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