Post date: Feb 1, 2015 10:30:13 PM
Monday, Feb. 2: Happy Groundhog's day! And snow day! SO:
Tuesday, Feb. 3: All kinds of meeting, greeting, etc.
DOG #1
A word game. . . .
Google classroom action: here's the story on google classroom!
h/w: read "Breakfast" : be ready to process in class on Wed.
Wed, Feb. 4: Advisory day!
Name recheck.
Reading activity (CLOZE)
Process "B'fast": quick obs. and questions?
Steinbeck quote: "I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature." Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, 1962. Discuss!
And start the processing questions, posted in the google classroom.
h/w: complete/finish the processing questions in writing and have your parents read and sign the letter, please!
Thursday, Feb. 5: Are we still coming to school regularly? Really?
DOG #2
Turn in processing questions, then share/discuss:
What do we see/notice?
What's the context of our first book. . . . and what are some big ideas in it?
h/w: to be announced, OR. . . none! BUT: please bring back your signed info sheet from the parent letter!
Friday, Feb. 6: Wow! Reminder: Readers&Writers Group meets, 2:30 in Ms. Smith's room!: POSTPONED! NEW TIME TBA!
Word game/brain teaser
Steinbeck scavenger hunt and options for processing: standards conversation
h/w: TBA.
Monday, Feb. 9: Book options, book processing, dos and don'ts. . . .
Plot questions are appropriate for students who are developing readers looking to practice their reading skills and awareness of specific details;
thought questions are appropriate for students who are already confident readers who notice and discuss the abstract ideas in what they read and can provide specific details to back up their observations.
hand out books
start reading!
h/w: read to p. 15 for TUESDAY. You don't have to do the processing questions yet, unless you and your teacher have decided you should start them immediately. The questions will be available on the google classroom; you'll click on the link for the one you and I have decided would be best for you!