1/29 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

-Create one E.O.G style question about the article.

2. Class Novel-Let's get back to our novel.

3. Coach Lesson 1-Continue working on your first lesson from the coach workbook

4. Benchmark Review-Let's begin reviewing our passages from the benchmark. 

5. Reading Time-Use the rest of class to quietly read from your library books.

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

WHAT-What was the Age of Enlightenment? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

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

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

HOW-Explain in detail how the Enlightenment 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 Enlightenment?

7. Age of Enlightenment Timeline-You are to go this timeline and read about the events of the Age of Enlightenment. Once you have read the information, send me an email titled "Enlightenment Events". In the email list and explain in your own words 5 events that happened during the Age of Enlightenment.

1/28 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's game time! We have a new game this week. It is called Before and After. It is somewhat similar to Storyman but with more words. Give it a try before you play any other games.
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Coach Handout-Today we are going to start using some Coach Handbook lessons to increase our reading abilities. Our first lesson will be due next week. You will be given time in class to work on this, but you are also expected to work on this at home. It will be for a grade.

Head over to this website and play some games.

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

*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. NC Write-Work some on your newest prompt. 

5. Theme Worksheet-Time to practice our theme finding skill!

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

WHAT-What was the Age of Enlightenment? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

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

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

HOW-Explain in detail how the Enlightenment 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 Enlightenment?

7. Age of Enlightenment Timeline-You are to go this timeline and read about the events of the Age of Enlightenment. Once you have read the information, send me an email titled "Enlightenment Events". In the email list and explain in your own words 5 events that happened during the Age of Enlightenment.

1/27 Tuesday

1. Enlightenment Reporter-A reporter's main job is to get answers to questions. You are going to spend the next few days researching the Age of Enlightenment. You will then answer, on a blank sheet of paper, the following questions:
WHAT-What was the Age of Enlightenment? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

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

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

HOW-Explain in detail how the Enlightenment 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 Enlightenment?

2. Age of Enlightenment Timeline-You are to go this timeline and read about the events of the Age of Enlightenment. Once you have read the information, send me an email titled "Enlightenment Events". In the email list and explain in your own words 5 events that happened during the Age of Enlightenment.

1/26 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. Class Novel-Take this time to answer some questions from chapter 2 of our class novel.

3. Class Novel Reading-We are now going to silently read chapter 3 from A Long Walk to Water. As you read, make sure you are filling in your reader's notes on your chart.

4. Weekly Vocabulary-You are to pick 7 words from chapters 1-3 of A Long Walk to Water to be your weekly vocabulary words. Now you can't complain about the definitions being too long! Follow these steps:

a. Go to Quizlet.com and create an account.

b. Using your book, pick 7 challenging words which you think would make good vocabulary words. Make sure your words aren't too easy and are not ones we have already done.

c. On a piece of paper, make a list of your words.

d. Go back to Quizlet and use your words to create a set. (I will walk everyone through this).

e. Use your words to create your Weekly Vocabualry project.

5.7x7x7-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.

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
What do you think the word enlighten means? Why do you think so? How do you think this word might be used to describe a period of history?

7. Enlightenment-Today we are going to begin looking at the period in history referred to as "The Age of Enlightenment".

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

WHAT-What was the Age of Enlightenment? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

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

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

HOW-Explain in detail how the Enlightenment 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 Enlightenment?

1/23 Friday

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. Wordle-It's time again for us to express ourselves. Today we will be using word clouds to create a gallery of words all about you. Many web sites offer word clouds and let's try Wordle first.

Step 1: Go to Wordle

Step 2: Create your word cloud by typing in words that describe you. Do not use your last name anywhere in your Wordle. Be expressive! Press "GO" when finished.

Step 3: Save your wordle to the public gallery, but do not put your last name in the description.

Step 4: Copy (control-c) the embed code at the bottom of the page

Step 5: Paste (control-v) the embed code into an email you will send to me. Your email should have the title "Norman-Wordle"

3. Game Time-Let the games begin...
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword


4. Game Try-out-Take a few minutes to try some of the games on this website. When you are finished, send me an email titled "New Games 1/23" and tell me what your 3 favorite games from the site were.

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

What do you think the word enlighten means? Why do you think so? How do you think this word might be used to describe a period of history?


6. Enlightenment-Today we are going to begin looking at the period in history referred to as "The Age of Enlightenment".

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

WHAT-What was the Age of Enlightenment? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

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

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

HOW-Explain in detail how the Enlightenment 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 Enlightenment?

1/16 Friday

1. Weekly Vocabulary-Use this time to finish your 3-2-1s and/or study those words.

2. Vocabulary Quiz-Will we or won't we???? Let's find out together!

3. Class Novel-Let's get back to our book.

4. Reading Passage Review-We are going to look back at our passage from yesterday.

5. NC Write-Continue working on your newest prompt.

6. Scientific Revolution-Take this time to review your notes.

7. Scientific Revolution Illustrated Timeline-You are to create a Scientific Revolution illustrated timeline. Your timeline should have at least ten events, people, places, or inventions. I would start by doing research, then creating your timeline.

