March 22nd
What we did in class:
1. The Giver Anticipation Guide. Students were asked a series of questions to get us ready to read the novel. If you were absent this day, download the assignment on the right, print it off, fill it out, and turn it into the late basket. 2. Read chapter one in The Giver. 3. Term 4 Journal 1: How is Jonas's family similar to your family and different from your family? Explain 1/2 page. 4. Class novel 5. Silent Reading |
Homework:
-Reading |
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March 15th
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading 2. Journal Update and grading. if you were absent this day, I graded your journal for you. Journal 12: Reflection. What grade do you deserve on your journal and why? 3. Class novel |
Homework:
-Reading |
March 13th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Grizzly Tales. If you were absent this day, come see Mrs. Eynon so she can give you a copy of this assignment. 3. Class novel |
Homework:
-Reading |
March 9th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Because Mrs. Eynon ended up not loving the assignment that she created for this day, she ended up using the time to get a good chunk of reading done from the class novel. If you were absent this day, you do not have an assignment to do. |
Homework:
-Reading |
March 7th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Dictionary Practice. If you were absent this day, download the assignment on the right and use a dictionary to complete it. 3. Class novel |
Homework:
-Reading |
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March 2nd
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Text features scavenger hunt. If you were absent this day, download the document on the right and use a textbook to fill out the paper. You can use the literature book in the classroom, or use a textbook that you have access to at home. 3. Class Novel |
Homework:
-Reading |
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February 28th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Interactive Text Feature Journal. If you were absent this day, please look at the instructions on the right and do your journal entry. 3. Class novel |
Homework:
-Reading |
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February 24th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Introduction to Text Features. Students took notes in their journals about the text features in the PowerPoint on the right. If you were absent this day, please go through the PowerPoint and take notes in your journal. 3. Text features worksheet. If you were absent this day, please download the worksheet and fill it out. 4. Reading from class novel. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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February 22nd
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Gist Prezi. Go through the gist perzi on the right. In your journal, write a 20 word gist for the movie clip from despicable me on the prezi. 3. Read the article, Gorillas in the Wild on the right and fill out gist paper that goes with it. Download the gist paper on the right. |
Homework:
-Reading |
Click here for gist prezi
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February 17th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Context clues and types of context clues practice. IF you were absent this day, download the assignment on the right and complete it and turn it in next class period. 3. Class novel |
Homework:
-Reading |
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February 15th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Interactive Journal. If you were absent this day, come ask Mrs. Eynon for the context clues definitions and puzzle for the interactive journal. 3. Read from the class novel. |
Homework:
-Reading |
February 13th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Introduced the term context clues and wrote the following in our journals: Context clues are hints or clues within a sentence or paragraph that let us know what a word meaning is. 3. Watch the video on the right about context clues and the four ways to find the context of a word that you don't know. Write those four ways down in your journal. 4. Download the Context Clues assignment on the right for Henry P. Baloney. 5. See Mrs. Eynon and ask to borrow the book, Henry P. Baloney to fill out the assignment. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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February 9th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Quick homework and midterm grade check. Students received past assignments and filed them away. 3. Journal. Watch the YouTube clip on the heroes journey on the right. Think about the character that you wrote about last period as being your favorite character. Does that character follow the heroes journey? Write down the ways that your character follows the journey. How is it different? 4. Class novel |
Homework:
-Reading |
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February 7th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Journal: Who is your favorite character either from a book, movie, or TV show? What makes that character your favorite? 3. Reading from class novel. 4. Continued schema |
February 3rd
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Discussed schema. Building schema is when we take something that we know and learn additional information and make connections in our brains. 3. Journal: Look at the image on the right and take notes in your journal about what schema is. 4. We filled out a KWL and read the article called, The Noble Experiment by Jackie Robinson. This is in the lit book. Download the assignment on the right and either google the article or come to class and read the article during silent reading from the literature book. 5. Read from class novel. |
Homework:
-Reading |
Click here for the journal notes on schema. Copy the notes and put them in your journal.
