Reading Questions Chavez/Schornack

 Fiction, this week?

(You will only get this copy once.  Since this is HOMEwork, perhaps you should keep it in a safe place at HOME.)

Question One:  What is one conclusion you can draw from your reading tonight?  Use evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Question Two:  make an inference about a character as you read tonight using the textual evidence.  (I can infer that _______ because the text says _____________)

Question Three:  Write an objective summary of the section of the text that you red tonight.  ( An objective summary is writing about only what happened in the text without using your opinion or personal feelings.)

Question Four:  Write down a line of dialogue from your reading tonight that you feel is significant to the story.  What does that line of dialogue reveal about the character that said it?

Question Five:  Write down one word or phrase from your reading tonight that you are not sure about and/or has a connotative or figurative meaning.  Write down what the word or phrase actually means.

You must cite your source at least once per week.

Nonfiction, this week?

Question One:  Assess the author’s qualifications to write this text.  What information do you know about this author that makes him/her a credible person to write about this topic?

Question Two:  In the section of the text you read tonight, what type of arguments or evidence does the author use to support his/her central idea?  Are the arguments/evidence effective to you as a reader? Explain

Question Three:  Compare your current independent reading text/book with another text/book you have read in the past.  How are the structures of these two texts alike?

Question Four:  Synthesize information from your reading by reveaing how you have changed and /or added to your background knowledge on a specific topic based on information from the text.

Question Five:  Critique a decision that the author made about th use or nonuse of text features in this book/text …(I like/dislike how the author  ___________because  ____________________.)

You must cite your source at least once per week.

23 October 2014 6th Grade Technology Classroom Activity

http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/

Complete the Top Row Keys.  Do not take the typing test.  You need to focus on completing the unit.  If you complete the unit, repeat the unit.

23 October 2014 All Students Technology Warmup

You must read for 10 minutes, or until directed otherwise.

23 October 2014 Figurative or Abstract?

22 October 2014 6th Grade Technology Activity

http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/

Complete the typing unit: Homerow Keys.  Start from the beginning.  If you complete the unit, repeat.

22 October 2014 All Technology Students Warmup

http://www.explorelearning.com/

Login to Explore Learning.  Open the GIZMO Fraction Artist 1.

21 October 2014 6th Grade Classroom Activity

This activity will be completed AFTER the warmup.  Do not do this activity until directed to.

Sign into Typing Web.


http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/

You will begin with Home Row Keys.

21 October 2014 All Technology Students Warmup

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_multiplication.htm

Choose the number range 1-13.  Play the game until directed to move on.  You will need the following link after the warmup.

http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/#

20 October 2014 All Technology Students Warmup

https://www.edmodo.com/

Login to Edmodo.  Complete the assignment:

Duck-and-cover time for Mars spacecraft as comet nears

Ensure that you are using a Perfect Three Sentence Answer.

The Museum Interface Reading Source

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OpfFPixK8DyCYWD2KePDqhOhHfvO4ugxzlxf9FRl3mk/edit?usp=sharing

I Notice Mentor Texts

http://vmsdfrank.webs.com/handouts

Typing Web

http://www.typingweb.com/

16 October 2014 All Technology Students Warmup

Get out your reading material and reading log, or your In Text Question worksheet.  You must be reading for the next ten minutes without interruption.

Frogger Resources

Video

http://sgda.cs.colorado.edu/arcade/sites/all/modules/drupal_modules/ristretto3d/Ristretto3D/public/hourofcode.html?nid=414871&hour_of_code=true&edit=true

2D Tutorials

Part 1

http://sgd.cs.colorado.edu/wiki/Frogger_Tutorial

Part 2

http://sgd.cs.colorado.edu/wiki/Frogger_Tutorial_2

3D Frogger Handout

http://sgd.cs.colorado.edu/wiki/images/9/9a/Part_1_3DFrogger.pdf

SGD Pre-Survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/oDREAMS_SMSpre

14 October 2014 All Technology Students Classroom Activity

Use the provided links to learn more about internet safety and ethical technology practices.  Complete the activities in the provided order.

Make sure that you turn the volume off on your computers.

