September 11, 2017 - September 15, 2017
Post date: Sep 11, 2017 11:16:50 AM
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It's time to get down to business!
Current Assignment: Stations
Vocabulary- Students should be working on mastery of "My Favorite Chaperone" list.
Then they should take the quiz.
Reading: Students will be getting a book or using one of mine.
By the end of the week, they will have done something with the book for a grade.
Monday 9/11 (Day: E)
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing inferences 17
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
Diagnostic: SRI.
Vocabulary
Not yet.
Stations
Students will be seated in their stations for the class; however, all students are doing the same.
Students must complete the "My Favorite Chaperone" list by the end of the week and take quiz.
Students will also be reading a novel which they got at the library.
Students will be responsible for three journal entries. Due 9/22, 10/6, 10/20
You can see the preliminary assignment here.
I will make these Schoology assignments soon.
Tuesday 9/12 (Day: A)
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing inferences 18
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
Diagnostic: SRI for those not finished.
Begin reading "My Favorite Chaperone."
Vocabulary
Not yet.
Stations
Students will be seated in their stations for the class; however, all students are doing the same.
Vocab:
Students must complete the "My Favorite Chaperone" list by the end of the week
and take quiz.
Reading:
Students will also be reading a novel which they got at the library.
Students will be responsible for three journal entries. Due 9/22, 10/6, 10/20
You can see the preliminary assignment here.
Here is the first journal entry assignment for the first 1/3 of the book.
(I will make these Schoology assignments soon.)
Wednesday 9/13 (Day: B)
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing inferences 19
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
We ended up spending time reading.
We were practicing the expectations for their independent novel study.
Vocabulary
Word wall coming.
Stations
All students will be reading their independent novel study book.
Today's goal is to determine if the book is right for them.
After 25 minutes of reading, students will complete this form: The Goldilocks Rule Check
Thursday 9/14 (Day: C)
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing inferences: 20
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
Read "My Favorite Chaperone" in groups.
Schoology: My Favorite Chaperone Guiding Questions
Schoology: Notes for Performance Task Collection 1: My Favorite Chaperone
Vocabulary
We will start discussing the literary vocabulary you are studying on Vocabulary.com.
Stations
Students will be seated in their stations for the class; however, all students are doing the same.
Vocabulary:
Complete the "My Favorite Chaperone" list by the end of the week and take quiz.
Reading:
Students will also be reading a novel which they got at the library.
Students will be responsible for three journal entries. Due 9/22, 10/6, 10/20
You can see the preliminary assignment here.
See assignments on Schoology.
Friday 9/15 (Day: F )
Warm-up
30th Count Exercise- Drawing Inferences #21
First Name/Last Name/ Today's Date
Point out why you think your choice is the right answer. Cite evidence.
Lessons
This week, I really took my time establishing vocabulary and the novel.
Next week, our goal is to have read My Favorite Chaperone and discuss the guiding questions.
Vocabulary
This week, the students were becoming familiar with the words I need them to use next week
when we start reading My Favorite Chaperone. We will be discussing these literary vocabulary
words next week: plot, exposition, rising action, climax, resolution, conflict, internal and
external conflict, dynamic and static characters, and point of view (1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, and
3rd omniscient).
Stations
Finish the mastery of My Favorite Chaperone List
Take the quiz on the My Favorite Chaperone List
Let's make sure you have a plan for how you will finish your book: Calandar
Begin working on Journal Entry #1 for your Independent Novel Study on Schoology.
Requirements for Lesson Planning
Small Groups: I am slowly going to introduce students to the stations routines. During stations, I will be pulling students for small group instruction. We are not there yet.
Vocabulary: It is early in the school year. Right now, I would like to start establishing routines and expectations.
Standards: T
CC.8.L.4.a Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
CC.8.L.4.d Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
CC.8.L.6 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
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