Good Morning Daring Dinosaurs!

Please hand in your I Am poem with your name on it in the turn in work box, then take a moment to complete this statement: In a perfect world ___________ would not longer exist. Please explain your thinking.

• QOD 
• Reflect on the warm up question 
• UTOPIA! 
• Learning Scale and vocabulary

Homework:

• Ms. Kelly's TA bring in a picture
• Read 30  minutes every night - be ready to talk about what you are reading in class 
• Finish your I Am poem

Literacy Pack 

CNN Student News Reflection:
After watching CNN student news please pick one story that has an impact on our world. What is the impact of this story on the world? What is your reaction to the story?

Good Morning Cunning Crustaceans

 Please find your assigned seat with a pencil and have your rough draft for your I Am poem out and ready. Take a few moments to put the finishing touches on the poem. Remember to include at least ONE literary device. 

• Mystery Motivators - how do we make this better or more fair?
• Final draft of I Am poem 

Simile: comparing two unlike things using like or as

She is as clever as a fox. 

• Metaphor: A word or phrase that is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. 
• He is a walking dictionary.
• Onomatopoeia: A word that makes the sound it represents 
• Splat!
• Alliteration - Using the same beginning consonant sound in a line of verse 
• Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. 
• Share out - challenge by choice 

Homework:

• Final Draft of I Am poem
• Elmore Permission Slips 
• Have an independent reading book 
• Summer Photo for Ms. Kelly's TA

Humanities Extension:

Stars. Stargazing one evening you watch as a bright star disappears. What happened? Was it really a star? Tell the story either from your perspective -- as a viewer -- or the perspective of the star or whatever it was that disappeared.

Good Morning Benevolent Bandicoots!

Please find your seat according to the seating chart. You are going to need a pencil today so make sure you get one from the jar. 

8:00-8:45 Extended Morning Meeting

8:45-9:40 Expo

9:40-10:35 Core 1

10:35 - 11:30 Core 2

11:30-11:50 Recess

11:50-12:25 Lit Pack in TA

12:25-12:50 Lunch

12:50-1:10 Humanities Extension in Core 3

1:10- 2:05 Core 3

2:05-2:45 Digital Citizenship T.A.

Common Sense Media

• QOD
• I Am Poem - please try and challenge yourself by including one or more of the following:
• Simile: comparing two unlike things using like or as
• She is as clever as a fox. 
•  Metaphor: A word or phrase that is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. 
• He is a walking dictionary.
• Onomatopoeia: A word that makes the sound it represents 
• Splat!
• Alliteration - Using the same beginning consonant sound in a line of verse 
• Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.  

Homework:

• Bring in independent reading book 
• Finish your I Am poem 
• Lake Elmore permission slip 
• iPad Paperwork

Humanities 2: What is your reaction to the sulfur miners in Indonesia? In the story they referenced that Indonesia is a very impoverished country. What are some solutions that come to mind to help protect workers and create jobs to lift citizens out of poverty?

Good Morning Adventurous Aardvarks!

Welcome back to school! I am so excited to be teaching all of you this year. Although many of you had me last year, I have a lot of changes and excited opportunities for you this year and it is going to be very different! 

8:00-8:45 Individual Morning Meeting with your TA

• name tags all week
• Phone
• Acceptable Use

8:45-9:40 EXPO

9:40-10:10 Town Meeting

10:10-10:50 Rotation 1

10:50-11:30 Rotation 2

11:30-11:50 Recess

11:50-12:25  Game

12:25-12:50 LUNCH

12:50-1:30 Rotation 3

1:30-2:30 Nature Trail Walk - everyone has to find a stone

2:30-2:45 Short TA wrap up

• Question of the day! (better?)
• Personal Trivia Baseball
• Each person will get four index cards and will write S, D, T and HD on each one
• S or single will be the easiest to guess fact about you HR will be the hardest to guess fact about you. 

Homework:

• Every student needs a independent reading book tomorrow
• Please have your parents sign the iPad paperwork 
• Lake Elmore permission slip 
• Ms. Kelly's TA please bring your photo in!