Do Now | 3 minutes
1 Noise Level Grab a notecard from the front cart and identify which book you will be reading for class today. You are welcome to read an e-book and listen to an audiobook, just check in with Mrs. KP before you open your chromebook.
Silent Reading | 30 minutes 0 Noise Level
Exit Slip | 7 minutes 2 Noise Level Write the following information on your notecard and turn it in at the door. Pages Read | identify page started reading at and page ended reading
Do Now | Free Writing (10 Minutes)
You are welcome to drawing or art time after you hit your goal for today, at the end of class. Write after one of the following prompts:
Do Next | Self-Guided Oral History and Artist Transparency Project TODAY'S GOAL: Finish BOTH Thinking Routines for the two oral histories. Tomorrow, we paint. By Friday, you will:
DEADLINE: Friday, May 3rd. Exit Slip | Before you leave for Project Seminar, let Mrs. KP know how much progress you made today in class. Do Now | Free Writing or Drawing (10 Minutes)
Your mission: Write about or draw the tallest person on earth. What do they look like? What types of things do they do? What accessories would be in their action figure box if they were a toy? Do Next | Self-Guided Oral History and Artist Transparency Project Over the next week, you will listen to TWO different Oral Histories (link sent to you through Google Classroom). You will:
DEADLINE: Friday, May 3rd. You will have quiet work time starting today (and excluding Wednesday’s Quiet Reading Time) during class until the deadline on next Friday. By the end of class today, you should aim to have filled out TWO thinking routines after listening to TWO oral histories. Mrs. KP will let you know when we have 15 minutes left of class. At this point in class, you can have free time, art cart time, or choose to finish your oral histories’ thinking routines. Exit Slip | Before you leave for Project Seminar, let Mrs. KP know how much progress you made today in class. DO NOW [5 min]: Quick Jot Grab a piece of scratch paper and brainstorm the following…
DO NEXT [3 min]: Mix and Mingle Walk around the room until I say mingle. Once you have a partner, share out your responses to the quick jot and allow your partner to share their responses. You may add more topics to your list if your partner shares something you didn’t think of! When you are done sharing, circle up! WHOLE GROUP [10 min]: I will call on a few people to share out responses to each question until we think we have summarized our trimester in this class:
INDEPENDENT [25 min]: Peel the Fruit Reflection Use the rest of the time to complete your Peel the Fruit Reflection for this class! This is in your POL Slides which should be in your Advisory Google Classroom.
TICKET OUT [3 min]: As you leave, share with me if you completed your slide or not. If you did not, let me know when you plan to complete it! Do Now | 3 minutes
1 Noise Level Grab a notecard from the front cart and identify which book you will be reading for class today. You are welcome to read an e-book and listen to an audiobook, just check in with Mrs. KP before you open your chromebook.
Silent Reading | 30 minutes 0 Noise Level
Exit Slip | 7 minutes 2 Noise Level Write the following information on your notecard and turn it in at the door. Pages Read | identify page started reading at and page ended reading
Do Now | Write or Draw Freely (5 Minutes)
Write about or Draw something you are looking forward to this summer. Do you have plans to go somewhere? See something? Make something? Do Next | Polish your Book Review This class period will be work time for making edits to your book review. Make sure you get your peer’s feedback on your book review to refer to while making thoughtful edits and additions to your book review. Once you have made all your edits to writing, you will publish your book review to your Reading Portfolio online. Be sure to include an image of “Nine, Ten” as well! Exit Slip | Show Mrs. KP your published Reading Log entry with your freshly revised book review. Do Now | Open up your rough draft of your “Nine, Ten” book review.
We will be pairing up and giving thoughtful feedback on each other’s book reviews this hour. Do Next | Peer Review
When you are done with your peer reviews, you are welcome to work on your ALEKS, Lexia, or DuoLingo goals quietly. Exit Slip | Hand in your finished Thinking Routine sheets to Mrs. KP Book Review Progress!
Do Now | Haiku Book Review Grab a notecard from the lavender cart up front. Write the haiku version of your book review of “Nine, Ten.” Focus your Haiku Book Review on your personal reaction to the book. 3 lines with the following syllable count: 5 7 5 This is a practice of writing with potency and brevity. How can you pack in the most important details into a small space? Share Out | Let’s circle up around the room! Using the class popsicle sticks, Mrs. KP will call on people at random to share their Haiku Book Review. Pay attention to see if a fellow classmate has a similar personal reaction to “Nine, Ten”! Do Next | Book Review Drafting Mrs. KP will set a timer for 25 minutes. In this time, we will be silently working toward completing a first full draft. You are welcome to type your book review from the ground, under tables, or move tables into triangles to sit in groups of 2 - 3 people. Tomorrow, we will be swapping our book review drafts for peer review. You will be able to choose your partner tomorrow. Exit Slip | Hand in your Haiku Book Review before heading to Project Seminar. |
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