Completed our study of physical & environmental features of Egypt, Kush and Canaan, chapter 7 in TCI book. Students were given the chance to look at the assessment today in class. There are three sections:  multiple choice, short answer and Venn Diagram. The short answer & Venn Diagram information is below. Quiz is tomorrow. 

    Write a paragraph about the physical features of Egypt and Kush.

    Write a paragraph about the physical features of Canaan.

    Make a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the environmental features of Egypt & Kush versus environmental features of Canaan. 

H  Homework: 

    ELA: Literary Home and School Essays due 12/5/16

    Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 12/5/16 

  MR K-  Latin Stem Quiz 9- 12/2 AND Journal #1 due 11/30

   Math: Mr K 6/7- R & P 5.1.3 pg 219 #24-28

   Mr K 6- TEST Thursday & Closure #133-142

   SS- QUIZ tomorrow

   Science- none

ELA: Home and School Literary Essays due Monday, December 5
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem 11 Quiz- 12/5/16
Mr K- Latin Stem Quiz 9- 12/2 AND Journal #1 due 11/30

Math: Mr K 6- R & P 3.2.4 pg #128-132

Mr K 6/7- NONE

Today in ELA we completed more editing and revising of our literary essays. In Social Studies we examined how geography affected settlements in Egypt, Kush and Canaan.

Homework:

ELA: BOTH school and home literary essays are due Monday, December 5th.
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 11- 12/5
Mr K- Latin Stem Quiz 9- 12/2 AND Journal #1 due 11/30
Science: none
SS: none
Math:
Mr K 6- none
Mr K 6/7- 3.2.3 R & P pg 150-151 # 118-122

In ELA, we thought about universal statements or themes we could use in our introductory paragraphs for our Literary Essays. Your intro paragraph should include: Thesis Statement, Universal Statement, 2 sentence story summary.   In SS, we look at the science of happiness:)

Homework: 

ELA: Introductory paragraph for HOME literary essay due 11/28

Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 10- 11/28

Mr K- Latin Stem Quiz- 11/22 AND Journal #1 due 11/30

SS- Read your letter to the person you chose!

Science: none

Math: 

Mr K 6- none

Mr K 6/7- none

Today in ELA, we wrote all 3 body paragraphs for our literary essays. Tomorrow, we will write our introductory paragraphs which include our thesis statements. In SS, we took part in the Geography Bee.

Homework:

ELA: Reread home short story and write your 2nd and 3rd body paragraph.
SS- NONE
Science: NONE
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz- 11/22/16
Mr K- Latin Stem Quiz- 11/22 AND Journal #1 due 11/30
Math:
Mr K 6- Optional Closure Problems- Quiz chapter 4
Mr K 6/7- 3.2.2 pg 143-144 #106-110

In Language Arts, we rewrote our thesis statement to be THE BEST statement. See the example above. The statement should help to structure your 3 body paragraphs. We took a quiz in SS.

Homework:
ELA: reread home story AND rewrite thesis statement AND write 1st body paragraph- Due 11/21/16

Reading: Mrs D- Latin Quiz on 11/28/16
Mr K- none

SS- none
Science- none

Math 6- 4.2.3 R & P #70-74 (pg 196-197)
Math 6/7- 3.2.1 R & P #94-98

Today in ELA, we wrote 5 different thesis statements about our protagonist. We want the students to try different statements and look at the protagonist in different ways. Tomorrow, we will rewrite a STRONG thesis statement that will be used to drive our literary essay. In SS, we had time to study for the chapter 6 quiz.

Homework:

ELA: 1. reread your HOME essay and 2. write four or five new thesis statements using the list above (it is also in your composition book)

Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz- 11/28/16 AND non-fiction article summary and questions due tomorrow

SS- Quiz on chapter 6

Science- none

Math: 

Mr K 6- none

Mr K 6/7- none

Today we worked on writing thesis statements for the protagonist in the short story Raymond's Run. The thesis is something that should be seen throughout the entire text and be supported by evidence.

OUR CO-CREATED THESIS STATEMENT:
Squeaky, the protagonist in the short story Raymond's Run by Toni Cade Bambara, is determined to win races, protect her brother Raymond, and uphold her reputation. 


