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|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 33 |
| |Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 31 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |We finished “Lesson 3-5: Sonnet” out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children identified the characteristics of a classic sonnet and annotated a sonnet by |
| |William Shakespeare. They identified rhyme, rhyme schemes, and various figurative language elements within the sonnet. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! PARCC Test |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 32 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 15th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, April 8, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 29, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 32 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We finished “Lesson 3-5: Sonnet” out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children identified the characteristics of a classic sonnet and annotated a sonnet by |
| |William Shakespeare. They identified rhyme, rhyme schemes, and various figurative language elements within the sonnet. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! PARCC Test |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 34 |
| |Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 31 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |We finished “Lesson 3-6: Ballad” out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children identified the characteristics of a ballad and annotated a ballad. They |
| |identified rhyme, rhyme schemes, and various figurative language elements within a ballad. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! PARCC Test |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 32 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 15th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, April 8, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 29, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 32 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We finished “Lesson 3-6: Ballad” out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children identified the characteristics of a ballad and annotated a ballad. They |
| |identified rhyme, rhyme schemes, and various figurative language elements within a ballad. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! PARCC Test |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 34 |
| |Date: Monday, April 11, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 31 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |We finished “Lesson 3-7: Elegy” out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children identified the characteristics of an elegy and annotated an elegy. They identified|
| |rhyme, rhyme schemes, and various figurative language elements within two poems. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! PARCC Test |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 32 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 15th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, April 8, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 29, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 32 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We finished “Lesson 3-7: Elegy” out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children identified the characteristics of an elegy and annotated an elegy. They identified|
| |rhyme, rhyme schemes, and various figurative language elements within two poems. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! PARCC Test |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 33 |
| |Date: Friday, April 10, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 31 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |We finished Lesson 3-9: Lyric Poem out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children completed the third page in their “Composition Notebook” by analyzing the poem |
| |“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 32 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 15th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today, April 8, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, April 8, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 29, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 31 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We finished Lesson 3-8: Narrative Poem out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children completed the first page in their “Composition Notebook” by defining what a |
| |narrative poem is and giving examples of famous narrative poems. For the second and third page, the students analyzed the narrative poem “The Battle of New Orleans." |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 33 |
| |Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We also read and discussed pages 681 and 693-696. We learned about Walt Whitman and E.E. Cummings and we dissected their poems “Miracles” by Walt Whitman and “in Just-“ |
| |by E.E. Cummings. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 31 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, April 8th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due tomorrow, April 8, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 31 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked on Lesson 3-9: Lyric Poem out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children completed the second page in their “Composition Notebook. “ We will finish the |
| |other pages tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 33 |
| |Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 681 and pages 692-693 as a class. |
| |The children are to make a chart like the one on page 692 and they are to fill in the chart with the examples of imagery from the poems “Miracles” by Walt Whitman and “in|
| |Just-“ by E.E. Cummings. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete the chart on page 692 using the examples of imagery from the poems “Miracles” by Walt Whitman and “in Just-“ |
| |by E.E. Cummings. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 31 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 8th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 8, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 31 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children watched one of the following videos on sentence structure: / |
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| |We then visited this sites and completed the activity: |
| |I assigned section A on worksheet page 193 entitled “Integrated Language Skills: Grammar” and told the children to omit section B on these pages. |
| |The children completed two activities in their “Composition Notebook.” |
| |We worked on Lesson 3-9: Lyric Poem out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children completed one page in their “Composition Notebook. “ We will finish the other |
| |pages tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete the worksheet pages 193 entitled, “Integrated Language Skills: Grammar” sections A only for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 33 |
| |Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children and I read over pages 674. We went over the vocabulary terms on this page for Poetry Collection 8 by using the “The Vocabulary Central” video on the Pearson |
| |website. |
| |The children and I read pages 675 together as a class discussing the bio of the poet Lewis Carroll and I showed one of these videos about his life to the class. Here are |
| |the videos: / / |
| |We read the poem “Father William” by Lewis Carroll and discussed its meaning. We also paraphrased several elements within the poem. The children listened to the poem |
| |using one of these websites: / |
| |The children and I read pages 675 together as a class discussing the bio of the poet Robert Frost and I showed one of these videos about his life to the class. Here are |
| |the videos: / / |
| |We read the poem “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost and discussed its meaning. We also paraphrased several elements within the poem. The children |
| |listened to the poem using one of these websites: / / |
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| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 31 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 8th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 8, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 31 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children watched the video on Pearson about sentence structure at this url: Show the following videos to the students: |
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| |We read over and discussed text page 682 together as a class. |
| |I read over the directions on the top of worksheet page 188 in the “Reading Kit” entitled, “Grammar: Sentence Structure” as a class. I assigned page 188 & 189 part A only|
| |for homework. The students are to omit section B on pages 188 & 189. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete the worksheet pages 188 & 189 entitled, “Grammar: Sentence Structure” sections A only for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 33 |
| |Date: Monday, April 4, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children and I finished analyzing the poem “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe. |
| |The children and I talked about the meaning of the poem “I’m Nobody” by Emily Dickinson. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 31 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 8th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 8, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 31 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children completed a worksheet during class over subordinate and independent clauses. |
| |The children completed two activities in their “Composition Notebook.” |
| |We worked on Lesson 3-9: Lyric Poem out of our “Interactive Poetry Notebook.” The children completed one page in their “Composition Notebook. “ We will finish the other |
| |pages tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete the worksheet entitled, “Independent and Subordinate Clauses” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 32 |
| |Date: Friday, April 1, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students took the Week 30 Vocabulary Quiz today. |
| |The children and I finished analyzing the poem “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe. |
| |The children and I read pages 667 together as a class discussing the bio of the poet Raymond Richard Patterson and we then read and analyzed his poem “Martin Luther King”|
| |on page 670-671. |
| |The children and I read pages 667 together as a class discussing the bio of the poet Emily Dickenson and I showed a video of her life to the class. Here is the video: |
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| |We then read and analyzed her poem “I’m Nothing” on page 672 and discussed page 673 as a class. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 30 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, April 1st. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 8, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 30 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children completed a worksheet during class over subordinate and independent clauses. We went over this worksheet together as a class and I checked to see if the |
| |students understand the concept of independent and subordinate clauses. |
| |We also completed this activity on this sites: |
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| |I read over the directions on the top of the worksheet entitled, “Independent and Subordinate Clauses” as a class and assigned this page for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete the worksheet entitled, “Independent and Subordinate Clauses” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 32 |
| |Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children and I read over pages 665 together as a class. We discussed the importance of paraphrasing and the use of the following sound devices in poetry: rhythm, |
| |rhyme, meter, and rhyme scheme. |
| |We read over text page 666 together as a class. We discussed the power of written word and how meaningful it is and we went over the vocabulary term on this page for |
| |Poetry Collection 7. |
| |The children and I read pages 667 together as a class discussing the bio of the poet Edgar Allan Poe and I showed a video of his life to the class. Here is the video: |
| | |
| |We read the poem “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe and discussed its meaning, use of rhythm, and rhyme. We also paraphrased several elements within the poem. The children |
| |listened to the poem on this website: |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 30 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, April 1, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 8, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 30 Day 4Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children and I finished discussing the poem “Annabel Lee” during class time. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 32 |
| |Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children and I read pages 657 together as a class discussing the bio of the poet Eve Merriam. We read her poem “Onomatopoeia” on page 660 and orally discussed the |
| |elements of this poem. |
| |We also read over text p. 661 and analyzed the three poems within this collection. |
| |I assigned worksheet page 151 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Sound Devices” for homework. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: I assigned worksheet page 151 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Sound Devices” for homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 30 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 1, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 8, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 30 Day 1, 2, and 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children watched the video on Pearson about independent and subordinate clauses at this url: Show the following videos to the students: |
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| |We read over page 662 together as a class. |
| |We also completed this activity on this sites: |
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| |I read over the directions on the top of worksheet page 186 in the “Reading Kit” entitled, “Grammar: Independent and Subordinate Clauses” as a class. I assigned page 186 |
| |& 187 part A only for homework. The students are to omit section B on pages 186 & 187. |
| |HOMEWORK: I assigned worksheet page 186 & 187 entitled, “Grammar: Independent and Subordinate Clauses”. The students are to omit section B on both pages. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 32 |
| |Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL – Final Day of Spring Break |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 30 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 1, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 8, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: |NO SCHOOL – Final Day of Spring Break |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 32 |
| |Date: Monday, March 28, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL –Spring Break |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 30 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 1, 2016 |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 7, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: |NO SCHOOL –Spring Break |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 31 |
| |Date: Friday, March 25, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL – First Day of Spring Break |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 30 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 1st. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 7, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: |NO SCHOOL – First Day of Spring Break |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 31 |
| |Date: Thursday, March 24, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students took the Week 28 Vocabulary Quiz today. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 30 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, April 1st. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 7, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |There was a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 29 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children watched one of the following videos on about appositives and appositive phrases at this url: |
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| |We then visited these sites and completed the activities within these sites: |
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| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |There was a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 31 |
| |Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over text page 656 together as a class and we went over the vocabulary term on this page. |
| |The children and I read pages 657 together as a class discussing the bio of the poets William Shakespeare and Eve Merriam. We read their poems “Full Fathom Five” and |
| |“Train Tune” and we discussed the different sound devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, and repetition within this poem. |
| |I assigned worksheet pages 178-179 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Sound Devices” for homework. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: I assigned worksheet pages 178-179 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Sound Devices” for homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 29 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, March 24th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 7, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 29 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children watched one of the following videos on about appositives and appositive phrases at this url: |
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| |We then visited these sites and completed the activities within these sites: |
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| |I assigned the worksheet entitled, “The Appositive Phrase.” |
| |HOMEWORK: I assigned the worksheet entitled, “The Appositive Phrase.” |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 31 |
| |Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We reviewed the following sound devices on page 647 today: onomatopoeia, alliteration, and repetition. |
| |The children and I read pages 649 together as a class discussing the bio of the poets James Berry and Eve Merriam. We read their poems “One” and “Weather” and we |
| |discussed the different sound devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, and repetition within this poem. |
| |I assigned worksheet page 133 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Sound Devices” for homework. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete worksheet page 133 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Sound Devices.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 29 Vocabulary Test which will be on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 7, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 29 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children watched one of the following videos on about appositives and appositive phrases at this url: |
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| |We then visited these sites and completed the activities within these sites: |
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| |I assigned workbook page 89 entitled, “Integrated Language Skills: Grammar” for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete worksheet page 89 entitled, “Integrated Language Skills: Grammar” for homework. |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 31 |
| |Date: Monday, March 21, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read the poem “How I Learned English” by Gregory Djanikian on page 637-638. |
| |We read over text page 639 orally and discussed the chart on this page comparing the two narrative poems “The Highwayman” and “How I Learned English.” |
| |The children and I read pages 646-648 together as a class. We read the bio on the poet Shel Silverstein and we read his poem, “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take |
| |the Garbage Out.” We discussed where we might find sound devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, and repetition within this poem. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 29 Vocabulary Test which will be on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 7, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 29 Day 1& 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children watched the video on Pearson about appositives at this url: |
| | |
| |We read through test page 618 as a class along with a handout on appositive and appositive phrases. |
| |I assigned worksheet page 164 part A and 165 part A (omit part B) for homework entitled “Grammar: Appositives and Appositive Phrases.” |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete worksheet page 164 part A and 165 part A (omit part B) for homework entitled “Grammar: Appositives and Appositive Phrases.” |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 30 |
| |Date: Friday, March 18, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students took the Week 28 Vocabulary Quiz today. |
| |We finished reading and comparing the two narrative poems on text pages 628-638. One of the poems was by Alfred Noyes and the other was by Gregory Djanikian. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 29 Vocabulary Test which will be on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Thursday, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 7, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: | The students completed the Week 28 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students were given two handouts on infinitives and infinitive phrases and told to keep them to help them study for their semester exam. |
| |We watched these video on infinitives: |
| | |
| | |
| |We completed the following worksheets together as a class: “Integrated Language Skills: Grammar” page 50 section A and “Infinitive and Infinitive Phrases” page 38. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 30 |
| |Date: Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students worked on computer websites related to literature and grammar. |
| |The children were reminded to study for the Week 27 Vocabulary Quiz which will be tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 28 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, March 14th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on today, March 17, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, April 7, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 28 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students worked on computer websites related to literature and grammar. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!! |
| |There will be a 2:00 dismissal on Thursday, March 24th. |
| |We will not have any school on Friday, March 25th. |
| |School will resume on Wednesday, March 30th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week:30 |
| |Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students worked on computer websites related to literature and grammar. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 28 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, March 14th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 28 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students worked on computer websites related to literature and grammar. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 30 |
| |Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students worked on computer websites related to literature and grammar. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 28 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, March 14th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 28 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students worked on computer websites related to literature and grammar. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 30 |
