DECEMBER 2014
12/15 – 12/19
“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.” – Caesar Chavez
Homework: study vocabulary words – TEST ON FRIDAY!, Vocabulary Unit 4 writing component – due Friday Unit 4 voc. writing assignment
(Whale Rider question response if not completed in class – due Friday) wr 7 c’s of culture
This week we will be watching Whale Rider in correlation to our study of culture. Click here for synopsis of movie
Monday: HOMEWORK ASSIGNED, IR, vocabulary bookwork, cultural flipperdoodle
Tuesday: vocabaulary review, Whale Rider movie
Wednesday: vocabulary review, Whale Rider movie, Whale Rider question response
Thursday: IR, Whale Rider & question response,
Friday: (pm assembly schedule – Winter Fest) Vocabulary Test, HOMEWORK DUE
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12/8 – 12/12
“We each live our stories and we learn most from the stories of others. When you feel alone, you can find community in stories; when you weaken, you can find strength; when you are disheartened, you can find resolve; when you are down, you can be lifted; when you feel pain, you can find comfort; when you question, you can find inspiration; when you tire, you can find new energy; when you wonder why, you can find inspiration.” – L. Schmier
Homework: Flashcards Vocabulary Unit 4 (due Tuesday, 12/9) Voc. Unit 4 words
Monday:Independent Reading (IR), Warm-up #2: “indian giver”, finish “A Place At The Table”, Take Away Test #1: REVIEW
Tuesday: IR,Vocabulary – Choosing the Right Word
Wednesday: IR,Vocabulary bookwork, Cultural Flipperdoodle notes, Warm-up #3: Geo. A-Z:K
Thursday: IR, Vocabulary bookwork, Warm-up #4: Voc. Crossword, Cultural Flipperdoodle
Friday: (early release) IR, Flocabulary, vocabulary review with dry erase boards
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12/2 – 12/5
“No child can escape his community… The life of the community flows about him, foul or pure; he swims in it, goes to sleep in it, and wakes to the new day to find it still about him. He belongs to it; it nourishes him, or starves him, or poisons him; it gives him the substance of his life.” – Joseph Hart, author
Homework: Stereotypes in the Media hmwrk due 12:5
Starting Unit 4 Vocabulary next week – flashcards will be due on Tuesday, 12/9
Monday: no school
Tuesday: (assembly schedule) Independent Reading/Library, explanation of homework, stereotype defined, clean out class binders and personal work file – transition to a new trimester
Wednesday: Independent Reading, Warm-up #1: “Magic Carpet”, A Place At The Table – video
Thursday: Special guest speaker, Brenda Brainard, presents stereotypes about Native Americans
Friday: (assembly schedule) Independent Reading, learning logs, debrief presentation, flocabulary – current events, finish A Place At The Table – video
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NOVEMBER 2014
11/24 and 11/25
No homework
Monday: Cookie Continents!!!!
Tuesday: Trimester Take-Away Test
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11/17 – 11/20
Homework: RCP #1 (due Thursday) RCP Options and due dates
STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES ARE THURSDAY EVENING IN ADVISORY CLASSES: 5:30 – 8:00pm
Monday: Independent Reading, Vocabulary Test Unit 3, Flocabulary and current event discussion – Warm-up #1
Tuesday: Independent Reading,Video: Culture – Similarities and Differences
Wednesday: Independent Reading/ SL Conference prep, Video: Culture – Similarities and Differences, Learning Logs: Acculturation defined
Thursday:Independent Reading,
Friday: no school
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11/10 – 11/14
This week’s focus will be vocabulary and intercultural communication.
