12/14 Thursday

1. Article of the Day-Head this website, log-in and get to reading! Make sure you take that quiz. This will go in grade book, so make sure to do your best!

2. Read Theory-When you have finished number 1, head to Read Theory

3. 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.

4. Slavery Unit-Today we will be finishing our notes.

5. 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. Facts must be written as complete sentences.

The Roots of Slavery
African Slave Owners
The Atlantic Slave Trade

12/13 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. Play at least one of our games.
NEW GAME ALERT.
Synonym Toast
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword

2. Christmas Carol-Let's take this time to finish our play.

3. Christmas Carol Assignment-In your ELA google doc., answer the following question:

How did the character of Ebeneezer Scrooge change over the course of the play? What parts of the story most contributed to his change? Do you think Scrooge will go back to his old ways of thinking?

4.Learning Farm- Head to Learning Farm and work on Plot.

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 Unit-Today we will be finishing our notes.

7. 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. Facts must be written as complete sentences.

The Roots of Slavery
African Slave Owners
The Atlantic Slave Trade

12/12 Tuesday

1. Creative Writing-Before we start our short story today, I want us to look a video that might help us creating a more suspenseful story.

2. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative! Your story needs to be AT LEAST 5 sentences long. Make sure your story is suspenseful.

3. Drama-Let's get back to our packets.

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. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc.
Where and when do you think slavery started? Why do you think this? Remember to explain your answers.

6. Middle Passage-We are going to read a passage pertaining to the slave trade.

7. Middle Passage Questions-Here are the questions for your passage. Answer them on the back of your passage.

12/11 Monday

1. Free Read-Nice and easy...

2. Edmentum-Work, work, work !!!!

3. Scrooge Review-Let's summarize what has happened so far

4. Drama-This is a different type of drama then you guys are used to...

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.Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc.
Where and when do you think slavery started? Why do you think this? Remember to explain your answers.

7. Middle Passage-We are going to read a passage pertaining to the slave trade.

8. Middle Passage Questions-Here are the questions for your passage. Answer them on the back of your passage.

12/8 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice time!

2. Edmentum-Head there and work on your Reading path.

3. Scrooge Review-Let's review what we have read so far.

4. Scrooge Worksheet-Time to prove what we know.

5. Ready NC-Keep working on that packet.

GAMES-

Nike ID

Adidas

Superhero

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. Junior Scholastic-We are going to work on a very controversial issue today

8. Study Island-If you are finished with number 7, then head to Study Island and work those lessons. 

12/7 Thursday

1. Article of the Day-Head this website, log-in and get to reading! Make sure you take that quiz. This will go in grade book, so make sure to do your best!

2. Storyboard That-Here is Storyboard That. Let's create some accounts.

3. Learning Farm-If you are ok with your score, you can FreeRead.


GAMES-Nike ID

Adidas

Oregon Trail

Begscape

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. Junior Scholastic-We are going to work on a very controversial issue today

12/6 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. DOGO News-We are going to be trying out a new site. Head here and wait for instructions. 

3. MyPerspectives-Let's finish Act 1.

4. Storyboard That-Here is Storyboard That. Let's create some accounts.

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. Junior Scholastic-We are going to work on a very controversial issue today

12/5 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative! Your story needs to be AT LEAST 5 sentences long.

2. Main Idea Quiz-Let's review our quiz from last week.

3. MyPerspectives-Back to our play.

4. Learning Farm-Today is our last day to work on Main Idea!

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. Junior Scholastic-We are going to work on a very controversial issue today

12/4 Monday

1. Edmentum-Nothing says Monday morning like some good ol' Edmenetum!

2. MyPerspectives-Let's find out what this 3 ghosts are up to.

3. Interactions in Text-We are done (for now) with Main Idea. Our next unit will look at interactions within a text. Fun fun!

4. FreeRead-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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

6. Junior Scholastic-We are going to work on a very controversial issue today

12/1 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice time! You can choose your category.

2. Reading Passage-Let's see how well we can find main ideas.

3. New Website-We are going to try out a new website. It is called Storyboard That. Let's take a look.

4. FreeRead-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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

6. What's For Dinner?-Time to finish our assignment. Using the following links, tell me whether your individual ingridents (from your shopping list) are from the Old World or the New World. The links are here, here, and here.

