Week of 2/25:

by | Feb 26, 2019 | Blogs

Monday 2/25:

  • MASKS and MASK PARAGRAPHS (on Google Classroom) are due!
  • Mask Gallery Walk – viewing and giving feedback on peers’ masks
  • #WhyYouMatter – create a “Why You Matter” statement about why you are important.

Tuesday 2/26:

  • Punctuation Power
    • FANBOYS – examples 3 and 4 – Analyze the structure of those sentences and use these pictures to fill in the empty boxes with your own sentences mirroring that same structure.
  • AOW #2 – See us if you were absent to receive the right version!
    • Chunk the text:
      • What to look for:
        • Subtitles/Subheadings
        • Shifts in topic
        • Transitions
      • How to find them:
        • Read the first and last sentences in each paragraph
    • Roadblocks: For each chunk, circle and solve 2 roadblocks.  Mark your thought process on the page – how did you figure it out? Which words around it helped you? What background knowledge did you recall?  All of this should be visible and easily understood without you needing to explain it to me.
    • Roadblocks and chunking should be done in preparation for tomorrow! Do not move beyond those two tasks!

Wednesday 2/27:

  • AOW #2 (Continued)
    • Annotations – copies of the Annotations Chart w/ Sentence Starters were redistributed to students that may have misplaced their copies.  I modeled how to write meaningful annotations again with a thorough explanation of my thought process.  We also discussed some of my thoughts and annotations, much in the same way that I’d like the students to be able to do with the Socratic Seminar #2 coming up this Friday (3/1).
      • Students were then given time to read the article in pairs, annotate, and discuss.  Students should have this along with highlighting essential details and chunk summaries completed by tomorrow (2/28).

Thursday 2/28:

Friday 3/1:

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

by | Feb 4, 2019 | Blogs

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!
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