12/19 Wednesday

1.  Christmas Research-Good historians do research. We are going to research the origins of some of our favorite Christmas traditions. Use the internet to research the following things:

-Christmas Tree
-Santa Claus
-Christmas Stockings

In your Social Studies Google doc, explain the history of these Christmas items.

12/18 Tuesday

1. Article of the Week-Time for your second read.

2. Ready NC-Let's work more on our packets.

3. Gift of the Magi-That girl gonna get her hair cut!

4. Christmas Essay-Work on your essays!

5. Triangle Trade Facts- Go to the following websites. Read the information they contain about the Triangle Trade. Once you have visited all the websites, create on a blank piece of paper a Triangle Trade fact sheet. Your fact sheet should contain at least 20 facts. Your facts need to be written in complete sentences. Turn in once you have finished. The websites are here, here, and here.

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

12/17 Monday

1. Article of the Week-New week, new article. Time for your first read!

2. Gift of the Magi-Gift of the Magi is a classic Christmas story. This version will give us a chance to use our acting skills.

3. Ready NC-Everyone should be finished with the packet. Let's review.

4. Christmas Essay-Regrettably for you guys, these essays are not going to write themselves...

5. Triangle Trade Facts- Go to the following websites. Read the information they contain about the Triangle Trade. Once you have visited all the websites, create on a blank piece of paper a Triangle Trade fact sheet. Your fact sheet should contain at least 20 facts. Your facts need to be written in complete sentences. Turn in once you have finished. The websites are here, here, and here.
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

12/14 Frday

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. Article of the Week -Let's finish our article.

3. Work Time-Use this time to either work on your Ready NC packet or your Study Island.

4. Christmas Essay-Continue working on your essay.

12/13 Thursday

1. Article of the Week-Let's discuss our article.

2. Ready NC-We need to start going over our new packet.

3. Study Island-Work on Assignment 4.

4. Free Read-Relax and read.

5. CNN Student News-Let's see what's happening in the world.

12/12 Wednesday

1. Common Assessment-Let's get our newest assessment entered into Edulastic

2. The Lottery-It has been awhile, but let's talk about our last short story.

3. Study Island-Log in and work on Assignment 4.

4. Triangle Trade Facts- Go to the following websites. Read the information they contain about the Triangle Trade. Once you have visited all the websites, create on a blank piece of paper a Triangle Trade fact sheet. Your fact sheet should contain at least 20 facts. Your facts need to be written in complete sentences. Turn in once you have finished. The websites are here, here, and here.

12/10 Monday

As you can see I am not in class today. However, I have placed cameras in the room, and I am watching you all from my house (sit down DJ!!)

Please follow Mrs. Gordon's instructions and try not to burn the place down while I'm gone...

ELA

1. Article of the Week-You will be getting your new article today. Like we always do on Mondays, do your first read. If you need a highlighter to mark your confusion, kindly inform Mrs. Gordon that they are in my desk drawer and ask her if you may borrow one. When you have finished your first read, put your article somewhere safe.

2. Ready NC-With or without me, we are beginning a new standard. We are starting R.I. 7.2. That standard is all about finding main ideas in informational texts. Easy peasy leamon squeezey. Grab a Ready NC packet and get to work!

3. Free Read-If you finish numbers 1 and 2, then grab your books and quietly read. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

4. Junior Scholastic-Grab a magazine and a worksheet from Mrs. Gordon and get to work. If you finish, turn it in and find something quiet to do.

12/7 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Hey, how much is that rice? That rice....that's some free rice...

2. Article of The Week-What's the big idea? Let's find out!

3. The Lottery-Finish answering your questions.

4. Free Read-Grab your books and read quietly.

12/6 Thursday

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.

5. CNN Student News-Let's see what's happening in the world.

6. Triangle Trade-Today, we will begin looking at the Triangle Trade. Go to the following website and wait for my instructions.

7. Triangle Trade Facts- Go to the following websites. Read the information they contain about the Triangle Trade. Once you have visited all the websites, create on a blank piece of paper a Triangle Trade fact sheet. Your fact sheet should contain at least 20 facts. Your facts need to be written in complete sentences. Turn in once you have finished. The websites are here, here, and here.

12/5 Wednesday

1. Article of the Week-Let's see if we figure out  the main idea and supporting details.

2. Tradition-Let's discuss traditions before we start our short story.

3. The Lottery-Time for our story

4. Free Read-Time to read!

5. CNN Student News-Let's see what's happening in the world.

6. Triangle Trade-Today, we will begin looking at the Triangle Trade. Go to the following website and wait for my instructions.

