8th Grade ~ Current Events Assignments
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May 16, 2017
Newspaper presentations in class
May 1, 2017
5 CNN10 facts and 5 facts from the newspaper article that was read to them in class today
April 28, 2017
5 CNN10 facts and newspaper presentations in class
April 24, 2017
Exit Slip over "Junior Scholastic" Magazine article class discussions today
April 19, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts and 5 sentence paragraph summary on a newspaper article of their choosing.
April 18, 2017
CNN10 Student News ~ students write 5 facts from the video footage we watch and discuss. Students then are to write a 5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article of their choosing.
April 6, 2017
CNN 10 Student News ~ 5 facts
April 5, 2017
Read and discussed "Junior Scholastic" Magazine in class today
No assignment
April 4, 2017
Students are to write 5 facts from CNN 10 Student news and 5 facts from a newspaper article that was read and discussed in class
April 3, 2017
Today we wrote 5 facts from CNN 10 Student news and wrote a 5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article of the student's choosing.
March 30, 2017
In class newspaper presentations
Assignment: write a 5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article of their choice
March 29, 2017
CNN 10 Student news ~ 5 facts
March 28, 2017
Dogonews article ~ 3 facts from either of the two articles or both of the articles that we read and discussed in class today
March 27, 2017
Choose 2 newspaper articles to read. Write a 5 sentence summary for each article. Remember to include the title of the article. Also, include who, what, where, when, why and how.
March 13, 2017
Read 2 newspaper articles and write a paragraph summary for each article read. Each paragraph summary should be 5 sentences long.
March 10, 2017
CNN 10 Student News ~ Write 5 facts from each episode Thursday's and Friday's
March 9, 2017
Read 2 newspaper articles and write a 5 sentence paragraph summary for each article you chose to read. (Total of 2 articles and 2 paragraph summaries)
March 8, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts each from Monday and Wednesday's episodes
March 7, 2017
We read and discussed the "Junior Scholastic" magazine articles in class ~ students are to write fill out an Exit slip to turn into the basket about what they learned from one of the articles read and discussed in class today. The students can also do an extra credit part in the magazine on citizenship if they would like to.
March 6, 2017
No assignment ~ we read and discussed the "Junior Scholastic" magazine in class
March 2, 2017
Students are to read two newspaper articles. They are to write 2 paragraph summaries (each 5 sentences long). One summary needs turned into the basket. The other summary will need to be presented in class tomorrow.
February 21, 2017
Students read two newspaper articles of their choosing today. They then were to write a 5 sentence paragraph summary for each newspaper article that they read. Tomorrow school will be dismissed at 11:18 for our School Improvement day.
February 15, 2017
No assignment ~ read and discussed articles in class
February 14, 2017
Exit Slip
February 8, 2017
In class newspaper presentation activity
February 7, 2017
Dogonews articles - write 2 paragraph summaries for the articles that were assigned on Google Classroom
February 6, 2017
2 newspaper summaries - 5 sentences each
February 1, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts
Notes over newspaper article
Newspaper 5 sentence summary paragraph
January 31, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts (newspaper presentation in class)
January 30, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts
Also, write a summary paragraph over a newspaper article to present in class tomorrow
January 26, 2017
Discussed the worldly events and watched CNN 10 episode for today and wrote 5 facts over the episode
January 25, 2017
CNN 10 facts ~ write 5 facts for each episode ~ do Tuesday, January 24 and Wednesday, January 25th episodes
January 24, 2017
Write a 5 sentence paragraph summary over an article from "Junior Scholastic" magazine
January 23, 2017
read two newspaper articles and write a 5 sentence summary paragraph for each article
January 19, 2017
Choose one of the Dogonews articles we went over today and write a 5 sentence paragraph summary about it
January 18, 2017
Students gave their newspaper article presentations in class today and then they were to write 5 facts over the CNN 10
January 17, 2017
Students are to write 5 facts over the CNN 10 ~ they are then to write a 5 sentence summary over a newspaper article to present to the class tomorrow.
January 11, 2017
Choose 2 Dogonews articles to read and write a 5 sentence summary about each article (you will have a total of 2 paragraph summaries - each 5 sentences long)
January 10, 2017
assignment: write 5 facts for Monday's CNN 10 episode and 5 facts for Tuesday's CNN 10 episode
January 9, 2017
Read 2 newspaper articles. Write a 5 sentence summary paragraph for each newspaper article. Remember to include the who, what, where, when, why and how in your summary.
