Thursday, September 22, 2011

September 26-30

Daily Homework

HW: Read for thirty minutes from your independent novel. Record thinking or reading minutes.

Monday 26
Destiny training with Ms. Swiggum
Goals:
Make a shelf of Books on Deck
Learn how to Post a Book Review

Tuesday 27
How to write an Objective Summary Lesson
Create draft of Objective Summary in Independent Journal

Wednesday 28
MAP Testing

Thursday 29
Independent Reading
Post Your Objective Summary to Destiny
Print copy for Independent Reading Journal

Friday 30
Independent Writing Project
due October 7th

Monday, September 19, 2011

September 19-23



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Mini-Lesson:

Nye Essay on 9/11

Independent Reading

Aces: Supported Conference

HW: Read for thirty minutes from your independent novel. Record thinking or reading minutes.

School Pics

Naomi

Shihab

Nye visits!

Mini Lesson:

Noticing!

HW: Read for thirty minutes from your independent novel. Record thinking or reading minutes.

Poem of the Week: First Love


Grammar Lesson: Active Verbs


HW: Read for thirty minutes from your independent novel. Record thinking or reading minutes.

Independent Reading:

Introduce Objective Summary

Aces:Getting started again?

Why didn’t I finish?

Write Objective Summary as a group.

HW: Read for thirty minutes from your independent novel. Record thinking or reading minutes.

Colter

Bay Indian Arts Museum









Monday, September 12, 2011

Independent Reading Groups

Journal Response:

Aces: What frustrates me?

Wilds: What is worth talking about?

Faces: What do I hope to take from this book?

Continue drafting essay.

HW: Read for thirty minutes from your independent novel. Record thinking or reading minutes.

Mini-Lesson: Editing vs. Revision, what is the difference?

Writing

Name Essay Due at end of class today!

Print

Color

Share

Close: Volunteer to share essay.

HW: Read for thirty minutes from your independent novel. Record thinking or reading minutes.

Shared Read: Poem #2:

First Love

Shared Read: Essay from Noami Shihab Nye


Close: Volunteer to share essay.


HW: Read for thirty minutes from your independent novel. Record thinking or reading minutes.

Independent Reading:

Wilds: Successes and Failures?

Aces: What will I read next?

Faces: Annotation check.

Close: Volunteer to share essay.

HW: Read for thirty minutes from your independent novel. Record thinking or reading minutes.

Poem #3:

Guilt

Assign Independent Writing Project #1