Mrs. Parades

January 23-27

Monday, 1/23

Class work:

• Quote of the Day Response
• Freak the Mighty Preview
• "Knights and Quests and the Real Fair Guinevere"
• Freak the Mighty Chapters 1-4

Homework:

• None

Tuesday, 1/24

Class work:

Quote of the Day Response

Quiz on chapters 1-4

Freak the Mighty Chapters 5-6

Homework:

• None

Wednesday, 1/25

Class work:

• Activity of the Day: Important Quotes
• Students will connect to an important quote in the story
• Freak the Mighty Chapters 7-8

Homework:

• None

Thursday, 1/26

Class work:

• Activity of the Day:Reciprocal Teaching
• Freak the Mighty Chapters 9-10

Homework:

• None

 

 

January 10-13

Tuesday, 1/10

Class work:

• Students will take the Middle Grades Writing Assessment (MGWA) on 1/18.  This is a practice assessment, but papers will be graded by the state, and a score report will be generated.
• Students will review class expectations
• Students will review expectations of the MGWA
• Review sentence structure, semi-colon, etc

Homework:

• None

Wednesday, 1/11

Class work:

• Students will review paragraph boxes
• Students will review packet
• Students will learn to read prompt and begin essay

Homework:

• None

Thursday, 1/12

Class work:

• Students will visit the media center

Homework:

• None

Friday, 1/13

Class work:

• Students will grade sample papers with a state criteria sheet in groups

Homework:

• Complete Practice: Edit and Evaluate  Due Tuesday, 1/17 Download Practice - edit & evaluate an essay hw

December 19-22

Monday, 12/19

Class work:

• Students will take Checkpoint test for reading and language arts today

Homework:

• None

Tuesday, 12/20

Class work:

• Students will finish entering checkpint on irespond
• Students will present research projects

Homework:

• None

Wednesday, 12/21

Class work:

• Students will read "A Christmas Carol" narrated by Jonathan Winters (NPR)
• Students will complete a sequencing chart

Homework:

• None

Thursday, 12/22

Class work:

• Students will finish "A Christmas Carol"
• Students will finish sequencing chart
• Afternoon classes will watch "A Christmas Carol"

Homework:

• Happy Holidays!

Career Cruising Website

To career cruise from home:

www.careercruising.com

Username: Your lunch number and last name

Password:  Whatever you created in class (Something you will remember)

December 12-16

Monday, 12/12 through Wednesday, 12/14

Class work:

• Students will be in the computer lab working on research projects
• Students must take notes, site sources, and create a project
• Students may create a powerpoint, poster, or paper
• All projects will be due by the end of class on Wednesday

Homework:

• None

Thursday, 12/16

Class work:

• Students will present projects to the class

Homework:

• None

Friday, 12/16

Class work:

• School counselors, Dr. White and Mrs. Jackson, will visit our classes for classroom counseling session.

Homework:

• None
• Have a great weekend!

 

December 5-9

• Monday, 12/5

Class work:

• DOL
• Students will read "You are What You Eat"
• Students will practice note cards and source cards

Homework:

 

• None

Tuesday, 12/6

• DOL
• Students will go the the media center today
• Students will take notes on their research topic
• Students will practice source cards

Homework:

• None

Wednesday, 12/7

Class work:

• DOL
• Students will REV IT UP pages 129-133

Homework:

• None

Thursday, 12/8 and Friday, 12/9

Class work:

• DOL
• Students will be in the computer lab
• Students will Web Quest their research topic
• Links available on the blog

Homework:

• None

Research Resources

Real Mystery Web Quests: Download Mystery links

3-Column Notes: Download Research 3column notes

Project Directions: Download PowerPoint Project Directions

November 28-December 2

Monday, 11/28

Class work:

• DOL #1/2
• Students will have a class spelling bee today
• School spelling bee is Thursday, 12/15

Homework:

• None

Tuesday, 11/29

Class work:

• DOL #3/4
• Students will take Cornell Notes on Plagiarism, Fair Use, and Copyright to begin our research unit

Homework:

• None

Wednesday, 11/30

Class work:

• DOL 5/6
• Students will take an open-note quiz on IRespond about Plagiarism
• Students will choose research topics.  Our theme is Real-Life Mysteries

Homework:

• None

Thursday, 12/1

• DOL 7/8
• Students will learn note-taking techniques for research projects

Homework:

• None

Friday, 12/2

Class work:

• DOL 9/10
• Students will go to the computer lab for web quests to begin research.

Homework:

• DOL Quiz and Check on Monday, 12/5

November 14-18

Monday, 11/14

Class work:

• Students will draft introductions and conclusions in class today using graphic organizers
• Students will begin revising using writing checklist

Homework:

• None

Tuesday, 11/15

Class work:

• Students will finish revising checklist
• Students will review Complex sentence

Homework:

• None

Wednesday and Thursday, 11/16-11/17

Class work:

• Students will go to the computer lab to finish revising and type final drafts

Homework:

• None

Friday, 11/18

Class work:

• Students will write letters of thankfulness
• Students may create cards if they wish

Homework:

• Have a great week off next week!

 

November 7-11

Monday, 11/7

Class work:

• Students will read a Persuasive article
• Students will complete persuasive vocabulary
• Students will complete criss-cross puzzle to check their answers

Homework:

• None

Tuesday, 11/08

No School Today: Teacher work day

Wednesday, 11/09

Class work:

• Students will learn about complex sentences
• Students will have whiteboard practice

Homework:

• None

Thursday, 11/10

• Students will continue learning about Complex Sentences
• Students will learn about adjective and adverb clauses

Homework:

• Grammar workbook page 155, Due Thursday

Friday, 11/11

• Students will revise body paragraphs with compound and complex sentences

Homework:

• Test on Sentences Wednesday, 11/16