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Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface! Read about it here.
My Lunch Duty days this week are Tuesday and Wednesday.
Monday, April 7 Day 128
Monday, April 7 Day 128
Welcome back, everyone! I hope that your Spring Break was truly amazing!! Please work on any unfinished work from before the break, or read or write while I take attendance.
Today, we will start by switching seats. Then we'll talk about CMAS and watch a clip from The Goonies. We'll wrap up by reading from The Hunger Games.
Learning Intention: Compare themes and topics between two stories in the same genre.
Success Criteria: I can compare the stages of the Hero’s Journey in The Hunger Games and The Goonies.
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Hazel Duncan Jimenez!🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish her a happy birthday!
Random Fact of the Day: Many restaurants claim to have invented the cheeseburger, but it was Colorado resident Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver who named it. (He tried to trademark the term in 1935 but was denied.) Read more about the cheeseburger's history here.
My Lunch Duty days this week are Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tuesday, April 8 Day 129
Tuesday, April 8 Day 129
Happy Tuesday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today, we'll talk about how our work connects to CMAS. We'll wrap up by reading from The Hunger Games.
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: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: The pizza was first created by the baker Raffaele Esposito in Naples, Italy. Read more about its history here.
My Lunch Duty days this week are Tuesday and Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 9 Day 130
Wednesday, April 9 Day 130
Happy Wednesday! Please open the CMAS Practice Tools link in Schoology and begin familiarizing yourself with the information while I take attendance.
Today, we'll do final CMAS prep, and watch a clip from The Goonies. We'll wrap up by reading from The Hunger Games.
Learning Intention: Compare themes and topics between two stories in the same genre.
Success Criteria: I can compare the stages of the Hero’s Journey in The Hunger Games and The Goonies.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half! Read about it here.
My Lunch Duty days this week are Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thursday, April 10 Day 131
Thursday, April 10 Day 131
Happy Thursday! Please relax while I take attendance.
Today, we'll complete the first sessions for Math and ELA CMAS
Learning Intention: Because of CMAS, there is no Learning Intention.
Success Criteria: Because of CMAS, there are no Success Criteria.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: The process by which bread toasts is called the Maillard Reaction. Read all about it here.
My Lunch Duty days this week are Tuesday and Wednesday.
Friday, April 11 Day 132
Friday, April 11 Day 132
Happy Friday! Please relax while I take attendance.
Today, we'll complete the second sessions for ELA and Math CMAS.
Learning Intention: Because of CMAS, there is no Learning Intention.
Success Criteria: Because of CMAS, there are no Success Criteria.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: The average lifespan of an ancient person was only 25 years! Read more about lifespans during different eras here.
My Lunch Duty days this week are Thursday and Friday.
Tuesday, April 15 Day 133
Tuesday, April 15 Day 133
Happy Tuesday! I hope that you enjoyed your 3-day weekend! Please relax while I take attendance.
Today, we'll complete the Final sessions for ELA and Math CMAS.
Learning Intention: Because of CMAS, there is no Learning Intention.
Success Criteria: Because of CMAS, there are no Success Criteria.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: About a million billion snowflakes fall each second, averaged over a typical year. Read more fun snow facts here.
My Lunch Duty days this week are Thursday and Friday.
Wednesday, April 16 Day 134
Wednesday, April 16 Day 134
Happy Wednesday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today is Writer's Wednesday! We will also be starting this week's chapters from The Hunger Games.
Learning Intention: Develop skills as a writer and recognize the value of engaging in a community of authors.
Success Criteria: I can participate in Writer's Wednesday to improve my writing skills.
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Lilly Lehman!🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish her a happy birthday!
Random Fact of the Day: They say it is physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. Read about its other "impossibilities" here.
My Lunch Duty days this week are Thursday and Friday.
Thursday, April 17 Day 135
Thursday, April 17 Day 135
Happy Thursday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Tomorrow's Theme Friday is Spring Colors! Wear your favorite Spring colors!
Today, we will read/ listen to a new text and compare it with The Hunger Games. We'll wrap up by reading from The Hunger Games.
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 the idea of a lottery in The Hunger Games and The Lottery by finding at least two points that compare and two points that contrast.
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday over the weekend to Yaan Ma!🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish him a happy birthday!
