by Kathryn Fetter | 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:
by Kathryn Fetter | Dec 5, 2018 | Blogs
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.
by Kathryn Fetter | Nov 19, 2018 | Blogs
Monday 11/19:
- SSR
- “The Most Dangerous (Board) Game” Project Presentations – if you are absent, it’s up to you to schedule a one-on-one presentation time with me!
Tuesday 11/20:
- SSR
- Play “The Most Dangerous (Board) Game” Projects!
Wednesday 11/21-Friday 11/23:
Happy Thanksgiving! See you Monday!
by Kathryn Fetter | Nov 13, 2018 | Blogs
Monday 11/12:
- SSR
- Students worked on their “The Most Dangerous (Board) Game” Projects – Mission #1
- Board game, pieces, and traps are due by tomorrow: Tuesday 11/13!
Tuesday 11/13:
- SSR
- Word Part Mini-Presentations (for some hours) – get the notes from a neighbor if you were absent!
- Students moved on to Mission #2: Summary Checkpoint
- Each person in the group needs to complete the following:
- Write a 5-7 sentence summary of a page or two from “The Most Dangerous Game” on a piece of loose leaf paper. Your selected page(s) must be different from the other members of your group!
- Create a notecard that tells the player which page(s) they are summarizing and contains your summary (as a key)
- This is due at the end of the hour!
Wednesday 11/14:
- SSR
- Students moved on to Mission #3: Storyline Checkpoint
- Students had to create 10 cards for their game that deal with aspects of the story:
- 8 of the cards need to be creative tasks for the player to compelte (acting, drawing, etc.)
- No more than 2 cards can be multiple choice questions
- These will be checked in during the CFA on Thursday!
Thursday 11/15:
- Summary Common Formative Assessment on the Chromebooks – if you were absent, see me about making this up!
- Students moved on to Mission #4: Supporting Details
- Each member of the group must select 1 statement to create a “supporting details” card. This card will require a player to choose/find the best possible evidence to support the claim provided.
- These can be multiple choice (with at least 4 choices) or a “search and find evidence” option – if you choose the latter, you must select at least 3 quotes from the text that would be possible correct answers.
- These are due on Friday!
Friday 11/16:
- SSR
- Honors Capstone – If you are interested in pursuing the honors label for this class, see me for more information!
- Students must complete missions #5 and #6:
- Mission #5: Vocabulary – Students must create 10 more task cards for the players to complete that deal solely with the vocabulary from the story. Follow the directions on the sheet, and if you have any questions, come see me.
- Mission #6: Presentation – Students will present their board game projects on Monday 11/19! Touch base with your group to see which part of the presentation you will be responsible for.
by Kathryn Fetter | Nov 9, 2018 | Blogs
~~~~Week of 11/5:
Monday 11/5:
- SSR
- Sassy Sentences
- Main Idea/Summary Intervention with Ms. Kukeski!
Tuesday 11/6:
- ELECTION DAY – NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday 11/7:
- POWER OUTAGE – NO SCHOOL!
Thursday 11/8:
Friday 11/9:
- SSR
- Sassy Sentences
- Continue work on TMDG Board Game Project – Mission 1 is DUE MONDAY 11/11 by the end of the hour!
~~~~Week of 10/29:
Monday 10/29:
- SSR
- Sassy Sentences
- Start reading “The Most Dangerous Game” using the “Say Something” strategy.
- Summarize what was read before the end of the hour.
Tuesday 10/30:
- SSR
- Word Part Mini-Presentations – ask a neighbor for the notes if you were absent!
- Read “The Most Dangerous Game” using the “Say Something” strategy.
- Summarize what was read before the end of the hour.
Wednesday 10/31:
- SSR
- Sassy Sentences
- Introduce the Struggle T-Chart: students should use this t-chart to keep track of examples in the text where characters experienced some sort of struggle.
- Read “The Most Dangerous Game” using the “Say Something” strategy.
- Summarize what was read before the end of the hour.
Thursday 11/1:
- SSR
- Word Part Mini-Presentations – ask a neighbor for the notes if you were absent!
- Read “The Most Dangerous Game” using the “Say Something” strategy.
- Summarize – from here on out, students should stop and summarize after every 3 pages.
- Add examples of struggle to the Struggle T-Chart
Friday 11/2:
- SSR
- Sassy Sentences
- Finish reading “The Most Dangerous Game” using the “Say Something” strategy.
- Summarize – stop and summarize after every 3 pages.
- Add examples of struggle to the Struggle T-Chart
- Find and fill in the sentences from the story that used our vocab words on “The Most Dangerous Game” Vocabulary Notetaker.
