All Blocks-After warm-up, BCRs were collected.  Some students had a misconception and so I gave those that finished the BCR organizer until tomorrow to hand in the entire BCR.  For those that didn’t even complete the organizer, than those are now late.      

      Then, I passed out the directions  for the cup stacking activity.  Then, the materials were passed out.  Students were to work cooperatively in their groups to build a pyramid out of paper cups with a rubber band contraption.  It was a task that took patience and teamwork.  Some groups got frustrated because when a paper cup fell to the floor, they all had to go down to the floor with the rubber band contraption and pick it up TOGETHER without using their hands!  It was a fun activity focusing on working cooperatively.  The students really had fun.

All Classes-After warm-up, Homework Packets were handed out (please look in absent folder for yours).   It is #6 in your notebook.  Next, students were shown a sample BCR and how to write one.  Once the steps of how to write a BCR were reviewed, students were given a new #5 (I decided that I wasn’t satisfied with the BCR question that was distributed in class yesterday).  It is a BCR on the character of Mr. Parsons (please look in the absent folder for yours).  Students wrote their BCRs.

All classes-After warm-up the  Homework Packet was collected (HAND YOURS IN NOW!).   We then discussed the reading strategy examples that students came up with while reading, “The Man Who Had No Eyes”.  After that, students were given time to study vocabulary terms.  Students then took the vocabulary quiz (#4 in notebook).  YOU WILL NEED TO SEE MISS REED TO SCHEDULE A TIME TO MAKE THIS UP!  Then, student grade sheets were distributed (Letter “D” in notebook).  See Miss Reed for the information to fill out the chart.  Also, the BCR organizer was handed out (Letter “E” in notebook).  Please get your copies from the absent folder!

All Blocks-After warm-up, I finished distributing textbooks.  We then set up our paper for using reading strategy examples.  Students folded their paper into 4 squares.  The title for the assignment was: Reading Strategy Examples-”The Man Who Had No Eyes” (it is #3 in notebook).  Label your paper the following way:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students then read the story ”The Man Who Had No Eyes” on pages 6-9.  As students read the story, they stopped after every few paragraphs and utilized a reading strategy of their choice.  By the time they were done, they were required to have 1 in each box (2 in each box for block 2).  We will review these tomorrow in class.