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February 1st
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Read the article, Exploring the Titanic in the lit books. While reading, practice annotating and note taking skills on a separate piece of paper. Try to get a page of meaningful notes. Turn this page in when you finish the article. |
Homework:
-Reading |
January 30th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Discussed annotations. Annotations are the notes that a reader makes while reading a text. As a class, we read All About Sharks and Great White Sharks in the literature book and completed an assignment called, "Sticky Note Annotations." If you were absent, download the assignment on the right and print it off. Read the articles during silent reading and complete the assignment and turn it in. 3. Reading from class novel. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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January 26th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Discussion on Active Reading. Learn about Active Reading in the literature books on page 12. 3. Active Reading practice. Download the Active Reading sheet on the right and read the story on page 13 in the literature book called, "Shells" and fill out the active reading chart. 4. Journal and class novel. Finish the visualization drawings that we started last class period while Mrs. Eynon reads form The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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January 24th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Visualization: Today we discussed the importance of creating a mental image when reading. We listened to a visualization exercise from BYU. Click on the link to the right to access the recording. Start at 8 minutes in. 3. Journal 1: Draw your special place on the top half of your journal page. On the bottom, write a paragraph explaining what it looks like. 4. Class Novel: As Mrs. Eynon read's the class novel, draw pictures that come to your mind of what you imagine during the reading. |
Homework:
-Silent Reading |
Click here to access the visualization recording. Start at 8:00 minutes.
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January 20th
What we did in class:
1. Went to the library to do a library scavenger hunt to become more familiar with how to research and look up material in the library. If you were absent this period, please come talk to me to get information on this assignment. 2. Silent Reading 3. Class Novel |
Homework:
-Reading |
January 18th
What we did in class:
1. SRI testing. To take the SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory), go to the website: 10.70.4.5:55880. Enter in your first and last name without a space as your username and the password: P@5sword 2. Login to the SRI and take the reading inventory test. 3. Silent Reading |
Homework:
-Reading |
January 13th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Read Casey at the Bat and worked on an assignment for the reading. Read the poem on the right and download and print the assignment and turn it into the late basket if you were absent this day. 3. Watched the YouTube clip of Casey at the Bat and discussed the merit of text through media. 4. Read from class novel, The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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January 11th
What we did in class:
1. Welcome to Reading skills! We received seating assignments for the quarter. 2. Getting to know you activity and book discussion. 3. Went to the Library to checkout books. 4. Silent Reading 5. Disclosure Document |
Homework:
-Reading -Disclosure Document is due on Wednesday of next week -Meet in the library on Friday for class |
January 9th/10th
What we did in class:
1. Last day of reading skills. Students received their journals and SRI scores back. 2. Read-A-Thon |
January 5th/6th
What we did in class:
1. SRI testing. To take the SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory), go to the website: 10.70.4.5:55880. Enter in your student ID as your username and the password: P@5sword 2. Login to the SRI and take the reading inventory test. 3. Silent Reading |
Homework:
-Reading |
January 3rd/4th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Finished vocabularly in The Giver 3. Read short sotires. Each class period read a different short story and answered questions about it from the back of the textbook. A3: An American Childhood by Annie Dillard on page 120 in the student textbook. Address the following question on a seperate piece of paper: Out of 5, how would you rate this story and why? Answer questions 6, 7, and 8 on page 126 on that same page. A4: The Scholarship Jacket by Marta Salinas on page 218 in the student textbook. Adress the following question on a seperate piece of paper: Out of 4, how would you rate this story and why? Answer questions 6, 7, and 8 on page 224 on that same page. B4: The Three-Century Woman by Richard Peck on page 242 in the student textbook. Address the following question on a seperate piece of paper: Out of a 4, how would you rate this story and why? Answer questions 5, 6, 7, and 8 on page 249. |
Homework:
-Reading |
December 21st/22nd
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. Finished The Giver. If you did not get a half page of differences and similarities in your journal last period, finish this during the 2nd half of the movie. |
Homework:
-Reading |
December 19th/20th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. Journal: Today as we watch The Giver write down the similarities and differences between the book and the movie. 4. Started watching The Giver |
Homework:
-Reading |
December 15th/16th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. Finish reading The Giver 4. Finish and turned in the assignment from last class period called, conflict in The Giver. |
Homework:
-Reading |
December 13th/14th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. Journal: How do you think the novel The Giver will end? Write some predictions (1/2 page). 4. Read chapters 19 and 20 in The Giver 5. Conflict in The Giver. Download the assignment on the right. Watch the YouTube clip and fill in the paper. Think about what conflicts are in The Giver and fill out the paper. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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December 9th/12th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. Journal: List the problems with the community that Jonas lives in. Why are these considered problems? (1/2 page) 4. Read chapters 17 and 18 in The Giver. 5. Symbolism in The Giver. Download the assignment on the right, fill it out, and turn it in if you were absent this day. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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December 7th/8th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. A3 and A4 finished writing the journal from last period. Journal: Sir Francis Bacon said, "Knowledge is Pain." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Would Jonas agree with this? Why or why not? 4. Read chapters 15 and 16 in The Giver 5. Memories kaleidscope. If you were absent this day, download and print the kaleidscope on the right. Fill this out for your own personal memories then draw a symbol to represent each memory and put it on the kaleidscope. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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December 5th/6th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading/Turned in book logs from last week. 2. Book Talks 3. Assignment sheet 2 update 4. The Giver vocab 5. Read The Giver. |
