1. Free Rice Friday-It's Friday....you know what to do! Free Rice time!
2. Class Work-Head over to Class Works and get to work.
3. Class Novel-Hopefully we will have some reading time.
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?
Friday, September 30, 2016
Thursday, September 29, 2016
9/29 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 today's article about?
-Was the article informative? Explain your answer
-What was one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer
2. Read Theory-Head over and start quizing!
3. Class Novel-Let's see what Nya and Salva are up to.
4. Inference-I INFER that you guys will do great!
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?
-What was today's article about?
-Was the article informative? Explain your answer
-What was one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer
2. Read Theory-Head over and start quizing!
3. Class Novel-Let's see what Nya and Salva are up to.
4. Inference-I INFER that you guys will do great!
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. BrainPOP-We are going to use BrainPOP to learn more about the Black Death.
7. People of the Middle Ages - You will be researching
various important figures from the Middle Ages.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 Middle Ages?
Today's person is: King John
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 Middle Ages?
Today's person is: King John
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
9/28 Wednesday
1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. Play at least one of our games.
NEW GAME ALERT. Our new is called Synonym Toast and I will show you how it's played.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
2. Class Novel-Let's keep going.
3. SQUASH-We will review SQUASH and use it on another reading passage.
4. Read-Let's have some quiet and relaxing reading time.
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?
NEW GAME ALERT. Our new is called Synonym Toast and I will show you how it's played.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
2. Class Novel-Let's keep going.
3. SQUASH-We will review SQUASH and use it on another reading passage.
4. Read-Let's have some quiet and relaxing reading time.
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. BrainPOP-We are going to use BrainPOP to learn more about the Black Death.
7. People of the Middle Ages - You will be researching
various important figures from the Middle Ages.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 Middle Ages?
Today's person is: King John
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 Middle Ages?
Today's person is: King John
Monday, September 26, 2016
9/27 Tuesday
1. Warm-Up Creative Writing-Look at the following picture.
Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative!
2. Class Novel-Let's get started.
3. SQUASH-We will review SQUASH and use it on another reading passage.
4. Learning Farm-Work on bringing those scores up!
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.
Have you ever heard of the Middle Ages? If you have, what do you know about it?If not, can you make an educated guess as to when it may have occurred.
7. Middle Ages-Today we will begin looking at the time period known as the Middle Ages.
2. Class Novel-Let's get started.
3. SQUASH-We will review SQUASH and use it on another reading passage.
4. Learning Farm-Work on bringing those scores up!
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?
Have you ever heard of the Middle Ages? If you have, what do you know about it?If not, can you make an educated guess as to when it may have occurred.
7. Middle Ages-Today we will begin looking at the time period known as the Middle Ages.
9/26 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. Learning Farm-Head to the site, get logged in and, get to farming!
3.S.Q.U.A.S.H. -What is S.Q.U.A.S.H.? Let's find out.
4. Class Novel-We are going to get started on 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.
Have you ever heard of the Middle Ages? If you have, what do you know about it?If not, can you make an educated guess as to when it may have occurred.
7. Middle Ages-Today we will begin looking at the time period known as the Middle Ages.
2. Learning Farm-Head to the site, get logged in and, get to farming!
3.S.Q.U.A.S.H. -What is S.Q.U.A.S.H.? Let's find out.
4. Class Novel-We are going to get started on 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?
Have you ever heard of the Middle Ages? If you have, what do you know about it?If not, can you make an educated guess as to when it may have occurred.
7. Middle Ages-Today we will begin looking at the time period known as the Middle Ages.
Friday, September 23, 2016
9/23 Friday
1. Free Rice Friday-It's Friday....you know what to do! Free Rice time!
2. Weekly Vocabulary-3-2-1s are due in 10 minutes. Then....it's quiz time!
3. Class Works-We have a new resource we will be using in class. It's called Class Works. We need to sign in and take our ELA assessment.
4. Inference Battleship-All hands on deck! It's time to play Inference Battleship
5. Inference-The stories might be crazy, but they are helping us get better at inferring. Let's continue to get better!
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 answer.
What was the most interesting thing you learned last year in Social Studies? Why was this so interesting to you? What is something you really would like to learn about this year?
3. Class Works-We have a new resource we will be using in class. It's called Class Works. We need to sign in and take our ELA assessment.
4. Inference Battleship-All hands on deck! It's time to play Inference Battleship
5. Inference-The stories might be crazy, but they are helping us get better at inferring. Let's continue to get better!
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 answer.
What was the most interesting thing you learned last year in Social Studies? Why was this so interesting to you? What is something you really would like to learn about this year?
9/23 Friday
1. Free Rice Friday-It's Friday....you know what to do! Free Rice time!
2. Weekly Vocabulary-3-2-1s are due in 10 minutes. Then....it's quiz time!
3. Class Works-We have a new resource we will be using in class. It's called Class Works. We need to sign in and take our ELA assessment.
