AGENDA: (1) Studied prefixes with a partner for today’s quiz, (2) Prefix quiz, (3) Read for SSR, (4) Discussed the impact an author’s personal life might have on his/her writing, (5) Watched a video about the life of Charles Dickens, author of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, (6) Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK: {none}

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

12/8 ~ Prefix review quiz [#1-25]

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12/4 ~ PBIS Reward Day! Field trip to the AMC Fairlane to see WONDER! Congratulations to everyone who worked had to earn the privilege to attend! A special thank you to AMC Fairlane for offering us special ticket and concession prices. Thank you also to Village Ford for helping to pay for transportation costs! 

12/4-13 ~ Toy Collection to benefit the Salvation Army: New toys can be brought to 1st hour to be collected

12/6-12 ~ Candy Gram Sale $1 each / Must know student’s 1st hour class for delivery

12/20 ~ LATE START: School begins one hour later

12/23-1/7 ~ NO SCHOOL: Winter Break

AGENDA: (1) Studied prefixes with a partner for tomorrow’s quiz, (2) Read for SSR, (3) Revisited writing from yesterday about pictures of the Victorian era, (4) Wrote down personal responses to videos from that era [available on iLearn], (5) Held a “pop-up discussion” using the writing as a basis for the comments and questions, (6) Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK: Review for quiz

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

12/1 ~ Prefix quiz [#1-25]

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12/4-13 ~ Toy Collection to benefit the Salvation Army: New toys can be brought to 1st hour to be collected

12/20 ~ LATE START: School begins one hour later

12/23-1/7 ~ NO SCHOOL: Winter Break

AGENDA: (1) Checked in vocabulary paper & reviewed prefixes, (2) Read for SSR, (3) Discussed dialect and word choice from the Victorian England era, (4) Wrote down personal responses to pictures from that era [available on iLearn], (5) Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK: {none}

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

12/1 ~ Prefix quiz [#1-25]

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12/4-13 ~ Toy Collection to benefit the Salvation Army: New toys can be brought to 1st hour to be collected

12/20 ~ LATE START: School begins one hour later

12/23-1/7 ~ NO SCHOOL: Winter Break

AGENDA: (1) Created flash cards for new prefixes, (2) Wrote review questions for Cornell Notes on TONE & MOOD, (3) Took a brief, pretest on A CHRISTMAS CAROL on iLearn, (4) Applied what we’ve learned about TONE to identify the author’s tone in a given reading selection on IXL [record sheets available on iLearn], (5) Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK: Finish vocabulary sheet

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

12/1 ~ Prefix quiz [#1-25]

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12/20 ~ LATE START: School begins one hour later

12/23-1/7 ~ NO SCHOOL: Winter Break

AGENDA: (1) Reviewed our seating chart, norms & procedures, (2) Recorded meanings & example words for prefixes 21-25, (3) Discussed tone & mood and how the two are related, (4) Took notes on TONE and MOOD, (5) Looked at vocabulary for upcoming reading selection, (6) Completed a practice sheet using the vocabulary [also available on iLearn], (7) Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK: Finish vocabulary sheet

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

12/1 ~ Prefix quiz [#1-25]

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12/20 ~ LATE START: School begins one hour later

12/23-1/7 ~ NO SCHOOL: Winter Break

AGENDA: (1) Wrote a response to the alone/lonely question & gave an example, (2) Read for SSR, (3) Discussed the alone/lonely writing, (4) Read the poem on pg. 394 in the textbook & discussed if the focus was more about being alone or being lonely, (5) Read the poem on pg. 395 in the textbook & discussed if the focus was more about being alone or being lonely, (6) Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK: {none}

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

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11/22-26 ~ NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving Holiday

12/20 ~ LATE START: School begins one hour later

12/23-1/7 ~ NO SCHOOL: Winter Break

In last week’s competition, Edsel Ford and its feeder schools (which includes Stout!) came out on top by collecting 28,691 cans of food. Dearborn High came in second with 26,338 canned goods and Fordson came in third with 19,271.

Thank you to everyone who contributed! All of the donations will be given to the Gleaners Food Bank.

AGENDA: (1) Wrote summary (step 4) for notes on theme, (2) Wrote about the people, places, & things I’m most thankful for, (3) Discussed the teacher(s) we are thankful for, (4) Wrote a letter(s) to those teacher(s), (5) Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK: {none}

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

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11/22-26 ~ NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving Holiday

12/20 ~ LATE START: School begins one hour later

12/23-1/7 ~ NO SCHOOL: Winter Break

AGENDA: (1) Reviewed flash cards for prefixes 1-20, (2) Took quiz, (3) Read for SSR and/or worked on IXL skills, (4) Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK: IXL

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

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11/22-24 ~ NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving Holiday

AGENDA: (1) Reviewed flash cards for prefixes 1-20, (2) Read for SSR, (3) Selected a theme as part of a claim, (4) Copied one piece of textual evidence and cited the page and/or line location, (5) Wrote the reasoning to connect the claim to the evidence, (6) Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK: (1) Study prefixes 1-20, (2) IXL

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

11/17 ~ Quiz on prefixes 1-20

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11/17 ~ “Battle Against Hunger” canned food drive

11/22-24 ~ NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving Holiday