April 12

CE:

We got into groups for Moses skits and the quiz game we played.  Next day: working on skits.

EN:

We did AR, had book talks, and started the mini play we are reading.

April 11

SS

• We worked on Canadian politics and read from What in the World.
• We read pages 3-4 and answered the questions on p. 5, the Fact/Opinion questions on p. 6, the discussion questions on p. 6, and did the image exercise on p. 7.
• We put off checking your notes because of the high number of missing students and will check them during English class on April 12.
• Due April 13: Fakebook page for your Renaissance person.

April 10

CE

• We worked on reflections: "What Easter Means to Me" and visual representations of the meaning of Easter
• Complete the reflections and/or pictures for homework if you haven't finished.

EN

• We read for AR.
• We did book talks.
• We worked on our paragraphs.
• If you haven't turned in your final draft of your paragraph, please do so for next class.

Tomorrow (April 11), I'm checking your SS research.

April 4

D Block: We had our last research class in the library. Make sure you have your research done by April 11. B Block: We did AR, had book talks, shared our paragraphs, and started working on our final revisions using the rubric. Homework: Complete your paragraph revisions.

April 2

D block:

We did research in the library for our Renaissance Fakebook project. 

Next D block will be more of the same and our last class in the library.

B block:

• silent reading
• book talks
• persuasive paragraph sharing

Next B block:

• book talks by Jade, Marra, Paolo, Alex
• persuasive paragraph sharing by Isabella, Mackenzie, Eduardo, Caitlin, Jade, Miguel, David, Kailin, Christina, Cassandra
• work on paragraph revisions using rubrics

Don't forget we are doing our CE class in G block this week, so I'll see you after lunch on Tuesday.