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

10/21 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing: Look at the following picture. In your Language Arts Google doc, write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative and try to include some of your weekly vocabulary words.

2. Act-it-Out-We are going to take about 10 minutes to work on our skits.

3. Scope-We are going to be starting a new article. But first, we are going to complete a pre-reading activity.

4. Main Idea-Let's do some main idea finding together.

5. NC Write-Let's take one more day to work on the "Who am I?" prompt.

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc.
How do you think the world would have been different if Columbus had not discovered America?

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

10/20 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 Words-Here are your new words. Take a few minutes to get familiar with them.

3. Act-it-Out-I may be crazy, but here we go!

4. Small Group-Get with your groups and work on a Main Idea activity.

5. NC Write-We will continue to work on the "Who am I" prompt from last week.

6. Columbus Journal-Head over to this link and follow along as we make our way through a timeline of Columbus's journey. Each section will contain a question which you will need to answer in a new Google doc titled "Columbus Journal." Copy and paste the question into your new Google doc, and then answer the question using complete sentences. Make sure you answer every part of the question. Make sure you date each post (use the date of that is on the timeline.)

7. Discovery of North America - Who really found North America first? Were people already living here? If so, where did they come from? On a blank piece of paper, write 3 facts from each website. That will be a total of 12 facts. Make sure your facts are in complete sentences.

To help answer those questions, please scan through these articles and web resources:
When Did People First Come to North America?
Step by Step Around the Globe
Ancient Migration: Coming to America
Coming to America: Who was First?

10/17 Friday

1. Warm-Up-Free Rice Friday. Today's goal.....3000!

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Finish those 7x7x7s.

3. NC Write-Finish up your "Who am I?" prompt.

http://www.thesaurus.com/

4. Learning Farm- Use this time to bring up those scores on the Main Idea assignment.

5. Scope-We are going to work on some worksheets from our volcano article.

6. Columbus Journal-Head over to this link and follow along as we make our way through a timeline of Columbus's journey. Each section will contain a question which you will need to answer in a new Google doc titled "Columbus Journal." Copy and paste the question into your new Google doc, and then answer the question using complete sentences. Make sure you answer every part of the question. Make sure you date each post (use the date of that is on the timeline.)

7. Discovery of North America - Who really found North America first? Were people already living here? If so, where did they come from? On a blank piece of paper, write 3 facts from each website. That will be a total of 12 facts.

To help answer those questions, please scan through these articles and web resources:
When Did People First Come to North America?
Step by Step Around the Globe
Ancient Migration: Coming to America
Coming to America: Who was First?

10/16/14 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 one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer

2. 7x7x7- Use this time to work on your weekly vocabulary assignment. If you are finished, you can study/and or play some Quizlet games.

3. Main Idea-Let's practice our main idea finding skills (and practice our close reading)

4. NC Write-Keep working on the newest prompt.

5. Scope-We are going to work on some worksheets from our volcano article.

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

What was the most interesting thing you learned about Columbus. Why was this one thing so interesting to you. 

7. Columbus Journal-Head over to this link and follow along as we make our way through a timeline of Columbus's journey. Each section will contain a question which you will need to answer in a new Google doc titled "Columbus Journal." Copy and paste the question into your new Google doc, and then answer the question using complete sentences. Make sure you answer every part of the question. Make sure you date each post (use the date of that is on the timeline.)

8. Discovery of North America - Who really found North America first? Were people already living here? If so, where did they come from? On a blank piece of paper, write 3 facts from each website. That will be a total of 12 facts.

To help answer those questions, please scan through these articles and web resources:
When Did People First Come to North America?
Step by Step Around the Globe
Ancient Migration: Coming to America
Coming to America: Who was First?

10/15 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games.

Popword. 

Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast

2.Weekly Vocabulary-Take a look at your new words. Once again, these are tone/mood words and are used by authors to set the feel of the story that they are writing.

3. 7x7x7-This week, we will be using our words to create a 7x7x7. 

*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. Scope-Let's Finish our story and do some activities.

5. Small Group-We are going to do some more Main Idea practice.

6. NC Write-Continue working on the "Who Am I" prompt.

7 Columbus Journal-Head over to this link and follow along as we make our way through a timeline of Columbus's journey. Each section will contain a question which you will need to answer in a new Google doc titled "Columbus Journal." Copy and paste the question into your new Google doc, and then answer the question using complete sentences. Make sure you answer every part of the question. Make sure you date each post (use the date of that is on the timeline.)

8. Columbus Videos-You are going to watch some Christopher Columbus videos. On a blank piece of paper, you are going to use our Close Reading grades to grade this videos (E, G, S, N, U). Make sure you fully explain why you gave each video the grade you did.