Random Fact of the Day: The northern leopard frog swallows its prey using its eyes — it uses them to help push food down its throat by retracting them into its head. Read more here.
My Lunch Duty days this week are Thursday and Friday.
Friday, April 18 Day 136
Friday, April 18 Day 136
Happy Friday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today, we will do some goal setting of MAP testing, watch a clip from The Goonies, and wrap up the chapters from The Hunger Games.
Learning Intention: Compare themes and topics between two stories in the same genre.
Success Criteria: I can compare and contrast the idea of a lottery in The Hunger Games and The Lottery by finding at least two points that compare and two points that contrast.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: Bees' honeycomb actually starts out round, not as a hexagon! Read more here.
My Lunch Duty day this week is Friday.
Monday, April 21 Day 137
Monday, April 21 Day 137
Happy Monday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today, we will visit the Book Fair and begin 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: Today, April 22, is Earth Day! Here are some interesting facts about this special day.
My Lunch Duty day this week is Friday.
Tuesday, April 22 Day 138
Tuesday, April 22 Day 138
Happy Tuesday, and happy Earth Day! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today, we will continue 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 Dance Fever of 1518 was a month-long plague of inexplicable dancing in Strasbourg, in which hundreds of people danced for about a month for no apparent reason. Several of them danced themselves to death. Read more here.
My Lunch Duty day this week is Friday.
Wednesday, April 23 Day 139
Wednesday, April 23 Day 139
Happy Wednesday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today, we will finish 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: "Anatidaephobia" is the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. Read about this unusual fear here.
My Lunch Duty day this week is Friday.
Thursday, April 24 Day 140
Thursday, April 24 Day 140
Happy Thursday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Tomorrow's theme day is Tropical! Dress in your favorite tropical-themed outfit!
Today, life FINALLY begins to return to normal! We will be studying a new set of song lyrics: NM156. We'll also be working on finishing The Hunger Games.
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 the idea of a lottery in The Hunger Games, The Lottery, and NM156 by finding at least two points that compare and two points that contrast.
Today's Birthdays: Happy birthday to Luke Young!🎉🎂✨🍰🥳 Be sure to wish him a happy birthday!
Random Fact of the Day: Hans Langseth is credited with the longest beard in history measuring a whopping 17 feet! Read more here.
My Lunch Duty day this week is Friday.
Friday, April 25 Day 141
Friday, April 25 Day 141
Happy Friday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today we will be taking our assessment for RL.6.9 We'll also be working on finishing The Hunger Games.
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 the idea of a lottery in The Hunger Games, The Lottery, and NM156 by completing a series of constructed responses that show my understanding.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: The Dutch village of Giethoorn has no roads; its buildings are connected entirely by canals and footbridges. Read more here.
My Lunch Duty day this week is Monday.
Monday, April 28 Day 142
Monday, April 28 Day 142
Happy Monday! I hope that you had a terrific weekend! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today, we will finish taking our assessment for RL.6.9 We'll also be viewing the LAST clip from The Goonies, and working on finishing The Hunger Games.
Learning Intention: Compare themes and topics between two stories in the same genre.
Success Criteria: I can compare the final stages of the Hero’s Journey in The Hunger Games and The Goonies.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: Traffic jams in China can be absolutely epic. One particularly bad jam lasted a staggering 12 days! Read more here.
My Lunch Duty day this week is Monday.
Tuesday, April 29 Day 143
Tuesday, April 29 Day 143
Happy Tuesday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today, we will be taking our assessment for RL.6.7. We'll also be working on finishing The Hunger Games.
Learning Intention: Compare themes and topics between two stories in the same genre.
Success Criteria: I can compare the final stages of the Hero’s Journey in The Hunger Games and The Goonies.
Today's Birthdays: There are no birthdays today.
Random Fact of the Day: Today, April 30, is the birthday of the World Wide Web (the Internet). Read about it’s history here.
My Lunch Duty day this week is Monday.
Wednesday, April 30 Day 144
Wednesday, April 30 Day 144
Happy Wednesday! Please read or write independently while I take attendance.
Today is Writer's Wednesday! We will also be selecting new seats, traveling to the Library, and finishing our assessments from the week!
Learning Intention: Develop skills as a writer and recognize the value of engaging in a community of authors.
Success Criteria: I can participate in Writer's Wednesday to improve my writing skills.
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