Read the following web page.

http://www.atg.wa.gov/internetsafety/teens.aspx#.VD0TPBbLL1Y

Follow at least one episode of the provided videos.

http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyOnline/Safesurfing/cybernetiquette/main.html

Play at least three of the provided games below.

http://www.netsmartzkids.org/adventuregames/theinternetsafetygame

http://pbskids.org/webonauts/

http://www.nsteens.org/Games/PasswordPlunder

http://www.nsteens.org/Games/RescueRun

http://www.nsteens.org/Games/StopThatPost

http://www.nsteens.org/Games/ProfilePanic

http://www.nsteens.org/Games/CyberbullyZombies

Link for Video for Art Students

http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/episode-identity

Explore Learning

http://www.explorelearning.com/

6th
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7th
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8th
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Edmodo Codes

 https://www.edmodo.com/

6th Grade

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7th Grade

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8th Grade

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2nd Quarter Formal Assessment

6th Grade Technology

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i0mj06RRDHkb5odfYewbA8FxgfCGPnGIbZVsHJOIE3c/viewform?usp=send_form

7th Grade Technology

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1laPyLqPXNI7PVlEg_YXVjcjnaLM5R3E1XgQDCzA9jR4/viewform?usp=send_form

8th Grade Technology

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mZcjGwJm3g0aEOSC-QTgnQPySIzbVPdVk-XPidAN9oI/viewform?usp=send_form

Visual Art

https://docs.google.com/a/district70.org/forms/d/1fYNht2sGAT0CL3zZMednU32cEPzkjHQFD6BtCZycbaw/viewform?usp=send_form

Verizon App Challenge

Website/Rules

http://appchallenge.tsaweb.org/

Presentation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jZ-XR-VlEQ-nbQarIv0Z1DfhI_1Rcj7uKq_5FIJ6luE/edit?usp=sharing

08 October 2014 8th Grade Grading Rubric

Home	Paragraph	Educational	Personal	Professional	Contact	General Appearance
1.Title 2. Logo 3. Paragraph	1.Capitalization 2. Punctuation 3. Sentences	1. Goal 2. Image 3. Resource	1. Goal 2. Image 3. Resource	1. Goal 2. Image 3. Resource	1. Title 2. Email	/15

08 October 2014 8th Grade Technology Warmup

https://www.edmodo.com/

Turn in your website as a link in Edmodo.

Website Example

https://sites.google.com/a/district70.org/amie-b-vms-quarter-1/

08 October 2014 7th Grade Grading Rubric

Agents	Depictions	Concept Accuracy	Functionality	Viewer Level of Involvement	Overall Performance
/10	/10	/10	/10	/10	/50

08 October 2014 7th Grade Technology Warmup

Ensure that your game is turned in to the correct ODIN folder.

08 October 2014 6th Grade Grading Rubric

Introduction	Slide 1	Slide 2	Slide 3	Conclusion	Presentation
1. Title 2. Name 3. Note	1. Title 2. Goal 3. Image	1. Title 2. Goal 3. Image	1. Title 2. Goal 3. Image	1. Title 2.  Perfect 3 Sentence Answer	1.Introduce Self 2. Completed in front of class

08 October 2014 6th Grade Technology Warmup

https://www.edmodo.com/

Turn in your Power Point as a file in Edmodo.

07 October 2014 All Technology Students Warmup

No warmup.  Open your current project.  Today is your last workday to complete your assignment.

06 October 2014 All Technology Students Warmup

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/LeastCommonDenomimator.htm

Play the provided game until directed to move on.

02 October 2014 6th Grade Classroom Activity

http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/

Repeat and continue working on Intermediate Wrap Up.

02 October 2014 All Technology Students Warmup

Complete your Quarter 1 Final Formal Assessment.  I will review instructions if you are unclear on how to complete this assignment.

Quarter 1 Final Formal Assessment

6th Grade Technology

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i0mj06RRDHkb5odfYewbA8FxgfCGPnGIbZVsHJOIE3c/viewform?usp=send_form

7th Grade Technology

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1laPyLqPXNI7PVlEg_YXVjcjnaLM5R3E1XgQDCzA9jR4/viewform?usp=send_form

8th Grade Technology

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mZcjGwJm3g0aEOSC-QTgnQPySIzbVPdVk-XPidAN9oI/viewform?usp=send_form

Visual Art

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bsSHmJHxpfHyLz0QS9O-s3Y5kedUq6_f4mdWdp0VpzA/viewform?usp=send_form

01 October 2014 8th Grade Technology Activity

Upon and begin working on your website.

01 October 2014 7th Grade Technology Activity

Open and work on your simulation.

01 October 2014 6th Grade Technology Activity

http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/

Begin Intermediate Wrap Up

01 October 2014 No Technology Warmup

Due to the altered schedule, go directly to your activity.

The Peepshow

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rnoERRPAHRFQn11NXkHJEVHOkqgxBSSY2ePaPHbrtXE/edit?usp=sharing

30 September 2014 6th Grade Technology Activity

http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/

Continue working in the unit Speed Drills.