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.

12/10 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Today we will be using a new site for our gaming. The website FitBrains contains many games designed to test and increase your cognitive abilities. You will need to create an account. We will go over all of this together. The games themselves are fun but challenging. Let's get playing!

2. Weekly Vocab- Take this time to work on your vocab. I would also make sure I studied the words. 

3. Christmas Story-To get in the mood for the holiday season, we will start reading a holiday themed short story. The story is called Gift of the Magi 

4. Scope-Let the madness begin!

5. NC Write-Make your Christmas gift prompt perfect!

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-We will continue working on our unit. 

12/9 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. Scope-Today we are going to pick the cast for our play!

3. Study Island-Work on the Main Idea assignment on Study Island. Complete 16 questions.

4. Weekly Vocab-Take this time to work on your word boxes. Here are your words.

5. NC Write-Let's keep working on your newest prompt. 

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answers.

“You are awoken in the dead of night and taken away from your home and family. You are then transported by people who do not speak your language to a country that is completely foreign to you. Write your thoughts, feelings, fears, etc…”

7. Slavery Obituary-Continue working on your obituary. 

12/8 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-Take a few minutes to get to know your new weekly vocabulary words.

3. Vocabulary Word Boxes- This week you will be using all 8 of your vocab. words to create 8 Vocab Boxes. In case you forgot, here are the directions:



4. NC Write-I have always been obsessed with Christmas. It has always been my favorite time of year and I have extremely fond memories of the gifts I received. You are now going to tell me about YOUR favorite Christmas gift. This should be a gift that you will remember for the rest of your life. Go to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "The Greatest Christmas Gift I Ever Received". Your essay should be at least 150 words.

5. Main Idea-We are going to use Learning Farm to test our Main/Central idea finding skills.  Work on the assignment titled "12/2 Main Idea"

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

Where and when do you think slavery started? Why do you think this? Remember to explain your answers.

7. Slavery Unit-Today we will be beginning our Slavery unit.

8. Slavery Obituary-You will each be given a number that will correspond to a name. That name is someone who is important to the topic of slavery. You will use the next few days to research your person and collect as much information as possible. You are to then write an obituary for that person including much of the information you have found in your research. Be sure to mention in the obituary their connection to slavery.
This is what a typical obituary will look like:

Rubric:

Grammar/Overall Neatness=25 points

Creativity=25 points

Research/Information provided=50 points

12/5 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice Friday.

2. Weekly Vocab.-Use this time to finish your 5x5x5s.

3. Reading Passage Review- Let's review our passage from yesterday.

4. Scope-We are going to finish up working on our Peshtigo article

5. NC Write-Put the finishing touches on your Learning a New Skill prompt.

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. Middle Passage-You will be reading a passage on the slave trade. When you have finished reading, you will need to create a 10 question pop quiz on the passage.

12/4 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:

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer

-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. Reading Passage-We are going to do another main idea reading passage.

3. NC Write-Work on your Learning a New Skill prompt.

4. Scope-Lets keep working with our forest fire article.

5. Channel One-We are going to start something new today. Every so often we are going to watch Channel One news in class. 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?

6. Triangle Trade Facts- Go to the following websites. Read the information they contain about the Triangle Trade. Once you have visited all the websites, create on a blank piece of paper a Triangle Trade fact sheet. Your fact sheet should contain at least 20 facts. Your facts need to be written in complete sentences. Turn in once you have finished. The websites are here, here, andhere.

12/3 Wednesday

1. Game Time- HumpDay means Gametime!

Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Main Idea-Let's review our main idea reading passage.

3. Scope-Let's finish our new article.

4. Learning Farm-There is a new Central/Main Idea activity on Learning Farm.

5. NC Write-Work on your new prompts.

6. Group Survey-Take this time to go to this link and rate your partners from your food presentation group. Remember to be completely honest. 

7. Triangle Trade-Today, we will begin looking at the Triangle Trade. Go to the following website and wait for my instructions.

