Announcements:
- Tutoring lab in 6th/7th grade: 2:45pm - 4 pm every Monday and Wednesday
- Open Computer Lab for student use: 6pm - 8pm every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
To aid student organization, all students will begin to write ALL spelling work in a spelling journal starting this week (compositon book). This will be separate from their daily writing journal.
Monday
*Journal, Reading log, and Maroo of the Winter Caves Ch 7 & 8 ALL due today
We will begin with our spelling quiz on week 4 words. Then we will go over our new Spelling Journal policy and you will be given a handout to discuss with your parent/guardian, have signed, and return to school tomorrow for a grade. After we will do our grammar warm up. Then we will learn about our first long term project that will be incorporated into Language Arts and Science: Water Cycle PPT Project
Today I will give a mini lesson on inserting a picture into a PowerPoint presentation and how to email your presentation to your partner.
Spelling Week #5: describe, quality, region, division, combine, Glogster, drought, foreign, sponsor, pollution
Tuesday
*"Special Someone" paper with: peer edited copy, teacher edited copy, and FINAL version with picture all stapled together DUE today (FINAL version with picture on front)
Today we will begin with our daily grammar warm up. Then I will give a short mini lesson on how you can share your PowerPoint using Google Documents. Class time will be spent working on project with your partner (Water Cycle PPT Project)
Wednesday- No Language Arts- We are going to the pool so bring your suit, towel, sunscreen, and water!!!
Thursday
*Spelling Journal DUE today (you will get it back on Monday)
******Today we will practice uploading a video into PowerPoint with the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0KIXRFXFQc&feature=related
We will begin with our daily grammar warm up. I will be giving a short mini lesson on how to upload YouTube videos into your PowerPoint presentations. Class time will be project time (Water Cycle PPT Project)
Friday
Read Maroo of the Winter Caves Chapter 9 & 10 and answer the following questions on a piece of lined paper (front and back). This is due next Tuesday, September 7th (Monday is Labor Day Holiday).
**FOR CREDIT: Starting this week all Maroo answers must be in complete sentences and restate the question in the answer. For example if a questions asks, "In the winter, where does Maroo and her family relocate?" Then the answer should be something like, "In the winter, Maroo and her family relocate to the caves."
Chapter 9
1. What types of animals were traveling West of the group?
2. What did Otak use to hunt the ptarmigan?
3. How did Otak almost loose his toe?
4. Why did Maroo cry when she woke up in the cave?
5. Why did they keep continuing on with the blizzard, instead of seeking shelter?
Chapter 10
1. What kind of shelter did they build?
2. What did they eat after building the shelther?
3. How did Maroo & Otak save everyone?
4. Who will cross the top of the White Mountain in search of help?
5. What three things would Maroo rather face than staying in the snow house waiting for help?
Monday
**Someone Special Teacher Final Draft due today (stapled together with rough draft- this is the version that I will grade and give back to you to revise, add a picture, and turn in by next MONDAY so we can put it on our "Something To Celebrate Wall"
**Journal, Reading Log, and Maroo of the Winter Caves Chapter 5 & 6 also due today
We will begin with our weekly spelling test on Week 3 words. Then we will do our daily grammar warm up.. Next we will be reading a story, "Win or Lose" as a class. Students should be carefully paying attention to details of the story. On Thursday, students (in groups of 4) will be answering questions and presenting the theme of the story to the class.
Spelling Week 4 Words: climate, freezing, molecular, precipitation, infiltration, ancient, fossil, humid, ignore, O'ahu
Tuesday
We will do our grammar warm up on run-on sentences. Then we will finish the story "Win or Lose." After, in groups of 4, students will discuss questions regarding the story and be brainstorming the theme of the story to present on THURSDAY to the class.
Wednesday- No Language Arts
Thursday
***Spelling work due today (definitions, sentences, and practice test)
We will do our grammar warm up on run-on sentences, fragments, and sentences. Then we will allow each group to present their question/theme to the class. Presentations should include each group member and should not go over 5 minutes.
Homework: ***Someone Special with picture FINAL draft due next Monday (these are the drafts that I edited THIS week- you should fix the errors (if any), staple together with all other versions (FINAL on FRONT), add a picture, and turn in on Monday, 8-30.
