12/20 Tuesday

1. Game Time-It's game time!

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

2. Lumosity-Head over to this new site and create an account. It's a bit like Fitbrains. Let's give it a try. 

12/16 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday-Learn new words, donate some rice to the needy, it's a WIN-WIN situation. It's FREE RICE time!!!

2. Analyze the Quotes-Read the following quote. 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.

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year"


"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ”


"Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”

3. Holiday Fun- Below are several links which will help get you in the holiday mood!! Enjoy!

-Holiday Puzzle
-Super Holiday Displays
-Super Holiday Displays 2
-Scared of Santa?
-Make a Carol
- Merry Christmas!

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

5. Geek Squad-Here are some of the sites we used in Geek Squad. Take some time to play around!

Nike ID

Impossible Quiz

Adidas

Oregon Trail

Pencil Madness

Begscape

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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

12/15 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 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. Gift of the Magi-You will begin reading our Christmas short story, The Gift of the Magi.

3. Christmas Origins-I often say that the best way to fully appreciate something is to know its origin. With that in mind, you are to use the internet to research and find the origins of the following things associated with Christmas.

-Santa Claus
-Christmas Trees
-Gift giving
-Santa's Elves
-Christmas lights

Once you have researched the above things, create a Google presentation that explains in detail the origins of each the items listed above. Make sure your presentation has correct grammar, pictures, and good use of design and color.

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. Explain how each story might impact your life.


5. Slavery Warm-Up-In your Norman Social Studies Google doc, respond to the following writing prompt:

If slavery is wrong, why has it existed for so many years?

12/14 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's game time!

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

2.Fitbrains- Head over to FitBrains and create an account.

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

4. Christmas Origins-I often say that the best way to fully appreciate something is to know its origin. With that in mind, you are to use the internet to research and find the origins of the following things associated with Christmas.

-Santa Claus
-Christmas Trees
-Gift giving
-Santa's Elves
-Christmas lights

Once you have researched the above things, create a Google presentation that explains in detail the origins of each the items listed above. Make sure your presentation has correct grammar, pictures, and good use of design and color.


5. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Explain how each story might impact your life.


6. Slavery Warm-Up-In your Norman Social Studies Google doc, respond to the following writing prompt:

If slavery is wrong, why has it existed for so many years?

12/13 Tuesday

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

2. Characters-Let's look at characters!

3. Learning Farm-Work on character (or whatever subject you need to improve)

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

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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

6. Slavery-Let's continue or new unit.
 

12/12 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. 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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

3. Slavery-Let's continue or new unit.

12/9 Friday

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

2. Read Theory-I have a theory....the more you read....the better you get at reading...

3. Scope-Use this time to work on your Scope article.

4. NC Write-If you need to, work on your NC Write.

5.  FreeRead-Time to relax and read!

6. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Explain how each story might impact your life.  

7. Slavery-Let's continue or new unit. 

12/8 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 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-Begin working on your newest Scope article.

3. NC Write-Head over and continue working on your Christmas 2016 prompt.

4. ReadTheory-Time to take some quizes.

ENRICHMENT-Head here. 

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. Explain how each story might impact your life.  

12/7 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. Words: The Power Within-Time to unleash the power...

3. NC Write-Head over and begin working on your Christmas 2016 prompt.

4. Summary-Head to this link and await my instructions. 

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. Explain how each story might impact your life. 

12/6 Tuesday (Second Monday)

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. Fact/Opinion-Let's see how well we can tell the difference.

3. Classworks-It's time to get back to Classworks. 

4. Scope-Grab a new Scope magazine and get to work!

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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

12/5 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. NC Write-Today is the last day we will have to work on our Thanksgiving story. Grades will go in tomorrow. 

3. Summary We will continue our newest unit.

4. Short Story-Let's start our short story for the week. It is called The Lottery. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year

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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

 

12/2 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday-It's Friday....you know what to do! Free Rice time!

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Time to TEST our knowledge!!!

3.Learning Farm-Head over and begin working on the Summary lesson. If you can't get in, email me and I will help. You should work on this for about 20 minutes.

4. Short Story-Let's start our short story for the week. It is called The Lottery. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?

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. Explain how each story might impact your life. 



6. Middle Passage-You will be reading a passage on the slave trade. When you have finished reading, you will need to create a 10 question pop quiz on the passage.

4 multiple choice
2 true/false
2 fill in the blank
2  your choice

 

12/1 Thursday

ELA

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

2. Learning Farm-Head over and begin working on the Summary lesson. If you can't get in, email me and I will help. You should work on this for about 20 minutes.

3. Short Story-Let's start our short story for the week. It is called The Lottery. You guys will read the story on your own. Once you have finished reading, answer the following questions in Google doc titled "The Lottery" Make sure you share this doc with Mr. Norman. Remember to answer in complete sentences!

a. What happened at the end of the story? How did the ending make you feel?
b. What in the story might have helped you predict the kind of ending the story had?
c. What did the author to set the tone for the story?
d. Why do you think the Village still does the Lottery each year?

4. FreeRead-If you have finished 1-3, you may read.

SOCIAL STUDIES

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

If slavery is wrong, why has it existed for so many years?

6. Slavery-Complete the following assignment:

African Slave Trade - Go to the following links and read more about the Slave Trade. As you are reading, you need to create a fact sheet containing 20 facts you learned from the 3 sites. You must have at least 4 facts from each site.

The Roots of Slavery
African Slave Owners
The Atlantic Slave Trade