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=Tuesday, May 28, 2012 = = =

Good morning! Mrs. Groce's independent work: Today is our last day of remediation. Let's make it count! First, review **main idea**. Click on eog skill review in the menu bar.

Then, begin reading the passages in Lesson 2009 in Reading Review for EOG. You can try to get to this link here: [|Tuesday's reading passages] = = =Friday, May 25, 2012 = =Week 16: Social Studies questions =

1. What were some of the reasons people came to North Carolina. 2. Why didn't colonists like Edmund Fanning?  3. What was Herman Husband known for?  4. What did the rioting back-countrymen do to Fanning? **A riot is like a protest, or a fight against something.**

= = = = = = =**During independent time in Mrs. Groce's room: **= = = =Let's review author's purpose, or why authors choose to write. Go to the menu and click on EOG skill review. Click on author's purpose. Practice this for five minutes. = = = =Friday, read "Campout" and "Fun with Shadow Puppets" click here:[|Friday's passages] = = = = = = = =Thursday, May 24, 2012 =

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Social Studies Assignment: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">First, preview the questions below that you need to be able to answer. Then read Lesson 15. Head your paper with your name, date and social studies. Be sure to write Lesson 15 in your heading. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The questions you need to answer are:
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">1. What was the name of Blackbeard's jolly flagship? **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">2. What are some of the things pirated did that were illegal? **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">3. What is Blackbeard's real name? **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">4. Who was the person that finally put an end to Blackbeard's career as a pirate? **


 * THURSDAY'S INDEPENDENT TIME IN Mrs. Groce's room... **

First: Review the skill: Sequencing. Click on the EOG skill review in the menu. Then, click on sequence practice #2. There are two activities. This should take you about five minutes to practice.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Next:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">You will read two passages and answer the questions. See if you can make a prediction and a connection about each passage before you read them. Use your strategies! The passages begin on question 18. Read "Hidden Talents" and "Life in the Wolf Pack". Click here to begin: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">[| Thursday passages]

= = = = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%;">Wednesday, May 23, 2012 = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%;">Wednesday: Social Studies classwork: = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%;">Read Lesson 14. = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%;">Answer these questions in complete sentences: =

1. What was the first big challenge pioneers faced when they arrived in Carolina? 2. When were slaves first introduced tot he New World? 3. What was the name of North Carolina's first steamboat? 4. What is an indentured servent?

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">INDEPENDENT TIME IN Mrs. Groce's room

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;"> **Notice the change of order!**

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">First: Review the skill: **Author's viewpoint**. click on the EOG skill review in the menu.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">Next:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">You will read two passages and answer the questions. See if you can make a prediction and a connection about each passage before you read them. Use your strategies!

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;"> These passages are "Captain of the Carrots" and "Sand Art Card". <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">Click on the link below: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">[|Wednesday and Thursday passages]

= = = = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%;">Tuesday: Social Studies classwork: = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%;">Read Lesson 13 and answer these questions in complete sentences. 1. Who was the king who established the Carolina colony? 2. What was the title of the eight people who first owned the Carolina colony? 3. Why did so many people want to come to the Carolina colony? 4. Why did Sir Walter Raleigh lose his freedom and eventually his head? = = = = = Tuesday, May 22, 2012 = = =

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= = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30.4px;">First: = = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30.4px;">You will read "Callie's Choice" and "A Warm Welcome in the Artic". Answer questions 18-35. These passages are after the ones you read yesterday. Click on the link below:
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30.4px;">During independent time at your seats. **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30.4px;">[|Todays two passages] = = = = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30.4px;">Second: =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30.4px;">You will go to the menu bar on this wiki page and you will: complete the fact and opinion practice #2 = = = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%;">Monday: Classwork = Read Lesson 12: 1. What did the first explorers sent by Raleigh accomplish? 2. What are the three most common explanations of what happened to the Lost Colony? 3. Why didn't Raleigh come to America with the Lost Colony? 4. Who is Virginia Dare? 5. Who was the pilot of the ship that carried the Lost Colony to America? = = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%;">Monday, May 21, 2012 =