Homework: Map Exercise and Crossword Puzzle – Europe Europe maps – hmwrk due 11:14 (due Friday); Study Voc. Unit 3 words Voc. Unit 3 words(test on Friday); RCP #1 RCP Options and due dates (due 11/20)
Monday: Independent Reading, Take-Away #6 review, Warm-up #1: Veteran’s Day Cinquain Poems, Vocabulary bookwork, Learning Logs, Student-led conference prep
Tuesday: Veteran’s Day
Wednesday: Independent Reading, details and organization of RCP assignment, Student-led conference prep, Warm-up #2: Voc. Unit 3 X-word, correct bookwork, Vocabulary Sentences with peculiar settings – group effort
Thursday: Independent Reading, Warm-up #3: Geo. A-Z:I, finish Vocabulary Sentences, Student-led conference prep
Friday: Human Planet:Rivers, Warm-up #4 – Native American Proverbs
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11/3 – 11/7
This week we will continue to focus on globalization. We will also begin a new vocabulary unit.
Homework: Vocabulary Unit 3 Flashcards Voc. Unit 3 words (due Tuesday, 11/4), Political Cartoon about globalization pol cartoon persuasive tech (due Friday) Students should also RCP #1 on the radar – it is due 11/20 RCP Options and due dates
Monday: Independent Reading, homework explanation, review Take-Away #5, wrap up religions study – Warm-up #1, Coffee video
Tuesday: Independent Reading, finish coffee video, vocabulary bookwork – Choosing the Right Word, Persuasive techniques of political cartoons, Globalization Political Cartoons – Warm-up #2 and original political cartoon assignment
Wednesday: Independent Reading, Warm-up #3: Geo. A-Z:H, Silk Road, vocabulary bookwork: synonyms and antonyms, work on political cartoon assignment
Thursday:Independent Reading, vocabulary bookwork: Completing the Sentence, The Real Story of Globalization: The Columbian Exchange, Warm-up #4: X-word puzzle
Friday: Independent Reading, vocabulary bookwork: Completing the Sentence continued, Take-Away #6, Student-led conferences prep, turn-in week’s warm-ups
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OCTOBER 2014
10/27 – 10/31
“Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that’s not comfortable for the average person.” – Herbie Hancock
“Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing… you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn’t affect two-thirds of the people of the world.” – J. Carter
“Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences – some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.” – Larson
This week we’ll look a little bit at globalization and some global statistics.
Homework: Summary of Article “How America Can Maintain Its Edge” by Simon Winchester (due Friday) article to be summarized, summary homework due 10:31
Monday: Independent Reading, Homework explanation, Learning Logs: globalization – definition, cause/effect, EQs; Warm-up #1: “I” statements in response to world statistics on video clips like: FLOCAB – Globalization, The Typical Human, 7 Billion, Interactive World Map of 7 Billion, The Girl Effect, 20 Things That Happen in A Minute, Social & Economical World Maps, Human Planet
Tuesday: Independent Reading, work on Religion Poster, Warm-up #2: Geo. A-Z:G, Map work and more global statistics
Wednesday: Independent Reading, present Religion Posters, Warm-up #3: What’s in a can of COKE? – example of globalization (graphic)
Thursday: Independent Reading, article about coffee, visual about coffee, video: What’s in a cup of coffee? – notes in Learning Logs
Friday: Warm-up #4: Lists of Halloween related things, Twilight Zone and irony – situational/dramatic
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10/20 – 10/24
We will finish Vocabulary Unit 2 – test on Friday, vocabulary sentences due Friday voc. unit 2 sentences. The religion poster assignment will be nearly done by the end of the week. religion poster assignment
Homework: Africa Map Exercises Africa Map assignments due 10:24 (due Friday), study vocabulary words Voc. Unit 2 words and Memrise.com – Mora Voc. Unit 2 (7th grade),
MONDAY: Independent Reading, homework explanation, review Take-Away #4, Warm-up #1: Population Cartogram X-Word, work on Religion Poster Assignment
TUESDAY: Independent Reading, Vocabulary bookwork, work on Religion Poster assignment
WEDNESDAY:Independent Reading, Work on Religion Poster, vocabulary sentences
