No H/W tonight - Enjoy your Halloween celebrations
(Make sure your animotos are on your blog!)
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Parallelism
Watch this video to recap your understanding of parallelism
Write an example of parallelism on the answer garden below for a bonus plus point
Can you write an example of parallelism?... at AnswerGarden.ch.
Math 4.4 Studylink
Animoto persuasive essays should be finished by Thursday and added to your blog
Reading - Long term project
Independent Reading: You have been given your independent reading project. There needs to be 5 paragraphs completed by the due date (two weeks). Organize your H/W time over the next two weeks to make sure you meet the deadline. Reminder: Don't forget to save the google doc. under your own name
Write an example of parallelism on the answer garden below for a bonus plus point
Can you write an example of parallelism?... at AnswerGarden.ch.
Math 4.4 Studylink
Animoto persuasive essays should be finished by Thursday and added to your blog
Reading - Long term project
Independent Reading: You have been given your independent reading project. There needs to be 5 paragraphs completed by the due date (two weeks). Organize your H/W time over the next two weeks to make sure you meet the deadline. Reminder: Don't forget to save the google doc. under your own name
Monday, October 29, 2012
Homework
Math 4.3 Studylink
Animoto persuasive essays should be finished by Wednesday and added to your blog
RLA
Writing: Finish your counterargument paragraph. Use this link
Reading - Long term project
Independent Reading: You have been given your independent reading project. There needs to be 5 paragraphs completed by the due date (two weeks). Organize your H/W time over the next two weeks to make sure you meet the deadline. Reminder: Don't forget to save the google doc. under your own name
Animoto persuasive essays should be finished by Wednesday and added to your blog
RLA
Writing: Finish your counterargument paragraph. Use this link
Reading - Long term project
Independent Reading: You have been given your independent reading project. There needs to be 5 paragraphs completed by the due date (two weeks). Organize your H/W time over the next two weeks to make sure you meet the deadline. Reminder: Don't forget to save the google doc. under your own name
Sunday, October 28, 2012
2nd Qtr
Click here to get the Week at a Glance
You should add your goals to a gadget window on your blogs sometime this week
You should add your goals to a gadget window on your blogs sometime this week
Friday, October 19, 2012
End of 1st Qtr
End of the First Quarter
Can you believe you have actually made it through one quarter. Take a look back through the acrchives and see at all the different material we have covered. We have come such a long way already.
Next Qtr.
Future learning... 2nd qtr
The grammar topic will be prepositional phrase. We will learn what 'isn't a sentence by looking at fragments and run ons.
Congatulations on such a great first qtr...
Let's try and get to the top of the ladder to laughter quickly, so we can truly celebrate in style
Next Qtr.
- The first week we will begin our preparation for our UN Day Animoto presentatio " Read Around the world
- You may spend some adding all your digital work I am very proud of my blog because of the work i have put into it. The way I have designed the blog is symbolic to how I work as an educator. What will be the symbolic messages found in your blog. Feel free to as one blog post talking about how you spend your long weekend. (Optional). Next week - In a gadget window, you will list your goals for this next quarter.
- Math - The next unit we will do is EDM is Division. The IXL unit to practice this is Unit H 1- H 14 (These will be set as H/W over the next few weeks. Feel free to work ahead if you choose)
Future learning... 2nd qtr
The grammar topic will be prepositional phrase. We will learn what 'isn't a sentence by looking at fragments and run ons.
Congatulations on such a great first qtr...
Let's try and get to the top of the ladder to laughter quickly, so we can truly celebrate in style
Student of the Week: Lydia (For the extra IXL practice)
Plus Point Champion 1st Qtr: Sam
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Persuasive Animoto
Study link 4.1
Persuasive Animoto
Use this link to create your account: a4ebuxt9f292b
Work on your animoto tonight. You can upload pictures from home if you need to just by going to
animoto.com and putting in your username and password.
If you have a good working draft of your animoto tonight, post the link on the blog - Tomorrow, we will do our call to action and prognostication video taped conclusions.
Optional - Feel free to add video to your essay tonight for those who are adventurous enough to experiment!
Animoto is a powerful way to capture beautiful memories. Enjoy!
Persuasive Animoto
Use this link to create your account: a4ebuxt9f292b
Work on your animoto tonight. You can upload pictures from home if you need to just by going to
animoto.com and putting in your username and password.
If you have a good working draft of your animoto tonight, post the link on the blog - Tomorrow, we will do our call to action and prognostication video taped conclusions.
