Thursday 2-18-16

Homework:
Math: Test tomorrow! and page 74 #23 to 28
LA: Work on your website - improve your chapters with solid bricks of information
Read your novel

We had a very busy day. We started with our electromagnet competition.
Then both classes got to visit the thriving 7th grade economy project Vivision-ville.

Both classes also worked on adding INFORMATION BRICKS to their information chapters. These include factual source based information like

Tomorrow we start the day with the math test! Yay!

Then study hall followed by our reading and writing retreat - our entire wing will read or write whatever they choose, but not on the computer. Ms. Lamb has a sneaking suspicion that some of will be spending too much time on the computer next week, so let's take a day off.

After lunch and recess, students will be allowed to continue with the retreat, or work silently on their web pages or chapters.

We end the day with regular gym class and personal learning projects followed by the faculty and student basketball game in the gym.

Have a great vacation everyone. Don't forget to read and work on your website. The marking period ends on the Friday after vacation. Websites are due that day and reading records are graded.

Wednesday 2-17-16

I hope you enjoyed your day of rain yesterday. I used my time to complete my chapters and start my website. I still have a lot of improving to do on my chapters, but they are there. You can visit my draft here
typed draft and my website here

Tonight's homework:
LA
Working on chapters - if they are complete, working on website
Math: Fraction worksheet (REMINDER: Unit test on fractions this Friday)

Read your novel. Remember you need at least six novels completed for second trimester (2 per month is the goal) Read daily and even over vacation. Marking period closes on March 4th.

Here are the steps for your NHD project if you need them.

We have several assessments to complete before March 4th (some slightly after March 4th, but before report cards go home in the mail on March 11.

Reading assessment literary text (done today in class)
Star reading (done last week)
Reading assessment non-fiction text next week March 2 or 3
On demand report writing assessment (done in one class period) March 7th
Reading log (six books this marking period due March 4)

Monday, February 15

Homework:

Math Final EXAM on Friday for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division with Fractions.  Practice problems will come home Tuesday.

Math:  page 73 #1-4 for Thunder, #1-10 for Lightning

LA:  Complete Chapters.  Print out by tomorrow.

Thursday 2-11-16

Ms. Lamb works upstairs on Professional Development today.
Writing Workshop writes chapters for their chapter book draft of NHD project. See this slide show Writing strong chapters

Ms. Crawford was in for Ms. Lamb.

Tonight's homework:
(This looks familiar as it is the same all week - repeat daily)

Edutyping for those with less than 200 minutes
Make sure your entire word study packet or vocabulary packet is complete and turned in by tomorrow
15 minutes of work on NHD project - research, notes or writing

Read your novel for 20 minutes or more

Math: Pages 56+ 57 problems 11 - 15

Wednesday 2-10-16

Homework:
LA
Edutyping (every day this week)
word hunt for word study or one more page for vocabulary
You can still type and post your 7 minute write on YWP if you want or do another one

Work on your NHD project for 15 minutes more

Math:

Tuesday 2-9-16

Today's Homework:
Math: continue to work all week on dividing fractions page 55
LA: edutyping keep practicing each day this week
word hunt for word study
work 15 minutes on National History Day - your choice - read, notes or write

Monday 2-8-16

Tonight's homework:
LA: Edutyping - you should be close to 200 minutes for this year.
Second sort for word study (can be done tomorrow at the beginning of class)
Read one new chapter or article for your NHD topic and take 5 notes

Read your novel 20-30 minutes.

Mr. Meadows was home sick today. In math kids did their star math assessment. We will do star reading on Wednesday. This is a change from the original plan of February 17 as we need it done in February and some kids might be leaving early for vacation or our sick or whatever. It is not something one needs to study for, but one does need to show their best work. It is reading and answering questions. We will also do a paper reading and writing assessment. That will be next Tuesday.

In LA we had library day and worked on organizing or reorganizing our subjects in our table of contents for NHD research projects.

Please remember that our trimester is coming to a close on March 4. Writers should have their final best draft of teen activism on YWP to be graded by Ms. Lamb.  We are working to have a strong draft of our NHD project webpage by Thursday February 18th.

Thursday 2-4-16

Tonight's homework:
LA: continue reading and notetaking for NHD project - try to have 15 additional notes to show tomorrow

READ your novel - 20 -30 minutes

MATH: Skill sheet due tomorrow
Plus
Page 56 #4-7

Today we had All Team Meeting where we celebrated Julia our guest student from Belgium. Tomorrow is her last day with us before she heads back to Europe. It has been a pleasure to have her here.

We dove deeply into our personal research topics today. We did some writing about the importance of the subject and tried to start a trail of research (Thunder will do this tomorrow.) This helps us think of big important categories of information. Also refer to these pointers about note taking: Power Learning and Note Taking

Wednesday 2-3-16

Homework in order of importance:
ISILT 20 minutes of writing expected
Questions: How are electricity and magnetism related? Use vocabulary from class. Remember what you have been doing in class.

Make sure your teen activism essay is final draft quality ready to be graded tomorrow

Make sure word study is complete up to not including blind sort (Ms. Lamb's groups only.)
Ms. Nicole's group has regular nightly homework expectations

Skill sheet for math is due Friday

If you have time: National History Day reading and note taking

Tuesday 2-2-16

Happy Groundhog Day!

Today's homework:
LA: Serious - work more on your teen activism essay - use the checklist. Refer to today's agenda with all of the links.
This is due at the end of class tomorrow - and tomorrow we are looking at the check list with a partner.

READ NOVEL - 20-30 minutes

Math: Skill sheet multiplying fractions due Friday

Today we learned that Ms. Lamb will always (usually) use today's agenda and have links for writing mini-lessons. We are also writing in social studies, so use all the guides she puts there.

Monday 2-1-16

We enter our second month of 2016.

Today we fine tuned our teen activism essay even more with very specific examples related to specific people.

We also visited the library for our regular Monday library time.

Tonight's homework:

LA continue to add examples and evidence and specifics to your teen activism essay - work at least 15 more minutes on it.
READ your novel for 20 to 30 minutes

Math: P. 40-41 #28-35 for Lightning. Thunder finish division problems then try to do some of 28-35.

I have updated the upcoming assignments to reflect the upcoming National History Day work and end of the trimester work.

This Friday, you should have done reading on your topic and note taking. Be ready to show your notes.