SAVE FOR LATER and SUBMIT. If there is no one int he PC lab, you may want to send a few students who have trouble loggin on over to that side. Keep them so that you can easily see their screens (the row facing the inner door is good). You will be able to print out a list of their passwords and user names as they are NOT the same as their powerschool passwords. They should also have them on their password cards. If you have student who is not in the class list, check the list first. Then ask RAY GEN (via district email) to set up an account for them. Give him their name, grade level. Then add to the class so that they will be able to work on the assignment. If they don't work, check the dates for the items being open. 

ROUGH DRAFT of essay needs to be typed. Remember, unless this is your FINAL, SAVE TO FINISH LATER about every 5 minutes. This is for a contest so must meet the criteria. 

Thursday - Friday - Mar. 6-7th

Work on rough drafts and collecting information for your essay. Must have a final and a revision completed by the end of the class next WEDNESDAY. ! ELD if done, read and share your essays in class. If not, finish on Monday.  

WEEK OF March 10-14th

Monday - March 10

UNIT 2: Lesson C and D - Review the instructions and work together - give students enough practice together so that they know what to do, are on the right track, time to practice and complete the sentences, then review. 

 ESSAYS - Finish the essays on MY ACCESS and/or share them out for those who were not done. 

Tuesday - March 11

WAVE: Pre/Post Tests
BLUE = read 180 computers
RED/GREEN = work on writing a play based on some aspect of social studies/history that you are studying or will be studying. If you borrow books from a social studies teacher, be sure to return each day if they request them to be returned each day. You will be writing an original play to be performed next week. Everyone must contribute and write a portion. You need to have enough parts for everyone (except the teacher) in the class. Think about plot, setting, theme, narration, etc.

Wed., March 12 - Guest Teacher!

WAVE - PRE/POST Tests

BLUE= Audio books

RED/GREEN = plays

Women's Scientist Essays are due with at least one revision in My Access.  

Thursday, March13 - GUEST TEACHER!

WAVE : Commonplace books

BLUE: read 180 computers

GREEN/RED - Work on the play. Everyone needs to help write parts and dialogue. Finish the essays if you have not gotten them completed.

Friday, March14 - NO SCHOOL


Week of March 17 - 21st

Monday - March 17 & Tuesday, March18 - MINIMUM DAYS

Blue: read 180 computers - you will be working on parts in the play, but will not participate in the writing. We will be having you take another SRI test in two weeks.

RED/GREEN - Get the play finished and uploaded to moodle. Be sure to copy and paste into one large MS file so that we can easily edit. Remember all those parts of a play - the narrator, scene, time, setting they are all important! We will all be performing next week when hopefully, Ms. Maye returns!

Practice the play - everyone needs to have a part; do a run through and practice your parts. The goal is to have the play presented on Wednesday without people holding scripts so we can work on taping next week.

Wednesday, March 19 - Play Practice

Let's see it! Remember, no big costumes. We may invite some folks to join us -- we'll talk before today!

Thursday, March 20th 

WAVE: Commonplace writing and check the bulletin.

BLUE = read 180 computers

RED/Green - work on changing the ending or a key scene that you have read so far in the book you are using for your audio book. Post your change on Moodle. Remember, you will have to summarize your book including the setting, the theme, the time period, and a short synopsis of what the story is about (don't give away any surprises). Then, explain the situation with the choice, what the character chose and then write about what you think would have happened if the character made a different choice. Be creative. 

MARCH 21 - PLAY PRESENTATION

Monday - Jan 7

Log into moodle to complete the assignment. Follow the instructions and be sure to keep track of your user names and passwords. You will be using all of them in the coming weeks - myaccess, quia.com, pbwiki, etc. 

Tuesday 8-11th

Abstract needs to be completed and ready to send ASAP. Jan. 10th you will also have a guest teacher so be prepared to get as much done as possible. 

Monday, Dec. 17 - 20

ESSAY due by end of class on Thursday, Dec. 20th with form filled out and ready to send in for the contest.

CITY due by end of class on Thursday, Dec. 20th on disk ready to send with form filled out. 

ABSTRACT of the city due by Thursday, Dec. 20th with form checked off and filled out.