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">During independent time at your seats. **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">First: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;"> Log on to the following link and answer questions 1-17. You will read two passages. The first one is Peter the Dragon. The second passage is "Macaroni and Cheese, Please". <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">[|Todays two passages] = = = = =**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">Second: **= =**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">If you finish before we switch, choose the link **= =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">"EOG skill review" **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;"> in the menu bar. Review sequencing activity. **= = = = = = = = = = = = =

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday, May 18, 2012 =

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">First 15 minutes: Log on to wiki page. Read what our plans are for today. You may go to the new Poptropica site. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Second: We will read a play today and act it out. Are you scared of something. Does it give you the "willies" or the "eebie jeebies"? We will discuss.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">After reading the play,

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Write your own: Choose one or more supernatural beings, or invent them. Think up what they’ll do when they appear, and what Hans will say and do about it. Then figure out how they’ll turn on Hans and how he’ll overcome them. Don’t forget to start with the clock and end with Hans wondering about the willies!

NC Social Studies weekly: Partner read week 11 with a buddy. When you finish reading, answer the following questions in complete sentences:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;">1. Why did the English want to settle a colony in North America? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;">2. Which two men convinced Queen Elizabeth that starting a colony in America was a smart idea? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;">3. What three reasons did the Europeans have for coming to the New World? Which of these reasons brought Hernando De Soto to North America?

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;">*Turn in for a grade! = = = = = = =Thursday, May 16, 2012= After testing:

Relax and enjoy the treats and a movie! You deserve it! If the movie ends before I return, you may get your laptop and go to the Poptropica site that Ms. Raley showed you yesterday in computer lab.

= = = = = = = Tuesday, May 15-17, 2012 = EOG tests! Good luck! Be on time! Be ready! Eat a healthy breakfast!

= Monday, May 14, 2012 = = = Good Morning! = =

= = I hope you had a nice weekend! = =

= = At your seats, gentle cut your tickets and be ready to put them in the raffles. = =

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= = Today we will review several things before the eog tomorrow! We will rotate as follows: Mrs. Van Orden will see groups 3 and 4. Take your purple EOG book with you. YOu will read the "how to" article about Suduko. I will see groups one and two. Bring your purple EOG book as well. = =

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= = At your seats, go to this link and complete the on line test. Click on 2009. Read "The Magic Carousel" Good luck! = =

= = [|eog practice] = = = = = Friday, May 11, 2012 =

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Get out your homework for me to collect!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Have it on your desk! I suggest to look over your work!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> Sharpen pencils.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">Today we will: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">- review idioms <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">- take quiz on EOG vocabulary words <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">- review items frequently missed in Purple EOG books. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">- decide on how to spend our points for the raffle on Monday!

= Thursday, May 10, 2012 =

Get out your homework for me to collect! Have it on your desk! I suggest to look over your work! Sharpen pencils. Copy assignments in your agenda. While you are waiting to begin class, check out the following website.

[|What is an idiom?]

[|more idioms]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Today during independent time:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Show what you know! In your purple EOG review books, turn to p. 50. You will be reading a Native American porquoi tale. A porquoi tale

i <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 210%;">s a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;"> Group 4: Research your favorite god or goddess and take notes:you need to include:
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">what they represent
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">cool facts about this god
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">the most famous accomplishment he/she did.

= Wednesday, May 9, 2012 =

Good morning! I hope everyone had a nice day off yesterday. Get out your homework for me to collect! Have it on your desk. Sharpen pencils. Copy assignments in your agenda.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Today during independent time: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">We will skip some passages in the purple EOG book today. = = = = =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Monday, May 7, 2012 = = =
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Show what you know!
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Today, you will complete "Your Skin" on pp. 61
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Notice text features.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;"> Remember, subheadings help to organize information. Read it carefully. READ QUESTIONS FIRST!

= = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Good Morning! = = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Put up materials. = = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> Put progress report on your desk. = = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Get pencils ready to be sharpened. = =

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= = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Today, we are going to read a passage with a partner on the computer. You and your partner are to work together to answer the questions. when you complete the passage, raise your hand to let me see your score. How ever many points you get, I will multiply that number by two! This is a great chance to really earn a lot of points. [|eog practice] EOG Partner [|EOG partnering for points]

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= = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">During independent time: = = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Read the passage in your purple NC Eog books: p. 47 Dear Diary = = =<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 41.6px;">Friday, May 4, 2012 =

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">If you need to sharpen pencils, have them ready.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">First: Take the quiz on EOG vocabulary: Part 2

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Next: Review similes. Try to complete this puzzle! You may not finish, try to get as many as you can!

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Simile crossword puzzle: [|simile crossword puzzle]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Take the quiz on similes and metaphors. If you finish early, read in your novel.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Then: Complete the passage in your EOG purple book: p. 44 "People of North Carolina" = = = = = =

=<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 41.6px;">Thursday, May 3, 2012 = = = <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Put up materials! = = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Copy homework in your agenda. Put your progress report on your desk. = = = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Look at the names below. You must complete your summary in Write to Learn during independent time today: = = =

= = <span style="color: #ff9a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25.6px;">Gabe, Shaugnesty, Alexis, Derek, Carter = = <span style="color: #ff9a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25.6px;">Racquel, Noah, Jada, Lane, Evan, Kezia, = =

= = <span style="color: #ff9a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25.6px;">John Tarrence, Jaylen, Derek C., Mauricio, Adrian, Eric, Roshni, Jazlynn = =

= = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">During independent time today: = = = <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">1. Write to Learn = = <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">2. Finish metaphor/simile drawing if you have not already done so = = <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">3. Read "How Tia Lola Came to Stay" in your reading book. Think about the theme in the story. = =

= = <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Simile crossword puzzle: [|simile crossword puzzle] = = <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Theme Practice[|Practice on setting, plot and theme] = = =<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 41.6px;">Wednesday, May 2, 2012 = = = = = = = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">First: Come in, unpack materials = = = = = =

= = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Next: Copy your assignments in your agenda. If you need to sharpen pencils, have them ready.Today we will read a poem called "Dreams" and use all the skills we learned while reading them. = = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">During independent time: = = = 1. Read: Sail the Outer Banks pp. 42-43 in the Purple EOG review book. = = = = 2. Write to Learn: = = = Gabe, Abbey, Racquel, Noah, Alexis, Derek, Lindsay, Kezia, Zion, Dillion, Shaugnesty, Evan, Dorian, Lane, Jaylen, James, Richard = = 3. Click on the link to preview metaphors from yesterday. Have you chosen one to illustrate? = = 4. Check this link for similes: Test your knowledge! [|great simile practice] You may chose one of these to illustrate. You may use crayons. Remember the paper is in the printer. 5. Group 4: complete assignment in folder. = = =<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 41.6px;">Tuesday, May 1, 2012 = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">First: Come in, unpack materials

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">Next: Copy your assignments in your agenda. If you need to sharpen pencils, have them ready. We will review simile and metaphor today. We will learn what imagery is during our focus lesson.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">During independent time: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">1. Read: Word Play p. 39-41 in the purple book! Good luck! Try to earn points. Look to see how many questions you can find in the passage! <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">2. Write to Learn Summary: If you are not finished, you need to complete it. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">3. Simile and Metaphor practice! This is cool! <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">[|practice] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;"> *Choose one to illustrate. You may get a blank paper from the printer! <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.8px;">4. Group 4: Begin the myth "The Adventures of Perseus"[|more idioms - but ignore the advertisements][|more practice; ignore the advertisements]