Optional - Feel free to add video to your essay tonight for those who are adventurous enough to experiment!
Animoto is a powerful way to capture beautiful memories. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Thesis
The thesis statements are starting to take shape.... PROGRESS !!!
Finish planning out your ideas for images for your essays. Tomorrow, I will show you how to use animoto.
Well done to Lydia 1st place and Dylan 2nd place in class IXL usage log!
Make sure your vocaroo is on the blog so we can calculate WPM tomorrow.
Have a nice evening
Finish planning out your ideas for images for your essays. Tomorrow, I will show you how to use animoto.
Well done to Lydia 1st place and Dylan 2nd place in class IXL usage log!
Make sure your vocaroo is on the blog so we can calculate WPM tomorrow.
Have a nice evening
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Are you ready for the Math Assessment?
H/W
IXL b.7 & s.1
Spend 20minutes working collaboratively on your Animoto Persuasive Project. You must have an arguable thesis statement that clearly states your opinion.
I fixed the problem from class today. Use this link to create your team's copy of your persuaisve essay planning sheet here: PLANNING SHEET
e.g. Cheerleading needs to be banned as a Middle School activity because participants receive far too many injuries. Members of cheerleading squads form elite exclusionary clubs and the activity itself distracts students from their academic responsibilities.
1) topic - cheerleading
2) opinion - banned from school
3) reasons i) injuries ii) exclusionary clubs iii) distracting
Can you find these elements in your thesis statements?
Remember, the focus is visual literacy. How can you write an essay with images?
See sample of a digital introduction again below. Can you work out my thesis statement?
Postponed until tomorrow
Learn how to calculate your reading fluency. You should do this every month and keep a tally on your blog (Words Read Correctly x 60) divided by seconds it takes to read the passage
IXL b.7 & s.1
Spend 20minutes working collaboratively on your Animoto Persuasive Project. You must have an arguable thesis statement that clearly states your opinion.
I fixed the problem from class today. Use this link to create your team's copy of your persuaisve essay planning sheet here: PLANNING SHEET
e.g. Cheerleading needs to be banned as a Middle School activity because participants receive far too many injuries. Members of cheerleading squads form elite exclusionary clubs and the activity itself distracts students from their academic responsibilities.
1) topic - cheerleading
2) opinion - banned from school
3) reasons i) injuries ii) exclusionary clubs iii) distracting
Can you find these elements in your thesis statements?
Remember, the focus is visual literacy. How can you write an essay with images?
See sample of a digital introduction again below. Can you work out my thesis statement?
Postponed until tomorrow
Learn how to calculate your reading fluency. You should do this every month and keep a tally on your blog (Words Read Correctly x 60) divided by seconds it takes to read the passage
Monday, October 15, 2012
Thesis Statements
H/W
Studylink 3.10
Look at the list of topics on the Review Sheet at the end of the Unit. Bring any questions you have on these topics to class tomorrow.
Make sure you have x3 clearly measurable thesis statements for tomorrow's class.
e.g. Adults littering on the world's beaches and oceans is a terrible habit that pollutes the environment, harms wildlife, and sets a bad example to children
Notice in the above -
1) topic is clear 2) stance (your opinion) is clear 3) my reasons are clear
YOUR THESIS STATEMENTS MUST CONTAIN ALL 3!
see video below for further explanation
Rock out to our new xtable song
Look at this custom typing report below. Are you keep up with your progress?
Date Range Examined: 08/13/2012 to 10/15/2012
Name | Num Logins | Time on Site (hh:mm) | Training Modules Completed | Tests / Exercises Completed | Games Completed | Total Activities Completed | Last Login Date |
Baca, Patrick | 2 | 00:33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10/9/2012 |
Bharucha, Kayzad | 2 | 00:19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8/30/2012 |
Carlisle, Ashlin | 3 | 01:30 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 36 | 9/2/2012 |
Coe, Ryan | 1 | 00:22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8/30/2012 |
Fitz, Owen | 1 | 00:21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8/30/2012 |
Foster, Dylan | 2 | 00:21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8/30/2012 |
Gray, Harriet | 1 | 00:21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8/30/2012 |
Lau, Lydia | 1 | 00:18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8/30/2012 |
Lee, Lauren | 1 | 00:22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8/30/2012 |
Maeloa, Micheline | 1 | 00:21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8/30/2012 |
Moorjani, Tasha | 1 | 00:19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8/30/2012 |
Olafson, Thor | 2 | 00:25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9/6/2012 |
Peralta, Daniel | 3 | 00:30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10/12/2012 |
Phillips, Karly | 1 | 00:20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8/30/2012 |
Serrao, Janna | 2 | 00:18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8/30/2012 |
Sherry, Aiden | 1 | 00:21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8/30/2012 |
Sturgeon, Thea Casey | 2 | 00:31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9/25/2012 |
Suresh, Sampath | 1 | 00:21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8/30/2012 |
Terrile, Reid | 1 | 00:20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8/30/2012 |
Villanueva, Miguel | 3 | 00:28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9/8/2012 |
Wang, Beatrice | 1 | 00:20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8/30/2012 |
Wirianata, Talia | 1 | 00:21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8/30/2012 |
Friday, October 12, 2012
Click here for week at a glance
The easy part was setting the goals. Now you have to work towards achieving them!
