Today is October 12, 2016

Journal: 
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If you had the freedom to travel, to any city or country in the world, where would you go and why?


Complete the writing assignment.

Today is Thursday, October 13, 2016

Journal:

At one point in our lives, due to a change of events, we have experienced survival. How did you "survive" during those difficult times?

Let's Review:
​                        How does my tone affect your mood?

Let's evaluate this image: https://goo.gl/images/nwpKMf

Let's Discuss:

• Describe what you see in this picture.
• How does it show survival?
• What is the mood of this picture?

Speculate:

You can't see any people in this picture, but you sense they are there. How can you tell?

Connect:

Unit's 2 theme is Survival-How do the lighthouse and life preserver in this photo relate to the theme? 

My summer experience

Now it is your turn... 
Tell us about some interesting experiences you had one summer.
Include both fun and difficult experiences.

NOTES

Together work on vocabulary PowerPoint.

 Let's Read Story titled  "How I Survived My Summer Vacation"
     -a realistic fiction novel A.K.A. made up story, but it can occur
     -Predict what the story is about based on the title and image
     -focus on: characters, setting, and events
​     -create interactive notes

​Today is Friday, October 14, 2016

Journal:

What do you like about writing? What do you find hard? What is something you would like to write about?

Using textual evidence, let's answer some questions...

How does the boy feel in paragraph 1? How do you know that?
What's the boy's name?
Who is in his family?
What are some things that he doesn't like about his parents?
Why does Jackie yell?
Does the father get angry at Jackie?
Does the father notice when Jackie makes a face at the muffins?
Do Jackie and his parents get along well?
Do the parents understand or believe that Jackie is going to write a novel?
Where is Jackie going this summer?
Does Jackie often go to a camp in the summer?How do you know?
​How do you think Jackie's parents feel at the end?

Review the vocabulary using PowerPt

Today is Monday, October 17, 2016

Journal# 21

What are your aspirations? How would you feel if your parents didn't support you in your aspirations?

Review:

-With regards to the setting, where did the story take place?
-Who were the characters in this story?
-What was the conflict within the story?
-The plot tells the main events, what were some of the main events in the story?
      -The plot includes the climax (the most exciting moment), which of
        the following is the climax of the plot?
         a. Jackie was working on his novel.
         b. His father called him down to breakfast.
         c. Jackie yelled irritably to his parents
         d. Jackie's parents said they were sending him to computer camp.
         e. Jackie said that he wasn't going to computer camp, and he left the
             room.
​-In literature, point of view is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story.
​What words or actions helped you gain the author's point of view?
- What was Jackie's tone throughout the story?
- What was Jackie's parents mood through the story?

          Review the vocabulary using PowerPt

 Notes:

                                                 Progressive Tenses

Progressive tenses usually show that an action is going on at a point in time.

The present progressive is used to talk about actions that are going on now. 

The past progressive is used to talk about actions that were going on in the past.

Practice:

Complete the following sentences:

1. Jackie ____working on his novel now.
2. My parents____making breakfast when I came in.
3. It ____raining when I got up.
4. Well, as far as I ____ concerned, this summer I wasn't going to let them do it.
5. As far as they____concerned, the matter ____ closed.
6. I ____sure it would be another diversion from my writing.
7. ...but this summer it _____bugging me extra good...
8. Dad _____ready for breakfast at 9 A.M.
9. They _______thinking I am going to Diamond Jubilee Computer Camp.
10. Mom says it ____ a compulsion.

Independently:

As a friend, write a letter to Jackie and make suggestions as to how he could have better handled the situation. 

​Make sure you include the following:

Today is Tuesday, October, 18, 2016

Journal #22

Make a list of ingredients  that I would need to make your favorite food.

Let's finish writing the letter to Jackie

Vocabulary Test

Today is Wednesday, October, 19, 2016

Journal #23

Please provide me with step by step instructions on how to make your favorite food, using the ingredients you listed on Journal #23.

Review:
                        Activate your prior knowledge!

