Weekly Student Podcasts!

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Week of June 15th

MONDAY - Everyone's Space Video - answer the questions here. 

Week of June 8

  • REVIEW items send via schoolnotes email all this week as a warm-up and to practice typing. 
  • Finish MYACCESS essays - Natural Disasters and Dinner Menu
  • Last Test on SRI to show progress throughout the year then go to the following site. Take a few of the quizzes at this site as well. Practcie for those language arts finals!
  • Take home your WAVE books to study for the end of the year test. 
  • Password and Pictionary this week. 
  • Review for final exams in other classes -- additional time for help set aside. 
  • Help deliver the yearbooks on Friday. 

Week of May11

  • REVIEW for STAR Test including where to go for your test location, the schedule this week. Grammar review (from the ALWAYS START HERE) site, review of scheduling procedures and the classes for next year, individual catch up work on projects that are missing, surfboard design. 
  • FRIDAY - MyAccess Essay due at the end of class!

 

Week of May 4

  • MONDAY -Review the last few pages of the previous workshop in the rbook pg. 178, 179, 180, 181. Practiced completing them like the STAR test - timed with specific instructions given at the beginning. 
  • GOMYACCESS - Logged in. Complete the assignment during Rbook time when we are in the rotations.
  • TUESDAY -  Guest Teacher

  • Tuesday - Thursday - READ 180 rotations. Starting a new unit this week. 

    For rbook rotations, work on the LITTER prompt in gomyaccess. If students have trouble, have them click on the preferences to allow popups for this site.  

     

Week of April 27

Monday - finish rbook pgs. 172-181. The main goal is to get the paragraph prepared.    

Tuesday - Thursday - READ 180 rotations. Starting a new unit this week. 

FRIDAY - Watch the video and complete the assignment. 

 

rbook pgs. 172-181. The main goal is to get the paragraph prepared. This is on google docs. Be sure to save as P2_ANIMAL_Your Last Name.   

Tuesday - Thursday - READ 180 rotations. Finish the pages 172-181 above. We will be starting a new unit next week so be  prepared. We are trying to finish up this unit this week.  

FRIDAY - Watch the video and complete the assignment. 

Week of April 13

What I did over Spring Break on Moodle. Finish on Tuesday.  

Tuesday - Thursday - READ 180 rotations. Persuasive Paragraph in Rbooks and on Moodle this week. Rskills test on Friday during WAVE.

 

Week of March April 3

Pre and Post Tests. Practice Standardized Test on Edusoft. 

Tuesday - Thursday - READ 180 rotations.

 - NO SCHOOL on FRIDAY - March 13th

Working on a document to practice using all of our skills - word processing (ms word), google docs (upload, and share), phone it in (audio blogging via the phone). 

Tuesday - Thursday - READ 180 rotations.

Mon. Feb. 9 No School

Wed - Fri Feb. 13th

  • Independent Reading Attitude Survey
  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • Working on the new story in the Alien Invaders section.
  • When done with a book, be sure to either take the quiz on READING COUNTS and/or let Ms. Maye know so she can create/find a quiz for you for this section of the program. Some tests will need to be taken separately from the READ 180 programs and entered by hand.
  •  AB - Be sure to complete at least one worksheet a week.
  • EACH TIME on the computer you need to complete one of EACH of the sections. 

Monday - Feb 2 MINIMUM DAY

Finish hoodwinked and write reviews on Moodle.

  • Remember-- 
  • FIRST PARAGRAPH- What did you think about the movie? State if you liked it or not and give some reasons. 
  • NEXT - Brief description about the movie (plot, setting, basic story line, length, rating) without giving away the ending. 
  • THEN - Your reasons (with specific examples that explain WHY you liked or didn't like the movie. No plot twists revealed!. 
  • FINALLY - Would you recommend the movie to someone? Why or why not? If you didn't like it, who might like it? Remember no plot twists revealed.

Tuesday - Feb. 3 - Friday Feb. 6

Last bit of reviews completed during READ 180 rotations with rbooks. Be sure to go to all the sections each time when on the computer. When reading, be sure to complete at least one worksheet each week and record your minutes, quotes.


Monday 26- Worked on Shared Reading. 

Tuesday - 27

Recorded the shared reading. Listen to it at the link above -- something new---listen to our voices. Rbook work on the Alien Invaders and Cause and Effect. 

WEDNESDAY 28 

Read 180 Rotations. 

Thursday 29th

Started working on MOVIE REVIEW of Hoodwinked. 

  • Remember-- 
  • FIRST PARAGRAPH- What did you think about the movie? State if you liked it or not and give some reasons. 
  • NEXT - Brief description about the movie (plot, setting, basic story line, length, rating) without giving away the ending. 
  • THEN - Your reasons (with specific examples that explain 
  • WHY you liked or didn't like the movie. No plot twists revealed!. 
  • FINALLY - Would you recommend the movie to someone? Why or why not? If you didn't like it, who might like it? Remember no plot twists revealed.

Friday - 30

Finish watching the movie for the review. Discussed the requirements for the review and what you need to look for.

