12/19

1. WordDynamo- We are going to try a new vocabulary game. It's called WordDynamo. 

2. Holiday Fun- Below are several links which will help get you in the holiday mood!! Enjoy!
-Holiday Puzzle
-Super Holiday Displays
-Super Holiday Displays 2
-Scared of Santa?
-Make a Carol

3. Christmas Word Search-Using graph paper given to you by Mr. Norman, you will select 12 Christmas related words, and then use those words to create a Christmas Word Search.

4.  Holiday Essay - You may select one of the following prompts for your essay topic. Your essay should have four paragraphs and contain at least 25 sentences. Please complete it on paper and proofread it before turning in.

Choice 1 -- What does it mean to have the "holiday spirit"? You should include many examples and details to help support your views.


Choice 2 -- What are you and your family most grateful for this holiday season? Why?


Choice 3 -- What are five things you could do to help someone less fortunate on Christmas?

12/18 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the topic of the article?

-What was the article's main idea? Supporting details?

-What was one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer

2. Analyze the Quotes-Read the following quote. In your Language Arts Google doc, analyze each quote. What do you think the speaker meant? Why do you think this? How does this quote relate to you? Remember to write in complete sentences and to fully explain your answers.

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year"


"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ”


"Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”

3. Holiday Infographic - Take a look at the following infographics. You will create a 9 question pop quiz based on the infographics. You must have 3 questions from each infographic. You will also need an answer key.

Most Popular Holiday toys
Christmas by the Numbers
Big Fat Christmas

4. Holiday Quiz-See how well you can do on this Holiday Quiz

5. NC Write-Take this time to put the finishing touches on your NC Write prompt.

6. Christmas Origins-Work on your Christmas research project.

-Santa Claus
-Christmas Trees
-Gift giving
-Santa's Elves
-Christmas lights

Once you have researched the above things, create a Google presentation that explains in detail the origins of each the items listed above. Make sure your presentation has correct grammar, pictures, and good use of design and color.

12/17 Wednesday

1. Nouns and Verbs-Try out these new games which will test our ability to recognize nouns and verbs. Here is the Noun Game and here is the Verb Game.

2. Game Time- Now back to our regularly scheduled games!
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

3. Inference Review-We will take this time to review our Scope inference worksheet from yesterday.

4. Gift of the Magi-Finish reading our class short story,  The Gift of the Magi.

5. Gift of the Magi Questions-When you have finished your story, answer some questions.

6. NC Write-Work on your Christmas short story.

7. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

8. Christmas Origins-Work on your Christmas research project.

-Santa Claus
-Christmas Trees
-Gift giving
-Santa's Elves
-Christmas lights

Once you have researched the above things, create a Google presentation that explains in detail the origins of each the items listed above. Make sure your presentation has correct grammar, pictures, and good use of design and color.

12/16 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative and try to include some of your weekly vocabulary words

2. Inference Review-We will continue reviewing inferencing.

3. Inference Game-You will practice your inferencing skills by solving riddles. Here is the link.

4. Scope-Let's complete a worksheet from our play.

5. NC Write-Keep working on your Christmas short story.

6. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

7. Christmas Origins-I often say that the best way to fully appreciate something is to know its origin. With that in mind, you are to use the internet to research and find the origins of the following things associated with Christmas.

-Santa Claus
-Christmas Trees
-Gift giving
-Santa's Elves
-Christmas lights

Once you have researched the above things, create a Google presentation that explains in detail the origins of each the items listed above. Make sure your presentation has correct grammar, pictures, and good use of design and color.

12/15 Monday

1. Warm-Up-In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.


2. Weekly Vocabulary-This week, our Vocabulary Words come from our short story. Take some time to get to know these words.

3. Vocabulary Sentences-This week you will need to create 3 sentences for each of your words.

4. Scope-Let's finish up our class play.

5. NC Write-Today you will be using NC Write to create a short story about Christmas. The prompt is titled "Christmas Short Story." Your story must begin with the sentence "It was getting late and Santa Claus was already running behind......" Your story should be creative and contain at least 200 words.

6. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

7. Slavery Unit-Take this time to study for your quiz.

8. Slavery Quiz-It's time

12/12 Friday

1. FunBrain Friday-Since Free Rice hates us, we will take this time to play some FunBrain games.

2. Weekly Vocab-Take this time to finish your Word Boxes and/or study your words.

3. Reading Passage Review-Let's take a look at that passage from yesterday.

4. NC Write-Today is our last day to work on our latest NC Write prompt.

5. Scope-Let's see what the Greeks and the Trojans are up to!

6. Slavery Review-We will review our unit.

7. Slavery Obituary-Finish your obituaries.

12/11 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the topic of the article?

-What was the article's main idea? Supporting details?

-What was one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer

2. Inference-Let's see what we remember!

3. Inference Activity-This short activity should show us how well we can make inferences.

4. Reading Passage-Let's assess our inferencing ability.

5. Scope-Back to the play!

6.Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc.

If slavery is wrong, why has it existed for so many years?

7. Slavery-Let's get back to our slavery unit.