Notes:                
                 Food and its importance to the human body
Healthy food contains nutrients-substances in food that help our bodies grow and work.

View and Discuss:
Based on the reading, match each food group with an example.

Food Groups                                              Examples
1. Breads, cereals, rice and pasta            a. an apple
2. Meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs         b. a muffin
3. Dairy (made from milk)                        c. tofu
4. Fruits and vegetables                             d. cheese

What other examples can we add to each food group? Use cards with names and images to categorize.
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What is the name of your favorite food?
In which categories do these foods belong?
What kinds of nutrients do they provide?
​Are they healthful?

 Practice:
​
Complete a food diary of EVERYTHING you ate yesterday. Include the quantity of what you ate. Here is an example:

Now let's compile the amounts of each food eaten on the chart.

Compare the foods they ate with those in the food pyramid.
How many servings did they eat from the milk, yogurt, and cheese group?
How many servings are recommended?
How much bread and cereal did they eat?
Does that meet the recommended amount? 

Read and Discuss:

http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/pyramid.html#

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Questions:

Who made the switch to the new plate symbol?
What part of the graph should we focus on (as consumers) the most?
When was the article published?
Where was the Food Guide Pyramid a model for healthy eating?
Why is the grain section is bigger than the protein section?
How is discouraging super-big portions beneficial?

Connect:
Which food chart would be most beneficial to you and why?

Exit Ticket: Exercise 10 Present Tense/Past Tense

Today is Thursday, October 20, 2016

Journal# 24

​What are some nutritious foods that you like to eat?​ 

Review:
Plot: The chain of related events that explains to us what happens in a story. 
Conflict: aka "the Hook": A struggle between two opposing characters or forces.
Character: A person, animal, or imaginary creature in a story, play, or another literary work.

Notes:

Read, Discuss and Answer Questions:
http://action.scholastic.com/issues/09_01_16/book#/28

Practice:

                                   Exercise 11 Present Tense/Past Tense

Today is Friday, October 21, 2016

Journal # 25

Who is your favorite super hero? How has he helped survival? How does he survive?​

Unit 2-Chapter 1 Quiz

Read:
The following article discusses the theme of survival. Take notes of your thoughts and feelings about what your read. Think about the situation that these students faced.

How would you feel if you faced this situation?
Have you ever been in situations like the ones your read about? Explain.

Write a Review:

In the first paragraph: Tell me about the title and main idea with a brief summary of the problem and resolution.
In the second paragraph: explain your reaction to the story and main character by telling how you feel and why you feel that way.
In the last paragraph: Tell me what you learned from the article and from the character's responses to the survival situation.

Today is Monday, October 24, 2016

Journal #25:

Sometimes bad weather can be dangerous. What are some types of dangerous weather? What problems can dangerous weather cause?

Build Background:

                                                                  " The Voyage of the Frog"​
Sailboats are boats with sails-pieces of cloth that help boats move in the wind. Sailboats ususally move in a zig-zag (like a Z). This means that sailboats turn in the water and change direction. Turning a sailboat helps the sails catch the wind.

A sailor is a person who knows how to use a sailboat. He/she controls the direction in which the boat moves.

Have you ever experienced sailing? If yes, where? How was it?

Review:

A reference source can help you find the meaning of a word and give you information.
​
For example:

​A dictionary give you the definition of a word. It tells you how the words are pronounced. 

A thesaurus shows synonyms for words. Synonyms are words with similar meanings.

Let's put your skills to the test...

Notes:
A type of fiction called an...

For example:

Share:

Tell us about the most adventurous book or movie you have read or watched. Explain what features made it so exciting.

Glossary:
Features-an interesting or important part, quality, ability, etc

Today is Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Journal #26:

This unit's theme is survival. What survival situation a person might have sailing on the ocean?

Let's Interpret:

Who do you think is on the boat?
What dangers might there be on the ocean?
When does this story take place?
Where is this boat?
Is it near land? 
Why do you think the boat is here?

