Objective: Students will review strategies for CaHSee.
Agenda:
1. review scores
2. review strategies
3. review test questions
2. essay format review
Friday, October 28, 2011 (4 days left!)
Objective: Students will review spelling strategies, punctuation, and writing strategies.
Agenda:
1. spelling/punctuation review
2. essay format review
Thursday, October 27, 2011 (5 days left!)
Objective: Students will review roots words and literary analysis and punctuation.
Agenda:
1. http://www.funbrain.com/roots/
2. https://ple.platoweb.com/
Sign in: smusd, first/last name, your ID#
Finish the three assignments from last the last two weeks, let Mrs. Hrin know you are done, then work on the Punctuation Practice Assignment.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 (6 days left!)
Objective: Students will review homonyms, roots words and literary analysis.
Agenda:
1. there, their, they're, two, to, too, you, you're
2. http://www.funbrain.com/roots/
3. https://ple.platoweb.com/
Sign in: smusd, first/last name, your ID#
Finish the three assignments from last the last two weeks, let Mrs. Hrin know you are done, then work on the Punctuation Practice Assignment.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 (7 days left!)
Objective: Students will review figurative language and poetry analysis.
Agenda:
1. Quiz
2. Figurative Language Carousel
3. Now Write IT!
Monday, October 24, 2011 (8 days left!)
Objective: Students will review figurative language and poetry analysis.
Agenda:
1. Figurative language song
2. Hope is the Thing With Feathers
3. HISTWF-quiz
Friday, October 21, 2011 (11 days left!)
Objective: Students will review personal literary analysis.
1. Finish 3 Plato units.
https://ple.platoweb.com/
Thursday, October 20, 2011 (12 days left!)
Objective: Students will research possible topics for their CaHSee essay and review personal areas of weakness.
Agenda:
1. Read
2. Research review
3. Plato https://ple.platoweb.com/
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 (14 days left!)
Objective: Students will review conventions and demonstrate what they know about capital letters.
Agenda:
1. Finish yesterday's article
2. Review conventions
3. Capitalization Pretest
Monday, October 17, 2011 (15 days left!)
Objective: Students will analyze a non-fiction document and write related research questions.
1. Journal: Write this sentence with the hand you don't normally use:
"I have three kinds of cookies: chocolate-chip, sugar, and peanut-butter."
Once done, switch back to your normal hand and describe the experience of writing with your "wrong" hand.
2. Article - On the Left Hand
3. Active Reading Strategies
4. Research Questions
Friday, October 14, 2011 (18 days left!)
Objective: Students will practice good/well, and brainstorm using the ABC method.
Agenda:
1. Good vs Well
2. good/well quiz
3. ABC for prompts
4. Master two sections on Plato.
Thursday, October 13, 2011 (19 days left!)
Objective: Students will determine the EL strand they need to work on and then master the appropriate skill.
Agenda:
1. Self-grade last Cahsee practice test, determine strand you will work on.
2. Finish tutorial from yesterday on plato:
https://ple.platoweb.com/
3. Select course you will complete and master. Finished? Try another!
4. Practice grammar: BIG DOG grammar
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 (20 days until the CaHSee!)
Objective: Students will determine the EL strand they need to work on and then master the appropriate skill.
Agenda:
1. Read silently, write summary of your reading.
2. Self-grade last Cahsee practice test, determine strand you will work on.
3. Finish tutorial from yesterday on plato:
https://ple.platoweb.com/
4. Select course you will complete and master. Finished? Try another!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 (21 days until the CaHSee!)
Objective: Students will practice reading comprehension using Reading Strategies
Agenda:
Journal: No Journal today.
Agenda:
1. Intro to Plato, Name and Password
2. Log on, https://ple.platoweb.com/
3. Assignment #1"Reading to Remember"
4. Take tutorial and then do the activity.
Monday, October 10, 2011 (22 days until the CaHSee!)
Objective: Students will practice reading comprehension using Reading Strategies
Agenda:
Journal: Do you know of (or have seen on TV or through the media) anyone who has an interesting career? What is it? What do you think makes this interesting?
1. Predict
2. Read and Annotate
3. Respond
4. Answer questions
5. Games for the Brainhttp://www.gamesforthebrain.com/
Friday, October 7, 2011
1. Be nice to sub!
2. Practice Test
Wednesday and Thursday, October 5 and 6, 2011
26 days until the CAHSEE!
Objective: Students will practice writing strategies.
Agenda:
1. Journal
Do you like the grizzly that's painted in the Grizzly Pavilion? Do you think the school should have more art displayed around campus? Do you think students should be able to participate in creating these murals?
2. Review writing a thesis
3. Review attacking the prompt using the ABC method
4. Write a practice essay
5. Practice writing strategy questions on moodle: www.smusd.org/moodle
Tuesday October 4, 2011
1. Finish response to article
2. Context clues
3. Independent Reading
Monday October 3, 2011
28 days until the CAHSEE
1. New Journals -
2. Article Annotate - How the Brain Develops
3. Respond using READing Strategies.
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