Category: December 2019

1.  Warm-Up:  Membean
2.  Review Tone and Mood (notes provided as well as a sheet protector)
3.  Tone practice (task cards)
4.  Table Talk on Tone with excerpt of “I Have a Dream Speech”
5.  1st period only:  Gimkit review game on tone.  All other classes will begin with the game tomorrow as our warm-up.

 

Today we:

• Monday, December 9:
  • SRI/Lexile Test
  • Work on assignments from  Friday work
  • Finish Quickwrite 3, Cycle 3 if needed
  • Membean (if you finish early and are ahead)

 

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Coming Up This Week

• Tuesday, December 10:  Mini-lesson on tone
  • Table work on tone
  • Gimkit game on tone
  • Begin Quickwrite 4, Cycle 3 on analyzing tone in a piece of informational text
• Wednesday, December 11:
  • Complete Quickwrite 4, Cycle 3
  • Seesaw activity on tone with independent reading
• Thursday, December 12:
  • Complete Seesaw activity if needed
  • Strategies for tackling informational essay on upcoming Benchmark District CBA Test 2 (December 16-17)
• Friday, December 13: 
  • Complete strategies for tackling informational essay
  • Membean practice
  • Reading time with library book if time permits

Today we worked on two formative assessments of our independent reading:

1.  One task asks students to fill in the rectangle with everything they know about their book and reading time from yesterday and last night.  Students could use bulleted text and sketches; they are also allowed to “chunk” and organize their thinking and ideas they want to share.  I have included some examples completed by students in today’s photo gallery.
2. The second task asks students to identify various elements of their chapter(s) they read yesterday and last night.  Students may finish this piece at home and/or after the SRI test on Monday.  I recommend working on this assignment on home so that students don’t feel rushed to finish Monday after the SRI test.

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Preview of Next Week:

• Monday, December 9:
  • SRI/Lexile Test
  • Finish Friday work
  • Finish Quickwrite 3, Cycle 3 if needed
  • Membean
• Tuesday, December 10:  Mini-lesson on tone
  • Table work on tone
  • Gimkit game on tone
  • Begin Quickwrite 4, Cycle 3 on analyzing tone in a piece of informational text
• Wednesday, December 11:
  • Complete Quickwrite 4, Cycle 3
  • Seesaw activity on tone with independent reading
• Thursday, December 12:
  • Complete Seesaw activity if needed
  • Strategies for tackling informational essay on upcoming Benchmark District CBA Test 2 (December 16-17)
• Friday, December 13: 
  • Complete strategies for tackling informational essay
  • Membean practice
  • Reading time with library book if time permits

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