Monday, October 28, 2013

Learning Objectives
I can…

• preview learning goals for the next unit of study
• unpack an embedded assessment for key knowledge and skills
• preview the concept of "utopia"

Opening:

1. Review 1st Nine Weeks' grades

2. Hand-in/Hand-out Independent Reading

3. Review expectations

• Reader's Notebooks (Find October Entries)
• Label the beginning of the 2nd Nine Weeks
• You should have 6-9 October Entries
• Mark the Beginning of the 2nd Nine Weeks*
• 2-3 entries using stems EVERY WEEK
• Independent Reading Log: Should contain a SAMPLE..
• Take one entry and extend your thinking.  Be reflective and responsive.
• Class Notebook/Journal (Find Last Entry From 1st Nine Weeks)
• Label the beginning of the 2nd Nine Weeks
• Immediate Grade for having TWO notebooks marked and ready to go for 2nd Nine Weeks.
• Grades for 2nd Nine Weeks: Averaging the Semester Grade
• SLANT

Work Period:

4. Read and mark the text: 

• Table of Contents on page 5
• Learning Focus on page 57.

HW. Write a detailed description of what you think this half of the unit will be about at the bottom of page 57.