January 6, 2017
CNN 10 ~ 5 facts
Write a 5 sentence summary from an article from the "Junior Scholastic" magazine
January 5, 2017
no assignment ~ read and discussed in class
January 4, 2017
Students are to read a newspaper article and write a 5 sentence summary over the article. They need to try to include the who, what, where, when, why and how of the article.
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Christmas Break begins December 19, 2016 - Jan. 3, 2017
* School resumes January 4th, 2017
December 16, 2016
no assignment
December 15, 2016
5 CNN Student news facts
5 Sentence newspaper summary - to present tomorrow in class
December 14, 2016
No assignment
December 13, 2016
CNNstudent news 5 facts for each day (for Monday the 12th and Tuesday the 13th)
December 12, 2016
No assignment ~ in class discussion
December 9, 2016
We gave our newspaper presentation summaries in class today and our assignment was 5 CNN student facts
December 8, 2016
CNN student news 5 facts and newspaper article summary to present in class on Friday
December 7, 2016
CNN Student news discussion and Pearl Harbor News discussion ~ no assignment today
December 6, 2016
2 newspaper summaries (5 sentences each) ~ tell the 5 W's
December 5, 2016
Students finished giving Newspaper Article presentations from Friday. We then had an assignment over 5 CNN student news facts, which is due Tuesday. We read and discussed an article from Dogonews ~ but there was no assignment over this.
December 2, 2016
Assignment: CNN Student news 5 Facts
- in class newspaper summary presentations
December 1, 2016
In class activity ~ newspaper article ~ in class presentation
November 30, 2016
5 Sentence Summary over a Dogonews article - you choose
November 29, 2016
5 CNN Student news facts
2 newspaper article summaries ~ each summary needs to be 5 sentences long
November 28, 2016
Assignment ~ CNN 5 Facts
- we also read and discussed 2 articles from Dogonews (no assignment over this though)
November 23, 2016
No assignment
November 22, 2016
No assignment
November 18, 2016
Read and discussed "Junior Scholastic" articles in class ~ no assignment
November 17, 2016
CNN Facts ~ 5 facts from Wednesday's video and 5 Facts from Thursday's video
November 16, 2016
Write a 5 sentence summary over one of the articles we read and discussed in class today
November 15, 2016
5 CNN facts
November 14, 2016
5 CNN student news Facts
5 sentence summary over a newspaper article of their choice
November 9, 2016
Assignment: CNNstudent news 5 Facts
November 8, 2016
5 CNN student news facts
5 Sentence summary of a newspaper article
November 3, 2016
- Write a 5 sentence summary over an article they have chosen from the newspaper
November 2, 2016
We read and discussed current news articles in class
- Assignment ~ 5 CNN Facts
November 1, 2016
10 CNN Student News facts
October 31, 2016
No assignment ~ in class activity
October 28, 2016
Assignment ~ 5 CNN student news facts
October 27, 2016
Assignment ~ CNN 5 Facts (in class discussion)
October 26, 2016
Assignment: CNN Student News 5 Facts - due in class
October 25, 2016
5 CNN Facts
October 24, 2016
Assignment: CNN Student News 5 Facts and a 5 sentence summary over elephant article from Dogonews.com
October 19, 2016
- CNN Student News ~ 5 Facts (assignment)
- in class discussion
October 18, 2016
CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
October 17, 2016
In class activity
October 13, 2016
CNN Student news ~ 5 Facts
October 12, 2016
CNN Student news ~ 5 Facts
Dogonews ~ Polar Bear article ~ 5 Facts
October 11, 2016
CNN Student news 5 Facts
October 7, 2016
CNN 5 Facts and newspaper articles Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How facts
October 6, 2016
CNNStudent News 5 Facts ~ assignment
Then read and discussed "Junior Scholastic" in class
October 5, 2016
We read and discussed in class articles from the "Junior Scholastic" magazine
October 4, 2016
None ~ read and discussed in class
October 3, 2016
Assignment: CNN Student News 5 Facts (had time in class to do)
September 30, 2016
CNN 5 Facts - in class
September 29, 2016
CNN 5 Facts ~ in class
September 28, 2016
CNN Student news 5 Facts - in class
September 27, 2016
Assignment: CNN student news 5 Facts
- read and discussed in class Junior Scholastic News
September 26, 2016
Assignment: 5 CNN student news facts and 5 facts over an article of your choice from either the newspaper or online
September 23, 2016
