February 21-March 2nd:
As a class, we will be reading "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes.
Students will choose which standard he/she wishes to accomplish after reading our short story.
Please see the blog post on "Thank You Ma'am" on my main page.
Some students are still finishing vocabulary assessments.
February 6-17th
This "week" (meaning the 4 days we meet over the next two weeks) we will accomplish the following:
*Each person will chose 20 words to study from InsideStoryFlashcards.com (click on vocabulary on the right side of this blog) and create a post with those 20 words listed.
*Each person will complete at least two other hits towards standards of choice.
*Each person will conference with Ms. Carton.
*Each person will read 20 minutes EACH DAY and log to a blog a total of 4 times in the next two weeks.
*Each person will create a post for his/her classroom book, providing input after class reading, as guided.
1st Period book is Boot Camp by Todd Strasser
2nd Period book is Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper
5th Period book is Compound by S.A. Bodeen
6th Period book Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
First Post:
Standards I am working on
Standard #, Standard definition, activity used to get this
Second Post:
My Favorite Book and WHY
Third Post:
My Predictions
2 Pictures you chose to make predictions about
Predictions with full detail explaining what made you think this.
Include the actual pictures, pulled from my blog.
Fourth Post:
"Standard 7: Reads a Book"
Write this:
I am going to read _______ (fill in the blank)
I am going to read everyday for 20 minutes, and log to a blog 3 times during the week. My responses need to be 6-8 sentences long.