Homework:

NEARPOD- Parent/teacher conference feedback- Code: SIWPZ

Language Arts: 1. Reread home short story 2. Make a chart showing character traits of your main character with evidence from text 3. Write a THESIS statement for your main character

Reading: Mrs D- Latin Quiz 10- 11/28/16 AND nonfiction article summary and questions due Friday, Nov 18
Mr K-

SS- Quiz on Friday, 11/18/16 on chapter 6 in TCI textbook

Science: none

Math: Mr K 6- R & P 4.2.2 pg 192 # 58-62
Mr K 6/7- R & P pg 133-134 #84-88

Today in Language Arts, we spoke about the protagonist's motivations in the short story, Raymond's Run. We then wrote to those motivations using the prompts above. In Social Studies, we had our practice Spelling Bee.

Homework:

ELA: Read your HOME short story
Reading:
Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 10- 11/28/16
Mr K- NONE
Science: NONE
SS- NONE
Math:
Mr K 6- R & P 4-47 to 4-51
Mr K 6/7 R & P 3-73 to 3-77

Language Arts: Our current unit of study is Literary Essays. Naming the protagonists' character traits in our short stories, will help develop our thesis statements for our essays. Homework during this unit will be to write at home and try out the same strategy that we worked on during the day. During our day, we will use a shared text to try out our writing strategies and for homework students will work with a different short story of their choosing. This homework will not be checked on a daily basis BUT students will be required to produce an in-school literary essay as well as an at-home literary essay. Our goal is finish both prior to Winter Break. There will be daily posts here to display what writing strategies were taught that day. We have access to all of the short stories in class (and the students will all have their own copies) and most can be found online in PDF form.

In Social Studies we were scribes and created our clay tablets with the data we collected. 

Homework:

NONE!!! Except:

Mrs Duffield Reading- Book report due 11/14/16 and Latin Stem Quiz 11/21/16

Today in Language Arts, we read 9 short stories, one of which will drive our Literary Essays for the next unit. In Social Studies we examined Cuneiform and created our own topic to collect data one. Wednesday, we will create a tablet which will display our own Cuneiform and table of information.

Homework:

ELA: none
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem 9 quiz 11/21/16 AND Book Report due 11/14/16
Mr K- none
Science- none
SS- none
Math:
Mr K 6- 4-7 to 4-11
Mr K 6/7- 3-45 to 3-49

Today in ELA we finished our oral presentations on BOTPC. They were so well-written. In Social Studies, we listened to a PODCAST from Science Friday on Early Hominid Groups.

Homework:

Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 7- 11/7/16 AND book Report 11/14/16

NO OTHER HOMEWORK! Enjoy the weekend.

In Language Arts, students started to read their Chapter 19 out loud to the class. What a joy to hear how all students took a different angle on what happens next for Tao and Ram. We jigsawed chapter 5 in the Social Studies text focusing on the essential question: Why do historians classify ancient Sumer as a civilization? Today, small groups taught their characteristic of a civilization to the rest of the class. 

ELA: none
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 7- 11/7/16 AND book Report 11/14/16
Mr K- Vermeer pg 27-30 chapters 19-23 due 11/4/16
Science- none
Math-
Mr K 6- TEST of Friday
Mr K 6/7- 3.1.2 #3-31 to 3-35
SS- none

Boy of the Painted Cave Envelopes were handed in today. Above are some examples of the lovely work students completed. I am looking forward to reading the Home Personal Narratives AND the Boy of the Painted Cave work. Home Personal Narratives will be scored for 1st quarter and BOTPC written work will be counted for 2nd quarter. Our Socratic Seminar, based on a the common text was fascinating. Some students that do not always contribute to conversations, made a huge effort to share their thinking. All voices were heard. Ask your child about the process. We jigsawed chapter 5 in the Social Studies text focusing on the essential question: Why do historians classify ancient Sumer as a civilization? The groups will present tomorrow in class.

Homework:
ELA: none
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 7- 11/7/16 AND book Report 11/14/16
Mr K- Vermeer pg 27-30 chapters 19-23 due 11/4/16
Science- none
Math-
Mr K 6- 3.2.2  106-110 TEST of Friday
Mr K 6/7- 3.1.1  3-12 to 3-16
SS- none

Today we discussed the components of a Socratic Seminar. The purpose is for students to engage in a higher level discussion based on the ideas of a complex text or topic without much teacher interference. We will hold a seminar tomorrow in ELA using the text Boy of the Painted Cave to drive our conversations. 

Homework:
ELA: BOTPC Envelope AND Home personal narrative due TOMORROW! 
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz- 11/7/16 AND Book Report due 11/14/16
Mr K-  Vermeer packet due 11/4- pg 27-30 Read chapters 19-23
Science: none
Social Studies: none
Math:
Mr K 6- 3.1.6 # 94-98
Mr K 6/7- none