Rest of the Class

Some students will be working on READ 180 while others will be assigned to various tasks to meet our deadline for this week. 

We have to have the CITY and the ABSTRACT ready to send before we leave and the essay pretty close to being finished. We will also be assigning folks to work on the model. Start collecting materials this week !

Monday, Dec. 3

    Talked about SimCity competition and voted
    Worked on VOCAB to update.

Tuesday - Dec. 4

    Work on sentence combining
    Work on City Thoughts -- things that you needed to have.

Wednesday - READ 180 Rotations

  • WAVE - Part One, Two and Three. Download and complete. Copy and paste into the document that you already started. 
  • RED TEAM - Work on the Hunts.
  • GREEN TEAM -Work on the Hunts.
  • BLUE  TEAM - READ 180

Thursday - CITY MAPS

    Work on City Maps.

FRIDAY - Review

  • RED TEAM - Practice your speeches - will present next Friday! ; Then Read books - either your own or audio books
  • GREEN TEAM -Work on AUDIO BOOKS
  • BLUE  TEAM - READ 180

THIS WEEK - Nov. 26-30

Monday, 11/26

  • Review for the WAVE vocabulary Test
  • Sentence combining worksheets

Tuesday - 11/27

  • Complete the WAVE T1 Post and the T2 Pre test. 
    • RED TEAM - Practice Speeches
    • GREEN TEAM - Audio Books
    • BLUE  TEAM - Computers Read 180
  • Work on Sentence Combining 

Wednesday - READ 180 Rotations

  • WAVE - Part One, Two and Three. Download and complete. Copy and paste into the document that you already started. 
  • RED TEAM - Practice Speeches
  • GREEN TEAM -Computers Read 180
  • BLUE  TEAM - Audio Books

Thursday - READ 180 Rotations.  

  • RED= Audio Books
  • GREEN = GREEN TEAM
  • BLUE= computers Read 180

FRIDAY - Review

  • Finish Sentence Combining Exercises
  • Talk about Sim City Competition
  • Review Grades

Monday, Nov. 12th

No School

Tuesday -

    Work on pages 22 - 25 on expository paragraph about how immigration has changed your neighborhood.

Wednesday - Revise/Rewrite

  • Revise paragraphs from R books. 
  • Peer edit and revise the paragraphs/essay. 
  • Type your paragraph into your PB WIKI with the editing changes.  

Thursday - New Rotation Teams

  • Review new teams for Read 180 Rotation.  
  • RED= Find a speech to practice for an in-class presentation. 
  • GREEN = GREEN TEAM
  • BLUE= computers Read 180

FRIDAY - Review of skills

  • Choral Reading of material (Readers' Theater)
  • Verb Tense Practice (worksheet)
  • Vocabulary review of WAVE words and homonyms

 

Monday, Nov. 5th

Finish MyAccess.com essay.

SRI Re-Test Time Permitting

New Rotation Groups Assigned


Tuesday - ROTATION Day begins

  • RED = Computers Read 180
  • WHITE = audio books - must be approved and on list
  • BLUE = homework help

Wednesday - ROTATION 2 

  • RED = Homework /Maye
  • WHITE = Computers Read 180
  • BLUE = Audio Books must be approved and on list

Thursday - ROTATION 3

  • RED= audio books must be approved and on list
  • WHITE = Maye/Homework
  • BLUE= computers Read 180

FRIDAY - Review of skills

  • Choral Reading of material (Readers' Theater)
  • Verb Tense Practice (worksheet)
  • Vocabulary review of WAVE words and homonyms 


Monday, Oct. 29 - No School

Tuesday, Oct. 30

Introduction to MyAccess.com 

Passwords handed out

Logging in and starting a pre-write using one of the tools.

Wednesday, Oct. 31

  • 6th = Computers
  • 7th = audio books
  • 8th = homework help

Thursday - Nov. 1

    Work on myaccess essay. First revision due by end of the class today. Be sure you are logging in and saving to finish later throughout the class so you don't lose your work!

Friday- ROTATION 3

  • 6th = audio books
  • 7th = Maye/Homework
  • 8th = computers

Monday, Oct. 22

Finish the multisyllabic word exercises below.

