3/31 Tuesday

1. 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 creepy.

2. Common Assessment-Today we will be reviewing the poem from our last common assessment.

3. Origins of Easter-We are going to use the following links to learn more about the origins of Easter. Once you have visited each link, use a blank piece of paper to create a fact sheet containing 20 facts about Easter.

Easter Link
Easter Link 2
Easter Link 3

4. Class Novel-How will Salva do in America? Let's see!

5. Scope-Hopefully we can get to our newest Scope article.

6. People of the Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from both the American and French Revolutions.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. Which revolution was this person involved with?

5. What was their importance to the revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is:

Napoleon Bonaparte

7. French Revolution Newspaper-It's time for you guys to show the power of the press! You are to create a newspaper front page about the French Revolution. It must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:
Here
Here
Here

Enrichment Scavenger Hunt-Use the internet for correct answers (spelling counts) Put the questions and the answers in an email titled Scavenger Hunt #1 and send it to me. Remember to answer in complete sentences.

On what date did the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico occur?
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
What are three synonyms for the word BIZARRE?
What is the capital of Egypt?
What are two website addresses that allow you to edit video?
What is the largest mammal on Earth?
What are three antonyms for the word ANTIQUE?
Who discovered the cure for the disease polio?
Who is Mark David Chapman?
Who was Leif Erickson?
When, where, and why did the Titanic sink?
What are Greenhouse Gases?
Who created Superman?
Who was the 2nd man to walk on the Moon?

3/30 Monday

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


2. Common Assessment Review-Let's go over these together.

3.Scope-We are starting our new Scope article today

4. Class Novel-First we will answer questions about chapter 14, then we will read chapter 15. Does Salva make it to America?

5. Independent Reading-Grab your books and read away!

6. Reading Google Doc.-Answer the following question in your Reading Google Doc.

What are 3 things that you found interesting in your book today? Why did you chose these 3?

7. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

8. French Revolution Newspaper-It's time for you guys to show the power of the press! You are to create a newspaper front page about the French Revolution. It must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:
Here
Here
Here

3/27 Friday

1. Free Rice- Free Rice time again!

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take a few minutes to study your words.

3. Weekly Vocabulary Quiz-Good luck!

4. Reading Passage-Let's review our Common Assessment.

5. Class Novel-Let's see how Salva likes America!

6.  Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

7. People of the Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from both the American and French Revolutions.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. Which revolution was this person involved with?

5. What was their importance to the revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is:

John Paul Jones

8. French Revolution Facts-You are to use using the following websites to create a French Revolution Fact Sheet. Your sheet should contain 15 facts.

Here
Here
Here

3/26 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the topic of the article?

-What was the article's main idea? Supporting details?

-If you were to rename this article, what name would you chose and why?

-Create one E.O.G style question about the article.

2. Scope-Let's get back to our articles.

3. Class Novel-I am excited to get back to our book! Let's see what happens next...

4. Common Assessment-We are going to review our first passage from yesterday's common assessment.

5. Readworks Review-Let's review our paper themed Read Works passage.

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

What were the causes of the American Revolution? Fully explain your answers.

7. People of the Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from both the American and French Revolutions.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. Which revolution was this person involved with?

5. What was their importance to the revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is:

Marquis de Lafayette

3/26 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's time to play our games! We have one new game. It is called Word Confusion. Play it first before you move on.

Joy Words
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. NC Write-You have a new NC Write writing prompt. The title is "Alien Encounters." Follow the instructions and get writing!

3. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

What were the causes of the American Revolution? Fully explain your answers.

4. French Revolution Newspaper-It's time for you guys to show the power of the press! You are to create a newspaper front page about the French Revolution. It must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:
Here
Here
Here

3/24 Tuesday

1. 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.

2. Scope-We are going to read the second part of our paired text. 

3. Scope Activity-We will now work on a Scope worksheet.

4. Class Novel-Let's see what happens next!

5. Reading Google Doc.-Answer the following question in your Reading Google Doc.

What is the setting of our class novel. Make sure you include time and place. Also, how might the novel have been different if the setting had been different?

6. Reading Passage-For the rest of class, you will be working on a Literary Elements Reading Passage.

7. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

What were the causes of the American Revolution? Fully explain your answers. 

8. French Revolution Newspaper-It's time for you guys to show the power of the press! You are to create a newspaper front page about the French Revolution. It must include:

1. Title of Newspaper
2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:
Here
Here
Here

3/23 Monday

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

2. Weekly Vocabulary-This week I will be giving you a sheet with your weekly words. Take a few minutes to study them.

3. Scope-We are getting back to Scope magazine in a BIG way. First up, aliens!

4. Class Novel-Let's read chapter 13.

5.Reading Google Doc.-Answer the following question in your Reading Google Doc.

What is the setting of our class novel. Make sure you include time and place. Also, how might the novel have been different if the setting had been different?

6. Reading Passage-For the rest of class, you will be working on a Literary Elements Reading Passage.

7. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

8. People of the Revolution- You will be researching various important figures from both the American and French Revolutions.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. Which revolution was this person involved with?

5. What was their importance to the revolution?

6. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is:

Paul Revere

9. French Revolution Newspaper-It's time for you guys to show the power of the press! You are to create a newspaper front page about the French Revolution. It must include:

1. Title of Newspaper

2. Date and price

3. Title of Article

4. Story (at least 10 sentences)-Story must be about the French Revolution

5. Opinion article (at least 8 sentences)-This should contain your own opinion on the Revolution

6. At least 1 illustration

You may only use the following sites to obtain the information for your newspaper. Here are the website links:

Here
Here
Here