Freedom VS Safety

Over the next few weeks, we will be focusing on our Freedom VS Safety unit.  Here we will explore what makes up a "perfect society."  We will decide which is more important: freedom or safety?  How do we balance the two in one society?  We will be reading dystopian fiction by Ray Bradbury as well as reading the novel, The Giver.

Week of March 13th

Lot's of snowy fun this week!  We'll be wrapping up our Another Place, Another Time lessons.

Please remember to bring in donations for our Family Night basket that will go to the PTA's 2017 Tricky Tray.  Board Games, diner gift cards, snacks, movies (or AMC gift cards) are welcomed!

Thanks so much for your help, folks!

Week of March 6th, 2017

This week we will be reading Another Place, Another Time, a touching story about a young man's attempt at time travel.

Monday: 2 vocab sentences with context clues for each word
Tuesday: a picture for each vocab word
Wednesday:  Vocab quiz and Story Test

Week of February 27th

Students will be taking PARCC practice sessions, discussing testing strategies, and reading several short stories to analyze this week.

President's week!

This week we will be comparing a newer, modernized version of the Twilight Zone episode  The Monsters are Due on Maple Street with the original black and white version.  We'll also be working on our Narrative Writing via a Study Island assignment (Narrative Story Prep) which is due by the end of Friday as well as through a MyAccess assignment that revisits a narrative we began at the beginning of the year.

Monsters are Due on Maple Street

Students will be reading the screen play of the Twilight Zone classic episode:  The Monsters are Due on Maple Street this week.

Monday: Finish Close Reader work for Heartbeat
Tuesday:  Create sentences for the vocab of Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Wednesday:  Images/memes/drawings for vocab
Thursday: Monsters Vocab Quiz
Friday: Monsters Test

Magic and the Brain

Tuesday is our Magic and the Brain Test.  As always, it is open book.

Magic and the Brain Introduction Video

National Geographic Test Your Brain