| |Date: Monday, March 14, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I worked through the editing process with a student while the other students were reading. I will meet with students, individually, for the next few days. |
| |The students worked on computer websites related to literature and grammar. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 28 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, March 14th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 28 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students worked on computer websites related to literature and grammar. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 29 |
| |Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students took the Week 27 Vocabulary Quiz today. |
| |We finished reading and comparing the two narrative poems on text pages 628-638. One of the poems was by Alfred Noyes and the other was by Gregory Djanikian. |
| |We are going to read and discuss page 639 together as a class. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 28 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, March 18th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 27 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked on “Lesson 2-7: Types of Rhythm.” The children learned the meaning of the following types of rhythm: iambic, trochaic, spondaic, anapestic, and dactylic. The |
| |children will also learn how stressed and unstressed syllables add to a poems rhythm. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 29 |
| |Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read text page 617 together as a class and discussed the answers quickly. |
| |We read text pages 628-638 and we compared two narrative poems. One of the poems was by Alfred Noyes and the other was by Gregory Djanikian. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |The children were reminded to study for the Week 27 Vocabulary Quiz which will be tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 27 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, March 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 27 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked on “Lesson 2-6: Rhythm.” The children learned the meaning of the terms meter, foot, rhythm. They also identified each with an example. |
| |The students will need to go to and start looking at the flash cards for foreign word phrases. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 29 |
| |Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children completed an activity in their “Writing Notebook.” |
| |We finished “Lesson 2-4: Annotated Sounds and Rhymes.” The children will be diagramming the poem “The Brook” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. |
| |In order to diagram the poem, we must first understand its meaning and to achieve understanding we used the following videos: |
| |and |
| | |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 27 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, March 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016 |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 27 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children completed an activity in their “Writing Notebook.” |
| |We worked on “Lesson 2-5: Structure in Poetry.” The children learned the meaning of the terms couplet, refrain, octave, stanza, verse, and quatrain. They also identified |
| |each with an example. |
| |The students will need to go to and start looking at the flash cards for foreign word phrases. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 29 |
| |Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read text pages 610-616 and discussed three different pieces of poetry by these authors: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Carl Sandburg, and Langston Hughes. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 27 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, March 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016 |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 27 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children completed an activity in their “Writing Notebook.” |
| |We worked on “Lesson 2-4: Annotated Sounds and Rhymes.” The children will be diagramming the poem “The Brook” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. |
| |In order to diagram the poem, we must first understand its meaning and to achieve understanding we used the following video: |
| |The students will need to go to and start looking at the flash cards for foreign word phrases. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 29 |
| |Date: Monday, March 7, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I worked through the editing process with a student while the other students were reading. I will meet with students, individually, for the next few days. |
| |The students and I read through pages 600-609 on poetry. |
| |The students wrote down notes about their assessment of each poem. We will use these notes later in the week. |
| |The children need to read for fourth quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 27 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, March 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 27 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students will need to go to and start looking at the flash cards for foreign word phrases. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 28 |
| |Date: Friday, March 4, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 25 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The students and I read through pages 593-596 on poetry. |
| |The children need to read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 27 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, March 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Friday, May 13, 2016. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 26 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 28 |
| |Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I worked through the editing process with a student while the other students were reading. I will meet with students, individually, for the next few days. |
| |The children and I went studied more foreign phrases today out of our packet. |
| |The students and I read through pages 591-592 on poetry. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 41 and 42 for homework entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise.” |
| |The children need to read for third quarter A.R. points which are due tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete ditto p. 41 and 42 for homework this evening. Students need to read for A.R. points for the third quarter. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 26 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, March 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. The students need twenty points per quarter. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 26 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children completed an activity in their “Writing Notebook.” |
| |We worked on “Lesson 2-3: Rhyme Schemes.” The children completed one page in their “Writing Notebook” to help them understand the complexity of rhyme schemes. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete “Lesson 2-3: Rhyme Scheme” and “Lesson 2-4: Annotate Sounds & Rhymes.” Absent students will receive the lesson plan that will explain|
| |exactly what to do. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 28 |
| |Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I worked through the editing process with a student while the other students were reading. I will meet with students, individually, for the next few days. |
| |The children and I went studied more foreign phrases today out of our packet. |
| |The students and I read through pages 585-590 on poetry. |
| |I gave the children a handout showing three different types of poetry and we went over each of them. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 155 for homework entitled, “Literary Analysis: Forms of Poetry.” The children can use page 575 in their textbooks to help them complete this page. |
| |The children need to read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete ditto p. 155 for homework this evening. Students need to read for A.R. points for the third quarter. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 26 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, March 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. The students need twenty points per quarter. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 26 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children completed two activities in their “Writing Notebook.” |
| |We worked on Lesson 2-2: Rhymes. The children completed two page in their “Writing Notebook” to help them understand the complexity of rhymes within poems. |
| |We worked on “Lesson 2-3: Rhyme Schemes.” The children completed one page in their “Writing Notebook” to help them understand the complexity of rhyme schemes. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete the activities on rhymes. Absent students will receive the lesson plan that will explain exactly what to do. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 28 |
| |Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: No homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 26 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, March 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. The students need twenty points per quarter. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 26 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students studied foreign word phrases by going to the following url: |
| |HOMEWORK: No homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 28 |
| |Date: Monday, February 29, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I worked through the editing process with a student while the other students were reading. I will meet with students, individually, for the next few days. |
| |The students and I read through pages 582-584 on poetry. |
| |The children were given a packet containing different foreign phrases and I went over a few of them in class today. We will continue to study foreign phrases the rest of |
| |this week using this packet. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 23 & 24 for homework entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise.” The students need to complete section A and B for homework. |
| |The children need to read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete ditto p. 23 and 24 for homework this evening. Students need to read for A.R. points for the third quarter. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 26 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, March 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. The students need twenty points per quarter. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 26 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |I showed the children the “Grammar Tutorial” on infinitives and infinitive phrases on the Pearson Website. |
| |We read over and discussed page 598 in the text |
| |I assigned the worksheet entitled “Grammar: Infinitive and Infinitive Phrases” page 162 sections A and B and page 163 sections A and B. The students may omit section C on|
| |page 163. |
| |The students will need to go to and start looking at the flash cards for foreign word phrases. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete the worksheet entitled “Grammar: Infinitive and Infinitive Phrases” page 162 sections A and B and page 163 sections A and B. The |
| |students may omit section C on page 163. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 27 |
| |Date: Friday, February 26, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 25 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the test over poetry and Pat Mora’s poems today. |
| |The children spent the remainder of the time going over foreign phrases on Quizlet at the following url: |
| |The children need to read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 26 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, March 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. The students need twenty points per quarter. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 25 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked on the learning the meanings of and identified the following sound devices: alliteration, onomatopoeia, consonance, and assonance. The children completed two |
| |activities in their “Writing Notebook” over these sound devices. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 27 |
| |Date: Thursday, February 25, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students and I read through pages 578-581. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 13 for homework entitled, “Model Selection: Poetry.” The students need to complete section A for homework and omit section B. |
| |The children need to study for the test tomorrow over poetry and Pat Mora’s poems (See text pages 570-581). |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete ditto p. 13 entitled, “Model Selection: Poetry” and study for the test tomorrow over poetry and Pat Mora’s poems (See text pages |
| |570-581). |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 25 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, February 26th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. The students need twenty points per quarter. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 25 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students went to the following url to look at foreign verb phrases: |
| |We discussed the foreign verb phrases that children knew of and we pointed out other that we learned about today. |
| |HOMEWORK: No homework. Study for your test tomorrow over Pat Mora’s poems. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 27 |
| |Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I worked through the editing process with a student while the other students were reading. I will meet with students, individually, for the next few days. |
| |The students and I read through pages 574-577. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 8 section A for homework entitled, “The Poetry of Pat Mora Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise.” |
| |I assigned ditto p. 12 for homework entitled, “Learning About Poetry.” |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. They need twenty points per quarter. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete ditto p. 12 entitled, “Learning About Poetry” for homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 25 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. The students need twenty points per quarter. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 25 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We learned the difference of the terms poetry and prose today. The students completed “Lesson 1-2: Hyperbole” from the “Interactive Poetry Notebook” and placed it into |
| |their composition books. Absent students will need to complete this for homework. |
| |We worked on similes and metaphors as well. The students completed “Lesson 1-3: Personification” from the “Interactive Poetry Notebook” and placed it into their |
| |composition books. Absent students will need to complete this for homework. |
| |The students will need to go to and start looking at the flash cards for foreign word phrases. I showed the students where this was on the computer |
| |today. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete the activities on similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and personification. Absent students will receive the lesson plan that will |
| |explain exactly what to do. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 27 |
| |Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We began “Unit 4: Poetry” today. The students and I read through pages 570-573. |
| |We worked ditto page 2 together as a class and section A on page 1. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 1 section B for homework entitled, “The Big Question: What is the best way to communicate?” |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. They need twenty points per quarter. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete ditto p. 1 section B entitled, “The Big Question: What is the best way to communicate?” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 25 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. The students need twenty points per quarter. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 25 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We learned the difference of the terms poetry and prose today. The students completed “Lesson 0.5: Poetry & Prose” from the “Interactive Poetry Notebook” and placed it |
| |into their composition books. Absent students will need to complete this for homework. |
| |We worked on similes and metaphors as well. The students completed “Lesson 1-1: Similes & Metaphors” from the “Interactive Poetry Notebook” and placed it into their |
| |composition books. Absent students will need to complete this for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete the activity on poetry and prose. The students will also need to complete the activity on similes and metaphors. Absent students |
| |will receive the lesson plan that will explain exactly what to do. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 27 |
| |Date: Monday, February 22, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students worked in groups, using their computers, to help edit and refine classmates’ essays and submitted them to me today. |
| |The children were give A.R. printouts today so that they know how many A.R. points they need. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. They need twenty points per quarter. |
| |HOMEWORK: The student’s final draft of their argumentative essay was due at the end of class today. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 25 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. The students need twenty points per quarter. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 25 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students completed “Lesson 4: Good Sentences” and placed this lessons from the “Interactive Writing Notebook” in their composition books. Absent students will need |
| |to complete this for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete “Lesson 4: Good Sentences” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 26 |
| |Date: Friday, February 19, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 24 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |I checked to see that the students incorporated at least one form of figurative language within their essay today. |
| |The students worked in pairs to help edit and refine classmates’ essays for publishing. |
| |Essays must be submitted to me by the end of class on Monday, February 29th. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The student’s final draft of their argumentative essay is due at the end of class on Monday, February 29th. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 25 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 24 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students completed “Lesson 3: Describers” and placed this lessons from the “Interactive Writing Notebook” in their composition books. Absent students will need to |
| |complete this for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete “Lesson 3: Describers” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 26 |
| |Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We viewed these websites today. The children need to work figurative language into their essays using these websites: |
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| |The children must have their essay completely typed on Google Docs and figurative language must by tomorrow. |
| |I worked through the editing process with a few students. I will meet with students, individually, for the next few days. |
| |The children have the opportunity to earn extra credit points by having their parents look over their essay and help them correct any spelling, punctuation, grammatical, |
| |or capitalization errors within their paper. Their essays will be submitted for a grade on Monday, February 29th. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children must have their essay completely typed on Google Docs and figurative language must by tomorrow. The student’s final draft of their argumentative |
| |essay is due at the end of class on Monday, February 29th. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 24 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, February 19th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 24 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students completed “Lesson 2: Vivid Verbs (Activity 3)” and placed this lessons from the “Interactive Writing Notebook” in their composition books. Absent students |
| |will need to complete these for homework. |
| |The students will also need to color the “Lesson 3: Descriptors” page brown for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete “Lesson 2: Vivid Verbs (Activity 3)” for homework and color the “Lesson 3: Descriptors” page brown for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 26 |
| |Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children showed me their five paragraph argumentative essay on Google Docs today. |
| |Today, the children worked on enhancing their essay by adding the following items: 1. Parts of the plot need to be mentioned at least two times. Example: In the |
| |exposition, we learned that one of the most difficult things to do is to frighten a mongoose. 2. The terms antagonist and protagonist need to appear within their essay. |
| |3. They must have a sentence that contains a semicolon making a complex sentence. 4. Another sentence must begin with a subordinate clause. For example, if your sentence|
| |reads, “Nagaina tells Nag to go in and kill “the big man” first when the house is quiet”. The students can switch their sentence around and put their subordinate clause |
| |first making their sentence read as follows: “When the house is quiet, Nagaina tells Nag to go in and kill “the big man” first. 5. Students need to renaming things. For |
| |example, they can write, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the protagonist,….” |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children must enhance their essay as explained above. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 24 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, February 19th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 24 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students completed “Lesson 2: Vivid Verbs (Activity 2)” and placed this lessons from the “Interactive Writing Notebook” in their composition books. Absent students |
| |will need to complete these for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete “Lesson 2: Vivid Verbs (Activity 2) for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 26 |
| |Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children were given time to type their essay, edit it, and/or enhance vocabulary. Their essay must have five, indented paragraphs and their paper must be double |
| |spaced. |
| |I worked through the editing process with a few students. I will meet with students, individually, for the next few days. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children were given time to type their essay, edit it, and/or enhance vocabulary. The students need to have their essay completely typed by tomorrow. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 24 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, February 19th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, March 4, 2016. The site to|
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 24 Day 1 & 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students completed “Lesson 1: Vivid Verbs (Activity 1)” and “Appendix A” and placed these lessons from the “Interactive Writing Notebook” and put them in their |