8. Triangle Trade Facts- Go to the following websites. Read the information they contain about the Triangle Trade. Once you have visited all the websites, create on a blank piece of paper a Triangle Trade fact sheet. Your fact sheet should contain at least 20 facts. Your facts need to be written in complete sentences. Turn in once you have finished. The websites are here, here, and here.

12/2 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 Vocab.-Take about 10 minutes to work on your 5x5x5s

3. Reading Passage-You are going to complete a main idea reading passage. Make sure you do close reading!

4. Scope-I am going to read our new article to you. It's a good one!

5. NC Write- Head over to NC Write and begin working on the prompt titled "Learning a New Skill." Your essay should be at least 150 words long. 

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answers.

What was one thing that you learned about your food (that you did your presentation on) that you found interesting, cool, weird, or confusing?

7. Food Presentations-Let's finish our presentations. 

12/1 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 you have 5 words, so naturally you are to do a 5x5x5.

*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.

1. aptitude -- the ability to learn or understand something quickly

2. attentive -- paying careful attention to the concerns of others; being considerate

3. banish -- to force or leave a country or place; exile

4. barricade -- an obstacle used to block

5. bluff -- using a false display of confidence to trick or deceive someone

3. Main Idea-Let's keep working on Main Idea.

4. Scope Magazine-We will be starting our new article!

5. Reading Time-Take this time to quietly read your books.

6. Food Presentation-Let's present!

11/25 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. Proper Table Setting-Take a minute to look at this proper table setting. This is how fancy-pants people eat. What do you think about this table setting?

3. Thanksgiving Mad-Lib-Here is the link for a Thanksgiving themed Mad-Lib. Take your time and create 3 awesome Mad-Libs. 

4. NC Write-Keep working on your Perfect Thanksgiving prompt.

5. Thanksgiving Quiz-How well do you know Thanksgiving? Take this Thanksgiving Quiz and find out...

6. The First Thanksgiving-Take some time to read this article. On a sheet of paper, write 7 things from the article that you found interesting, shocking, or confusing. Make sure to write in complete sentences.

7. Thanksgiving Word search-Lets just relax with a word search...

8. Incredibox-Take some to try out this awesome site. Who can create the best song?

11/24 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. Main Idea-Let's continue reviewing Main Idea.

3. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "The Perfect Thanksgiving.' Your essay should be at least 125 words.

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

-"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

-"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."

-"The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds."

5. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answers.

Have you ever heard of John F. Kennedy? If you have what do you know about him? If not, what can you guess about this important person?

6. JFK-Saturday was the 51st anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy. Go to the following websites and read about JFK. The websites are here, here and here. Using the information on these sites, answer the following questions on a sheet of paper. (Remember to answer in complete sentences.)

1. John F. Kennedy was the ______ President of the United States. ( I am looking for a number)


2. Was JFK a Democrat or a Republican?


3. Where was JFK born?


4. Where did JFK go to college?


5. How, when, and where did JFK die?


6. Who became president after JFK died?


7. What branch of the military was JFK a member of?


8. How many children did JFK have? What were their names?


9. What is Communism?


10. How old was JFK when he was elected president?

7. JFK Timeline-The website Esri Media has an awesome interactive timeline on the life of John F. Kennedy. Use this time to browse the timeline, watch the videos, and learn all you can about Kennedy.

11/21 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday-It's Friday....you know what to do! Free Rice time! Score to beat....

2. Weekly Vocab-I will be taking up your 3-2-1s in 10 minutes.

3. Vocab. Quiz-I hope you are ready!

4. Learning Farm-Head back over to Learning Farm and try to bring up your scores on Main Idea.

5. Scope-We have one more activity from our 2 articles.

6. Food Project-In groups of 2 or 3, you will be creating a Google presentation on a certain food. I will be selecting each group's food. You will thoroughly research your food and use the information you find to answer the following questions:
-Name of Food
-Other names for the food
-Country of origin (where did it come from)
-Number consumed each year
-Various uses for food
-Different varieties of food
-One awesome recipe using your food!

Your presentation should be at least 9 slides (including a title page.) You should also include pictures.

