Good Morning Sleepy Salamanders!

8:00-8:45 - TA/AT

8:45-9:40 8th Expos - 7th Grade with Ms. Kelly

9:40-10:35 7th Grade Expos. 8th Math/Science work on Climate Change Books!!

10:35-11:30 Math Activity in TA

11:30 -11:50 Recess

11:50 -12:25 Silent Read in TA

12:25 -12:50 Lunch

12:50 -2:05 Outdoor Winter Recreation

• Snowshoe
• Sledding
• Snow Sculpture Competition

2:05 -2:45 OT

Good Morning Respectful Reindeer!

Random Acts of Kindness: Today is random acts of kindness day. Why does the world need kindness? What is an act of kindness that you have either done for someone else, or that you have received? How did that change your perspective?

• QOD
• 7th Grade 
• What are the causes of WWI? 
• 8th Grade 
• Comprehension questions on Schoology 
• Private Peaceful discussion question for Twenty to Eleven 
• Finish your Causes of WWI projects and submit to schoology

Humanities Extension:

7th Grade: Mrs. Mercier will read Private Peaceful. Be thinking about Charlie and Thomas' relationship. 

8th Grade: Read "Nearly Quarter Past Eleven"

Homework:

7th Grade: Read 30 Minutes and complete a Reading Reflection

8th Grade: Read Ten to Midnight

Good Morning Quick Quail!

Creative writing prompt:
Balloons. Write a story or poem based on this photo (by Josie Elderslie, Creative Commons license) 
Alternate: Laughter. “I knew I shouldn’t laugh, but …” Finish the story.


7th Grade:

• Please finish the reading and questions that we have been working on. This is to be handed in at the end of class. If you have started the causes of WWI graphic organizer, please continue this work. If you finish your questions, please move onto the causes of WWI sheet and brainstorm how each of the causes: nationalism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism led to WWI. 
• Please use this site to help with the causes of WWI graphic organizer. 

8th Grade

• Private Peaceful comprehension check
• Work on your Causes of WWI project. 

Humanities Extension:

7th Grade: Ms. Mercier will be reading Private Peaceful

8th Grade: Read Private Peaceful until page 31

Good Morning Peaceful Penguins!

Reflection Prompt: Everyone is creative, how are you creative? What does creativity mean to you? 

• QOD
• 7th Grade 
• Hand in WWI map to schoology
• Reading Reflection this week
• Challenge questions 
• 8th Grade - Causes of WWI presentations
• Private Peaceful 

Humanities Extension:

What is your plan for OT this week? What have you learned so far from your project? What is something you want your teachers to know about your project and how to support you? **How is your project connected to our creativity theme? ** If you are unsure, let's do some work to make a connection to the theme. 

Homework: 

8th Grade: Private Peaceful - Read chapter 1 to page 13 

7th Grade: Read your independent reading book for 30 minutes

Good Morning Opulent Octopi!

Good morning! Today we are going to start with a creative writing piece. Please take the image below and use it to write a poem or narrative. 

8:00-8:45 Extended TA

8:45-9:40 EXPOs

9:40-10:00 Town Meeting in Ms. Bronner's Room

10:00-10:40 Core 1

10:40-11:20 Core 2

11:20-11:45 Recess*-We may need indoor activities

11:45-12:25 Core 3

12:25-12:50 Lunch

12:50-1:10 =

1:10 - 1:30 Team Read in TA

1:30 - 2:05 Finish Persistence Habits of Work activity

Survey for Day of Giving

2:05-2:45 Opportunity Time

• QOD
• 7th Grade - Pick you challenge! Finish reading and work on responding to the questions.
• Did you pick the right challenge yesterday?
• Underlining the questions
• 8th Grade - Causes of WWI creativity project

Homework: Read 30 minutes

Good Morning Nerdy Newts!

Please submit your reading reflection to schoology. Write a story or poem (narrative) inspired by the image below.  Please include dialogue and sensory details in your writing. 

• QOD 
• 7th Grade Read the Road to WWI 
• Green - Read the Causes of WWI packet and answer the questions
• Yellow - Read the packet in a group and answer questions...
• Red - Read the chapter and answer all of the questions
• 8am
• Read the Road to WWI and answer the comprehension questions 
•  8pm Hand in the Road to WWI questions and work on the causes of WWI 
• Causes of WWI

Humanities Extension: Introduce Private Peaceful 

Homework: Read 30 minutes out of your independent reading book 

Finish Map or vocabulary 

Finish reading comprehension questions

Good Morning Muddy Moose

Please read independently. We are going to have a reading reflection for homework tonight. Make sure that your map is handed in. 