| |composition books. Absent students will need to complete these for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 26 |
| |Date: Monday, February 15, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL – Presidents’ Day |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 24 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, February 19th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
|Grammar & Composition: |NO SCHOOL – Presidents’ Day |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 25 |
| |Date: Friday, February 12, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 23 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children were given time today to enhance their vocabulary within their essay. I showed them how to utilize the following two websites in order to achieve stronger |
| |vocabulary throughout their paper: merriam- and |
| |I worked through the editing process with a few students. I will meet with students, individually, for the next few days. |
| |The children need to work on enhancing their essay’s vocabulary this weekend. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to work on enhancing their essay’s vocabulary this weekend. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 24 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, February 19th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site to order|
| |books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 23 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Absent students need to watch the following videos and take some notes. We have been taking notes over these videos this entire week. Students should add these notes to |
| |notes they took earlier in the week. |
| |Future Perfect Progressive - |
| |The students completed “Lesson 4-3: The Tense Fence” in their “Composition Notebook.” |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 24 |
| |Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children were given time today to enhance their vocabulary within their essay. I showed them how to utilize the following two websites in order to achieve stronger |
| |vocabulary throughout their paper: merriam- and |
| |The children need to work on enhancing their essay’s vocabulary. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to work on enhancing their essay’s vocabulary this evening. They are encouraged to use the two websites listed above to accomplish this |
| |task. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 23 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, February 12th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site to order|
| |books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 23 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students began “Lesson 4-3: The Tense Fence” in their “Composition Notebook.” |
| |The students need to color, cut out, and glue their verb tense fence pieces into the “Composition Notebook” by tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to color, cut out, and glue their verb tense fence pieces into their “Composition Notebook” by tomorrow. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 24 |
| |Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children were to have all five paragraphs of their essay completed today. The children worked in pairs to evaluate whether or not their essay is written clear enough|
| |for another person to understand what they are trying to convey in their thesis statement. The children were able to get feedback from a few classmates. |
| |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Revise an argumentative essay to include supporting evidence.” Absent students can view this |
| |presentation at this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2121. This |
| |assignment has been assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The children have the opportunity to earn extra credit points by having their parents look over their essay and check it for content. Parents, do not worry about |
| |spelling, punctuation, grammar (unless it interferes with the meaning), or mechanics at this point. We are just concerned about the content and whether or not we convey |
| |are message clearly. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children have the opportunity to earn extra credit points by having their parents look over their essay and check it for content. Parents, do not worry |
| |about spelling, punctuation, grammar (unless it interferes with the meaning), or mechanics at this point. We are just concerned about the content and whether or not we |
| |convey are message clearly. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 23 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, February 12th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site to order|
| |books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 23 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Absent students need to watch the following video and take some notes. We have been taking notes over videos this entire week. Students should add these notes to notes |
| |they took earlier in the week. |
| |Future Perfect Progressive: |
| |We graded the “Practice 1” assignment from yesterday. |
| |The children are to complete the “Practice 2” assignment for tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: Absent students need to watch the videos listed above and take notes. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 24 |
| |Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children were to have all five paragraphs of their essay completed today. The children worked in pairs to evaluate whether or not their essay is written clear enough|
| |for another person to understand what they are trying to convey in their thesis statement. The children were able to get feedback from a few classmates. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: Children who are behind need to get caught up tonight and complete their draft which should include five paragraphs. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 23 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, February 12th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site to order|
| |books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 23 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Absent students need to watch the following videos and take some notes. We have been taking notes over videos this entire week. Students should add these notes to notes |
| |they took earlier in the week. |
| |Present Perfect Progressive: |
| |Past Perfect Progressive: |
| |The children are to complete “Practice 1” for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: Absent students need to watch the videos listed above and take notes. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 24 |
| |Date: Monday, February 8, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Draft the introduction of an argumentative essay.” Absent students can view this presentation at |
| |this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2136. This assignment has been |
| |assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The children then need to write a rough draft of their final paragraph for homework. This will include reintroducing their thesis statement, keeping it different from the|
| |introduction in the initial paragraph. The will then tell how they connected their theme to the everyday world and give a few examples. Finally, they will need to close |
| |with a strong sentence that shows that they are confident that their theme is correct. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children then need to finish writing the rough draft of their final paragraph for homework. This will include reintroducing their thesis statement, |
| |keeping it different from the introduction in the initial paragraph. The will then tell how they connected their theme to the everyday world and give a few examples. |
| |Finally, they will need to close with a strong sentence that shows that they are confident that their theme is correct. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 23 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, February 12th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on today, January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 23 Day 1and 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Absent students need to watch the following video and take some notes. We have been taking notes over videos this entire week. Students should add these notes to notes |
| |they took earlier in the week. |
| |Present Perfect Progressive: |
| |We graded the “Verb Phrase Quiz” in the verb phrase packet. |
| |HOMEWORK: Absent students need to watch the videos listed above and take notes. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 23 |
| |Date: Friday, February 5, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The kids took the Week 22 Vocabulary Quiz today. |
| |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Draft the introduction of an argumentative essay.” Absent students can view this presentation at |
| |this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2153. This assignment has been |
| |assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The children need to use the text and find text evidence that supports their alternative claim and insert this information within their packet. |
| |The children then need to write a rough draft of their essay’s body for homework. This will include the two paragraphs about their claim, as to what is their theme. It |
| |will also include the fourth paragraph about their alternate claim. The information for these paragraphs should be on their expository essay organizer. The students need |
| |to remember to skip every other line and indent paragraphs. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to write the first four paragraphs of their argumentative essay onto their lined paper using the requirements listed above. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 23 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, February 12th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site to order|
| |books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 22 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We finished graded “Practice Worksheet Three” out of the verb phrase packet. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! The students need to focus on the first four paragraphs of their argumentative essay. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 23 |
| |Date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Draft the introduction of an argumentative essay.” Absent students can view this presentation at |
| |this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2131. This assignment has been |
| |assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The children need to use the evidence from the text to gather the rest of the information that they need to support that their theme is correct. |
| |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Draft the introduction of an argumentative essay.” Absent students can view this presentation at |
| |this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2153. This assignment has been |
| |assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The children need to transfer their introduction paragraph onto lined paper while remembering to insert transition words to insure that their ideas flow smoothly. They |
| |must also indent the paragraph. The children need to write on both sides of the lined paper and write on every other line, so that we can edit their work easier. They |
| |need to remember to indent each paragraph, as well. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to finish gathering the evidence from the text that supports their main theme. They also need to transfer their introduction paragraph onto |
| |lined paper while remembering to insert transition words, indent the paragraph, and skip lines so that revisions can be made. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 22 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, February 6th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 6, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site to order|
| |books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 22 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |I showed the following video: - Future Progressive: |
| |We graded over “Practice Worksheet Three” of the verb packet. |
| |I assigned “Verb Phrase Quiz” of the verb packet for tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete “Verb Phrase Quiz” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 23 |
| |Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Develop a claim and an alternate claim by outlining essay.” Absent students can view this |
| |presentation at this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2129. This |
| |assignment has been assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Draft the introduction of an argumentative essay.” Absent students can view this presentation at |
| |this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2131. This assignment has been |
| |assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The children are to write their introduction paragraph based upon their theme or thesis statement. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete their first paragraph of their argumentative essay by adding their alternate theme and they need to use text evidence to begin |
| |supporting their choice for the theme they choose for the story. The text evidence must include quotes from the text that demonstrate how their theme is correct. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 22 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, February 6th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 6, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site to order|
| |books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 22 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |I showed the following video: Past Progressive - |
| |We finished going over “Practice Worksheet Two” of the verb packet. |
| |I assigned “Practice Worksheet Three” of the verb packet for tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete “Practice Worksheet Three” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 23 |
| |Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Generate a claim by analyzing the text and reading notes.” Absent students can view this |
| |presentation at this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2078. This |
| |assignment has been assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Develop a claim and an alternate claim by outlining essay.” Absent students can view this |
| |presentation at this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2129. This |
| |assignment has been assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The children are to write their introduction paragraph based upon their theme or thesis statement. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete their first paragraph of their argumentative essay for tomorrow. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 22 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, February 6th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 6, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, January 26, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due Friday, February 13, 2015. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 22 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We went over “Practice Worksheet Two” of the verb packet. We will finish going over it tomorrow. |
| |.HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 23 |
| |Date: Monday, February 1, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Generate a claim by analyzing the text and reading notes.” Absent students can view this |
| |presentation at this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2078. This |
| |assignment has been assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The children are to develop their own claim based on the prompt and write it down in the section “My claim” in the expository essay packet that they were given yesterday.|
| |The students will then write down an alternative claim, just in case they are unable to produce enough information from the text to back up their original claim. They |
| |need to write down their alternative claim in the section “Alternative claim” in the expository essay packet. |
| |The children are to write their introduction paragraph based upon their theme or thesis statement. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to develop their own claim based on the prompt and write it down in the section “My claim” in the expository essay packet that they were given|
| |yesterday. The students will then write down an alternative claim, just in case they are unable to produce enough information from the text to back up their original |
| |claim. They need to write down their alternative claim in the section “Alternative claim” in the expository essay packet. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 22 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, February 5th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on today, January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 22 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We went over the answers for “Practice Worksheet One” as a class. |
| |I assigned “Practice Worksheet Two” of the verb packet for tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete “Practice Worksheet Two” in their verb packet fro homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 22 |
| |Date: Friday, January 29, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 21 Vocabulary Quiz today. |
| |The children need to decide what they think the theme for the story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” is and then pick an anternate claim. We used the following url and absent students|
| |need to look through these themes and pick a main and alternate theme: |
| |The students viewed a presentation on Learn Zillion today entitled, “Generate a claim by analyzing the text and reading notes.” Absent students can view this |
| |presentation at this url: or they can go to and enter the following quick code: LZ2078. This |
| |assignment has been assigned to all students and they can view it at home. |
| |The children are to develop their own claim based on the prompt and write it down in the section “My claim” in the expository essay packet that they were given yesterday.|
| |The students will then write down an alternative claim, just in case they are unable to produce enough information from the text to back up their original claim. They |
| |need to write down their alternative claim in the section “Alternative claim” in the expository essay packet. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to develop their own claim based on the prompt and write it down in the section “My claim” in the expository essay packet that they were given|
| |yesterday. The students will then write down an alternative claim, just in case they are unable to produce enough information from the text to back up their original |
| |claim. They need to write down their alternative claim in the section “Alternative claim” in the expository essay packet. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 22 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, February 5th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on today, January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 21 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We watched the following videos on these verb tenses: |
| |Past Perfect: |
| |Future Perfect: |
| |The children are to complete “Practice Worksheet Two” of their verb tense packet for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete “Practice Worksheet Two” of their verb tense packet for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 22 |
| |Date: Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students took the selection test over the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” tomorrow. |
| |The children were also given time to complete their research on mongooses and cobras. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete their charts about mongooses and cobras for homework and their Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting Rikki-Tikki to Nagaina. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 21 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, January 29, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on today, January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 21 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We watched the following videos on these verb tenses: |
| |Simple future: |
| |Present Perfect: |
| |The children are to complete “Practice Worksheet One” of their verb tense packet for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete “Practice Worksheet One” of their verb tense packet for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 22 |
| |Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children listened to the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi today. Absent students can listen to the story using this url: |
| |The students will take the selection test over the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” tomorrow. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to prepare for their test over the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” which will be tomorrow. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 21 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 29, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on today, January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 21 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We went over “Day Nine” and the page entitled “Quiz Day” of their verb tense packet. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 22 |
| |Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We discussed the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” and its underlined meaning today and worked through the questions on text page 244. We also discussed each element within the |
| |plot. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMOWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 21 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 29, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on today, January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 21 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We watched the following videos on these verb tenses: |
| |Simple past: |
| |We went over Day Seven and Eight of the verb packet. |
| |The children are to complete “Day Nine” and the page entitled “Quiz Day” of their verb tense packet. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete “Day Nine” and the page entitled “Quiz Day” of their verb tense packet for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 22 |
| |Date: Monday, January 25, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children were given time to finish reading the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and complete the plot diagram for homework. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to finish reading the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and complete the plot diagram for homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 21 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 29, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on today, January 25, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due on Friday, February 12, 2016. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 21 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We watched the following videos on these verb tenses: |
| |Simple present: |
| |We went over Day Five and Six of the verb packet. |
| |The children are to complete Day Seven and Eight of their verb tense packet. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete Day Five and Six in your verb tense packet. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 21 |