11/20 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:

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer

-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. Main Idea Passage-We are going to take some time to review the passage from yesterday.

3. Scope-Work in your small groups on a Scope activity

4. Weekly Vocab-Take this time to either work on those 3-2-1s and/or study your words.

5. NC Write-This is our last day to work on your Opening a New Store prompt.

6. BrainPop Quiz-Let's see what you remember.

7. Food Project-In groups of 2 or 3, you will be creating a Google presentation on a certain food. I will be selecting each group's food. You will thoroughly research your food and use the information you find to answer the following questions:

-Name of Food
-Other names for the food
-Country of origin (where did it come from)
-Number consumed each year
-Various uses for food
-Different varieties of food
-One awesome recipe using your food!

Your presentation should be at least 9 slides (including a title page.) You should also include pictures.

11/19/14

1. Game Time- HumpDay means Gametime!

Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Reading Passage-Make sure you take good Close Reading notes.

3. Main Idea Game-Here is a link to a Main Idea game. Give it a shot!

4. Scope-Work in your small groups on a Scope activity

5. Independent Reading-Grab your books and quietly read.

6. BrainPop-We are going to watch a Columbian Exchange BrainPop

7. Food Project-In groups of 2 or 3, you will be creating a Google presentation on a certain food. I will be selecting each group's food. You will thoroughly research your food and use the information you find to answer the following questions:

-Name of Food
-Other names for the food
-Country of origin (where did it come from)
-Number consumed each year
-Various uses for food
-Different varieties of food
-One awesome recipe using your food!

Your presentation should be at least 9 slides (including a title page.) You should also include pictures.

11/18 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. MobyMax-Head over to MobyMax and work on Reading Skills Informational.

3. Weekly Vocab-Keep working on your 3-2-1s.

4. NC Write-Head back to NC Write and keep working on your "Opening a New Store" prompt.

5. Scope-Get back with your groups and finish our new article.

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answers.

Which food would you have missed most if the Columbian Exchange had not have happened?

7. Food Project-In groups of 2 or 3, you will be creating a Google presentation on a certain food. I will be selecting each group's food. You will thoroughly research your food and use the information you find to answer the following questions:

-Name of Food
-Other names for the food
-Country of origin (where did it come from)
-Number consumed each year
-Various uses for food
-Different varieties of food
-One awesome recipe using your food!

Your presentation should be at least 9 slides (including a title page.) You should also include pictures.

11/17 Monday

1. BONUS-The first student who correctly emails me with the answer to the following question will receive 5 bonus points on their next quiz or assignment! This should be in your OWN WORDS and not copied and pasted.

Who was the first man to walk on the moon and what year did he do it?

2. 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

3. Main Idea-We are going to go back and spend this week reviewing Main Idea.

4. Main Idea Activity-Let's do a Main Idea activity together.

5. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are your new vocab. words. They are from a new short story which we will begin after Christmas Break.

6. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-Use all of your words to complete your 3-2-1 assignment. Here are the instructions:
Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
 Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

7. Scope Magazine-We have a new article. You will take the rest of class to read the article with your small group.

8. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc.
What is one way in which America was changed by the Age of Exploration. Was it a change for the good or for the bad? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

9. Food Project-In groups of 2 or 3, you will be creating a Google presentation on a certain food. I will be selecting each group's food. You will thoroughly research your food and use the information you find to answer the following questions:

-Name of Food
-Other names for the food
-Country of origin (where did it come from)
-Number consumed each year
-Various uses for food
-Different varieties of food
-One awesome recipe using your food!

Your presentation should be at least 9 slides (including a title page.) You should also include pictures.

11/14 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday-It's Friday....you know what to do! Free Rice time! Score to beat....

2. Benchmark Review-Let's look at one more passage.

3. Beats-Let's have a little bit of fun! Beats

4. Weekly Vocabulary-Finish up your 7x7x7s.

5. Scope-Work on that newest article.

6. NC Write-Take this time to work on your "Opening a New Store" prompt.

7. Gold!-We are going to complete a reading passage all about gold! Don't forget your close reading.

8. NC Write-. Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Columbian Exchange." Your essay should be at least 100 words. You may use your notes to help you complete this prompt.

