Homework
Math: Skill sheet and page 9 - try it, you don't know the algorithm so try to make sense of it. Do not stress out about it.
LA: Last day of free choice creative writing OR write about a house that comes to life OR nanowrimo
Read: Read your expected pages for book club and read your free choice novel
Today we worked more on clarifying our topics for NHD.
Most of us finished our map coloring.
We clarified and completed our book club work.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Tuesday 11/29/16
Homework:
Math: Page 4 AND Skill sheet
LA: Free choice writing in journal or on computer. OR write a story where an object comes to life OR Nanowrimo
Read for 20 minutes including your expected pages for your book club.
Today we started our book club books. Our first meeting went very well. Everyone practiced reading aloud and paying attention. We all have a small reading assignment for tomorrow. I LA we will make sure our pages are read and our journal is complete. Much of book club will happen during "seminar" time. We will polish journal entries and do a bit of reading during LA.
We also worked more on choosing a great topic that we are passionate about for our National History Day projects. Tomorrow we will test our topic choice using VOLCANO. The NHD website has many ideas and a lot of advice on topic choosing. Ms. Lamb also has a shelf full of books that are all great ideas. Tomorrow we start searching for sources.
We are still working on our North America geography unit which we will finish next week. Today we identified major rivers, lakes and mountains and defined the area known as North America.
Math: Page 4 AND Skill sheet
LA: Free choice writing in journal or on computer. OR write a story where an object comes to life OR Nanowrimo
Read for 20 minutes including your expected pages for your book club.
Today we started our book club books. Our first meeting went very well. Everyone practiced reading aloud and paying attention. We all have a small reading assignment for tomorrow. I LA we will make sure our pages are read and our journal is complete. Much of book club will happen during "seminar" time. We will polish journal entries and do a bit of reading during LA.
We also worked more on choosing a great topic that we are passionate about for our National History Day projects. Tomorrow we will test our topic choice using VOLCANO. The NHD website has many ideas and a lot of advice on topic choosing. Ms. Lamb also has a shelf full of books that are all great ideas. Tomorrow we start searching for sources.
We are still working on our North America geography unit which we will finish next week. Today we identified major rivers, lakes and mountains and defined the area known as North America.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Monday 11.28.16
We had a great and busy day here at Team Legend. We started with new homeroom groups. We named them Courage and Daring (to continue our alphabet Awesome, Brilliant...C...D..). Kids stay in Awesome and Brilliant groups
In LA we tested out and voted on books for our new book club books (theme - Roald Dahl-like fantasy novels). Starting tomorrow, we will meet in book groups during seminar time.
We welcomed Eva, a new classmate.
After choosing our books and filling out ballots, we did some more thinking and talking about our National History Day Projects. We will use these sources (which will be constantly added to). We watched Jayme's documentary as a warm up. More on this tomorrow.
This afternoon, we were back in our Awesome Brilliant groups to present our hunting and gathering society slide shows. They were all great and we were a great audience.
Then we had a whole hullabaloo of cleaning and moving cubbies to our new homerooms and we wrapped up with assignments and CPR.
Here's the homework.
LA: Still on free writing month - the prompt is write a story featuring a holiday, but you can also choose to work on your novel or write anything you want.
Also, read something for 20 minutes (we get our book assignments tomorrow)
Math: New skill sheets were handed out - they are due on Friday
In LA we tested out and voted on books for our new book club books (theme - Roald Dahl-like fantasy novels). Starting tomorrow, we will meet in book groups during seminar time.
We welcomed Eva, a new classmate.
After choosing our books and filling out ballots, we did some more thinking and talking about our National History Day Projects. We will use these sources (which will be constantly added to). We watched Jayme's documentary as a warm up. More on this tomorrow.
This afternoon, we were back in our Awesome Brilliant groups to present our hunting and gathering society slide shows. They were all great and we were a great audience.
Then we had a whole hullabaloo of cleaning and moving cubbies to our new homerooms and we wrapped up with assignments and CPR.
Here's the homework.
LA: Still on free writing month - the prompt is write a story featuring a holiday, but you can also choose to work on your novel or write anything you want.
Also, read something for 20 minutes (we get our book assignments tomorrow)
Math: New skill sheets were handed out - they are due on Friday
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Wednesday/Thursdsay
I forgot to post yesterday!!! Yikes.
