We compared and contrasted the drama versions of “The Prince and the Pauper” to the modern movie version on a Double Bubble Map today. We also had locker clean out!

Homework over Spring Break = 5 Read Theory quizzes passed by Sunday evening, April 7th!

Homework:

• Mark Twain Newsela Article – due TOMORROW, follow ALL the directions!
• 5 ReadTheory DUE TOMORROW! Should have 45 passed since 1/28 to earn full points
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due April 12th
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones

We completed and presented our Rainbow Write on themes of “The Prince and the Pauper” with our group.   The rest of class was dedicated to our open book test on “The Prince and the Pauper”. Students that did not finish the Google Classroom portion may finish in class tomorrow.

Homework over Spring Break = 5 Read Theory quizzes passed by Sunday evening, April 7th!

Homework:

• Mark Twain Newsela Article – due FRIDAY, follow the directions!
• 5 ReadTheory DUE FRIDAY! Should have 45 passed since 1/28 to earn full points
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due April 12th
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones

We had library today and then took notes on how to properly use quotation marks.

We have an ISN check tomorrow so we went through and made sure we were prepared and weren’t missing anything. Students had the opportunity to ask for anything they were missing today in class, even though I always put it in the absent mailbox for them to grab when they return to my class.

Unit 4 Comprehension Test is tomorrow. This will be on “The Prince and the Pauper” – study your characterization chart as well as reviewing theme, figurative language, & making connections.

At the end of class we completed a Rainbow Write where we had to brainstorm themes found in “The Prince and the Pauper”, textual evidence for someone else’s brainstormed theme, and reasoning for another person’s textual evidence. We will present this tomorrow in class.

Homework:

• Mark Twain Newsela Article – due FRIDAY, follow the directions!
• 5 ReadTheory DUE FRIDAY! Should have 45 passed since 1/28 to earn full points
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due April 12th
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones

Today after SSR time, we were informed about 7th grade elective choices and then took the time to choose our classes for next year!  Any time left what work choice time where students were given the opportunity to make up missing assignments or work on their Brochure Project/Newsela article that are due this week.

Click here for a link to “The Prince and the Pauper” so you can complete your brochure project on time! 

An article of the week was assigned yesterday on Newsela. Students have until March 29th to complete this.

Homework:

• “The Prince and the Pauper” Brochure Project due TOMORROW
• Mark Twain Newsela Article – due FRIDAY, follow the directions!
• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 40 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due April 12th
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones

Today we  had a modified schedule due to the PBIS Game Day during Advisory.  In class we were given a “The Prince and the Pauper” informative brochure project. This is due on Tuesday.  Click here for a link to the play so you can complete your characterization and genre CERs. 

An article of the week was assigned yesterday on Newsela. Students have until March 29th to complete this.

One-Pagers and late/missing work were due today. I will not be accepting these next week due to it being the end of the card-marking.

Homework:

• Mark Twain Newsela Article – due March 29th, follow the directions!
• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 40 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due April 12th
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones

Reading: Today we finished acting out  “The Prince and the Pauper”. We continued filling out our characterization charts.

Writing: We were given time to complete our theme essay plan for “The Good Deed”. They were given a lot of time in class to do this and many finished, however, some did not so it is now homework, due tomorrow. Click here for a copy of “The Good Deed”.

One-Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than FRIDAY! 2 days away!

NO LATE WORK/MISSING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY. THIS INCLUDES ALL LATE OR MISSING MOBYMAX!

Homework:

• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 40 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  DUE IN 2 DAYS! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!
• MobyMax Language Lessons – Due April 12th
  • Apostrophes in Contractions
  • Apostrophes in Possessives
  • Commas
  • Sentences, Fragments, and Run-ons
  • Items in a series
  • Commas and Introductory Elements
  • Quotations in Dialogue
  • Quotations
  • Indicate the Titles of Works
  • Homophones

Reading: Today we acted out and discussed scenes VI and VII of “The Prince and the Pauper”. We continued filling out our characterization charts.

Writing: We took notes on the rules of using commas first.  At the end of class, we reviewed our “IBC” graphic organizer and applied it to a writing prompt related to a story we just read in class. We will finish this tomorrow.