11/13 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:

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer

-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. Benchmark Review-Let's review our second passage.

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Keep working on your 7x7x7

4. Scope-We are going to start our new article. Do you believe?

5. NC Write-We are going to continue working on our newest prompt.

6. What Happened to Columbus?-By now we all know about Columbus and his famous voyage but what happened afterward? Use this fact sheet to find out. Thoroughly read the fact sheet. When you have finished reading, on a blank sheet of paper write 20 facts contained on the site. Remember to write in complete sentences.

7. NC Write-We are going to work on our first ever Social Studies NC Write. Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Columbian Exchange." Your essay should be at least 100 words. You may use your notes to help you complete this prompt.

11/12 Wednesday

1. Game Time- It's that time!

Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Benchmark Review-Let's begin taking a look at our benchmarks.

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Keep working on your 7x7x7

4. Scope-We are going to start a new magazine and a new article.

5. NC Write-We are going to continue working on our newest prompt.

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

What was something you learned about the items involved in the Columbian Exchange that surprised you?

7. What Happened to Columbus?-By now we all know about Columbus and his famous voyage but what happened afterward? Use this fact sheet to find out. Thoroughly read the fact sheet. When you have finished reading, on a blank sheet of paper write 20 facts contained on the site. Remember to write in complete sentences.

11/10 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-We are going to do things a bit different this week. YOU are going to pick your words. Grab your library book and look for 7 words that you may not be sure what they mean. These are your weekly vocabulary words. Make sure you have chosen words that are not too easy (do not chose words such as the or and)

3. Create-a-Quizlet-You must now log in to Quizlet and create a set using your words. I will walk you through this.

4. 7x7x7-This week, we will be using our words to create a 7x7x7. This works just like 5x5x5 except you use two more words. Here are the directions:

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

5. Benchmark Review-Now that we have those benchmarks behind us, let's take some time to review.

6. NC Write-You will be starting a new prompt this week. Head over to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Opening a New Store." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

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

What did you eat yesterday? Make a list of everything you had.

8. Columbian Exchange-We will begin discussing the Columbian Exchange and the impact it had on the entire world. Look at this chart which details some of the items involved in the Exchange. When you have finished looking at the chart, review the following picture detailing the Exchange. Does anything surprise you?

11/7 Friday

1. Would-You-Rather- Answer all three "would you rather" questions in your Language Arts Google Doc. Make sure to fully explain your answers.

Be the president or a king?

Write a bestselling novel, or hit a homerun in the World Series?

Go to Alaska or Hawaii?

2. Free Rice Friday-It's Friday....you know what to do! Free Rice time!

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to study and/or finish your word boxes.

4. Vocab Quiz.-It's quiz time.

5. Scope Magazine-We will finish the worksheet from yesterday and work on a new one.

6. SAS Curriculum-We are going to conitnue working on ourSAS Curriculum assignment. The Q code for your assignment is 186.

11/6 Thursday

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

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer

-Was the article informative? Explain your answer

-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. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are your weekly vocab words. How well do you know them? Play some Scatter and Space Race to see how good you are.

3. Vocabulary Word Boxes- This week you will be using all 10 of your vocab. words to create 10 Vocab Boxes. In case you forgot, here are the directions:




4. Short Story-If you did not finish The Lottery (and a lot of you did not!) use this time to do so. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author do to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?


If you have finished, either read from your library book or play some Wednesday games.

5. Scope Magazine-Let's finally get back to Scope Magazine.

6. Letter Home Assignment-Take this time to finish your letters.

1. Pick an expedition you think you would have liked to have been on.
2. Research all important information about that expedition (dates, locations, reasons for expedition).
3. Write a letter to your family as if you were writing from aboard a ship on an expedition.
4. Include in your letters the information you found in step number 2.
5. Type your letter in a new Google doc called Letter Home. Share it with Mr. Norman.

7. SAS Curriculum-We are going to be doing an assignment on a website called SAS Curriculum. The Q code for your assignment is 186. Follow along with me as I explain the assignment. 

