4/10

I will be collecting the homework that was due Monday tomorrow morning.

HW due Tuesday:

1. Should Marv's climate presentation be shared with middle school students across the city? Why or why not?

***Your response should be treated like an essential question from a field study***
-Re-state the question
-Answer the question
-Cite evidence (at least 2 specific details from Marv's presentation)
-Explain why your evidence matters
-Include 1 observation from the presentation
-Include 1 connection from the field study

4/7

HW due Monday:

1a. Ancient CASL Program - "Meet and Greet" biography complete
Meet and Greet CASL Biography Worksheet

1b. Ancient CASL Program - 1/2 page story about your first weekend in Portland as a CASL participant

2. READ DAILY!!!
...3-5 sentence summary + 1 connection + 1 question (written!)


Term 3 Service Reflection due Thursday, April 20th.

4/6

HW due Friday:

Tomorrow you are finishing your last science inquiry lesson with Sarah during science lab making water filters.

Come mentally prepared for this by spending 10-15 minutes looking at Do It Yourself water filters online. Write down what you learned in 3-5 sentences.

Come physically prepared by having a 1 liter plastic bottle ready for the lesson

4/5

HW due Thursday:

1. Nacirema Reflection: Nacirema Reflection - Google Doc
...Share the story of the Nacirema culture with someone in your family
...Nacirema Story (scroll down to find the story)

2. Bring choice reading material for our silent reading tomorrow morning

Great job getting started with our state testing today. We will be continuing that tomorrow late morning.

If you want to practice with the state testing tools you can go to the training tools practice on the following link http://www.smarterbalanced.org/assessments/practice-and-training-tests/

State Testing

State Testing Practice:
Smarter Balance State Testing - Practice

Opt Out Assignment

Read each of the articles and answer the questions that follow.  Then you will write an essay explaining how we as a society should deal with behaviors we know are harmful.  Should government be involved in monitoring (by rules and laws) people’s behavior.  Write a claim and support your answer with evidence from the texts.

Prompt: How should we as a society deal with behaviors we know are harmful?

Article 1: With skin cancer on the rise, U.S. wants to ban indoor tanning for minors

Article 2: China gets tough with lawbreaking smokers by shaming them online

Article 3: Battle brewing over sugary drinks

Article 4: Put down that slice! Experts say too much pizza is making kids obese

Updated Grades - 3/24/17

Below is a link to the most up to date grades. I will leave access to the the grades on the blog for one week before I update them again late next week and make them available to students in class.

Updated Grades - March 24th, 2017

4/3 - NewsELA - In Class Activity

Hi Core Class. Welcome back from Spring Break. I hope you all had a restful, rejuvenating, and exciting time. I'm looking forward to reconnecting and hearing your Spring Break stories when I get back. My apologies that I could not be there today. 

This morning with Peter (who is awesome by the way... This should be a waaaaaay different experience then what I happened last Friday before Spring Break. Peter is a great teacher and you all are capable of managing your expectations) you are going to read 2 NewsELA articles. The first one is assigned and the second is your choice. After reading each article you must take the quiz and respond to the written questions. If you finish early you can either read other NewsELA articles (without having to take the quizzes) or you can free read. Please remember to treat the chromebooks with care.

NewsELA Instructions:
a. Login into NewsELA using your google PPS account
b. Read articles at appropriate grade level.
c. Respond to written questions and complete quiz.
***If you are prompted for a class code, try either:  Class Code: 4042j9 or 64FBB5***

Article 1: https://newsela.com/articles/oaxaca-street-art/id/28538/
Article 2: CHOICE

P.S. Your only homework assignment tonight is going to be to bring in choice silent reading material for Tuesday morning!