• QOD 
• 7th Grade
• Hand in your colored Map 
• Vocabulary work 
• Word Central 
• 8th Grade 
• Core 1 - Vocabulary 
• Core 2 - Road to WWI Part 1 questions 

Humanities Extension 
 It. Write a story or poem that begins or ends with the phrase, “It changed everything …” Alternate: Me. What is one thing that people might be surprised to learn about you? Tell the story with plenty of details! 

Homework:

Reading Reflection tonight 

Maps and vocabulary need to be in schoology 

Core 3- Road to WWI part 1 questions need to be completed

Good Morning Ludacris Lemurs!

In your table groups you are going to be trying to organize a chain reaction of WWI activity. Please take a photo of your tables solution and put it in the media gallery on Schoology.

• QOD
• 7th Grade 
• Label/ Color your maps (this is to be finished at the end of class today)
• 8th Grade 
• Hand in your map to schoology
• The Road to WWI - Definitions 

Humanities Extension

Homework:

Read 30 Minutes 

Finish your Maps 

Finish the definitions 

Good Morning Kind-hearted Kangaroos!

When thinking about WWI and the movie that we watched last week, what is one thing that surprised you about this conflict? What about it was surprising?

• QOD
• The Road to WWI Reading (part 1)
• What did Europe look like in 1914?
• Label Maps 
• Labels you should have

Humanities Extension: On your blog make your plan for the week for OT. What do you hope to accomplish? What is a attainable goal for just this week?

Homework: Finish labeling your maps

Good Morning Jubilant Jaguars!

Make sure that you post your reading reflection to the schoology folder. We will start with CNN Student News today.

• QOD
• Finish WWI in Living Colour 

Humanities Extension: What evidence do you have from your OT time? When have you used persistence over the past week?

Homework:

Finish your triangle circle square activity.

Read 30 minutes 

Good Morning Ingenious Iguanas!

Look at the image below. It is by the artist Ludwig Meidner (1844-1966).  Please write a piece
inspired by the image. This can be a response to the piece, a poem or piece of realistic fiction. What emotions come through to you? What details can you use to describe this piece? 

• QOD
• WWI  in Living Color 
• Debrief Questions 

Humanities Extension: CNN Student News - Pearl Harbor 

Homework: 

Read 30 Minutes 

Reading Reflection - due in the reading reflection folder of schoology

Good Morning Haphazard Hippos!

8:00- 8:15 TA

8:15-8:55 Core 1

8:55-9:35- Core 2

9:35-10:15 Core 3

10:15-11:00 Community Gathering - I need two students for a Kahoot and one for the 3 R game

11:00-11:30 Recess

11:30-11:55 Lunch in our rooms

• QOD
• History of America - according to Peoples Academy
• Triangle Circle Square Reflection

Homework:

Read 30 minutes

Good Morning Gracious Geese

You bump into a genie and she offers to grant you three wishes. What are your wishes and why?

• QOD
• CNN Student News 
• Finish writing your argumentative writing response. State your position and justify your claims with evidence from the text

Humanities extension: On your blog please share with me what your plan for the week is with your Opportunity Time? What is an outcome that you hope to accomplish? Make a schedule for yourself. Your TA teachers will be checking it and helping you accomplish your goals for the week. 

Homework: Read 30 Minutes  

Good Morning Fantastic Falcons

Morning warm up: Place your movie in the shared folder then CNN Student News 

8:00-8:45 Extended TA

8:45-9:40 EXPOs/ Meeting

9:40-10:00 Town Meeting in Ms. Bronner's Room

10:00-10:40 Core 1

10:40-11:05 Recess

11:00-11:45 Core 2

11:45-12:25 Core 3

12:25-12:50 Lunch

12:50-1:10 Core Olympics-gym

1:10 - 1:30 Team Read in TA

1:30 - 2:05 Persistence - Habits of Work activity

• QOD 
• Upfront Articles 
• Page 1 
• Page 2 
• argumentative piece
• What is your stance 
• What is some evidence from the text you can use
• Post your writing piece on your blog 

Humanities Homework: Finish your video clip by Sunday

Good Morning Eloquent Elephants!

Please make sure that your reading reflection is submitted to your schoology reading reflections folder. 






Morning warm-up: Using the photo below as an inspiration, write a story or poem inspired by this image. Upload this writing piece to your blog.  Try to think about including strong details to capture your reader's attention. 

• QOD
• Finish your documentary clip. I will know it is finished when it is in the drive folder. Make sure that your documentary clip gives a summary of your event and emphasised the impact that it had. 

