Monday, April 23, 2012

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Mr. Ballinger

Language Arts

Purpose: Students will generate a small moment idea by remembering their spring break experiences in order to practice sustained writing time.

  • Reminder of small moment techniques
  • Reminder of generating strategies
  • Writing time

Purpose: Students will find and sticky “sentences that sing” by reading their self-selected books and looking for great sounding sentences and good use of imagery in order to begin collecting poetic devices.

  • Great sounds include repeated consonant and vowel sounds, rhyme, and rhythm in prose writing.
  • Great imagery is sentences that pop vivid mental images for the reader or otherwise make unexpected connections.

Due:  Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading.

 

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Mr. Ballinger

Students are working on the Dig Deep CBA

Purpose: Students can use primary sources to support a position by:

  • following mini-lesson modeling on writing an explanation
  • crafting a first explanation
  • focusing research on primary sources
  • Reviewing the CBA rubric

and, for Friday:

  • adding annotations about a secondary source, evaluating the source’s usefulness.

Due: Final CBA on 4/13 at the end of class

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Mr. Ellis

Students are working on the Dig Deep CBA

Purpose: Students can use primary sources to support a position by:

  • following mini-lesson modeling on writing an explanation
  • crafting a first explanation
  • focusing research on primary sources
  • Reviewing the CBA rubric

Due: Final CBA on 4/13 at the end of class.

 
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Wednesday, April, 11, 2012

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Mr. Ellis

Students are working on the Dig Deep CBA

Purpose: Students can develop a research question and begin to answer it by reading, taking notes, and crafting a position statement in order to meet the Friday deadline.

  • Group by broad topic in order to share text materials
  • Research and take notes from books in classroom: background information and first primary source
  • Begin to craft position statement

Due: Final CBA on 4/13

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Mr. Ellis

Students are working on the Dig Deep CBA

Purpose: Students can finalize their topic approval, begin pre-searching, and narrow their topic to a time period in order to develop a research question and possibly find a first primary source.

  • Topic approval from teacher
  • Read in Peeps, History Alive, or World Book On-line
  • Narrow topic down and draft a research question
  • Research and take notes: background information and first primary source.

Due: Final CBA on 4/13

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Monday, April 9

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Mr. Ellis

Language Arts

Purpose: Students can complete the theme long write in order to show evidence of thoughtful reading.

  • Model the theme paragraph
  • Writing time

Purpose: Students will demonstrate spelling competence by completing a spelling test in order to show progress towards improved skill levels.

  • Spelling test

Due:  Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading and nightly spelling homework.

Eastern Hemisphere:

Purpose: Students can begin selecting topics by watching a slide show and reviewing the next two assignments in order to gain an understanding the timeline and expectations for the CBA and EH Museum.

 

Due: CBA on April 13th, EH Museum on May 16th. 

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Friday, April 6, 2012

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Mr. Ballinger

Eastern Hemisphere:

Purpose: Students will complete their research essay draft by writing an effective conclusion and participating in peer editing in order to bring closure to the China research process and be ready for the next project.

Due: Peer edited draft at end of class

Due:  Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading and nightly spelling homework.

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Mr. Ballinger

Eastern Hemisphere:

Purpose: Students will draft a research essay by using an effective introduction, formal voice, and appropriate transitions in order to practice turning researched evidence into a completed piece of writing.

Due today: Graphic organizer: position statement, evidence I will use, organizer

Due Friday: Completed research essay draft

Due:  Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading and nightly spelling homework.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Mr. Ballinger

All Day Homeroom and Assembly Schedule

Purpose: Students will become more aware of relational bullying by watching “Finding Kind” and participating in a classroom discussion in order to practice supportive discussion skills.

  • All students report to homerooms
  • Homeroom: 7:50-9:50
  • Assembly, film: 9:55-11:20
  • Lunch: 11:20-11:50
  • Homeroom, discussion: 11:55-12:20
  • Early dismissal: 12:20

 

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Mr. Ballinger

 

Eastern Hemisphere:

Purpose: Students will craft a position statement by reframing their research question in the form of an answer that states a position in order to have an argument to support with collected evidence.

Language Arts

Purpose: Students will organize their evidence by reviewing notes and organizing them into a coherent plan in order to prove their position statement in a written essay.

Due: China Research graphic organizer due Thursday, April 5, 2012

Due:  Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading and nightly spelling homework.

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