4/30 Thursday

People of the Industrial Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from the Industrial Revolution .You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the Industrial Revolution?

5. What are 3 interesting facts about this person


John D. Rockefeller

4/29 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's game time!

Switchword
Word Confusion
Joy Words
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

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

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to work on your Word Boxes.

4. People of the Industrial Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from the Industrial Revolution .You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the Industrial Revolution?

5. What are 3 interesting facts about this person

Andrew Carnegie 

4/28

1. People of the Industrial Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from the Industrial Revolution .You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the Industrial Revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person

Robert Fulton

4/27 Monday

As you can see, I am not here today. Work from the blog and BEHAVE!!! I will be back tomorrow.

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 newest vocab. words.

3. Vocabulary Word Boxes- This week you will be using all 7 of your vocab. words to create 7 Word Boxes. In case you forgot, here are the directions:

 

4. Inference Worksheet-You have one more inference worksheet to do!

5. NC Write-You have a new NC Write prompt you need to start on. The prompt is titled "Free Write 4/27"

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

Do you think that the Industrial Revolution was a good or bad thing? Be sure to fully explain your answers.
7. People of the Industrial Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from the Industrial Revolution .You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the Industrial Revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person


 George Stephenson

 

 

8. Reading Passage-Take this time to quietly work on the assigned reading passage.

REMEDIATION-Use this time to finish anything which you may not have finished during the day.

4/24 Friday

1. . Free Rice- Free Rice time again!

2. Inference Game-It's back!!! Take a few minutes to play some Inference Battleship

3. Inference-Let's practice. 

4. Class Novel-Let's see what the gang is up to!

5. Scope-One more worksheet from our Smartphone article

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

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

7. People of the Industrial Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from the Industrial Revolution .You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the Industrial Revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is:


George Stephenson

4/23 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:

-What was the topic of the article?

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

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

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

2. Inference-We will review our inference passages from yesterday.

3. Class Novel-We will go over our questions from the day before and read more of our novel. 

4. Scope-We will continue to work on our smart phone article.

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

Do you think that the Industrial Revolution was a good or bad thing? Be sure to fully explain your answers.
6. People of the Industrial Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from the Industrial Revolution .You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the Industrial Revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is:

George Stephenson

4/22 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's game time!
Switchword
Word Confusion
Joy Words
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

Before we move on, we are going to play a new Inference Game

2. Inference-We are going to take some time and work on a inference worksheet.

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

4. Scope-We will continue to work on our smart phone article.

5. Industrial Revolution-Today we will continue our unit on the Industrial Revolution.

6. Weekly Project-For your weekly project, you will work in groups of 3 or 4. Each group will be assigned a different aspect of the Industrial Revolution. They will research and use a Google slide presentation to answer a series of questions about their assignment.

4/21 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 mysterious.

2. Book Fair- We are going to head down the the Book Fair. Make sure you behave!

3. Class Novel-Today we will be starting our next class novel. Before we start, you need to create and share a Google doc named Outsiders-Last name (ex. Outsiders-Norman.) This is where you will put all of your Outsiders work.

4. Inference-Let's practice!

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?

4/20 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. Inference-Today we will be beginning our end of year review. First up, Inference. 

3. Inference Activity-Head over to this website and get to work. This should be a good test of your inferencing skills!

4. Scope-We will start our newest Scope article.

5. Class Novel-Today we will be starting our next class novel.

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 Social Studies Google doc.

We are beginning a unit on the Industrial Revolution. What do you think the Industrial Revolution refers to?

8. Industrial Revolution-Today we will begin our unit on the Industrial Revolution.

9. Weekly Project-For your weekly project, you will work in groups of 3 or 4. Each group will be assigned a different aspect of the Industrial Revolution. They will research and use a Google slide presentation to answer a series of questions about their assignment. 

4/17 Friday

1. Free Rice- Free Rice time again!

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to finish your 7x7x7s and/or study.