One group had library topic searching yesterday, the other group today. The idea is find a compelling topic for National History Day "Taking A Stand in History." The theme is a bit abstract, but we are doing a great job. Some ideas include
Mohammed Ali
Women who changed ballet dancing
Elizabeth Blackwell - women in medicine
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Bob Dylan
People may change their minds a few times, but after vacation we start our non-fiction reading and writing unit.
Students finished their hunting and gathering presentations today. We will all present on Monday after vacation.
Mr. Meadows and Ms. Lamb are creating new homerooms for after vacation. This way we get to work with new and different people (at least half new and different.)
The marking period for first trimester ends tomorrow. Therefore, we are completing assessments and pre-assessments. We did star reading yesterday and star math on Tuesday. This are computerized math and reading assessments.
homework:
math skill sheet
la finish Roald Dahl inspired story OR nanowrimo OR free write
Read your novel
Vacation homework:
Read as much as you can
Happy Thanksgiving vacation.
One group had library topic searching yesterday, the other group today. The idea is find a compelling topic for National History Day "Taking A Stand in History." The theme is a bit abstract, but we are doing a great job. Some ideas include
Mohammed Ali
Women who changed ballet dancing
Elizabeth Blackwell - women in medicine
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Bob Dylan
People may change their minds a few times, but after vacation we start our non-fiction reading and writing unit.
Students finished their hunting and gathering presentations today. We will all present on Monday after vacation.
Mr. Meadows and Ms. Lamb are creating new homerooms for after vacation. This way we get to work with new and different people (at least half new and different.)
The marking period for first trimester ends tomorrow. Therefore, we are completing assessments and pre-assessments. We did star reading yesterday and star math on Tuesday. This are computerized math and reading assessments.
homework:
math skill sheet
la finish Roald Dahl inspired story OR nanowrimo OR free write
Read your novel
Vacation homework:
Read as much as you can
Happy Thanksgiving vacation.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Tuesday 11-15-16
Tuesday Night's Homework
LA: Students are expected to write a one to two page story in the voice of Roald Dahl.
Math: Complete page 44 in student pages.
There is a quiz on Area and perimeter of rectangles on Thursday.
LA: Students are expected to write a one to two page story in the voice of Roald Dahl.
Math: Complete page 44 in student pages.
There is a quiz on Area and perimeter of rectangles on Thursday.
Monday, November 14, 2016
Monday 11-114-16
We continued delving into Roald Dahl today. We watched a bit more of his biography and completed our summaries for our chosen Roald Dahl novel and wrote down a theme or two. He has some recurring themes like it is wrong to kill people or animals. Kindness is a prized virtue. Hard work will be rewarded. We can see these themes in his own life.
Tonight we continue working on a chart we started in class of Roald Dahl inspired story lines using Sombody ... wanted.... but.... so
Here's the chart.
Tomorrow we will write a story in class.
In the afternoon, we continued work on our hunting and gathering societies. Here is a model from last year.
Math homework tonight is skill sheet.
Tonight we continue working on a chart we started in class of Roald Dahl inspired story lines using Sombody ... wanted.... but.... so
Here's the chart.
Tomorrow we will write a story in class.
In the afternoon, we continued work on our hunting and gathering societies. Here is a model from last year.
Math homework tonight is skill sheet.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Wednesday 11.9.16
Today we finished any remnants of our small moment story assessment and applied the rubric. Then we updated reading records and met with Ms. Lamb (some of us did.)
In seminar we worked more on word study and reading.
In social studies, groups met to begin planning their hunting and gathering societies.
Tonight's homework:
Math:
LA: Free choice writing - story, true, opinions, nanowrimo - your choice. Write for 10 minutes or one page or 100-150 words.
Read for 20 minutes
In seminar we worked more on word study and reading.
In social studies, groups met to begin planning their hunting and gathering societies.
Tonight's homework:
Math:
LA: Free choice writing - story, true, opinions, nanowrimo - your choice. Write for 10 minutes or one page or 100-150 words.
Read for 20 minutes
Monday, November 7, 2016
Monday 11.7.16
Hello,
Today we got some feedback on our previous stories using the checklist.