7. If I Lived...-On the back of your What's for Dinner worksheet, there are 2 writing prompts. I will explain what I expect of you. 

11/30 Thursday

1. Article of the Day-Head this website, log-in and get to reading! Make sure you take that quiz. This will go in grade book, so make sure to do your best!

2. MyPerspectives-Let's look at what we have already read and then move on.

3. MDG-Your Most Dangerous Game packets are due today. Get busy!

4. Learning Farm-Continue working on that Main Idea assignment. 

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. Columbian Exchange-Time for some slides.

11/29 Wednesday

1. MyPerspectives-Let's get to our acting!!!!

2. Main Idea-Back to our worksheets.

3. Reading Passage-Time for some quiet practice.

4. MDG-Work on your Most Dangerous Game packets.

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. Columbian Exchange-Time for some slides.

11/28 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative! Your story needs to be AT LEAST 5 sentences long.

 

2. MyPerspectives-Time to cast our roles and get started

3. Main Idea-Judging by our last common assessment, we need some extra practice on Main Idea.

4. MDG-Work on those packets. 

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. Social Studies Warm-up-Answer the following questions in your SS google doc:

What is the furthest you have traveled? What did you do there? Did you eat anything unusual? What did you bring home as a souvenir? Did you ever bring home seashells from the beach? What about unusual plants, or seeds, or foods? Have you ever given a visiting grandparent a cold? Is it typical for people to exchange ideas, foods, and illnesses when they travel?

7. What's For Dinner?-Fill out the worksheet

11/27 Monday

The bad news....our Thanksgiving Break is over...
The good news....it's time to start learning again!!

1. FreeRead-Let's ease back in with some quiet reading time.

BEATS BREAK-Head here and make some awesome beats!

2. Most Dangerous Game-Almost done...

3. MyPerspectives-It is time to practice our acting abilities.

4. Main Idea-Judging by our last common assessment, we need some extra practice on Main Idea.

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. Social Studies Warm-up-Answer the following questions in your SS google doc:

What is the furthest you have  traveled? What did you do there? Did you eat anything unusual?  What did you bring home as a souvenir? Did you ever bring home seashells from the beach? What about unusual plants, or seeds, or foods? Have you ever given a visiting grandparent a cold? Is it typical for people to exchange ideas, foods, and illnesses when they travel?

7. What's For Dinner?-Fill out the worksheet

11/21 Tuesday

1. Article of the Day-Head this website, log-in and get to reading! Make sure you take that quiz.

2. Thanksgiving Mad-Lib-Here is the link for a Thanksgiving themed Mad-Lib. Take your time and create 3 awesome Mad-Libs.

3. Thanksgiving Quiz-How well do you know Thanksgiving? Take this Thanksgiving Quiz and find out...

4. FreeRead-Give thanks...that it's free read 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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

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

Have you ever heard of John F. Kennedy? If you have what do you know about him? If not, what can you guess about this important person?

7. JFK-Wednesday is the 54th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy. Go to the following websites and read about JFK. The websites are here, here and here. Using the information on these sites, answer the following questions on a sheet of paper. (Remember to answer in complete sentences.)

1. John F. Kennedy was the ______ President of the United States. ( I am looking for a number)

2. Was JFK a Democrat or a Republican?

3. Where was JFK born?

4. Where did JFK go to college?

5. How, when, and where did JFK die?

6. Who became president after JFK died?

7. What branch of the military was JFK a member of?

8. How many children did JFK have? What were their names?

9. What is Communism?

10. How old was JFK when he was elected president?

11/20 Monday

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

2. The First Thanksgiving-Take some time to read this article. On a sheet of paper, write 6 things from the article that you found interesting, shocking, or confusing. Make sure to write in complete sentences.

3. 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.

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

Have you ever heard of John F. Kennedy? If you have what do you know about him? If not, what can you guess about this important person?

5. JFK-Wednesday is the 54th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy. Go to the following websites and read about JFK. The websites are here, here and here. Using the information on these sites, answer the following questions on a sheet of paper. (Remember to answer in complete sentences.)

