4/1 Wednesday

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

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

2. Poetry-We're not done yet!

3. Scope-Time to do some more work on our newest article.

4. FreeRead-Relax, kick back, 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. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer. You can use Google to answer the question.

What was happening in England after the English Civil War? Who was in charge? What was going on?

7. The Glorious Revolution-Today we are going to look at England after the Civil War.

2/28 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 sad.

2. Poetry-Let's keep it up!

3. NC Write-Head to the site and begin working on the "Who am I" prompt. Your essay should be at least 200 words. 

4. Scope-New article 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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.



Today we will look at Barrack Obama. Go to each of the links here and here . Use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

7. Quiz Time-Let's do this!

2/27 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. Poetry Review-Take this time to review for your quiz

3. Poetry Quiz-It's time!

4. Poetry- More practice!

5. Scope-Let's start our article

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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.



Today we will look at Barrack Obama. Go to each of the links here and here . Use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

8. Quiz Time-Let's do this!

2/24 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice Friday.

2. Poetry-Let's see how well we know our terms...

3. Scope-New article time (hopefully with less hyena butter!)

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. 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.

6. Social Studies Games-Some days you just got to kick back and have some fun. Here are some social studies related games that you guys can give a shot.

Oregon Trail is an extremely old-school game about survival and dysentery!

Begscape puts you in the shoes of a beggar trying to survive

A Dark Room starts you off in a dark room (duh!)

Geo Guesser we have played before, but man I love it!

2/23 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article.  After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the 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. 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. English Civil War-Go to the following websites here and here. Read the information about the English Civil War. On a blank piece of paper titled "English Civil War" list 20 facts about this period of history. Make sure your facts are in complete sentences.

2/22 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's time to play our games! Spend your first 5 minutes playing Knoword.

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

2. Poetry- Today we will review our poetry terms.

3. Poetry Practice-Let's practice!

2/20 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 depressing.




2. Poetry- Today we will be looking at different poetry types and poetry terms.

3. Poem Review-Let's take a look at our poems from last week.

4. Scope-We will be reading a new article

5. FreeRead-Get comfortable 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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history

Today we will look at Aretha Franklin. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 5 interesting facts about this person?

8. English Civil War-Go to the following websites here and here. Read the information about the English Civil War. On a blank piece of paper titled "English Civil War" list 20 facts about this period of history. Make sure your facts are in complete sentences.

Friday 2/17

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice Friday.

2. Poetry- Today we will be looking at different poetry types and poetry terms.

3. Poem Review-Let's take a look at our poems from yesterday!

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. English Civil War-Go to the following websites here and here. Read the information about the English Civil War. On a blank piece of paper titled "English Civil War" list 20 facts about this period of history. Make sure your facts are in complete sentences.

2/16 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the 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. Poetry-Let's review your two poems.

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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at Thurgood Marshall. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

2/15 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's time to play our games! We have one new game. It is called Word Confusion. Play it first before you move on.

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

2. Poetry- Today we will be looking at different poetry types and poetry terms.

3. Poem Review-Let's take a look at our poem about the birds!

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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at Thurgood Marshall. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

2/14

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 lovey-dovey!


2. Most Dangerous Game Map Activity- You are going to create a map of Ship-Trap Island. Your map should be creative, colorful, and contain important places from the story. Your map must have at least 8 spots marked on them and each spot must correspond with something from the book. You must also reference the spot in the story where your places are mentioned. This will need to be written on the back of the map.

3 Poetry- Today we will be looking at different poetry types and poetry terms.

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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at Muhammad Ali . Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 5 interesting facts about this person?

5. Was this person married and did they have any children?

2/13 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. Most Dangerous Game Map Activity- You are going to create a map of Ship-Trap Island. Your map should be creative, colorful, and contain important places from the story. Your map must have at least 8 spots marked on them and each spot must correspond with something from the book. You must also reference the spot in the story where your places are mentioned. This will need to be written on the back of the map.

3 Poetry- It's finally time to start our Poetry unit! Today we will be looking at different poetry types and poetry terms.

4. Poem Practice-Let's take a look at our first poem. 

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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at Muhammad Ali . Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are 5 interesting facts about this person?

5. Was this person married and did they have any children?

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 how each story might impact your life.

2. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at George Washington Carver. Go to each of the linkshere and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

2/8 Wednesday

1. Most Dangerous Game Map Activity- You are going to create a map of Ship-Trap Island. Your map should be creative, colorful, and contain important places from the story. Your map must have at least 8 spots marked on them and each spot must correspond with something from the book. You must also reference the spot in the story where your places are mentioned. This will need to be written on the back of the map.

2. Free-Read-If you have finished your maps, grab a book and read!

3. Website Tryouts- This website contains some pretty awesome games. Here is the site from yesterday.  Finally, here is an awesome site which will test your geography skills.

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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at George Washington Carver. Go to each of the linkshere and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

2/7 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 scary!

2.Game Try-out--Head over to this site and give these games a try. When you have finished, send me an email (jeremynorman@pamlicoschools.org) with the subject "New Games 2/7" and list and explain your top 4 favorite games. Also, let me know if you think they would be good for our Wednesday Games.

3. Most Dangerous Game Map Activity- You are going to create a map of Ship-Trap Island.  Your map should be creative, colorful, and contain important places from the story. Your map must have at least 8 spots marked on them and each spot must correspond with something from the book. You must also reference the spot in the story where your places are mentioned. This will need to be written on the back of the map.

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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at John Coltrane . Go to each of the links here, here, and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

2/6 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. Review-With our Benchmarks this week, we will take some time to review!

3. MDG-Work on answering those questions.

4. Learning Farm-Use this time to bring up any of your LF scores.

5. Free Read-Time to chillax!

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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.

Today we will look at John Coltrane . Go to each of the links here, here, andhereand use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

2/3 Friday

1. Free Rice-It's Friday so that means that it is time to play some Free Rice. Play only vocabulary.
TODAY'S SCORE TO BEAT=1026!!!

2. Setting-One more day of practice!

3. MDG-Can we finish today?

4. NC Write-Today is the last day to work on the Favorite Room essay.

5. Free Read-If you are finished with all of your work, then grab your book 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. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.



Today we will look at Langston Hughes. Go to each of the links here, here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in your Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?