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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

5/30 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 silly!





2. NC Write-Use this time to finish your prompt. 

3. My Year in Review-In your google doc., answer the following questions:

1. What are 3 news stories from this year that you thought were interesting or important?

2. What is something that you know now that you did not at the beginning of the year?

4. SS Websites- Let's tryout some new websites. This site has a few different games to play around on. This website has a ton of games. Give them a shot and let me know what is the best. Here is our final site. It is geography focused.

Thursday, May 25, 2017

5/24 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. MasteryConnect-Head to the site and await further instructions.

3. NC Write-If you finish number 2, then keep working on NC Write.

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.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

5/24 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Time to play some games people!

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

2. NC Write-Continue working on your last prompt.

3. The Outsiders-Let's talk about the differences between the book and the movie.

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.

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

5/23 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 silly!


2. NC Write-Keep working on your newest prompt.

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.

Monday, May 22, 2017

5/22 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-Sniff, sniff....it's our last NC Write of the year. Head over and start working on 7th Grade Review.

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.

Friday, May 19, 2017

5/19 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice Friday. You can pick your own category.

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.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

5/17 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Time to play some games people!

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

2. MasteryConnect-Head to this site and await further 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 how each story might impact your life.



Tuesday, May 16, 2017

5/16 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!

 Uh oh...what happened here? What will happen next? | photo prompt | writing prompt

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.

Monday, May 15, 2017

5/15 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. MasteryConnect-Head to the site and await further instructions.

3. Outsiders Sequel-One of my favorite things to do when I finish a book is to try and imagine what might happen to the characters after the end of the book. You guys are going to help me do this with The Outsiders. In your Outsiders Google doc, I want you to create a sequel for the Outsiders. Tell me what happens next to our favorite characters. Your sequel must be at least 200 words and must be realistic to the original story.

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.

Friday, May 12, 2017

Thursday, May 11, 2017

5/11 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. MasteryConnect-Head to the site and await further instructions.

3. The Outsiders-Poor, poor Johnnycake.....

4. EOG Prep Packet-Practice, practice, practice......

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.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

5/10 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Time to play some games people!

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

2. The Outsiders-Let's get ready to rumble!!!!!

3. Learning Farm-Continue working on your LF lessons.

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.


Tuesday, May 9, 2017

5/9 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.

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2. Image result for bottle of ketchup


3. Learning Farm-Keep Working hard!

4. EOG Prep Packet-Practice, practice, practice......

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. Great Depression-We are going to take some time to look at this terrible period of history.

7. Great Depression-We are going to finish up looking at the Great Depression today. The following article contains an excellent overview of the Depression. Read carefully!

8. Great Depression Questions- On a blank sheet of paper, answer the following questions You do not have to rewrite the question, but your answers need to be in complete sentences.

1. Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression began?

2. What happened on October 29th, 1929?

3. Why was this depression so hard on farmers?

4. What does the quote "ride the rails" refer to?

5. What was a "Hoover Wagon"?

6. What U.S. President created the New Deal?

7. Name two different New Deal programs.

8. What finally ended the Great Depression? Explain why it did.

Monday, May 8, 2017

5/8 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. The Outsiders-We need to catch back up!

3. MasteryConnect-
Head to this site and await further instructions.

4. Learning Farm/NC Write-Make sure you have finished last week's assignments.

5. Learning Farm-Start working on any lessons that are left unfinished. 

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. Great Depression-We are going to take some time to look at this terrible period of history. 

8. Great Depression-We are going to finish up looking at the Great Depression today. The following article contains an excellent overview of the Depression. Read carefully!

9. Great Depression Questions-
On a blank sheet of paper, answer the following questions You do not have to rewrite the question, but your answers need to be in complete sentences.

1. Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression began?

2. What happened on October 29th, 1929?

3. Why was this depression so hard on farmers?

4. What does the quote "ride the rails" refer to?

5. What was a "Hoover Wagon"?

6. What U.S. President created the New Deal?

7. Name two different New Deal programs.

8. What finally ended the Great Depression? Explain why it did.

Thursday, May 4, 2017

5/5 Thursday

1. Game Time-Games, games, games!!!!!

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

2. Sun Journal-We have an article due tomorrow. Let's use this time to go ahead and knock it out.

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. Ancestry-Head to this site



Monday, May 1, 2017

5/1 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. The Outsiders-Let's answer some questions and read.

3. Learning Farm-Log on and work on Compare and Contrast in literature.

4. NC Write-Time to finish!

5. FreeRead-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.