Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ clipboard check-in.
WRITING: In your notebook, start a letter to Mrs. C about yourself as a student, as a reader, writer, person, etc. How’s class going so far? What are you excited about or worried about or unsure about? Be reflective and share what you need Mrs. C to know. Make it look like a letter by starting with a salutation and ending with a closing.
Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ clipboard check-in.
Quickwrite #5: Rethink Homelessness
ASSIGNMENT: Letter to Mrs. C due in Dropbox no later than end of day Sunday 8/28
Book Trailers & Indie Read w/ clipboard check-in.
Quickwrite #5: “Take a Knee” by Kwame Alexander (click the link to watch the video)
https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/18597971
TO DO: Take/Make some time to read!
UPCOMING: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Book Talks & Indie Read.
READ LIKE A WRITER: Intro to concepts & slide for notebook. Practice with Where the Wild Things Are. (See what you can find & annotate accordingly).
TO DO: Keep your notebook up-to-date and read something fantastic!
Book Talks & Indie Read.
READ LIKE A WRITER: Intro to concepts & slide for notebook. Practice with How I Became a Pirate. (See what you can find & annotate accordingly).
ASSIGNMENT PREVIEW: Letter to Mrs. C due in Dropbox no later than end of day Sunday 8/28
TO DO:
Book Talks & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #4: “History Reconsidered” by Clint Smith
READ: Stamped Ch. 2
TO DO: Keep your notebook up-to-date and read something fantastic!
Read Aloud – Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak – & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #3: Missing Spoons
ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION: thoughts from grades survey – “Do grades help you learn? How do grades make you feel? Why do teachers give grades?” & thoughts about the relationship between points and learning (we created a class post-it board).
TO DO: Read something awesome!
Read Aloud – How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long & David Shannon – & Indie Read.
ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION: thoughts from grades survey – “Do grades help you learn? How do grades make you feel? Why do teachers give grades?” & thoughts about the relationship between points and learning (we created a class post-it board).
TO DO:
Read Aloud – The Day You Begin by Jaqueline Woodson & Rafael Lopez – & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #3: A reaction “What do I notice? What do I wonder? What surprised me?” in Stamped Ch. 1 (if you need to reread or missed class find this chapter as material in GClassroom)
TO DO:
Book Talks & Indie Read.
Quickwrite #2: Rethink Homelessness
Overview – course syllabus.
TO DO:
Mrs. Connolly's Class 