Ms. Lamb wrote a story before our very eyes....sort of using a story arc with events of the small moment (Charylene threw up a box of crayons in first grade) with bit by bit story on the outside and inner thinking on the inside. Then she wrote the story and we all looked at the rubric to see where she fell.
Students may have access to all of these tools and any others when they write their final small moment, true (truish) story - hopefully where they learned something (don't eat crayons). They will have two class periods to show everything they know about story writing.
Today we read two of the final four chapters of the BFG. We finish this week for global read aloud. Students will be expected to summarize the Roald Dahl book that they read on their own using somebody, wanted, but, so, then. We will also write some compared themes for BFG, the documentary on Roald Dahl and the chosen book read by the student. These will be assessments for the report card.
We will get back to our beloved Schlunkland projects on Wednesday.
Homework tonight:
Math: Skill sheet new for this week
LA: Plan your story for tomorrow. Use an arc.
Read your novel for 20 minutes
There is a 5/6 party on Friday November 18. Permission slip were handed out. The BRAG group runs this and asks for a $5 donation to help offset costs. Please let us know if the $5 is a hardship. Permission slips are due before Wednesday November 16.
Today we got some feedback on our previous stories using the checklist.
Ms. Lamb wrote a story before our very eyes....sort of using a story arc with events of the small moment (Charylene threw up a box of crayons in first grade) with bit by bit story on the outside and inner thinking on the inside. Then she wrote the story and we all looked at the rubric to see where she fell.
Students may have access to all of these tools and any others when they write their final small moment, true (truish) story - hopefully where they learned something (don't eat crayons). They will have two class periods to show everything they know about story writing.
Today we read two of the final four chapters of the BFG. We finish this week for global read aloud. Students will be expected to summarize the Roald Dahl book that they read on their own using somebody, wanted, but, so, then. We will also write some compared themes for BFG, the documentary on Roald Dahl and the chosen book read by the student. These will be assessments for the report card.
We will get back to our beloved Schlunkland projects on Wednesday.
Homework tonight:
Math: Skill sheet new for this week
LA: Plan your story for tomorrow. Use an arc.
Read your novel for 20 minutes
There is a 5/6 party on Friday November 18. Permission slip were handed out. The BRAG group runs this and asks for a $5 donation to help offset costs. Please let us know if the $5 is a hardship. Permission slips are due before Wednesday November 16.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Thursday 11.3.16
Today's homework:
Math - finish skill sheet Note: next week you will only have one night of homework time to work on this and will need to budget your time.
LA. journal prompt - write about a time when you learned something - this is practice for our assessment on Tuesday. Our report cards in writing are based on student's ability to produce a narrative as an "on demand" prompt. They will have one class (one hour) and can use the afternoon (40 minutes) to finish if needed. I need to witness the story being typed completely in class or handwritten. It can not be done ahead of time.
I will also take into account the process pieces you wrote during class - but this assessment is where you show you can do it on your own. I will grade it with the rubric and get it back to you in time for you to consider doing another on demand right before vacation next Thursday. (Report card marking period ends on Friday November 18th.)
Read your novel for 20 minutes
Today we met Hugo and Antonia, exchange students from Chile. It was very interesting to here how their culture, geography and climate is different than ours (and sometimes the same.) They even sang a song in Spanish for us!
Mrs. Babbitt taught us to use Culture Grams. We will use this for a mini research presentation right after vacation (when we begin informational writing.)
We also read our last chapter of the week for the BFG. Tomorrow we will do some vocabulary, summarizing and journal writing work on these chapters.
Tomorrow we also get to see the play The Paper Bag Bandit.
Math - finish skill sheet Note: next week you will only have one night of homework time to work on this and will need to budget your time.
LA. journal prompt - write about a time when you learned something - this is practice for our assessment on Tuesday. Our report cards in writing are based on student's ability to produce a narrative as an "on demand" prompt. They will have one class (one hour) and can use the afternoon (40 minutes) to finish if needed. I need to witness the story being typed completely in class or handwritten. It can not be done ahead of time.
I will also take into account the process pieces you wrote during class - but this assessment is where you show you can do it on your own. I will grade it with the rubric and get it back to you in time for you to consider doing another on demand right before vacation next Thursday. (Report card marking period ends on Friday November 18th.)
