October 3 2017

Tuesday 10/3/17 – Language Arts

Good Morning, Class!

Please take out:

  • Things I Want to Read list
  • independent reading book
  • Chromebook

Per. 1 (8:15-9:09)

Reading Minute: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

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Learning Target: Students will be able to sustain attention and focus on independent reading.

 

Per. 2 (9:12-10:00)

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Learning Target: Students will be able to practice using concrete strategies for identifying and analyzing story structure.

Skill: Story Structure

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Learning Target: Students will be able to apply strategies for thinking about point of view and story structure to a close reading of a text.

Close Read: Hatchet

  • Vocabulary Annotations: Define and Compare
  • Take Vocabulary Quiz
  • Begin ACE-ing Skills Focus Questions

Homework:

  1. Read 20+ pages and log on Biblionasium:
    1. Title
    2. p. ____ to p. ____
    3. Big Thing that Happened (1-2 sentences: Who? What? When? Where?) + 1 connection or 1 new word and how you guessed its meaning using context clues or 1 visualization
  2. Get Parent Conference time filled out!

Per. 3 (10:03-10:51)

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Learning Target: Students will be able to navigate the Britannica Online resources and utilize them to support their learning.

Using Britannica School

  • Apply: Choose a topic to compare results from Britannica and Google

No Red Ink (if time)


Posted October 3, 2017 by missnichols in category Language Arts, Miss Nichols' posts

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I am a teacher of 6th grade honors language arts and math at Jane Addams Middle School in Lawndale, CA.

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