CNN student news 5 Facts
September 22, 2016
- No assignment ~ read and discussed in class
September 21, 2016
CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts and handout over Curiosity
September 20, 2016
CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
September 19, 2016
5 CNN Facts
September 16, 2016
5 CNN Facts
September 15, 2016
- 5 CNNstudent news facts
- Dogonews.com article handout - Minecraft (answer only)
September 14, 2016
- No assignment ~ in class discussion
September 12, 2016
5 CNN facts
5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article
September 8, 2016
5 CNN Facts
September 7, 2016
4 CNN Facts
September 6, 2016
- no assignment ~ in class activity
*2:04 dismissal thru Sept. 2nd
September 2, 2016
none
September 1, 2016
No assignment
August 31, 2016
Assignment: Handout over Dogonews.com article "Drawing May Be the Key to Acing Your Next Quiz!" ~ answer only
August 30, 2016
Assignment over CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
August 29, 2016
- CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
August 26, 2016
- CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
August 25, 2016
Assignment: Read article on Bolt and Phelps (Dogonews.com)
- do the handout over this article
- complete sentences
August 24, 2016
Assignment:
- Handout over Fish article from Dogonews.com
- Write your answers out in complete sentences
August 23, 2016
5 CNNstudent news facts
August 22, 2016
No assignment ~ in class activity
August 19, 2016
None ~ in class activity continued
August 18, 2016
None ~ in class activity
August 17, 2016
First day of school for students ~ 2:00 Heat dismissal
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May 16, 2016
Activity in class
May 13, 2016
CNN student news ~ 10 facts
May 12, 2016
CNN 5 facts and a newspaper summary over 1 article
May 11, 2016
TFK ~ 2 summaries over 2 articles
May 10, 2016
None - discussed in class
May 9, 2016
CNN student news ~ 5 facts and either a paragraph summary over a newspaper article or one of the topics discussed from CNN student news - must pick a different website to get your information from)
May 6, 2016
None - 8th Graders on their Field Trip today
May 5, 2016
Read three newspaper articles and write 3 summaries (one for each article - each 5 sentences long)
May 4, 2016
None ~ TFK ~ done together in class
May 3, 2016
Dogonews article summary
May 2, 2016
5 CNN facts and 2 summaries over 2 newspaper articles
April 28, 2016
None - did in class activity
April 26, 2016
CNN 5 facts and 5 sentence summary about the changing of the 20 dollar bill
April 22, 2016
- write 5 facts for Friday's CNNstudent news video and 5 facts for Wednesday's CNNstudent news video
April 19, 2016
Assignment: 5 sentence summary over one of the articles we read and discussed in class today.
April 15, 2016
CNNstudent news ~ 5 facts from the videos and our class discussion
April 14, 2016
Dogonews articles - worksheet over the articles
April 13, 2016
Time for Kids - worksheet over the articles
April 12, 2016
Write a 1/2 page summary over an article in the news of their choosing
April 11, 2016
Time for Kids - read and do worksheet over the articles
April 5 - 7, 2016
PARCC testing
Assignment: Time for Kids in class
April 4, 2016
Assignment: 2 paragraph summaries over 2 newspaper articles
March 22, 2016
Dogonews articles - after we read and discuss the articles in class ~ students will need to write an opinion paragraph over one of the articles discussed
March 21, 2016
Read 2 newspapers articles and write 2 (5 sentence) paragraphs about the articles. (one paragraph for each article read)
March 18, 2016
CNNstudentnews ~ 5 Facts
March 17, 2016
Newspaper articles ~ read 2 newspaper articles and write 2 five sentences paragraphs (one for each newspaper article)
March 16, 2016
Dogonews in class ~ write a 5 sentence paragraph over one of the articles we read and discussed in class
March 15, 2016
1/2 page summary of a news event of your choice
March 14, 2016
In class activity and presentations in class
March 11, 2016
In class discussion
March 9, 2016
No assignment ~ we read and discussed in class
March 7, 2016
read two newspaper articles and write a 5 sentence summary for each article (total of 2 paragraphs)
March 3, 2016
None ~ in class reading and discussing
March 1, 2016
Assignment: Choose a topic from one we went over in class to research about. Write a 1/2 page summary about that topic.