The easy part was setting the goals. Now you have to work towards achieving them!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Persuasive Paper
How to upload to voicethread
http://www.screenr.com/Eeo8
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Russell-Buxton-20
http://www.screenr.com/Eeo8
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Russell-Buxton-20
Monday, October 8, 2012
Executive Functioning
How good are your E.F. skills?
Learn More About Tessallations below:
Tuesday's H/W
No study link tonight - Do the IXL activity
Finish your essays for tomorrow
Learn More About Tessallations below:
Tuesday's H/W
No study link tonight - Do the IXL activity
Finish your essays for tomorrow
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Comfort Zone
Click here to see next week's Week at a Glance
Student of the Week: Talia for: Excellent work in Book Clubs and Grammar Assessment
How will you step out of your comfort zone going forward?
Student of the Week: Talia for: Excellent work in Book Clubs and Grammar Assessment
How will you step out of your comfort zone going forward?
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Strengths and Goals Form
My database of completed forms for the Strengths and Goals Conference shows that as of Thursday only these students have completed the form and clicked 'submit'.
Dylan Owen Beatrice Reid Miguel Aiden Lydia Kayzad Lauren
You may fill in the form below from this page. Do not forget to scroll through the form. Do not forget to click submit once all questions are answered. If you have any problems 1) Email me 2) Print out the form and just write in your answers and bring to school.
The due date for this form is Friday 5th October.
H/W
What did you think of the sentence fluency test?
Dylan Owen Beatrice Reid Miguel Aiden Lydia Kayzad Lauren
You may fill in the form below from this page. Do not forget to scroll through the form. Do not forget to click submit once all questions are answered. If you have any problems 1) Email me 2) Print out the form and just write in your answers and bring to school.
The due date for this form is Friday 5th October.
H/W
- Study Link 3.5
- Finish your 'anecdote' paragraph
- Word study worksheet
What did you think of the sentence fluency test?
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Angles
Check out this web page if you didn't look at it last night. It recaps last night's H/W
http://www.coolmath.com/reference/polygons-06-hexagons.html
Write down 5 facts in you r notes about what you know on angles from today's class
e.g. Angles in a straight line =180 degrees
H/W
Do final studying for your Sentence Fluency test. - (Exercises on link in Monday's blog post.) You may bring in 1 index card sized page of notes (both sides). You cannot just use your class notes. If you do not create anything for your self. YOU CANNOT use anything in the test.
http://www.coolmath.com/reference/polygons-06-hexagons.html
Write down 5 facts in you r notes about what you know on angles from today's class
e.g. Angles in a straight line =180 degrees
H/W
- Study link 3.4 IXL B.12 (this IXL is important practice).
- Finish your second persuasive outline paragraph - Is it better than yesterday's?
Do final studying for your Sentence Fluency test. - (Exercises on link in Monday's blog post.) You may bring in 1 index card sized page of notes (both sides). You cannot just use your class notes. If you do not create anything for your self. YOU CANNOT use anything in the test.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Boxes and Bullets: Writing Supporting Sentences
- Write out the first paragraph for your personal essay. (You should have at least 3 elaboartions with explanations). Use the graphic organizer to help you. - Due: (Wed)
- Math Study link 3.3 http://www.coolmath.com/reference/polygons-06-hexagons.html
- Sentence Fluency Practice (check yesterday's post)
- Don't forget to fill in the SMART goals questionnaire by Fri
Monday, October 1, 2012
Sentence Fluency
Study links 3.1 and 3.2
IXL B1
Two thesis statements
Online Sentence Fluency Practice (Click the link)
IXL B1
Two thesis statements
Online Sentence Fluency Practice (Click the link)