Packing:
1) Commentary folder 2) WSNB 3) RNB & text you're reading (for some of you that's a book club book) Housekeeping: 1) Please encourage your families to email us their top three picks for conferences next week/To fill in the time slot online in the Google Doc. Remember, you're also supposed to attend with your family! Writing: (15-20 minutes) Continue working on your commentary graphic organizer. What bugs you? Continue researching facts about the topic that bugs you. What do those facts make you think? Word Study: (15-20 minutes) Complete the rest of your Fayer models for your vocabulary words. (Due Wed.) Reading: (35-40 minutes) Read the indep. text/book club text you're reading. Reflect on the text you've read with text evidence to support your thinking and/or work on your book club project.
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Packing:
1) Commentary folder 2) Math Workbook & MNB if you want/need it 3) WSNB 4) RNB & text you're reading (for some of you that's a book club book) Housekeeping: 1) Please encourage your families to email us their top three picks for conferences next week. Remember, you're also supposed to attend with your family! Math: (15-20 minutes) Continue your work from lesson 6 from class today. Writing: (15-20 minutes) Begin/continue working on your commentary graphic organizer. What bugs you? Begin/Continue researching facts about the topic that bugs you. What do those facts make you think? Word Study: (15-20 minutes) Complete half of your Fayer models for your new vocabulary words. (Due Wed.) Reading: (35-40 minutes) Read the indep. text/book club text you're reading. Reflect on the text you've read with text evidence to support your thinking and/or work on your book club project.
What to Pack:
-I.R. book -Reading nbk.** -Book Club book** -Break packet -Math nbk.** -Math folder** Math
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HAVE SO MUCH FUN and BE SAFE! Packing List:
1) HF folder 2) WNB 3) Book Club Book and/or personal text you're reading 4) RNB (and Folder for finished book clubs) 5) Math Workbook (green) 6) MNB 7) WSNB (orange) Housekeeping: 1)Prepare for tomorrow: Get your costume ready and decide what you're bringing to eat. Writing: (15-20 minutes) -Prepare for your HF celebration tomorrow. (Printed piece, printed 1st draft, completed HF folder, outfit ready, food ready if you're bringing something.) Ongoing: -Watch the news and read articles. Record information that strikes you. Share any links and articles that you're passionate about. -Record what bugs you. Record facts you learned about this topic that bugs you. Record what that makes you think. Reading: (30-40 minutes) Continue reading for Friday's book club. Record ideas that excite you and questions that you have for your book club. Really record notes about discussion points you hope to talk about in your book club. OR work on your book club project. OR read for pleasure and record your thinking in your RNB. Word Study: (15-20 minutes) Select on Tuesday or Wednesday activity that best helps you practice your vocab. words. Math: (15-20 minutes) 1) Continue your work on M3, Lesson 4 and Lesson 5. (Pick problems that push you to do your best math work!) Packing List:
1) HF folder &/0r Independent Writing Folder 2) WNB 3) Book Club Book and/or personal text you're reading 4) RNB (and Folder for finished book clubs) 5) Red Portfolio Folder (red) ONLY IF YOU NEED IT SIGNED! 6) Math Workbook (green) 7) MNB 8) WSNB (orange) Housekeeping: 1)Prepare for Thursday: Get costume ready and decide what you're bringing to eat. Writing: (15-20 minutes) -Prepare for your HF celebration on Thursday. Be ready to print your best version of your text tomorrow in school. Ongoing: -Watch the news and read articles. Record information that strikes you. Share any links and articles that you're passionate about. -Record what bugs you. Record facts you learned about this topic that bugs you. Record what that makes you think. Reading: (30-40 minutes) Continue reading for tomorrow morning's book club. Record ideas that excite you and questions that you have for your book club. Really record notes about discussion points you hope to talk about in your book club. OR work on your book club project. And/OR Read for pleasure and record your thinking in your RNB. Word Study: (15-20 minutes) Frayer models due tomorrow. Math: (15-20 minutes) 1) Continue your work on M3, Lesson 4. Packing:
1) WNB 2) Historical Fiction folder 3) Class list for notes/cards 4) WSNB (Orange) Writing: (15-20) 1) Finish any necessary work on your HF piece or write independently. OPTIONAL 2) If you would like to write notes/letters/Valentines to the class, you MUST write them for the entire class. This is an optional activity! Math: (10-15) Practice your math work on Sumdog and/or Khan Academy. Word Study: (20-30) Begin your Frayer models that will be due on Wednesday. Packing List:
