Monday 9-30-13

1. Bell work- Character pre-write
2. "Escape from the Ice"
     * Read aloud
      * Identify tone and mood 

Homework:  Study for Skills Quiz # 6

* Tone and Mood
 * Subject and Predicate

Friday 9-27-13

1. Bell work- Read silently
2. Tone and Mood
3. "Into the Boats" read aloud

HW: start studying for the quiz on Tuesday! The quiz will be over Subject/ Predicate notes along with Compound subjects and predicates and Tone and Mood.


Have a great weekend!!

Extra credit

For two points extra credit, both a student and a parent have to make a comment on the blog. Please be sure to put your name somewhere on the comment you post.

Thursday 9-26-13

1. Bell work- Silent reading
2. Check WS6: Compound subjects and verbs
3. " Patience, Patience, Patience"
          *read aloud
          * update foldable

HW: NONE

Parents our students are always encouraged to read every night for at least 30 minutes.

Tonight is Homecoming! So come out to the game and help support Norris!!!

Wednesday 9-25-13

1. Bell work- Compound subject and predicate
2. " Patience, Patience, Patience" - silent discussion and read aloud


HW: Compound subject and predicate Worksheet #6 

Directions for homework:

First the students must identify if there are any prepositions in the sentence. If there is a preposition the students must put parentheses  around the prepositional phrase. Next the students should underline the subject(s) once and the predicate(s) twice.

Tuesday 9-24-13

1. Bell work- Study for skills quiz #5
2. Check Subject and predicate homework
3. Skills quiz #5
4. Library


HW: none


Parents we want to let you know that we are having a race to see which class can get the most 100's over the 9 weeks. Here are the totals as of now:

1st period- 9
2nd period- 22
3rd period- 21

Monday 9-23-13

1.Bell Work- Define noun, verb, subject, and predicate
2. Subjects/Predicate
3. " Patience, Patience, Patience" - read aloud/ silent discussion/ update foldable

HW:  Subject and Predicate WS2



Here are some links to some great games if you are still having trouble identifying the subject and predicate of a sentence.



http://www.cccs.k12.in.us/userfiles/10/Subject%20and%20Predicate.swf


http://www.quia.com/rr/36765.html


Take the quiz below and bring in your score with a parent signature for 5 points extra credit.

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/subpred.htm

Friday 9-20-13

Bell Work- Using Quotation marks
2. Peer Check Friendly Letter
3. Good Copy of your Friendly Letter/ SSR


HW: Finish Good Copy of your Letter

Thursday 9-19-13

1. Bell work- using quotations marks
2. Authors purpose - PowerPoint and quiz
3. Shackleton's letter  home- friendly letter writing

Check these two links out for extra help:

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/n/friendlyletterp.cfm

Wednesday 9-18-13

1. Bell work- Using quotations
2. " Munity" - Read aloud
3. Author's Purpose


HW: Authors Purpose WS

Here is more help if your son/daughter is still struggling with author's purpose 


http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/j/authorpurposep.cfm

Tuesday 9-17-13

1. Bell work- Using Quotations
2. Skills Quiz 4/ SSR
3. Library


HW: None 

Monday 9-16-13

1. Bell work- Using quotation marks. ( Some are working on writing them correctly and some are using them by responding to a persuasive writing prompt) 
2. Proofread Persuasive paragraph ( peer check)
3. Read " Ocean Camp" and update fold able
4. Work on final copy of persuasive paragraph 

HW: Study for skills test number 4 and finish persuasive paragraph. We are having a race with each class to see which class can get the most 100's!!! 

For persuasive paragraph students will need : graphic organizer, rough draft, peer checklist, and final copy. Our students are allowed to type and print them at home.


For the test the students need to study the following: direct and indirect quotations, cause and effect, object pronouns, conflict, and "PEEL "notes.

Extra HELP!!!

Direct and indirect quotations

http://www.cshbo.qc.ca/doreen/Directtoindirect.htm 


Cause and Effect 



http://www.quia.com/quiz/1552058.html 


Objective pronouns is on the website from earlier. Just look down below. Conflict is a skill that we had to re-visit , so the students should have notes in their notebook.

PEEL Notes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q92fQj27AedSwK-VV8C27a4hyAe0azXG2EWdNwrD_Ok/edit

Friday 9-13-13

(Friday the 13th)

1. Bell work- Write an Interrogative Quotation/ switch and answer your partner's question
2. Persuasive paragraph
3. Pre-write with " PEEL Organizer"


HW: Finish persuasive paragraph

Thursday 9-12-9

Bell work- quotations
2. Check Homework
3. " The face of the Deep is Frozen"
4. Conflict- What is it?

HW: Conflict worksheet 

Here are some examples to help with homework in case the students forget.

www.quia.com/files/quia/users/ledfords/Conflict-PowerPt.

Wednesday 9-11-13

1. Bell work-  Quotations
2. Cause and effect- peer check
3. Object pronouns- parents this is a skill that builds on prepositional phrases

HW: object pronouns worksheet


Here is a link with a short quiz that will help your son/daughter practice his/her skills. If you complete the quiz and bring in your grade with a parent signature you will receive two points extra credit. 


http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/jd-pronouns.html
Enjoy your day!

Tuesday 9-10-13

1. Bell work- Quotations
2. Skills Quiz
3. "Pressure" - Cause and effect
4. Library/ Ice Research 

HW: Read for enjoyment :)

I hope everyone is having a great start to their week so far!

Example work

Here is another great example of summarize and make a connection work from one of our students. 

Monday 9-9-13

1. Bell Work- Quotations ( direct and indirect)
2. " Pressure"
3. Cause and effect

HW: Study for tonight's quiz. The items to study are as follows: D.O.L sentences week 3, prepositional phrases, theme, plot diagram, internal and external conflict, academic vocabulary, text connections. All of the notes for each item should be in your son's/ daughter's spiral notebook. *If your son/daughter brings in a sheet of paper listing the items he/she studied tonight with a parent signature, your son/daughter will receive two extra credit points.


Below are some links for your son/daughter to study tonight :

Prepositional phrases

http://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/grammar_punctuation_writing/prepositional_phrase.pdf


Theme

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/theme.pdf

Plot Diagram

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/IdentifyPlot.pdf 

Friday 9-6-13

1. Bell Work- Prepositional Phrases (8-15)
2. " The Wreck of the Hesperus" - plot diagram 

Hw: Read 30 minuets, summarize, and make a connection.

Thursday September 5th

Bell work- prepositional phrases review
Theme practice
Constructing complete  paragraphs
Homework: None
*Our students are always encouraged to read everyday.  Practice makes perfect! 

Wednesday September 4th

Classworks testing the entire class.
* Parents students have received new ARM classes! Also, midterms will be going home soon. So, please check skyward and make sure your son/daughter has all work turned in.

Tuesday September 2nd

Bell work- D.o.l week 3 day 5
Peer check homework
"Theme"
Homework: read 20 minutes ,summarize, and make a connection

Frriday8-30-13

1.Bellwork-D.O.L-WK3/Day4

2.Check preposition phrases WS

3."The Wreck of the Hesperus"

 

HW: Read 20 mins. summarize and make connection