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?