One-Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than FRIDAY! 3 days away!

NO LATE WORK/MISSING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY. THIS INCLUDES MOBYMAX!

Homework:

• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 40 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  due NEXT FRIDAY! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!

Reading: Today we acted out and discussed scenes IV and V of “The Prince and the Pauper”. We continued filling out our characterization charts as well.

Writing: We discussed how we plan for writing an essay already and then were introduced to the “IBC” graphic organizer. We will be practicing this throughout the week with the prompts we dissected last week.   We  had some time at the end of class to work on One-Pagers, MobyMax, or our finish our Google Classroom Prompt Dissect that was due today.

One-Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than FRIDAY! 

NO LATE WORK/MISSING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY. THIS INCLUDES MOBYMAX!

Homework:

• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 35 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  due NEXT FRIDAY! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!

Today we took the Poetry and Grammar Quiz and were given the remaining time to work on MobyMax, ReadTheory, Google Classroom Homework, or One-Pagers. 

Have a great weekend!

One-Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than MARCH 22ND. THAT’S IN ONE WEEK!

NO LATE WORK/MISSING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED PAST MARCH 22ND. THIS INCLUDES MOBYMAX!

Homework:

• Google Classroom Dissect the Writing Prompt – Due Monday!
• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 35 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  due NEXT FRIDAY! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!

Reading: We continued reading and acting out the drama, “The Prince and the Pauper”. We are paying close attention to the characters for their traits and discussing how they show these in the play. We are keeping track of this on a chart in our ISN.

Writing:  We worked on some apostrophe practice for grammar work today. We also worked on a Passage Based Writing prompt dissection independently. Students are working on this in Google classroom and it will be due by the end of class tomorrow or it’s homework over the weekend.

RETAKE OPPORTUNITY:  Retake opportunity was today before school and after school. Many students signed up but only 3 attended. 🙁

Poetry and Grammar Quiz TOMORROW– This will cover all Poetry notes (types of, structure, rhyme scheme) as well as the remaining parts of speech (adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, and prepositions).

ALL MOBYMAX IS DUE TOMORROW.

One Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than MARCH 22ND. THAT’S IN ONE WEEK!

NO LATE WORK/MISSING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED PAST MARCH 22ND. THIS INCLUDES MOBYMAX.

Homework:

• Study for tomorrow’s quiz!
• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 35 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  due NEXT FRIDAY! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!
• Moby Max Language lessons due THIS FRIDAY
  • Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
  • Relative Pronouns and Adverbs
  • Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Pronouns and Antecedents
  • Vague Pronouns
  • Conjunctions
  • Correlative Conjunctions
  • Prepositions
  • Prepositional Phrases

Reading: We began reading and acting out the drama, “The Prince and the Pauper” today. We are paying close attention to the characters for their traits.

Writing:  We worked on a Passage Based Writing prompt dissection. We were given a pretty tough one today but did an awesome job breaking it down into kid-friendly words to better understand what it’s asking us to do.

RETAKE OPPORTUNITY:  There will be a Unit 3 test retake session tomorrow. You MUST sign up to attend and complete the retake slip. 7:15 am with Mrs. Bailey or 3pm with Mrs. Dailing only.

Poetry and Grammar Quiz Friday – This will cover all Poetry notes (types of, structure, rhyme scheme) as well as the remaining parts of speech (adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, and prepositions).

ALL MOBYMAX IS DUE FRIDAY.

One Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than MARCH 22ND. THAT’S NEXT WEEK!

NO LATE WORK/MISSING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED PAST MARCH 22ND. THIS INCLUDES MOBYMAX.

Homework:

• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 35 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  due NEXT FRIDAY! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!
• Moby Max Language lessons due THIS FRIDAY
  • Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
  • Relative Pronouns and Adverbs
  • Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Pronouns and Antecedents
  • Vague Pronouns
  • Conjunctions
  • Correlative Conjunctions
  • Prepositions
  • Prepositional Phrases

Reading: We went to the library today and finished our vocabulary for “The Prince and the Pauper”.

