Good Morning Kindhearted Kiwis!

Please take out your independent reading books - I would like you

to have a few minutes of independent time before you start working on your project presentations. 

7th Grade

• I am going to give you your planning papers back. You have today to build your presentations for the Utopia showdown - I will explain what this will look like. Things to consider for your presentation:
• Include the name of your utopia, where it is located and why, and anything else you think is important to making your society more utopia - for example do you have some values or principles that guides the decision within your utopia? 
• Next in your charter - you want to outline the problem that you are eradicating - this included the information/ research that you have completed as well as your law that you are using to eradicate the problem. I am also looking for justification on how this makes your society more utopian. 
• Are there any other laws or rules that you want to include in your charter to make your society more utopian? 
• Is there anything else you want to include in your presentation? Map of your utopia, other information about your people, etc?

8th Grade 

• Final presentation practice - you will be presenting TOMORROW! Whatever you have not completed is going to be homework. 

Humanities Extension:

• Please take time to work on your utopia presentation! 

Homework:

• Please finish your presentations. If you have no presentation work to do you need to read for 30 minutes. 

Good Morning Jolly Jellyfish

Please take out your independent reading book and kick back relax and read for 5 minutes. Sit with your utopia group - I will be coming around and checking in. 

• QOD
• I Am Poems 

7th Grade

• Meet in your teams and go through the protocol for the problem solving meetings to try and create laws to eradicate the societal issue you identified and researched. 
• What other laws or amendments do you want to include in your charter to make your society the most Utopian? Start to brainstorm a list of these laws that will support a more Utopian society.

8th Grade 

• I am going to give you your planning papers back. You have today to build your presentations for the Utopia showdown - I will explain what this will look like. Things to consider for your presentation:
• Include the name of your utopia, where it is located and why, and anything else you think is important to making your society more utopia - for example do you have some values or principles that guides the decision within your utopia? 
• Next in your charter - you want to outline the problem that you are eradicating - this included the information/ research that you have completed as well as your law that you are using to eradicate the problem. I am also looking for justification on how this makes your society more utopian. 
• Are there any other laws or rules that you want to include in your charter to make your society more utopian? 
• Is there anything else you want to include in your presentation? Map of your utopia, other information about your people, etc?

Humanities Extension:

• We are going to be making history by creating a new team name! Starting a new legacy!

Homework:

• Read 30 minutes - be ready to share about your reading tomorrow morning. 

Good Morning Ingenious Ibex

Please take out your research that you worked on yesterday. 7th grade - you have the rest of class today to complete your research. 8th grade - please take 7 minutes to pull together your research to share at your problem solving meeting with your group. 

• Meet in your teams and go through the protocol for the problem solving meetings to try and create laws to eradicate the societal issue you identified and researched. 
• What other laws or amendments do you want to include in your charter to make your society the most Utopian? Start to brainstorm a list of these laws that will support a more Utopian society.

Humanities Extension:

• Bronner: Library 
• Kelly: Please summarize your independent reading that you have been doing. I am expecting a paragraph summary and a paragraph reflection. 
• Mercier: 

• Read article on 9/11 and then answer the reflection questions:
• 1. Yesterday was 9/11, did you do anything to remember all the people impacted by this event 15 years ago?
• 2. Do you think the US should do anything to continue supporting the survivors of the events, and the families those who lost their lives on this day? What ideas of suggestions do you have? 

Good Morning Harmonious Hyraxes!

Please take a moment to reflect on how you are participating within your group. What are some examples of how you are staying focused and on task? What is some evidence that you have for being a team player and being flexible? What is going well/ what is one thing that you are going to work on today?

• QOD
• Independent Research Time - take some time to independently research your problem. You are not at the solution segment of this work YET. At the end of class today/ tomorrow you are going to share out with the other members of your group and start to brainstorm. 
• Dates to consider:
• Tuesday - pose solutions
• Wednesday - create presentations/ finishing touches 
• Thursday - Start presenting 
• Friday - Final Presentations

Humanities Extension:

• Mercier - library 
• Kelly/Bronner - Read article on 9/11 and then answer the reflection questions:
• 1. Yesterday was 9/11, did you do anything to remember all the people impacted by this event 15 years ago?
• 2. Do you think the US should do anything to continue supporting the survivors of the events, and the families those who lost their lives on this day? What ideas of suggestions do you have?

Good Morning Giggly Giraffe's!

Please find your seat with your Utopia group and take out the Utopia Project packet 7th grade take out your vocabulary homework. Kick back and read for 5 minutes!

8:00-8:45 Extended TA

8:45-9:40 (expos)

9:40-10:35 Core 1

10:35-11:30 Core 2

11:30-11:50 Recess

11:50-12:25 Town Meeting

12:50-1:10 Humanities Extension

1:10-2:05 Core 3

2:05-2:45 Opportunity Time

• QOD
• Young Writers Project
• Utopia Rubric
• Start to brainstorm within your group what societal "blemishes" you will ERADICATE in your CHARTER for your society.  Each member of the group is going to select one social issue to create a law to solve. When each member has selected their problem please complete this form.

7th Grade Resources 

• General Climate information by region
• Detailed Climate Information by region
• Go over Calendar for the project

Humanities Extension:

Independent Reading!  

Homework

• Read 30 Minutes 
• Ms. Kelly's TA bring in a summer photo

Good Morning Friendly Foxes!

Please find your seat with your Utopia group. 

• QOD
• Young Writers Project
• General Climate information by region
• Detailed Climate Information by regio
• You have 15 minutes to explore the climate of the US and start to make decisions about where you would like your territory to go. Please think about physical and cultural geographical features, as well as natural resources 
  that would benefit your society. Part of the presentation you will be creating will be to also explain why your geographical location is beneficial to your utopian society. 
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• Go over Calendar for the project
• Territory Location Negotiations
• Start to brainstorm within your group what societal "blemishes" you will ERADICATE in your CHARTER for your society. 

Humanities Extension:

Please take some time to do a creative writing piece. Every week we will be writing from the Young Writers Project list of prompts. Please let me know if you would be interested in submitting your writing or participating in their writing community. 

•  Learn. Tell a story about a time when you had to learn something you didn't know how to do, such as using new software, taking a photo, riding a bike. How did you learn it? Who helped? How did they help?; or Inanimate. Think about an inanimate object that has been thrown away. Write a story or poem following its journey after it is considered trash.

Homework

• Read 30 Minutes 
• 7th grade complete vocabulary list 
• Ms. Kelly's TA bring in a summer photo 

Good Morning Enthusiastic Ermines!

Please find a seat with your utopia group. Your challenge for this morning is to finalize your team name and create a flag to represent your territory. You are going to need this later today to claim your territory within the United States. You have 12:00 to complete this task! 

• QOD 
• Read 30 minutes every night
• Make Blog a button on iPad 
• How do environment characteristics impact the territory that you select?
• General Climate information by region
• Detailed Climate Information by region
• Go over Calendar for the project

Homework:

• Ms. Kelly's TA bring in a picture
• 8th grade - Utopia Vocabulary
• Read 30  minutes every night - be ready to talk about what you are reading in class 
• Finish your I Am poem