August 31, 2012

1st and 4th Period:  Language Arts

Bell work:

Come in quietly and get your file folder.

Homework:  No homework

Topic:  Discussed what homework will be every week.  Put page numbers in our writing/reading handbooks.  Mrs. Martin presented her "Writing Territories" and student took 5 minutes to list their own writing territories.

2nd and 3rd Period:  History/Social Studies

Bell work:  

Come in quietly and get out your personal history projects.  Get ready to present.

Homework:  If you didn't present, bring your personal history project on Tuesday to present.

Topic:

Personal History Presentations

August 30, 2012

1st and 4th Period:  Language Arts

Bell work:

NWEA testing

Homework:  NWEA testing

Topic:


2nd and 3rd Period:  History/Social Studies

Bell work:

Write about what you want to learn about deserts.

Homework:  Personal History Presentations Friday, August 31st.

Topic:

Chart in notebook:  Three columns (what I know, what I need to know, what I learned).  Filled in the first two columns.  Vocabulary on page 15 of textbook.  Wrote down words and definitions.

August 28-29, 2012

1st and 4th Period:  Language Arts

Bell work:

NWEA testing

Homework:  NWEA testing

Topic:


2nd and 3rd Period:  History/Social Studies

Bell work:

Write about the climate of a region you have visited (city, state, country, etc).

Homework:  Personal History Presentations Friday, August 31st.

Topic:

Finished Geography Unit.  Started Deserts in 3rd period.

August 27th, 2012

1st and 4th Period:  Language Arts

Bell work:

Read, "If" by Rudyard Kipling.  Discuss.

Homework:  Fingerprint poetry due 8/28

Topic:
Worked on fingerprints.  Talked about what procedures we have and have not learned.


2nd and 3rd Period:  History/Social Studies

Bell work:

Go to the file on the board labeled, "Bell Work".  Take a slip of paper and write one thing you learned last Friday.

Homework:  "Personal History" assignment.  Due August 31st.

Topic:

Procedures:  Reviewed what procedures we have learned and not learned yet.  Finished coloring map of continents.  Due today in class.  Started talking about latitude and longitude and the international dateline.

August 24th, 2012

1st and 4th Period:  Language Arts

Bell work:

Read, "You Can't Write a Poem about McDonalds."

Homework:  Have a good weekend!

Topic:
Worked on fingerprints.  Will work on more for Monday.


2nd and 3rd Period:  History/Social Studies

Bell work:

Think about what the five rings of the Olympics mean.

Homework:  "Personal History" assignment.  Due August 31st.

Topic:

Procedures:  Learned how to access and put away Mrs. Martin's supplies.  Learned what the 7 continents are and colored a blank map.

August 23, 2012

1st and 4th Period:  Language Arts

Bell work:

Read, "Why I write" by Terry Tempast Williams

Homework:  Disclosure, Reading/Writing survey if you didn't finish in class, Fingerprint (a page of writing about yourself.  Due Friday, 24th.

Topic:
Procedures:  Filing cabinets.  Reading/writing handbook.
We wrote for 10 minutes in class.


2nd and 3rd Period:  History/Social Studies

Bell work:

Without talking, organize yourselves in order by height.

Homework:  Disclosure due August 24th.  "Personal History" assignment due August 31st.  Presentations should be no longer than 3-4 minutes.

Topic:

Procedures:  Learned how to use the filing cabinet.  Organized our History Handbooks (the notebooks that belong in class).

August 22, 2012

1st and 4th Period:  Language Arts

Bell work:

I handed out a Writing and Reading survey.  If you didn't finish, it is homework due on Friday, August 24th.

Homework:  Disclosure, Reading/Writing survey if you didn't finish in class.

Topic:
Reviewed procedures.  Pre-writing activity for Fingerprint Poetry.  We came up, as small groups and together as a class, ideas to write about on your fingerprint.


2nd and 3rd Period:  History/Social Studies

Bell work:

While whispering only, organize yourselves alphabetically by last OR first name.

Homework:  Disclosure due August 24th.  "Personal History" assignment due August 31st.

Topic:

Reviewed procedures.  Introduced "Personal History" assignment.  Pre-writing activity:  Come up with a list of ideas of how to present personal history information.  There is no limit to the student's creativity on this assignment.

Where to find this assignment if you lose my handout:  On the "PAGES" section of this blog.

August 21, 2012

1st and 4th Period:  Language Arts

Bell work:

List the steps for the "Entrance" procedure in my classroom.

Homework:  Have your parents read and sign your disclosure before Friday.

Topic:
Discussed the following procedures:  "Instruction", "While you are working", "What to do after you get done working".  Reviewed the procedures, "Raising your hand in class" and "How the teacher gets students' attention."

Paired reading activity with my disclosure.

2nd and 3rd Period:  History/Social Studies

Bell work:

List the steps for the "Entrance" procedure in my classroom.

Homework:  Have your parents read and sign your disclosure before Friday.

Topic:

Discussed the following procedures:  "Instruction", "While you are working", "What to do after you get done working".  Reviewed the procedures, "Raising your hand in class" and "How the teacher gets students' attention."

Paired reading activity with my disclosure.

August 20th, 2012

1st and 4th Period:  Language Arts

Bell work:

Think of as many reason as you can for why people write.
Write your name on a popsicle stick.

Homework:  Access Mrs. Martin's class website.

Topic: 
Mrs. Martin introduces herself, discusses class procedures: "Entrance", "Hand Raising", "When I need to get your attention", "Dismissal".

2nd and 3rd Period:  History/Social Studies

Bell work:

Make a list of why people study history.

Homework:  Access Mrs. Martin's class website.

Topic:
Mrs. Martin introduces herself, discusses class procedures: "Entrance", "Hand Raising", "When I need to get your attention", "Dismissal".