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April Reading Log is due May 4th.

 

May Reading Log is due May 18^th.  Only 200 minutes have to be read.

 

Book Talks will begin Monday, May 10^th. 

 

The last opportunity to do a report for a 2009-2010 Mark Twain or Truman nominated book will be May 14.  Ask your child if he or she has already completed one.

 

Students received a reading progress report today.  I have included the grade for a 2009-2010 Mark Twain or Truman nominated book report so that you can easily see if your child has completed the report.  If your child hasn’t already completed it, he or she has one last opportunity on May 14^th. 

 

Students may continue reading The Lightning Thief independently.  At this point, students need to illustrate one unknown vocabulary word per chapter after finishing chapters 4-6.

 

Monday:

*Go over the journal responses, vocabulary, questions and follow-ups for Chapters 4-6

*Each class will first create a list for a how-to activity

*Choose an activity/item to begin itemizing each step of the process

 

 

Tuesday:

*Finish detailed list of “how-to” and begin to draw very detailed drawings depicting each step

*Continue reading The Lightning Thief and illustrate a vocabulary word from each chapter

*Draw for Book Talk

 

Wednesday:

I’ll be out of the class today.

*Share how-to list and drawings with 3 people

 

Thursday:

*Field trip to Boise d’Arc

*Writing activity at the pond.

 

Friday:

*Read stories from yesterday

*Finish list of steps and detailed drawing

*Continue reading The Lightning Thief and illustrate a vocabulary word from each chapter

 

May 10-14

Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday:

*Book Talks

*Finish how-to steps and detailed pictures

*Continue reading The Lightning Thief and illustrate a vocabulary word from each chapter

 

 

Tuesday:

*How-to steps and detailed pictures

*Continue reading The Lightning Thief and illustrate a vocabulary word from each chapter

 

Friday:

*2009-2010 Mark Twain or Truman nominated book report

*Work on Book Talks

*Share How-to lists and pictures

*Continue reading The Lightning Thief and illustrate a vocabulary word from each chapter

A book needs to be chosen for Book Talk by Wednesday the 28^th.

 April Reading Log is due May 4th.

 Book orders are due May 7.  It will be the last book order of the school year.

 Book Talks will begin Monday, May 10^th.  

 The last opportunity to do a report for a 2009-2010 Mark Twain or Truman nominated book will be May 14.  Ask your child if he or she has already completed one.

 We’ll continue working on The Lightning Thief this week and also start working on our How-To writing project.

We will be doing vocabulary, questions and follow-up activities for each set of 3 chapters. 

Vocabulary:  I have given students the definitions for the vocabulary words that are given for each chapter.

Questions:  Students have 2 questions assigned for each chapter in each set.

Follow-up Activities:  One follow-up activity of the student’s choice has to be completed for each set of chapters.  The follow-up activities vary widely and the instructions must be followed correctly to receive full credit. 

 The work can be done independently, so that any student who wants to read and work ahead may do so. 

Monday:

*Go over the journal responses, vocabulary, questions and follow-ups for Chapters 1-3

*Discussion questions for chapters 1-3

*Continue chapters 4-6

*Continue working ahead independently

*All work is due Thursday

 

Tuesday:

*The Lightning Thief – Continue chapters 4-6 journal, vocabulary, questions, and follow-up activity

*All work is due Thursday

*Continue working ahead independently

 

Wednesday:

I’ll be out of the class for MRI.

* The Lightning Thief – Continue chapters 4-6 journal, vocabulary, questions, and follow-up activity

*All work is due Thursday

*Continue working ahead independently

*DLR

 

 

Thursday:

* The Lightning Thief -chapters 4-6 journal, vocabulary, questions, and follow-up activity due

*Go over DLR

*How-to in writing journal

 

Friday:

* The Lightning Thief – chapters 4-6 discussion questions

*How-to in writing journal

April Reading Log is due May 4th.

 The second report for a 2009-2010 Mark Twain or Truman nominated for the second semester will be the Monday after MAP test, April 19.

 The last opportunity to do a report for a 2009-2010 Mark Twain or Truman nominated book will be May 14.

 

We started The Lightning Thief on Friday.  It is a fantasy with a modern setting for the Greek gods and their offspring.  Percy, our main character and a half-blood, discovers that his father is one of the Greek gods, and he has to go on a modern day quest.  