7. Triangle Trade Facts- Go to the following websites. Read the information they contain about the Triangle Trade. Once you have visited all the websites, create on a blank piece of paper a Triangle Trade fact sheet. Your fact sheet should contain at least 20 facts. Your facts need to be written in complete sentences. Turn in once you have finished. The websites are here, here, and here.

12/4 Tuesday

1. Read Theory-I have theory....that it's time to work...

2. Article of the Week-Back to Stan the "Man"!

3. Short Story-Let's talk about tradition.

4. Free Read-Relax and read.

5. CNN Student News-New news time!

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. Junior Scholastic-Grab a magazine and get to work.

12/2 Monday

1. Study Island-Let's start the week off by working on Assignment 3.

2. Article of the Week-Good Grief! We barely got a chance to work on our article last week! Let's make up for lost time!

3. Short Story-Our new short story is all about the importance of tradition.

4. Free Read-Relax and read!!!!

5. CNN Student News-New news time!

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. Junior Scholastic-Grab a magazine and get to work. 

11/30 Friday

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

2. Cultural Literacy Terms-Let's go over our terms.

3. Common Assessment Review-What went wrong? What went right?

4. Study Island-Time to finish Assignment 3

11/29 Thursday

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. Make sure your story is spooky. Use some good MOOD words and SETTING details.


 

2. Play-It's time to finish our play and our worksheet.

3. Common Assessment Review-Let's try to figure out what happened. 

4. CNN Student News-New news is awesome!

5. Quiz-It feels like quiz time...

6. Study Island-Work on your first 3 assignments.

11/28 Wednesday

1. Common Assessment-Let's put them in Edulastic.

2. Scope-Time to start acting!

3. Article of the Word-Work on defining your words.

4. FreeRead-Grab your book and read!

5. Painting Analysis-Thinking like a historian, analyze the following painting:

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. Create a Google Slide Show titled YOUR NAME-EXPLORERS. For each explorer you picked, you need to answer the following questions in your slide show. Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!! Your slide show should be at least 6 pages and include a title page.

Question 1-What is the explorer's name/When did they live?

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/What did they discover?

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer. 

11/27 Tuesday

1. Article of the Week-Let's do our second read together.

2. Common Assessment-We have an assessment on our latest standard.

3. Study Island.-Work on Assignment 3.

4. CNN Student News-News!!!

5. Painting Analysis-Thinking like a historian, analyze the following painting:

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. Create a Google Slide Show titled YOUR NAME-EXPLORERS. For each explorer you picked, you need to answer the following questions in your slide show. Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!! Your slide show should be at least 6 pages and include a title page.

Question 1-What is the explorer's name/When did they live?

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/What did they discover?

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer. 

11/26 Monday

1. Sherlock Holmes-Put on your thinking caps. It's time to try and solve a mystery with the world's greatest detective.

2. Article of the Week-First read time.

3. Study Island-Continue working on Assignment 3.

4. CNN Student News-News!!!

5. 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.

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. Create a Google Slide Show titled YOUR NAME-EXPLORERS. For each explorer you picked, you need to answer the following questions in your slide show. Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!! Your slide show should be at least 6 pages and include a title page.

Question 1-What is the explorer's name/When did they live?

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/What did they discover?

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer.

11/20 Tuesday

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

2. Thank You M'am-Let's take a look at our story.

3. Benchmark Review-We will continue reviewing our benchmarks. 

4. CNN Student News-News!!!

5. 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.

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. Create a Google Slide Show titled YOUR NAME-EXPLORERS. For each explorer you picked, you need to answer the following questions in your slide show. Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!! Your slide show should be at least 6 pages and include a title page.

Question 1-What is the explorer's name/When did they live?

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/What did they discover?

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer.

11/16 Friday

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

2. Article of the Week-Let's finish our articles.

3. Short Story-We have a new story.

4. ReadyNC-Hopefully, we can finish our packets.

5. CNN Student News-What news is new?

6. What's for Dinner?-Fill out the worksheet.

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. Create a Google Slide Show titled YOUR NAME-EXPLORERS. For each explorer you picked, you need to answer the following questions in your slide show. Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!! Your slide show should be at least 6 pages and include a title page.

Question 1-What is the explorer's name/When did they live?

