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 

Good Morning x-cited xray tetris!

Please take out your independent reading book. Kick back relax and read. 8th Grade make sure you are handing in your reading summary from Tuesday night. 

8:00-8:20 TA

8:20-8:45 AT

8:45-9:00 Expo Grade 8

8:40-9:00 7th grade with Humanities

9:00-10:30 Improbable Players

10:35-11:30 Core 2

11:30-11:50 Recess

11:50-12:25 Lit Pack

12:25-12:50 Lunch

12:50-2:05 Humanities extension and Core 3

2:05-2:45 OT

• QOD
• 7th Grade submit final Personal Narrative
• Apollo American History Documentary!
• Historical Topics
• Helpful links
• Freedom a History of US Timeline
• History
• PBS 

Humanities Extension: On your blog respond to the following questions:

Thinking about all of the scenes in the play, what character or characters had the most impact on you? Why?

What messages about substance abuse did you have before you saw the program? Did your ideas change? How? What messages would you put out now?

Homework: Read 30 minutes 
Work on research project

Good Morning x-cited xray tetris!

Please take out your independent reading book. Kick back relax and read. 8th Grade make sure you are handing in your reading summary from Tuesday night. 

8:00-8:20 TA

8:20-8:45 AT

8:45-9:00 Expo Grade 8

8:40-9:00 7th grade with Humanities

9:00-10:30 Improbable Players

10:35-11:30 Core 2

11:30-11:50 Recess

11:50-12:25 Lit Pack

12:25-12:50 Lunch

12:50-2:05 Humanities extension and Core 3

2:05-2:45 OT

• QOD
• 7th Grade submit final Personal Narrative
• Peoples History of the United States Documentary!
• Historical Topics
• Helpful links
• Freedom a History of US Timeline
• History
• PBS 

Humanities Extension: Blogger on Improbable Players

Homework: Read 30 minutes 
Work on research project

Good Morning Wise Weimaraners!

Take a moment to think about your ODWP piece today. Please go into your blogger and share one goal that you have for yourself. What are you going to do to plan before you write? What are two things that you are going to remember to do in your writing?

• QOD 
• CNN Student News 
• Kahoot it! 
• Independent Reading - you need a book when you do the ODWP

No Humanities Extension today:

8:00-8:20 TA

8:20-8:45 AT 

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 Core 3 

12:25-12:50 Lunch

12:50-2:05 ODWP 

2:05-2:45 Opprotunity Time 

Homework: Read 30 minutes

Good Morning Valued Vizslas!

7th Grade: Open your email or document and read through my comments for you on your personal narratives. 

8th Grade: Please write the steps for a procedure to test between two brands of bubble gum for which one makes larger bubbles. I would like to see at least one hint for the reader and at least one diagram, data table or chart to help the reader complete your procedure.

• QOD
• 7th 
• Writing a conclusion for your personal narrative. 
• Take time to polish your writing 
• 8th Grade:
• Share out of Plank Projects 

Humanities Extension:

Please go to your blogger site and respond to the following: What are you thinking about doing for your creativity project? What do you hope to learn about as your complete this project? What is your plan for how to use OT this week to work on your project?

Homework:

7th Grade: Finish your personal narrative. Read for 20 minutes. 

8th Grade: Read for 20 minutes and write a summary about the book you are reading. Be ready to share tomorrow morning. 

Good Morning Understanding Students

7th and 8th Grade: CNN Student News 

• QOD 
• 7th Grade - Finish your Personal Narrative 
•  If you have finished please use this to annotate your personal narrative
• Example 

•  Submit your narrative link to the google form

8th Grade:

• 15 Minutes to fine tune your plank project 
• Present Plank project 

Humanities Extension:

Please read the following article about Veterans day. What is something that you will do tomorrow to honor veterans?

Homework: All read 20 minutes 

Good Morning Kind Students

7th Grade - Let's get right to work on our personal narratives 

8th Grade - Write the conclusion to a procedure about a test between two brands of marshmallow for which one creates a crispier crust when roasting it over a campfire.  

• QOD 
• 7th Grade - Work on Personal Narrative - Due tomorrow! 
• 8th Grade:
• Plank Project 
•  Due Thursday- for presentations. Let's work on creating those speeches with facts. 

