Learning Target:
- Demonstrate what you understand after reading a passage
Work Collected:
- Jamestown reading probe answer sheet
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- Read for at least 30 minutes (weekly reading goal due tomorrow)
- Wednesday: parent HW (2 assignments) due
- Thursday: weekly writing ("Introducing Yourself" assignment) due
- Handout: Jamestown answer sheet
Summary of Class:
- Read for ten minutes, then check in to your reading progress spreadsheet
- Reminder: weekly reading due tomorrow
- Homework reminders
- Join Mrs. Boyden's classroom in vocabulary.com (see link in Google classroom--click to sign up a new account)
- Jamestown reading probe: read 2 passages and answer questions
Learning Target:
- Demonstrate which word parts you already know and which you are ready to learn next
Work Collected:
- Vocabulary PreTest (in Google Classroom)
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- Due Tuesday: Weekly reading (180 minutes or more)
- Due Wednesday: Parent HW (green slip + letter about you)
- Due Thursday: Weekly writing ("Introducing Yourself" assignment in Google Classroom)
Summary of Class:
- Read for ten minutes, then check in to your reading progress spreadsheet
- Vocabulary pretest: in Google Classroom
- Power writing in composition notebook
- Work on "Introducing Yourself" assignment in Google Classroom
Learning Target:
- Understand expectations for 8th grade language arts class
- Begin sharing information about yourself and your learning preferences
Work Collected:
- Note card with reading information and learning preferences (from first day of school)
- Google classroom
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- Read for at least 30 mins.
- 2 parent sheets (due Wed. 9/2)
- Introduce Yourself assignment (in Google classroom) due Thurs. 9/3
Summary of Class:
- Read for ten minutes, then check in to your reading progress spreadsheet
- Finished/reviewed syllabus hunt (see answers in the picture to the right)
- In Google Drive: Share L.A. folder of Google Classroom with Mrs. Boyden
- Google Classroom: New assignment ("Introducing Yourself")
- PDF with directions posted in Google classroom
- Open Google Doc at bottom of assignment--change name and begin typing
- Due next Thursday 9/3
Learning Target:
- Understand the expectations for 8th grade language arts class
Work Collected:
- Group worksheet: syllabus hunt
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- Read for at least 30 mins.
- 2 parent HW sheets due next Wed. 9/1
- Handout: parent reading letter
- Handout: parent assignment "In a million words"
Summary of Class:
- Read for ten minutes, then calculate average 10-minute reading rate
- Introduction to Mrs. Boyden
- Expectations for laptop use
- Reading progress spreadsheets
- Finish joining Google classroom (classroom.google.com)
- Open Reading Progress 2015-16 document and enter information--see picture
- Syllabus hunt
Learning Target:
- Prepare materials for language arts class
Work Collected:
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
Summary of Class:
- Read for ten minutes, then note how many pages you have read
- Set up class notebooks
- 3 tabs: Word Studies, SoW (Skill of the Week), and Writing
- Laptops: bookmark websites (MV homepage, 8th grade website)
- Join Google classroom for language arts
Learning Target:
- Use the library to get a good book to read
Work Collected:
- Note card: name, learning habits and preferences, summer activities
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- Bring your reading book and writer's notebook to class tomorrow
Summary of Class:
- Note card: name, learning habits and preferences, summer activities
- Library
- Introduction from Mrs. Kragenbrink
- Browse, check out books, and read
