Homework: Monday, December 2nd

Happy December! We only have three short weeks before our holiday break. That means that we have a very large amount of learning to get done is a short amount of time!

Tonight, narrow down your choices for your independent projects and choose 2. Come in with your choices tomorrow. We will go over our rubrics and start brainstorming, pre writing, and drafting during writing workshop.

Homework: Monday, November 25th

Read over the sample informational research paper. This is a student's piece of writing - it's the real deal! Jot down what you notice about the paper:

Organization: how many paragraphs? How does the writer start and end each paragraph? What's included in the introduction and conclusion paragraphs?

Style: how does the writer craft his sentences? What's the vocabulary word choice like? Is it easy to read? 

Formatting: what's the font like? Sentence spacing? Does this look professional? 

Citations: how does the author cite his research? What's included in the Works Cited page?

POV: does the author use "I" to show his ideas?

In other news:

1. This week is Peace Week. Treat your peers with kindness during our Thanksgiving week.

2: Come prepared on Wednesday with index cards and scotch tape. STEM day and early dismissal! We leave at 11:25.

3. I will have rubrics available for you to look over on our Thanksgiving break. Start thinking about your independent projects!

Homework: Thursday, November 21st

Today, we will be reading and analyzing our Q2 in-class writing project and learning what skills we need to learn this quarter in order to succeed. 

For homework tonight, it is your job to start thinking about the independent projects that you're interested in. You received a copy of all 8 project choices. Read them over and complete the chart on the back. 

Tomorrow will be an independent reading day and we will continue with reading conferences. We will focus on crafting strong responses to showcase the thinking we do while we read. Come prepared with your independent reading book!

Homework: Wednesday, November 20th

Use our 5w and 1H notes to create a summary of the introduction of Getting Away with Murder. Be sure to stick to the most important facts in your summary. It should be no longer than 3 sentences!

Homework: Monday, November 18th

Independently read for at least 20 minutes and respond in your R/W notebooks. Remember to write the date, title, and pages read. 

Next Wednesday is a STEM day and early dismissal. We will need materials from home: small index cards and scotch tape. 

Post test

So much fun today with vocabulary jeopardy! Fantastic review. Can't wait to see all of your learning tomorrow!

Next week

Happy Friday! I wanted to recap today's announcements.

1. CCSS district testing Monday and Wednesday next week. Make sure you come prepared with an independent reading book. 

2. No school on Tuesday. Election Day!

3. Vocabulary review game on Thursday. You all received a review sheet.

4. Vocabulary post-test on Friday.

Happy weekending!