Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Thursday, August 31, 2017

           Agenda
Objective: Understand how the basic parts of a story help a reader make sense of events. 


  • Bell work: Write simile/ metaphor description and examples into reading notebook.
  • Brief Simile and metaphor review.
  • Model for Worksheet.
  • Rally coach- Students answer questions and coach each other on their responses while they work on the worksheet. 
  • Writing Prompt: In writing notebook: Similar to the story "Eleven", students will respond to the prompt: Write about a birthday that was memorable for you, it can be a good experience or a bad experience. 
  • Independent reading. 
Homework: Read 20 minutes and update reading log. 

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Objective: Provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Agenda

  • Bell Work: Finish reading Eleven, Finding the similes and what they mean.
  • Introduce new hand-in bins, class points, and 5,4,3,2,1 attention procedure.
  • Demonstration: Summary
  • Group: Goldilocks
  • Alone: write a summary of “Eleven”
  • Independent Reading
    Home Work: Finish finding similes and their meaning in "Eleven".

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Objective: Understand how the basic parts of a story help a reader make sense of events.

Agenda
  • Bell Work: Students did a quick write asking them: Write about a time somebody put you down   for being yourself or Write about a time that you stood up for someone getting picked on or a time you failed to stick up for someone who was being picked on.
  • They either: reviewed the plot of "Wings" then read "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
OR 
  • They went straight into reading "Eleven".
  • Map the plot of "Eleven"
  • Independent Reading
Homework All Classes: Read 20 minutes and update reading log. IF THEY DID NOT COMPLETE IT IN CLASS, students must complete their plot diagram of "Eleven" and hand it in tomorrow. 



Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Tuesday, August 29, 2017


Objective: Understand how the basic parts of a story help a reader make sense of events.

All periods: 
Agenda
Library checkout day
Bell work: what are the five basic elements of plot? What are the three basic elements of the Exposition?
Plot Diagram Review
Map "Wings" plot

Period 4:
Read Eleven

Independent Reading

Homework: All Periods: Read 20 minutes and update reading log.

PERIOD 4: Map the Plot of Eleven. The e-text is here


Monday, August 28, 2017

Monday, August 28, 2017

Time: 70 minutes
Objective: Understand how the basic parts of a story help a reader make sense of events.
Activities: Read "Wings"and map its plot on a diagram.


Agenda

Bell Work
basic story elements/plot demonstration
Read "Wings" 
Map its Plot together

Home Work: Read 20 minutes and fill out reading log book. 

Period 1: Handbook signatures are due this Wednesday, 8/30. 

Friday, August 25, 2017

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Time: 70 Minutes
Objective: Rock the MAPS test
Activity: Take the MAPS test part one, day one

Agenda 

  • Bell work: Students will get out their chrome books or reading notebooks and show me their reading logs for the reading homework from last night.

  • MAPS test Part 1, Day 1: This is the fall test to determine their abilities in Reading. This test measures their growth over the school year. They will take it two more times: One in winter and another one in the Spring. 
Articles from Class: The Reading Log is: Here

Homework: READ 20 MINUTES EVERY NIGHT. 

PARENTS: Your student has a reading log that they keep every night that keeps track of the book and author they are reading; the date they started the book; the page numbers they read during that reading session; and a star ranking of their engagement in the book. We will try to read ten to fifteen minutes daily in class, so the log should have two entries: one for in-class and one at home. I understand that schedules get crazy, but research proves that student reading comprehension, reading fluency,  language acquisition, as well as simply gaining a love for reading, drastically improves when a student reads at least 20 minutes a day. If we can attempt to make the 20 minutes of reading a day part of our routine, it will exponentially help our students. Thank you. 



Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Time: 50 minutes
Objective: Students will understand their independent reading and reading homework expectations.
Activities: Demonstration, independent reading

Agenda
  • Bell work: Getting to know each other survey
  • Procedure demonstration: Students will learn about their reading logs, their nightly reading homework, and the procedures and expectations during independent reading in class.
  • Independent reading
Homework: Students will read 20 minutes tonight and fill out their reading log. Hand in parent signatures.