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

10/14 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing: Look at the following picture. In your Language Arts Google doc, write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative and try to include some of your weekly vocabulary words.






2.Weekly Vocabulary-Take a look at your new words. Once again, these are tone/mood words and are used by authors to set the feel of the story that they are writing.

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. 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. Small Group-Get with your small groups and complete a main idea assignment.

5. Scope-We will hopefully begin our next Scope article. 

6. NC Write-Continue working on the "Who Am I" prompt. 

7. Social Studies Warm-Up- First, go to this link  and read Christopher Columbus's quote about the natives he encountered. Next, answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc.

Now that we know more about the real story of Columbus, do you think he was more of a hero or a villain? Fully explain your answers. 

8. Columbus Day-Head over to this link and follow along as we make our way through a timeline of Columbus's journey. Each section will contain a question which you will need to answer in a new Google doc titled "Columbus Journal." Copy and paste the question into your new Google doc, and then answer the question using complete sentences. Make sure you answer every part of the question. Make sure you date each post (use the date of that is on the timeline.)

9. Columbus Quiz-Head over to this site and read the 10 things you may not know about Columbus. Afterwards, you are to use the site to create a 15 question true or false quiz about the information found on the site. Make sure your questions are in complete sentences and make sure to include an answer key. 

10/13 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 look at your new words. Once again, these are tone/mood words and are used by authors to set the feel of the story that they are writing.

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. 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.

3. Main Idea-We are going to do some more practice on finding Main Idea.

4. Scope Magazine-What will this week's article be about?

5. NC Write-Begin working on the prompt titled "Who am I?" Your essay should be at least 115 words. 

6. Columbus Day-Head over to this link and follow along as we make our way through a timeline of Columbus's journey. Each section will contain a question which you will need to answer in a new Google doc titled "Columbus Journal." Copy and paste the question into your new Google doc, and then answer the question using complete sentences. Make sure you answer every part of the question. Make sure you date each post (use the date of that is on the timeline.)

10/10 Friday

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

2. 3-2-1-Take this time to finish those 3-2-1s. If you are finished, study those words and/or play space race or scatter.



3. ?????-What does the fortune teller see in her crystal ball? Is it a vocabulary quiz????

https://testmoz.com/369865

4. Main Idea-We are going to practice our Main Idea finding skills.

5. Scope-We are wrapping up our look at Lauren's story with a quick quiz.

6. NC Write-Last chance to make those scores as awesome as possible.

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

What is the furthest you have ever traveled? Where did you go? How long did it take? Explain your answers and be sure to answer in complete sentences.

Now, head over to Google Maps and see how long the trip you took was.

10/9 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 one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer

2. Scope Review-We are going to take a few minutes to review the Close Reading questions from yesterday.

3. Reading Passage-We are going to complete a quick reading passage and practice our close reading skills.

4. Scope Magazine-We are going to complete one last assignment on our article about Lauren. 

5. Free Reading-Take this time to read your books.

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

Do you think that it's right for explorers to come to another country and take stuff? What about the people that already live in these countries? How do you feel about them? Explain your answers.

7. Explorer's Map-Today you are going to start 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

10/8 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. We have a new game I want everyone to try. It is called Popword. Directions are below:
Play Popword by click-and-dragging across adjacent letters in the grid and releasing the mouse button when you have selected a word. Each successive selected letter must be directly next to the previously selected letter (either horizontally, vertically or diagonally).
If the word you have selected is a valid English word, the letters will 'pop' away and the letters above them will fall to take their place. You score points for each word you pop. Longer words score many more points than shorter words.

Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast

2.Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-Continue working on your weekly vocabulary assignment. Use all of your words to complete your 3-2-1 assignment. Here are the instructions:

Write each word 3 times
Write each definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

3. Central Idea-Let's take some notes.

4. Scope Magazine-Use the article from Scope Magazine to do a close reading activity.

5. NC Write-Bring up those scores!

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

Would you have liked to have gone on an expedition? Do you think it would have been fun to explore a whole new world? Explain your answers.

7. Motivations for Exploration-There were many different reasons why the explorers would risk their lives to travel to completely unknown worlds. You are going to check out the following websites. Using the information you gather from the websites, I want you to write on a blank sheet of paper 5 reasons why explorers were so eager to explore during the Age of Exploration. Also, write at least 10 facts that you learn from the websites.

Websites:
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-old-world-and-new-world.html#lesson

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/

http://theageofdiscovery.wikispaces.com/Reasons+for+Exploring+the+World

10/7 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-Here are your weekly vocabulary words. They are all tone/mood words that a writer might use to set the feel of a story.