Let's read the prologue and look at the inside pictures:                                   Complete what you Know and Wonder on the KWL Chart.

Independently:
Using the PowerPoint Presentation let's substitute the bold words, with the synonyms, to further our understanding.

the_voyage_of_the_frog__1_.pptx
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Today is Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Journal # 27

​Do you own anything that you would not give up? What is it? Why would you give it up or not?

Review:

• What was the tone of The Voyage of the Frog?
• What was the mood of The Voyage of the Frog?

     Vocabulary

Together:

Let's create interactive notes as we read.

At the end...
Are you able to answer  questions        1-4 on page 98?

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Questions:

Where is David from?
How far away is that?
How did he get so far away?
Why does the young man recognize David?
Who is Henry Pierce?
Why are the people so surprised to see David?
How had people been looking for David?
Is David happy about the thought of going home soon?
What does he miss?
Why does the captain want to leave David's boat?
Why doesn't David want to  leave his boat?
How long will it take for David to sail back?
How does David decide to get home?
What is the name of David's boat?
Why did David choose to stay with his boat?
How does he feel about his boat?
What is the second thing that David wants?
What types of things did the people on the research ship give David?

Today is Thursday, October 27, 2016
No Journal#28

Based on what you read and what you know A.K.A Inference...

Why was David sailing the Frog by himself?
Why is David yelling at the other boat?
Why couldn't the people who were looking for David find him?
Why did people on the other boat wave and kept going?
Would you leave the boat or sail it back? Why?
Do you think sailing the boat back is a good idea? Why?
What kind of trip do you think he would have?
Do you think David will make home safely?
Why does David think he can get home now when he couldn't before?
How do you think David's parent will feel when the captain calls?
How can you tell that the other people on the boat are eager to help David?
What do you think will happen next in the story?

Today is Friday, October 28, 2016

Journal # 29

What would you have told David, if you were in the Frog with him, and Captain Henry offered to take you home?

Connect:

KWL Chart: Fill in the last column after completing your reading.

Independently:

Gather your answers and put them in complete sentences to create a paragraph.

​Please attach your interactive notes.

Today is Monday, October 31, 2016

Journal #30: 

If you were stranded on a desert island with one other person how would you survive?

Vocabulary & Unit 2 Quiz

Today is Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Journal #31:

We take risks everyday. What are some everyday risks that you take?

Review: 

Building Background:

The informational text we are going to read in Unit 2, Chapter 3 is called:

                                            To Risk or Not to Risk
                                                 by David Ropeik

To take a risk means that you take the chance of getting hurt or losing something. For example, when you travel in a car, you take a risk of getting in an accident.

Some risks are bigger than others. The risk of getting into an accident is bigger while traveling in a car than in an airplane. This means more accidents happen in cars than in airplanes.

Notes:

Did you know...

We use two parts of our brain to decide if something is a risk. We use the limbic system (controls feeling & learning) and the cortex(controls thinking). 

The limbic system works faster than the cortex. That is why you get to feel scared before you have time to think about why.

Think and Discuss:
Based on the above image:

Which part controls fear?
Which part controls writing a letter?

Play the first 55 seconds of the video and pause it.
​
What would you do in this situation?
Is your answer based on facts or an opinion?
Did you first react with the limbic system or cortex?

Predict:

What might happen to the people who decide to run the risk and take the two empty seats?

Independently:
Write a for or against essay on one of these quotes:

• “To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while” Jean- Paul Sartre
• “The biggest risk is not taking any risk”-Mark Zukerberg

Today is Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Journal #32:

​Do you like to take risks? Why or why not?

To Do List:

1. Complete your For and Against Essay
2. Fact and Opinion Worksheet

Today is Thursday, November 3, 2016

Journal #33:

What’s the most dangerous thing you’ve ever done?

To Do List:

1. PowerPoint for Vocabulary (including word, pic, definition & synonym)

Today is Friday, November 4, 2016

Journal #34: 

What is the most dangerous area of the place where you live? What makes it dangerous?  

