Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Rogue Wave

We'll be finishing up Rogue Wave and trying our hands at the first online test this week!  I'm eager to see how everyone does on their test!  Next we will be working on a Myaccess prompt where students will get an opportunity to explore the world within The Pedestrian from someone else's perspective.

Friday, September 23, 2016

Absent students!

If you've been absent, I've posted a document on GoogleClassroom that will guide you through the parts of Rogue Wave that we've read so far.  Compare your notes with a classmate and you will be up to speed!

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Story Test Pushed Back

Looks like our story test will be pushed back to next week!  This will work out well as there have been a few absences this week, so that'll provide folks time to catch up.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Collections 1: Bold Actions

This week we will begin reading our textbooks and our first story is titled Rogue Wave.  We will follow Scoot and Sully during this harrowing tale.

Tuesday:  Complete 2 sentences for each of the 5 vocabulary words.  Make sure the sentences give context clues to the various words' meanings.

Wednesday: Stickpeople cartoons -- draw a cartoon that helps illustrate the meaning of each of the vocab words

Thursday:  Vocab Quiz for Rogue Wave vocabulary

Friday: Story Test for Rogue Wave

Monday, September 12, 2016

Week 2: Solidifying Mashed Potato Brains Stage 1

This week we will be reading the challenging short story, The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury.  Students will use questioning techniques to break apart the text and examine the implicit meanings the author is trying to convey.

Friday, September 9, 2016

Welcome Back, Class of 2018!!!!

It's been a wonderful week getting to know this knew group of students!  I'm truly looking forward to working with all of you this coming year!  We practiced a lot of classroom routines this week and started to get back in the groove of classroom learning.  We are well on our way to solidifying those pesky mashed potato brains that plague us after a long summer break!

Everyone already returned their classroom contracts (very impressive!).  Just make sure that if you have not brought in a book cover, you should do so by next week.  You are welcome to bring the book home if you'd prefer to make your own from newspaper/paperbag/wallpaper etc.  rather than use a booksock.

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend and I will see you all bright and early Monday!