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 definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

4. Scope Magazine-We are going to do an activity based on the article from Scope Magazine. 

5. NC Write- Continue working on your prompt titled "Schools: Year Round or Not?" Your essay should be at least 125 words.

6. 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?

7. 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.

10/6 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 your weekly vocabulary words. They are all tone/mood words that a writer might use to set the feel of a story.

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  definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

4. Scope Magazine-Let's get back to our article!

5. NC Write-Today we are starting a new prompt. We are going to complete the prompt titled "Schools: Year Round or Not?" Your essay should be at least 125 words. 

6. Social Studies-Grab your Social Studies notebook and let's talk about the Inquisition.

7. Torture in the Inquisition-Torture was a big part of the Inquisition. Go to myTorture in the Inquisition Google doc and read about the various techniques used for torture during the Inquisition. On a blank sheet of paper, you need to rank the torture methods by how painful you think they would be. For example, whichever technique you think would be most painful would be your number 1 and so on.

10/3 Friday

1. Warm-Up-Free Rice Friday. Today's goal.....3000!

2. Reading Passage-We are going to practice our close reading skills. First I will demonstrate on the board and then you guys will take over.

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Finish those crossword puzzles.

4. NC Write-We will go back to the "Favorite Room" prompt and see if we can bring our scores up anymore.

5. Reformation Reporter-A reporter's main job is to get answers to questions. You are going to spend the next few days researching the Reformation. You will then answer, on a blank sheet of paper, the following questions:

WHAT-What was the Reformation? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

WHO-Pick 4 important people from the Reformation. Tell me who they were and why they were important to the Reformation.

WHEN-Pick and explain at least 3 important dates from the Reformation. Explain why the dates you chose are important to the Reformation.

HOW-Explain in detail how the Reformation started. What happened before that led to this movement?

WHY-Why did this movement happen? Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

WHERE-What were some of the important locations of the Reformation?

6. This Day in History-Go to the following website and look over some of the things that happened on this date in history. Pick 5 things which you think are important and send me an email (Titled: Today in History) explaining why you chose the 5 events that you did. Remember to fully explain your answers.

10/2 Thursday

1. Would-You-Rather-This is something we will occasionally do. Answer all three of the following "would you rather" questions in your Language Arts Google Doc. Make sure to fully explain your answers.

Would You Rather . . .

1. Jump into a pool of marshmallows OR a pool of jello?

2. Have many friends, but none of them close friends OR have just one or two close friends?

2.Vocabulary Crossword-We are going to use our words to create a crossword puzzle. Remember to write your clues on the back of your paper. Your clues should be challenging but not impossible. Here is a reminder of what a crossword puzzle should look like.

3. Small Group-We are going to do some more work in our small groups. 

4. Scope Magazine-Let's get back to our article.

5. Article Activity-We are going to work on a worksheet that ties into our article. 

6. MobyMax- Head back to MobyMax and keep working on the Reading Skills portion.

7. Reformation Reporter-A reporter's main job is to get answers to questions. You are going to spend the next few days researching the Reformation. You will then answer, on a blank sheet of paper, the following questions:

WHAT-What was the Reformation? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

WHO-Pick 4 important people from the Reformation. Tell me who they were and why they were important to the Reformation.

WHEN-Pick and explain at least 3 important dates from the Reformation. Explain why the dates you chose are important to the Reformation.

HOW-Explain in detail how the Reformation started. What happened before that led to this movement?

WHY-Why did this movement happen? Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

WHERE-What were some of the important locations of the Reformation?

10/1 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Games, games, games!!!

Synonym Toast
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword

2.Vocabulary Crossword-We are going to use our words to create a crossword puzzle. Remember to write your clues on the back of your paper. Your clues should be challenging but not impossible. Here is a reminder of what a crossword puzzle should look like.

3. Small Group-We are going to get in our new small groups and work on making inferences.

4. Scope Magazine-We are going to start a class read with Scope Magazine.

5. MobyMax- Head back to MobyMax and keep working on the Reading Skills portion.

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

Without using your notes or the internet, explain (in your own words) what the Reformation was. Also, tell me if you think the Reformation was important or not. Be sure to use complete sentences. 

7. Reformation Reporter-A reporter's main job is to get answers to questions. You are going to spend the next few days researching the Reformation. You will then answer, on a blank sheet of paper, the following questions:

WHAT-What was the Reformation? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

WHO-Pick 4 important people from the Reformation. Tell me who they were and why they were important to the Reformation.

WHEN-Pick and explain at least 3 important dates from the Reformation. Explain why the dates you chose are important to the Reformation.

HOW-Explain in detail how the Reformation started. What happened before that led to this movement?

WHY-Why did this movement happen? Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

WHERE-What were some of the important locations of the Reformation?