3. Common Assessment-We will begin going over our common assessment.

4. Class Novel-Salva and Nya were the two main characters in our book. While they shared some similarities, they were also very different. Using a blank piece of paper, you will create a Venn Diagram to show Salva and Nya's similarities and differences.

5. NC Write-Continue working on our newest prompt. The prompt is titled "Tracking Your Whereabouts". Your essay should be at least 176 words.

6. French Revolution-Let's wrap up that crazy French Revolution!

REMEDIATION-Head back to this website and relax

4/16 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?

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

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

2. Scope-We are going to do an activity from our newest story.

3. Common Assessment-We will begin going over our common assessment.

4. Class Novel-Salva and Nya were the two main characters in our book. While they shared some similarities, they were also very different. Using a blank piece of paper, you will create a Venn Diagram to show Salva and Nya's similarities and differences.

5. French Revolution-We will be finishing up our latest unit.

6. People of the Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from both the American and French Revolutions.You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. Which revolution was this person involved with?

5. What was their importance to the revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is: Pierre Toussaint l'Ouverture

4/15 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's game time! NEW GAME ALERT!!!! Take about 5 minutes and try out our new game, Switchword.

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

2. NC Write-You begin a new NC Write prompt today. The prompt is titled "Tracking Your Whereabouts". Your essay should be at least 176 words.

3. French Revolution-We will hopefully finish up our notes today.

4. French Revolution Assignment-You will be given a French Revolution assignment.

4/14 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 scary!

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

3. Text Structure-We will review and then do a text structure activity.

4. Scope-Today we are going to begin our next Scope story. 

5. Class Novel-Salva and Nya were the two main characters in our book. While they shared some similarities, they were also very different. Using a blank piece of paper, you will create a Venn Diagram to show Salva and Nya's similarities and differences. 

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

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

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

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

6. At least 1 illustration

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

7. French Revolution-We will try to finish up our notes today. 

4/14 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. ELA Warm-up Writing-In your Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Be sure to provide details and use complete sentences.

What are 5 memorable things that happened during your Easter Break? These do not have to be all good things. Give me your list and explain what made them memorable.

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Today we will doing our first vocabulary set from our next class novel. Here are your words. Take a few minutes to look them over.

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. Text Structure-Today we will be beginning our unit on Text Structures. You will need to take notes!

6. French Revolution-Today we will review and take new notes on the French Revolution.

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

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

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

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

6. At least 1 illustration

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

HERE

4/2 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?

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

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

2. Class Novel-Let's finish our book. I can't wait to see what happens!

3. Origins of Easter-We are going to use the following links to learn more about the origins of Easter. Once you have visited each link, send me an email titled, "Easter" and list 15 facts you learned from the sites.
Easter Link
Easter Link 2
Easter Link 3

4. Create-a-Wordsearch-Using the graph paper I give you, you need to pick 10 words related to Easter and create a wordsearch.

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?

5. People of the Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from both the American and French Revolutions.You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. Which revolution was this person involved with?

5. What was their importance to the revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is:

Charlotte Corday

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

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

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

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

6. At least 1 illustration

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

4/1 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's time to play our games! 

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

2. NC Write-Continue working on your Alien Encounters prompt from last week.

3. French Revolution-Let's get back to the Revolution!

4. 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?

5. People of the Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from both the American and French Revolutions.You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. Which revolution was this person involved with?

5. What was their importance to the revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is:

Jean-Paul Marat

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

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

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

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

6. At least 1 illustration

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

Enrichment Scavenger Hunt-Use the internet for correct answers (spelling counts) Put the questions and the answers on a blank sheet of paper. Remember to answer in complete sentences.

USE GOOGLE FOR YOUR SEARCHES...

On what date did the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico occur?
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
What are three synonyms for the word BIZARRE?
What is the capital of Egypt?
What is the largest mammal on Earth?
What are three antonyms for the word ANTIQUE?
Who discovered the cure for the disease polio?
Who is Mark David Chapman?
Who was Leif Erickson?
When, where, and why did the Titanic sink?
What are Greenhouse Gases?
Who created Superman?
Who was the 2nd man to walk on the Moon?