11/1 Friday

 

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

2. The Raven-I will be reading our poem out loud. Wish me luck...

3. The Raven Activity-We have some work to do!

4. CNN 10-Time for some bad Halloween puns!

5. Junior Scholastic-Continue working on your almanac work from yesterday.

6. Absolute Monarchy Project-Now that we are done with our notes, it is your turn to do some research. You are to pick an absolute monarch (from the list below) and with a group of 2 or 3, create a google slide show that answers the following questions about your monarch.

-What country did your monarch rule?
-Who was ruler before?
-Who was the ruler after them?
-How long did they rule?
-How did their reign end?
-What wars were fought during their reign of power?

Your slideshow must be:
-At least 6 slides long
-Grammatically correct
-Factually accurate
-Visually appealing

Here is the list of monarchs you can chose from:
Elizabeth the 1st
Phillip the 2nd
Frederick the 1st
Catherine the Great
Charles the 11th

10/31

1.Pumpkin Carving-One of the best, and smelliest, parts of Halloween is pumpkin carving. Head to this site and get to work.

2. 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 scary!

 

3. The Raven-There seems to be some confusion as to what is happening in our poem!

4. Study Island-Log in and get to work!

5. CNN 10-Time for some bad Halloween puns!

6.  Junior Scholastic-Continue working on your almanac work from yesterday.

7.  Absolute Monarchy Project-Now that we are done with our notes, it is your turn to do some research. You are to pick an absolute monarch (from the list below) and with a group of 2 or 3, create a google slide show that answers the following questions about your monarch.

-What country did your monarch rule?
-Who was ruler before?
-Who was the ruler after them?
-How long did they rule?
-How did their reign end?
-What wars were fought during their reign of power?

Your slideshow must be:
-At least 6 slides long
-Grammatically correct
-Factually accurate
-Visually appealing

Here is the list of monarchs you can chose from:
Elizabeth the 1st
Phillip the 2nd
Frederick the 1st
Catherine the Great
Charles the 11th

10/29 Tuesday

1. CNN 10-News time!

2. 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

10/24 Thursday

1.CNN 10-Newsy, news, news new....

2. Harriet Tubman-Let's learn a little bit more about this important abolitionist.

3. Study Island-Don't forget your sun tan lotion

10/23

1. CNN 10-Good News...it's time for news!!!

2. 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

3. 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.

4. Study Island-It is time to set sail...Study Island is beautiful this time of year....

10/22 Tuesday

1. Read Theory-Log in and await my instructions.

IMPORTANT!!!! HEAD HERE AND FILL OUT THIS FORM!!!

2. Words the power Within-We are going to finish our words/prefixes.

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 296 words. Create a Halloween Google Doc and share with me.

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. CNN 10-Time to check on the world.

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

6.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.

10/21 Monday

1. Free Read-Read and Relax!

2. ELA Google Doc.-Answer the following questions:

-What is the title of your book? What page are you on?

-Who is the main character of your book?

-What are some aspects of the main character that you relate to?

3. Read Theory-Log-in and wait for instructions.

4. CNN 10-Hope Carl isn't annoying today!

5. Triangle Trade-We are going to look at one of the worst after effects of the Columbian Exchange.

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
























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10/18 Friday

1. Free Read-Time to quietly read and enjoy yourselves.

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

3. The Lottery-After some thought on the subject, I have to read our story aloud instead of having you guys read it. Let's go!

4. CNN 10-What's happening in the world? Let's find out!

5. What's For Dinner?-Time to finish our assignment. Using the following links, tell me whether your individual ingredients (from your shopping list) are from the Old World or the New World. The links are here, here, and here.

10/17 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! Make sure your story is suspenseful.

3. Words Power Within-We are going to continue working on Lesson 12

4. Edulastic-Log-in and wait.

5. The Lottery-Back to our short story

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.

8. Google Earth- Head to this link and take this spooky quiz!