Monday, Jan 20 - HOLIDAY

Tuesday, Jan. 21

President Obama's Inauguration. Complete a reflection in moodle. HOMEWORK: Complete a "phone it in" assignment following the instructions given in class. If you lose your paper, the instructions are also on MOODLE. 

Wednesday, Jan. 22 - Friday Jan. 24

READ 180 rotations. Finish essays.


MONDAY - Jan 12- MINIMUM DAY

  •  Organized independent reading books
  • Showed Anchor Video for the ALIEN INVADERS chapter of the rbooks. This will be our next workshop. The workshop focuses on animals and plants that are "alien" to environments and the problems that they cause. The focus is Cause and Effect and writing a persuasive paragragh. .

Wed - Fri Jan 16th

  • Independent Reading Attitude Survey
  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • Working on the new story/section. Watched the anchor videos and will finish both sections on the poems and the WORD CHALLENGE pages during r-book rotations. 
  • When done with a book, be sure to either take the quiz on READING COUNTS and/or let Ms. Maye know so she can create/find a quiz for you for this section of the program. Some tests will need to be taken separately from the READ 180 programs and entered by hand.

MONDAY - Jan 5- MINIMUM DAY

  •  Read around - reading articles of interest from the newspaper
  • Any syllabai not signed, need to be completed by tomorrow. .

Wed - Fri Jan 9

  • Independent Reading Attitude Survey
  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • Working on the new story/section. Watched the anchor videos and will finish both sections on the poems and the WORD CHALLENGE pages during r-book rotations. 
  • When done with a book, be sure to either take the quiz on READING COUNTS and/or let Ms. Maye know so she can create/find a quiz for you for this section of the program. Some tests will need to be taken separately from the READ 180 programs and entered by hand. 
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

Week of Dec. 8 - Dec.12

MONDAY - Dec 1- MINIMUM DAY

Tues, Dec. 9 = Minimum Day

Wed - Fri Dec. 5th

  • Independent Reading Attitude Survey
  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • Working on the new story/section. Watched the anchor videos and will finish both sections on the poems and the WORD CHALLENGE pages during r-book rotations. 
  • When done with a book, be sure to either take the quiz on READING COUNTS and/or let Ms. Maye know so she can create/find a quiz for you for this section of the program. Some tests will need to be taken separately from the READ 180 programs and entered by hand. 
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

MONDAY - Dec 1- MINIMUM DAY

Tues - Fri Dec. 5th

  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • Working on the new story/section. Watched the anchor videos and will finish both sections on the poems and the WORD CHALLENGE pages during r-book rotations. 
  • When done with a book, be sure to either take the quiz on READING COUNTS and/or let Ms. Maye know so she can create/find a quiz for you for this section of the program. Some tests will need to be taken separately from the READ 180 programs and entered by hand. 
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

MONDAY - Nov 17- MINIMUM DAY

  • Open Syllables
  • Open syllables end in a vowel and usually have a long vowel sound such as MU -- SIC. 
  • Worksheet explaining the differences completed in class.

Tues - Fri Nov. 21st

  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • Working on the two poems in the IDENTITY section. Watched the anchor videos and will finish both sections on the poems and the WORD CHALLENGE pages during r-book rotations. 
  • When done with a book, be sure to either take the quiz on READING COUNTS and/or let Ms. Maye know so she can create/find a quiz for you for this section of the program. Some tests will need to be taken separately from the READ 180 programs and entered by hand. 
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

Week of Nov.10 - 14

MONDAY - Nov 10- MINIMUM DAY

  • Work on Dependent and Independent Clauses.
  • INDEPENDENT CLAUSE: A simple sentence that expresses a complete thought. This sentence can stand on its own. 
  • ex. People of all ages helped. 
  • DEPENDENT CLAUSE: has a subject and a predicate, but cannot stand on its own because it does not express a complete thought. 
  • When our town built a new playground. 
  • COMPLEX SENTENCE: Has an independent and a  dependent clause. 
  •   When our town built a new playground, people of all ages helped.

TUESDAY- Nov. 11 HOLIDAY

 

WED - FRI 12-14

  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • Working on the two poems in the IDENTITY section. Watched the anchor videos and will finish both sections on the poems and the WORD CHALLENGE pages during r-book rotations. 
  • When done with a book, be sure to either take the quiz on READING COUNTS and/or let Ms. Maye know so she can create/find a quiz for you for this section of the program. Some tests will need to be taken separately from the READ 180 programs and entered by hand. 
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

 

Week of Nov.3-Nov 7

MONDAY - Nov 3- MINIMUM DAY

  • Work on Combining Sentences and Correcting Run-On Sentences. 

TUESDAY- THURSDAY Nov. 4-7

  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • Working on the two poems in the IDENTITY section. Watched the anchor videos and will finish both sections on the poems and the WORD CHALLENGE pages during r-book rotations. 
  • When done with a book, be sure to either take the quiz on READING COUNTS and/or let Ms. Maye know so she can create/find a quiz for you for this section of the program. Some tests will need to be taken separately from the READ 180 programs and entered by hand. 
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

Week of Oct. 27-31st

MONDAY - Oct. 27 - MINIMUM DAY

  • Rbook Grammar and Punctuation Work in packets - inflectional endings practice. Finish book reviews on Moodle. Look up the three books from the SRI test on Friday to find out what the books are all about. 