| |Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 20 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children are to read the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and complete the plot diagram for homework. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to read the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and complete the plot diagram for homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 21 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 29, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were today, January 22, 2016. The site to order|
| |books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 20 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We went over Day Three and Four of the verb packet. |
| |The children are to complete Day Five and Six of their verb tense packet. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete Day Five and Six in your verb tense packet. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 21 |
| |Date: Thursday, January 21, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We finished reading over text page 226 as a class. |
| |We watched a video to prepare us for the upcoming story and we discussed six vocabulary words. |
| |We read over text page 227 and learned about the author of this story. We also discussed information on the background of this story. |
| |I went over the directions for workbook page 41 and 42 entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Word Lists.” |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete workbook page 41 and 42 entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Word Lists.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 20 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, January 22, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 20 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We went over Day Two and Three of the verb packet. |
| |The children are to complete Day Three and Four of their verb tense packet. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete Day Three and Four in your verb tense packet. |
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|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 21 |
| |Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We conducted our classroom Spelling Bee today. |
| |We went over page 43 that was assigned yesterday entitled “Reading Warm-up A.” |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 20 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 22, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 20 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students finished viewing the PowerPoint presentation and we discussed it in class. Absent students need to go to and |
| |scroll down to Tense Shift and click on PowerPoint in that same row. The students need to study this PowerPoint at home. |
| |The children were given a verb tense packet today. They will be working on this packet for the next few days. |
| |The children are to complete Day One and Two of their verb tense packet. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete Day One and Two in your verb tense packet. |
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|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 21 |
| |Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over text page 226 as a class. |
| |We watched a video to prepare us for the upcoming story. |
| |I assigned ditto page 43 entitled “Reading Warm-up A.” |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: Absent students need to read over page 226 and learn the vocabulary for the story on the Pearson site and view the “Get Connected Video” for the story |
| |Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. The students need to complete page 43 “Reading Warm-up A.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 20 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 22, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 20 Day 1 & 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We started our spelling bee today. We should be able to complete it tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
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|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 21 |
| |Date: Monday, January 18, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 20 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 22, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 20 |
| |Date: Friday, January 15, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 19 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the selection test over the story “Letters from Rifka” today. You can view their scores online. The children can show you how to log into Pearson and |
| |you will be able to view your child’s scores on all the material they have been assigned on Pearson. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 20 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 22, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School in not in session on Monday, January 18, 2016, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 19 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |I finished showing the following PowerPoint presentation to the students and we discussed it in class. Absent students need to go to |
| | and scroll down to “Tense Shift” and click on PowerPoint in that same row. The students need to study this PowerPoint at home.|
| |I assigned the worksheet entitled “Present Perfect Tense Verb Phrases” for homework. The students can use their verb tense chart to complete this assignment. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete the worksheet entitled “Present Perfect Tense Verb Phrases” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 20 |
| |Date: Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children and I discussed some of the answers on the two different papers that they have been working on this week, in preparation for tomorrow’s test. These pages are|
| |as follows: 1) The children were given a packet, that included the story “from Letters from Rifka,” and they are to complete the questions throughout this packet on pages|
| |109-112. 2) Page 68 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Character” and the back of this page contains a character map for the character Rifka. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students can begin to study for their selection test over the story “from Letters from Rifka” which will be tomorrow. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 19 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, January 15, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School in not in session on Monday, January 18, 2016, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 19 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We continued going over the chart on the twelve different types of verb tenses. |
| |I showed the following PowerPoint presentation to the students and we discussed it in class. Absent students need to go to and|
| |scroll down to “Tense Shift” and click on PowerPoint in that same row. The students need to study this PowerPoint at home. |
| |HOMEWORK: No homework!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 20 |
| |Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children worked on completing two different papers, during in class today. These pages are due during class tomorrow. 1) The children were given a packet, that |
| |included the story “from Letters from Rifka,” and they are to complete the questions throughout this packet on pages 109-112. 2) Page 68 entitled, “Literary Analysis: |
| |Character” and the back of this page contains a character map for the character Rifka. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: 1) Complete pages 109-112 in the packet, that included the story “from Letters from Rifka.” 2) Complete page 68 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Character” and |
| |the back of this page contains a character map for the character Rifka. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 19 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 15, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School in not in session on Monday, January 18, 2016, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 19 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We went over the chart and the children were introduced to the twelve different types of verb tenses. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 20 |
| |Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over text pages 248-250 together as a class. |
| |The students completed worksheet page 66 entitled, “Writing About the Big Question” in class today. |
| |I assigned worksheet page 63 for homework. This page is entitled “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise.” |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete page 63 entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise” for homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 19 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 15, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School in not in session on Monday, January 18, 2016, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 19 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We finished reading over text page 278 together as a class and we completed page 66 together as a class. I will assign part of page 67 for tomorrow as homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: I assigned page 67 entitled “Grammar: Verb Tense” for homework tomorrow. |
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|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 20 |
| |Date: Monday, January 11, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children worked the “Reading Warm-up A” page independently and then we discussed it as a class. |
| |The children will read for third quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: No homework!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 19 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 15, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School in not in session on Monday, January 18, 2016, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 19 Day 1Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We began reading over text page 278 together as a class. We will finish going over this page tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 19 |
| |Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 18 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The tried to identify the different types of figurative language on the cards by doing the word sort, and we then checked their independent practice. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 19 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 15, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| |School in not in session on Monday, January 18, 2016, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 18 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children were given a paragraph in which they must identify all of the phrases that possess a form of figurative language for homework on Monday, January eleventh. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |School in not in session on Monday, January 18, 2016, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 19 |
| |Date: Thursday, January 7, 2016 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students took the Maze probe today. This quick assessment piece gives me a quick check of each student’s ability to comprehension material that they read silently. |
| |The children continued learning about eight different types of figurative language today: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, allusion, alliteration, and|
| |onomatopoeia. They will learn their definitions as well as identify each of these through the use of song lyrics. |
| |The students completed the following lesson on one type of figurative language today during class and put it in their composition notebook: “Lesson 14: Onomatopoeia.” |
| |The students then began cutting out their sentence strips and we did a card sort to see if we could identify all eight types of figurative language examples. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 18 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 8, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 18 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The tried to identify the different types of figurative language on the cards by doing the word sort, and we then checked their independent practice. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 19 |
| |Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children continued learning about eight different types of figurative language today: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, allusion, alliteration, and|
| |onomatopoeia. They will learn their definitions as well as identify each of these through the use of song lyrics. |
| |The students completed the following lesson on one type of figurative language today during class and put it in their composition notebook: “Lesson 14: Personification.” |
| |The students completed the following lesson on one type of figurative language today during class and put it in their composition notebook: “Lesson 15: Idiom.” |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 18 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 8, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 18 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students completed the following lesson on one type of figurative language today during class and put it in their composition notebook: “Lesson 16: Alliteration.” |
| |The students completed the following lesson on one type of figurative language today during class and put it in their composition notebook: “Lesson 17: Allusion.” |
| |The students completed the following lesson on one type of figurative language today during class and put it in their composition notebook: “Lesson 18: Onomatopoeia.” |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 19 |
| |Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children learned about four different types of point of view today: first person, third person limited, third person omniscient, and third person objective. |
| |They completed a “Lesson 10: Point of View” today and put it in their composition notebooks. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 18 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 8, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due Friday, January 22, 2016. The site to |
| |order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 18 Day 1 and 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children began learning about eight different types of figurative language today: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, allusion, alliteration, and |
| |onomatopoeia. They will learn their definitions as well as identify each of these through the use of song lyrics. |
| |The students completed the following lesson on one type of figurative language today during class and put it in their composition notebook: “Lesson 11: Similes.” |
| |The students completed the following lesson on one type of figurative language today during class and put it in their composition notebook: “Lesson 12: Metaphor.” |
| |The students completed the following lesson on one type of figurative language today during class and put it in their composition notebook: “Lesson 13: Hyperbole.” |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 19 |
| |Date: Monday, January 4, 2016 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL – Teacher’s Institute |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 18 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 8, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| Grammar & Composition:|NO SCHOOL – Teacher’s Institute |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 18 |
| |Date: Friday, December 18, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children participated in an all school movie. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 18 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 9, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 6, 2015. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The children participated in an all school movie. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 18 |
| |Date: Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the semester one or grammar/composition exam today. |
| |The children took the Week 17 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 18 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, January 8, 2016. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by next Friday, March 6, 2015. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The children finished their semester one or grammar/composition exam today. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 18 |
| |Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Children who were absent took their semester one exam on either literature and/or grammar/composition today. |
| |The rest of the class finished the story “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” together as a class aloud. |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam in grammar. This test will be tomorrow, December 17th. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 17 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow Thursday, December 17th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the third quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 17 Day 4 & 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children worked on completing their grammar study guide and preparing for tomorrow’s test. |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam in grammar. This test will be held tomorrow, December 17th. |
| | |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 18 |
| |Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Children who were absent took their semester one exam on either literature and/or grammar/composition today. |
| |The children read part of the play “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” together as a class. The children were assigned parts to read |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam in grammar. This test will be held on Thursday, December 17th. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 17 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow Thursday, December 17th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the third quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 17 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children worked on completing their grammar study guide and preparing for Thursday’s test. |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam in grammar. This test will be held on Thursday, December 17th. |
| | |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 18 |
| |Date: Monday, December 14, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took their semester one exam for literature today. |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam in grammar. This test will be held on Thursday, December 17th. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 17 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow Thursday, December 17th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the third quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 17 Day 1 and 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children took their semester one exam for literature today. |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam in grammar. This test will be held on Thursday, December 17th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 18 |
| |Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students were given time to complete their semester exam study guide in preparations for Monday’s test. |
| |Today was the last day to take A.R. Tests for the second quarter. |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam in literature. This test will be held on Monday, December 14th. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 17 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow Thursday, December 17th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the third quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, March 4, 2016. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 16 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students were given time to complete their semester exam study guide in preparations for Monday’s test. |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam in grammar. This test will be held on Thursday, December 17th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 17 |
| |Date: Thursday, December 11, 2014 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read part of the story “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” together as a class aloud. |
| |The last day to earn A.R. points for the second quarter is tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete your study guide and study for your semester exam in literature. This test will be held on Monday, December 14th. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 16 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow Friday, December 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 16 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children were given a page entitled “Interjections” today. I went over the concept and told the children to complete the front and back page for homework. |
| |Once the students completed their homework page on interjections, we read more of the story “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” together as a class aloud. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete the page entitled “Interjections”, complete the grammar study guide, and study for your semester exam in grammar. This test will be held on Thursday,|
| |December 17th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 17 |
| |Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read part of the story “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” together as a class aloud. |
| |The students were given a study guide yesterday to help them prepare for their semester exam in literature. The students need to work on their study guide for their |
| |upcoming semester exam. |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam in literature. This test will be held on Monday, December 14th. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 16 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, December 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 16 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We watched a “School House Rock” video on interjections. |
| |We worked some of the “Reading Kit Grammar: Interjections” page 212 and 212 together as a class. |
| |The students were given a study guide yesterday to help them prepare for their semester exam in grammar. |
| |HOMEWORK: Study for your semester exam for grammar and composition. This test will be held on Thursday, December 17th. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 17 |
| |Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 738-739 as a class and discussed the vocabulary, learned about the author, and examined the economic and social problems of England during the |
| |nineteenth century. |
| |I went over the directions on worksheet page 25 entitled, “Reading Warm-up A” for Act I of the drama A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley. The students are to omit |
| |numbers 5 and 6. |
| |The students were given a study guide to help them prepare for their semester exam in literature. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete worksheet page 30 entitled, “Vocabulary Builder” for Act I of the drama A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley. The students are |
| |to omit numbers 5 and 6. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 16 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, December 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 16 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students were given a study guide to help them prepare for their semester exam in grammar. |
| |We read over page 770 on interjection. |
| |I assigned workbook page 32 section A only entitled, “Integrated Language Skills: Grammar.” |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete section A on page 32 entitled, “Integrated Language Skills: Grammar.” |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 17 |