Rubric:
Grammar/Overall Neatness=25 points
Creativity=25 points
Research/Information provided=50 points

1/15 Thursday

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

-What was the topic of the article?

-What was the article's main idea? Supporting details?

-What was one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer

2. Reading Passage-It has been too long since we have had a reading passage!

3. NC Write-We are going to begin a new NC Write prompt today. Head over and begin work on the prompt titled "Snacks in the Cafeteria." Your essay should be at least 125 words.

4. Theme Review-Let's look review theme

5. Theme Worksheet-We are going to practice our theme finding skills.

6. Scientific Revolution Illustrated Timeline-You are to create a Scientific Revolution illustrated timeline. Your timeline should have at least ten events, people, places, or inventions. I would start by doing research, then creating your timeline.

Rubric:
Grammar/Overall Neatness=25 points
Creativity=25 points
Research/Information provided=50 points

1/14 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. Theme-Let's review! Then we'll find some themes together.

3. Theme Worksheet-We are going to practice our theme finding skills!

4. Class Novel-It's time to get back to our class novel.

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. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

Explain in your own words why the printing press was so important to the Scientific Revolution.

7. Scientific Revolution Illustrated Timeline-You are to create a Scientific Revolution illustrated timeline. Your timeline should have at least ten events, people, places, or inventions. I would start by doing research, then creating your timeline.


Rubric:
Grammar/Overall Neatness=25 points
Creativity=25 points
Research/Information provided=50 points

1/3 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 new vocabulary words for the week. Take a few minutes to look them over. We will discuss the words shortly.

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. Theme-This week we are going to be discussing Theme. Finding a story's theme is extremely important. Let's watch the following video on finding theme.

Now you need to visit the following websites on theme. The sites are Here,Here, and Here.
As you watch the video and search the sites you need to take notes on the best ways to find a story's theme. When you have finished, you are to send me an email titled THEME. In this email you are to use the information from the video and the websites to make a list of the 7 best ways to find a story's theme. Your email should contain complete sentences and you must fully explain each of your 7 ways of finding theme.

5. Class Novel-Let's get back to our novel

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

What do you think when you hear the word "revolution"? Explain in your own words what you think the word "revolution" means.

7. Scientific Revolution-Today we will begin our unit on the Scientific Revolution.

8.Scientific Revolution Illustrated Timeline-You are to create a Scientific Revolution illustrated timeline. Your timeline should have at least ten events, people, places, or inventions. I would start by doing research, then creating your timeline.

Rubric:
Grammar/Overall Neatness=25 points
Creativity=25 pointsResearch/Information provided=50 points


Game Try-out-Take a few minutes to try some of the games on this website. When you are finished, send me an email titled "New Games 1/13" and tell me what your 3 favorite games from the site were.

1/12 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 new vocabulary words for the week. Take a few minutes to look them over. We will discuss the words shortly.

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. Theme-We will be beginning a new unit. Our new unit will cover Theme. 

5. Class Novel-Let's get back to our class novel.

6. Global Trade Market-You have about ten minutes to get ready for the arrival of the King. Use this time to make any final adjustments to your presentation. 

1/9 Friday

1. Free Rice-Let's see if Free Rice will be more cooperative today!

2. Analyze the Quotes-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? How does this quote relate to you? Remember to write in complete sentences and to fully explain your answers.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them

No one can confidently say that he will be living tomorrow

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live

3. Class Novel-We are going to take this time to do some independent reading. Quietly reread chapter 1 of our novel. When you finish, add any new ideas you have to column 5 of your reader's notes.

4. Class Novel-Now let's work with our groups. 

5. NC Write-We will work more on our prompt.

6. Global Trade-Let's take this time to review our notes. 

7. Global Trade Market-This week we will be doing our Global Trade Unit. Here are the directions for your Social Studies Weekly Project:

The class will soon be visited by King Jeremy the First from the country of Normania. He is looking to enter into trade with another continent or empire. You and your group will research your assigned continent or empire and use props to represent the items which your area can trade. Your goal is to entice King Jeremy the First into entering into a trading partnership with your group. Every member of the group will speak, and the trade props must be explained. (Example-What is Silk, and why would King Jeremy need it?) Groups must have and present at least 4 trade items. King Jeremy likes to ask questions so BE PREPARED! 

Groups:
Mughal Empire
East Asia
Africa
Ottoman Empire

1/8 Thursday

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.

Where did the name January come from?

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

3. Analyze the Quotes-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? How does this quote relate to you? Remember to write in complete sentences and to fully explain your answers.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them

No one can confidently say that he will be living tomorrow

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live

4. Class Novel-We will continue with our class novel

5. NC Write-If we have any extra class time, we will use it to work on our newest prompt.

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 2 things which you think are important and send me an email (Titled: Today in History) explaining why you chose the 2 events that you did. Remember to fully explain your answers.

