11/14/22 – Social Studies – Your Article About Housing
A copy of p.56-57 can be found HERE.
Category: Notes and resources
11/07/22 – Social Studies Media Note Taking Again
Take notes based on these pages p.51-53
11/02/22 – Social Studies – Media Note Taking
Today you were assigned:
- Check your Learning on p.45
- The wording may be tricky.
- For number 1, explain why it’s important to be able to analyze texts.
- For number 2, explain how media can influence our perspectives on gender roles talked about in class last week. Remember when we talked about how many kitchen and cleaning products often feature women and how automotive products feature men. How does constant exposure to these messages affect our thinking?
- For number 3, make some connections of how you think your views have been influenced by media.
Upon completion, please take notes, following the format on the note taking sheet that I provided last week on pages 47 and 48. Be ready to share your notes with the class on Wednesday when this is due.
11/01/22 – ELA Writing – What Happened to Francis?
Ms. Rampersad has assigned an assignment. Please follow the instructions below. Because she assigned this assignment, be sure to double check the criteria on TEAMS tonight when she posts it.
Based on class discussion, this is what you need to do. You will need to watch THIS VIDEO.
- Watch the video without sound. Make your own chart (See / Think / Wonder) and fill out as much detail as you can.
- Watch the video for a second time, this time with sound. You should be adding or changing your notes from the same see/think/wonder chart.
- After your notes are complete, use the graphic organizer below and plan your 5 paragraph assignment. In 5 paragraphs, your job is to re-narrate the video using third person perspective (he/she/Francis). The video is already narrated from third person perspective, so your job is to re-narrate it using your own words. You are NOT changing the story, the characters, or the plot.
Graphic organizer:
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Unfinished sample of graphic organizer: (to help you know what you need to do)
10/24/22 – ELA Dialogue and Quotations
Today we covered quotations as we prepare for your 2nd paragraph in our persuasive writing unit which will be about customer testimonials.
Watch the videos to refresh your memory. Remember the steps:
- Identify the speaker tag
- Check if the remaining dialogue makes sense
- Add quotation marks around the dialogue
- Add punctuation to separate the dialogue from the speaker tag
- Keep in mind capitals in the appropriate places
Our class notes from today, including some samples AND HOMEWORK (on the back side – 2nd picture)
10/19/22 – ELA Reading Book Talk Preparation
For next week’s book talk (Next Wednesday/Thursday), be prepared to do the following:
- Provide 2 sentence summary about what you have read so far.
- Share 2/3 symbols, what you drew, and what sort of themes they represent in your story.
- Add to what your classmates have shared about both, the summary and the symbols.
Participation matters. I will be assessing the quality and the deepness of the things that you share. Remember the comments that I shared with you during our brief intro book talks this week.
10/18/22 – ELA Writing – Paragraph 1 Advertisement Writing
Please see the instructions below. The key to success is written in RED.
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10/17/22 – Social Studies Continent and Oceans Quiz Criteria
World Map Quiz:
You will need to know:
- All the continents and their locations
- All the oceans and their locations
- List a couple of countries in each continent
- Location of the equator
10/12/22 – Social Studies Mapping Our Classroom
This is our third and final class dedicated to working on these maps. See the picture for the notes covered in class today.
10/04/22 – Math
6: BEDMAS. This should be review. Make sure to neatly write down each step to keep your work organized.
7: Additional Adding and Subtracting Integers. Draw a number line from -10 to +10 to help you familiarize yourself with adding and subtracting.
