11/30/18

Today, we completed session 5 of our unit.

11/29/18

On this day, we completed Formative #2.

11/28/18

On this day we took a grade level field trip to the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts to see a production about Gwendolyn Brooks.

11/27/18

On this day, we began Formative #2.

11/26/18

Today in class we were doing reviewing & analysis of our formative assessments.  If we didn't get an exceeding, we had to explain what we could have done to get an exceeding. If we did get an exceeding, we had to explain how we did.

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11/20/18

On this day, students were given the opportunity to review/analyze their Formative #1 assessment. Their job was to see what "rating" they received for each standard, and explain what they should've/could've done to earn an "exceeding." If they earned an "exceeding," they were to explain what they did to earn an "exceeding."

11/19/18

On this day, we completed session 4, as well as continued reading and annotating our books.

11/16/18

On this day, we began session 4 of our unit.

11/15/18

This day was a day for the students to read and annotate their books.

11/14/18

This day was a day for the students to read and annotate their books.

11/13/18

On this day, we completed session 3.

11/12/18

On this day, we began by telling our personal positives and filling in our planners for the week. The we began session 3 of our writing about reading unit.

11/9/18

This day was a day for the students to read and annotate their books.

11/8/18

This day was a day for the students to read and annotate their books.

11/7/18

This day was a day for the students to read and annotate their books.

11-6-18

In today class we read some more of the story the stolen party it was all around a girl named Razara and she was invited to her friends birthday party and her mom went to her and said that her friend was just using her and that she was not her real friend and so Razara went to her mom and said "I will die if I don't go to that party" so that when her mom allowed her to go to the party so her hair got washed with apple vinegar mix to make her hair all shiny so she made it to the party and the monkey went to her and was talking to her but after a while in the party she will sneak out to talk to the monkey.

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11/5/18

After realizing that Mr. Seaton jumped the gun on session 1, we revisited session one to practice some writing about reading using "The Stolen Party." Students listened to an excerpt of a story and wrote about it.

11/2/18

This day turned out to be more of a free day. The work time for this session provides students with time to read and annotate their chosen books; however, many of them don't quite have theirs yet, although it is on the way.

11/1/18

On this day, we began session 1 of the WAR unit.

10/31/18

On this day, students completed the unit's pre-assessment.

10/30/18

On this day, students began the unit's pre-assessment.

10/29/18

On this day, the students did an activity that would help them narrow their search for a book for our current unit. They will be working closely with this book the entire quarter, so it is important that they choose wisely.