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wed. 11/30/16, REVIEW CARS Pretest: Part 1 & CLOSE READING UNIT 2: THANKSGIVING, Begin Close Reading Unit 3: Katy Perry Superbowl Performance

11/30/2016

Activator: Students wiil reflect on CARS Pretest: Part 1

Review and Assess:
1. News Today Reading Article: Issue #2 - Stores Open on Thanksgiving in Not Something to Be Thankful For.

Closing Activity:
1. Students will begin Close Reading Unit 3: Lesson 1 Notice/Thinking [viewing 3 images from Super Bowl] while completing Column 1 of the Close Reading Unit 3 graphic organizer.

Homework: None

Tues. 11/29/16, REVIEW UNIT 4-6 & Close Reading Unit 2: Thanksgiving

11/29/2016

Activator: Students will complete CARS Pretest: Part 1

Lesson Activities:
1. Students will review and turn in Unit 4-6 Writing Activities

2. Review and assess News Today Reading Article: Issue #2 - Stores Open on Thanksgiving in Not Something to Be Thankful For.

Closing Activity:
1. Students will begin Close Reading Unit 3: Lesson 1 Notice/Thinking [viewing 3 images from Super Bowl] while completing Column 1 of the Close Reading Unit 3 graphic organizer.

Homework: None

Mon. 11/28/16, Review Unit 4-6 in STARS Wkbk.

11/28/2016

Activator: Enter Unit 4-6 Post Test answers into I-Respond.

Lesson Activities:
1. Students will review and assess Unit 4-6 [Yellow Packet] Lesson Activities

2. Students will complete CARS Pretest: Part 1

Homework: None

thurs. 11/17/16, Unit 4-6 Review [Post Test] on pgs. 70-71

11/17/2016

Warm Up:
Review 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens [Habits 1-4]

Class work:
1. Complete STARS Wkbk. Unit 4-6 Review [Post Test] on pgs. 70-71.

Review/Reflection
2. Complete your Close Reading Unit 2 graphic organizer.

3. Complete the review questions on the back of your News Today Reading Article: Issue # 2 - Stores Opening on Thanksgiving Day Is Not Something to Be Thankful For (970L)

Homework: None

wed. 11/16/16, STARS WKBK. LESSON 6 [MAKING PREDICTIONS] PART 4 &5 , CLOSE READING UNIT 2, & NEWS TODAY ARTICLE: ISSUE #2

11/16/2016

Warm Up:
1. Complete STARS Wkbk. Lesson 6 [Making Predictions] Part 4 on pg. 65 together as a class.

Class work:
1. Complete STARS Wkbk. Lesson 6 [Making Predictions] Part 5 on pg. 66-67 independently.
2. Complete your Close Reading Unit 2 graphic organizer.

3. Complete the review questions on the back of your News Today Reading Article: Issue # 2 - Stores Opening on Thanksgiving Day Is Not Something to Be Thankful For (970L)

Homework: None

tues. 11/15/16, Stars wkbk. lesson 6 [Making Predictions] Part 2 & 3 , Close reading unit 2, & news today article: issue #2

11/15/2016

Warm Up:
1. Review STARS Vocab Notes
2. Complete STARS Wkbk. Lesson 6 [Making Predictions] Part 2 & 3 on pgs. 61-63

Class work:
1. Complete your Close Reading Unit 2 graphic organizer.

2. Complete the review questions on the back of your News Today Reading Article: Issue # 2 - Stores Opening on Thanksgiving Day Is Not Something to Be Thankful For (970L)

Homework: None

thurs. 11/10/16, CLOSE READING UNIT 2: LESSON 3 & 4

11/10/2016

Warm Up: Review the purpose for Close Reading Unit 2 and the Learning Target for the week.

Class Work:
1. Complete Lesson 2 [Analyzing The First Thanksgiving English Story For Kids || The Story Of Thanksgiving & Nicole Westbrook - It's Thanksgiving (Official Video)

2. Complete Lesson 3 - As a class we will practice Close Reading Strategies using News Today Reading Article: Issue #2

3. Using the Close Reading Graphic Organizer, Students will complete Close Reading Unit 1: Lesson 4 [The students will synthesize information from lesson 1-3, and write a summary of what they learned from Close Reading Unit 1: Lesson 1-3 using significant details and stating a main idea or theme.

*Students wrote down details, made inferences, and summarized using the Close Reading Graphic Organizer.

Homework: None

Wed. 11/9/16 , CLOSE READING UNIT : LESSON 1 & 2

11/9/2016

Warm Up: Introduction to Close Reading Unit 2 and the Learning Target for the week.

Class Work:
1. We began Close Reading Unit 2: Lesson 1 [Analyzing Images of Thanksgiving]
2. Lesson 2 [Analyzing The First Thanksgiving English Story For Kids || The Story Of Thanksgiving & Nicole Westbrook - It's Thanksgiving (Official Video)

*Students wrote down details, made inferences, and summarized using the Close Reading Graphic Organizer.

Homework: None

mon. 11/07/16, making predictions

11/3/2016

Warm Up:
1. Students will complete [STARS] wkbk. pgs. 56-57 independently. They will record their answers in their yellow packet

Class Work:
1. Students will complete STARS Wkbk. pgs. 58-59 [Making Predictions] on their loose leaf sheet of paper.

2. Students will complete STARS Wkbk. pgs. 60-61 [Making Predictions] in their yellow packet.

Homework: None

fri. 11/04/16, COMPARING & CONTRASTING

11/3/2016

Warm Up:
1. The students will review Habit #1 Be Proactive, Not Reactive, Habit #2 Begin With The End in Mind, Habit #3 Put First Things First, & Habit #4 Think Win-Win

Class Work:
1. To review the definition for Compare & Contrast, students will write the definition of Compare & Contrast on their yellow [STARS] vocab notes sheet with the teacher.

2. Students will complete STARS Wkbk. pgs. 52-55 [Comparing & Contrasting] in their yellow packet.

Homework: None