11/5 Wednesday

1. Game Time-We have a new game today! Its called Word Craze. Here's the instructions for the game:
Guess as many words as you can in under a minute. There is a catch though. Your words must match up with the target letter and position shown above a word. Words cannot be used more than once and they must be valid to score. Each letter contains a different value according to how often it appears in our dictionary.

Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are your weekly vocab words. Take a few minutes to familiarize with your new words.

3. Vocabulary Word Boxes- This week you will be using all 10 of your vocab. words to create 10 Vocab Boxes. In case you forgot, here are the directions:

4. Short Story-If you did not finish The Lottery (and a lot of you did not!) use this time to do so. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author do to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?

If you have finished, either read from your library book or play some Wednesday games.

5. Scope Magazine-Let's finally get back to Scope Magazine.

6. Letter Home Assignment-This week you will be pretending that you are a crew member aboard one of the Age of Exploration voyages. You must follow these steps to complete the assignment:

1. Pick an expedition you think you would have liked to have been on.
2. Research all important information about that expedition (dates, locations, reasons for expedition).
3. Write a letter to your family as if you were writing from aboard a ship on an expedition.
4. Include in your letters the information you found in step number 2.
5. Type your letter in a new Google doc called Letter Home. Share it with Mr. Norman.

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

What did you eat yesterday? Make a list of everything you had.

8. Columbian Exchange-We will begin discussing the Columbian Exchange and the impact it had on the entire world. Look at this chart which details some of the items involved in the Exchange. When you have finished looking at the chart, review the following picture detailing the Exchange. Does anything surprise you?

11/4 Tuesday

Holy smokes! Will Mr. Norman ever be back? I am going to the doctor, so hopefully I will be back and ready to go on Wednesday.

LANGUAGE ARTS

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. Make sure to out this in your Language Arts google doc. This week we are also introducing the tone (feel) that the story should have. The mood for your story should be funny.

 

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are your weekly vocab words. Take a few minutes to familiarize with your new words.

 

3. Vocabulary Word Boxes- This week you will be using all 10 of your vocab. words to create 10 Vocab Boxes. In case you forgot, here are the directions:

4. NC Write-Use this time finish up those scary "Halloween" prompts. It is definitely up now!

5. Short Story-If you did not finish The Lottery (and a lot of you did not!) use this time to do so. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?
If you have finished, either read from your library book or play some Wednesday games.

SOCIAL STUDIES


5. Letter Home Assignment-This week you will be pretending that you are a crew member aboard one of the Age of Exploration voyages. You must follow these steps to complete the assignment:

1. Pick an expedition you think you would have liked to have been on.
2. Research all important information about that expedition (dates, locations, reasons for expedition).
3. Write a letter to your family as if you were writing from aboard a ship on an expedition.
4. Include in your letters the information you found in step number 2.
5. Type your letter in a new Google doc called Letter Home. Share it with Mr. Norman.

Enrichment/Remediation
Use this period to finish up anything you have yet to complete from today.

11/3 Monday

As you can tell, I am still out. I think that I may have contracted Ebola over the weekend!




Language Arts

Alright, for most of you the benchmarks are thankfully over. Take about 20 minutes and relax with some Wednesday games.


1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. NC Write-Use this time finish up those scary "Halloween" prompts.

3. Short Story-If you did not finish The Lottery (and a lot of you did not!) use this time to do so. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?

4. Study Island-Head over to Study Island and work on Summarization. You are to complete 15 questions.

Social Studies


5. Letter Home  Assignment-This week you will be pretending that you are a crew member aboard one of the Age of Exploration voyages. You must follow these steps to complete the assignment:

1. Pick an expedition you think you would have liked to have been on.
2. Research all important  information about that expedition (dates, locations, reasons for expedition).
3. Write a letter to your family as if you were writing from aboard a ship on an expedition.
4. Include in your letters the information you found in step number 2.
5. Type your letter in a new Google doc called Letter Home. Share it with Mr. Norman.

Enrichment/Remediation
Use this period to finish up anything you have yet to complete from today.