TUESDAY- THURSDAY

  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

 

FRIDAY - No Students -- Pupil Free Day

Week of Oct. 20-24

MONDAY - Oct. 20 - MINIMUM DAY

  • Rbook Grammar and Punctuation Work in packets - inflectional endings practice. Work on Book Reviews on Moodle

TUESDAY- FRIDAY

  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

Week of Oct. 13 - Oct. 17

MONDAY - Oct. 13 - MINIMUM DAY

  • Rbook Grammar and Punctuation Work in packets - inflectional endings practice. Reading from the Bulletin as a group and individually.

TUESDAY- FRIDAY

  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

Week of Oct. 6 - Oct. 9

MONDAY - Oct. 6 - MINIMUM DAY

  • Rbook Grammar and Punctuation Work in packets - present and past tense verbs.

TUESDAY- FRIDAY

  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • WAVE: Vocabulary (tues), WRITING (wed), COMMONPLACE BOOKS (thurs), SHARING (fri)

Week of Sept. 29 - Oct. 3

MONDAY - Sept. 29 - MINIMUM DAY

  • READ 180 Introduction and teaming.

TUESDAY- Sept. 30

  • READ 180 rotations begin
  • WAVE: Vocabulary .

WEDNESDAY - Oct. 1

  • READ 180 rotations continue.

Thursday - Oct. 2

  • READ 180 rotations.

Friday - Oct. 3

  • Password Practice continues
  • Find the vocab game

Week of Sept. 22 - Sept. 26

MONDAY - Sept. 22 - MINIMUM DAY

  • CEDLT Testing Continues
  • SRI Testing Begins
  • Finish YOUniqueness poems and post on the walls.

TUESDAY- Sept. 23

  • WAVE - Work on first vocabulary assignments.
  • Introduction to READ 180
  • Picture Vocabulary games
  • Conversation practice - fluency

WEDNESDAY - Sept.24

  • WAVE: Wednesday Writing on Moodle/paper
  • Signing into moodle.com practice assignment.
  • Practice keyboarding assignments.
  • Conversation practice - poems together
  • SRI and CEDLT continues.

Thursday - Sept.25 - Minimum Day/Back to School Nite

  • WAVE: Commonplace books. 
  • Keyboarding Practice
  • Practice with moodle.com
  • Vocabulary matching practice.
  • SRI and CEDLT continues.

Friday - Sept.26

  • Password Practice continues
  • Finish SRI/CEDLT TESTING
  • Find the vocab game

Week of Sept. 15 - Sept. 19

MONDAY - Sept. 15 - MINIMUM DAY

  • CEDLT Testing Continues
  • Check for artifacts -12 total. 
  • Finish YOUniqueness poems and post on the walls.

TUESDAY- Sept. 16

  • WAVE - Work on first vocabulary assignments.
  • SRI Inventory for everyone - one at a time/CEDLT
  • Introduction to READ 180
  • Picture Vocabulary games
  • Conversation practice - fluency

WEDNESDAY - Sept. 17

  • WAVE: Wednesday Writing on Moodle/paper
  • Signing into moodle.com practice assignment.
  • Practice keyboarding assignments.
  • Conversation practice - poems together
  • SRI and CEDLT continues.

Thursday - Sept. 18

  • WAVE: Commonplace books. 
  • Keyboarding Practice
  • Practice with moodle.com
  • Vocabulary matching practice.
  • SRI and CEDLT continues.

Friday - Sept.19

  • Password Practice continues
  • Finish SRI/CEDLT TESTING
  • Find the vocab game

MONDAY - Sept. 8 - MINIMUM DAY

  • CEDLT Testing Continues
  • Start collecting artifacts -- 10 artifacts due by Wednesday.

TUESDAY- Sept. 9

  • WAVE - Work on first vocabulary assignments.
  • SRI Inventory for everyone
  • Introduction to READ 180
  • IAM poems

WEDNESDAY - Sept. 10

  • WAVE: Wednesday Writing on Moodle/paper
  • Complete poems in class. Be sure they are shared with me!
  • Signing into moodle.com practice assignment.
  • Practice keyboarding assignments. 

Thursday - Sept. 11- GUEST TEACHER

  • WAVE: Commonplace books. 
  • Keyboarding Practice
  • Finish work on WAVE assignments.

Friday - Sept.12

  • Password Practice continues
  • Finish CEDLT TESTING

WEEK OF September 2-5th

Monday, Tuesday - No School

Wednesday - Sept. 3 MINIMUM DAY

Set up PC and Computer Labs, tour campus

Thursday - Sept 4 

Started CEDLT TESTING. Explained Binder Reminders during WAVE.

Friday - Sept. 5

Continued CELDT TESTING - Explained WAVE class and materials needed for class.