Homework:
-Reading |
December 1st/2nd
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. Journal 7: Divide your paper in half. On the top half of your paper, draw a memory with your pencil or pen. It can be any memory like learning to ride a bike or Christmas morning. Imagine that your memory was without color like the world Jonas lives in in The Giver. On the second half of the page, reflect on what color does for our world and society. Why would the community in The Giver choose to go without color? What does color do for our society? 4. Read to page 113 in The Giver. |
Homework:
-Reading |
November 29th/30th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Journal 6: The family units in the novel have only three books. Which three books would you choose if you were so limited? Explain your choices in a half page. 3. Read The Giver |
Homework:
-Reading |
November 22nd/28th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. Symbolism in literature. If you were absent this day, download and print the assignment on symbolism and watch the Power Point to go through the assignment. We will be discussing symbolism in The Giver over the next few class periods. 4. Read chapters 11 and 12 in The Giver. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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November 18th/21st
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. Finished the ceremonies paper that we started last class period. 4. Read chapter 10 in The Giver. |
Homework:
-Reading |
November 16th/17th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Book Talks 3. Discussion on love in the novel The Giver vs. love in our society. What does the society in The Giver believe about love? Listen to the song, "Stubborn Love" by the Lumineers on the right. Next download the document, print it, and follow the directions for the song annotations. 4. Read chapters 8 and 9 in The Giver. 5. Started working on the ceremonies paper. If you were absent, please see me for this assignment. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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November 14th/15th
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading 2. Book Talks 3. Discussion on chapters 4 and 5 of The Giver. 4. Read chapters 6 and 7 in The Giver. 5. Journal entry: I gave each student an occupation and asked the question: How do you feel about the job you were given? Why do you feel this way? Is it fair to be assigned jobs to people? If you were absent this day, your occupation that you will write about is a curator at a museum. Your job is to preserve important records and artifacts, including works of art, documents, photographs, coins, and historic objects. |
Homework:
-Reading |
November 10th/11th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Read The Giver chapters 4 and 5. 3. Journal: What do you think about the book so far? Write a paragraph talking about what you like or dislike about this novel. This usually takes around 10 minutes to complete. If there is extra class time, students can silent read or work on homework. |
Homework:
-Reading |
November 8th/9th
November 6th/7th
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading 2. Book Talks 3. Anticipation guide. If you were gone this day, download and print the anticipation guide on the right. You will not be able to do the discussion part, but please answer the first section with true and false answers. There is no right or wrong answer. 4. Read chapter 1 in The Giver. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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November 2nd/3rd
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading and book talk sign ups. You are required to give two book talks this year, one during quarter one (which we did) and one during quarter two. The sign ups for quarter two book talks were posted today with book talks beginning next period. Download and print the book talk rubric on the right if you did not receive one today or lost your copy. 2. Journal 2: Describe a perfect place. This will be read by someone in the class and needs to be 1/2 page long. When you finish, trade your journal with a partner. After you read about your friend's perfect place, write a paragraph below ruining their perfect place. 3. Discussion on Utopia and Dystopia. A Utopian society is a perfect society whereas a Dystopian society is an imperfect society. 4. Read and annotate the paper about Dystopia/Utopia. If you were absent this day, print off the assignment on the right and turn it into my late basket with "Absent" written at the top of the page. 5. We watched a short video clip showing the visual difference between what a utopia looks like, vs. a dystopia. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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October 31st/November 1st
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading and passed out new reading logs for week 1 of quarter 2. 2. Finished the assignment for Casey at the Bat. 3. Journal 1 for quarter 2: Create a comic strip complete with dialogue or thought bubbles for the time Casey struck out. Answer this question: Why could it be bad to be over confident? 4. Watch the Disney version of Casey at the Bat 5. Mummies assignment for Halloween. See me if you were absent this day for this assignment. |
Homework:
-Reading Log |
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October 27th/28th
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading and homework makeup 2. Looked at book orders and book order information. If you would like to order a book through scholastic.com, use the online order code NXTRR for Mrs. Eynon's class. 2. Read Casey at the Bat and worked on an assignment for the reading. Read the poem on the right and download and print the assignment and turn it into the late basket if you were absent this day. |
Homework:
-Reading |
Click here to read the poem for Casey at the Bat.