4. Inference Battleship-All hands on deck! It's time to play Inference Battleship
5. Inference-The stories might be crazy, but they are helping us get better at inferring. Let's continue to get better!
3. Class Works-We have a new resource we will be using in class. It's called Class Works. We need to sign in and take our ELA assessment.
4. Inference Battleship-All hands on deck! It's time to play Inference Battleship
5. Inference-The stories might be crazy, but they are helping us get better at inferring. Let's continue to get better!
Thursday, September 22, 2016
9/22 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 today's article about?
-Was the article informative? Explain your answer
-What was one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer
2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to work on your 3-2-1.
3. Homecoming-Take a minute, head to this link, and cast your vote!
4. Class Works-We have a new resource we will be using in class. It's called Class Works. We need to sign in and take our ELA assessment.
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?
-What was today's article about?
-Was the article informative? Explain your answer
-What was one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer
3. Homecoming-Take a minute, head to this link, and cast your vote!
4. Class Works-We have a new resource we will be using in class. It's called Class Works. We need to sign in and take our ELA assessment.
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?
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
9/21 Wednesday
1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. You can play either Eight Letter Game or Wordsearch.
Also play our new game, Knoword. Here is the website's definition:
Knoword
is a game of quick thinking, smart decisions and great words. When you
begin, you will be given one randomly generated dictionary definition
along with the first letter of its corresponding word. You must fill in
the rest of the word to experience a gain in points and an added time
bonus. You will start off with one minute before the game ends, and
every word is an opportunity to extend your time. If you're ever stuck
on a word, just hit the skip button and a new puzzle will present itself.
If you're able to string together correct answers, you will notice yourWord streak counter increasing. You can accumulate badges and additional points by achieving certain amounts of consecutively correct words... How far can you get?
Also play our new game, Knoword. Here is the website's definition:
If you're able to string together correct answers, you will notice yourWord streak counter increasing. You can accumulate badges and additional points by achieving certain amounts of consecutively correct words... How far can you get?
Monday, September 19, 2016
Tuesday 9/20
1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing: Look at the following
picture. In your Language Arts Google doc., write a quick short story
about the picture. Be creative! Remember, you are writing a story based on the picture
NOT describing the picture!
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”
- Albert Einstein
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination”
-Albert Einstein
4. 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)
5. Inference Practice-Practice makes perfect!
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?
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?
Sunday, September 18, 2016
9/19 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 words. Take a few minutes to look them over.
3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-On a blank piece of paper, 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. Inference-We are not done yet!
5. Read Theory-Let's get some quizzes done.
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?
3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-On a blank piece of paper, 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. Inference-We are not done yet!
5. Read Theory-Let's get some quizzes done.
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?
Thursday, September 15, 2016
9/16 Friday
1. Free Rice-Free Rice is a game we play every Friday. It's an awesome way to start the day!
2. Inference Review-Let's get to our worksheets.
3 Read Theory-Before the end of class, we will be signing in to Read Theory
4. FreeRead-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. SS Vocabulary-Head over to this link and review your words.
7. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
2. Inference Review-Let's get to our worksheets.
3 Read Theory-Before the end of class, we will be signing in to Read Theory
4. FreeRead-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. SS Vocabulary-Head over to this link and review your words.
7. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
9/15 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.
-If you were to rename this article, what name would you choose and why?
2. Scope Quiz-Let's finish our article with a quiz!
3. Inference Activity-Let's review our worksheet from yesterday
4. Read Theory-Before the end of class, we will be signing in to Read Theory
Enrichment Beats-Let's have a little bit of fun! Beats
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. SS Vocabulary-Head over to this link and review your words.
7. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
-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. Scope Quiz-Let's finish our article with a quiz!
3. Inference Activity-Let's review our worksheet from yesterday
4. Read Theory-Before the end of class, we will be signing in to Read Theory
Enrichment Beats-Let's have a little bit of fun! Beats
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. SS Vocabulary-Head over to this link and review your words.
7. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
9/14 Wednesday
1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. You can play either Eight Letter Game or our new game, Wordsearch.
2. Inference-Let's review and then watch a video that may help us perfecting our inferring skills.
3. Inference Practice-Practice makes perfect ( I hope!)
4. Free Read-Relax and 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?
7. Weekly Assignment- You
will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will
then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the
following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should
put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
2. Inference-Let's review and then watch a video that may help us perfecting our inferring skills.
3. Inference Practice-Practice makes perfect ( I hope!)
4. Free Read-Relax and 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. SS Vocabulary-Head over to this link and review your words.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
Monday, September 12, 2016
Tuesday 9/13
1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing: Look at the following
picture. In your Language Arts Google doc., write a quick short story
about the picture. Be creative!
2. Inference-We started working on inference yesterday, and we are going to continue today.
3. Inference Game-Let's give our Inference Game a try!
4. Scope-We will now continue working on our newest Scope article.
5. Read Theory-Before the end of class, we will be signing in to Read Theory
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?
8. Review-Let's review what we have covered so far...
9. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
2. Inference-We started working on inference yesterday, and we are going to continue today.
3. Inference Game-Let's give our Inference Game a try!
4. Scope-We will now continue working on our newest Scope article.
5. Read Theory-Before the end of class, we will be signing in to Read Theory
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. SS Vocabulary-Head over to this link and look over your words.
9. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
Sunday, September 11, 2016
9/12 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. Grammar-Let's get back to our grammar lessons.
3. Scope-I love Scope magazine and am super excited to get back to it!
4. Inference-Being able to successfully infer is an important skill for a reader to have. We are going to use this time to practice our inferring.
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. SS Vocabulary-Head over to this link and look over your words.
8. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
Enrichment Beats-Let's have a little bit of fun! Beats
Thursday, September 8, 2016
9/8 Friday
1. Free Rice-Free Rice is a game we play every Friday. It's an awesome way to start the day!
2. Pre-test-We are going to begin reviewing our pre-test. Let's see why we missed what we did.
3. Grammar-Let's start working in our Grammar books
4. Free-Read-It's time to do some independent reading.
5. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on Friday. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
9/8 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. Pre-Test Review-It is time to start going over our pre-test. Let's see how we did!
3. Short Story-We are going to try to get to a new short story.
4. Grammar-Back to nouns!
5.Game Try-out-Take a few minutes to try some of the games on this website.
-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. Pre-Test Review-It is time to start going over our pre-test. Let's see how we did!
3. Short Story-We are going to try to get to a new short story.
4. Grammar-Back to nouns!
5.Game Try-out-Take a few minutes to try some of the games on this website.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
9/7 Wednesday
1. Game Time-This is a pretty fun vocabulary/word-building game. See what level you can get to on 8 Letter Game!
2. Pre-Test-Let's take a pre-test and see where we are at!
3. Blind Kayaker - Meet Erik.
He's blind, but it doesn't hold him back. He's an amazing example of what's possible when you just go for it!
Please scan through his story and watch a video on his adventures. After watching, answer the following questions (courtesy of the NY Times Learning Network) on a blank piece of paper. Make sure to rewrite the questions AND answer in full sentences.
1. WHO is Erik Weihenmayer?
2. According to the article, WHAT is Mr. Weihenmayer known for?
3. According to Mr. Raker, WHAT has Mr. Weihenmayer done that is even more impressive than climbing Mt. Everest?
4. HOW does Mr. Weihenmayer plan to add to his accomplishments?
5. HOW did Mr. Weihenmayer first learn to navigate the rapids?
6. WHERE does he plan to carry out his most challenging feat?
7. WHY does Mr. Weihenmayer say that this feat is “10 times scarier than the scariest thing he’s ever done”?
8. WHEN have you overcome obstacles and tried something truly challenging?
2. Pre-Test-Let's take a pre-test and see where we are at!
3. Blind Kayaker - Meet Erik.
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| Credit: Mike Dove/Travis Brown |
Please scan through his story and watch a video on his adventures. After watching, answer the following questions (courtesy of the NY Times Learning Network) on a blank piece of paper. Make sure to rewrite the questions AND answer in full sentences.
1. WHO is Erik Weihenmayer?
2. According to the article, WHAT is Mr. Weihenmayer known for?
3. According to Mr. Raker, WHAT has Mr. Weihenmayer done that is even more impressive than climbing Mt. Everest?
4. HOW does Mr. Weihenmayer plan to add to his accomplishments?
5. HOW did Mr. Weihenmayer first learn to navigate the rapids?
6. WHERE does he plan to carry out his most challenging feat?
7. WHY does Mr. Weihenmayer say that this feat is “10 times scarier than the scariest thing he’s ever done”?
8. WHEN have you overcome obstacles and tried something truly challenging?
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?
6. Review-Let's review what we have covered so far...
7. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
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. SS Vocabulary-Head over to this link and look over your words.
7. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on soon. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
Monday, September 5, 2016
9/6 Tuesday
1. Blog Introduction-Take some time to look over the class blog. After you are done, send me an email at jeremynorman@pamlicoschools.org. The subject of your email should be Class Blog. In the email, you should tell me your thoughts about the blog. Also tell me what are some things that you saw on the blog that you would want to do this year. You can also tell me anything that you saw that you do not want to do.
2. Language Arts Google Doc-We are going to create the google docs we will need for our ELA class. Be sure to follow my instructions.
3. Warm-Up- In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Be sure to provide lots of good details!
3. Warm-Up- In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Be sure to provide lots of good details!
4. Noun Review-Let's see how well you remember our Noun lesson.
5. Noun Activity-It's time for a noun activity. Head over to this website and wait for my instructions.
7. Scavenger Hunt-Use the internet for correct answers (spelling counts) Write your answers on a blank sheet of paper. Remember to use complete sentences.
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?
9. Google Doc-We are going to quickly create our Social Studies Google doc.
Do you think that it is important to learn about the continents and the oceans? Be sure to fully explain your answer.
11. 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. Review-Let's review what we have covered so far...
13. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on Friday. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
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. Review-Let's review what we have covered so far...
13. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on Friday. You should put all of your info. into Google presentation.
CONTINENT QUESTIONS:
1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?
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