1. John F. Kennedy was the ______ President of the United States. ( I am looking for a number)

2. Was JFK a Democrat or a Republican?

3. Where was JFK born?

4. Where did JFK go to college?

5. How, when, and where did JFK die?

6. Who became president after JFK died?

7. What branch of the military was JFK a member of?

8. How many children did JFK have? What were their names?

9. What is Communism?

10. How old was JFK when he was elected president?

11/18 Friday

1. Warm-Up-Hey, how much is that rice? Free Rice

2. Common Assessment-Let's take a look at our C.A.

3. Main Idea-More practice is needed!

4. Free Read-Time to chillax!

11/16 Thursday

1. Article of the Day-Head this website, log-in and get to reading! Make sure you take that quiz. 

2. Common Assessment-We need to put our common assessments into Edulastic.

3. Most Dangerous Game-Back to it!

4. Edmentum-Work on them paths.

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. Explorers-You guys are going to put on your research caps and learn some more about some famous explorers. Head to this site. Pick 5 explorers from the list. For each explorer you need to answer the following questions (on a blank sheet of paper). Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!!

Question 1-What is the explorer's name

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer. 

This is due next week!!!

11/15 Wednesday

1. FreeRead-Let's relax and read!

2. Most Dangerous Game-Will this dude finally get some clothes on?

3. Main Idea-Practice makes perfect (or at least a close approximation of)

4. MyPerspectives-Unit 3 here we come!

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. Junior Scholastic-Grab a magazine, grab a packet, and get to work!

7. Explorers-You guys are going to put on your research caps and learn some more about some famous explorers. Head to this site. Pick 5 explorers from the list. For each explorer you need to answer the following questions (on a blank sheet of paper). Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!!

Question 1-What is the explorer's name

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer. 

This is due next week!!!

11/14 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 exciting.

2. Main Idea-Let's review our packet.

3. Most Dangerous Game-Let's see what Rainsford does next!

4. MyPerspectives-Time to start Unit 3. 

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. Junior Scholastic-Grab a magazine, grab a packet, and get to work!

11/13 Monday

1. FreeRead-The weekend is over...Let's start our class out right with some quiet and relaxing reading time.

2. Quick Draw-Head to this site and have some fun.

3. Class Story-Let's get back to our story.

4. Edmentum-Work on your Language Arts path.

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. Motivations for Exploration-There were many different reasons why the explorers would risk their lives to travel to completely unknown worlds. You are going to check out the following websites. Using the information you gather from the websites, I want you to write on a blank sheet of paper 5 reasons why explorers were so eager to explore during the Age of Exploration. Also, write at least 10 facts that you learn from the websites.
Websites:
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-old-world-and-new-world.html#lesson

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/

7. Study Island-We are going to be using the Social Studies program on Study Island. Head to this link and get to work.

11/9 Thursday

1. Main Idea-Use this time to finish up that packet. Once you have finished, move on to number 2.

2. Edmentum-Log on and work on your Language Arts path for awhile and then switch over to your Reading path. Remember, your username is your student ID number and your password is study.

3. Motivations for Exploration-There were many different reasons why the explorers would risk their lives to travel to completely unknown worlds. You are going to check out the following websites. Using the information you gather from the websites, I want you to write on a blank sheet of paper 5 reasons why explorers were so eager to explore during the Age of Exploration. Also, write at least 10 facts that you learn from the websites.
Websites:
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-old-world-and-new-world.html#lesson

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/

4. Study Island-We are going to be using the Social Studies program on Study Island. Head to this link and get to work.

11/8 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?

2. Main Idea-Let's continue working on our Central Idea packet.

3. Main Idea-Head over to this website and we will practice finding main idea.

4. Class Story-Today we will be starting our newest class story.

5. Motivations for Exploration-There were many different reasons why the explorers would risk their lives to travel to completely unknown worlds. You are going to check out the following websites. Using the information you gather from the websites, I want you to write on a blank sheet of paper 5 reasons why explorers were so eager to explore during the Age of Exploration. Also, write at least 10 facts that you learn from the websites.

Websites:
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-old-world-and-new-world.html#lesson

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/

6. Study Island-We are going to be using the Social Studies program on Study Island. Head to this link and get to work.

11/7 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 exciting.



