Week of 2/4

by | Feb 4, 2019 | Blogs

Monday 2/4:

  • Article of the Week #1 – “Fyre Festival: A Case Study in Social Media Misuse”
    • Video Discussion
    • Solve Roadblocks – students worked with a partner to solve two roadblocks in the first chunk.  We then shared out about our strategies as a class.
    • Determining the Main Idea Graphic Organizer
      • First chunk – modeled by Ms. Fetter and Ms. Reiff
      • Chunks 2-4: depending on how students grouped themselves, students either worked in small groups or individually to complete the rest of the graphic organizer.
    • AOW #1 Exit Ticket
      • These three questions need to be completed and turned in by the end of the hour.  If students did not finish in class, they need to finish up and bring them to turn in first thing on Tuesday.
  • BRING YOUR ID AND ANY MONEY FOR FINES ON TUESDAY 2/5 BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO THE LIBRARY!

Tuesday 2/5:

Wednesday 2/6:

Thursday 2/7:

Friday 2/8:

Week of 1/28

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Monday 1/28:

  • Snow Day – NO SCHOOL!

Tuesday 1/29:

  • Introduce Punctuation Power Bellwork – See us if you were absent!
  • Norm Setting Activity
  • Vision Board Presentations

Wednesday 1/30:

  • Cold Day – NO SCHOOL!

Thursday 1/31:

  • Cold Day – NO SCHOOL!

Friday 2/1:

  • Finish Vision Board Presentations
  • Sign up for the new Google Classroom – see us if you were absent!
  • Complete Book Wish List assignment on Google Classroom by the end of the day!

Week of 1/22:

by | Jan 25, 2019 | Blogs

Monday 1/21:

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day – NO SCHOOL!

Tuesday 1/22:

  • Hours 1-3:
    • New Notecards for Class Participation – see us if you were absent!
    • Restorative Circle – We reflected on the previous semester and talked about how we wanted to approach second semester differently both individually and as a class.
  • Hours 4 & 5:
    • HALF DAY – NO CLASS

Wednesday 1/23:

  • ICE DAY – NO SCHOOL!

Thursday 1/24:

  • SRI Testing – If you were absent, you MUST make this up after school!  See us to schedule a time.
  • Semester 2 Syllabus – Sign and cut off the slip at the end by Thursday 1/31!
  • Vision Board Assignment Sheet and Rubric + Brainstorm Sheet

Friday 1/25:

  • SMART Goals PowerPoint
  • For each goal/paragraph (there should be 3), write the following:
    1. What is the goal? (This should be your 1st/topic sentence for each paragraph)
    2. How do you plan to accomplish it? (Be Specific. Reference the SMART Goals PPT for more guidance)
    3. Why is this goal important to you?
    4. How do the images on your vision board represent your goals?
  • Both the vision board (collage) and a rough draft of your claim + 3 paragraphs should be done by Monday 1/28!

Week of 12/3:

by | Dec 5, 2018 | Blogs

Monday 12/3:

  • November SSR Reflection:
    • What did you do well?
    • What did you struggle with and why?
    • What do you need to focus on this month in order to improve? Come up with a detailed plan for how you plan to accomplish this.
  • Ms. K intervention – claims mix and match!

Tuesday 12/4:

  • Word Part Mini-Presentations – ask a neighbor for the notes if you were absent!
  • Sample Evidence Bucketing Activity
    • Students were given partial claims along with supporting evidence.  Students had to sort the evidence and find connections in order to categorize them.  Students then labeled this connection in order to come up with their three reasons for the claim.

Wednesday 12/5:

  • Argumentative Essay Assignment Sheet & Introduction
  • Argumentative Essay – Evidence T-Chart – see Google Classroom assignment for more information! Ask us if you have any questions.
  • LIBRARY VISIT – if you were absent, you have to find your own time to visit the library outside of class.

Thursday 12/6:

  • SSR
  • Word Part Mini Presentations – ask a neighbor for the notes if you were absent!
  • Mr. Palise came in to talk about buying yearbooks — if you’re interested, visit this site to order online or email him at palisem@dearbornschools.org if you have any questions!
  • Continue working on Evidence T-Chart – see Google Classroom for more information!
    • Once you’ve gathered all of the evidence you can, using the highlighter function on Google Docs, highlight similar pieces of evidence to make color-coded groups of ideas. (combine or delete ideas as needed)
  • Remember: tomorrow is the Sassy Sentences Assessment! Review this chart along with your booklets in preparation.

Friday 12/7:

Week of 11/26:

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Monday 11/26:

  • SSR
  • Claim writing notes – see me if you were absent!

Tuesday 11/27:

Wednesday 11/28:

  • SSR
  • AOW #4
  • Exit ticket – make a three-pronged, one-sentence claim about one of the following statements:
    • Was the tribe’s reaction to the missionary right or wrong?
    • What is your opinion about the government’s reaction to the missionary’s death?

Thursday 11/29:

  • SSR
  • Evaluating Claims Quiz
  • AOW #4 is due!

Friday 11/30:

  • November SSR Assessment – see us if you need to make this up!  It must be done at school.
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