Review:
-Vocabulary words
-Corrections made to For/Against Essay exchanged
- Look at the cover page to the story-Page 105
    What is the heading?
     Does this page contain a diagram?
    What labels can we add to this page?
    Are there any bold words?
    What would be a good caption for the picture?

Substitute:
-Text words with synonyms

PEP RALLY

Today is Monday, November 7, 2016

Journal# 35

​How are risks and survival connected?

Review: 
                                    Plural ending in -ies

                                               Period for Abbreviations

Example: U.S.
What do the letters U-S stand for?
What do you notice about the punctuation for this abbreviation?

Note: Abbreviations sometimes have periods after the letters that stand for words.

Practice: 
Write the plural for each of the words below:
     impurity
     lady
     country
     city
     family

Abbreviate the following states:

Puerto Rico
Los Angeles
District of Columbia
New York City

Read:
​-  To Risk or Not to Risk
           by David Ropeik

Together:
- Take interactive notes as you read

​At the end...
-Are you able to answer  questions 1-4 on page 112?

Comprehension Questions:
-What do some scientist think causes humans to be fearful?
-How do most people react to spiders and snakes?
-Why do scientist think this is true?
-If people don't use facts in deciding what to fear, what do they probably use?
​-Most people would be more willing to buy a new product that their best friend likes rather than one a sales person is selling. This is an example of which idea?
-How does the author say people react to taking risks they choose?
-Are people likely to be less scared of a wild ride at Six Flags or of being robbed? Why?
-If a person who is afraid of flying has to take a plane, what idea from the article might make him/her less fearful?
-What can people do to avoid deciding about risks based on feeling?
​-What is the smartest thing we could do if we have to decide whether to take a risk?
​
Distinguish Fact from Opinion-
-Is the statement "The chances of being bitten by a spider are pretty low" a fact or an opinion?
-Spring water is safer than water from a city tap. Is this a fact or an opinion? How can you tell?
-Is the statement " I think skateboarding is safer than eating tomatoes treated with chemicals" a fact or an opinion? How can you tell?
-Explain how the statement "Skiing is risky, but it's fun" is both a fact and an opinion.
-"You can probably come up with other biases. The more you think about it, the more interesting the psychology of fear becomes." Does this paragraph contain facts or opinions?

Tuesday, No School

Today is Wednesday, November 9, 2016 

Journal# 36:

How do you determine whether you are going to take a risk or not?

Review:
                                                                 Transition Words
Authors use transition words to help connect ideas. These words help organize your sentences and paragraphs and blend them into larger units of text. You can use transition words to contrast ideas. But, however, and even though are transition words. They show that you are about to read a different idea.

For example:

First Idea-
        Jo went to the party.

Second Idea-
         However, she did not have fun.

Usually people have fun at parties. However shows that you will read a different idea: Jo did not have fun at the party.

 Vocabulary

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Let's Practice:

Word Bank: 
for example      finally      but       so         to the left         beyond     still

1. I would like to see you tomorrow, _______________ let’s have lunch together.
2. My sister loves to eat, _______________ I don’t care much about food. 3. When you begin an exercise program, you must be careful not to overdo it. My father, _______________, hurt his back by exercising too hard without warming up first.
4. She had looked everywhere for a job; _______________, she was called for an interview. 

Word Bank:
third       similarly       nevertheless       however      as a result      then therefore             for instance​

5. She had been studying for hours. _______________, she hoped to do well on the test.
6. First, Mary went to the store. _______________, she went to visit her mother.
7. I would like to read many books; _______________, I don’t seem to have enough time to read.
8. John ate and ate; _______________, he never gained weight.
9. Joe ate too fast. _______________, he had indigestion. 

Word Bank:
in contrast      consequently     until then      in fact      third          meanwhile furthermore            first

10. He stayed up too late last night; _______________, he slept until noon. 11. I want you to buy milk, eggs, and fruit juice; _______________, I want you to be sure to get cereal and ice cream.
12. I was concentrating on my homework. _______________, the soup boiled over.
13. _______________, I will boil the water. Second, I will brew the tea, and _______________, I will serve it.
14. Joe, _______________, happens to be my best friend.
15. Jane studies all the time; _______________, Billy never studies. 