THURSDAY: Independent Reading, Geography A-Z:F, work on Religion Poster, vocabulary sentences
FRIDAY: Independent Reading, FLOCAB, turn in warm-ups, review for voc. test, Vocabulary Test Unit 2
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10/13 – 10/17
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” – M. Garvey
“We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” – J. Carter
This week we’ll be working on a new set of vocabulary words and exploring cultural beliefs and religions. religion poster assignment
HOMEWORK: Flashcards Vocabulary Unit 2 Voc. Unit 2 words (due Tuesday, 10/14), Study vocabulary words: Memrise.com – Mora Voc. Unit 2 (7th grade), Religions Crossword Puzzle Religions X-word due 10:7 (due Friday, 10/17)
Monday: Independent Reading, Homework explanation, FLOCAB: Week in Rap, Columbus Day – historical context (Seattle Swaps Columbus Day for “Indigenous Peoples’ ” Day), Warm-up #1: Pathogenic Holocaust, Learning Logs: beliefs
Tuesday: Independent Reading, Learning Logs and Religions reference sheet, Vocabulary bookwork – Choosing the Right Word, Geo. A-Z:E Warm-up #2
Wednesday: Independent Reading, Learning Logs and Religions reference sheet continued, Vocabulary bookwork – Synonyms/Antonyms and memrise, exploration of a variety of maps Warm-up #3
Thursday: Independent Reading, Correct Vocabulary bookwork: Choosing the Right Word and Synonyms/Antonyms, Happy Dictionary Day! Warm-up #4, Religion Poster Assignment
Friday: (Assembly schedule) Independent Reading, Turn in warm-ups, FLOCABULARY Week in Rap, Take-away #4, Vocabulary: Completing the Sentence and memrise, Religion Poster Assignment – research
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10/6 – 10/8
“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.” Zhuangzi
“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.” – A. Watts
Short week – we will be looking at how geography shapes culture and how beliefs, shape, as well as reflect culture. We will be watching Human Planet Episode One -Oceans. I also hope to wrap up the name writing and put them on display with the illuminations.
EQ’s: How do beliefs of a people shape, as well as reflect, a culture? Should the expression of one’s beliefs be restricted or regulated? When? Who decides? What changes a culture’s set of beliefs and practices?
HOMEWORK: Oceans Map Exercise Oceans Map due 10:8(due Wednesday)
WE WILL BEGIN VOCABULARY UNIT 2 NEXT WEEK! FLASHCARDS WILL BE DUE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14th
Monday, 10/6: Independent Reading/finish vocabulary test & warm-up #4 (pm core), Warm-up #1: Current Events, homework explanation, Name writing – Comic Life, Geography review – online
Tuesday, 10/7: Independent Reading, Warm-up #2: Latitude/Longitude Atlas work, Human Planet: Oceans (BBC TV episode), (Name writing if time)
Wednesday, 10/8:Warm-up #3: Oceans response, finish Name writing, Learning Logs, Independent Reading
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9/29 – 10/3
“Every story is rooted in a culture, and the world of culture is limitless – music, dance, religion, art… Storytelling is a challenge, an art, a possibility, a doorway into other cultures, a momentary opening into the universe.” – unknown
Homework: Illumination (due Tuesday), Indian Cultures X-word (due Thursday) Indian Culture X-word due 10:2, “The West” Map Exercise (due Thursday) The West Map Exercise due 10:2, study Vocabulary Unit 1 (TEST ON THURSDAY!) – Memrise.com (Mora Voc. Unit 1 (7th grade)
Monday: Independent Reading, homework explanation, Warm-up #1: Adjectives, Illuminations, Learning Logs – food
Tuesday: Independent Reading,Trashketball (Voc. Review Game), Warm-up #1: Vocab. X-Word Puzzle, Learning Logs – food continued, Name Writing
Wednesday: Independent Reading, Synonym & Sugar (Voc. Review Game), Warm-up #3: Geography A-Z:D, work on Name Writing
Thursday: Independent Reading, Shout out! (Voc. Review Game), Warm-up #4: “Native American” vs. “Indian”, Vocabulary Test Unit 1, turn in warm-ups for the week
Friday: River Walk
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9/22 – 9/26
“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.”
“The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in awhile and watch your answers change.” – R. Bach
This week we are working on vocabulary, name writing, illuminations, and exploring different cultures’ food delicacies.