2. Central Idea-Let's get back to our activity.

3. MyPerspectives-We are officially done with Unit 1.....

4. Study Island-If you have not finished your pre-test, do that now. If you have, you can read quietly.

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. Columbus KWL-We are going to fill out a KWL on Christopher Columbus

7. Age of Exploration-It's time to explore our new unit......see what I did there?

11/6 Monday

1. FreeRead-The weekend is over...Let's start our class out right with some quiet and relaxing reading time.

2. Central Idea/Summarizing-One of the most important parts of reading is being able to explain what we have read.

3. Activity-Let's see how well we can find main ideas.

4. Study Island-You know it, you love it....let's set sail for sunny, beautiful Study Island. It's lovely there this time of 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. Columbus KWL-We are going to fill out a KWL on Christopher Columbus

7. Age of Exploration-It's time to explore our new unit......see what I did there?

11/3 Friday

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

2. Edmentum-Work on your Language Arts path.

3. MyPerspectives-We are going to finish looking at our poems.

4. FreeRead-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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

6. Age of Exploration-So far we have covered the periods of history known as the Reformation and the Renaissance. Now we are moving on to my favorite period of time! We will spend the next few weeks covering The Age of Exploration.

Now, go the the following link. Follow the directions and complete the assignment. When you have finished, we will discuss.


7. Age of Exploration-Let's set sail....

11/2 Thursday

1. Article of the Day-Head this website, log-in and get to reading!

2. MyPerspectives-We are going to look at some poetry.

3. Edmentum-Work on your Reading path.

4. FreeRead-Let's 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. Explain how each story might impact your life.

6. Age of Exploration-So far we have covered the periods of history known as the Reformation and the Renaissance. Now we are moving on to my favorite period of time! We will spend the next few weeks covering The Age of Exploration.

Now, go the the following link. Follow the directions and complete the assignment. When you have finished, we will discuss.

7. Age of Exploration-Let's set sail....

11/1 Wednesday

1. FreeRead-Use this time to quietly read your books.

2. Reading Passage-Let's go over our passage from yesterday.

3. Reading Instruction-We are going to come up with a list of what good readers do when reading.

4. MyPerspectives-Back to our text!

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

6. Today in History-Go to the following website and look over some of the things that happened on this date in history. Pick 3 things which you think are important and send me an email (Titled: Today in History) explaining why you chose the 3 events that you did. Remember to fully explain your answers. My email is jeremynorman@pamlicoschools.org

7. The Inquisition-Today we will look at one of the worst aspects of the Reformation, the Inquisition.

8.Torture in the Inquisition-Torture was a big part of the Inquisition. Go to myTorture in the Inquisition Google doc and read about the various techniques used for torture during the Inquisition. On a blank sheet of paper, you need to rank the torture methods by how painful you think they would be. For example, whichever technique you think would be most painful would be your number 1 and so on.

9. Study Island-We are going to be using the Social Studies program on Study Island. Head to this link and wait for instructions

10/31 Tuesday

1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. Today we have a new Halloween themed game. Give it a shot and let me know what you think.

When you have finished, play some of our older games.

Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.

2. Pumpkin Carving-One of the best, and smelliest, parts of Halloween is pumpkin carving. Head to this site and get to work.

3. Reading Passage-Let's spend some time with a nice quiet reading passage. Nothing spooky here...

4. Scary Stories-Use the rest of class to finish your stories. 

5. Edmentum-Where will your path lead today?

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

7. Today in History-Go to the following website and look over some of the things that happened on this date in history. Pick 3 things which you think are important and send me an email (Titled: Today in History) explaining why you chose the 3 events that you did. Remember to fully explain your answers. My email is jeremynorman@pamlicoschools.org

8. The Inquisition-Today we will look at one of the worst aspects of the Reformation, the Inquisition.

9.Torture in the Inquisition-Torture was a big part of the Inquisition. Go to myTorture in the Inquisition Google doc and read about the various techniques used for torture during the Inquisition. On a blank sheet of paper, you need to rank the torture methods by how painful you think they would be. For example, whichever technique you think would be most painful would be your number 1 and so on.

