In Language Arts today the students spent time working on their conclusion paragraph for their argumentative essay. Afterwards, they were given time to meet with me to individually review their essays. The students use their planning page to write their rough draft too. If this was not completed in class, it was assigned as homework.
In Language Arts today the students continued to learn about past and present participles by practicing identifying them through the use of irregular verbs.
The students also spent time in class discussing and writing out their plan for their introductory paragraph. If they have not finished planning out their introduction and body paragraph(s), it is homework due tomorrow.
Have a great evening!
Homework:
Read for 20 minutes
Read Theory due Friday
Introduction and Body Paragraph(s) Planning due Tomorrow
Today was our library day in Language Arts. At this point, all students should be reading their fourth good-fit book for the year.
After our library time, we began talking about the 6+1 Traits of writing and how we can use them to help improve our writing. Today we discussed ideas, organization, and voice.
The students also began writing their first essay of the year. We will be writing an argumentative essay. The students were given the choice between four topics based on CERs they have written in class. We began planning out our body paragraphs today. If students did not finish planning the body paragraphs, this was assigned as homework. For extra credit, the students can add more than one piece of evidence per body paragraph. This is NOT the rough draft. We are using this planning page to gather and organize our ideas.
Have a great evening!
Homework:
Read for 20 minutes
Argumentative Body Paragraph Planning due Tomorrow
While in Language Arts today, the classes participated in stations. The following were all the choices they could make:
Read Theory
Moby Max
NewsELA
CER Writing
One-Pagers
If they did not finish writing their CER about whether or not video games are too violent for children, it is now late since it was assigned for homework yesterday and due at the end of class today. Read Theory was due today too. The NewsELA article about Fast-Food Workers will be due on Monday. If it was not finished in class, it is homework over the weekend.
In Language Arts today the students continued to learn about verbs by talking about past and present participle forms of verbs. We also did some practice in class.
The students also spent time participating in a socratic circle where they discussed and reflected on the pros and cons of children playing video games. They have been asked to write a CER response focusing on their own opinions about video games for children.
Have a fantastic evening!
Homework:
Read for 20 minutes
Read Theory due Tomorrow
Pro/Con of Video Games CER due TOMORROw at the END of class
In Language Arts today the students continued to work with their NewsELA article about how much money fast-food employees make. They read the article a second time, added their thinking, and took the quiz.
The students also continued to read about how video games impact today’s children. Today they focused on the negative impacts. If they did not finish, it was assigned as homework. I have attached both articles to this blog post.
In Language Arts today the students spent time reading their NewsELA article about the amount of money fast-food employees make.
We also began looking at the pros and cons of playing video games for children. We will continue to look at articles about this topic in class tomorrow.
Lastly, the students spent time learning about action, linking, and helping verbs. Moby Max about verbs has been assigned and will be due no later than Friday, December 21st.
Today’s post will talk about what we are doing in class today and tomorrow. Since all of the information will be given today, I will not be posting tomorrow.
At the beginning of class, the students went to the library to check out good fit books. They should aim to be done with their third good fit book for the year by the time they return from break.
For the rest of class today and tomorrow, the students are working on the Pyramid of Action Project. They are working in groups to identify the main events in either “The School Play” or “Tuesdays of the Other June”. They must also write two CER paragraphs focusing on the conflict and point of view of the story. This project will be due at the end of class tomorrow and presentations will take place when we return from break on Monday, November 26th. I have attached the directions for the project to this blog post.
Since we only have a two day week, I am giving the students break from Read Theory. However, they are still responsible for reading for 100 minutes between now and next Monday as well as completing their Article of the Week about self-driving cars on NewsELA.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Homework:
Read for 100 minutes between now and the end of break
Today in Language Arts the students worked in stations. They were given the opportunity to finish their Read Theory, start One-Pager Number Three, work on Moby Max, work on NewsELA, and catch up on late work. They were also pulled in small groups to practice identifying facts and opinions in CER responses.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Homework:
Read for 20 minutes
Moby Max: Nouns due Tuesday
NewsELA: Self-Driving Cars due Monday, November 26th