 

We will be doing vocabulary, questions and follow-up activities for each set of 3 chapters. 

Vocabulary:  I have given students the definitions for the vocabulary words that are to be defined for each chapter.

Questions:  Students have 2 questions assigned for each chapter in each set.

Follow-up Activities:  One follow-up activity of the student’s choice has to be completed for each set of chapters.  The follow-up activities vary widely and the instructions must be followed correctly to receive full credit. 

 

The work can be done independently, so that any student who wants to read and work ahead may do so.

 

 

Monday:

*2^nd report for a Mark Twain or Truman nominated book.

*view the Book Fair video

*Continue chapters 1-3 vocabulary, questions, and follow-up activity

*All work for chapters 1-3 is due on Friday.

 

Tuesday:

*The Lightning Thief – Continue chapters 1-3 vocabulary, questions, and follow-up activity

 

Wednesday:

* The Lightning Thief – Continue chapters 1-3 vocabulary, questions, and follow-up activity

 

Thursday:

* The Lightning Thief – Continue chapters 1-3 vocabulary, questions, and follow-up activity

*Begin chapters 4-6

 

Friday:

*Chapters 1-3 vocabulary, questions and follow-up activity due

* The Lightning Thief – Continue chapters 4-6 vocabulary, questions, and follow-up activity

* 4^th quarter DRA- students will remain in homeroom all day

April Reading Log is due May 4th.

 

The second report for a Mark Twain or Truman nominated for the second semester will be the Monday after MAP test, April 19.

 

Monday:

*MAP practice- Poetry and Nonfiction

 

Tuesday:

*MAP practice- Nonfiction and Fiction

 

Wednesday:

*MAP practice- Fiction and Nonfiction

 

Thursday:

*MAP practice- Cause and Effect with Nonfiction

 

Friday:

*MAP practice- Nonfiction and Poetry

March Reading Log is due April 2^nd.

 The second report for a Mark Twain or Truman nominated for the second semester will be the first day we return from Spring Break.

 Friday- school will be dismissed at 12:30.
Willard School Board Candidates Forum, Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ 6:30 p.m. @ Willard Central Elementary Multipurpose room. Come meet the candidates and learn their views on educational issues. Childcare provided by WHS FACS class.

 

Monday:

*edit rough draft survival stories- identify senses, possessives, good beginning, details, rescue, and ending on the rough draft assessment

 

Tuesday:

*edit rough draft- spelling, paragraphing, grammar, and punctuation

 

Wednesday:

*finish editing

*begin reading survival stories

 

Thursday:

*read survival stories

 

Friday:

*finish reading survival stories

and ?????

March Reading Log is due April 2^nd.

Book orders due March 12.

The second report for a Mark Twain or Truman nominated for the second semester will be the first day we return from Spring Break.

 

Willard Legislative Forum with Representative Shane Shoeller, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6-7 p.m. @ Willard
Community Center. All Willard Staff and Area Patrons are invited to attend. Rep. Schoeller will be present to answer questions about educational issues facing our school, community, and state. Refreshments will be provided by WHS
FACS class.

Willard School Board Candidates Forum, Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ 6:30 p.m. @ Willard Central Elementary Multipurpose room. Come meet the candidates and learn their views on educational issues. Childcare provided by WHS FACS class.

 

Monday:

*discuss reading logs and Book Talks

*possessive nouns

*writing journal: graphic organizer for 3^nd survival story

 

Tuesday:

*possessive nouns for those who need it

*character analysis from survival story

*assessment for descriptive story:  It includes format and content.

 

Wednesday:

*read story that has been written so far to evaluate and get ideas

*continue descriptive story

 

Thursday:

*onomatopoeia with practicum student Megan Russell

*continue descriptive story

 

Friday:

*review onomatopoeia

*alliteration

*evaluate story using the assessment

*good endings paper

*descriptive story needs to be finished by Monday

Schedule for 7^th grade will be entered into the school computers on Wednesday.

Book Talks begin on March 1^st.

Feb. Reading Log is due March 2^nd.

Book orders due March 12.

The second report for a Mark Twain or Truman nominated for the second semester will be in March.