10/27 Friday

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

2. Reading Survey-Go to this link and complete the form. Be completely honest!

3. Edmentum-Use this time to finish your Language Arts assessment. If you are finished, walk your path....

4. Halloween Horror!!!-You guys are going to start writing some awesome horror stories! You need to pick from one of the following story starters to begin your story. Your story should be at least 253 words. Write this in your ELA Google docs.

Starter 1-I thought this was going to be another boring Halloween. When the zombies appeared, I knew I was wrong...

Starter 2-I had lived my entire life in the same small town. It was a quiet town. Then people started disappearing...

Starter 3-The first alien spaceship appeared last week. By today, the sky was full of them. We still had no idea what they wanted...

10/26 Thursday

1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. You can play either Eight Letter Game or Wordsearch.

2. Edmentum-We need to hop on and complete the Language Arts assessment. Good luck!

3. Halloween Horror!!!-You guys are going to start writing some awesome horror stories! You need to pick from one of the following story starters to begin your story. Your story should be at least 253 words. Write this in your ELA Google docs.

Starter 1-I thought this was going to be another boring Halloween. When the zombies appeared, I knew I was wrong...

Starter 2-I had lived my entire life in the same small town. It was a quiet town. Then people started disappearing...

Starter 3-The first alien spaceship appeared last week. By today, the sky was full of them. We still had no idea what they wanted...

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

10/25 Wednesday

1. 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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

10/23 Monday

1. FreeRead-Let's start this day with some quiet reading time!

2. Inference-All hands on deck! It's time to play Inference Battleship!

3. Edulastic-Here is the link for Edulastic. Log-in and wait for instructions.

4. Main Idea-Head over to this website and we will practice finding main idea.

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

6. Renaissance Quiz-Let's do this!

7. Reformation-We have a quick reading passage.

8. The Inquisition-Today we will look at one of the worst aspects of the Reformation, the Inquisition.

9.Torture in the Inquisition-Torture was a big part of the Inquisition. Go to myTorture in the Inquisition Google doc and read about the various techniques used for torture during the Inquisition. On a blank sheet of paper, you need to rank the torture methods by how painful you think they would be. For example, whichever technique you think would be most painful would be your number 1 and so on.

10/20 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. Common Assessment-Log in to Edulastic and we can get started

3. SQUASH-We are going to take another look at a recent passage. We need some extra work.

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

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

WHAT-What was the Reformation? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

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

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

HOW-Explain in detail how the Reformation started. What happened before that led to this movement?

WHY- Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

6. Geo Guesser-Geo Guesser is an awesome game. I will explain how it works!

10/19 Thursday

1. Game Time-Let's get the day started with some games. You can play either Eight Letter Game or  Wordsearch.

2. MyPerspectives-Let's go over our story and then look at our questions.

3. Edmentum-Your path is calling to you....do you hear it????

4. Website Tryout-Head here and let's give it a shot.

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

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


WHAT-What was the Reformation? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

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

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

HOW-Explain in detail how the Reformation started. What happened before that led to this movement?

WHY- Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

10/18 Wednesday

ELA

1. Article of the Day-Head this website, log-in and get to reading!

2. Think Cerca-Head to this website and log-in. You have several assignments you need to complete.

3. MyPerspecives-Make sure you have finished the story and have answered the questions on pages 76 and 77. When you are finished, you need to complete the chart on page 78.

4. ReadTheory-Log-in and get to work!

SOCIAL STUDIES

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

WHAT-What was the Reformation? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

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

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

HOW-Explain in detail how the Reformation started. What happened before that led to this movement?

WHY- Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

Tuesday 10/17

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

2. POV-Let's finish our POV worksheets.

3. MyPerspectives-We really need to finish our newest story.

4. Edmentum-You know it, you love it...

New Website-We are going to try out a new website. It is called Storyboard That. Let's take a look.

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

6. 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?

7. JuniorScholastic-When you have finished and turned in your Ren. facts, grab a JuniorScholastic and a worksheet. Read the article on pages 10-13. Complete the worksheet and then on a blank piece of paper, answer the Map Skills questions found on page 13. Answer all 10 questions

10/16 Monday

1. FreeRead-We are going to start our day with some quiet reading time.

2. Point of View-We will use time to finish and go over our POV worksheet.

3. MyPerspectives-Let's get back to our textbook.

4. Edmentum-Log on and keep following your path...

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

6. 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?

