12/19 Friday

1. 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.

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
-Hannah wishes you a Merry Christmas!

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

12/17 Thursday

1.Fitbrains- Head back over to FitBrains and see what new games are available. A fit brain is a happy brain!

2. 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.

-If you were to rename this article, what name would you choose and why?

3. Gift of the Magi-Now that we have finished our story, head over to your ELA Google doc and answer the following questions:

a. How would the story have been different if the setting had been changed? Think of a different setting and explain what would have been different.

b. Was the ending of the story a happy or sad ending? Make sure to fully explain your answers.

c. If you could write a next chapter to the story, what would it be?

4. 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.

5. 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?

6. 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

12/16 Wednesday

1. Game Time- Game time!

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

2.Fitbrains- Head back over to FitBrains and see what new games are available. (Hopefully you can remember your log-ins)

3. Weekly Vocab-Work on that vocab.

4. Gift of the Magi-Let's finish our story. 

5. 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.

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

What is something that you have always wondered about slavery but have never asked?

12/15 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. 5x5x5-Keep working on your weekly vocabulary assignment. Here again are the directions.

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

3. Setting-Let's review our setting worksheet.

4. Gift of The Magi-You will finish our Christmas short story, The Gift of the Magi.

5. Gift of the Magi Questions-Head to this site and answer the questions from your 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.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.

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

12/14 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. 5x5x5-Since there are only 5 words this week, it makes perfect sense to do a 5x5x5. Here again are the directions.

*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.

4. Setting-It is time again to test our skills at finding setting.

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. Gift of the Magi-You will begin reading our Christmas short story, The Gift of the Magi.

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. Middle Passaage-We will now go over your reading passage and the questions you created.

12/11 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice Friday.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Use this time to finish your words.

3. Setting-Let's go over our setting worksheets.

4. Red Literature-Use this time to finish your story and questions from yesterday.

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. 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.

12/10 Wednesday

1. Game Time- Let's start this morning right! It's game time!

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

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take about 10 minutes to work on your vocab.

3. Antonym Review-We will review the worksheet from yesterday. 

4. Setting-Let's also review our setting worksheet.

5. Red Literature-Use this time to finish your story and questions from yesterday.

6. 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.

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?

12/9 Wednesday

As you can see, I am out sick today! This does not mean that I expect anything less from you. I have instructed the sub to write down the names of any student who does not perform as expected. If your name is written down, expect consequences! 

ELA

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.

-If you were to rename this article, what name would you choose and why?

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Keep working on your 3-2-1s. Work on these for 20 minutes. 

3. Antonyms-Let's see how well we know antonyms. Grab a worksheet from the sub. When you have finished, turn in to the sub. 

4. Red Literature Book-Today we are starting our new story. You are to read the story "Strong Men Weep" on pages 26-31. When you finish reading, answer all 10 questions on page 32 in your Textbook Google doc.

SOCIAL STUDIES

5. 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?

8. Triangle Trade- Go to the following website and wait for my instructions.

9. 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

MAKE SURE TO TURN THESE IN WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED!!!!!

Enrichment-Head over to Readtheory and get to reading. I will be checking from home to make sure you are working. The sub will have your passwords. 

12/8 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-This week we are going to mix it up a bit. Here is a link to Quizlet's 100 words every middle school student should know. Go to the site and pick 10 words (make sure they are not ones we have used before.) This will be your vocabulary list for the week.

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 Literature-Grab a copy of the Red Literature book and await further instructions.

5. Setting-If you have not done so, head over to Learning Farm and keep working til you get a medal on Setting. 

6. FreeRead-If you have your medal get out your book and read quietly.

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

9. 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.

12/7 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 are going to mix it up a bit. Here is a link to Quizlet's 100 words every middle school student should know. Go to the site and pick 10 words (make sure they are not ones we have used before.) This will be your vocabulary list for the week.

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. Setting-We are going to finish up working on Setting on Learning Farm.

5. Red Literature-Grab a copy of the Red Literature book and await further instructions. 

12/4 Friday

1. Joy Journal-This is something new we are going to try to do at least once a month. In your ELA Google doc, I want you to list 10 things that you are either thankful for or that make you happy. Make sure you fully explain your answers.

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

3. Vocab Quiz-Mr. Norman is a man of his word, and just like he promised...it's quiz time!

4. Setting-Holy smokes will we ever talk about setting??????

5. 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?

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.

GEEEEKKKK

12/3 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.

-If you were to rename this article, what name would you choose and why?

2. 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:

3. Finish-Up-We will use this time to work on either our NC Write and/or our Textbook questions. 

4. Setting-Let's look at setting!

5. 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?

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.

12/2 Wednesday

1. Game Time- We have a new game! The new game is called Storyman. I will show you how it works.

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

2. 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?

3. 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.

12/1 Tuesday

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

2. 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:

3. Red Literature Book-Grab your book, and turn back to page 19. We are going to go over our questions.

4. NC Write-Use this time to finish your Thanksgiving themed NC Write prompt.

5. FreeRead-I am ready to get back to my book, so let's read!

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. 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.

