April 15th

We went to the library today due to MSTEP testing tomorrow and the library being closed to accommodate this. 

We did some “Listen to Reading” practice for SSR so we can familiarize ourselves with this portion of the MSTEP and feel confident with this section of the test in a few weeks.

The remainder of class was working on Folktale projects.  While students were working with their groups I conferred with students on the Compare and Contrast IBC. I will finish with this tomorrow.

Compare and Contrast Essay Stories (YOU have the poems):

“Jeremiah’s Song” – https://sparkersclass.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/5/6/19568499/jeremiahs_song_story_text.pdf 

“Lob’s Girl” – https://nmsgilmore.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/7/5/2275624/lobs_girl.pdf

“The Dog of Pompeii” – https://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/y3iY4r6dY3JjYVat.pdf

“Scout’s Honor” –  https://www.midwayisd.org/cms/lib/TX01000662/Centricity/Domain/900/Scouts%20Honor-Student.pdf

IBC Template and Prompt example

Homework:

  • One Pagers #7 & #8 are in your possession! Due May 23rd
  • 5 ReadTheory due by Sunday every week! This starts our Card Marking 4 homework! We should  have 15 by  the end of the week starting March 30th
  • Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking