Announcements and Reminders for Tuesday/Wednesday, October 23/24, 2018:
I hope you had a great
If you haven't had your October Book of the Month approved by the teacher, you still need to do that. See the tab for Required Reading above. |
Targets for Today:
I can correctly spell commonly confused words. I can read and understand nonfiction text, making connections between it and fictional text. I can find evidence of themes in books. |
Today’s Agenda for Tuesday/Wednesday, October 23/24, 2018:
Welcome! All: Pick up your composition book.
1. Copy these sentences into your composition book
Label this CSI # and add today's date -- October 23/24, 2018.
Jot down what you notice about these sentences, that might help with our conventions and spelling for the week.
1. It's been a long time since my car lost its hubcaps.
2. Because I won two new backpacks yesterday when I went to the mall, I now have two too many backpacks.
How can it help us understand what we are reading? We are using "It says. . . . I say. . . And so. . . . "  1. Teacher models 2. Read in pairs to end of the first page -- Pair -- Write one It Says, I Say, So. . . 3. Read the first four paragraphs under "Damages Brain Development." Pair Write one It Says, I Say, So. . . 4. Read the rest of the article, write one more It Says, I Say, So. . .. B5 did not check step 4. B6 B8
3. The Outsiders -- listen and watch for evidence of themes
A2 -- from Chapter 3, 12:15, page 44 -- blue Mustang coming down the street to "p 45, part 1" -- page 46, "You're a nice boy and everything. . . . "
B5 -- from page __23_, chapter 2, 7:46 to 17:40, chapter 2, page 29 --
B6 -- from "Leave her alone." page 24, chapter 2, minute 9:37 to Chapter 2, minute 17:23 , page 28 B8 -- from Chapter 2, 20:29, pg. 31 "A cigarette would steady it." to Chapter 2, 28:53 page 35 |
If You Were Absent:
Do the CSI, then look at the suggestions: C.S.I. Commonly Confused Words, Set 1
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Vocabulary:
theme: the main idea of the story, the discovery about life that we take away from the story,
the idea that the writer wishes to convey about a particular subject |
Help and Enrichment
Class conflict is harmful and unproductive for all involved.
Experiencing trials teaches us lessons about ourselves.
Actions speak louder than appearances.
You can't always judge correctly based on appearances.
We have more in common than we have differences.
Sometimes love doesn't look like love to the one who's being loved.
Setting boundaries is a way of expressing love.
Family can be more than just those who are related by blood.
Parents, not a person's outside environment, have the biggest impact on how a kid turns out. Focusing on superficial differences can lead to hate and violence. Working together against a common enemy can unite people.
Under the right circumstances, people don't always behave as you expect them to.
Coming to understand when. . . is an important part of growing up.
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