 

Monday:

*writing journal:  2^nd survival story

 

Tuesday:

*possessive nouns

*continue story from Monday

 

Wednesday:

*enter 7^th grade schedule in the school computer

*Book Talks

 

Thursday:

*continue possessive nouns

*share writing journal

*Book Talks

 

Friday:

*assess possessive nouns

*Book Talks

*analogies

Scheduling for 7^th grade will begin this week during music.

Book Talks begin on March 1^st.

Feb. Reading Log is due March 2^nd.

Book orders due March 12.

The second report for a Mark Twain or Truman nominated for the second semester will be in March.

 

Monday:

*Students are to correct the last 2 reading journal entries to show they understand the concepts.

*writing journal:  senses for Amazon Rain Forest, a desert, and a deserted city

*share writing journal ideas and get some

*finish the hour reading survival book

 

Tuesday:

*Mrs. Skaggs will be in the classroom today.

*writing journal: list of things needed in a survival situation

*finish the hour reading a survival book

 

Wednesday:

*share writing journal

*Brain Pop video- Show Don’t Tell

*writing journal: survival story

 

Thursday:

*share writing journal

*finish the hour reading a survival book

 

Friday:

*plural nouns:  singular and plural

*finish the hour reading a survival book

A book has to be chosen for Book Talk by Feb. 17.

Scheduling for 7^th grade will begin next week during music.

Book Talks begin on March 1^st.

Feb. Reading Log is due March 2^nd.

Book orders due March 12.

The second report for a Mark Twain or Truman nominated for the second semester will be in March.

 

Monday:

*Discuss predictions, questions, and inferences with the book groups

*Discuss solving problem by the protagonist

*Journal- how the protagonist problem solves a problem

*Finish the hour reading

 

Tuesday:

*Mrs. Skaggs will be in the classroom today.

*Journal- how the protagonist problem solves a problem

*Finish the hour reading

*Discuss how the solution worked for the protagonist

 

Wednesday:

*Library

*Discuss the journal entries from yesterday with a different book group to see if the journal entry is easy to understand

*Journal- how the protagonist problem solves and how well the solution worked

(This journal entry may need to be finished on Thursday.)

*Finish the hour reading

 

Thursday:

*Finish journal entry from Wednesday if necessary

*Analyze the influence of setting on characters and plot

*Journal- how does the setting influence the characters and plot

*Finish the hour reading

 

Friday:

*Appositives review

*Writing prompt about survival

*Finish the hour reading

*Set which chapters need to be read by Monday.

Feb. Reading Log is due March. 2.

A book has to be chosen for Book Talk by Feb. 17

The second report for a Mark Twain or Truman nominated for the second semester will be in March.

 

Monday:

*Survival book assigned

*Journal prediction based on info on back cover

*Set rate and purpose

*Journal- one question that popped up while reading

*Journal- one inference

*Journal- identify at least one unknown word per chapter

Write the word and what you think the definition is then show it to Mrs. Anderson.  Correct your definition if necessary.

*Finish the hour reading

 

Tuesday:

*Paraphrase with a partner about what was read yesterday in journal

*Review the unknown words and discuss what they mean

*Journal- one question that popped up while reading

*Journal- one inference

*Journal- identify at least one unknown word per chapter

            Write the word and what you think the definition is then show it to Mrs. Anderson.  Correct your definition if necessary.

*Finish the hour reading

 

Wednesday:

*Meet with group to reflect on what has been read so far

*Summarize w/ group what has happened to this point in journal

*Identify author’s point of view

*Discuss how any questions were answered and any that haven’t been answered

            Why weren’t they answered?

*Journal- one question that popped up while reading

*Journal- one inference

*Journal- identify at least one unknown word per chapter

            Write the word and what you think the definition is then show it to Mrs. Anderson.  Correct your definition if necessary.

*Finish the hour reading

 

Thursday:

*Journal- one question that popped up while reading

*Journal- one inference

*Journal- identify at least one unknown word per chapter

            Write the word and what you think the definition is then show it to Mrs. Anderson.  Correct your definition if necessary.

*Finish the hour reading

 

Friday:

*Appositives review

*Find appositives in newspaper

*Journal- one question that popped up while reading

*Journal- one inference

*Journal- identify at least one unknown word per chapter

            Write the word and what you think the definition is then show it to Mrs. Anderson. Correct your definition if necessary.

*Finish the hour reading