7. JuniorScholastic-When you have finished and turned in your Ren. facts, grab a JuniorScholastic and a worksheet. Read the article on pages 10-13. Complete the worksheet and then on a blank piece of paper, answer the Map Skills questions found on page 13. Answer all 10 questions

10/13 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!!!

FREE RICE CHALLENGE-Try to get over 800 grains of rice!

2. Edmentum-Head to this site and await instructions.

3. MyPerspectives-Back to the book!

4. POV-We are going to do some work on point of view

10/12 Thursday

1. Article of the Day-Head this website, log-in and get to reading!

2. MyPerspectives Activity-Let's go over that worksheet!

3. MyPerspective Groups-Get with your groups. We are going to listen to another ListenWise story. Make sure you pay close attention and then work with your group to answer your questions. Here is a link to the text from the story if you want to follow along.

4. MyPerspectives Textbook-We are going to start a whole new story. Remember, as we read, think about how our story fits in with our unit theme and unit questio

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

4. Renaissance-Today we will continue our Renaissance unit.

6. 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?

10/11 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. Edmentum-Head to this site and await instructions.

3. 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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

4. Renaissance-Today we will continue our Renaissance unit.

5. 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?

10/10 Tuesday

1. Think Cerca-Head to this website and log-in. You have several assignments you need to complete. 

2. MyPerspectives-We have one more activity and then it's on to our next story

3. 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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

4. Social Studies Warm-up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies google doc.

The next period of history that we will cover is called the Renaissance. The Renaissance is a French word that means "rebirth". What do you think the Renaissance might be a rebirth of?

5. Renaissance-Today we will start our Renaissance unit.

6. Sistine Chapel-Take an awesome 3D tour of one of the most famous works of art from the Renaissance. Just go to the following link.

10/9 Monday

1. 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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

2. Social Studies Warm-up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies google doc.

The next period of history that we will cover is called the Renaissance. The Renaissance is a French word that means "rebirth". What do you think the Renaissance might be a rebirth of?

3. Renaissance-Today we will start our Renaissance unit.

4. Sistine Chapel-Take an awesome 3D tour of one of the most famous works of art from the Renaissance. Just go to the following link.

10/6 Friday

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

2. MyPerspectives-Let's  go over our comprehension questions.

10/5 Thursday

1. Article of the Day-Well, my favorite student news website no longer exists....So let's try a new one!!!! Head this website, and I will help you log-in

2. MyPerspectives-Time for our newest story

3. SQUASH-Time for some awesome SQUASH! I hope it's ripe...

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

10/4 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. My Perspectives-Let's get back to our stories. 

3. Writing Assignment-We need to get ready to submit our essay for grading.

4. SQUASH-Time for some delicious SQUASH!!!

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

6. 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. You will then put your information into a Google Slide presentation. Your presentation should be at least 10 slides should definitely include images and pictures.

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?

10/3 Tuesday

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

2. Pre-Test-We were supposed to take this earlier but better late than never! Head here and log in.

3. Writing Assignment-Keep working on your writing assignment. 

4. Free Read-Grab a book and read people!

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

6. 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. You will then put your information into a Google Slide presentation. Your presentation should be at least 10 slides should definitely include images and pictures.

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?

10/2 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. Writing Assignment-We need to finish our writing soon. Let's get busy...

3. Think Cerca-Head to this website and enter this code: LNAZCA

4. FreeRead-Grab your book 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. Explain in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

6. 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. You will then put your information into a Google Slide presentation. Your presentation should be at least 10 slides should definitely include images and pictures.

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?

9/29 Friday

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.

What were the names of all 7 dwarves from the Disney movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?

2. Free Rice-Free Rice is a game we play every Friday. It's an awesome way to start the day!

3. Common Lit-Head to this site and await instructions.

4. Beats-Let's have a little bit of fun! Beats

9/28 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. Inference-Let's finish our packet. 

3. Inference Game-Let's give our Inference Game a try!

4. Writing Assignment-It's time to get writing. 

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 in detail how each story might be impactful in your life.

6. 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. You will then put your information into a Google Slide presentation. Your presentation should be at least 10 slides should definitely include images and pictures.

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?