Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Academic Calendar and Connections for the Week beginning January 23

Monday

Descriptive Writing Peer Review:  Topics:  Structure and Senses; Vote and Promote
Graphic Novels:  PIQSi Talks - Predict, Infer, Question, (Speculate or Summarize), and Cite evidence in like-novel groups.

Tuesday
Descriptive Writing Peer Review:  Topics:  active verbs, transitions, hooks; Vote and Promote
Graphic Novels: Book exchanges, Central Message Exit Tickets

Reading of Milkweed

Wednesday:

Math:  RDW problem organizational focus
Musical Dress Rehearsal
Reading of Addison Hackney's Essay:  "Hawaiian Beaches"
Homework:  Math Zearn;  Goal Complete Lesson 8 or work toward this.

(Note, Zearn has the ability to set students into topics, and for students who were on a different topic, and not ahead, I moved them to Mission 3; Adding and Subtracting Fractions Pictorially.  I cannot refine the setting to a particular lesson however.  I had wanted all students to work lesson 8 tonight, but once in Mission 3 lesson 3+, they'll have to work their way to 8 on their own.

Thursday:

Math: Eureka Lesson 9,
Adding mixed numbers and representing work on a number line.
HW Select problems from Lesson 9 & 10s HW Sheet
Perennial Math Group took test.

Reading/Writing:  Graphic Novels:  PIQSci Conversation, Evidence Based
Read Aloud: Weedflowers:  The Japanese Family is forcibly relocated to a processing center
Reflexive Pronouns

Wright Brothers Presentation:  6:30.

Friday:

Math: Eureka Lesson 10
RDW Focus

Language Arts with Social Studies Integration
Character Comparison in Graphic Novels
Written response to "Remembering the Children: Daniel's Story:
https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/museum-exhibitions/remember-the-children-daniels-story
Read Aloud: Milkweed: Misha is ridiculed and kicked by German school kids for riding a Merry-Go-Round.  He scavenges and delivers "black-pearls" to an orphanage
Indefinite Pronouns

Video: https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/museum-exhibitions/remember-the-children-daniels-story