Announcements and Reminders for Tuesday/Wednesday, January 30/31, 2018:
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Targets for Today:
I can find and use nonfiction sources to add to my understanding of fiction that is based on historical fact. I can prepare to share what I have learned.
I can recognize and create simple sentences by their structure and purpose.
statements, questions, exclamations, commands or requests
I can effectively present information I researched and paraphrased.
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Today’s Agenda for Tuesday/Wednesday, January 30/31, 2018:
1. Time to work on your Book-of-the-Month.
Print for next time. Staple it to your rubric.
Jan BookoftheMonth 2018.docx
If you have shared your book project, I have made comments, and you have made any needed revisions or corrections, you could ask me to print it for you, or you can print it yourself later. You will share these in class tomorrow.
Also, please take the student survey linked from our Google Classroom.
2. Lesson on simple sentences and types of sentences based on purpose.
Introducing Mrs. Hilton! This is the video we used for B5 and B7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxjLVyYiIgM
Example sentences from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:
Help with phrases: Some Basic Parts of a Sentence Notice what a direct object is. Subjects and objects are always nouns or something doing the job a noun. (By the way, parts of speech tell us what job a word or phrase is doing.) And now -- What is the purpose of each of these sentences?
Where did Joe go?
Joe went to the park.
Help! Joe fell in the pond!
Run!
3. Slideshow Presentations None in B5
1234567890 qQwwW -- This is from my 5-year-old grandson, Teddy.
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If You Were Absent:
See above. Finish your book of the month project to share it with Ms. Dorsey, and to be prepared to present it to classmates next time.
Study the materials about sentences on this blog and on your handout for Week #3 Conventions. |
Vocabulary:
Types of phrases: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, prepositional
(with extra credit for infinitive, gerund, participle, absolute) Subject Verb/Predicate Direct Object Indirect Object Types of sentences by purpose:
declarative/ statements
imperative/ commands or requests
interrogative/ questions
exclamatory/ exclamations
Declarative: Statement (.) –declares something
Interrogative: Question (?) –a detective interrogates a suspect
Exclamatory: Exclamation (!) –exclaims
Imperative: Command –implied subject
paraphrase
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Announcements and Reminders for Friday/Monday, January 26/29, 2018:
Changes in due dates:
Your slideshows for How They Croaked are due TODAY.
The Conventions and Spelling Test will be given January 26/29 -- today!
Share your book projects with me by January 26/29.
You will share your book projects with your classmates in class on February 1/2.
If you have not taken your last Conventions and Spelling test, come to a Cavetime. Retakes are also available now. Study first!
Congratulations to those who participated in the
school talent show! You were great!
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Targets for Today:
✣ I can correctly spell commonly confused words.
✣ I can read, research, and present. (How They Croaked Project)
-- I can use reliable and useful sources for research.
-- I can select important ideas and facts from my research.
-- I can read and then paraphrase to present.
-- I can successfully teach my classmates what I have learned.
When I present, my classmates will be able to hear me,
and I will be able to tell, not just read, about my famous person.
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Today’s Agenda:
Conventions and Spelling Tests
Phrases
your/you're, there/their/they're
Receive the information for the tests next week:
Presentations
You will take notes (quiz questions and answers) on each presentation.
You will lose points if you are not a respectful and attentive audience member.
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If You Were Absent:
Link to the Sample Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oSWW8nZtqYtPpTyOqjjbghkZiHUBw9VU3gZIvPP1IhM/edit?usp=sharing or February Book of the Month,Sample 2 |
Vocabulary:
Types of phrases: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, prepositional (with extra credit for infinitive, gerund, participle, absolute) Types of sentences by purpose:
declarative/ statements
imperative/ commands or requests interrogative/ questions exclamatory/ exclamations paraphrase cite/citations |
Announcements and Reminders:
Changes in due dates:
Your slideshows for How They Croaked are due TODAY.
The Conventions and Spelling Test will be given today: January 26/29.
Share your book projects with me by January 26/29.
You will share your book projects with your classmates in class on February 1/2.
If you have not taken your last Conventions and Spelling test, come to a Cavetime. Retakes are also available now. Study first!
Congratulations to those who participated in the
school talent show! You were great!
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Targets for Today:
✣ I can read, research, and present. (How They Croaked Project)
-- I can use reliable and useful sources for research.
-- I can select important ideas and facts from my research.
-- I can read and then paraphrase to present.
-- I can successfully teach my classmates what I have learned.
When I present, my classmates will be able to hear me,
and I will be able to tell, not just read, about my famous person.
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Today’s Agenda:
You will take notes (quiz questions and answers) on each presentation.
You will lose points if you are not a respectful and attentive audience member.
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If You Were Absent:
Link to the Sample Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oSWW8nZtqYtPpTyOqjjbghkZiHUBw9VU3gZIvPP1IhM/edit?usp=sharing Look at a sample: Jan Feb BookoftheMonth 2017 Sample.docx or February Book of the Month,Sample 2 |
Vocabulary:
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