3/31 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-Once again, your Weekly Vocabulary Words come from our class short story. Take a few minutes to look them over.

3. Vocabulary 3-2-1-Use all of your vocabulary words to complete a 3-2-1. Here are the directions:

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)

4. Text Structure-We will review text structures.

5. Text Structure Assignment-Let's see how well we know our structures.

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

Do you think that the Industrial Revolution was a good or bad thing? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

7. Industrial Revolution Inventions-Let's finish up those Industrial Revolution Invention emails. Here again are the directions:

Go to the following website and look at the Industrial Revolution invention timeline. Once you have looked at some of the inventions, send me an email (subject should be "IR-Inventions") and pick the five Industrial Revolution inventions you think are the most important. Be sure to explain why you think so and write in complete sentences!

3/27 Friday

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

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

-What was the article's main idea?

-What text structure did the article use?

Write a brief summary of the idea

3. Conflict-Let's see how well we remember our conflicts. 

4. NC Write-Go to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Indoor Fun or Outdoor Fun". Your essay should be at least 125 words.

5. MDG-Let's get back to reading our class story!

6. Industrial Revolution-Let's review some more.

3/27 Thursday

1. Games (Again?)-Once again we are going to take some time to play our games. Relax and enjoy
Joy Words!
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Reading Passage-We are going to take some time to complete a reading passage.

3. NC Write-Go to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Indoor Fun or Outdoor Fun". Your essay should be at least 125 words.

4. MDG-Let's get back to reading our class story!

5. Industrial Revolution-Let's review our notes

6. Industrial Revolution Timeline-Go to the following website and look at the Industrial Revolution  invention timeline. Once you have looked at some of the inventions, send me an email (subject should be "IR-Inventions") and pick the five Industrial Revolution inventions you think are the most important. Be sure to explain why you think so and write in complete sentences!

3/26 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Game Wednesday! Be sure to play our new game Joy Words!
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

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.

“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”

“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.”

“It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.”

3. Text Structure-Let's take a few minutes to review our Text Structure slides

4. Text Structure Assignment-Let's see how well we know our structures!

5. NC Write-Go to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Indoor Fun or Outdoor Fun". Your essay should be at least 125 words.

6. Industrial Revolution-Today we will continue looking at the Industrial Revolution.

7. Industrial Revolution Project-Keep working on your assignment.

3/25 Tuesday

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.

What are the 8 planets located in our solar system?

2. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative!
 The mood for your story should be creepy.

3. Text Structure-Today we will begin looking at the various ways a writer can structure a piece of writing and why they might do so. 

4. NC Write-Go to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Indoor Fun or Outdoor Fun". Your essay should be at least 125 words.

5. Most Dangerous Game-Let's get back to our story.

6. Industrial Revolution-Today we will continue looking at the Industrial Revolution.

7. Industrial Revolution Project-Keep working on your assignment.

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3/24 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. Conflict Review-Let's use this time to review conflict one more time.

3. NC Write-Go to NC Write and complete the prompt titled "Indoor Fun or Outdoor Fun". Your essay should be at least 125 words. 

4. Most Dangerous Game Predictions-We are going to look at some words and try to predict what they will mean for our new story.

5. Most Dangerous Game-Lets get started! First, go to the following website and create an account. 

6. French Revolution Review

7. Industrial Revolution-Today we will be beginning our Industrial Revolution Unit.

8. Industrial Revolution Assignment-You will be beginning a research project on different aspects of the Industrial Revolution. First, you need to go to the Thinglink website and set up an account.

3/21 Friday

1. Free Rice-Free Rice time! Let's learn and help people at the same time.

2. Conflict-We will review our slides and our worksheet from yesterday.

3. Conflict ID-You are to identify conflicts from a series of pictures. Good luck!

4. Weekly Vocabulary-In five minutes, we will be taking our vocab. quiz. Take this time to finish your 3-2-1s and/or study.

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5. Most Dangerous Game-Let's take a few minutes and get some background on our new story. 

6. French Revolution Warm-up

7. SAS Curriculum-Finish up work on your French Revolution timelines.


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3/20 Thursday

1. Would You Rather-In your Norman Language Arts Google Doc, answer the following would you rathers. Be sure to fully explain your answers.

SPEND A DAY ON A SUNNY BEACH OR A SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN?

BREAK UP WITH SOMEONE OR BE BROKEN UP WITH?

2. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman 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.

Also, create two E.O.G style questions about the article.

3. Conflict-We will finish covering conflict and do a quick exercise

4. Most Dangerous Game-Today we will look at some slides that will provide us with some background on our story.

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

What were the causes of the French Revolution? List and explain. 

6. SAS Curriculum-Today, you will be starting a SAS Curriculum  assignment.

3/19 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Game Wednesday! Let's all give a warm welcome back to Wordsearch!
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze. 
Eight Letter Game 
Wordsearch.
Knoword 
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. 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.

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”
- Albert Einstein

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination”
-Albert Einstein

3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-Keep working on those 3-2-1s. 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)

4. Conflict-Conflict is a major part of every fiction story. We will discuss conflict, and look at the various types.

5. Most Dangerous Game-Today we will look at some slides that will provide us with some background on our story.

6. Warm-Up Question-Go the following link and answer the following question. 

7. French Revolution-It has been awhile, so let's take this time to review.

8. SAS Curriculum-Today, you will be starting a SAS Curriculum French Revolution assignment. 

3/18 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. The mood for your story should be happy.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Work on your 3-2-1s.


3. 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)

4. Red Book-Keep working on the story from the red book. ("Rikki Tikki Tavi" on pages 789-801.) Finish working on your questions. They are due at the end of class.

5. NC Write-Continue working on your Choose a Special Power prompt. These are due at the end of class.

6. French Revolution Newspaper-Continue working on your newspapers.

7. Blue Book-Keep working on your assignment from the blue book. (Read about the religion of Islam on pages 170-189. When you have finished reading, answer all 10 questions on page 191.) Your questions are due at the end of class.

3/17 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-Once again our weekly words will come from our next story (which we will start soon, I promise!) Here are your words.


3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-Use all of your words to complete your 3-2-1 assignment. These will be due on Friday.
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)

4. Red Book-Grab a red literature book and read the story "Rikki Tikki Tavi" on pages 789-801. When you have finished, answer questions 1-10 (found on page 802) on a blank piece of paper. If you do not finish, work on the questions on Tuesday. 

5. NC Write-Continue working on your Choose a Special Power prompt. These will be due by the end of class Tuesday. 

6. French Revolution Newspaper-Continue working on your newspapers.

7. Blue Book-Grab a blue Eastern World book. Read about the religion of Islam on pages 170-189. When you have finished reading, answer all 10 questions on page 191. The questions will be due on Tuesday.

3/14 Friday

1. Free Rice-It's Friday so that means it is Free Rice time. Maybe Mr. Norman will hand out some Cane Bucks. Stick to vocabulary.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Your 7x7x7s are due in 10 minutes!

3. Point of View-Let's review!

4. Point of View Activity-You are going to write 2 sentences for each Point of View we have covered.

5. Most Dangerous Game-Soon we will be beginning our new story. First, let's take a few minutes to get acquainted with our story.

6. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words. Final version is due today!

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

Would you risk your life to fight for something that you really believed in?

8. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

9. French Revolution Newspaper-Take this time to work on your newspapers. They must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:

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Here
Here

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ST8QuQLuL6s2pMM3kq5jKSKQKy3GdNsoszH1VNkg_1E/edit#slide=id.g1cef66a84_033




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3/13 Thursday

1. Would You Rather-In your Norman Language Arts Google Doc, answer the following would you rathers. Be sure to fully explain your answers.

Live without music or live without TV?


Lose your legs or lose your arms?

2. Article Review-Read the following article . After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman 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.

Also, create two E.O.G style questions about the article.

3. Point of View-Let's review!

4. Point of View Activity-You are going to write 2 sentences for each Point of View we have covered.

5. Most Dangerous Game-Soon we will be beginning our new story. First, let's take a few minutes to get acquainted with our story.

6. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

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

Would you risk your lives to fight for something that you really believed in?

8. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

9. French Revolution Newspaper-Take this time to work on your newspapers. They must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:

Here
Here
Here

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ST8QuQLuL6s2pMM3kq5jKSKQKy3GdNsoszH1VNkg_1E/edit#slide=id.g1cef66a84_033

ENRICHMENT

Inferencing is a vital skill to increasing a readers overall comprehension. We are going to review the concept and then assess our inferencing ability using this website.

