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Friday, February 28, 2020

2/28 Friday

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

2. Beasts of England-We are now going to take a closer look at the song from our class novel. Somebody drop a beat!

3.  Class Novel-Is it rebellion time already?

4. Article of the Week-Our article will deal with a curious thing called "herd behavior"

Thursday, February 27, 2020

2/26 Thursday

1. Warm-up Creative Write-Look at the picture, write a story in your ELA google doc. Your story needs to be fiction and written in First person Point of View. Your mood needs to be spooky.





2. Class Novel-Let's get started with our new novel.

3. Discussion Questions-Head to your Animal Farm Google Doc and answer the questions on the board.

4. Article of the Week-Our article will deal with a curious thing called "herd behavior"

5. CNN 10-Carl's about to drop some knowledge!
6. History Research-Today you are going to be flexing those research muscles and writing a research paper. You are going to pick one thing that you absolutely love, and then you are going to research that thing. You will need to find out who created your item, when and where it was created and any other important information you can think of. You will then need to take that information and write a 300 word research essay on Google docs. Title your doc "History Research"

Monday, February 24, 2020

2/25 Tuesday

ELA


1. Warm-Up-In your  Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.

What would you do if you were made principal of Pamlico Middle School? What changes would you make? 

2. Text Structure-Finish working on your newest worksheet. When you have finished, turn it in.

3. Scope Magazine-Grab a magazine and a packet and get to work.

SOCIAL STUDIES

4.  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?

5. Junior Scholastic-If you finish number 4, turn it in and grab a magazine and get to work!

2/24 Monday

 1. Warm-Up-In your  Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.


2. Text Structure Review-Let's see what we can remember!

3. Text Structure Practice-Practice time!

4. Class Novel PreRead-Create and share a new Google Doc titled Animal Farm-Your First and Last Name. For your first assignment, I want your to tell me which of the following animals you think is the smartest and why. Then, I want you to tell me which animal you think would be the most loyal.
Pigs
Horses
Humans
Birds

5. CNN 10- It's Azuz time!

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?

Thursday, February 20, 2020

2/20 Thursday

1. Text Structure-Let's review your worksheet.

2. Common Assessment-Time to show what we know.

3. 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 spooky!




4. CNN 10-Are they ever going to cure Coronavirus?

5. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.



Today we will look at John Coltrane . Go to each of the links here, here, and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

2/19 Wednesday

1. Knoword-Spend some time with our newest game, Knoword

2. ReadyNC-Let's get back to our newest standard.

3. Standard Practice-Let's show what we know!

4. Check-in Review-We need to keep reviewing our last benchmark.

5. CNN 10-News time!
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Monday, February 17, 2020

2/18 Tuesday

1. Free Read-Relax and ease into the week...

2. Benchmark-We are going to continue reviewing our latest check-in.

3. New Standard-We are going to be looking our newest standard. It deals with text structure.

4. CNN 10-Back to it!

5. Today in History-Go to the following website and look over some of the things that happened on this date in history. Pick 2 things which you think are important and send me an email (Titled: Today in History) explaining why you chose the 2 events that you did. Remember to fully explain your answers.

6. Renaissance-Let's take a look at this particular time period. 

Sunday, February 9, 2020

2/10 Monday

I knew I shouldn't have spent all that time in Wuhan Province...

As you can see, I am out again, but this time I am going to the doctor to figure out how best to treat Coronavirus. Keep your fingers crossed!

1. Newsela-You have 2 new articles to read and complete the activities on. Get busy!

2. The Run-Is it time for part 3?

3. Quizlet-Use this time to study your EOG words. I guarantee you will see these words on the EOG.

4. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.


Today we will look at George Washington Carver. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. What is this person's full name?

2. When was this person born? Where were they born? Are they still alive?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

5. Food of the Renaissance-Today we are going to examine the foods of the Renaissance. Your assignment is to go to the following links, read them, and create a Google doc entitled "Renaissance Food." Be sure to share it with me. In that doc I want you to first tell me what you thought about the foods of the Renaissance. Be sure to fully explain your answers. Then I want you to give me 12 facts that you learned from these websites.


Links: hereherehere, and here

Friday, February 7, 2020

2/7 Friday

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

2. LOGOs-Work on your activities.

3. Study Island-Earn dem medals!

4. CNN 10-News time!

5. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.






Today we will look at Walt Bellamy. Go to each of the links herehere and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. What is this person's full name?

2. When was this person born? Where were they born? Are they still alive?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

6. Google Earth-Head to Google Earth and play around!

Thursday, February 6, 2020

2/6 Thursday

DID YOU KNOW.....That I am not there today. However, that does not give you an excuse to act foolish!

ELA

1. Warm-up Creative Write-Look at the picture, write a story in your ELA google doc. Your story needs to be fiction and written in First person Point of View. Your mood should be funny.




2. LOGOs-Work on your activities!

3. Study Island/Learning Farm- Earn those medals. And don't forget about LIVE VIEW....

SOCIAL STUDIES

4. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.



Today we will look at Walt Bellamy. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. What is this person's full name?

2. When was this person born? Where were they born? Are they still alive?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

5. Study Island-There are now two assignments for you to work on. Get on it!

Monday, February 3, 2020

2/3 Monday

1. Free Read-Ease into your new week with a book...

2. Online Reading Strategies-We are going to discuss and practice our new strategies!

3. Fiction Short Story-Let's use our new strategies.

4. Newsela-Head to the site and get started.

5. Fun?-Can we actually have some fun?
Here
Here
Here

6. CNN 10-New news time!

7. Middle Ages-Let's finish our slides.

8. Black Death-We are going to learn more about the Plague...