11/30 Monday

Thanksgiving is over.....but Christmas is closer than ever!!!!

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. Red Literature Book-Grab your book, and turn to page 19. We will continue looking at theme and identity.

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

8. 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.

11/24 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. Thanksgiving Quiz-How well do you know Thanksgiving? Take this Thanksgiving Quiz and find out...

5. NC Write-Keep working on your Perfect Thanksgiving 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. Thanksgiving-Be thankful that you are not these creatures! 

11/23 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. 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.

3. Red Literature Book-Grab your book, and turn to page 19. We will continue looking at theme and identity.

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

5. FreeRead-Let's get reading!

6. 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?

7. JFK-Sunday was the 52nd 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?


8. 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.

11/20 Friday

1. Warm-Up-Free Rice...Free Rice....Free Rice

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.

-"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."

3 Red Literature Book-Grab your book, and turn to page 19. We will continue looking at theme and identity.

4 Create-A-Quiz-Since it is impossible for Mr. Norman to make a vocab. quiz this week, you will make your own. Using all 7 of your words, create a vocabulary quiz. You should have 3 multiple choice, 3 true or false, and 1 fill in the blank. 

5. NC Write-Finish working on your UNC Wilmington 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. 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.

8. Columbian Exchange-We are going to again discuss this important event in history.



GEEK

11/19 Thursday

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. 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.

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

4. 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.

-If you were to rename this article, what name would you choose and why?

5. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and began working on the prompt titled "UNC Wilmington." Make sure to fully answer the questions and your essay should be at least 1 million 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. 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.

11/17 Tuesday

1. 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 exciting.

2. 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. Library-We are going to head to the library and not leave until we have awesome books!

4. FreeRead-Grab your Reading Notebooks, your books, and a comfortable spot. It is time to read.

5. 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?

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. You may use this link to help answer your question.

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.

11/16 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. Setting-We are going to begin looking at Setting.

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. 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?

11/13 Friday

1. Warm-Up-Free Rice...Free Rice....Free Rice

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

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

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. Scope-We are going to start our newest Scope article.

4. FreeRead-Grab your book and relax!

5. 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?

6. Columbus Timeline-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 on a blank piece of paper. Make sure you answer every part of the question.

11/12 Thursday

1. Game Time- It's that time!

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

2. 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.

-If you were to rename this article, what name would you choose and why?

3. Scope-We are going to start our newest Scope article. 

4. FreeRead-Grab your book and relax!

5. 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?

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. Columbus Timeline-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 on a blank piece of paper. Make sure you answer every part of the question. 

11/10 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-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. Red Literature Book-We are now going to finish our short story.

4. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and continue working on the prompt titled "Who Am I?". Your essay should be at least 128 words long.

5.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?

6. 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/


REMEDIATION: Read and Respond - Scan through these interesting short articles and leave a detailed comment in an email titled "Read and Respond 11/9." You should comment on each story, and your comments should be detailed and well thought out.
Eating Money
Roll Cloud Roll
Spiders in the Trees

11/9 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. Red Literature Book-Open your Textbook Google doc, grab a red literature book and stand by.

4. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and begin working on the prompt titled "Who Am I?". Your essay should be at least 128 words long.

5.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?

6. 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/


REMEDIATION: Read and Respond - Scan through these interesting short articles and leave a detailed comment in an email titled "Read and Respond 11/9." You should comment on each story, and your comments should be detailed and well thought out.
Eating Money
Roll Cloud Roll
Spiders in the Trees

11/6 Friday

1. Warm-Up-Free Rice...Free Rice....Free Rice

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-Head over to NC Write and begin working on the prompt titled "Who Am I?". Your essay should be at least 128 words long.

5.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?

6. 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/

11/ 5 Thursday

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. Grammar Fixer-Upper- Please read the following paragraph. It contains many grammar and spelling errors. On a blank piece of paper, rewrite the paragraph. Make sure you fix ALL the grammar and spelling errors.
The RiverTowne Players is starting a Young Actors Academy to their Rising Stars Youh Program? The Academy will offerrr an after-school class that will Train children ages 5 to 15 in musical theater. for three hours each Monday — 5 to 8 p.m. — there will be instruction in acting, dance and voice. The first semester begins Monday, with classes continuing through Decemdber 10. a showcase performance is set for the end of the semester, which will include all the participants of the academy? The fee is $25 per, weekly, session. The classes will be held in RiverTowne’s performing arts home, the historic Masonic Theatre on hancock Street.

3. Game Time-Let'splay some games.

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

4. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and begin working on the prompt titled "Who Am I?". Your essay should be at least 128 words long.

5.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?

6. 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/

11/4 Wednesday

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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.

BEATS!!!!!

11/3 Tuesday

1. 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?

2. 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?

11/2 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 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. Theme-Tomorrow we will begin our Benchmarks. Today...we review! First up, theme!

5. MobyMax-Head over to MobyMax and work on Reading Skills Informational.



6. The Inquisition-Today we will look at one of the worst aspects of the Reformation, 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.