Together Read:

                           Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1. Read the story with your partner.
2. You should notice that some words and phrases are missing.
3. Using the bridges handout, cut each out and discuss with your partner where to place the words or phrases so that the story flows smoothly.
4. There are more bridges than you need.
5. Glue into place. Re-read the story.

Independently:

                Excerpt from this world we live in by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Today is Thursday, November 10, 2016

Journal #37:
​
If you are forced to spend the night outside in harsh and unpredictable weather - what is the first thing you should do?

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Notes:
                        Present Tense and Subject-Verb Agreement

We use the present tense of verbs to talk about things that are generally true or that happen regularly.

When the subject of a statement is he, she or it, or a singular noun, you add an s to present tense verbs.

Practice:
Present Tense and Subject Verb Agreement Worksheet

No School on Friday-Veteran's Day

Today is Monday, November 14, 2016

Journal # 41:

You are out in the wild, with a group of people, fighting for your survival. Assuming that you weren’t the unfortunate victim of a larger survival/criminal group, that wanted what you had and possessed the skills or luck to take it from you, what if you encountered people who wanted to be a part of your group? What are some questions you can ask yourself to decide if someone is worthy of coming into your group?

Vocabulary Quiz

Review:
Present tense and subject verb agreement.

Practice:
Subject-Verb Agreement: Compound Subject Worksheet

Today is Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Journal # 42:

If you had to leave your house as an emergency  measure and all you can take is a book bag, what would you carry in it?

Read: 
                         Two Days With No Phone

 Together:
Find synonyms to the words that you do not know or understand.

Independently:

Complete the 5 questions in the back by responding in full sentences and utilizing textual evidence.

Today is Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Journal #43

Today we celebrate Button Day. If there were no buttons on your clothing, what would you use to substitute? Explain and draw a picture.

Review:

Let's Practice:

1. I (need/needs) a rest.
2. She (need/needs) a holiday vacation.
3. They (need/needs) to go home.
4. Sarah (need/needs) to read more.
5. I (have/has) to see a doctor.
6. Ann (have/has) a bad back.
7. We (like/likes) to watch TV.
8. He (like/likes) to play football.
9. You (need/needs) to look harder.
10. Miguel (want/wants) more time.
11. Jane and Bill (make/makes) sofas and chairs.
12. The car (need/needs) to be washed.
13. I (want/wants) to learn Spanish.
14.They (say/says)they're going tomorrow.
15.  He (say/says) he wants to move to a different seat.

Independently:

Write an Informational Text

• Make a list of "expert topics" or topics you could write about without doing any research.
• Chose a topic you know a lot about, care about and would be interesting to others. 
• Then spend time breaking down your topic into 3-5 subtopics, that would ultimately become the "chapters" in their books.
• Write out a table of contents.  Try to think of clever ways to write the headings on the contents page so they would capture the attention of a reader.
• Worked on writing an introduction for their books.  Introduce the topic while also captivating the reader's attention.
  
• Create your own glossary (make the words "bold" within the text).
• 1 Chapter must be descriptive (chose a chapter from their table of contents that would be best written with a descriptive structure).
• 1 Chapter must be sequential (chose a chapter from their table of contents that would be best suited to a sequential structure).
• 1 Chapter must be compare/contrast (chose a chapter that would work well with a compare/contrast structure).
• Incorporate sketches or draft illustrations.
• Finish up with a conclusion.
  

Suggestions:

• Make an outline to organize your ideas.
• Use questions to get readers involved.
• Write answers to your questions. The answers should include details.
• Make sure subjects and verbs agree.
• Write 5-7 sentences minimum per paragraph.
  
• Use the present tense. Be sure your verbs agree with your subjects.
• Use transition words to help organize your paragraphs and to blend your paragraphs together.

Today is Tuesday, November 29, 2016