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/What did they discover?

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer.

11/15 Thursday

1. Storyboard That-Here is Storyboard That. Go to the site and create 3 awesome scene summaries for  The Most Dangerous Game.

2. Article of the Week-Use context clues to define your terms.

3. ReadyNC-Back to our packet.

4. FreeRead-Relax and read!

5. CNN Student News-What's new?

6. Examination of Christopher Columbus-Let's take a closer look at old Chris. Was he a hero or a zero?

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. Create a Google Slide Show titled YOUR NAME-EXPLORERS. For each explorer you picked, you need to answer the following questions in your slide show. Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!! Your slide show should be at least 6 pages and include a title page.

Question 1-What is the explorer's name/When did they live?

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/What did they discover?

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer. 

11/14 Wednesday

1. Article of the Week-Time for you second read. You are also going to underline some words. You will need to use context clues to define them.

2. Fact or Fiction-Let's discuss some ways we can determine whether a reading passage is fiction or non-fiction.

3. ReadyNC-Back to working on our newest standard.

4. Read Theory-Grab a computer and get working!

5. CNN Student News-What's new?

6. Examination of Christopher Columbus-Let's take a closer look at old Chris. Was he a hero or a zero?

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. Create a Google Slide Show titled YOUR NAME-EXPLORERS. For each explorer you picked, you need to answer the following questions in your slide show. Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!! Your slide show should be at least 6 pages and include a title page.

Question 1-What is the explorer's name/When did they live?

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/What did they discover?

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer.

11/13 Tuesday

1. CNN Student News-What's new?

2. Age of Exploration-Let's get back to our slides.

3. 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. Create a Google Slide Show titled YOUR NAME-EXPLORERS. For each explorer you picked, you need to answer the following questions in your slide show.  Make sure you answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!! Your slide show should be at least 6 pages and include a title page.

Question 1-What is the explorer's name/When did they live?

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/What did they discover?

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer. 

11/9 Friday

1. CNN Student News-What's new?

2. Age of Exploration-Let's get back to our slides.

3. 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/When did they live?

Question 2-Where was the explorer from?

Question 3-What was the explorer known for/What did they discover?

List 5 interesting facts about this explorer.

11/7 Wednesday

1. Article of the Week-Use this time to use context clues to define your vocabulary words from your article.

2. Read Theory-Head to Read Theory and get logged in.

3. CNN Student News-Time for news!

4. Age of Exploration-Let's explore our newest unit...

5. 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, turn in your work.

6. Study Island-There are now 3 assignments available in your Study Island Social Studies Class. Get to work.

11/6 Tuesday

1. Article of the Week-Time for our second read.

2. Most Dangerous Game-Let's finish our movie.

3. Benchmark Review-Head to this site and we can review together.

4. CNN Student News-It's time for the news.

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. My email is jeremynorman@pamlicoschools.org

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, turn in your work.

7. Study Island-There are now 3 assignments available in your Study Island Social Studies Class. Get to work.

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

11/5 Monday

1. Article of the Week-Do your first read.

2. Summary Practice-Head over to this website and we will practice summarizing

3. CNN Student News-It's time for the news.

4. 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

5. 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, turn in your work.

6. Study Island-There are now 3 assignments available in your Study Island Social Studies Class. Get to work. 

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

11/2 Friday

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

2. MDG Essays-Let's discuss our essay questions.

3. Article of the Week-Time for our last assignment with our AOW.

4. Sound of Thunder-We are going to talk about our newest short story.

5. CNN Student News-It's time you guys knew the news....

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

7. Torture in the Inquisition-Torture was a big part of the Inquisition. Go to my Torture 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.

1-most painful
2-2nd most painful
3-not as painful but still no walk in the park
4-it hurts but I ain't dying...
5. easy-peezy lemon squeezey

11/1 Thursday

1. Halloween Horror!!!-Keep going on those 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...

2. Common Assessment-We are going to enter our assessment in to Edualstic.

3. Article of the Week-Witch time again!

4. Free Read-Use this time get reacquainted with your books.

5. CNN Student News-Time for news!

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 did this movement happen? Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

WHERE-What were some of the important locations of the Reformation?

7. Study Island-All of you need to be working on your Social Studies diagnostic. 

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

10/30 Tuesday

1. Article of the Week-Time for our second read. We are also going to look at context clue words.

2. Most Dangerous Game-I want you guys to spend a little be more time on the island!

3. Halloween Horror!!!-Keep going on those 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. FreeRead-Relax and grab a book.