Read your novel for 20 minutes
Today we met Hugo and Antonia, exchange students from Chile. It was very interesting to here how their culture, geography and climate is different than ours (and sometimes the same.) They even sang a song in Spanish for us!
Mrs. Babbitt taught us to use Culture Grams. We will use this for a mini research presentation right after vacation (when we begin informational writing.)
We also read our last chapter of the week for the BFG. Tomorrow we will do some vocabulary, summarizing and journal writing work on these chapters.
Tomorrow we also get to see the play The Paper Bag Bandit.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Wednesday 11.2.16
Tonight's homework:
LA: Nanowrimo OR your choice journal one page or 150 words OR write a story that starts or ends with
It changed everything.....
Read your novel for 20 minutes
Math: Continue work on skill sheet due Friday
Here are our NANOWRIMO contestants:
Jack, Grace, Ms. Lamb, Katie, Molly, Lila, Hailey, Jailyn, Aidan, Mady, Kurt, Tyler, ALek, Owen, Beck, and Ella
Good showing from Team Legend. We will be writing a novel this month in lieu of our daily journal writing.
Students may always substitute any creative idea for journal writing. The idea is you write one page or type 150 words in a story each day. It can also be poems, rants, essays...whatever.
In class today, Ms. Lamb taught us how to use the YWP (Young Writers Project) website for our class. We will be posting our writing. Parents can see if their child logs in at home.
Don't forget your edutyping. We may not get to it in class this week. It is easy to do this at home. Just log in at edutyping.com. Remember cesuschools is the account name. First.last user name. Password is your number.
LA: Nanowrimo OR your choice journal one page or 150 words OR write a story that starts or ends with
It changed everything.....
Read your novel for 20 minutes
Math: Continue work on skill sheet due Friday
Here are our NANOWRIMO contestants:
Jack, Grace, Ms. Lamb, Katie, Molly, Lila, Hailey, Jailyn, Aidan, Mady, Kurt, Tyler, ALek, Owen, Beck, and Ella
Good showing from Team Legend. We will be writing a novel this month in lieu of our daily journal writing.
Students may always substitute any creative idea for journal writing. The idea is you write one page or type 150 words in a story each day. It can also be poems, rants, essays...whatever.
In class today, Ms. Lamb taught us how to use the YWP (Young Writers Project) website for our class. We will be posting our writing. Parents can see if their child logs in at home.
Don't forget your edutyping. We may not get to it in class this week. It is easy to do this at home. Just log in at edutyping.com. Remember cesuschools is the account name. First.last user name. Password is your number.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Tuesday 11.1.16
I'm writing from afar as I am at a professional development day today. Here is what I hope went on in my absence.
Everyone started a new EXP today. The rotation went Art to Design Tech. to Guidance to Health to Art.
At 9:00, Mr. Martin and Mr. Hamilton gave a bullying prevention presentation. The rest of the time was divided up between LA and math.
In LA, kids wrote a small moment story on the computer. Tomorrow we will post them on a site and comment to each other.
In seminar, we had reading workshop, Kids spent time reading and conferring and maybe finishing word study from last week.
The afternoon was taken up with full team bocce tournament.
Homework:
Read your novel for 20 minutes.
Finish your story if not done (from class today)
START YOUR NANOWRIMO if you are doing that (I'll post our writers tomorrow - it's on the board)
Math??
This month students who are doing Nanowrimo may skip the journal homework and do their novels instead.
Everyone started a new EXP today. The rotation went Art to Design Tech. to Guidance to Health to Art.
At 9:00, Mr. Martin and Mr. Hamilton gave a bullying prevention presentation. The rest of the time was divided up between LA and math.
In LA, kids wrote a small moment story on the computer. Tomorrow we will post them on a site and comment to each other.
In seminar, we had reading workshop, Kids spent time reading and conferring and maybe finishing word study from last week.
The afternoon was taken up with full team bocce tournament.
Homework:
Read your novel for 20 minutes.
Finish your story if not done (from class today)
START YOUR NANOWRIMO if you are doing that (I'll post our writers tomorrow - it's on the board)
Math??
This month students who are doing Nanowrimo may skip the journal homework and do their novels instead.
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