Today we did a C.E.R. (claim, evidence, and reasoning) activity that involved solving a mystery using evidence from a story and picture. They worked in groups to discuss relevant evidence and why that evidence is important to proving what really happened.  We had a lot of fun and write our full predictions on Monday!

Middle school reading success is all about comprehension and expanding their vocabulary! If you would like to be more involved in working on reading at home, here are some resources to get you started! Simply ask these questions before, during, or after your student has completed their 20-60 minutes of reading at home! Click on the links to find out more:

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE 
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

We went to the library today to check out new books! Any student that left their library book at home or did not finish their book in time will have the opportunity to return their books to the library during Daily 5 time throughout the week.  When we returned from the library we practiced with identifying Point of View and completed our Parts of Speech notes in between rounds of Daily 5.

Have a wonderful evening!

Don’t forget:   Half Day Friday! School ends at 11:05am

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Today we reviewed our Point of View notes and played a Text Features game. After two full rounds of Daily 5 we continued with our Parts of Speech notes.

DON’T FORGET LIBRARY IS TOMORROW!!! Bring all of your books to return or renew!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd! (End of marking period 1)
  •   Book #1 and Book #2 directions have been given to the students!

Today we began reviewing Point of View. We took some guided notes and practiced identifying point of view types with examples. We also reviewed the last of our text features and were given our One-Pager for book two!

All students have their ClassDojo sign up information now! Don’t forget to sign up with your individual code to see how your student is doing!

Have a great weekend!  Go Green!!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book in class!
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due next Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd!  Book #1 and Book #2 directions have already been given to the students!

Today we analyzed different types of text for Author’s purpose of writing and explained our reasoning. We also reviewed text features and watched the Parts of speech rap video. Article of the Week will now be due next Friday so we have more time to familiarize ourselves with it. This will be done in class as a Daily 5 choice and is NOT homework.

Block 2 and 3 were Class Dojo codes were handed out today! Block one will get theirs tomorrow! If you are interested in following our behavior reward system, please sign up using the code given to your student! www.classdojo.com 

Have a wonderful day!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book TOMORROW in class!
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due TOMORROW!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd!  Book #1 directions have already been given to the students, Book #2 directions coming tomorrow!

Today we categorized Author’s purpose with different types of writing. They did extremely well with this activity! We will be moving onto new learning tomorrow!  We also reviewed making a claim and went back into our Newsela Article of the Week to determine it’s purpose for writing and wrote a claim statement  using the text features as evidence. Students have until Friday to finish their Article of the Week claim statement and quiz. This will be done in class as a Daily 5 choice.

Have a wonderful day!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book during Friday’s bellwork
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd!  Book #1 directions have already been given to the students, Book #2 directions coming soon!

Today we began reviewing Author’s Purpose (P.I.E.). We took some notes in our Interactive Student Notebooks (ISN) and went into a choice round of Daily 5. We reviewed nonfiction text features (title and headings) and talked to the text (annotated) using Newsela Pro. After another round of Daily 5, wended class with watching a Parts of Speech video. If you are interested, the video can be viewed here.

Have a wonderful evening!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book during Friday’s bellwork
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due next Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
• One-Pagers are due no later than November 3rd!  Book #1 directions have already been given to the students, Book #2 directions coming soon!

We began class with our at home reading Bellwork prompt. We then revisited our Class Agreement from the first week of school and evaluated how we were doing with our expectations of each other. We will visit this frequently throughout the school year!  Our Class Dojo is up and running! I will send home codes with the students next week if you are interested in checking in with their Dojo. Checkout www.classdojo.com for more information!

We also were assigned groups on Newsela so we can begin implementing this piece of our curriculum into our daily routine next week. We practiced two rounds of Daily 5 today as well and worked on our stamina! All classes made it to the 20 minute mark today!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book during Friday’s bellwork
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-LANGUAGE due next Friday!  I addressed the Vocabulary minute concerns with most students today when I had the time. Please email me with any computer or MobyMax issues so I can grade it fairly!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
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Today we created our Reading Progress board for the class. We created our favorite emoji on a sticker and put our individualized sticker up under the “Fall” category. We will track our progress throughout the rest of the year using our NWEA RIT scores. The goal is to grow in reading!

We were also introduced to the End of Novel One-Pager.  When students complete their two required books per marking period, they will complete a One-Pager assignment and turn it in to the pink bucket.  Two One-Pagers on two different books a student has finished reading are due by November 3rd, however I encourage these to be turned in ASAP because students will be allowed to “Fix” or “Redo” this summative grade for more points if points were lost. If you wait until the last day of the card marking (November 3rd), this will not be possible for you! I will create a tab on my blog soon that has each One-Pager direction sheet on it.

The remainder of the class was spent working on “Read to Self” stamina. Most classes made it to 20 minutes uninterrupted today!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book during Friday’s bellwork
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-VOCABULARY due Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
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Today we spent the day creating our online ePortfolios with our updated NWEA data.  Ask your student to show you theirs! On this they have their scores, Lexile range, Academic goals for the year, and Personal goals for the year! They worked really hard to complete most of this but it is still a continual work in progress!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book during Friday’s bellwork
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-VOCABULARY due Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
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  • DO NOT create a new login! I will not be able to see any of your minutes in a separate log in! I let it slide last week, this week I will not count those minutes.

Today we had library and then came back to class to get a better understanding of our NWEA scores/Lexile Range.  We then discussed Daily 5 expectations and practiced a round of “Read to Self” with our library books.  Makeup testing was also going on at this time.

Have a great evening!

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book during Friday’s bellwork
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-VOCABULARY due Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
  • 
  • DO NOT create a new login! I will not be able to see any of your minutes in a separate log in! I let it slide last week, this week I will not count those minutes.

We finished NWEA testing today and continued to work on our District Writing Pre-Assessment. Makeups for NWEA will be held next week.

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 minutes per week!) – be prepared to write about your book on Friday
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-VOCABULARY due next Friday!
  • ALWAYS log in through Clever at https://dearbornschools.org/resources/students
  • 
  • DO NOT create a new login! I will not be able to see any of your minutes in a separate log in! I let it slide this week, next week I will not count those minutes.

NWEA was down today so we began the District Writing Pre-Assessment. Beginning of year assessments are ongoing until early next week. Makeups will be done in class.

Homework

• 20 minutes of reading “good-fit” book (60 per week!)
• 60 minutes of MobyMax-Language are due BEFORE SCHOOL TOMORROW!  Tonight is the last night to get this done!

Students continued NWEA testing for Reading and Language, despite some setbacks with connections! We will continue our NWEA tests tomorrow and begin our District Writing Pre-Assessment!

• 60 minutes of reading library book begins this week! Please finish your hour by Friday!
• 60 minutes of MobyMax LANGUAGE  due Friday before school!
  • Check your minutes by going to the Student Progress tab —> click on the Timer —> Press the WHITE ARROW until you find the Language column….if you did your 60 minutes on separate days, add up the dates from September 15th-21st

We are NWEA testing in Reading and Language until tomorrow! Please make sure your student gets a good night’s sleep and eats breakfast!

Have a good evening!

• 60 minutes of reading library book begins this week! Please finish your hour by Friday!
• 60 minutes of MobyMax LANGUAGE  due Friday before school!
  • Check your minutes by going to the Student Progress tab —> click on the Timer —> Press the WHITE ARROW until you find the Language column….if you did your 60 minutes on separate days, add up the dates from September 15th-21st