This Week in Room 101: September 24-28

Core (Language Arts and Social Studies

Monday: New vocabulary words (root word: ject), map+atlas practice, edline & email

Tuesday: Reading Log (setting) DUE, Character, Get Coordinated (from Mon) DUE

Wednesday: Nouns, Latitude + Longitude assessment, Detectives

Thursday: Detectives, spelling sort it

Friday: Vocab test, spelling practice sheet DUE, Detective DUE, Maps

Reading (meets 1st period B days only)

Tuesday:

Thursday:

Wildcat Pride 

Monday: Theme boards

Tuesday: Vote on theme, figure out t-shirts

Wednesday: Photography tips and tricks

Thursday: Photography tips and tricks continued

Friday: COMFY COZY DAY!! Team building

Cultural Exploration

Monday: Weather

Tuesday: Weather art

Wednesday: Mi Vida Loca

Thursday: Weather art, finish and DUE

Friday: Mi Vida Loca

Spelling & Vocabuary Test FRIDAY!

 

• emancipate  v. - To set free, the way Abe Lincoln emancipated the slaves during the Civil War, he took them out of the hands of their masters.
• manacles n. - Well, we say handcuffs, but I like manacles better as a way of describing that gilhickie that holds a thief's hands together.
• manager n. - This is the person who has the running of the store, the shop, the city in his or her hands; when I like what an employee does, I tell his or her manager.
• mandate n. - This is an imperative or a rule put into your hands that you must follow and enforce; a law, or an order that must be obeyed.
• maneuver n., v. - To skillfully or handily avoid an obstacle, go around something adroitly. (Oops! Droit is a French root. We'll get to that later.
• manicure n., v. - This is a pedicure for your hands. Didn't think this weeks words had any connection to last weeks words, didja?
• manipulate v. - To modify skillfully by hand;
• manual n., adj. - A handbook of instructions or guidelines for a process or piece of equipment; to be operated by hand, as in manual transmission; manually, adv. - done by hand.
• manufacture v. - to make by hand or produce with machines; to convert raw material into a product.
• manuscript n. - a book, article, or paper that is not yet published; it can be either typed or handwritten.

Cultural Exploration: Lunes

17 de Septiembre

1. Mi Vida Loca Episode One

2. Mi Vida Loca Practice for Episode One

This Week in Room 101: Sept 17-21

 Here is our plan for the week of September 17 - September 21.

Core (Language Arts and Social Studies

Monday: New vocabulary words (root word: man/manu), Cornell note taking

Tuesday: Maps & Globes, reading log (focus on setting), nouns

Wednesday: Latitude & Longitude

Thursday: Continue work on setting, nouns and latitude+longitude

Friday: Vocab test, fun write Friday

Reading (meets 1st period B days only)

Monday: "Eleven" name activity/reading

Wednesday: "Eleven" due at the end of the period
Friday: Reading circuit: focus on setting 

Wildcat Pride 

Monday: Comfy Cozy Sign DUE, yearbook theme brainstorm, parts of a yearbook

Tuesday: Meet Balfour rep, work on theme

Wednesday: Photography tips and tricks, finalize theme

Thursday: Photography tips and tricks continued

Friday: Team building

Cultural Exploration

Monday: Review numbers, days, months

Tuesday: Intro weather

Wednesday: Weather

Thursday: Weather, prepare "Queso" board

Friday: Weather "Queso" and weather quiz

This is our 500th POST!!!

In the blogging world, posting milestones are celebrated like birthdays and this my friends is my 500th post as a teacher at MVMS in Room 101. I could get all emotional and sentimental with you (my first class of 6th graders are now seniors after all), but I won't. Not today. It is Friday, I will give you presents instead.

As a 500th post gift to you, two videos (hopefully you find something that you enjoy)

Wahoo.


Live action light painting // TECH:TEST from Anssi Määttä on Vimeo.

Say hello to our root of the week: PED

Our root this week: ped = foot

This week's vocab and spelling words: 

1. biped: a creature with two feet
2. centipede: a creature with 100 feet
3. impediment: something that stands in one's way; an obstacle
4. millipede: a creature with 1000 feet 
5. pedal: a lever that is moved with one's feet
6. peddler: a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product
7. pedestrian: a person who walks across the street on foot
8. pedicure: a foot treatment that could include soaking feet and polishing the toenails
9. quadruped: a four-footed  creature
10. tripod: a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera 

Test on FRIDAY, September 14th (student's will need to know the definition AND how to spell each word, as well as the root and what it means)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Source: words and handouts for vocabulary are from the Learning Works publication: Greek and Latin Roots: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension by Trisha Callela

Applicable Standards:

 L.6.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.6.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Applicable Targets:

I know the parts of a word

I can choose and use an appropriate resource when acquiring new vocabulary

I can describe the relationship between particular words

I can spell the word correctly

This Week in Room 101

 Welcome to the BIG SHOW. Week 2.

A few notes:

1.  We do our best to stick to this schedule, but inevitably, life happens. If deadlines change, they will be noted here on the blog...this is a PLAN, and is meant to be used for students to have a general idea of what happened in class. Detailed assignments and notes will sometimes be posted, extra copies are available in the classroom.
2. Core meets for 3 periods on A days and 1 period on B days and thus some days will have more to accomplish than others (as you will see below)

Core (Language Arts and Social Studies

Monday: New vocabulary words (see related post HERE), Intro to DOL, vocab flashcards, blog tour, Fire Drill "how to"

Tuesday: Magical words and phrases (a writing activity)

Wednesday: DOl, Maps and Globes, LibLab tour, using gmail

Thursday: Vocab practice, latitude and longitude

Friday: Vocab test, DOL, latitude and longitude, fun write Friday

Reading (meets 1st period B days only)

Tuesday: Intro WIR and begin "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros

Thursday: Finish "Eleven"

Wildcat Pride 

Monday: Spirit day presentation prep

Tuesday: Present spirit day decisions to Mr. Murphy

Wednesday: Sign making 101

Thursday: Sign due @ end of the period

Friday: Team building

Cultural Exploration

Monday: Fire drill practice, basic conversation comic RD due

Tuesday: basic conversation comic work time, due @ end of the period

Wednesday: numbers, telephone conversations

Thursday: Classroom objects

Friday: Classroom objects