10/31 Friday

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

As you can see, I am not in school today. However, this does not mean you should misbehave or not do your work. Numbers 1-5 are for Language Arts and 6-7 are for Social Studies

1. Free Rice-Take about 10 minutes to play some Free Rice.

2. Halloween Vocabulary-Here are your special Halloween Vocabulary Words! Take about 10 minutes to really get to know them.

3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-For this week's words, you will be creating a 3-2-1. These are due in 20 minutes. When you finish, turn them in to the sub. Here are the instructions again:

Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (meaning you will be writing 10 sentences)

3. Create-a-Quiz-Since you guys got off easy and had no quiz this week, you are going to use this time to make one. Using all 10 words, create a 10 question, multiple choice quiz. Make sure to include an answer key. You should do this on a blank piece of paper and turn it in when you finish.

4. NC Write-Keep working on the "Halloween" prompt. Make sure it is at least 300 words.

5. Short Story-Let's start our short story for the week. It is called The Lottery. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?

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

At what age are you officially "too old" to go trick or treating? Make sure you give reasons and fully explain your answer.

7. Origins of Halloween-You should finish up your Halloween research that you started yesterday. It must be completed by the end of this class period.

-Halloween-research the holiday itself. When did it start? Where did it start? Why did it start?
-Jack-o-Lanterns-What is the origin of the Jack-o-Lantern? Why are they made from pumpkins?
-Costumes-Why do kids dress in costumes on Halloween? When and where did this tradition start?
-Candy-For this one, you need to pick your all-time favorite candy and research its origin.
You are to put the findings of your research into a Google doc titled "Halloween Origins" and share it with Mr. Norman.

10/30 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:

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer

-Was the article informative? Explain your answer

-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. Halloween Vocabulary-Here are your special Halloween Vocabulary Words! Take about 10 minutes to really get to know them.

3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-For this week's words, you will be creating a 3-2-1. Here are the instructions again:

Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (meaning you will be writing 10 sentences)

4. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. Today we have a new Halloween themed game. Give it a shot and let me know what you think.

When you have finished, play some of our older games.

Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

5. NC Write-Head to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Halloween.' Your story should be at least 300 words and must begin with the sentence "It was a dark and stormy night..."

6. Halloween Websites-Head over and check out the following Halloween themed websites. They are silly but fun!

Online pumpkin carving

Halloween facts and tidbits

Jack-o-Lantern carvings

Halloween Hangman

7. Short Story-Let's start our short story for the week. It is called The Lottery. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?

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

What is your all-time favorite Halloween costume? Why is it your favorite? Fully explain your answers.

9. Origins of Halloween-Part of truly understanding something is learning about its history. The more we know about something, the better we can appreciate it. With that in mind, we are going to be researching the origins of things associated with Halloween. You have 2 days to complete this. Complete this assignment on a blank piece of paper. You are to research the origins of the following:

-Halloween-research the holiday itself. When did it start? Where did it start? Why did it start?
-Jack-o-Lanterns-What is the origin of the Jack-o-Lantern? Why are they made from pumpkins?
-Costumes-Why do kids dress in costumes on Halloween? When and where did this tradition start?
-Candy-For this one, you need to pick your all-time favorite candy and research its origin.

You are to put the findings of your research into a Google doc titled "Halloween Origins" and share it with Mr. Norman.

10/29 Wednesday

1. Halloween Vocabulary-Here are your special Halloween Vocabulary Words! Take about 10 minutes to really get to know them.

2. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-For this week's words, you will be creating a 3-2-1. Here are the instructions again:

Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (meaning you will be writing 10 sentences)

3. Short Story-Let's start our short story for the week. It is called The Lottery. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?


4. NC Write-Head to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Halloween.' Your story should be at least 300 words and must begin with the sentence "It was a dark and stormy night..."

5. Age of Discovery Information Sheet-Read the Age of Discovery information sheet. Read pages 1-15 and answer (on a blank sheet of paper) the questions included on the information sheet.

10/28 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up Creative Writing-Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story in your Language Arts Google doc about the picture. Be creative.




