Week of 08/19/13 - 08/23/13
Mon 08/19/13
We discussed: Shark Expectations, quiet signal, rewards and consequences, emergency exit, attendance/tardies/missing work policy, planners, bathroom procedures, cell phones, dress code, and code of conduct.
HOMEWORK: Bring a composition notebook for tomorrow. Print and sign Classroom Policy
Form. Form is due by Friday 08/23/12.
If you do not have internet access or a printer, your parent must write a note to Ms. Blackard
stating that you need me to print your documents for you.
HOMEWORK: Bring a composition notebook for tomorrow. Print and sign Classroom Policy
Form. Form is due by Friday 08/23/12.
If you do not have internet access or a printer, your parent must write a note to Ms. Blackard
stating that you need me to print your documents for you.
Tues 08/20/13 - Congrats on earning Shark Bites today!
We set up our journals for bellwork; date, prompt, response.
We set up our vocabulary notebooks. Click HERE for directions.
We discussed circle maps. Circle maps are used to define something in a context. We created circle maps defining our expectations in the context of this school year. Students had to fill their
circle maps with eight examples.
We set up our vocabulary notebooks. Click HERE for directions.
We discussed circle maps. Circle maps are used to define something in a context. We created circle maps defining our expectations in the context of this school year. Students had to fill their
circle maps with eight examples.
Wed 08/21/13
Continuing our discussion on circle maps, students highlighted "similar" items to make connections to "like ideas." They then named those groupings to make categories. Students worked in small groups to come up with the top three items from their circle maps that they could agree on. Finally, we prepared a class list that every student signed. This is our pact, our classroom expectations for the 7th grade school year.
HOMEWORK: Classroom policy forms are due by Friday, 08/23/13. Continue working on your vocab.
HOMEWORK: Classroom policy forms are due by Friday, 08/23/13. Continue working on your vocab.
Thur 08/22/13
Students starting talking today about how to attack a writing prompt. Students practiced unPACking as a whole group, then in small groups. Students then created a reference page to put in their portfolio next week.
View the presentation and review unPACking writing prompts using the PAC.
HOMEWORK: Classroom policy forms are due TOMORROW! Unit 1 Week 1 of Vocab Notebook is due TOMORROW!
View the presentation and review unPACking writing prompts using the PAC.
HOMEWORK: Classroom policy forms are due TOMORROW! Unit 1 Week 1 of Vocab Notebook is due TOMORROW!
Fri 08/23/13
Vocab Notebooks were collected.
Students took their "pre" mini assessment to see where there writing stands at the beginning of the year. Students were given a story selection (that they had already read in reading class) and a prompts. Students had 45 minutes to plan and write an essay response to the prompt. Students were expected to write a well-developed five paragraph essay.
Prompt: Keeping in mind the passage, "To the Pole," try to think of a time you had to do something difficult. Write to explain why that task or event was difficult for you. Use evidence from the text to connect your experience to Ann Bancroft's.
Students took their "pre" mini assessment to see where there writing stands at the beginning of the year. Students were given a story selection (that they had already read in reading class) and a prompts. Students had 45 minutes to plan and write an essay response to the prompt. Students were expected to write a well-developed five paragraph essay.
Prompt: Keeping in mind the passage, "To the Pole," try to think of a time you had to do something difficult. Write to explain why that task or event was difficult for you. Use evidence from the text to connect your experience to Ann Bancroft's.
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HOMEWORK: Students need to have a three-pronged folder for Monday to leave in class.