Monday 9/30

Today we read for 10 minutes.  We then talked about post its and began practicing with them in Nightjohn.  The homework is to finish ch 1 of Nightjohn, read independently and collect 25 words by Thursday.

Friday 9/27

Today in class I collected reading logs, we read for 10 minutes then talked about first impressions.  We talked also about the many ways authors drop us hints to guide the way we think about characters, plot, setting etc.. I introduced the idea of post its and reminded students that by next Thursday they have to have collected at least 25 words in their notebooks.  Reading logs for the week of 9/27 to 10/4 willbe collected on Friday 10/4.

Thursday 9/26

Today we read for 10 minutes. Shared our vocabulary words stressing that we want to add words we have heard before. We then talked about books that are just right and what good readers do to grow theories about books before they read them.  We watched the book trailer for the book we are about to begin reading as a class. I will collect logs in class tomorrow. Do not forget to total time and pages BEFORE class.  150 minutes due.

Wednesday 9/25

Today we read for 10 minutes, logged that time then used the old logs that I returned to figure out how many pages per minute we were reading.  We reflected on that in the ME section of our reading notebooks by noting how many pages we read per minute and looking for where we read more efficiently.  We talked for a bit about vocabulary and the procedures we will use to grow our own vocabularies.  You will need to read for homework tonight and record 2 words in the vocab sections of your notebooks. This means you have to pay attention to the words that surround you!

Tuesday 9/24

We finished up presentations in class.  Check your grades as they are posted for both of our classes.  Your homework for tonight is to check your grades in powerschool and print them out. I want you to print it not just your grades of all your classes but rather your English grade with all of the assignments listed.

Monday 9/23

Nice job with presentations today.  If you did not present today, expect to do so tomorrow. You will need to be sure to keep reading in your IR books. There is a Social Studies homework assignment as well.

Friday 9/20

Today we finished up mini presentations and students prepared for and practiced their 3 minute presentations for the class on Monday. Please see the video below to see what it should look like.  Reminder-PRACTICE makes all the difference!  I also collected reading logs so if you were absent, please see me on Monday to turn yours in.  The new log should be the week of 9/20-9/27.