Aloha Friday!

MAP Testing Continued  Today we continue with our online Measures of Academic Progress exam. Please try your best on this important test. If you finish early, you may work on any of your incomplete academic assignments, silent read, or take an AR quiz. If you do not finish your test today, Assistant Principal Juan Alcantar will be provide you time next week to complete it.

The Eagle Times: Read All About It  Hot of the presses! Lakeview's online student news blog is out and features lots of terrific writing from your Lakeview classmates. Check it out here and make sure to bookmark it. It will be updated regularly. 

Vocabulary Quiz Postponed Due to MAP testing the vocabulary quiz originally scheduled for today has been postponed until next week.

Measures of Academic Progress Test

Measures of Academic Progress Test  The school district is requiring each student to take the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Test and different intervals throughout the school year to try to gauge student proficiency and growth. I will guide you through the testing process today. Good luck! 

Scholastic Book Order  Didn't find the book you were looking for in the school library? Looking to buy a book just for you? I will be distributing a Scholastic Book Order catalogue today. Look through it. If you see something to your liking, consider buying it. By buying books through Scholastic, not only do you find great book at great prices, but you have an opportunity to earn points for your class so we add more books to our classroom library. 

You may buy books in several ways. You may bring in your order form with cash or a check made out to Scholastic Reading Club. Or you can simply order books online at scholastic.com/readingclub. Once you get there make sure you enter our class code: FMRJ4. 

The deadline for ordering books for this order will be: Friday, September 14. 

Homework  (1.) Read for at least 30 minutes at home each school night. (2.) Study for tomorrow's Flocabulary vocabulary quiz. Use your flash cards! (3.) Complete your Writer's Workout #1 and Vocabulary - Unit 1 (Bottom of the Ninth) - Fix the Mistake assignments, both of which are due tomorrow Friday, September 9. (4.) Consider buying a book from the Scholastic Book Order. The deadline for ordering books is Friday, September 14. 

Paragraph Writing and Vocabulary Study

Analyzing Character Traits and Paragraph Writing  Take some time today to continue to work on writing your own paragraph in which you analyze the traits of one of the main characters from the short story "Eleven." The assignment Analyze Character Traits (Paragraph Writing) can still be found in your Language Arts Google Classroom. A list of handy transition words that you can use to help connect the ideas of your paragraph can still be found here. Your paragraph will be assessed using the rubric below. 

The assignment will count also towards your assessment grade and is due at the end of this week on Friday, September 9.   

Flocabulary Vocabulary  After watching this week's Flocabulary vocabulary video again, take some to study the words and their meanings and work on the activity Vocabulary - Unit 1 (Bottom of the Ninth) - Fix the Mistake, which can be found in your Language Arts Google Classroom. This assignment will be due Friday, September 9.  

You also can can study the works using the Quizlet generated flashcards below. Remember there will also be a quiz on these words at the end of the week.



Homework  (1.) Read for at least 30 minutes at home each school night. (2.) Continue to work on Writer's Workout #1 and Vocabulary - Unit 1 (Bottom of the Ninth) - Fix the Mistake, both of which are due this Friday, September 9. 

Paragraph Writing and Flocabulary Vocabulary

Analyzing Character Traits and Paragraph Writing  Today we will examine the structure of a model paragraph and then write our own paragraphs analyzing the traits of one of the main characters from the short story "Eleven." The assignment Writer's Workout #1 can be found in your Language Arts Google Classroom. A list of handy transition words that you can use to help connect the ideas of your paragraph can be found here. The assignment will count also towards your assessment grade and is due at the end of this week on Friday, September 9.   

Flocabulary Vocabulary  Today I'd like to introduce you to Flocabulary's vocabulary program. Periodically you will be presented with a new set of vocabulary words, as well as engaging videos, exercises, games and quizzes that make learning new words fun. This week's words are:

anguish / boisterous / capacity / commentary / continuous / cumulative / erupt / factor / inept / intimidate / marvel / maximum / painstaking / restrain / unanimous

After watching the video a couple of times, study the words and their meanings and work on the activity Vocabulary - Unit 1 (Bottom of the Ninth) - Fix the Mistake, which can be found in your Language Arts Google Classroom. This assignment will also be due Friday, September 9. There will also be a quiz on these words at the end of the week.

Homework  Continue to work on Writer's Workout #1 and Vocabulary - Unit 1 (Bottom of the Ninth) - Fix the Mistake, both of which are due this Friday, September 9.

Aloha Friday!

"Eleven" Quiz  Show me what you know about the short story "Eleven," especially its central characters and their traits, by taking the online quiz here.

Introducing Kahoot!  Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform, which is "all about coming together and making learning awesome." To see how it works check out the video below.

Kahoot! Activity: Context Clues Review  Now let's have fun together reviewing context clues, while trying out Kahoot! for the first time. Report to Kahoot! and I will provide you with the necessary code to get started.  

Sacred Reading, AR Testing, Book Talking, and Taking Care of Business

Sacred Reading Time  While I meet with a few more students individually today to make reading goals, I would like to offer you some class time today to simply read and commune with your new books. Some of you will be invited to read outside, others in a cozy corner of the room, while most of you will hopefully become enraptured by the words on your pages right at your desks. Enjoy this time!

Accelerated Reader Testing  Now that you each of you has an AR reading goal, it's time to head over to the Accelerated Reader website and take your first quiz of the school year and hopefully earn your first points. Earlier this year, I read aloud the story Thank You, Mr. Falker. Now it's time to test your comprehension and take the quiz. 

Introducing Book Talks  What's a "book talk"? According to the Pine Peaks LIbrary District,a book talk is "NOT a review or a book 'report.' A book report tells somebody you read the book; a booktalk tries to convince the person to read the book. The key to booktalking is to 'sell, don't tell.' Thus, a booktalk is more of an advertisement or a commercial. A booktalk is a Performance - you want to 'hook' the listeners, to do everything, use every trick you can think of to make the booktalk fun, exciting, and suspenseful."

This quarter each of you will be required to give to give a book talk on one of the books you read. To get you comfortable with the idea, I will periodically be sharing book talks by other students so you can see what they look like. Today, meet Andy, who will be booktalking the novel The Hunger Games. 

Academic Business Time  Tomorrow there are several important assignments due for this class, including the Character Traits in "Eleven" assignment and the Newsela 'Pokemon Go' article. If need be, you may use the remainder of class time to work on completing your assignments. Otherwise, you may use this time to silent read, take AR quizzes, read Newsela articles of your choice, or practice your typing.   

Homework  (1.) Complete your Character Traits in "Eleven" and  your Newsela 'Pokemon Go' article assignment, both of which must be completed by tomorrow, Friday, September 2. (2.) Read your new A.R. book for at least 30 minutes tonight. 

It's Library Day!

Library Visit   We are heading over to the library today to select your first batch of Accelerated Reader books. You may pick out any book you want as long as it is within your ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) and an appropriate color level. Remember, you don't want a book that's too easy or too hard; rather, you want a book that "just right" for you. Most importantly, you want to find a book that's interesting and that you are passionate about reading. 

Enjoy your books! Take care of them. And make sure an A.R. book is always with you because there will be times when you'll have the opportunity to read, write about, and discuss your book in class.  Happy reading!

Homework  (1.) Complete your Character Traits in "Eleven" and  your Newsela 'Pokemon Go' article assignment, both of which must be completed by this Friday, September 2. (2.) Read your new A.R. book for at least 30 minutes tonight.