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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

On your way in, pick up: "How Do I Check My/My Child's Grades on the Interwebs?" ALSO take your assigned ChromeBook Turn in: PBIS--Academics Worksheet Copy Homework: (all work due the next day unless otherwise noted) Use this link to check out your grades on Synergy. Help a parent log in to Synergy and return the signed form tomorrow. Ask your family to consider donating to our school library here . Part II of your Snapshot Autobiography Project (the interview) due tomorrow. Final Draft of Part I of your Snapshot Autobiography Project due Thursday. Read over the section in your binder reminder titled "Attendance and Dress Code" Peer Editing: Read through your partner's Snapshot Autobiography Project.  Use small sticky notes to indicate what they may want to bring their attention to. Ideas: Ideas for showing more and telling less grammar doesn't make sense/is confusing setting description legibility Strengths Suggested synonyms re...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Turn in Unit 1, Lesson 6 packet and your SS Workbook (Post-It Flag on page 51) AR Time: Thanks for bringing your book to read today.  If you did so, take a treat, then read.  If not, select a book from the class library. (10 minutes) Begin Unit 1, Lesson 7 1. Opening A. Identity Journals and Unpacking Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Listening for Gist: “Teen Slang: What’s, Like, So Wrong with Like?” (10 minutes) B. Analyzing the Structure of the Text: “Teen Slang: What’s, Like, So Wrong with Like?” (10 minutes) C. Reading Closely: “Teen Slang: What’s, Like, So Wrong with Like?” (13 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Forming Evidence-Based Claims: “Teen Slang: What’s, Like, So Wrong with Like?” (7 minutes) 4. Homework A. Read your independent reading book. B.  Read SS Textbook pages 90-93
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

1. Opening A. Entry Task: Mystery Quote (8 minutes) B. Introducing Learning Targets (2 minutes) • I can build my background knowledge about the setting of the play we will read in this unit. • I can make predictions and inferences based on a text. 2. Work Time A. Gallery Walk: Victorian England (15 minutes) B. Spirit Read (5 minutes) C. Mystery Excerpt from Pygmalion (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. 3-2-1 Exit Ticket (5 minutes) B.  SS Lesson 7 Quiz 4. Homework A. Read independently for at least 30 minutes B.  Skim over Lesson 8 in your SS Textbook.  Look at pictures, captions, titles, and subtitles.  Look over the vocab for this lesson & start flashcards or a Quizlet set. Due Friday! C.  Tomorrow is a Sports for Learning Day. Wear warm, comfortable clothes--layers--and athletic shoes, bring water, wear sunscreen and consider a hat.  Bring extra snacks.
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