DATE

ASSIGNMENT

BIG IDEAS and NOTES

04/25/17

Tuesday

1) FINISH READING Prisoner B-3087! (click 84 times) Be ready for a quiz on those last chapters. 

 2) Permission slips due by Friday. 

• Today we worked on a nonfiction PARCC practice test.
• Here is the COMPLETE essay from yesterday's practice. 

04/19/17

Thursday

1) Read Prisoner B-3087 Chs. 28

 2) GAL 27 Testmoz and Sentence Match-Ups 

• Today we completed work on a PARCC practice test and took a quiz on Prisoner B Chs. 26 and 27.

04/19/17

Wednesday

1) Read Prisoner B-3087 Chs. 26 and 27

2) GAL 27 Testmoz and Sentence Match-Ups due Friday

• Today we worked on a PARCC practice test. 

04/18/17

Tuesday

1) No New HW

• Today we worked on a PARCC Practice test.

04/17/17

Monday

1) GAL 27 3x each

2) GAL 27 Testmoz and Sentence Match-Ups due Friday

3) FYI today we read in Prisoner B-3078 to end of Chapter 25.

• Today we received GAL 27 List, phone=sound.
• Today we read in Prisoner B-3087 to end of Chapter 25. 

04/06/17

 Thursday

1) Read in Prisoner B-3087 to END of Chapter 22.

2) GAL 26 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we read in Prisoner B-3087 to end of Chapter 22 and worked on our Pet Peeves articles.

04/05/17

Wednesday

1) Answer Prisoner B-3087 prompt from p. 153.

See docs to the right.

2) Read in Prisoner B-3087 to bottom of 173.

3) GAL 26 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Pet Peeves Voting just for fun, but also to get an idea if you don't have one
• Today we read in Prisoner B-3087 to the bottom of 173, and worked on our Pet Peeves articles.

04/04/17

Tuesday

1) Answer Prisoner B-3087 prompt from p. 153.

See docs to the right.

2) GAL 26 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we discussed prewriting and organizing for a written one paragraph prompt. Here is the assignment, and here is an exemplar essay.

04/03/17

Monday

1) GAL 26 3x

2) GAL 26 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we went over GAL List 26 (socio = companion, friend) and read in Prisoner B-3087 up through page 163.

03/30/17

Thursday

1) Find examples for p. 137 assignment.

2) GAL 25 Testmoz and Fill-Ins due

• Today we read in Prisoner B-3087.

03/29/17

Wednesday

1) Read in Prisoner B-3087 through page 135,

2) GAL 25 words 3x each.

3) GAL 25 Testmoz and Fill-Ins due Friday

• Today we discussed the Cheerleading article and then reflected upon which of the techniques we felt were best for maintaining the reader's interest and proving our point.

03/27/17

Monday

1) Read and annotate Cheerleading article, and complete questions and table at end; due Wednesday

2) GAL 25 Testmoz and Fill-Ins due Friday

• Today we discussed GAL 25 (therm-heat) and read more in Prisoner B-3087. 

03/23/17

Thursday

1) Read and Annotate Fat of the Land article

2) GAL 24 Testmoz and Cursive

• Today we took a reading assessment and also shared our Cloning Machine stories. 

03/22/17

Wednesday

1) Read and Annotate Fat of the Land article

2) GAL 24 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we read in Prisoner B-3087 also shared our Cloning Machine stories. 

03/21/17

Tuesday

1) Finish Cloning Machine story

2) GAL 24 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we read and dissected an op-ed piece about pet peeves in preparation for a pet peeves piece we will be writing this week. 

03/20/17

Monday

1) GAL 24 Sentences (two words in each; five sentences total)

2) Finish Cloning Machine story by Wednesday

3) GAL 24 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we met GAL List 24 (struct = build) and continued reading in Prisoner B-3087.
• When you complete the Cloning Machine, you must be certain that these four questions are answered:
• What happened to Dr. Wooly? 
• What happened with Matt?
• What happened with Fiona? 
• What becomes of the Cloning Machine? 

03/16/17

Thursday

1) Prisoner B-3087 Chapter 9 Qs

2) Finish B-3087 Vocab 1

 3) GAL 23 Testmoz and Cursive

• Today we played the BUG game and then read Chapter 9 of Prisoner B-3087.

