3rd+Quarter

3rd Quarter Assignments

=March 29-April 5= SPRING BREAK!! Have a great break :-) =March 26= 1) Respond to journal entry on [|www.edmodo.com] 2) Read the passage and answer the questions on quia. Passage:Mary Anderson Quia: http://www.quia.com/quiz/2329219.html

=March 25= WRITING TEST!!! GOOD LUCK :-)

LIBRARY DAY!

=March 24= 1) Vocabulary review [] 2) Vocabulary test [] 3) Review writing test power point = [|Stacys powerpoint 2009.ppt]=

Homework: Review Stacys Powerpoint for Writing Test on Thursday! =March 23= 1) Present imagery projects 2) Respond to journal entry 3) Grammar: verb tense and agreement

Project surveys: Core 1 : [] =March 22= 1) Work on imagery projects! 2) Work on verb tense worksheet--due on Wed

Homework: verb tense worksheet and vocabulary activities due Wed =March 20= 1) Review vocabulary words 2) Complete Imagery assignment: description & illustration 3) Verb tense and agreement worksheet

Homework: Verb Tense and Agreement worksheet & vocabulary activities--due Wed

=March 19= 1) AR 2) Read chapter 11 3) Quiz on chapters 10-11 4) Imagery activity: In your groups write a detailed paragraph, song, or poem about the experience that you have been assigned. Do not name the experience that you are describing. Make sure that you write descriptive details that we can feel, hear, smell, taste, and see!

Homework: work on vocabulary activities; vocabulary test & homework due next Wed =March 18= LIBRARY DAY!! Homework: work on vocabulary assignments Please return progress reports! =March 17= 1) Vocabulary Test [] 2) Test on chapters 5-9 [] //3) Read chapter 10 & answer questions// [|chapter_10_questions.doc]

=March 16= 1) Quiz on chapters 7-8 2) Vocabulary review [] 3) Read chapter 9

Blue Jays: Questions Cardinals: Questions Ravens: Summary [|chapter9 questions.ppt] =March 15= Blue Jays: Read chapters 7-8; questions; vocab Cardinals: venn diagram, read chapters 7-8; vocabulary Ravens: vocab, venn diagram; response questions; vocab

Venn Diagram: Compare the society that you live in to the society that Jonas lives in. Please include at least 10 details for the society that Jonas lives in; at least 6 details for your society; and at least 4 for both societies

=March 12= 1) Symbolism: Identify the changes and symbolism for each year of a child's life [|The Giver.symbolism chart.doc] 2) Read chapters 6-7 3) AR/Vocab =March 11= LIBRARY DAY! =March 10= 1) Vocabulary activities [] Vocabulary test [] 2) Test on chapters 1-4 [] 3) Go over visualizing activity [|www.Edmodo.com] 4) Read chapter 5 =March 9= 1) Review vocabulary for test on Wed 2) Go over foreshadowing worksheet 3) Read chapters 3-4 and complete visualizing worksheet

=March 8= 1) Class scape 2) Read chapter 2 & answer comprehension questions 3) Foreshadowing ws

Focus: foreshadowing =Fri, March 5= 1) Class Scape

Core 1:50F-A2H Core 2: A0V - Z42 Core 3: 50F - E2H 2) Read Ch 1 __The Giver__ =Thurs, March 4= Library Day =Wed, March 3 (Snow Day)= 1) Class Scape 2) Begin reading chapter 1-Identify the setting, characters, summary of chapter [|note taking and summarizing.doc] =Tues, March 2= Finish jog the web, class discussion on the author AR =Mon, March 1= 1) Pre Reading Activity & Prediction-Complete the pre reading worksheet. Look at the cover of the book. Write a 4-6 sentence prediction about what you think the book will be about. What do you think about the illustration? The cover? etc. 2) Jog the Web on Lois Lowry author of The Giver [] 3) Read your AR book
 * Pre-Reading Worksheet for Blue Rays [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/x-zip.png width="32" height="32" link="http://sanleewilliams.wikispaces.com/file/view/Pre+Reading+Blue+Jays.odt"]] [|Pre Reading Blue Jays.odt]
 * Pre-Reading Worksheet for Cardinals [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/x-zip.png width="32" height="32" link="http://sanleewilliams.wikispaces.com/file/view/Pre+Reading+Cardinals.odt"]] [|Pre Reading Cardinals.odt]
 * Pre Reading Worksheet for Ravens [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/x-zip.png width="32" height="32" link="http://sanleewilliams.wikispaces.com/file/view/Pre+Reading+Ravens.odt"]] [|Pre Reading Ravens.odt]