1) HF folder &/0r Independent Writing Folder 2) WNB 3) Book Club Book and/or personal text you're reading 4) RNB (and Folder for finished book clubs) 5) Red Portfolio Folder **6) Math Workbook (green) ONLY FOR RETEST **7) MNB ONLY FOR RETEST **8) Mid-Module 2 mult. test ONLY FOR RETEST (in Red Folder) Housekeeping: 1)FIELD TRIP MONDAY: Bring a packed lunch. We're leaving around 10am. 2) Plan your HF outfit for next Thursday and what food if any that you're bringing. 3) All permission slips and money for the trip on Monday is late. Permission slips MUST be in by 8:20am on Monday, or you'll need to spend the day in another class. Writing: (15-20 minutes) Commentary HW: -Watch the news, read a paper/magazine/article, listen to a PSA, etc. tonight when you get home (Indy Kids, Miami Herald, New York Times, Time Magazine, etc). - Record your thinking about this news in your WNB. How did this information leave you feeling? What did you think about it? Why did this information strike you? (Don’t forget to look at our class website for additional news links! http://5412ps261.weebly.com/commentary-blog) -If you find an incredible article, clip, etc., please email them to [email protected] or bring them into class to share with your peers. Let’s get talking about things that matter to us! Ongoing: Independent writing work. Work on whatever you need to prioritize/work on as a writer. For most of you, this is your HF work. Reading: (30-40 minutes) Continue reading for tomorrow morning's book club. Record ideas that excite you and questions that you have for your book club. Really record notes about discussion points you hope to talk about in your book club. OR work on your book club project. And/OR Read for pleasure and record your thinking in your RNB. Math: (15-20 minutes) 1) Get your M2 Math Assessment signed. Review your test with your family and discuss what went well and what you need to work on. Discuss your plan and goals to improve as a mathematician. 2) Study for your RETEST on Monday! -ONLY FOR THOSE TAKING A MID-MODULE 2 MULTIPLICATION TEST on MONDAY! Packing List:
1) HF folder &/0r Independent Writing Folder 2) WNB 3) Book Club Book (for tomorrow) 4) RNB (and Folder for finished book clubs) 5) WSNB (orange) 6) Math Workbook (green) 7) MNB Housekeeping: 1) Start thinking about what you will wear for our Historical Fiction celebration next Thursday. Which character will you dress up as? 2) Start thinking about what food you'd like to make or bring in that is true to the Westward Expansion time period. Browse through our recipe book in class. 3) Bring in your permission slip by FRIDAY, FEB. 10th for our trip on Monday, Feb. 13th. $8 (Many of you have not turned this in yet!) Writing: (15-20 minutes) As commentary writers, it’s our job to learn something new each day, via: newspaper, news, radio, PSA (public service announcement), article, etc. It is also our job to respond to this new information by recording what it makes us think, in our WNB. -Watch the news, read a paper/magazine/article, listen to a PSA, etc. tonight when you get home. Discover something new in the world around you. Then, write about what you discovered in your WNB. (Don’t forget to look at our class website for additional news links! http://5412ps261.weebly.com/commentary-blog) -If you find an incredible article, clip, etc., please email them to [email protected] or bring them into class to share with your peers. Let’s get talking about things that matter to us! Ongoing: Independent writing work. Work on whatever you need to prioritize/work on as a writer. For most of you, this is your HF work. Reading: (30-40 minutes) Continue reading for tomorrow morning's book club. Record ideas that excite you and questions that you have for your book club. Really record notes about discussion points you hope to talk about in your book club. OR work on your book club project. And/OR Read for pleasure and record your thinking in your RNB. Word Study: (15-20 minutes) Select a Tuesday or Wednesday vocabulary activities that is best for YOU! Math: (15-20 minutes) Continue your work from Module 3, lessons 1, 2, and or 3. Push yourselves. Select a few problems that you feel you really need to practice or that you want to try out to push your thinking. Packing List:
1) HF folder &/0r Independent Writing Folder 2) WNB 3) Book Club Book (for Tuesday) 4) RNB (and Folder for finished book clubs) 5) WSNB (orange) 6) Math Workbook (green) 7) MNB Housekeeping: 1) Start thinking about what you will wear for our Historical Fiction celebration next Thursday. Which character will you dress up as? 2) Start thinking about what food you'd like to make or bring in that is true to the Westward Expansion time period. Browse through our recipe book in class. 3) Bring in your permission slip by FRIDAY, FEB. 10th for our trip on Monday, Feb. 13th. $8 Writing: (15-20 minutes) Commentary Work: In your WNB, record what bugs you in your personal life, you class, your school, your neighborhood, your city, your state, your nation, the world. Ongoing: Independent writing work. Work on whatever you need to prioritize/work on as a writer. For most of you, this is your HF work. Reading: (30-40 minutes) Continue reading for Thursday's morning's book club. Record ideas that excite you and questions that you have for your book club. Really record notes about discussion points you hope to talk about in your book club. OR work on your book club project. And/OR Read for pleasure and record your thinking in your RNB. Word Study: (15-20 minutes) Frayer models- Due tomorrow Math: (15-20 minutes) Try out Module 3, lesson 3 (problem set), in your workbook. Use your ideas from the Boozle investigation and classwork today. Packing List:
1) HF folder 2) WNB 3) Book Club Book (for Tuesday) 4) RNB (and Folder for finished book clubs) 5) WSNB (orange) Writing: (15-20 minutes) Independent writing work. Work on whatever you need to prioritize/work on as a writer. For most of you, this is your HF work. Reading: (30-40 minutes) Continue reading for Tuesday morning's book club. Record ideas that excite you and questions that you have for your book club. Really record notes about discussion points you hope to talk about in your book club. And/OR Read for pleasure and record your thinking in your RNB. Word Study: (15-20 minutes) Frayer models- Due WEDNESDAY |
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