03/13/17

Monday

1) Prisoner B-3087 Vocab WS due Wednesday

 2) GAL 23 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we met our GAL List 23 (tract) and continued reading Prisoner B-3087.

03/09/17

Thursday

1) GAL 22 Testmoz and Cursive 

• Today we continued Prisoner B-3087, and peer-revised our letters to Mr. Ballard.

03/08/17

Wednesday

1) GAL 22 Letter due Thursday.

2) GAL 22 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we started Prisoner B-3087.

03/07/17

 Tuesday

1) GAL 22 Letter due Thursday.

2) GAL 22 Edits due Wednesday

3) GAL 22 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we finished compiling our basic background knowledge on the Holocaust.

03/06/17

 Monday

1) GAL 22 3x each

2) GAL 22 Edits due Wednesday

3) GAL 22 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we met our new GAL list (vers, vert = turn) and continued building background knowledge for our Holocaust novel.

03/02/17

 Thursday

1) Letter to Mrs. Merriam

2) GAL 21 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

3) Study for GAL 21 Quiz

• Today we began to learn more about Holocaust, taking notes using the Key Words Strategy. We also took a video quiz for GAL 21.

03/01/17

 Wednesday

1) GAL 21 3x each

2) Edit Citizenship Credits letter.

3) Bring your own headphones to class (optional)

• Today we completed our introduction to the Holocaust.

02/28/17

Tuesday

1) Complete the Citizenship Credits letter. See notes from last night for help.

2) GAL 21 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we began an introduction to the Holocaust.

02/27/17

Monday

1) GAL 20 Sentence Edits

2) GAL 21 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we wrote on Citizenship Credits.

02/22/17

Wednesday

1) GAL 20 Sentence Edits

2) GAL 20 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we peer revised our Predator Reports.

02/21/17

Tuesday

1) Revise Predator Essay; use these model Closing Sentences to help

2) GAL 20 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we met GAL List 20 (rupt = break) and reviewed GAL edits from last week.

02/15/17

Wednesday

1) Revise Valentine Poem Assignment

2) Do Chapter Qs for OFN

3) GAL 19 Testmoz and STUDY for GAL 19

• Today we shared and critiqued our poems, and they should be revised fully for tomorrow.

02/14/17

Tuesday

1) Finish Valentine Poem Assignment

2) GAL 19 Testmoz due Thursday

• Today we wrote Valentine's Day poems to our predators.

02/13/17

Monday

1) GAL 19 Sentence edits

2) GAL 19 Testmoz due Thursday

• Today we met our new GAL list (join, junct, jug = to join, meet, link).

02/08/17

Wednesday

1) OFN Lessons Learned II WS 

2) GAL 18 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we shared our Lessons Learned and completed OFN.

02/07/17

Tuesday

1) OFN Lessons Learned WS

2) GAL 18 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we tried some sentence composing, cleaned out our notebooks, and read more of OFN.

02/06/17

Monday

1) GAL 18 3x each

2) Nonfiction Cover due

3) Finish OFN Ch. 9.

4) GAL 18 Testmoz and Cursive due Friday

• Today we met our new GAL List (frail, fract, frag = break, shatter) and continued reading in OFN.

02/02/17

Thursday

1) GAL 16 Cursive and GAL 16 Testmoz

 2) Study for GAL 16 Quiz 

• Today we continued work on covers for our nonfiction reports.

02/01/17

Wednesday

1) Finish OFN Chapter Eight.

2) Page titles through 220.

3) GAL 16 Cursive and GAL 16 Testmoz due Friday 

• Today we continued work on covers for our nonfiction reports.

01/31/17

Tuesday

1) Read OFN through bottom of 269

2) GAL 16 Cursive and GAL 16 Testmoz due Friday 

• Today we began work on covers for our nonfiction reports.

01/30/17

Monday

1) White GAL sheet, both sides

2) OFN Page Titles through 200

3) GAL 16 Cursive and GAL 16 Testmoz due Friday 

• Today we met our new GAL List (vit, viv = life) and continued with OFN.