= I WILL BE OUT TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY =

PLACE BIOGRAPHY PROJECTS IN THE PINK CRATE ON TOP OF THE BOOKSHELF
=Thurs, Feb 25= 1) Library Day!! 2) Andres Segovia(1-8)

=Wed, Feb 24= 1) Read "A Mason Dixon Memory" pages 533-539 2) pg 540 #1-5 and reading check 3) Finish handouts (Abolitionists & Buffalo Soldiers) 4) Read AR book

=Tues, Feb 23= __**1st & 2nd core**__ 1) Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad. Read the handout and complete parts 1-3. 2) Buffalo Soldiers #1-8

**__3rd core__** 1) Library: The first 30 minutes of class to finish biography projects. 2) Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad. Read the handout and complete parts 1-3. 3) Buffalo Soldiers #1-8 4) Read AR Book

=Mon, Feb 22= 1) Finish Biography ProjectsPROJECTS ARE DUE TODAY!!

=Fri, Feb 19= 1) Biography/Non Fiction Projects

=Thurs, Feb 18= 1) Library 2) Work on Biography/Non Fiction Research Project =Wed, Feb 17= 1) Practice vocabulary activities [] Vocabulary Test [] 2) Pg 636-637 #1-9 Prose Reading List 3) Pg 640 #1-8 Context Clues

=Tues, Feb 16= 1) Finish SRK: F/O 2) __Class Scape:__ Core 1: 602-K2C Core 2: 903-I3J Core 3: 602-Z2C 3) Context clues handout =Mon, Feb 15= 1) Finish scholastic reading kits on fact and opinion. You must submit 2 different reading selections. 2) Check the quia website to make sure you have the correct definitions [] =Friday, Feb 12= Respond to Barrio Boy Blog:
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 * Meet the staffSharron WilliamsDiscussion Topics--Barrio Boy---
 * Respond to both blogs!
 * You can also respond to your classmates. Be positive!
 * YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD = NCWISE NUMBER

Quia: Fact and Opinion: [] = Thurs, Feb 11 = 1) Finish Quia activities on verbs 2) Scholastic Reading Kit: Fact and Opinion 3) Barrio Boy: reading check; find 3 facts and 3 opinions

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=**Feb 10**= Barrio Boy: vocabulary test []

Read Barrio Boy with a partner and work on reading check (pg 499)

__**QUIA**__ Action Verbs: a: Activity: [] b: Quiz: [] Linking verbs: a: Activity: [] b: Quiz: [] Helping verbs: a: Activity: [] b: Quiz: []

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=Feb 9=

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 * REVIEW: Quiz on Mood and Tone #26

Classwork: powerpoint on linking and helping verbs**

__Quia:__ **action and linking verbs** LINKING VERBS--[] *Please type your first and last name and show me your grade*
 * ACTION VERBS--**[]

Begin reading Barrio Boy (page 499); Literary skills: biography/autobiography and reading focus: fact and opinion > **Reminders---FEB 10th: Notebook check and vocabulary test**// = =
 * //[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png width="32" height="32" link="http://sanleewilliams.wikispaces.com/file/view/Action.Linking.Helping+verbs.ppt"]] [|Action.Linking.Helping verbs.ppt]

=Feb 8th=

= = Reviewed "mood' and "tone" > > Classwork: introduced action verbs with powerpoint, students followed along and took notes, and watched video clip on action verbs > completed Quia activity: Java Games-Action Verbs > > Homework: 5 vocabulary assignments due on Wed Feb 10th; study for quiz on mood/tone and action verbs > [|Barrio Boy. Feb 4.doc] > >  [|Barrio Boy. fill in the blank.doc] >  [|Action.Linking.Helping verbs.ppt] >