Homework: Vocabulary Flashcards Unit 1 (due Tuesday) Voc. Unit 1 words , Study vocabulary words – Memrise.com (Mora Voc. Unit 1 (7th grade), Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop games and puzzles
Tentative Voc. Test Date: Thursday, October 2nd
Monday: Independent Reading, Hot Seat Marathon, Vocabulary Book overview, Homework explanation
Tuesday: Independent Reading, Vocabulary – Choosing the Right Word p. 17-18, Learning Logs: EQ’s – Eating live octopus, eating flying fox bats; Warm-up #1: Verbs
Wednesday: Independent Reading, Warm-up #2: Geo. A-Z:C, Vocabulary – Synonyms and Antonyms and correct Choosing the Right Word,
Thursday: Independent Reading, Warm-up#3, Vocabulary, Learning Log – Puffer Fish, Truffles, work on Illuminations
Friday: Independent Reading, Take Away #3, turn in warm-ups, work on Illuminations
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9/15 – 9/19
“We think so because other people all think so, or because after all, we do think so; or because we were told so, and think we must think so; or because we once thought so, and think we still think so; or because having thought so, we think we will think so.” – Henry Sedgwick
Human beings draw close to one another by their common nature, but habits and customs keep them apart. – Confucian saying
We are beginning our Independent Reading time this week. Find juicy, meaty books! 😉
“The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.” -Theodore Parker (1810 – 1860)
We are also continuing our geography study and exploration of culture. This week we will look at different concepts of beauty.
Homework: Personal Identity Name pre-writing and rough draft name writing due 9:19 illumination rough(due Friday); 4 concepts/drafts for illumination (due Friday); please get in $10 or a payment for your Vocabulary Book if you haven’t yet (starting Unit 1 next week).
Monday: Warm-up #1 (The Case for Preserving the Pleasure of Deep Reading blogs.kqed.org-The_Case_for_Preserving_the_Pleasure_of_Deep_Reading), Homework Assignment explained, Name Readings/examples, Learning Logs: Concepts of beauty
Tuesday: Independent Reading, Warm-up #2: Geo. A-Z:B, Learning Logs: beauty
Wednesday: Independent Reading, Name Readings, Review geography, Continued exploration of beauty defined
Thursday: Name Readings, Learning Logs and discussion, easyCBM, Independent Reading
Friday: Finish easyCBM/Independent Reading, Warm-up #3 – Nacirema Tribe, Hotseat marathon, Take-away #2
WEEKEND HOMEWORK: Preview your vocabulary book (especially Unit 1)!
REMINDER: Picture Day on Monday!
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9/8 – 9/12
“To say the name is to begin the story.” – Swampy Cree Indians
“Geography is about the connections between us more than it is about the borders that divide us.” – unknown
It’s the first full week of school and we’re ready to dig in! 🙂
LA: This week you will practice writing using descriptive language and imagery. We will also start reading some narratives/essays/poems about names. This is in preparation of your writing assignment next week where you will be writing about … your name. 🙂
SS: We will be working with the atlas to start identifying regions, countries, human and physical features. We will also start thinking about some Essential Questions: What is culture? How does geography shape culture? How is a name cultural?
Homework: Descriptive Paragraph – “Bring Me Back To Summer” (due Friday) descriptive paragraph hmwrk due 9:12 Syllabus Signature Sheet (due Friday), $10 or down payment towards purchase of Vocabulary Book (due Friday)
Monday – Review answers to homework (Student Survival Kit), Review class syllabus, Descriptive Language mini-lesson, Warm-up #1 (Show don’t Tell Sentences),
Tuesday – Hot Seat! (“Tell us about the time when…”), touch base about homework, Warm-up #2 (Geography A-Z:A), class binders and learning logs, Names reading handout #1
Wednesday – Geography review, Warm-up #3 (essential questions), Handout: Culture is like an iceberg, Name Reading #1: “My Name” by Sandra Cisneros
Thursday – Cultural Differences – “Lost Boys” National Geographic video clip, Cacao Farmers trying chocolate for the first time – video clip
Friday – Whiteboards and sensory language, Warm-up #4:charting postcards
Looking ahead: Starting Vocabulary Unit 1 soon. Beginning Independent Reading next week.
