Mr. Dees' all Things Language Arts Website
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Harper Krueger! 🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish her a happy birthday!
Random fact of the day: The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet. The sentence is known as a pangram, a sentence that uses all letters of the alphabet. This website has a bunch more to check out (note that they are made up mostly of nonsense words).
Duty Days this week: Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday, April 23 - Day 134
Happy Tuesday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today we will be continuing our look at some sample responses from your last benchmark assignment.
Learning Intention: Compare and contrast texts in different forms in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Success Criteria: I can compare and contrast a theme in Freddie in the Shade, and Nothing Gold Can Stay.
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Harper Krueger! 🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish her a happy birthday!
Random fact of the day: Today, April 22, is Earth Day! Here are some interesting facts about this special day.
Duty Days this week: Tuesday and Wednesday
Monday, April 22 - Day 133
Happy Monday and happy Earth Day! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today we will be returning to normal! We'll be looking at some sample responses from your last benchmark assignment. We'll also be heading to the Book Fair!
Learning Intention: Use exemplars to analyze and think critically about the qualities of responses when responding to a prompt.
Success Criteria: Analyze other students' work, score it and identify ways for the student to improve their response.
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Noah Joyce and Jer Gurule! 🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish them a happy birthday!
Random fact of the day: When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second! Check out the video.
Duty Days this week: Tuesday
Friday, April 19 - Day 132
It's finally Friday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today we will be taking Unit 3 of CMAS for Math and ELA.
Learning Intention: There is no Learning Intention, as we are preparing for CMAS testing.
Success Criteria: There are no Success Criteria, as we are preparing for CMAS testing.
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Noah Joyce and Jer Gurule! 🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish them a happy birthday!
Random fact of the day: The official state vegetable of Oklahoma is watermelon. Yes, vegetable. Read about it here.
Duty Days this week: Tuesday
Thursday, April 18 - Day 131
Happy Thursday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today we will be taking Unit 2 of CMAS for Math and ELA.
Learning Intention: There is no Learning Intention, as we are preparing for CMAS testing.
Success Criteria: There are no Success Criteria, as we are preparing for CMAS testing.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random fact of the day: There’s a giant mushroom in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest with a root system that covers over 2,200 acres, making it the largest living organism in the world.
Duty Days this week: Tuesday
Wednesday, April 17 - Day 130
Happy Wednesday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today we will be taking Unit 1 of CMAS for Math and ELA.
Learning Intention: There is no Learning Intention, as we are preparing for CMAS testing.
Success Criteria: There are no Success Criteria, as we are preparing for CMAS testing.
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Jax Surbrook! 🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish him a happy birthday!
Random fact of the day: The human eye can detect over 10,000,000 different colors. Here is a short article that explains how.
Duty Days this week: Tuesday
Tuesday, April 16 - Day 129
Happy Tuesday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today we will be reflecting on CMAS and the tools that you can use to ensure a good score! Of course, we will be reading from The Hunger Games as well.
Learning Intention: There is no Learning Intention, as we are preparing for CMAS testing.
Success Criteria: There are no Success Criteria, as we are preparing for CMAS testing.
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday over the weekend to Josh Moua! 🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish him a happy birthday!
Random Fact of the Day: Honey is made from nectar and bee vomit. Here are all of the details.
Duty Days this week: Friday
Friday, April 12 - Day 128
Happy Friday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today we will finish Spring MAP Testing as well as your chapters from The Hunger Games. We will also be watching one more clip from The Goonies.
Learning Intention: Compare themes and topics between two stories in the same genre.
Success Criteria: I can compare the middle stages of the Hero’s Journey in The Hunger Games and The Goonies.
Thursday, April 11 - Day 127
Happy Thursday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Tomorrow's Spirit Week Theme: Rocky Top Pride! Wear your Rocky Top gear and colors!
Today we will continue Spring MAP Testing.
Learning Intention: Because of MAP Testing, there is no learning intention.
Success Criteria: Because of MAP Testing, there are no success criteria
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; it was originally caramel-colored and contained a mood-stabilizing substance. Read about it here.
Duty Days this week: Friday
Wednesday, April 10 - Day 126
Happy Wednesday! Please read or write while the sub takes attendance.
Tomorrow's Spirit Week Theme: USA Day. Wear your Red White and Blue
Today you will be working on a digital escape room!
You will find a video describing the activity in Schoology.
The activity is also in Schoology.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: The average person eats about 35 tons of food during a lifetime. That's 70,000 pounds! Read more about what we eat here.
Duty Days this week: Friday
Tuesday, April 9 - Day 125
Happy Tuesday! Please open your MAP Data Sheet from yesterday and then read or write while I take attendance.
Tomorrow's Spirit Week Theme: Pink Out! Wear as much pink as you can find!
Today we will begin Spring MAP Testing.
Learning Intention: Because of MAP Testing, there is no learning intention.
Success Criteria: Because of MAP Testing, there are no success criteria
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Mikayla Bujaci and Tanush Veeramachaneni! 🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish them a happy birthday!
Random Fact of the Day: Honey never spoils. You can eat 32,000-year-old honey. Learn why here.
Duty Days this week: Friday
Monday, April 8 - Day 124
Welcome back! I hope that your Spring Break was restful and filled with fun! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Tomorrow's Spirit Week Theme: Twin Day. Find someone to twin with!
Today we will be reflecting on our prior MAP scores and discussing how to ensure a good score! Of course, we will be reading from The Hunger Games as well.
Learning Intention: There is no Learning Intention, as we are preparing for MAP testing.
Success Criteria: There are no Success Criteria, as we are preparing for MAP testing.