1. 11:10 – STAR testing in computer lab
Tuesday, September 4
Copy down your assignments
Pick up this week’s spelling/vocab
Begin working on them!
I hope yall had a great three-day weekend … now back at it!! 
11:10 – STAR testing in computer lab

2. RW: Combine our knowledge of various genres as we discuss a refugee’s memoir.
Opening: What do various genres have to offer the reader?
Work period: Read pg 10 – 13
AS YOU READ: post-its OR mark on the reading:
Important parts Special parts Parts you do not understand
Parts which you want to discuss
Closing: share up your markings
What do you have to talk about?
How did your mark-ups help you as a reader?

3. Math: Apply PEMDAS as we divide integers with different signs.
Opening: negative-numbers/arith-review-mult-divide-negatives/v/dividing-positive- and-negative-numbers
Questions, Discussion
Work Period: pg, 15, #5-14,
Write the problem, SHOW YOUR WORK, make the answer CLEAR
Closing: Grade, Discuss

4. Sci: Distinguish the difference between chemical and non-chemical reactions.
Opening: What IS a chemical reaction?
Read lesson 2, pg 53-62,
Complete lesson 2 review pg 61
Work Period: Grade and Discuss
Begin Penny Experiment: DO ONE FOR COOPER
Set up observations logs in science journals
Set up expectations for the week/log in journal
Closing: What IS a chemical reaction? What are your predictions?

5. Wednesday, September 5 – already half-way there
Wednesday, September 5 – already half-way there!! *WATCH OUT FOR OUR PENNIES!!!!!*
Copy down the assignment board
Do you have anything which needs to be turned in or taken care of?
You are welcome to make a quick and careful observation of your penny – but not to hang out and chit-chat around it. 
Continue working on this week’s spelling/vocabulary - do you learn better alone or with a partner? Make a wise choice.

6. RW (Wed): Combine our knowledge of various genres as we discuss a refugee’s memoir.
Opening: How do we read a memoir differently than we would another genre?
How can we use text clues to help us define the unknown words
Work Period: Think Questions
Discuss the MEANING of the think questions as a class
ON NOTEBOOK PAPER: Choose TWO to answer as a table group, THREE to answer independently.
MARK!!! “G” = GROUP; “I” = INDEPENDENTLY
Turn in to paper tray when complete, read independently
Closing: Share out

7. WW (Wed): “Strangers have been kind to me when it mattered most
WW (Wed): “Strangers have been kind to me when it mattered most. That sustains a person’s hope and faith.”
Opening: Discussion
Work period: Brainstorm –
What are some moments in your life strangers have been kind to YOU when it mattered most – and results from that moment.
Closing: Share out with a partner – suggestions, ideas of where to go/what to work on tomorrow.

8. Math (Wed): How do we apply PEMDAS as we divide integers with different signs?
Opening: home/negative-numbers/mult-divide-negatives/v/multiplying- and-dividing-negative-numbers
pg 18, 1-7, together
Work Period: 8-23, independently
20-23, round up to nearest 10s
SHOW YOUR WORK!!!
Closing: Grade and discuss

9. Sci (Wed): Differentiate the difference between chemical and physical reactions.
Opening: What makes a re/action CHEMICAL vs. PHYSICAL?
Complete Ch 2 Review page 66 #1-11 – PAGE NUMBER WHERE YOU FOUND ANSWERS WITH THE ANSWER !!!
Work Period: Grade and Discuss
Continue penny Experiment: (Coopers!)
Physical: Ice Cubes
Chemical: Vinegar Drops
Observation LOGS!!!!!!!!!!!
Closing: Any chemical reaction observed? Update your predictions?

10. Thursday, September 6 – *WATCH OUT FOR OUR PENNIES!!!!!*
Copy down the assignment board
Do you have anything which needs to be turned in or taken care of?
You are welcome to make a quick and careful observation of your penny – but not to hang out and chit-chat around it. 
TIME – observe and record your “ICE PENNY” in your science journal ON THURSDAY.
Continue working on this week’s spelling/vocabulary – TEST TOMORROW AND ALL WORDS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS ARE FAIR GAME. Be prepared! 

11. RW (R): Apply our knowledge of genres as we read and discuss a refugee’s memoir.
Side Note: TIME – observe and record your “ICE PENNY” in your science journal ON THURSDAY.
Opening: Is a memoir a genre you would be interested in reading again? How do you read it differently than other genres?
Work Period: Focus Questions
ON NOTEBOOK PAPER: Choose TWO to answer as a table group, THREE to answer independently.
MARK!!! “G” = GROUP; “I” = INDEPENDENTLY
Turn in to paper tray when complete, read independently
TIME – observe and record your “ICE PENNY” in your science journal ON THURSDAY – add vinegar (NOT AUSTIN)?

12. WW (R): “Strangers have been kind to me when it mattered most
WW (R): “Strangers have been kind to me when it mattered most. That sustains a person’s hope and faith.”
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
- Og Mandino
Opening: Choose a specific moment from yesterday’s brainstorming over which to begin writing.
Work period: Map out/ brainstorm your writing plan –
layout, point of view, FOCUS, etc.: JOURNAL
Begin writing: notebook paper – double spaced, skip lines!!!!
Closing: Share out

13. SS (Thursday): How can we apply the five themes of geography to our town?
Opening: Is everyone's experience with “geography (5 themes!) the same?
Work period: HER Town: Five Themes of Geography”
Work in groups
How you present it is up to your group
Will be continued on Friday as a station, but DUE AT THE END OF THE DAY
Closing

14. Math: Opening: Group practice
Work Period: ON NOTEBOOK PAPER (heading):
Page 19, #28-45 – SHOW YOUR WORK!!!
BE CAREFUL – PEMDAS
Turn in
Closing: status check

15. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING THAT MAY BE SET OUT IN THE ROOM.
Friday, September 7
DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING THAT MAY BE SET OUT IN THE ROOM.
Copy down the assignment board – GET THIS WEEK’S ASSIGNMENT LOG SIGNED BY A PARENT THIS WEEKEND … I WILL CHECK FOR A SIGNATURE ON MONDAY.
Not signed on Monday? You will sign the log and owe 5 laps at recess. GET IT SIGNED. 
On a blank sheet of paper –
Heading (name, number, date) Spelling test 3. #1-15
4. YOU NEED IS A SHARPENED PENCIL (MAKE SURE IT HAS A
USABLE ERASER).
5. Read or study for your test.

16. Learning Stations, September 7:
Station 4: Science
1) Completing ch. 2 review - #12-15.
2) Alka-Seltzer experiment: Complete form in Science journal as you go, use model form on table as guide
*YOU WILL BE TURNING IN YOUR SCIENCE JOURNALS ON MONDAY FOR A GRADE – EACH STEP OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD MUST BE PRESENT:
Question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, conclusion
Station 3: Social Studies
“HER Town: Five Themes of Geography”
Work in groups
How you present it is up to your group
DUE AT THE END OF THE DAY
Station 1: Readers Islam is the official state religion of Afghanistan, with approximately 99.7% of the Afghan population being Muslim. In our reading of “the Other Side of the Sky, Farah mentions several references to her religious practices. To better understand these references, read chapter 7, lesson 2, page IN YOUR SOCIAL STUDIES BOOK and answer “section 2 assessment” #1-4 on notebook paper – TURN IN TO THE Social Studies tray * THEN GO BACK TO YOUR “BLUE AND WHITE” – look for references/inferences to her religious practices … to what do you pick on that you did NOT the first time you read it? Station 2: Computers Study Island