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“Green was the silence, wet was the light,the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” – Pablo Neruda
My oh my – students are counting down the days….. Not yet, I say! Not yet! School is in session and this is what we have going this week:
Monday – Homework explanation, Whirligig and summarizing statements, American Revolution Timeline RCP #3 DUE
Tuesday – KMS Climate survey, easy CBM, last day to work on American Revolution Timeline
Wednesday – Whirligig, American Revolution BINGO
Thursday – Whirligig and NPR Article: Thomas Jefferson Needs A Dead Moose Right Now To Defend America
Friday – PM Assembly Schedule/ Room 28 Creative Response Art Journal
Homework: CR Art Journal Entry #11 (due Friday)
CR Journal entries 2013-2014
Creative Response Art Journal DUE MONDAY (200 points)
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“Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.” – Michel de Montaigne
This week’s plan (Tues. May 27th – Fri. May 30th):
Tuesday: Independent Reading, Whirligig Chapter 5, Explanation of CR Art Journal Entry #10 Organizer, “History of US: Rebels” – History Channel video, work on American Revolution Timeline
Wednesday: Independent Reading, Whirligig, video, timeline
Thursday: Independent Reading, Whirligig, timeline (due at end of class)
Friday: Art Room to work on Entry #10
Homework: RCP #3 (DUE MONDAY, JUNE 2nd) RCP info; CR Art Journal Organizer (DUE FRIDAY, May 30th) AJ Organizer #10
FINAL SATURDAY WORKSHOP BEING OFFERED THIS SATURDAY, MAY 31st – 9:30am – 12:30pm
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“Forever is composed of nows.” – Emily Dickinson
“May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future.”
Here’s what we have going for the week of 5/19 – 5/22 (no school on Friday):
Monday: Last of the American Revolution notes in log and reading “When It’s Over Shout Hooray”; vocabulary bookwork and micrographic portraits
Tuesday: Vocabulary bookwork; Whirligig Chapter 4 and summarizing statements; Social Studies Crossword Puzzle (due tomorrow);turn in micrographic portraits
Wednesday: Voc. x-word puzzle; Soc. Studies x-word puzzle; American Revolution Timeline (due end of class next Wednesday)
Thursday: Voc. Test Unit 9 (our last vocabulary test of the year! 🙁 ); Room 28 – CR Art Journal entry #9; EVENING CONFERENCES!!
Friday: no school (4-day weekend for y’all – no school on Monday, too!)
Homework: Study Vocabulary Unit 9; Creative Response Art Journal Organizer #9 (due Thursday) art journal organizer9; Social Studies Take-home Quiz (due Thursday) American Revolution take-home quiz
Upcoming due dates: RCP #3 Due June 2nd; CR Art Journal Due June 9th
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“The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn’t look like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, he’s going to keep digging, he’s going to keep trying to do right and make up for what’s gone before, just because that’s who he is.” – Joss Wedon
Busy, busy this week. We will begin our novel, get through the American Revolution, start a new vocabulary unit, work on micrographic portraits and create another Creative Response Art Journal Entry.
Also, if you’re interested, I will have a Saturday morning workshop for the CR Art Journal. 9:30 – 12:30
Class activities include:
Monday – Whirligig, notes on American Revolution
Tuesday – Whirligig, vocabulary, History of US: Rebels and Revolution
Wednesday – Whirligig, vocabulary, History of US: Rebels and Revolution
Thursday – Whirligig, vocabulary, History of US: Rebels and Revolution
Friday – VTS – am assembly schedule; Room 28 – CR Art Journal
Homework: Flashcards Unit 9 Voc. unit 9 (due Tuesday); Social Studies Reading and Crossword Puzzle soc. studies reading due 5:16 (due Friday), CR Art Journal Organizer (due Friday)
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Class activities for the week of 5/5 – 5/8 included:
Monday – finish up Poetry Lessons, Social Studies notes on Causes of the American Revolution
Tuesday – Social Studies notes continues, Poetry Test
Wednesday – Poetry Test completed, Social Studies notes continued
Thursday – Room 28: Creative Response Art Journal Entry # 7
Homework: CR Art Journal Entry Organizer (pink sheet – due Thursday), Social Studies reading and Crossword Puzzle Soc. Studies reading:x-word 5:5 (Firebrands and Declaring Independence – Due Thursday)
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“Poetry is the human soul entire, squeezed like a lemon or a lime, drop by drop, into atomic words.” – Langston Hughes
The month of April is ending and, alas, this is our last week of poetry. 🙁 Next week we will begin a new Language Arts Unit. We will be studying The Hero’s Journey and reading Whirligig by Paul Fleischman click here for more info.
