Reading Responses

H/W - Spend tonight preparing for your RR. You should be reading and/or doing notices and notes about your book. You will have tomorrow's class to work on your RR. It can be written or it can be a video response like the one below. (30mins)

Grammar Homework: Drop a screen shot of your grammar H/W inside this folder. You will be graded on this work!

C/D Class
E/F Class
G/H Class

Use these samples as examples of 'A' Reading Responses

Notice and Note: Memory Moments

Recap and H/W

C/D class  only - Finish your short piece of writing that uses 'simple sentences'  - You should have written between 100-150 words. Highlight your simple sentences. Can you spot them in your paragraph and distinguish between tools and simple sentences?  DUE WED!

E/F  (Due  Wed)  
G/H classes (Wed)

Example from Victoria

Bonus Presentation
Some of you got the opportunity today to hear the 8th grade visiting author, Susan Campbell Bartoletti speak. Please write a comment on the blog stating what your biggest take-away was from today's talk.


H/W -  C/D & E/F
30 minutes of Membean by Friday (50 mins for the week) - You will get a grade this week on your practice.

In Wednesday's class - you will write your first reading response.  Make sure you have been recording your thinking. - You do not have to write about the entire book, just any aspect of the book that you think is signficant. Look at the Reading Response links on the right of the blog to see a typical RR from last year. - Make sure you are ready.- This will be your first summative for the second semester.

Notice and Note: Memory Moments

Root of the Week (E/F class - You will do this Wed)

Make sure you have a copy of this unit.
Sentence Fluency: Grammar Unit

C/D class  only - Finish your short piece of writing that uses 'simple sentences'  - You should have written between 100-150 words. Highlight your simple sentences. Can you spot them in your paragraph and distinguish between tools and simple sentences?  DUE WED!  Class E/F (Your writing is due Thursday)


Lesson Recap

H/W -
30 minutes of Membean by Friday (50 mins for the week) - You will get a grade this week on your practice.

Words of the Wiser

Looking for a GREAT resource for your next book: Mrs ReaderPants

Lesson Recap

You will practice today in small groups

Group 1 Thank you  M'am (last 5 paragraphs)

Group 2 Black Boy Text

Group 3 Riding Freedom

Challenge - Only if you have read the book beforehand
Group 4  Tuck Everlasting p.62-64

Next week, you will do a 'summative reading response' - You must have a system to record your thinking

Membean trained minutes this week (Congratulations Ryan and Vadim for being the most studious Membeaners for the week!) - I will not take grades this week as I know many of you have had problems with the software. Going forward, you need to make sure you get your computers updated. Grades will be taken next week!

Tough Questions

Recap:  Tough Questions help us spot the 'internal conflict'  : Half and Half (Read to the ***) section

H/W - Make sure you have finished your Membean practice for this week

READ! - 30 minutes perday (Make sure you are recording your thinking in some way ready for a reading response next week)