Humanities Extension:

7th - continue personal narrative work 

8th - continue on Plank project work 

Homework:

All: Read 20 Minutes 

7th: 20 minutes on personal narrative

8th: Work on Plank Project 

Good Morning Tiny Tea Cup Poodles

7th Grade: Please write one example Metaphor or simile on a post it note and then put it on the daily target board. This should be a simile or metaphor from your personal narrative. Then jump right into your writing piece. 

8th Grade: What is the issue that your campaign is going to be working on? Summarize your

• QOD
• Plank Project 
• What is your issue 
• What is your stance on the issue 
• What information and facts can you use to show competence?
• Then write your pieces. 

Humanities Extension - Please write in blogger:

• What is your academic goal? What have you done to work on your goals? Do you have any evidence of growth? If not, what is your plan for the next week or two to work on your plan?
• If you have not completed your student led conference - what is your plan to complete it. 

Homework:

• 7th Grade - work 20 minutes on your personal narrative 
• 8th Grade - Plank project is due on Thursday! 

Good Morning Sweet Samoyeds!

7th Grade: Please write the narrative about a memory that you have that happened during the winter. 

8th Grade: Please write the steps to a procedure that you would give to someone who is unsure which candidate they would vote for tomorrow. They are going to vote, so what are the steps you would give them to help them choose?

• QOD
• 7th - make sure you go in and read the comment I have left for you in your narrative. Update your submission at the end of the class period. 
• Smilies and Metaphors 
• Paragraphs and dialogue! 
• 8th
• Submit your partner procedure
• Submit your blog post to schoology 
• Work on your plank project 

Humanities Extension:

Mercier - Library 

Bronner and Kelly: Plank Project 

Homework:

7th Grade - Work on Narrative. Final Draft is due on Thursday! 

8th Grade - Plank presentation is on Thursday! 

Good Morning Rambunctious Rhodesian Ridgebacks!

7th Grade: Read example personal narrative

8th Grade: Take 7 minutes to finish up your work on the candidates stances. 

• QOD (Reese's Kahoot!)
• Plank Project

Humanities Extension: 

Mercier: Finishing touches on personal narrative 

Kelly/Bronner: CNN Student News

Good Morning Quiet Queen Elizabeth Pocket Beagles!

7th Grade: Come right in and get to work on your rough draft of your personal narrative! This is DUE Friday!

8th Grade: After looking at the two candidates for governor, who are you going to vote for and why? Use specific factual evidence to support your stance. 

• QOD
• Plank Project - you are going to be designing your own campaign - however today we have to start by independently looking at the issues that matter the most to you! 
• Today please pick two of the issues that you are interested in from the list:
• Economy and Jobs
• Taxes 
• Education 
• Health Care
• Defense/ Military 
• Environment
• Using this resources you are going to complete the graphic organizer so you are knowledgeable about the issues before you start working within your teams. 

Humanities Extension:

Mercier: work on personal narrative

Bronner: Library

Kelly: finish work on Gubernatorial Election

Good Morning Peaceful Puppies!

7th Grade: Please write a narrative about a time that you were kind to someone else who needed help. 

8th Grade: Please write the steps for a procedure about comparing two items of your choice over which performs better - for example two brands of golf ball.  Please remember to have cohesive formatting, tips and hints for your reader and diagrams or data tables, etc. to help support their understanding of the procedure. 

• 7th Grade:
• Today all narrative leads should be submitted to schoology. Continue working on your rough draft. There are additional tasks on schoology for you to complete while you are writing your narrative. 
• 8th Grade:
• Today you are going to do a close reading to learn more about the position of Governor in the state of Vermont. Please take a copy of the paper graphic organizer to answer questions about Phil Scott and Sue Minter. 
• We are going to be looking at a resource created by Vermont Public Radio.

Humanities Extension:

Mercier: Continue working on personal narrative

Kelly: Library

Bronner: Finish work on the gubernatorial race. 

Homework: 

All: Read 20 Minutes

7th Grade: You should be finished with narrative leads

8th Grade: Finish the graphic organizer we worked on in class today.