Here’s what we have going on for the week of 4/28 – 5/2:
MONDAY: Homework explanation, Poem of the day, Vocabulary bookwork, student teaching of poem from Poetry Packet
TUESDAY: Poem of the day, Vocabulary bookwork, 13 colonies map, student teaching of poem
Wednesday: (Morning Assembly Schedule)Poem of the Day, student teaching of poem from Poetry Packet
Thursday: Poem of the Day, Vocabulary Test, Social Studies notes,student teaching of poem from Poetry Packet
Friday: Last day of Poetry Unit “party” (not really a party but it should be fun) 🙂 — tentative! TURN IN POETRY JOURNAL!!!
Homework: Study vocabulary words (Test on Thursday)Voc. Unit 8; Poetry Journal (100 point value – due on Friday)Poems 53-80Poems 1-52; Social Studies Reading and Crossword Puzzle (due on Friday)A taxing king due 5:2
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“Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.” – Khalil Gibran
Here’s what we have going on the week of 4/21 – 4/25:
MONDAY: Independent Reading, Homework Explanation, Social Studies Quiz, Poetry Packet Poem Presentation Example, workshop
TUESDAY: Independent Reading, Vocabulary, Poem of the Day (from Packet), Causes of the American Revolution, Work on Poem presentation
WEDNESDAY: Independent Reading, Vocabulary, Poem of the Day (from Packet), Causes of the American Revolution, Work on Poem presentation
THURSDAY: POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
FRIDAY: Room 28 to work on Creative Response Art Journal Entry #6
Homework: Flashcards Unit 8 (due Tuesday),Voc. Unit 8 Creative Response Art Journal Organizer (due Thursday), Social Studies reading & Crossword Puzzle (due Friday), Poetry Packet and Poetry Journal (due next Friday, May 2nd)
* VTS assembly schedule on Friday
**SATURDAY ART WORKSHOP – KMS, Room 28; 9:30am – 12:30pm sat art
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“If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.” – M. Rukeyser
MONDAY:Independent Reading, overview of this week and next week, Poem of the Day – SpokenWord Poems,Poetry Journal explained, Social Studies Quiz – French & Indian War Phase I
TUESDAY: Poem of the Day – song lyrics, French and Indian War Phase II, Practice Test – OAKS Reading, Poetry Journal
WEDNESDAY: Poem of the Day – song lyrics, French and Indian War Phase III, OAKS Reading Test Day 1
THURSDAY: Poem of the Day – song lyrics, OAKS Reading Test Day 2, Poetry Scavenger Hunt
FRIDAY: Poem of the Day – song lyrics, OAKS Reading Test Day 3, Poetry Scavenger Hunt
Homework: Poetry Journal (due April 30th), Song lyrics with figurative language identified (due Friday)poetic lyrics
OAKS ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS: Achievement Standards
