February+Absent+Log

February Absent Log
Please write down what you missed in your planner and check your class's colored absent folder for any papers that were handed out. In your warm-up journal-remember to write the date you were absent and the word "ABSENT"so that you get credit!If you missed a test/quiz, please see Miss Reed to make it up!Please See Miss Reed with any questions!

-Off SNOW DAY! || -Visited the Media Center to select new books. YOU WILL NEED TO GO DURING HOMEROOM TO GET A NEW ONE! -Finished the Literary Analysis Chart for Spring Harvest of Snow Peas and Eating Alone poems (#2 in NB) -Completed the Question Support Worksheet for Spring Harvest of Snow Peas and Eating Alone poems (on back of chart) Discussed answers. -Took Quiz on Spring Harvest of Snow Peas and Eating Alone poems. YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO TAKE THIS! -Organized our notebooks. --KEPT: -ALL LETTERS (A-V) -#2 (all of writing prompt) -#14 (Zebra BCR) -#28 (R.A.F.T. Project) -#35 (Unit 3 Pre-Test) -#36 (Unit 3 Unit Organizer) -I handed out portfolios and students put #'s 2, 14, and 28 in their portfolios along with the Unit Assessments from Unit 1 and Unit2 -#35 they CHANGED TO #4 for this marking period. -#36 they CHANGED TO #5 for this marking period. So, in your notebook you should have: -ALL Letters A-V -#'s 1, 2, 4, 5 (I have #3, it is your poem quiz). -Took L-J Quiz #16--Congratulations to Block 1 who beat their ALL TIME BEST!! -Read and Took notes on Independent and Dependent Clauses from English Books, Pg. 186 (Letter W in Notebook). -Completed Exercise #3 on pg. 187-188 of English book and put answers on our notes. -Started a SmartBoard Activity on Independent and Dependent Clauses -Finished the SmartBoard Activity on Independent and Dependent Clauses -Completed pg. 415 in Lit. Book on combining Independent and Dependent Clauses (still on letter "W") -Reviewed answers -Completed Worksheet on Independent and Dependent Clauses (#6)--THIS WAS COLLECTED FOR A GRADE!!! -Students completed Unit 3 Data collection on Smartboard indicating how well they knew the concepts that they learned in Unit 3. -Then, students read the Understanding Theme Reader's Workshop on pages 304-309 in their Lit. Book -As they read, they answered the questions along the side of the pages on their own paper (#7). -Collected last night's HW-Unit 3 Academic Vocabulary (#9)--HAND YOURS IN NOW!!- -Finished reviewing the answers for the Reader's Workshop -Handed out Study Guides for Unit 3 (#8) GET YOURS OUT OF THE ABSENT FOLDER -Students began to complete these with a partner. -Finished Study Guide for Unit 3 -Reviewed the Answers -Block 4---Handed out Book Reports for February! PLEASE GET YOURS OUT OF THE ABSENT FOLDER! -Completed Post test for Unit 3 -Handed out Unit 3 Assessments and students began to complete them. -Finished up Unit 3 Assessments -Completed Unit 8 Pre-Assessment on pg 956 (#11 in Notebook)---YOU NEED TO DO THIS!! -Completed Item Analysis on Unit 8 Pre-Test--YOU NEED TO DO THIS AND GIVE IT TO MISS REED! -Received Unit 8 Unit Organizer (#12--Look in Absent folder) and started filling it in. -Went through the Unit 8 Unit Organizer and discussed the layout of this unit and students filled in their copies. -Students made a t-chart of commercials/products, and which method the advertisers used to try to get us to buy them.(#13) -Began to watch Media Smart Activity on Persuasion. -Finished viewing persuasive commericals and taking notes (see a classmate for notes) (#13) -Discussed the BIG QUESTION and KEY IDEA on page 872. -Discussed elements of nonfiction, text features, and outlining -Wrote down vocabulary words and definitions for "What Do You Know About Sharks" (#14) -Completed a vocabulary activity on SmartBoard for "What Do You Know About Sharks?" -Explained the text features worksheet that students would be filling out after reading "What Do You Know About Sharks?" -Provided students time to independently read "What Do You Know About Sharks?" Pg. 872-880. -As students were finished reading story,t text features/outline worksheet (#15) was handed out -Time was provided to fill out worksheet -Took L-J Quiz #17--Congratulations to Blocks 1 & 3 who beat their All Time Best!! -Reviewed Text Features chart (#15) -Explained how to fill out the outline on back of 15 -Provided students time to fill out outline OFF-President's Day || -OFF--SNOW DAY! || -Visited the Media Center with Mrs. Stammler -She gave a book talk about novels that we will be using next month for our Holocaust Unit -Students were given an opportunity to select a book of their choice and have it checked out -All books will be held onto by Miss Reed until we begin the Unit next month
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 * ** 2/7 ** || ** Monday **
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 * 1. Study for Unit 3 Test **
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 * ** 2/8 ** || ** Tuesday **
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 * 1. Complete Academic Vocabulary Worksheet (#9) **
 * 2. Study for Unit 3 Test **
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 * ** 2/9 ** || ** Wed **.
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 * 1. Study for Unit 3 Test **
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 * ** 2/10 ** || ** Thursday **
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 * 1. Study for Unit 3 Test **
 * 2. Read! ** ||
 * ** 2/11 ** || ** Friday **
 * HW: **
 * 1. Book Report due 2/28 **
 * 2. Read ** ||
 * = ** 2/14 ** || ** Monday **
 * HW: **
 * 1. Book Report due 2/28 **
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 * ** 2/15 ** || ** Tuesday **
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 * 1. Book Report due 2/28 **
 * 2. Read ** ||
 * ** 2/16 ** || ** Wednesday **
 * HW: **
 * 1. Book Report due 2/28 **
 * 2. Read ** ||
 * ** 2/17 ** || ** Thursday **
 * HW: **
 * 1. Book Report due 2/28 **
 * 2. Read **
 * 3. Study vocabulary for "What Do You Know About Sharks?" ** ||
 * ** 2/18 ** || ** Friday **
 * HW: **
 * 1. Book Report due 2/28 **
 * 2. Read **
 * 3. Study vocabulary for "What Do You Know About Sharks?" ** ||
 * ** 2/21 ** || ** Monday **
 * ** 2/22 ** || ** Tuesday **
 * ** 2/23 ** || ** Wednesday **
 * HW: **
 * 1. Book Report due 2/28 **
 * 2. Read **
 * 3. Study vocabulary for "What Do You Know About Sharks?" ** ||
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