2. Halloween Vocabulary-Here are your special Halloween Vocabulary Words! Take about 10 minutes to really get to know them.

3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-For this week's words, you will be creating a 3-2-1. Here are the instructions again:

Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (meaning you will be writing 10 sentences)

4. Catch-Up Day-Today we will be using our time to catch-up on our work before the end of the first nine weeks

You Should:

-Check your google docs to make sure nothing is missing

-Make sure you have worked on all three Learning Farm tasks

-Make sure you are not missing any NC Write prompts

-Check Powerschool Gradebook and make sure you are not missing anything

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5. Short Story-Let's start our short story for the week. It is called The Lottery. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?

6. NC Write-Head to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Halloween.' Your story should be at least 300 words and must begin with the sentence "It was a dark and stormy night..."

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

What did you eat yesterday? Make a list of everything you had.

8. Columbian Exchange-We will begin discussing the Columbian Exchange and the impact it had on the entire world. Look at this chart which details some of the items involved in the Exchange. When you have finished looking at the chart, review the following picture detailing the Exchange. Does anything surprise you?

10/24 Friday

1. Warm-Up-Free Rice Friday.

2. Act-it-Out-Let the insanity begin!

3. Scope-Let's get to our article.

4. Learning Farm-Use this time to continue to work on Learning Farm. Try to bring those scores up.

5. Explorer's Map-Today you are going to continue working on a map which will trace the routes and give the reasons for exploration of 6 different explorers. These maps will need to be bright, colorful, and detailed!

Your map should include:
-Explorer's name
-Country they came from
-Route they took
-Years of their expedition
-Reason for expedition

List of Explorers (choose 6)
-Christopher Columbus
-Sir Francis Drake
-Hernando DeSoto
-Ferdinand Magellan
-Hernando Cortes
-Juan Ponce DeLeon
-Sir Walter Raleigh
-Henry Hudson
-Vasco da Gama
-Vasco de Balboa

10/23 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:

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer

-Was the article informative? Explain your answer

-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. Summary-Let's take a minute to review our notes form yesterday. We will also check the notes you guys took from the videos.

3. SWBS-Today we are going to practice using a SWBS chart to help us summarize texts we have read.

4. Movie Summary-You are going to use your SWBS chart to summarize your favorite movie.

5. Learning Farm-Practice your summarizing skills.

6. Scope-We will begin our article.

7. Explorer's Map-Today you are going to continue working on a map which will trace the routes and give the reasons for exploration of 6 different explorers. These maps will need to be bright, colorful, and detailed!

Your map should include:
-Explorer's name
-Country they came from
-Route they took
-Years of their expedition
-Reason for expedition

List of Explorers (choose 6)
-Christopher Columbus
-Sir Francis Drake
-Hernando DeSoto
-Ferdinand Magellan
-Hernando Cortes
-Juan Ponce DeLeon
-Sir Walter Raleigh
-Henry Hudson
-Vasco da Gama
-Vasco de Balboa

10/22 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. NEW GAME ALERT! We have a new game that I want everyone to try. It's called Sentence Unscramble. (Make sure your volume is turned down!)

When you have finished, play some of our older games.

Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast

2. Homework Review-We will use this time to review last night's homework. 

3. Summary-Today we will be beginning our unit on summarizing.

4. 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!):

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

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

5. Scope-Let's get going on our new Scope article.

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

How well can you read a map? Have you ever had to use a map to find something? Explain your answers.

7. Explorer's Map-Today you are going to continue working on a map which will trace the routes and give the reasons for exploration of 6 different explorers. These maps will need to be bright, colorful, and detailed!

Your map should include:
-Explorer's name
-Country they came from
-Route they took
-Years of their expedition
-Reason for expedition

List of Explorers (choose 6)
-Christopher Columbus
-Sir Francis Drake
-Hernando DeSoto
-Ferdinand Magellan
-Hernando Cortes
-Juan Ponce DeLeon
-Sir Walter Raleigh
-Henry Hudson
-Vasco da Gama
-Vasco de Balboa