| |Date: Monday, December 7, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 720-725, and 737 as a class and discussed elements of a drama. |
| |We worked page 27 together as a class. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 16 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, December 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 16 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We continued what we did not complete during our literature time. |
| |HOMEWORK: No Homework |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 16 |
| |Date: Friday, December 4, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 15 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the selection test over the story “The Bear Boy” today. You can view their scores online. The children can show you how to log into Pearson and you will|
| |be able to view your child’s scores on all the material they have been assigned on Pearson. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 16 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, December 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 15 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We discussed verbs with direct and indirect objects and worked worksheet page nine together as a class entitled “Verbs with Indirect Objects.” |
| |We discussed how linking verbs connect predicate adjectives or predicated nouns together and we worked the worksheet page ten together as a class entitled “Linking Verbs |
| |and Predicate Words.” |
| |I went over the directions for section A on worksheet page eight entitled “Transitive and Intransitive Verbs. The children are to complete section A on this page for |
| |homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to complete section A on the worksheet entitled “Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.” |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 16 |
| |Date: Thursday, December 3, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We went the all the elements of the plot for this story and filled out a “Plot Diagram” together as a class. |
| |We met in our literature circle and discussed the story “The Bear Boy” in preparation for tomorrow’s test. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to study for the selection test over the story “The Bear Boy.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 15 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 15 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children and I went over two different Power Point presentations about verbs today. We learned the difference between a linking verb and a helping verb. |
| |We also learned about transitive and intransitive verbs. |
| |The children completed “Lesson 4-1: Action, Linking, & Helping Verbs.” |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 16 |
| |Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students need to complete the “Plot Diagram” for me over the story “The Bear Boy.” |
| |We worked Reading Kit page 53 together as a class and 54 entitled, “Reading: Predicting.” We discussed the importance of making predictions whether they are correct or |
| |incorrect. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 23 & 24 entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercises” for the story “The Bear Boy.” |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete the “Plot Diagram” and complete page 23 & 24 entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercises” for the story “The Bear Boy.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 15 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, December 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 15 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children and I went over the pamphlet on verbs. |
| |The children completed “Lesson 4-1: Action, Linking, & Helping Verbs.” |
| |HOMEWORK: No Homework!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 16 |
| |Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2011 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 219 & 220 as a class. |
| |The students watched a video on the Pearson website. Absent students may view the view by going to the story, “The Bear Boy” and choosing the tab “Before You Read/ |
| |Background Video.” |
| |I assigned the reading of the story, “The Bear Boy” today and have the children fill out a “Plot Diagram” for the story. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children just need to read the story “The Bear Boy” for homework and fill out a “Plot Diagram.” Absent students can do this on the Pearson website. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 15 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, December 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 15 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |I showed the children a Power Point presentation on verbs today. |
| |We also watched this Power Point presentation in class: |
| | |
| |The students completed the page entitled “Identify Action Verbs Worksheet” and we checked it together. |
| |I assigned the page entitled, “Circle Action Verbs Worksheet (Part 1”) for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete the page entitled “Circle Action Verbs Worksheet (Part 1)” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 16 |
| |Date: Monday, November 30, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 217 & 218 as a class. |
| |We discussed the SIX elements of plot and the children were told that they need to know these elements for their semester exam. |
| |I went over the vocabulary for this section on the Pearson website. We worked workbook page 30 together as a class. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: No Homework!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 15 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, December 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 15 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We read over page 246 in our textbooks and discussed action and linking verbs and I showed a video on this topic |
| |The children are to complete page 64 and 65 of the Reading Kit entitled “Grammar: Verbs” for homework tomorrow. |
| |The children began “Lesson 4-1: Action, Linking, & Helping Verbs.” We will finish this activities tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete the “Reading Kit page 64 and 65 for homework. This page should be turned in at the beginning of the hour or it will be late. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 15 |
| |Date: Friday, November 27, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL – BREAK!!! |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: N/A |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 15 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, December 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|NO SCHOOL – BREAK!!! |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: N/A |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 15 |
| |Date: Thursday, November 26, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL – THANKSGIVING DAY!!! |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: N/A |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 15 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, December 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|NO SCHOOL – THANKSGIVING DAY!!! |
|Periods 3/5/8 |HOMEWORK: N/A |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 15 |
| |Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 14 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children finished “Lesson 9: Types of Characters, Theme Activities 1 & 2” today and put it in their composition notebooks. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!!! Thank your good neighbor Mitch Jones. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 15 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, December 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 14 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children finished “Lesson 3-3: Plural Nouns Activity 1&2.” |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 15 |
| |Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children learned that the theme of a story is: the central idea or truth a story reveals about life; it is a moral, life lesson, message, or meaning; it is a |
| |debatable opinion, it is implied, not stated; and ANY them can be considered valid IF you can support it with text evidence. |
| |They completed a “Lesson 9: Types of Characters, Theme Activities 1 & 2” today and put it in their composition notebooks. |
| |We watched the following videos and we found the theme in each of the videos: and |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 14 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Wednesday, November 25th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 14 Day 3&4 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children began “Lesson 3-3: Plural Nouns Activity 1&2.” We will finish these activities tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 15 |
| |Date: Monday, November 23, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We watched the following video about characterization: |
| |The children learned about the following types of characters today: protagonist, antagonist, static, dynamic, flat, round, minor, and sympathetic. |
| |They completed a “Lesson 8: Types of Characters, Activity 1” today and put it in their composition notebooks. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 14 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Wednesday, November 25th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 23rd. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, December 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 14 Day 1&2 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students watched the following video on concrete and abstract nouns: |
| |We completed “Lesson 3-2: Concrete and Abstract Nouns.” |
| |The children began “Lesson 3-3: Plural Nouns Activity 1&2.” |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 14 |
| |Date: Friday, November 20, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 13 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the selection test over the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” today. You can view their scores online. The children can show you how to log into |
| |Pearson and you will be able to view your child’s scores on all the material they have been assigned on Pearson. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 14 Vocabulary Test which will be Wednesday, November 25th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 13 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We completed “Lesson 3-1: Common and Proper Nouns.” |
| |We began working on “Lesson 3-2: Concrete and Abstract Nouns.” We will complete this lesson Monday. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 14 |
| |Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We went over the question on page 215 of the text for the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” today in class. |
| |We worked ditto p. 13 together as a class entitled, “Model Selection: Short Story.” Absent students will need to work through this page in order to help them with their |
| |test. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 7 & 8 entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercises” for the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown.” |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete worksheet page 7&8 entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercises.” |
| |The students can begin to prepare for their test over the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” which will be tomorrow. Please read over the story as well as pages 198-204.|
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 13 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 13 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students completed “Lesson 2-6: Sentences, Fragments, & Run-ons.” |
| |We began working on “Lesson 3-1: Common and Proper Nouns.” We will complete this lesson tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 14 |
| |Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children and I went over the entire story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown.” We discussed all of the important aspects of the story today focusing on the new terms that |
| |were presented within this selection. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |The students will take the selection test over the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Friday. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 13 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 20th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by |
| |Friday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 13 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students completed “Lesson 2-5: Independent and Dependent Clauses Activity 2” today in class. |
| |We began working on “Lesson 2-6: Sentences, Fragments, & Run-ons.” We will complete this lesson tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 14 |
| |Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children read the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” today in class. |
| |Students need to have five items from the story that interested them or that they have questions about while they were reading. They also need the page number for each |
| |item. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: Finish reading the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” if you did not complete it in class today. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 13 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 20th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 13 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students finished “Lesson 2-5: Independent and Dependent Clauses Activity 1” today in class. |
| |We worked on “Lesson 2-5: Independent and Dependent Clauses Activity 2” today in class. Classes that did not complete this assignment will complete it tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 14 |
| |Date: Monday, November 16, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students completed “Reading Warm-up A” on page 9 in class and we discussed it together. |
| |We read over text p. 204 as a class. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMWORK!!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 13 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 20th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 13 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students began working on “Lesson 2-5: Independent and Dependent Clauses Activity 1.” We began working on this page in class. We will finish this lesson tomorrow. |
| |Absent students will need to see me to complete this page once they return. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 13 |
| |Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 12 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The students completed “Lesson 7: Characterization.” We worked this page together as a class. Absent students will need to see me to complete this page once they return.|
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 13 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 20th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 12 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |I showed the following video on compound sentences to the students: to the students. |
| |The students completed “Lesson 2-4: Simple and Compound Sentences.” We worked this page together as a class. Absent students will need to see me to complete this page |
| |once they return. |
| |The students and I discussed the following PowerPoint presentation on Subordinate Conjunctions: |
| |The students were given a handout entitled “The Subordinate Conjunction” and we went over it in class. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 13 |
| |Date: Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 12 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |I showed this video about elements of a short story: to the students. |
| |We read over and discuss page 202-203. |
| |We worked “Reading Kit” page 56 together as a class and then assign page 57. |
| |I showed the children the following videos: |
| |Foreshadowing video: |
| |Flashback video: |
| |Irony: |
| |The children are to complete page 12 entitled “Learning About Short Stories” section A and omit section B. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to complete “Reading Kit” pages 56 & 57. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 12 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 13th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
| Grammar & Composition:|The students completed the Week 12 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students completed “Lesson 6: Character Traits” page 43-45. |
| |I used this url: |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 13 |
| |Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |HOMEWORK: No School / Veteran’s Day |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Don’t forget to study for the Week 12 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 13th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |HOMEWORK: No School / Veteran’s Day |
|Periods 3/5/8 | |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 13 |
| |Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 200 & 201 as a class. We discussed short stories on these two pages. |
| |We also read over pages 202 & 202 over elements of a story and literary devices. |
| |I assigned “Reading Kit” page 58 & 59. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete the “Reading Kit” page 58 & 59. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 12 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 13th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 12 Day 2 & 3 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students finished “Lesson5: Story Devices” and I showed them video to explaining foreshadowing, cliffhanger, flashback, and suspense. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 13 |
| |Date: Monday, November 9, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 198 & 199 as a class. |
| |We discussed how to conflict, resolution, struggle, competition, disagreement, obstacles, and misunderstanding. |
| |I went over the vocabulary for this section on the Pearson website. I assigned Unit 2 workbook page 1 part A only. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete the Unit 2 workbook p. 1 part A only. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 12 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 13th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 12 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students began working on “Lesson5: Story Devices.” We began working on this page together as a class. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 12 |
| |Date: Friday, November 6, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 11 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 12 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 13th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 11 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students were allowed to read for A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 12 |
| |Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We completed the lesson on “Problem and Solution” text. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Family night at the Scholastic Book Fair will be tonight from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. in the AJHS library. Please plan to attend and support your child’s love of reading. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 11 Vocabulary Test which will be on tomorrow, Friday, November 6th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 11 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We completed the lesson on “Cause & Effect” text. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 12 |
| |Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students were able to purchase books at the Scholastic Book Fair today. |
| |Yesterday, the children learned about the five different types of text structures and today we began learning about each one in depth. We completed the lesson on |
| |“Description” text. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Family night at the Scholastic Book Fair will be Thursday from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. in the AJHS library. Please plan to attend and support your child’s love of reading. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 11 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, November 6th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 11 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Yesterday, the children learned about the five different types of text structures and today we began learning about each one in depth. We completed the lesson on |
| |“Compare and Contrast” text. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 12 |
| |Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students previewed the Scholastic Book Fair today. The students will be able to go to the book fair tomorrow and purchase books during our class time. |
| |We completed “Lesson 4: Four Types of Conflict, Activity 1 & 2. The children learned about these four types of conflict and then we tested our knowledge of these |
| |conflicts. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Students need to bring money to school on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, to purchase book from the Scholastic Book Fair today during class. |
| |Family night at the Scholastic Book Fair will be Thursday from 5:30 -8:00 p.m. in the AJHS library. Please plan to attend and support your child’s love of reading. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 11 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, November 6th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 11 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Go to this website and show this video: |
| |I went over the directions for the “Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement Practice 3” and assigned it for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to complete the “Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement Practice 3” page for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 12 |
| |Date: Monday, November 2, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We completed “Lesson 4: Four Types of Conflict, Activity 1 & 2. The children learned about these four types of conflict and then we tested our knowledge of these |
| |conflicts. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |The students will be previewing the Scholastic Book Fair next Tuesday, November 3, 2015. |
| |Students need to bring money to school on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, to purchase book from the Scholastic Book Fair today during class. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 11 Vocabulary Test which will be on Friday, November 6th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 11 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We went over the worksheet they did for homework on Friday. |
| |Go to this website and go over the power point presentation if there is time: |
| |
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| |I assigned the Pronoun and Antecedents page for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to complete the “Pronoun and Antecedents” page for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 11 |
| |Date: Friday, October 30, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 10 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the selection test over the stories “Stolen Day” and “The Night the Bed Fell” today. You can view their scores online. The children can show you how to |
| |log into Pearson and you will be able to view your child’s scores on all the material they have been assigned on Pearson. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to study for tomorrow’s test over the stories “Stolen Day” and “The Night the Bed Fell”. |
