29 October 2014 6th Grade Classroom Activity

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

Complete Homerow and Beyond.  Do not do the typing test.

29 October 2014 All Technology Students Warmup

http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/math/

Open your grade level test.  Starting at the beginning, try to complete as much of the test as possible in the provided time.  We will discuss your responses after you have taken the test.

28 October 2014 6th Grade Technology Classroom Activity

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

Login to Typing Web.  Complete the unit Bottom Row Keys.  If you complete the unit, repeat.  Do not do the typing test.

28 October 2014 All Technology Students Warmup

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/monkeydrive/multiply/MDTimes6to9.htm

Use the above link and play the provided game until told differently.  You will need the following link later in class.

http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/math/

Now

file://///nwea.district70.org/NWEA/_NWEA_Lockdown_Browsers/

27 October 2014 All Technology Students

Login to Edmodo.

https://www.edmodo.com/

Complete the assignment- Coding in the Classroom.

I Notice Mentor Text Frank

Book and author:	Page #	Words From the Author	What I Noticed

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.