5. CNN Student News-It's time you guys knew the news....

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

7. Torture in the Inquisition-Torture was a big part of the Inquisition. Go to my Torture 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.

1-most painful
2-2nd most painful
3-not as painful but still no walk in the park
4-it hurts but I ain't dying...
5. easy-peezy lemon squeezey

10/29 Monday

1. ELA Google Doc-Head to your Google Doc and wait for further instructions.

2. Article of the Week-Grab an article, grab a highlighter, and do your first read. Remember to mark your confusion. Make sure you mark any words that you do not know the definition of.

3. Short Story-It's time for our new story.

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...

5. CNN Student News-It's time you guys knew the news....

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 did this movement happen? Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

WHERE-What were some of the important locations of the Reformation?

10/26 Friday

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

2. Cultural Literacy Terms-Let's discuss!

3. Vocabulary Quiz-It's time...

4. Most Dangerous Game-Rainsford versus the General....

HERE!!!!!!!

10/25 Thursday

1. Article of the Week-Let's answer some questions about our article.

2. Theme Game-Here is a theme game we can play to practice our skills.

3. Study Island-Work on Study Island Assignment 2.

4. Most Dangerous Game-That General dude seems like a creeper!

10/24 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Let the games begin...

Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Article of the Week-Now that we have our topic and our Main Idea, let's find some supporting details.

3. Most Dangerous Game-We have some work to do before we can get back to our story!

4. Study Island-If you are finsihed with your first assignment (diagnostic), then move on to Assignment 2.

5. Free Read-Relax and read.

10/23 Tuesday

1. Article of the Week-Time for our second read. We are also going to look at context clue words.

2. Article of the Week-Let's try to find our topic and main idea for the article.

3. Vocabulary-We have a new set of Weekly Vocabulary words.

4. Most Dangerous Game-Back to the island!

5. ReadyNC-We are going to start working on a theme packet.

6. CNN Student News-Time for news!

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. 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 did this movement happen? Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

WHERE-What were some of the important locations of the Reformation?

10/22 Monday

1. Article of the Week-Grab an article, grab a highlighter, and do your first read. Remember to mark your confusion. Make sure you mark any words that you do not know the definition of.

2. Most Dangerous Game-Today we will finally start!

3. Cultural Literacy Terms-New week, new terms!

4. Vocabulary-We have a new set of Weekly Vocabulary words.

5. ReadyNC-We are going to continue working on Main Idea/Theme.

6. CNN Student News-Time for news!

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. 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 did this movement happen? Why was it so important to the world? Why is it still important?

WHERE-What were some of the important locations of the Reformation?

10/19 Friday

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

2. Common Assessment-We are going to review our assessment.

3. Most Dangerous Game-Hopefully today we can get started!

4. Study Island-Head to Study Island and wait for instructions.

5. CNN Student News-What is happening in our world today?

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?

10/18 Thursday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. In your Language Arts Goggle Doc, write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative! The mood for your story should be scary!

2. Edulastic-We are going to log in and enter our common assessment.

3. Short Story-Time for some background on our new short story.

4. Most Dangerous Game-Our newest story is called the Most Dangerous Game. Let's make some predictions!

10/17 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Let the games begin...

Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Main Idea-We are going to review our main idea work from yesterday.

3. Short Story-Let's hear your predictions for what happens next!

4. Short Story-We will be starting our new short story soon. Today we be getting some introduction.

5. Storyboard That-Head to this site and wait for my instructions.

6. CNN Student News-What is happening in our world today?

7. 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? 

10/15 Monday

1. CNN Student News-News time!

2. Middle Ages/Renaissance Quiz-Use this time to finish your MA/Ren. quiz. The instructions are on the board.

3.  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 Thursday

1. Article of the Week-Time to answer some questions from our article.

2. Short Story Homework-I will now be checking your homework.

3. Short Story-Is there a part three to the Run?

4. Main Idea-Time to practice our Main Idea finding skills!

10/10 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Let the games begin...
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Short Story-What did we think about part 1? What do we think will happen will happen in part 2?

3. Main Idea-Time to practice dem skills!

4. Free Read-Grab your book and read.

5. CNN Student News-News time!

6. Social Studies Warm-up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies notebook

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?
 
7. Renaissance-Today we will start our Renaissance unit.

8. 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.