Writing:  We took notes on the basic rules of using apostrophes then worked on another prompt dissection. We are getting much better at these which means we’re ready to take it to the next level! Be prepared for a tougher one tomorrow!

Poetry and Grammar Quiz Friday – This will cover all Poetry notes (types of, structure, rhyme scheme) as well as the remaining parts of speech (adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, and prepositions).

ALL MOBYMAX IS DUE FRIDAY.

One Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than MARCH 22ND. THAT’S NEXT WEEK!

NO LATE WORK/MISSING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED PAST MARCH 22ND. THIS INCLUDES MOBYMAX.

Homework:

• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 35 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  due March 22nd! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!
• Moby Max Language lessons due March 15th
  • Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
  • Relative Pronouns and Adverbs
  • Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Pronouns and Antecedents
  • Vague Pronouns
  • Conjunctions
  • Correlative Conjunctions
  • Prepositions
  • Prepositional Phrases

Reading: We discussed elements of drama in class today and were introduced to our new story, “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain.

Writing:  At the end of class we were given another MSTEP-like writing prompt and were asked to break it down as a group and write it out in kid friendly words. We will continue this work throughout the week with other prompts and discussions about how we would answer them.

Poetry and Grammar Quiz Friday – This will cover all Poetry notes (types of, structure, rhyme scheme) as well as the remaining parts of speech (adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, and prepositions).

ALL MOBYMAX IS DUE FRIDAY.

One Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than MARCH 22ND. THAT’S NEXT WEEK!

NO LATE WORK/MISSING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED PAST MARCH 22ND. THIS INCLUDES MOBYMAX.

Homework:

• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 30 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  due March 22nd! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!
• Moby Max Language lessons due March 15th
  • Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
  • Relative Pronouns and Adverbs
  • Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Pronouns and Antecedents
  • Vague Pronouns
  • Conjunctions
  • Correlative Conjunctions
  • Prepositions
  • Prepositional Phrases

Reading: We took notes on Characterization and practiced identifying character traits with our favorite book/movie/TV characters with our reasoning for why.

Writing:  We did a few preposition practice pages and went over the answers. At the end of class we were given a MSTEP-like writing prompt and were asked to break it down as a group and write it out in kid friendly words. This was a struggle, but a good one! At the end we discussed what made us struggle so we can get a better understanding of what we need to work on with future writing prompts.

Unit 3 Comprehension Test is TOMORROW!! This will cover theme, making connections, “The Good Deed” (open book), and your theme story choice (open book).  All skills learned previously are subject to be on any test, this includes figurative language & genre!

Newsela Article of the Week due by end of class tomorrow!

ALL MOBYMAX IS DUE MARCH 15TH.

One Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than MARCH 22ND.

Homework:

• Newsela Article of the Week due TOMORROW – Annotations, Quiz, and CER response
• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 30 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  due March 22nd! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!
• Moby Max Language lessons due March 15th
  • Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
  • Relative Pronouns and Adverbs
  • Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Pronouns and Antecedents
  • Vague Pronouns
  • Conjunctions
  • Correlative Conjunctions
  • Prepositions
  • Prepositional Phrases

Reading/Writing:  After SSR time, we presented our Theme Projects.

Unit 3 Comprehension Test is Friday!! This will cover theme, making connections, “The Good Deed” (open book), and your theme story choice (open book).  All skills learned previously are subject to be on any test, this includes figurative language!

ALL MOBYMAX IS DUE MARCH 15TH.

One Pagers 5 & 6 are due no later than MARCH 22ND.

Homework:

• Newsela Article of the Week due Friday – Annotations, Quiz, and CER response
• 5 ReadTheory passed by Sunday! (every week) – should have 30 passed since 1/28
• Read 100 minutes of your chapter book every week!! (about 20 minutes per day) – Read 2 full novels EVERY card marking
• One-Pager #5  & #6 –  due March 22nd! Don’t wait until the last minute to begin these!
• Moby Max Language lessons due March 15th
  • Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
  • Relative Pronouns and Adverbs
  • Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Pronouns and Antecedents
  • Vague Pronouns
  • Conjunctions
  • Correlative Conjunctions
  • Prepositions
  • Prepositional Phrases