Homework: Feb 13

Today we discussed to use of Social Media and hashtags.

We pretended were characters from Hiroshima who were posting events of our lives before, during and after Little Boy hit Hiroshima.

We posted Tweets summarizing sections of text we read from Hiroshima.

For Homework:  All levels!

Create a tweet** about event from today or this past weekend.

Remember to include one hashtag to group your tweet in a topic

**These are paper and pencil based Tweets.  No internet posting is needed.

Folks at home sign: _____________________

Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.

Homework: February 10

Happy Friday!

Today we continued to work on contractions.  We talked about how contractions are used in informal writing.

For homework: Combine the highlighted text to create a contraction.

Level 1:  Sentences 1, 3, and 5
Level 2: Sentences 2, 4, and 6
Level 3: All sentences 

1.     I could not stop if I tried.    ___________________

2.    Ask as many questions as you want; it is your business.  _____________

3.    I hate cupcakes; they will be the death of me.   ___________________

4.    I have given up on waiting for her.  ___________________

5.    Please do not throw things in my class.  ___________________

6.    He has not even started his work.  ___________________

Folks at home sign: ___________

Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.

Homework: February 8

Hello Everyone!

Today we worked on contractions today.

A Contraction is the shorten way of writing 2 words combined.

For Homework: create the correct contraction fro the sentences below.

Level 1: Pick 3 sentences to create the contraction for.
Level 2: Pick 4 sentences to create the contraction for.
Level 3: Pick 6 sentences to create the contraction for.

 

Folks at home please sign: ________________________

Complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.

Homework: February 6 and 7

Hello everyone!

Feb 6th and 7th we  will be reading about Mr. Tanimoto.  Mr. Tanimoto is one of the 6 characters from Hiroshima.  As we learn about Mr. Tanimoto, we realize he is a self-less man who goes out of his way to help others.

For homework:  Each day pick one person you think is helpful and/trustworthy.  (Please pick a different person for each day)

Level 1: 
1. Who is this person (what is his/her relationship to you?)
2. What characteristics does this person have that makes you think they are helpful and /or trustworthy?

Level 2: 
1. Who is this person (what is his/her relationship to you?)
2. What characteristics does this person have that makes you think they are helpful and /or trustworthy?
 3.  Give an example of how this person showed these characteristics to you.

Level 3: 
1. Who is this person (what is his/her relationship to you?)
2. What characteristics does this person have that makes you think they are helpful and /or trustworthy?
3.  Give an example of how this person showed these characteristics to you.
4.  Give one example of how you can practice this same characteristic in your own life.

Folks at home sign: _________________________

Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.

Homework: Feb. 3

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a great rest of the week!

Today we reviewed the elements of the text Hiroshima.

For Homework: Below is a list of activities you can do at home in your community.  Remember, we read books like Hiroshima and Night to remind ourselves that we are all human.

Level 1: Pick 3 activities
Level 2: Pick 4 activities
Level 3: Pick 5 activities

Activity List:

• Meditate 
• Make/cook something new
• Talk a walk with a family member and make a scrap book of your favorite places to visit
• Start a new book
• Watch a new tv show or movie on a topic that interest you (I love cooking shows)
• Take a picture of someone important to you.  Be sure to capture them in way that shows us why you picked them 
• Listen to a song from another country.  What does it make you think of?
•  Make a list of goals you have for yourself for the up coming semester

Folks at home sign: _________________________________

Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.

Homework: February 2

Hello Everyone!

Today we were introduced to two of the characters in Hiroshima.  We also discussed why it is important to read text like Hiroshima.  It reminds us that we are all human we basic needs.

For Homework: Please write down a list of...

Level 1: three things you can not live without.  Give one sentence explaining why you selected each thing.

Level 2: four things you can not live without.  Give one sentence explaining why you selected each thing.

Level 3: five things you can not live without.  Give one sentence explaining why you selected each thing.

Folks at home sign: _____________________________________

Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.

Homework: February 1

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all having a great start of the new schedule!

Today we interviewed each other and practiced presenting our partners to the whole class.  

For Homework: Interview someone at home using the following questions.

Level 1: What do you know about WW2?  What do you know about the bombing of Hiroshima?

Level 2: What do you know about WW2?  What do you know about the bombing of Hiroshima? Do you think we should hurt others to protect ourselves?

Level 3: What do you know about WW2?  What do you know about the bombing of Hiroshima? Do you think we should hurt others to protect ourselves? When do you think it is okay to use violence (is it every okay?)

Folks at home sign: _____________________

Please complete 20 minutes of IXL daily.