10/6 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 does the name Thursday 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 article's main idea? Supporting details?

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

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

3. Inference Pictures-We are going to look at some pictures and make some inferences!

4. Inference Quiz-It's here at last....our last Inference assessment!

5. ReadWorks- Head to Readworks and get to work.

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-In your Norman Social Studies Google doc, answer the following
question:

"Who were the Medicis and what was their connection to the Renaissance?"
 
8. Renaissance Art- Head to this link and let's read about how the great artists created sculptures and paintings. As your scan through, write down on a blank piece of paper, ten important facts from your reading. You must not have more than two facts from any paragraph.

When finished with the article, read the questions below and answer on the same sheet as you have your facts on. Use your facts and details from the article to completely answer the questions. Answers must be in complete sentences.

1. How did artists get the money to create their art?
2. What was an important advance made by Renaissance painters? Why was it so important? Give examples of this advance in use.
3. How did artists use math and science to help them create their art?
4. Sculptors began carving figures that looked like real people and showed emotion. Who were two key sculptors and what were some of their famous sculpting accomplishments?
5. Varsari's quote of "What a happy age we live in. How fortunate . . . " is referring to what? Why do you think he feels that way?