3/29 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. Class Novel-Let's see how much we can get read!

3. Study Island/Learning Farm-Get to work

4. People of the Industrial Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from the Industrial Revolution .You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the Industrial Revolution?

George Stephenson

5. Industrial Revolution Webquest-Use the rest of class to finish your webquest.

3/27 Wednesday

1. Free Read-Quietly Read

2. Edulastic-Head over and enter your CAs in to Edulastic.

3. Class Novel-Let's see how far we can get.

4. Learning Farm/Study Island-You have work on both sites to complete. Get busy!

3/25 Monday

1. Free Read-Grab your book and read quietly.

2. Poetry-Don't you just love it?

3. Paired Reading Article-We are going to read an article that pairs with our class novel.

4. Article Questions-I may let you work in your small groups.

5. CNN Student News-Time for news.

6. Industrial Revolution-We need to finish our slides.

7. Industrial Revolution Webquest-Head to this site to complete your webquest. 

3/22 Friday

1. Quiz Time-We have some time before quiz. Use it wisely.

2. Wordly Wise-Keep working on you activities.

3. Class Novel-Crocodiles....really!

4. Poetry Packet-Work on your packet.

3/21 Thursday

1. Class Novel-We need to pick up the pace.

2. Venn Diagram-Let's finish and turn in our diagrams

3. Nursery Rhymes-Let's see how well we did at finding Rhyme Schemes.

4. Poetry Packet-You guys need to work on a packet of poetry.

5. CNN News-What's new? Let's find out.

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. Industrial Revolution-Let's finish our slides

3/20 Wednesday

1. Learning Farm-Work on any assignment you need to complete.

2. Dinka and the Nuer-Are Salva and Nya's tribe's really all that different? You are going to find out. Go here to learn all about Nya's people, the Nuer tribe. Then head to this website to learn about Salva's tribe. When you are finished, I want you to create a Venn Diagram and organize the ways the 2 tribes compare and contrast. Nevermind...go here.

3. CNN News-What's new? Let's find out.

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. Industrial Revolution-Let's finish our slides

3/19 Tuesday

1. Free Read-Grab those books and read.

2. Wordly Wise-Begin working on your weekly activites.

3. Letter from Uncle-Continue working on your letters.

4. Long Walk to Water-Uncle is gone. How will Salva go on without him? You need to use Uncle’s POV to write a letter to Salva. In this letter, you must encourage Salva and give him the strength and courage to go on without you. What will you say to your nephew that will make it easier to continue without you?

5. CNN Student News-Time for news!

6. People of the Industrial Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from the Industrial Revolution .You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the Industrial Revolution?

John D. Rockefeller

3/18 Monday

1. Free Read-Quietly read.

2. Vocabulary-Let's take a look at our newest words

3. Poetry-Time to discuss rhyme scheme.

4. Long Walk to Water-Uncle is gone. How will Salva go on without him? You need to use Uncle’s POV to write a letter to Salva. In this letter, you must encourage Salva and give him the strength and courage to go on without you. What will you say to your nephew that will make it easier to continue without you?

5. CNN Student News-Time for news!

6. People of the Industrial Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from the Industrial Revolution .You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.

1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the Industrial Revolution?

John D. Rockefeller

3/14

1. Free Read-Grab your book and quietly read.

2. Learning Farm-Work on any Learning Assignments you need to complete.

3. Class Novel-Let's keep it going.

4. Vocabulary-Work and study at the same time! It's a win win situation.

3/13 Wednesday

1. Free Read-Grab your books and read quietly

2. Reading Passage Review-We are going to review the passage from yesterday.

3. Class Novel-Back to it!

4. Vocabulary-Time to study!

5. CNN Student News-What's new?

6. Industrial Revolution-Our newest unit will be the Industrial Revolution. Judging by the name, what kind of of revolution do you think this will be?

3/12 Tuesday

1. Reading Passage-This passage is all about point of view. Read it very carefully. Underline key details. Pay very close attention to who the characters are and what their various points of view are. When you are finished, turn the passage into the sub.

2. Vocabulary-Use this time to work on your vocabulary activities. Remember these are due on Friday.

3. Learning Farm-Log in and get to work- Your username is your firstnamelastname and your password is pcms2019.

4. French Revolution Timeline-Today will be the last day you have to finish the timelines.

5. Study Islands-If you finish number 4, work on your Social Studies Study Islands.

3/11 Monday

1. Short Story-I want you guys to grab your Red Lit. books and turn to page 544. Reread the story Charles. Now in your ELA Google Doc, I want you to rewrite the ending (the part at the PTA meeting) from the teacher's point of view). Make it good!

2. Vocabulary-Grab a Wordly Wise book and begin working on the activities for lesson 8. They will be due on Friday.

3. Learning Farm-Work on bringing up those Learning Farm grades.

4. French Revolution Timeline-Today will be the last day you have to finish the timelines.

5. Study Islands-If you finish number 4, work on your Social Studies Study Islands.

3/8 Friday

1. Wordly Wise-It's time for our quiz.

2. Short Story-We are going to look at Charles from a different point of view!

3. Free Read-Grab your book and quietly read.

4. CNN Student News-It is so nice to have our dear friend Carl back.

5. French Revolution Timeline-I am done talking about the French Revolution. Now you guys are to do some research and create a French Revolution Timeline. You have 4 options you can use to present your info. Your timeline should include at least 10 events and should be factually and grammatically correct.

Google Slides

Create an Illustrated Timeline

3/7 Thursday

1. Free Rice-Free Rice on a Thursday? What a crazy week!!

2. Learning Farm-Get to farming people!

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Head here and study your words.

4. Short Story-Let's review our story and look at our questions.

5. CNN Student News-It is so nice to have our dear friend Carl back.

6.  French Revolution Timeline-I am done talking about the French Revolution. Now you guys are to do some research and create a French Revolution Timeline. You have 4 options you can use to present your info. Your timeline should include at least 10 events and should be factually and grammatically correct.

Google Slides

Create an Illustrated Timeline

3/6 Wednesday

1. Free-Read-Try to find your Free Read books and get back to reading.

2. R.L. 7.6-We are starting our newest standard. It is all about point of view.

3. Red Literature Book-Grab a Red Lit. book and turn to page 544. We are going to read a story that deals with an interesting take on point of view.

4. Vocabulary-Head here and study your words.

3/5 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a short story about the picture. Be creative! The mood for your story should be lovey-dovey!