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October 13th/14th
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading 2. Book talks 3. Active reading through questioning assignment. If you were absent this day, download the assignment on the right and read Exploring the Titanic or another non-fiction text of your choice if you can't access the textbook easily. Print and complete the assignment then turn it into the late basket. |
Homework:
Reading |
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September 23rd/26th
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading for 20 minutes. 2. Students worked on the assignment called, "Arthropods" where they continued practicing context clues. If you were absent this day, download the assignment to the right and turn it into the late basket on Mrs. Eynon's desk. 3. Reading from class novel. |
Homework:
Reading |
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September 21st/22nd
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading for 20 minutes 2. Students worked on the assignment called, "Food Fight" where they practiced using context clues. If you were absent this day, download the assignment to the right and turn it into the late basket on Mrs. Eynon's desk. 3. Reading from the class novel. |
Homework: Reading
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September 19th/20th
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading for 20 minutes. 2. Reading from class novel. |
Homework:
-Reading |
September 15th/16th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading for 20 minutes. 2. Inferencing worksheet. If you were absent the day we did this assignment, download the inferencing worksheet on the right and print it off. Read the instructions, complete the assignment, then turn it into the late basket on my desk. 3. Reading from class novel. |
Homework:
-Reading |
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September 13th/14th
What we did in class:
1. Silent Reading 2. Journal Prompt: I like or dislike the character ________________ from the book that I am reading because... This journal needs to be at least half a page explaining what you like or dislike about one of the characters in your reading book. 3. Reading from class novel. |
Homework:
Reading |
September 7th/8th
What we did in class:
1. We went to the library for a library scavenger hunt. Mrs. Bramall, the librarian, prepared a scavenger hunt for students to understand how to use the library better. 2. Silent reading. 3. Book Talk example by Mrs. Eynon and book talk sign up. |
Homework: Reading
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September 2nd/6th
fWhat we did in class:
1. Silent reading for 20 minutes 2. Passed out reading log for term 1. If you were absent, please come grab a log next period and make sure to read at least 20 minutes a night for five nights a week. 3. Book talk introduction. If you were absent this day, I will give you this paper next class period and explain what the book talks are. Once you have the outline, use that to make up journal 3 below. 4. Journal 3: Write an outline for a possible book talk that you could share with the class 5. Class novel |
Homework: Reading
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August 31st/September 1st
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading for 20 minutes 2. Reading journal 2: What do you like best about the book that you are reading? (1/2 page) for about 10 minutes. 3. Schema practice. Grab 4 non-fiction books and two pieces of paper. Make a T chart on each side of the papers (4 total). On the first chart, write down what you know about the book topic that you have chosen. Next, on the other side write down what you learned after 10 minutes of reading the book. Write down the information that you learned about the topic. Do this for all four non-fiction books and turn in the paper in my late basket. |
Homework: Reading
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August 29th/30th
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading for 20 minutes 2. Journal 1: What is your favorite book? Why is it your favorite? (1/2 page) 3. Schema introduction: If you were absent this day, come grab a schema paper about Jackie Robinson and read the article in the literature book. Please see me if you were absent to get information about this. |
Homework: Reading
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August 27th/28th
What we did in class:
1. Silent reading for 20 minutes 2. Visualization assignment 3. Visualize as you read |
Homework: Reading
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