**Starting Vocabulary Unit 8 next week!
** Earth Day is next Tuesday, 4/22!
** National Poem in Your Pocket Day is next Thursday, 4/24!
** Art Workshop offered next Saturday, 4/26!
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“Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.” – P. Shelley
MONDAY – Explanation of homework assignments, Social Studies Quiz: War of Jenkin’s Ear, Vocabulary Bookwork, Poetry Packet dispersed, work on Figurative Language Assignment
TUESDAY – Poem of the Day, Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle,Figurative Language Assignment
WEDNESDAY – Poem of the Day, French & Indian War, Vocabulary Writing, Figurative Language Assignment (due at end of class)
THURSDAY – Poem of the Day, French & Indian War, Vocabulary Test Unit 7
FRIDAY – Room 28: Creative Response Journal – Entry #5 (causes of war)
Independent Reading: Monday – Thursday
Homework: Study Vocabulary Words (Test on Thursday), S-M-P Poem s-m-p poem (due Friday), Creative Response Art Journal Graphic Organizer (due Friday), Poetry Packet Poems 1-52 Poems 53-80
** State Reading Test Next Week!
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WELCOME BACK! So much to look forward to in the month of April, namely POETRY!!! 🙂
This week we will be starting a fresh LA unit: POETRY
and a fresh SS unit: Causes of the American Revolution
We will also pick up Independent Reading Time again and start a new vocabulary unit (unit 7).
Homework: Flashcards Unit 7 (due Tuesday, April 1st – this is not a joke assignment – it’s real even though the due date is on April Fool’s 😉 ) Voc. Unit 7 words
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YAY! A 3-DAY WEEK AND THEN SPRING BREAK!! 🙂 🙂
Monday – The Giver Independent Project Due!, Essay response Giver essay prompts
Tuesday – Movie: Pleasantville with popcorn (All students who have finished the essay are eligible to watch the movie. If the essay is incomplete he/she will spend the class time working in the refocus room) Pleasantville movie permission
Wednesday – Finish Pleasantville, Art Room – work on front and back covers of Creative Response Journal creative resp.journal
** Vocabulary Unit 7 after Spring Break (flashcards due on Tuesday, April 1st)
** Next Social Studies Unit – Causes of the American Revolution
** Next Language Arts Unit – Poetry
** April is National Poetry Month! 🙂
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FULL, BUSY WEEK!!! Here’s what we have going for March 10 – 14:
Monday – Book talk, The Giver Chapter 17
Tuesday – Book talk, The Giver Chapters 18 & 19, The Giver Packet, Stanley Milgram Experiements (Obedience vs. Personal Responsibility)
Wednesday – Book talk, The Giver Chapters 20 & 21, Quiz on Chapters 16 – 20, Check-in with Giver Independent Project
Thursday – Book talk, FINISH reading The Giver – Chapters 22 & 23, Giver Packet
Friday – PI DAY! Book talk, Lois Lowry’s Newbery Award Acceptance Speech, turn in completed Giver Packet, preview of essay prompts, letter home about movie on Tuesday, 3/18
Homework: Giver Packet (due Friday), Giver Independent Project (due Monday, 3/17)
CANNED FOOD DRIVE THIS WEEK!!! 🙂
BENITO JUAREZ CELEBRATION THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 14th 5:30pm
Giver Art Project 2014
Giver essay prompts
Pleasantville movie permission
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HAPPY MARCH!! 🙂 🙂
Here is some of what we’re working on this week of March 3 – 7:
Monday: Giver Quiz #2 (chapters 6-10), Vocabulary bookwork, The Giver Chapter 11, snowflakes 🙂
Tuesday: The Giver Chap. 12, finish Vocabulary bookwork, begin Vocabulary sentences
Wednesday: The Giver Chap. 13, finish vocabulary sentences
Thursday:The Giver Chapters 14 & 15, Quiz #3 (chapters 11 – 15);Giver Packet – BLACK & WHITE DAY
Friday: The Giver Chap. 16; Vocabulary Unit 6 Test; Giver Art Assignment (due March 17th) – RAINBOW DAY
Homework: RCP# 2 (Due Monday, 3/10); Giver Packet (Due March 14th); Study vocabulary words (test on Friday)
** Friday is an assembly schedule – afternoon track assembly
** Book talks will begin on Monday
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Class Focus and activities for the last week of February, 2/24 – 2/28:
– Independent Reading (RCP #2 DUE March 10th – in 2 weeks)
– Continue reading The Giver
– Finish Google Earth US Landmark Assignment (due Friday)
– Creative Response Art Journal (workshop in art room on Friday)
– Vocabulary Unit 6
Homework: Flashcards Voc. Unit 6 (due Tuesday), Creative Response Art Journal Organizer (due Thursday), Giver Packet (continue to respond to prompts)
Voc. Unit 6 words
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Class activities for this 4-day week (2/18 – 2/21):
– Begin reading The Giver (Chapters 1-5; Quiz #1 on Friday)
– The Giver Packet
– begin exploring causes of the American Revolution
– Google Earth – US Landmarks (tentative due date 2/28)
– Independent Reading (RCP#2 Due March 10th)
Homework: Giver Packet (undetermined due date – 115pts.)