Humanities Extension: 

Pick two of the following prompts and respond on your blog:

1. Over the course of this week I worked on my personal and academic goals by…
2. This week one challenge I had with my goals was…
3. Some evidence that I could use to support my growth in my goals is…
4. I am really proud of this piece of work…
5. What is something that you have learned about yourself while working about your goals?
6. Who is a person that you think will be able to help you with the achievement of your goals?
7. A growth mindset helped me this week when . . . 
8. Which goals have I met? 
9. How do I know that I’ve accomplished my goal or am making progress? 
10. Where in my academic plan am I feeling challenged? 
11. How do I know that I am challenged? 
12. What kinds of information do I need to show that I have made progress? 
13. How will I display or share this information with others?

Homework: Read 30 minutes

Finish your documentary clip. 

Good Morning Dapper Dolphins

Please take out your independent reading book. You are going to 

 have a reading reflection for homework tonight so I want to make sure that everyone has their just right book. 

• QOD 
• Recording for your documentary 
• If you finish, please put the documentary clip into drive. We will also have tomorrow to finish up the clips. My expectation is that all of the finished clips will be in drive tomorrow in the folder that I have shared with you. 

Humanities Extension: CNN Student News 

Homework: 

Read 30 minutes 

Reading Reflection - Please summarize your reading this week. Upload the reflection to schoology. 

 Documentary clip due Thursday night. 

Good Morning Cunning Chameleon

Think about your topic you are working on for your documentary project. What was the impact of this event on the United States and on US History. Please write a blog post about the impact of your event. 
Title: Documentary Event Impact

• QOD 
• Hand in research 
• Expectations for the script 
• Script Writing 

Humanities Extension:

Continue to work on your script for your documentary. 

Homework: 

Read 30 Minutes 

FINISH your script 

Good Morning Balanced Bantams!

 Take out your blogger and write the narrative story of the best part of your Thanksgiving Break! 

• QOD 
• Documentary Example Videos 
• Finish your research and start writing your script
• Presentation is due on Thursday! 

Humanities Extension - Think about the week ahead. What is your plan for opportunity time? What do you hope to accomplish? Are there any adults that you could have help you? Do you have goals you would like to accomplish by the end of the week?

Homework: 

Read 30 minutes 

Work 20 minutes on your documentary project - work on writing your script. 

Good Morning Awesome Ayam Ketawas!

8:00-8:20 TA

8:20-8:45 AT

8:45-9:40 Expo

9:40-10:30 7th grade with Mrs. Mercier

9:45-12:15 8th Grade to GMTCC

12:25 -12:50 Lunch

12:50- 1:20 Recess

1:20- 1:35 Town Meeting

1:40- 2:05 Gratitude Project

2:05-2:45 Opportunity Time

Humanities Extension: None

Homework: Finish research for the Humanities Project

Good Morning Zesty Zuchon's

To start off today we are going to kick back and read! 

• QOD
• Final Research Day! 

Humanities Extension: 

Please write a blog post responding to the following prompt: 

After Thanksgiving dinner, you and your cousin decide to explore the neighborhood. At the end of the street, you notice a giant pile of leaves.

Together, you make a running start and leap right into the middle of the pile! Suddenly, the ground opens up beneath you, and you find yourselves sliding down a steep slide.

Write a story about what happens when you land at the bottom of the slide. Where are you? Include three different things that happen on your adventure, and conclude your story by telling how you and your cousin get back home.

Homework: 

Read 30 minutes 

7th Grade Reading Reflection Due 

Good Morning Yucky Yellow Labradors!

In working on our reading stamina, please kick back and read.  Be a sure that your reading reflection or personal narrative is submitted. 

• QOD
• Documentary Example 
• Civil War
• Boston Masacre 
• Research and notes for project is due Friday
• Who, What, Where document
• Sources Summary document

Humanities extension:

Pick TWO of the following questions to respond to on your blog. 

Blog Post Prompts:

General Reflection Questions and Sentence Starters

1. Over the course of this week I worked on my personal and academic goals by…
2. This week one challenge I had with my goals was…
3. Some evidence that I could use to support my growth in my goals is…
4. I am really proud of this piece of work…
5. What is something that you have learned about yourself while working about your goals?
6. Who is a person that you think will be able to help you with the achievement of your goals?
7. A growth mindset helped me this week when . . . 
8. Which goals have I met? 
9. How do I know that I’ve accomplished my goal or am making progress? 
10. Where in my academic plan am I feeling challenged? 
11. How do I know that I am challenged? 
12. What kinds of information do I need to show that I have made progress? 
13. How will I display or share this information with others?

Homework: 

family media agreement

Read 30 minutes