MONDAY: Today the students started Week Three Warm-ups which will consist of CRCT prep questions I developed after analyzing the data from last Friday's quiz. This Friday we will take a "mid-point" quiz with a final assessment of the material being done next Friday.
Warm-ups from week one and week two are due tomorrow. Also, students must have their non-fiction reading material in class with them tomorrow. They will also be allowed to use their cell phones for an activity we are doing, so please believe them when they say, "I got to use my cell phone in school!"
As we prepare to write like an expert, it is important that we analyze articles written by experts to establish what sets them apart. Today the students learned that experts include facts (details, examples, history, statistics, etc.), precise vocabulary, and reliable sources in their writing in order to provide evidence of expertise. Students first wrote down what they knew about two topics (rap music and cockroaches), and then they read articles from the Reader's Journey. While reading, they gathered facts, vocabulary, and names of reliable sources and listed them on their two-column chart as evidence of expertise.
In order to access the Reader's Journey on-line, students must click the link below and enter euk 1001 as the access code. They can then click on the 8th grade book. We read a story on page 330 and on 405.