3/12 Wednesday

1. Wednesday Games-It's GAME TIME BABY!!!

Before and After.
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Common Assessment-We are going to take this time to work on a reading passage that should assess just how ready we are for the EOGs. Remember the talk with Mrs. Dunbar and let's knock this one out of the park!

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to work on your 7x7x7s.

4. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

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

What were some of the causes of the French Revolution? Be sure to explain your answers.

6. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

7. French Revolution Newspaper-Take this time to work on your newspapers. They must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:

Here
Here
Here

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ST8QuQLuL6s2pMM3kq5jKSKQKy3GdNsoszH1VNkg_1E/edit#slide=id.g1cef66a84_033

3/11 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. The mood for your story should be sad. 

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to work on those 7x7x7s. Remember, these are your 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.

3. Point-of-View-We have spent the last few classes discussing point of view. Let's see how well you were paying attention.

4. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

5. Most Dangerous Game-Soon we will be beginning our new story. First, let's take a few minutes to get acquainted with our story.

6. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

7. French Revolution Newspaper-Take this time to work on your newspapers. They must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:

Here
Here
Here

3/10 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-This week we will be starting our new short story. All of our weekly vocabulary words will come from the story. 

3. 7x7x7-This week, we will be using our words to create a 7x7x7. This works just like 5x5x5 except you use two more words. There are 8 words, but you only have to do 7. 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.

4. Point of View Exercise-Let's see how well we know our points of view!

5. Most Dangerous Game-Next week we will be beginning our new story. First, let's take a few minutes to get acquainted with our story.

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

How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

7. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

8. French Revolution Facts
You are to use  using  the following websites to create a French Revolution Fact Sheet. Your sheet should contain 15 facts.

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3/7 Friday

1. Free Rice-It's Friday so that means it is Free Rice time. Maybe Mr. Norman will hand out some Cane Bucks. Today, pick your own category!

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Your word boxes are due in 10 minutes!

3. Point of View-We will take this time to review our slides from earlier in the week.

4. Point of View Exercise-Let's see how well we know our points of view!

5. Most Dangerous Game-Next week we will be beginning our new story. First, let's take a few minutes to get acquainted with our story. 

6. Outsiders Sequels-These are due at the end of class.

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7. French Revolution- We will continue looking at the French Revolution

8. French Revolution Newspaper-Take this time to work on your newspapers. They must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

3/6 Thursday

1. Would You Rather-In your Norman Language Arts Google Doc, answer the following would you rathers. Be sure to fully explain your answers.

Would you rather be stranded on an island alone or with someone you dislike?

Would you rather have lunch for two hours with your friends everyday or get an hour for silent nap time everyday?

2. Article Review-Read the following article.  After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman 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.

Also, create two E.O.G style questions about the article.

3. Vocabulary Word Boxes- Keep working on your word boxes. In case you forgot, here are the directions:

4. Point of View-We will take this time to review our slides from yesterday.

5. Point of View Exercise-Let's see how well we know our points of view!

6. Outsiders Sequels-I moved the due date for your sequels to Friday. Take this time to work on them.

7. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

8. French Revolution-Now that we have learned a little bit about the American Revolution, let's look at the French.

9. French Revolution Newspaper-It's time for you guys to show the power of the press! You are to create a newspaper front page about the French Revolution. It must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

3/5 Wednesday

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. The mood for your story should be SCARY!

2. Vocabulary Word Boxes- Keep working on your word boxes.  In case you forgot, here are the directions:

3. Point of View-We will take this time to review our slides from yesterday.

4. Point of View Exercise-Let's see how well we know our points of view!

5. Outsiders Sequels-I'm starting to get really excited about these sequels!

6. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled "Choose a Special Power." Your essay should be at least 150 words.

7. American Revolution-Let's review!

8. French Revolution-Soon we are going to begin working on a French Revolution newspaper, but first we need to get some background information. Watch the following video. Make sure you take GOOD NOTES! There will be a quiz on the info contained in the video.

3/3 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-Here are the 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. Point of View-Today we are going to start looking at the different points of view found in literature.

5. Poetry Review-How did we do the second time around on our poetry benchmark? Let's find out.

6. Outsider's Sequels-Take this time to work on your sequels. Remember, they are due on Thursday. 

7. Revolutions-We are going to take this time to look at the American and French Revolutions.

8. French Revolution-Soon we are going to begin working on a French Revolution newspaper, but first we need to get some background information. Watch the following video. Make sure you take GOOD NOTES! There will be a quiz on the info contained in the video.