 

Work on multisyllabic words as a group

Discuss Future City Project and implications for our class including time commitments and other requirements. 

 

Tuesday - ROTATION Day begins

  • 6th = Computers
  • 7th = audio books
  • 8th = homework help

Wednesday - ROTATION 2 

  • 6th = Homework /Maye
  • 7th = Computers
  • 8th = Audio Books

Thursday - ROTATION 3

  • 6th = audio books
  • 7th = Maye/Homework
  • 8th = computers

 Friday, Oct. 26th

Finish the PB Wiki Entry. Learn how to use the My Access program and start work on the first assignment due this Friday.

Work on FUTURE CITY PROJECT

  • reviews rules, complete exercises

 

Monday, Oct. 15th

Finish the PB Wiki Entry. Learn how to use the My Access program and start work on the first assignment due this Friday.

 
  • During WAVE time, add a post to your PB wiki site. TITLE = LANGUAGE. Do you think that knowing a second language is an advantage or a disadvantage? Brainstorm ideas for an essay that will be assigned soon. 
  • List all the positive aspects of being fluent in more than one language and all the disadvantages. What do you think? Write for the full amount of WAVE time and for at least 10 minutes after the bell.

Work on multisyllabic words as a group

Discuss Future City Project and implications for our class including time commitments and other requirements. 

 

Tuesday - ROTATION Day begins

  • 6th = Computers
  • 7th = audio books
  • 8th = homework help

Wednesday - ROTATION 2 

  • 6th = Homework /Maye
  • 7th = Computers
  • 8th = Audio Books

Thursday - ROTATION 3

  • 6th = audio books
  • 7th = Maye/Homework
  • 8th = computers

 Friday, Oct. 19th

Finish the PB Wiki Entry. Learn how to use the My Access program and start work on the first assignment due this Friday.

Work on FUTURE CITY PROJECT

  • reviews rules, complete exercises

Monday, Oct. 8th

  • Finish the reflections on PB WIKI

    • Read the paragraph - and write at least seven sentences about what YOU would do:
      • There is a new student at your school. You must admit he is a little funny looking. But you don't think he deserves to be teased and embarrassed by other students. You overheard a group of students planning to grab him and stuff him in a locker. WHAT DO YOU DO?  

  • HOMEWORK: Bring 10 artifacts and a common place journal (something other than a spiral). Due tomorrow. 

  • Read the Article and add to your WIKI

Tuesday - ROTATION Day begins

  • 6th = Computers
  • 7th = audio books
  • 8th = homework help

Wednesday - ROTATION 2 

  • 6th = Homework /Maye
  • 7th = Computers
  • 8th = Audio Books

Thursday - ROTATION 3

  • 6th = audio books
  • 7th = Maye/Homework
  • 8th = computers

Friday - Oct. 12th

  • GROUP WORK on the computer. 

    Complete quiz and activities on QUIA.com

     

MONDAY 10/1 - Finish last CELDT Testing. KYB Evaluation for speed and accuracy.

TUESDAY - 10/2
* Read 180 whole book work with the group (20 min)
* Homework Help for remainder of class for larger group projects

WEDNESDAY - 10/3 Picture Day/ Fundraising Items Due!
* Work on PW WIKI sites using workbooks (30 min)
* Homework help

THURSDAY - 10/4 - GUEST TEACHER
*Read 180 20 minutes each station
>Grade 8 on the computers then Audio Books
>Grade 7 on audio books then on the computers
>Grade 6 on audio books then keyboarding on the class computers
>Homework the last 20 minutes of class

FRIDAY - 10/5 - ELD work around campus 

THIS WEEK - Sept. 20th

MONDAY - READ 180 work

TUESDAY - CELDT Testing

WEDNESDAY - CEDLT Testing

THURSDAY - CEDLT Testing

FRIDAY - READ 180

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MONDAY - Work on response in WIKI

TUESDAY - Work on the rest of the class websites and passwords

WEDNESDAY - Work on response to article

THURSDAY - Work on MOODLE assignment

FRIDAY - Take notes on video about the main parts of the computer system for quiz on Monday.