7. Global Trade-We will use this time to review our notes.

8. Global Trade Market-This week we will be doing our Global Trade Unit. Here are the directions for your Social Studies Weekly Project:
The class will soon be visited by King Jeremy the First from the country of Normania. He is looking to enter into trade with another continent or empire. You and your group will research your assigned continent or empire and use props to represent the items which your area can trade. Your goal is to entice King Jeremy the First into entering into a trading partnership with your group. Every member of the group will speak, and the trade props must be explained. (Example-What is Silk, and why would King Jeremy need it?) Groups must have and present at least 4 trade items. King Jeremy likes to ask questions so BE PREPARED!
Groups:
Mughal Empire
East Asia
Africa
Ottoman Empire

Rubric:
Research-25%
Presentation-25%
Creativity-25%
Cohesiveness of Group-25%

1/7 Wednesday

1. Game Time-We now have 8 games to choose from. Take this time to relax and have some Language Arts style fun! 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. Read and Respond - Scan through these interesting short articles and leave a detailed comment in an email titled "Read and Respond 1/7." 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

3. A Long Walk to Water-Let's begin our new class novel.

4. NC Write-Continue working on your NC Write prompt.

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-In your Norman Social Studies Google doc, respond to the following writing prompt:

What might be some good things that might result from trading with another country or empire? What might be some bad things that could occur? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

7. Global Trade Market-This week we will be doing our Global Trade Unit. Here are the directions for your Social Studies Weekly Project:
The class will soon be visited by King Jeremy the First from the country of Normania. He is looking to enter into trade with another continent or empire. You and your group will research your assigned continent or empire and use props to represent the items which your area can trade. Your goal is to entice King Jeremy the First into entering into a trading partnership with your group. Every member of the group will speak, and the trade props must be explained. (Example-What is Silk, and why would King Jeremy need it?) Groups must have and present at least 4 trade items. King Jeremy likes to ask questions so BE PREPARED!

Groups:
Mughal Empire
East Asia
Africa
Ottoman Empire

Rubric
Research-25%
Presentation-25%
Creativity-25%
Cohesiveness of Group-25%

1/6 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative!

2. Cover-Below is the cover to our new class book. A cover is a very good way to try and determine what a book may be about. Using the cover below, make a list on a blank sheet of paper of images and details you see on the cover. What do these images tell you about our book. Finally, based on the images and details on the cover, make predictions about our class book.

3. Inference Battleship-What is Inference Battleship? Let's find out!

4. Inference-Reading Passage time!

5. NC Write-Keep working on your 2014 Year in Review 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. Global Trade Market-This week we will be doing our Global Trade Unit. Here are the directions for your Social Studies Weekly Project:

The class will soon be visited by King Jeremy the First from the country of Normania. He is looking to enter into trade with another continent or empire. You and your group will research your assigned continent or empire and use props to represent the items which your area can trade. Your goal is to entice King Jeremy the First into entering into a trading partnership with your group. Every member of the group will speak, and the trade props must be explained. (Example-What is Silk, and why would King Jeremy need it?) Groups must have and present at least 4 trade items. King Jeremy likes to ask questions so BE PREPARED!

Groups:
Mughal Empire
East Asia
Africa
Ottoman Empire

Rubric
Research-25%
Presentation-25%
Creativity-25%
Cohesiveness of Group-25%

1/5 Monday

Welcome back! The Holiday was awesome, but it is time to re-focus and get back to work!

1. ELA Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your ELA Google doc:
A New Year's resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change for the better.
What are three New Year's resolutions you would consider making? Why did you select these resolutions? Do you think you would be able to keep these resolutions for the entire year? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

2. Book Recommendations- I want everyone in class to send me an email recommending 2 books that you have read and loved. You should give a brief description of each book and explain why you loved it so much. Send me you recommendations in an email titled "Last Name-Books" (ex. Norman-Books)

3. Holiday Break-On a sheet of paper, list the top ten things that happened over your Holiday Break. Make sure you write in complete sentences and provide LOTS! of details.

4. NC Write-You are to complete the NC Write prompt entitled 2014 Review. Your essay should be at least 150 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. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Remember to fully explain your answers.

What do you think the term "global trade" means? Explain your answer.

7. Global Trade Market-This week we will be doing our Global Trade Unit. Here are the directions for your Social Studies Weekly Project:

The class will soon be visited by King Jeremy the First from the country of Normania. He is looking to enter into trade with another continent or empire. You and your group will research your assigned continent or empire and use props to represent the items which your area can trade. Your goal is to entice King Jeremy the First into entering into a trading partnership with your group. Every member of the group will speak, and the trade props must be explained. (Example-What is Silk, and why would King Jeremy need it?) Groups must have and present at least 4 trade items. King Jeremy likes to ask questions so BE PREPARED!