10/1 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. Weekly Vocabulary and 5x5x5-Take about 10 minutes to study your words and work on your 5x5x5s.

*Directions: Write each word and its definition five times. When finished, create a paragraph with at least five sentences that uses all five words correctly. Make sure to underline the vocabulary words in your created paragraph.

3.  Summarizing-Today we are going to start a lesson on summarizing written passages. This will be extremely important for your future as successful readers. Now, do the following steps (Be sure to TAKE GOOD NOTES!):

       1.Go to the following website and review their tips on summarizing.

       2. Watch the two videos on summarizing. Be prepared to discuss.

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

Why do you think that exploring the world became such a big deal in the 15th and 16th  centuries? What do you think that they were looking for?

5. Age of Exploration-So far we have covered the periods of history known as the Reformation and the Renaissance. Now we are moving on to my favorite period of time! We will spend the next few weeks covering The Age of Exploration.

Now, go the the following link. Follow the directions and complete the assignment. When you have finished, we will discuss.


6. Enrichment-In One Letter, you must start with a simple word. Then, you create clues that force the player to change one letter in each word to make a new word. If you do it correctly, the first will be the same as the last word. Here's a good example of a set:



LAKE

________ not on time

________ despise

________ head coverings

________ punches

________ small pieces

________ do with your teeth

________ ride this

________ in the oven

________ body of water




In groups of at least two, try to create at least two awesome One Letter sets.