Hamilton 8th Language Arts

1.  Receive book club book assignments and reading calendars (click here).
2.  Receive book club assignments.
3.  Mini-lesson:  Theme, Central Ideas, and Issues
4.  Partner Reading in groups
5.  Begin Theme/Central Ideas/Issues Chart for your book; we will complete on your own tomorrow.

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Period 8-1

1.  Today we worked in 15 minute rotations with Membean and reading time.  Half the class started with a 15 minute Membean work session; the other half read their independent reading/choice books for 15 minutes.   Students rotated activities so that everyone had 15 minutes of Membean practice, and everyone had 15 minutes of reading time.
2. I returned Quickwrite assignments from December; we put these in the Quickwrite section of our binders.
3. Remember to be reading your independent reading book 10-15 minutes nightly.
4.  You will need to complete a 2nd 15 minute session of Membean on your own time outside of class by midnight on Sunday, January 12, please.
5. Spelling bee tomorrow!

Period 8-4

1.  Today we completed our new yellow reading bookmarks to set a goal for finishing our current book; this may be a book started prior to the holiday break or a new break.
2. We completed a “Current Read” ticket.
3. Today we worked in 15 minute rotations with Membean and reading time.  Half the class started with a 15 minute Membean work session; the other half read their independent reading/choice books for 15 minutes.   Students rotated activities so that everyone had 15 minutes of Membean practice, and everyone had 15 minutes of reading time.
4. Remember to be reading your independent reading book 10-15 minutes nightly.
5.  You will need to complete a 2nd 15 minute session of Membean on your own time outside of class by midnight on Sunday, January 12, please.
6. Spelling bee tomorrow!

Period 8-5

1.  Today we completed our new yellow reading bookmarks to set a goal for finishing our current book; this may be a book started prior to the holiday break or a new break.
2. We completed a “Current Read” ticket.
3. Today we worked in 15 minute rotations with Membean and reading time.  Half the class started with a 15 minute Membean work session; the other half read their independent reading/choice books for 15 minutes.   Students who did not get to complete Membean today in class will get time after the spelling bee tomorrow.  Students who focused on Membean and did not get to read today will get reading time tomorrow after we complete the spelling bee.
4. I returned Quickwrite assignments from December; we put these in the Quickwrite section of our binders.
5. Remember to be reading your independent reading book 10-15 minutes nightly.
6.  You will need to complete a 2nd 15 minute session of Membean on your own time outside of class by midnight on Sunday, January 12, please.
7. Spelling bee tomorrow!

Period 8-6

1.  Today we completed our new yellow reading bookmarks to set a goal for finishing our current book; this may be a book started prior to the holiday break or a new break.
2. We completed a “Current Read” ticket.
3. Today we worked in 15 minute rotations with Membean and reading time.  Half the class started with a 15 minute Membean work session; the other half read their independent reading/choice books for 15 minutes.   Students who did not get to complete Membean today in class will get time after the spelling bee tomorrow.  Students who focused on Membean and did not get to read today will get reading time tomorrow after we complete the spelling bee.
4. Remember to be reading your independent reading book 10-15 minutes nightly.
5.  You will need to complete a 2nd 15 minute session of Membean on your own time outside of class by midnight on Sunday, January 12, please.
6. Spelling bee tomorrow!