| |The students will be previewing the Scholastic Book Fair next Tuesday, November 3, 2015. |
| |Students need to bring money to school on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, to purchase book from the Scholastic Book Fair today during class. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 11 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, November 6th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 30th. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, November 20, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 10 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Go to the follow websites to help understand pronouns and antecedents: |
| | |
| |We went over the worksheet entitled “Pronoun/Antecedent Worksheet 1” as a class. |
| |I passed out a page entitled, “Study Helper for Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement” and we went over it orally. |
| |I assigned the questions on the back of the “Study Helper for Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement” as homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to complete the worksheet entitled “Study Helper for Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement” for homework Monday. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 11 |
| |Date: Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We went over worksheet page 217 entitled “Literary Analysis: Comparing Characters” as a class today. |
| |The children will take their test tomorrow, Friday, October 30th, over the stories “Stolen Day” and “The Night the Bed Fell.” |
| |The students will take their Week 10 Vocabulary Test tomorrow, Friday, October 30th. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to study for tomorrow’s test over the stories “Stolen Day” and “The Night the Bed Fell”. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 10 Vocabulary Test tomorrow, Friday, October 30th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 10 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Read over and save the page entitled “The Antecedent.” This page will help you with your homework today. |
| |The students will complete the Pronoun/Antecedent Worksheet 1. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to complete the worksheet entitled “Pronoun/Antecedent Worksheet 1” for homework tomorrow. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 11 |
| |Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We watched two videos about the upcoming Scholastic Book Fair next week. The children also received fliers about the book fair today. |
| |The children need to complete the first two rows of the chart on worksheet p. 167 entitled “Literary Analysis: Comparing Characters.” The children need to fill in the top|
| |half of the chart that deals with the characters from the story “Stolen Day.” |
| |The children read the story “Stolen Day” by Sherwood Anderson. |
| |We will be discussing both of the stories in class tomorrow in preparation for Friday’s test. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete worksheet page 167 entitled “Literary Analysis: Comparing Characters” and worksheet p. 213 entitled “Vocabulary Warm-up Word |
| |List.” |
| |Tuesday, November 3, 2015, we will preview the books at the Scholastic Book Fair. Students will be able to purchase books on Wednesday, November 4, 2015. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 10 Vocabulary Test which will be this Friday, October 31st. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 10 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Go to the follow websites to help understand pronouns and antecedents: |
| | and|
| | |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWOEK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 11 |
| |Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I gave the children worksheet p. 217 entitled “Literary Analysis: Comparing Characters.” The children need to fill in the bottom half of the chart that deals with the |
| |characters from the story “The Night the Bed Fell.” |
| |The children read the story “The Night the Bed Fell” by James Thurber. We discussed the story in class and orally went through the questions on page 167. |
| |We focused on examining the character traits of each of the characters involved within this story. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete worksheet page 167 entitled “Literary Analysis: Comparing Characters.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 10 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 30th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 10 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Go to the follow website and view this power point presentation if at all possible: |
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| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 11 |
| |Date: Monday, October 26, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 160 & 161 as a class. |
| |We discussed how to compare and contrast characters. The child learned how we compare characters directly and indirectly. We worked Reading Kit page 34 entitled, |
| |“Literary Analysis: Comparing Characters” together as a class and I assigned Reading Kit page 35, which was on the back of page 34. I went over the directions on page 35.|
| |We went over the vocabulary for each of these stories on the Pearson website. I assigned workbook page 218 entitled “Vocabulary Builder.” |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete Reading Kit p. 35 entitled “Literary Analysis: Comparing Characters” and p. 218 entitled “Vocabulary Builder.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 10 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 30th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 10 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We read over page 181 in our textbooks and discussed pronouns and antecedents. We worked the Reading Kit page 42 together as a class and I assigned the back of this page.|
| |The children are to complete page 43 of the Reading Kit entitled “Grammar: Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement” for homework tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children are to complete page 43 of the Reading Kit entitled “Grammar: Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement” for homework tomorrow. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 10 |
| |Date: Friday, October 23, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 9 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the selection test over the except “from Angela’s Ashes” today. You can view their scores online. The children can show you how to log into Pearson and |
| |you will be able to view your child’s scores on all the material they have been assigned on Pearson. |
| |The children will read for second quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 10 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 30th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 9 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We used this website to study possessive pronouns: |
| |I assign 1-10 on Possessive Pronouns. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete the possessive pronoun page given to them in class today. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 10 |
| |Date: Thursday, October 22, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children and I discussed the excerpt from Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children were given time to research typhoid and diphtheria on their computers |
| |The students will have a test over a variety of question about this story on Friday. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete study for tomorrow’s selection test over the excerpt “from Angela’s Ashes.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 9 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, October 23th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 9 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We used this website to study possessive pronouns: |
| |I assign 1-5 and 1-10 on Possessive Pronouns. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete the possessive pronoun page given to them in class today. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 10 |
| |Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children read the story “from Angela’s Ashes” and answered the questions on Pearson that go along with the story. |
| |The students will have a test over a variety of question about this story on Friday. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 9 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 23th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 9 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We used this website to study possessive pronouns: |
| |Pass out the Possessive Pronoun page with the multiple choice questions and replacing possessive noun with possessive pronoun page. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete the possessive pronoun page with multiple choice questions and replacing possessive nouns with possessive pronouns at home if you were unable to |
| |complete it during class today. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 10 |
| |Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students completed the Reading Warm-up A on page 193 and we checked it together as a class. |
| |We read the “Big Question” on page 138 of the student text together as a class, then we worked worksheet page 195 together as a class. |
| |We read over section 2 “Vocabulary” and read through the terms and definitions. The students can go to PHTLitOnline! and choose Vocabulary Central/ Vocabulary then go to |
| |Vocabulary Central/Games/Vocabulary Trivia to review the terms and definitions. The students were given the “Vocabulary Warm- up Exercise” page 191 & 192 and they are to |
| |complete this page 192 for homework. |
| |Next, we read text page 139 as a class. |
| |We looked at the “Before You Read-Background Video.” This video helps the students improve their background knowledge about infectious diseases such as typhoid and |
| |diphtheria. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete page 192 entitled, “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 9 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 23th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 9 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We read over the “Word Study” section on page 100. The Latin root –dict- means “to speak” or “to assert.” We also went over the “Word Study” section on page 138. The |
| |Latin root –sper- or –spes- means “hope.” |
| |We read page 150 as a class then we went to the Pearson website and clicked on the story “from Angela’s Ashes.” We went to “After You Read”/ “Grammar Tutorial” and the |
| |children watched the video. |
| |Next, we went to the “After You Read”/ “Grammar Practice” and read about possessive pronouns. |
| |I went over the directions on page 200 and assigned this page. This page was to be turned in before class was over. |
| |Go to website: This website will help the children with possessive pronouns. |
| |I also assigned “Reading Kit p. 40 and 41. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete “Reading Kit p. 40 and 41” entitled “Grammar: Possessive Pronouns.” |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 10 |
| |Date: Monday, October 19, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 128 & 129 as a class. We discussed “Reading Skill: Author’s Purpose.” I showed these videos: and |
| | We worked ditto p. 196 together as a class. |
| |We continued reading page 129 as a class and we discussed “Literary Analysis: Historical Context.” We worked ditto page 197 as a class. |
| |We worked the page 32 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Historical Context” together as a class and assign p. 33, which is on the back of page 32. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete page 33 entitled, “Literary Analysis: Historical Context.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 9 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 24th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 9 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We read over the “Word Study” section on page 100. The Latin root –dict- means “to speak” or “to assert.” We also went over the “Word Study” section on page 138. The |
| |Latin root –sper- or –spes- means “hope.” |
| |We read page 150 as a class then we went to the Pearson website and clicked on the story “from Angela’s Ashes.” We went to “After You Read”/ “Grammar Tutorial” and the |
| |children watched the video. |
| |Next, we went to the “After You Read”/ “Grammar Practice” and read about possessive pronouns. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 9 |
| |Date: Friday, October 16, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 8 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the selection test over the story “Suzy and Leah” today. You can view their scores online. The children can show you how to log into Pearson and you |
| |will be able to view your child’s scores on all the material they have been assigned on Pearson. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 9 Vocabulary Test that will be next Friday, October 23rd. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 8 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We used this website to study pronouns: Once you get to this website click on “Pronoun Case.” |
| |I assigned the worksheet entitled, “Pronoun Case.” |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete the “Pronoun Case” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 9 |
| |Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children and I discussed the story “Suzy and Leah” orally in preparation for tomorrow’s selection test. |
| |I assigned the worksheet entitled, “Vocabulary: Word Roots –vit-/-viv-, -man-, and –dict-” p. 36. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete the worksheet entitled, “Vocabulary: Word Roots –vit-/-viv-, -man-, and –dict-” p. 36. |
| |The students need to study for the selection test over the story “Suzy and Leah” tomorrow by rereading the story on the Pearson website. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 8 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 8 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We read over page 126 of the textbook on Personal Pronouns. The children learned the difference between object and subject pronouns. They learned that a nominative |
| |pronoun is simply a pronoun used as a subject and an objective pronoun is a pronoun used as an object. |
| |We worked “Reading Kit” p. 38 as a class and I assigned ditto p. 39. |
| |We used this website to study pronouns: |
| |I went over the directions for “Reading Kit” p. 38 and 39. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete the “Reading Kit” page 38 & 39 for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 9 |
| |Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over text page112 on the section known as “The Big Question.” |
| |We continued reading page 112 as a class and we discussed the vocabulary for this story. We used the computer to study the vocabulary words on Pearson. |
| |The children began reading the story “Suzy and Leah” today on their computers. The children will take the selection test over this story on Friday, October 16th. |
| |I assigned “Vocabulary Warm-up” p. 153. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete “Suzy and Leah by Jane Yolen Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise” p. 153. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 8 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 16. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 8 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We learned about the meanings of the following word roots: -viv-, -vit-, -man-, -manu-, and –dict-. The students should know what each of these word roots mean. The word |
| |root –viv- and –vit- mean life or live. The word root –man- or –manu- mean hand, and the word root –dict- means speak. We played a few games in class to help us |
| |understand the meaning of these words. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete the “Reading Kit” page 39 for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 9 |
| |Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over page 99as a class. We discussed “Author’s Purpose” and the children and I worked through “Reading Kit” p. 27 & 28. |
| |We continued reading page 99 as a class and we discussed “Setting” and the children and I worked through ditto p. 158 as a class. |
| |I assigned “Reading Kit” p. 30 and 31. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete “Reading Kit” p. 30 and 31 tonight for homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 8 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 16, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due last Friday, October 30, 2015. The |
| |site to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 8 Day 1 & 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We learned about the meanings of the following word roots: -viv-, -vit-, -man-, -manu-, and –dict-. The students should know what each of these word roots mean. The word |
| |root –viv- and –vit- mean life or live. The word root –man- or –manu- mean hand, and the word root –dict- means speak. We played a few games in class to help us |
| |understand the meaning of these words. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 9 |
| |Date: Monday, October 12, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |HOMEWORK: No School / Columbus Day |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2014. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 8 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday. |
|Grammar & Composition: |HOMEWORK: No School / Columbus Day |
|Periods 3/5/8 | |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 8 |
| |Date: Friday, October 9, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL – DUE TO PARENT/TEACHER CONFERNECES |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Conferences begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude at 11:00 a.m. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 8 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, October 16, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 11, 2015. |
|Grammar & Composition: |NO SCHOOL – DUE TO PARENT/TEACHER CONFERNECES |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Conferences begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude at 11:00 a.m. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 8 |
| |Date: Thursday, October 8, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |NO SCHOOL – DUE TO PARENT/TEACHER CONFERNECES |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Conferences begin at 12:00 p.m. and conclude at 8:00 p.m. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 8 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, October 16, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 10, 2015. |
|Grammar & Composition: |NO SCHOOL – DUE TO PARENT/TEACHER CONFERNECES |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Conferences begin at 12:00 p.m. and conclude at 8:00 p.m. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 8 |
| |Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 7 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The students read the story “The Stone” by Lloyd Alexander. |
| |We then identified the external and internal conflicts within the story “The Stone.” The students and I listed the conflicts under the correct headings. |
| |The children need to read for first quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students who did not complete their grammar notebooks need to complete them for homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 8 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Friday, October 16, 2015. |
| |A.R. for first quarter ended today at 3:10. The students need to read at twenty minutes tonight. A.R. points, for the second quarter, are due by Thursday, December 10, |
| |2015. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 7 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We completed “Lesson 4: Four Types of Conflict (Activity 1)” by having the students color the various sections of the terms that make up the four types of conflicts and |
| |then add the definitions for these terms to their composition books. Students need to complete this for homework if they did not finish this in class. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students who did not complete their grammar notebooks need to complete them for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 8 |
| |Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We watched a video on “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” at the following url: |
| |We then used this story to fill out a plot diagram that broke the plot down into the basic elements. |
| |The children need to read for first quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students who did not complete their grammar notebooks need to complete them for homework. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 7 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Wednesday, October 7th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by tomorrow, October 7th, 2015. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 7 Day 3 and 4 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We completed Lesson 3: Internal & External Conflict by having the students color the pieces on internal and external conflict. |
| |The students then were given the definitions for these two conflicts and they were to record them. I then showed them a few videos that clearly demonstrated what |
| |external and internal conflict would look like. Students need to complete this for homework if they did not finish this in class. |
| |The students also added the pieces for internal and external conflict to the next page in their grammar notebook for the story we will be reading tomorrow entitled “The |
| |Stone” by Lloyd Alexander. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students who did not complete their grammar notebooks need to complete them for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 8 |
| |Date: Monday, October 5, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children completed “Lesson 1: Story Vocabulary, Activity 2.” We discussed the plot, setting, complications, protagonist, and antagonist. |
| |The children need to read for first quarter A.R. points. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 7 Vocabulary Test which will be on, Wednesday, October 7th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points are due by this Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 7 Day 1 and 2 Bell Work and they were given points for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The children, who complete their extra credit that was assigned last Thursday, read their eulogy/obituary to the class today. The children who completed this assignment |
| |were given five extra credit points in grammar. |
| |We completed “Lesson 2: Elements of Plot (Activity 1)” by having the students color the various sections of the terms that make up the plot and then add their definitions|
| |to their composition books. Students need to complete this for homework if they did not finish this in class. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 7 |
| |Date: Friday, October 2, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 6 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the selection test over the stories “from Barrio Boy” and “A Day’s Wait” today. You can view their scores online. The children can show you how to log |
| |into Pearson and you will be able to view your child’s scores on all the material they have been assigned on Pearson. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 7 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 9th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, September 11. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 6 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked on Lesson 1: Story Vocabulary (Activity 1) in our “Grammar Notebooks.” Students will need to complete Lesson 1 for homework. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete Lesson 1: Story Vocabulary (Activity 1) for homework. |