Friday
Read Chapter 7 & 8 of Maroo of the Winter Caves and answer the following questions. This is DUE Monday.
Chapter 7
1. Is the newborn a boy or girl?
2. Why was Areg’s group falling behind on the trip back?
3. What does Maroo think ate the fish that they put out for the spirit?
4. What helped the women in finding the men’s trail?
5. What seems to have happened to the men?
Chapter 8
1. How did Maroo safely get down to Vorka?
2. What was wrong with Vorka?
3. What happened to Maroo’s father?
4. Besides hides, what three special items did they place in Areg’s grave?
5. Can you understand/relate to how Maroo is feeling empty at loosing his father? Explain.
**ALL students must have a copy of Maroo of the Winter Caves for this Friday's assignment. Our school library has 15 copies of the book that are available and FREE to check out.
**Spelling Work (definitions, sentences, and practice test) will be due on Thursdays from now on.
Monday
We will begin the week with our Spelling Quiz #2. Then we will do our grammar warm up AND turn in our homework (journal, reading log, and Maroo of the Winter Caves Chapter 3 & 4 Answers). After we will finish our story "Say It with Flowers" and discuss. Students will then be placed into groups of 4 to answer question 4A in the Discussion section. Each member of the group will have a specific role.
Spelling Words 3: decision, different, because, pressure, freezing, longitude, latitude, radiation, solar, revise
Tuesday
We will begin with our daily grammar warm up. Then we will go over the steps of the Writing Process in order to write a well-polished paper. Then we will actually begin the first step in the Writing Process by brainstorming someone special and creating a web. We will also cover Shaka Paragraphs and what they need to include. Students will begin to write their first draft IN CLASS.
Homework: Finish "Special Someone" paragraph & bring to class Thursday
Wednesday- No Language Arts today
Thursday
We will finish our grammar warm up and turn that in along with our spelling homework. Then, using the "Special Someone" paragraphs, you will work with a partner to revise and edit your draft. We will brainstorm a list of what to look for in one another's paper. Students editing another students work WILL be graded on being thorough, so grade carefully! When done, you will write your new edited draft on a piece of paper, stapled together with your edited draft, and turn it in!
Due today: 1st draft of "Special Someone" with in-class revised draft stapled together
Friday (STATEHOOD DAY----No School)
Virtual Work: Maroo of the Winter Caves- Chapter 5 & 6
Chapter 5 Questions
1. What did Old Mother want Maroo and Otak to wait for before they named the puppy?
2. What did Vordka make the children whistles of?
3. What does Maroo watch Old Mother doing almost every morning?
4. What did they decide to name the dog?
5. Why does the family move East and not just stay in one place?
Chapter 6 Questions
1. How long do you think half of a moon is? Think about how the moon cycles from being new (empty) to being full and back to new. How long does half of this cycle take? You can use a calendar with the moon phases to help you.
2. Why would Vorka notch the days on the bone amulet? What do we have nowadays that helps us with this?
3. What did Maroo smell in the air?
4. What are three things that they ate while they were near the sea?
5. How does Old Mother predict the future of newborns?
TEAMS Friday Color Groups
Friday Color Groups - What Color are You?
Upcoming Fridays: (7:45 AM to 11:15 AM- HALF DAYS)
Friday (8-13-10): Blue coming to school
Friday (8-20-10): HOLIDAY (Statehood Day)
Friday (8-27-10): Red coming to school
Friday (9-3-10): Green coming to school
*** ALL students complete Friday Virtual Work**** (whether you are coming to school or not)
Friday Virtual Assignments for 8/13
- Language Arts: Answer questions for Chapters 3 & 4 of Maroo of the Winter Caves
- Social Studies Assignment
First Friday Activity:
Charley Young Dune Restoration and KCS Garden - Students in the Blue group will be engaging in two stations. 1) We will continue to restore the Charley Young Dune that we began working on last year. 2) Agriculture and Garden work.
Students will need the following to participate:
- Logo Wear
- Closed-toed Shoes
- Hat
- Water Bottle
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
