9/11 Wednesday

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Warm-Up-Start this morning off right with some Eight Letter Game. Try to beat my score of 271.

2. Textbook Work-Grab the red literature book and finish your assignment from yesterday. If you have any questions just check yesterday's blog post.

3. Vocabulary-Work on studying your Weekly Vocabulary Words. Each of you should also take the quiz found on Quizlet. When you have finished, move onto Number 4.

4. 4 Square Word Boxes-Take about 5 minutes working on your word boxes.

5. Class Novel-Will Mr. Norman's voice be up to the challenge of starting The Outsiders today?????

6. Reading-Get reading!


SOCIAL STUDIES

7. 9/11 K.W.L.-I will pass out and explain our K.W.L. charts.

8. Homework-Obviously, you guys are too young to remember the tragic events of 9/11, but there are definitely people in your life that will. On a blank sheet of paper, have someone you know who is old enough to remember 9/11 answer the following questions: (you must write out the questions and answers on your sheet of paper AND answers must be in complete sentences!) This assignment will be due Monday!

     1. What were you doing when 9/11 happened?

     2. How did you hear about the attacks?

     3. Do you remember how the attack made you feel? Explain

     4. What were your first thoughts when you realized what was happening?

     5. What is your most vivid memory of that day?

    

9/10 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing

Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative and try to include some of your weekly vocabulary words.

2. Vocabulary Review-Take a few minutes and review your Weekly Vocabulary.


3. 4 Square Word Boxes-Take about 10 minutes to work on your weekly vocabulary assignment.


4. Class Novel-Today we will begin reading our class novel, The Outsiders.


5. Literature Textbook-Grab a red textbook from the bookshelf. Turn to page 5 and read the story titled Names/Nombres. When you have finished reading, go to page 10 and answer ALL 10 questions on a blank piece of paper.


6.Social Studies Warm-Up-In your Norman Social Studies Google doc, answer the following
question:

"Why was the Renaissance such a big deal? What time period came before?"


7.  Renaissance-Grab your SS notebooks and let's review and continue looking at the Renaissance.

9/9 Monday

It's the first day of a new week!

1. Warm-Up- In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Be sure to provide lots of good details!

2. Weekly Vocabulary-It's time to get familiar with your new Weekly Vocabulary. All of these words came from our class book, The Outsiders.

3. Weekly Vocabulary Assignment-This week, we will be using our words to create vocabulary boxes. Here is what a 4 square vocabulary box looks like.

You will be creating 7 vocabulary boxes using all of your weekly words. I will explain the box in detail.

4. The Outsiders-Today we are going to start our class novel. First, let's create and share a Google doc titled-Outsiders Journal

5. Ready NC Textbook-We are going to take a few minutes to look at our new textbooks. We will hopefully be using these books every week.

6. Analyzing for Central Idea-Today we are going to look at some effective ways to find out a piece of writing's central idea.

7. Independent Reading-Grab your books and get reading. There will be a Reading Notebook activity and a Reading Journal question.

8. Renaissance-Grab your Social Studies notebook and get ready to take notes on the time period known as The Renaissance.

9. Weekly Assignment-You will be creating a Renaissance Alphabet Book. I will demonstrate how you are to create these books and what they should contain.

9/6 Friday

We've made it through another week! Let's just get through today and enjoy our weekends!

1. Game Time-Alright, it's Free Rice Friday! Play the game and do some good for your fellow human beings!

2. Grammar-Take a few minutes and study your notes.

3. Grammar Quiz-Go to the following link and wait for my instructions.

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4. Outsiders-Next week we will begin reading the novel The Outsiders. Before we start, read the following description.

The Outsiders was written by a teenager about teenagers.  The author, Susan Eloise Hinton, began writing the story when she was 15-years-old and it was finally published when she was 17-years-old, in 1967.  She was advised to use a pen name, S.E. Hinton, because the publisher did not think that people would believe that a girl wrote this novel!  Hinton began writing the story in response to an act of teenage violence that occurred in her hometown.  The setting of the novel, Oklahoma in the 1960s, is the same setting in which Hinton wrote the book.  Considered a coming-of-age novel, The Outsiders examines many social and teenage issues that were prevalent in the 1960s and are still issues today.

Now, on a blank piece of paper answer the following discussion questions.

Discussion Questions:

1 What do you think “The Outsiders” means?  What is an “outsider”?

2. What do you think were some of the issues teenagers faced in the 1960s?

3. Do you think these are issues that teenagers still face today?

5. Reading Notebooks-We are going to take a few minutes and discuss how our Reading Notebooks are going to work.

6. Reading-Grab your books, get comfortable, and start reading.

7. Social Studies Warm-Up-Take a few minutes to get your presentations ready to go. We will start presenting very soon!

9/5 Thursday

1. Google Doc- Let's flex those Google Doc creating skills! Create a document titled:

Norman-Language Arts

Be sure to share it with Mr. Norman!


2. Warm-Up- Creative Writing

Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative and try to include some of your weekly vocabulary words. Your short story should go in your Norman-Language Arts doc.

3. Grammar Review- Let's see how much you remember from last week's Grammar Lessons!


4. Pronoun Worksheet- We didn't get a chance to do this yesterday, so let's make sure we get it today!


5. Verb-Let's get better acquainted with verbs!


6. Verb Video-Enjoy the following Verb Awesomeness...

7. Verb Race-We will break into groups and get racing.


8. Google Doc-Let's flex those Google Doc creating skills! Create a document titled:

Norman-Social Studies

Be sure to share it with Mr. Norman!


9. Asia-Let's check out Asia


10. Group Project-Work with your groups on your Continent assignment. Make sure you figure out how best to present your information to the class.






 

9/4 Wednesday

1. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article on a blank piece of paper.  Your review should answer the following questions:

-Did you like the article? Explain your answer

-Was the article informative? Explain your answer

Also, create two E.O.G style questions about the article.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to review your Weekly Vocabulary Words. Play some games and learn at the same time! This time can also be used to work on your Weekly Vocabulary Assignment.

3. Google Docs-We are going to take some time to create a few different google docs for our class. Listen carefully and follow my lead.

4. Pronoun Worksheet-We covered pronouns last week. You are now going to complete a worksheet testing your comprehension of pronouns.

5. Reading Notebook-You are going to use one of the notebooks you got for my class as a Reading Notebook.

6. Reading Time-It's time to relax, kick back, and enjoy our new books.

7. Social Studies Warm-Up-On a sheet of paper, answer the following question.

What are 3 things that you remember from our discussion of Africa? Why did these things stick out to you?

8. Africa-We are going to take a few minutes and review what we have learned about Africa

9. Antarctica-Today we will begin looking at the continent of Antarctica.

9/3 Tuesday

Welcome back! I hope you guys had a great long weekend. It's time to get back to work!

1. Game Time-Very few of you had a chance to play the Eight Letter Game on Friday. Take a few minutes and see how high a score you can get!

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Click on the link for your Weekly Vocabulary. Take a few minutes to look at your words and get familiar with them.

3. Weekly Vocabulary Assignment-For this week's assignment, you will use your words to create a Vocabulary 3-2-1.
This means that on a piece of paper you will:

Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (meaning you will be writing 10 sentences)

4. Library-We will be making our first visit as a class to the library. First, we will discuss tips to picking out a perfect book for you!

5. Social Studies Warm-Up-On a blank piece of paper, answer the following question:

Do you think that it is important to learn about the continents and the oceans? Be sure to fully explain your answer.

6. Africa-Today we are going to get back to learning about the continent of Africa.

7. Continent Video-This video makes learning about the continents and oceans simple and addictive. Watch and enjoy!

8. Weekly Assignment- You will be placed in groups and given the name of a continent. You will then use your netbooks to find the information needed to answer the following questions. The assignment will be due on Friday, which is when you will be presenting your answers to the class.


CONTINENT QUESTIONS

1. What is the name of your continent?
2. How many countries are in your continent?
3. What is the most populous country in your continent?
4. What is the least populous country in your continent?
5. What is the weather like in your continent?
6. What are some of the different languages spoken in your continent?
7. What are some of the landmarks found in your continent?
8. What are some of your continent's natural resources?
9. How big is your continent compared to the other continents?
10.What are some of the rivers, mountains, deserts, and other geographical features found in your continent?