| | |
| |Parent/Teacher Conferences will be next Thursday, October 8th and Friday October 9th. Please sign up for conferences using Skyward. |
| |NO SCHOOL for student on Columbus Day – Monday, October 12, 2015 |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 7 |
| |Date: Thursday, September 25, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We discussed elements of the story “A Day’s Wait.” |
| |We compared and contrasted the two stories “from Barrio Boy” and “A Day’s Wait.” |
| |We worked page 113 entitled “Literary Analysis: Comparing and Contrasting Fiction and Nonfiction” together as a class in preparation for tomorrow’s test. |
| |I assigned “Exercise A” only on page 109 “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise.” |
| |The students need to study for tomorrow’s selection test over “from Barrio Boy” and “A Day’s Wait.” |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete page 109 “Exercise A” only on page 109 for tomorrow. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 6 Vocabulary Test which will be tomorrow, October 2, 2015 |
| |The children will take the test tomorrow over the material from an excerpt “from Barrio Boy” and the story “A Day’s Wait.” |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, September 11, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due tomorrow. The site to order books |
| |from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 6 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We finished Lesson 1: Dear Works & Dead Verbs Activity 2. |
| |I explained an extra credit opportunity that I was offering to the students. The children will need to write an obituary or eulogy for a much over used verb. The most |
| |important part of this activity is naming the “living family members.” For any dead verb, the living family members are better verbs that can be used in place of the dead|
| |verb. Students can use a thesaurus for this activity. The extra credit is due on Monday. |
| |I showed the student a power point presentation on plural nouns. |
| |I assigned “Reading Kit” page 18 & 19. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students need to complete “Reading Kit” page 18 & 19 for homework. |
| |Extra credit obituaries or eulogies are due on Monday. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 7 |
| |Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We finished discussing the excerpt “form Barrio Boy” as a class. |
| |I assigned the reading of the story “A Day’s Wait” and we discussed it as a class. Remember, the children can view the text on-line. They should have the website |
| |bookmarked at home. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 6 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 2nd. |
| |The children will take a test Friday, October 2, 2015, over the material from an excerpt from Barrio Boy and the story “A Day’s Wait.” |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 6 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We read over page 95 on plural nouns today as a class. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 126 entitled “Descriptive Essay: Integrating Grammar Skills” for homework tomorrow. |
| |We finished Lesson 1: Dear Works & Dead Verbs. The purpose of this lesson is to identify boring, non-descriptive verbs that should never be used in academic writings. I |
| |told the children that they need to practice using strong verbs in their writing. The children then copied down better words for each verb that is non-descriptive. For |
| |example, we “buried” the word bad and replaced it with the following words: awful, rotten, mean, wicked, nasty, wretched, etc. |
| |I explained an extra credit opportunity that I was offering to the students. The children will need to write an obituary or eulogy for a much over used verb. The most |
| |important part of this activity is naming the “living family members.” For any dead verb, the living family members are better verbs that can be used in place of the dead|
| |verb. Students can use a thesaurus for this activity. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete ditto p. 126 entitled “Descriptive Essay: Integrating Grammar Skills” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 7 |
| |Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I assigned the reading of an excerpt from Barrio Boy and we discussed the story as a class. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 6 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 2nd. |
| |The children will take a test Friday, October 2, 2015, over the material from an excerpt from Barrio Boy and the story “A Day’s Wait.” |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 6 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We began Lesson 1: Dear Works & Dead Verbs. The purpose of this lesson is to identify boring, non-descriptive verbs that should never be used in academic writings. I told|
| |the children that they need to practice using strong verbs in their writing. The children then copied down better words for each verb that is non-descriptive. For |
| |example, we “buried” the word bad and replaced it with the following words: awful, rotten, mean, wicked, nasty, wretched, etc. |
| |I explained an extra credit opportunity that I was offering to the students. The children will need to write an obituary or eulogy for a much over used verb. The most |
| |important part of this activity is naming the “living family members.” For any dead verb, the living family members are better verbs that can be used in place of the dead|
| |verb. Students can use a thesaurus for this activity. |
| |HOMEWORK: Write an obituary or eulogy for a much over used verb for extra credit. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 7 |
| |Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We then read over text p. 77 and 78. We discussed comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction. We also went over the vocabulary for the story. |
| |I went over the directions for the Vocabulary Builder p. 114. I told the students that section A had to be in complete sentences with the first word capitalized and end |
| |punctuation must be used. We went over the answers in class. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 6 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 2nd. |
| |The children will take a test Friday, October 2, 2015, over the material from an excerpt from Barrio Boy and the story “A Day’s Wait.” |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 6 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked Lesson 2-2: Subject & Predicate (Activity 2) in our “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |We started Lesson 2-3: Compound Subjects & Compound Predicates” in our “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |HOMEWORK: |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 6 |
| |Date: Friday, September 25, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 5 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |We watched a video on Angel Island in preparation for an article we will be reading. The video can be found at |
| |The students read the story “Byron Yee: Discovering a Paper Son” silently. |
| |After the children read the story silently we discussed what it meant to be a “paper son” and what challenges immigrants had to face at Ellis Island and Angel Island. |
| |These immigration stations had many similarities and differences. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 6 Vocabulary Test which will be next Friday, October 2nd. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 5 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked Lesson 2-2: Subject & Predicate (Activity 2) in our “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |HOMEWORK: Have a great homecoming!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 6 |
| |Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We watched a video on Angel Island in preparation for an article we will be reading. The video can be found at |
| |The students read the story “Byron Yee: Discovering a Paper Son” silently. |
| |After the children read the story silently we discussed what it meant to be a “paper son” and what challenges immigrants had to face at Ellis Island and Angel Island. |
| |These immigration stations had many similarities and differences. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 5 Vocabulary Test tomorrow. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 5 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked Lesson 2-2: Subject & Predicate (Activity 2) in our “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |This lesson involves a great deal of work. We will continue working on it tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: NONE! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 6 |
| |Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We discussed various problems with page 44 of the packet on informational text. |
| |We finished watching the video on Ellis Island in preparation for an article we will be reading. The video can be found at |
| |We began watching a video on Angel Island in preparation for an article we will be reading. The video can be found at |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 5 Vocabulary Test Friday, September 25, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 5 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked Lesson 2-1: Four Types of Sentences (Activity 1) in our “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |The children colored in page 56 and filled out the information on each type of sentence. We also completed page 58 which dealt with all of the different types of |
| |sentences. |
| |We finished working on Lesson 2-2: Subject & Predicate (Activity 1). |
| |We began working on Lesson 2-2: Subject & Predicate (Activity 2). |
| |HOMEWORK: |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 6 |
| |Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We watched a video on Ellis Island in preparation for an article we will be reading. The video can be found at |
| |We watched a video on Angel Island in preparation for an article we will be reading. The video can be found at |
| |We read over text p. 75-76 as a class. We discussed what it meant to be a “paper son” and what challenges immigrants had to face at Ellis Island and Angel Island. These |
| |immigration stations had many similarities and differences. |
| |We then read over text p. 77 and 78. We discussed comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction. We also went over the vocabulary for the story. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 5 Vocabulary Test Friday, September 25, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 5 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We worked Lesson 2-1: Four Types of Sentences (Activity 1) in our “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |The children colored in page 56 and filled out the information on each type of sentence. We also completed page 58 which dealt with all of the different types of |
| |sentences. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 6 |
| |Date: Monday, September 21, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Unit 1 Practice Test on Pearson today. The scores are for my assessment only. I want to gauge where each child is based upon their reading ability.|
| |We read over text p. 72-77 as a class. After reading these pages I assigned questions 1-4 on page 44 of the packet after we discussed the information on informational |
| |text. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 5 Vocabulary Test Friday, September 25, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 5 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We watched this video on the four types of sentences: |
| |We worked Lesson 2-1: Four Types of Sentences (Activity 1) in our “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |The children colored in page 56 and filled out the information on each type of sentence. We also completed page 58 which dealt with all of the different types of |
| |sentences. |
| |HOMEWORK: NONE |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 5 |
| |Date: Friday, September 18, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 4 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the selection test over the story “from An American Adventure” today. You can view their scores online. The children can show you how to log into |
| |Pearson and you will be able to view your child’s scores on all the material they have been assigned on Pearson. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 5 Vocabulary Test that will be next Friday, September 25th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 4 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We continued learning about hyperboles. I had the students look over this website: |
| |We continued learning about possessive nouns. I played a possessive noun game with them on the internet at the following url: |
| | The game can be found on my website. |
| |I assigned a possessive nouns page as homework. |
| |We finished going over the Interactive Grammar Notebook Lesson 1-7 Commonly Confused Words, and read it over as a class and discuss the rules. |
| |The students completed page 50 entitled “Interactive Grammar Notebooks Lesson 1-6.” We went over the answers as a class. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete the page entitled, “Possessive Nouns” tonight for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 5 |
| |Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The students and I discussed the story “from An American Childhood” in preparation for tomorrow’s test. |
| |We read over text page 67 and discussed context clues then we worked page 74 entitled, “Reading: Reread and Read Ahead to Confirm Meaning” together as a class. |
| |We also work a page together that dealt with understanding the elements of a plot. The children and I broke down several elements of the plot for this week’s story and we|
| |started discussing the elements. Elements that were discussed are as follows: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children will take the test tomorrow over the material from the story “from An American Childhood.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 4 Vocabulary Test is tomorrow. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 4 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We continued learning about possessive nouns by going over a power point presentation and then I assigned a worksheet entitled “Possessive Noun Phrases.” |
| |I also assigned page 22 entitled, “Writing: Hyperbole” from the Reading Kit. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete the pages entitled “Writing: Hyperbole” and “Possessive Noun Phrases” tonight for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 5 |
| |Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children read the story today “from An American Childhood” and they completed a plot diagram on the story with my assistance. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children will take a test Friday over the material from the story “from An American Childhood.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 4 Vocabulary Test Friday, September 18, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 4 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We continued learning about possessive nouns. I played a possessive noun game with them on the internet. Here is the website: |
| |Pass out page entitled “Possessive Nouns” and have the students do this page for homework. |
| |We went over hyperboles again today by showing the students the hyperboles on this site: |
| |I assigned the worksheet Hyperbole-Middle School Match-it-Sentences. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to complete the page entitled “Possessive Nouns” and “Hperbole-Middle School Match-it Sentences” tonight for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 5 |
| |Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over and discussed text p. 50 as a class and went over the vocabulary for our story on the Smart Board. The children and I discussed the Latin prefix trans- |
| |meaning “over,” “across,” or “through.” |
| |I assigned the Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise page 70 for this story and the students completed it on the clickers. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children will take a test Friday over the material from the story “from An American Childhood.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 4 Vocabulary Test Friday, September 18, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 4 Day 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We continued learning about possessive nouns. The students watched a video and then we visited these websites: |
| | |
| | |
| |We worked “Reading Kit p. 17” together as a class and discussed it and I assigned “Reading Kit p. 16.” |
| |The students and I discussed hyperbole again today and I assigned the ditto entitled “Find the Hyperbole.” |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete the “Reading Kit p. 16” and the page entitled “Find the Huperbole.” |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 5 |
| |Date: Monday, September 14, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over and discussed text p. 49 as a class. We talked a great deal about context clues. The completed the “Reading Warm-up A” together as a class for the story, |
| |“from An American Childhood.” |
| |We also touched on a hyperbole that was in the “Reading Warm-up A.” We did a lot more with hyperboles during grammar. |
| |The children and I read text page 49 and we discussed narrative text and how we determine if text is written in the first person. We analyzed what was happening to the |
| |narrator in brief passages from the upcoming text. The children completed ditto p. 75 and we checked it in class. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children will take a test Friday over the material from the story “from An American Childhood.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 4 Vocabulary Test Friday, September 18, 2015. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Also, have your parents sign and return the AR note. Twenty AR points are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Friday, October 2, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 4 Day 1 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We discussed possessive nouns by reading through text page 68. |
| |The students and I discussed hyperboles and read the top of text page 69 together as a class. We discussed hyperboles in our own lives and they were surprised to see |
| |just how prevalent hyperboles are in music lyrics. We used this internet site today to learn about hyperboles: |
| | |
| |We discussed how hyperboles are huge exaggerations and also how they differ from opinions. |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete the page entitled “Figurative Language: Find the Hyperbole.” |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 4 |
| |Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the Week 3 Vocabulary Test today. |
| |The children took the selection test over the story “Papa’s Parrot” today. You can view their scores online. The children can show you how to log into Pearson and you |
| |will be able to view your child’s scores on all the material they have been assigned on Pearson. |
| |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 4 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 18th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 3 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We continued studying prefixes and the children went to the following website: |
| |I then assigned ditto entitled, “Using Common Prefixes.” |
| |HOMEWORK: Complete ditto p. 15 entitled “Using Common Prefixes” for homework. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 4 |
| |Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over and discussed page 31 in which we further discussed context clues, and we discussed how narrative texts hare a sequential order that a story. |
| |We worked ditto p. 35 “Reading: Use Context Clues to Unlock the Meaning” together as a class. |
| |I assigned ditto p. 36 entitled “Literary Analysis: Narrative Writing.” This assignment required the students to put events from the story “Papa’s Parrot” in the correct|
| |sequential order. They were to enter their results on the clickers. Students who did not get this completed will need to finish it tonight as homework. |
| |We then worked on learning elements that make up a plot and we did a plot diagram for the story “Papa’s Parrot.” |
| |HOMEWORK: The children will take a test tomorrow over the material from the stories “Papa’s Parrot.” |
| |Complete Ditto p. 36 entitled “Literary Analysis: Narrative Writing” if students did not have time in class to enter them on the clickers. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 3 Vocabulary Test tomorrow. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 3 Day 4 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |I showed this power point presentation to the students: |
| |We completed ditto p. 5 entitled, “Proper, Compound, and Collective Nouns” as a class. |
| |HOMEWORK: NONE |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 4 |
| |Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over the “Word Study” on page 24 and we discussed the importance of suffixes and prefixes. The children were given handouts to help them with suffixes and |
| |prefixes throughout the year. |
| |We read text p. 25 together as a class and I read the first three paragraphs of the story “Papa’s Parrot” and discussed that part of the story. The children finished |
| |reading the story and we discussed it as a class. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children will take a test Friday over the material from the stories “Papa’s Parrot.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 3 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 3 Day 3 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We read text p. 46 together as a class and discussed common and proper nouns together as a class. |
| |The students completed the Reading Kit p. 14 entitled “Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns”. We checked the page together as a class to make sure that the students |
| |understood these terms. I assigned Reading Kit p. 15 entitled “Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns”. |
| |HOMEWORK: Students need to complete the “Reading Kit” p. 15 entitled “Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns”. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 4 |
| |Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We read over and discussed text p. 22 and 23 as a class. We talked a great deal about context clues. The children learned that context clues are used to unlock the |
| |meanings of unfamiliar words. The students learned about three different types of context clues: restatement, opposite or contrast, and example. |
| |The children and I discussed narrative text and how it always has a chronological order. I told the children that they would need to read “Papa’s Parrot” carefully and be|
| |prepared to put it in chronological order. |
| |The children were given the page 30 & 31 “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise” for “Papa’s Parrot” and they were asked to complete it and enter their answers on their clickers. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children will take a test Friday over the material from the stories “Papa’s Parrot.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 3 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 11th. |
| |The children who did not finish page 30 & 31 “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercise” for “Papa’s Parrot” need to complete it at home for homework. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 3 Day 1 & 2 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students were given the rules for the commonly confused words page. They were to cut it out and glue it into their “Grammar Notebook” on p. 15 and then write p. 15 – |