(File for GoogleEarth can be found on Synergy > Social Studies > Class Resources or Class Website)
** District Band Festival on Thursday
** NAEP Testing
** WEB Leader field trip to Food For Lane County (2/21)
** AVID field trip (2/19)
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Class activities for this 5-day week (2/10 – 2/14) include:
— performance of utopian commercials
— completion of Vocabulary Unit 5 (test on Friday)
— notes and discussion on The Giver
Homework: Vocabulary Writing (due Friday), study voc. words using Memrise
Voc. Unit 5 words
voc. sentence argument
**NOTE: Friday is an assembly schedule due to the Friendship Fest
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“Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.” — Saul Bellow
Class activities for this 4-day week (2/3 – 2/6) include:
— vocabulary unit 5 bookwork
— current events study
— performance of utopian commercials
— Google Earth: U.S. Landmarks packet (continue)
— small group discussions related to themes of The Giver
— explanation of The Giver Packet – rubric will be provided
— independent reading – RCP#2 Due March 10th
Homework: Flashcards Unit 5 (due Tuesday); Commercial analysis (due Thursday)
MEMRISE is available to help study for this voc. unit: Voc. Unit 5 (8th)
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Happy Monday to you! Hard to believe we’re already in the final week of January! Grades will be updated soon – hang tight! 🙂
This week (1/27 – 1/31):
— Utopia/Dsytopia defined
— small group discussions related to themes of class novel
— commercials for Utopian societies
— Short story: Harrison Bergeron (What if we really did try to equalize everybody – in every way? How could it be done, and what would it be like?)
— Creative Response Journal Entry: Equality, Liberty & Freedom
— Google Earth
— VTS on Friday (morning assembly schedule)
Homework: Creative Response Journal Organizer (due Friday)
Driving Question for The Giver: How do our individual and collective memories shape who we are today and influence our futures?
** Starting Vocabulary Unit 5 next week (Feb. 3rd – 6th)
** RCP #2 Due March 10th
Last week (1/21 – 1/24) we focused on:
— Current Events
— US State Capitals
— NPR article: The Ugly, Fascinating History of the Word ‘Racism’
— started Google Earth assignment
Last week’s homework was: ‘I Have A Dream’ Paragraph, State Capital flapperdoodle
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Welcome back and happy new year! We are getting back into our school routine. Last week in class we focused on:
> Vocabulary Unit 4
> context clues
> easy CBM testing
> current events and 2013 in review
> finishing/finalizing our narratives
Class activities for the week of 1/13 – 1/17 include:
– Vocabulary bookwork – TEST ON THURSDAY
– Vocabulary Sentence Sheet (write original sentences using context clues)
– finishing easyCBM and narrative (officially done – no more class time given to these two items after 1/13)
– GoogleEarth (10 US Landmarks)
– pre-reading discussion of Utopian/Dystopian Society
– Utopian society commercials
– review of government, constitution, amendments unit (possible quiz on Friday)
– review states – TEST ON FRIDAY
Homework: Memrise – Mora Voc. Unit 4 (8th) or Sadlier Vocabulary Review Games
– US Map exercise (distributed on Tuesday, due Friday, 11/17)
– Study U.S. States: review games
FYI:
*** Friday is an assembly schedule. Students will participate in a VTS lesson.
*** No school on Monday, 1/20 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day