| |Rules for Commonly Confused Words on their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |We read the rules for commonly confused words together as a class and then the students and we completed the practice commonly confused words page together. The students |
| |glued this page on page 15 of their “Grammar Notebook” and wrote p. 16 – Rules for Commonly Confused Words on their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 4 |
| |Date: Monday, September 7, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |No School – Labor Day |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: Don’t forget to study for the Week 3 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| | |
|Grammar & Composition: |No School – Labor Day |
|Periods 3/5/8 | |
| | |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 3 |
| |Date: Friday, September 4, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took the quiz over the Week 2 Vocabulary. |
| |The children took the selection test today over the material from the stories “The Three-Century Woman” and “The Fall of the Hindenburg.” Parents, if you would like to |
| |see your child’s score for this test, ask to see your child’s username and login for Pearson. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 3 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 11th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders were due today. The site to order books from |
| |Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 2 Day 5 Bell Work and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We completed the practice numbers page in class today. |
| |The students were given the rules for plural nouns page. They were to cut it out and glue it into their “Grammar Notebook” on p. 13 and then write p. 13 – Rules for |
| |Plural Nouns on their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |We read the rules for numbers page together as a class and then the students and I completed the practice plural nouns page together. The students glued the practice |
| |nouns page on page 14 of their “Grammar Notebook” and wrote p. 14 – Rules for Plural Nouns on their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |HOMEWORK: NONE!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 3 |
| |Date: Thursday, September 3, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |The children began their class time silently reading from a book of their choice. All students who read received participation points for their efforts. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We dissected the story “The Fall of the Hindenburg” today in class. We discussed the question on the side of the pages as a class. |
| |I told the children that they will have a test tomorrow over the stories “The Three-Century Woman” and “The Fall of the Hindenburg.” I also told them that they will be |
| |tested over the material on pages six and seven in the textbook. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children will take a test Friday over the material from the stories “The Three-Century Woman” and “The Fall of the Hindenburg.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 2 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due tomorrow, September 4, 2015. The site|
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |We put the bell work in binders and I explained how to complete bell work according to my expectations. The students completed the Week 2 Day 4 Bell Work and they were |
|Periods 3/5/8 |given point for this in class assignment. |
| |We completed the practice quotations page in class today. |
| |The students were given the rules for numbers page. They were to cut it out and glue it into their “Grammar Notebook” on p. 11 and then write p. 11 – Rules for Numbers on|
| |their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |We read the rules for numbers page together as a class and then the students and I completed the practice numbers page together. |
| |HOMEWORK: NONE!!! |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 3 |
| |Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |Today was school picture day and we smiled for the camera!!! |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Students who were absent yesterday took the Maze test today. This test assesses your child’s comprehension. |
| |We read and dissected the story “The Fall of the Hindenburg” today in class. |
| |HOMEWORK: NONE!! |
| |The children will take a test Friday over the material from the stories “The Three-Century Woman” and “The Fall of the Hindenburg.” |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 2 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due Friday, September 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 2 Day 3 Bell Word and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |I passed out the pages for apostrophes. The children cut out the “Rules for Apostrophes” page and glue it into their “Grammar Notebook” and cut out the “Apostrophes |
| |Practice” page. We completed the “Apostrophe Practice” page in class. |
| |The students were given the rules for numbers page. They were to cut it out and glue it into their “Grammar Notebook” on p. 11 and then write p. 11 – Rules for Numbers on|
| |their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |The students were given the practice page for numbers and we will finish this page tomorrow. |
| |HOMEWORK: |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 3 |
| |Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |The children took the Maze test today. This test assesses your child’s comprehension. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We learned what elements exist in a nonfiction piece of work. I gave the children a page about nonfiction text. I told the children to hang on to this page because it |
| |would come in handy on their semester exam. |
| |We read and dissected the story “The Fall of the Hindenburg” today in class by reading over text pages 18-19. |
| |I showed the following video which is the actual fall of the Hindenburg: |
| |HOMEWORK: NONE!! |
| |The children will take a test Friday over the material from the stories “The Three-Century Woman” and “The Fall of the Hindenburg.” |
| |The children were given their picture forms last Tuesday. School pictures will be held on tomorrow, September 2nd. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 2 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due Friday, September 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 2 Day 2 Bell Word and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |The students were given the rules for commas page. They were to cut it out and glue it into their “Grammar Notebook” on p. 5 and then write p. 5 – Rules for Commas on |
| |their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |The students were given the practice page for commas. We finished practicing how to use commas effectively. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children were given their picture forms Tuesday. School pictures will be held tomorrow, September 2nd. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 3 |
| |Date: Monday, August 31, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |We finished reading over and discussing the story entitled “The Three-Century Woman” by Richard Peck. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |HOMEWORK: NONE!! |
| |The children will take a test Friday over the material from the stories “The Three-Century Woman” and “The Fall of the Hindenburg.” |
| |The children were given their picture forms last Tuesday. School pictures will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 2 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due Friday, September 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 2 Day 1 Bell Word and they were given point for this in class assignment. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |We finished the practice section on capitalization and the children glued it on page 4 of their “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |The students were given the rules for commas page. They were to cut it out and glue it into their “Grammar Notebook” on p. 5 and then write p. 5 – Rules for Commas on |
| |their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |The students were given the practice page for commas. We finished practicing how to use commas effectively. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children were given their picture forms Tuesday. School pictures will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 2 |
| |Date: Friday, August 28, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |The children began their day reading a book of their choice and points were given for participation. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |The children took their Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz today. |
| |We started reading over and discussing the story entitled “The Three-Century Woman” by Richard Peck. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children need to read finish reading the story “The Three-Century Woman” by Rickard Peck and fill in the answers to the questions on the side of the story. |
| |We will be discussing their answers on Monday. |
| |The children were given their picture forms Tuesday. School pictures will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 2 Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, September 4th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due Friday, September 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |The students completed the Week 1 Day 5 Bell Word and they were given point for this in class assignment. I totaled the number of points that they earned this week and it|
|Periods 3/5/8 |will be entered into Skyward. |
| |We finished the practice section on capitalization and the children glued it on page 4 of their “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |The students were given the rules for commas page. They were to cut it out and glue it into their “Grammar Notebook” on p. 5 and then write p. 5 – Rules for Commas on |
| |their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |The students were given the practice page for commas. We finished practicing how to use commas effectively. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children were given their picture forms Tuesday. School pictures will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 2 |
| |Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |We worked a page together entitled “Reading Warm-up A p. 15. It contains the vocabulary the children will encounter over the story “The Three-Century Woman.” |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We started reading over and discussing the story entitled “The Three-Century Woman” by Richard Peck. |
| |I told the children to be active readers they need to stop frequently and monitor their reading. Therefore, the children are to answer the questions on the packet that I |
| |gave them containing the story “The Three-Century Woman.” |
| |We went over the vocabulary for this story and I assigned page 14 entitled “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercises for: The Three-Century Woman” and “The Fall of the Hindenburg.” |
| |HOMEWORK: I assigned page 14 entitled “Vocabulary Warm-up Exercises for: The Three-Century Woman” and “The Fall of the Hindenburg.” |
| |The children were given their picture forms Tuesday. School pictures will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 1Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, August 28th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due Friday, September 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |We put the bell work in binders and I explained how to complete bell work according to my expectations. The students completed the Week 1 Day 4 Bell Word and they were |
|Periods 3/5/8 |given point for this in class assignment. |
| |We finished the practice section on capitalization and the children glued it on page 4 of their “Grammar Notebooks.” |
| |The students were given the rules for commas page. They were to cut it out and glue it into their “Grammar Notebook” on p. 5 and then write p. 5 – Rules for commas on |
| |their “Table of Contents” page. |
| |The students were given the practice page for commas. We started practicing going over the correct ways to use commas. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children were given their picture forms Tuesday. School pictures will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 2 |
| |Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |We read and discussed text pages 6-7 together as a class. We reviewed the many differences between fiction and nonfiction. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I asked the children to complete “Reading Kit” p. 11 entitled “Literary Analysis: Fiction and Nonfiction” and then we discussed it in class. |
| |Next, the children were asked to complete page 9 entitled “Learning About Fiction and Nonfiction” and page 10 entitled “Literary Analysis: Fiction and Nonfiction” on the |
| |Smart Response clickers. This was their assignment for today. |
| |The children were given a paper that explains fiction writing and I told them to put it somewhere where they would not lose it because this material would be on their |
| |final. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children were given their picture forms Tuesday. School pictures will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 1Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, August 28th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due Friday, September 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |We put the bell work in binders and I explained how to complete bell work according to my expectations. The students completed the Week 1 Day 3 Bell Word and they were |
|Periods 3/5/8 |given point for this in class assignment. |
| |I explained how to color for the Parts of Speech Song page. |
| |We discussed lesson 1-1 on the hard and fast rules of capitalization and the children added the rules to their “Grammar Notebooks” on page 3 and we worked a practice page|
| |together on capitalization using the new rules we just learned and we put this on page 4. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children were given their picture forms Tuesday. School pictures will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd. |
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|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 2 |
| |Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2015 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |We read and discussed text pages 2-6 together as a class. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |We went over all of the vocabulary words on p. 3 and discussed each words meaning. We looked at how to use Pearson to review the vocabulary terms. |
| |The children and I discussed first-person point of view and third-person point of view including limited and omniscient. |
| |We worked page 9 entitled “Literary Analysis: Point of View” together as a class. |
| |The children then completed a Smart Response on the “Literary Analysis: Point of View” on page 10. |
| |We discussing fiction and nonfiction over pages 6-7. We focused on the elements and types of fiction and nonfiction. |
| |HOMEWORK: The children were given their picture forms today. School pictures will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 1Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, August 28th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due Friday, September 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |We put the bell work in binders and I explained how to complete bell work according to my expectations. The students completed the Week 1 Day 2 Bell Word and they were |
|Periods 3/5/8 |given point for this in class assignment. |
| |I explained how to color and cut out the cutouts for the Parts of Speech Song page. |
| |HOMEWORK: The students are to make sure that they have completed the “Parts of Speech” page and have the “Parts of Speech Song” glued into their Grammar Notebook. |
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|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 2 |
| |Date: Monday, August 24, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |We discussed comprehension skills in the comprehension handbook found in the textbook pages P4-P11. We discussed the following comprehension skills: |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Drawing Conclusions |
| |Fact and Opinion |
| |Main Idea and Details |
| |Making Predictions |
| |Making Inferences |
| |Paraphrasing |
| |Setting a Purpose for Reading |
| |Summarizing |
| |We worked a page together on context clues and the students found out how easy it was to use the context to figure out a word that was missing. |
| |The children then completed a Smart Response on context clues. |
| |Don’t forget to study for the Week 1Vocabulary Test which will be Friday, August 28th. |
| |Read at least twenty minutes tonight. Twenty AR points, for the fourth quarter, are due by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015. |
| |The children were given Scholastic book orders on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. My classroom code which is L7GDY. Book orders are due Friday, September 4, 2015. The site |
| |to order books from Scholastic is readingclub |
|Grammar & Composition: |We put the bell work in binders and I explained how to complete bell work according to my expectations. The students completed the Week 1 Day 1 Bell Word and they were |
|Periods 3/5/8 |given point for this in class assignment. |
| |I gave the children a paper with song lyrics on it to the song “Parts of Speech.” We filled it out together and I had the student color the parts of speech that |
| |corresponded to the ones on page 1. The children were to glue the song on page 2 and write, “p. 2 – Parts of Speech song on The Table of Contents page. |
| |.You can listen to the song entitled “Parts of Speech” at this url: |
| |HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 1 |
| |Date: Friday, August 21, 2015 |
|Friday |
|Literature: |I told the students that they needed all of their supplies for my classroom by Monday. I also reminded them that they need to bring a library book to class on Monday. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |I collected any new supplies like binders and composition books. Students put their names on the edge of the binder and on the composition books in permanent marker and I|
| |passed our papers for their binders |
| |We completed a paper that helped the students understand how they learn best. The paper was entitled “What’s Your Learning Style?” Please take a look at this paper. It |
| |may help you learn how your child retains information best. |
| |Students were reminded to create a folder under their “Favorites” and entitle the folder 7th Grade. They then need to add the following urls in that folder: |
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| |Please follow me on the district website: My actual url is as follows: |
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|Grammar & Composition: |I reminded the students to retrieve their binders and begin their bell work as soon as they enter my classroom on Monday. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Today we listened to Weird Al Yankovic on YouTube – Word Crimes at It is a great video about |
| |grammar and how to use it properly. |
| |The students and I went over parts of speech which include the following: nouns, verbs, adjective, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. I refer to this|
| |lesson as Lesson 0.5: Parts of Speech. We added this information to one of our composition notebook. |
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|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 1 |
| |Date: Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
|Thursday |
|Literature: |Collect Kleenexes and Supplies (First hour only.) |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Collect any new supplies like binders and composition books. Make sure to have students put their names on the edge of the binder and on the composition books in |
| |permanent marker. |
| |The students were given their bathroom passes for both literature and grammar/comp. and I explained how to use them. I also told them that if they did not use their |
| |passes they would earn extra credit points. |
| |The students put their vocabulary terms and bell work sheets in their binders. |
| |I gave the children a sheet that they may utilize to keep track of all of their user names and passwords. User names and passwords are very easy to forget and this sheet |
| |should help them keep track of them. |
| |We looked at the following websites and the children do have homework for this evening. |
| |Homework – Students need to go home and create a folder under their “Favorites” and entitle the folder 7th Grade. They then need to add the following urls in that folder:|
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|Grammar & Composition: |Pass out the vocabulary terms and show kids how to uses Quizlet at I explained how there will be a test each week and they must be ready to take that |
|Periods 3/5/8 |test on Friday. The first set of vocabulary words will start next week and their quiz will be on Friday. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 1 |
| |Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2014 |
|Wednesday |
|Literature: |The children learned how to utilize the Smartboard to do their attendance. |
|Periods 1/4/7 |Students learned that each day they will sit down and begin literature by reading from a book of their choice. They will be given points for reading every day in class. |
| |If students do not read during this time they will not receive points. Students must read outside the class this year as they will be required to get 20 AR points a |
| |quarter. |
| |The students were given the A.R. requirement sheet and they were told to have their parent sign the form and return it to me tomorrow. |
| |I introduced myself and told the children a little bit about what to expect from me as their teacher. |
| |We collected Kleenex boxes. |
| |Each student was given a classroom syllabus and we went over it on the Smart board. |
| |Students were given a pass handout for literature and grammar. I explained how to utilize the passes handouts and how they could earn extra credit. |
| |We went over the late work policy and I explain how to turn in late work. The children and I went over the form that needs to be filled out when they have late work. |
| |I passed out a supply list and asked student to have binders here by tomorrow if possible. Students will be adding materials to their binders tomorrow. |
| |Students learned where to turn in work and find absent work as well as how to check my board for assignments and or my website which is at the following url: |
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|Grammar & Composition: |Students learned that each day they will sit down and begin to work on their Bell Work quietly after attendance. |
|Periods 3/5/8 |Students were given vocabulary terms and I showed the kids how to uses Quizlet at I explained how there will be a test each week and they must be |
| |ready to take that test on Friday. The first set of vocabulary words will start next week and their quiz will be on Friday. |
|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 1 |
| |Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2014 |
|Tuesday |
|Literature: |No School – Teacher’s Institute |
|Periods 1/4/7 |School will resume tomorrow Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
|Grammar & Composition: |No School – Teacher’s Institute |
|Periods 3/5/8 |School will resume tomorrow Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
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|Name: Mrs. Hemberger |Week: 1 |
| |Date: Monday, August 17, 2015 |
|Monday |
|Literature: |No School – Teacher’s Institute |
|Periods 1/4/7 |School will resume on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
|Grammar & Composition: |No School – Teacher’s Institute |
|Periods 3/5/8 |School will resume on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
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