February 29, 2016
Assignment: read 2 newspaper articles and write a paragraph summary for each article. Each summary should consist of 5 sentences.
February 23, 2016
In class discussion
February 22, 2016
Read two newspaper articles and write 2 five sentence summaries for each article.
February 19, 2016
CNNstudentnews.com ~ 5 Facts
February 17, 2016
No assignment ~ in class discussion
February 16, 2016
Read 2 newspaper articles and write 2 paragraph summaries over each article (5 sentences for each paragraph)
February 12, 2016
In class activity
No assignment
February 11, 2016
7 Sentence opinion paragraph including facts from the article "U.S. Manatess on the Mend, but Maybe They Shoud Stay on Endangered List"
February 10, 2016
We read and discussed TFK in class ~ no assignment
February 9, 2016
Read two different newspaper articles and write a 5 sentence paragraph summary for each article read.
February 8, 2016
TFK ~ choose two articles and write 2 paragraph summaries over the articles
February 5, 2016
Testing paragraph (5 sentence summary)
and CNN 5 facts
February 3, 2016
In class activity ~ newspaper articles and speaking in front of the class
February 2, 2016
Dogonews.com articles about Super Bowl 50 and then choose from One Book Bookstore or Winter Sports ~ write two 5 sentence summaries about two articles.
February 1, 2016
Read and discussed worldly events in class (Time for Kids)
- No assignment
January 28, 2016
No assignment ~ in class activity
January 27, 2016
After watching/listening/and discussing CNNstudentnews ~ Students will choose a topic of interest to research more and write an informational and informative paragraph about that topic. If students work with a partner then the paragraph will need to be 8 sentences long. If students work on their own the paragraph will need to be 5 sentences long.
January 26, 2016
Students read two articles from Dogonews.com (Guess What Rainbows... and Flint Water...) They are to answer the questions at the end of each artcile.
January 25, 2016
Assignment: CNNstudentnews AND Choose 3 newspaper articles to read and then write a paragraph summary for each article read (you will have a total of 3 paragraphs that contain 5 sentences each)
January 21, 2016
Assignment: read two newspaper articles and do two summaries (total of 5 sentences each for each paragraph)
January 20, 2016
Assignment: Dogonews Handout over 2 articles (Panda and Glass Slipper) answer the questions at the end of each article in complete sentences.
January 15, 2016
5 Facts from CNNstudentnews
***Extra Credit - write a five sentence paragraph over one of the articles we discussed today (worth 10 extra credit points)
January 14, 2016
- choose 2 newspaper articles to read
- write a 5 sentence summary for each article (you will have a total of 2 paragraphs to turn in)
January 6, 2016
5 facts from CNNstudentnews
December 18, 2015
None ~ Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
December 17, 2015
Write a one paragraph summary over one of the three articles we read and discussed from Dogonews.com today
December 16, 2015
Assignment: 5 sentence paragraph - your opinion on the Orca Whale article read and discussed in class
December 15, 2015
None
December 14, 2015
CNNstudentnews.com - 5 facts
- read 2 newspaper articles and write a paragraph summary for each article
December 11, 2015
CNNstudentnews 5 facts
December 9, 2015
Read and discussed students paragraph summaries from Tuesday ~ no assignment
December 8, 2015
Write two paragraph summaries - over 2 newspaper articles - one paragraph for each article. Each paragraph needs to be at least 5 sentences long.
December 7, 2015
Write 2 paragraph summaries about the 2 articles assigned to you on Dogonews.com
(Each paragraph needs to be 5 sentences long)
December 4, 2015
No assignment
December 3, 2015
Discussion in class ~ no assignment
December 2, 2015
Write 2 paragraphs, each 5 sentences long over the two articles assigned on Dogonews.com (1 paragraph for each article)
December 1, 2015
We read and discussed worldly events in class (no assignment)
November 30, 2015
- No assignment today ~ read and discussed worldly events in class (TFK)
November 25, 2015
We discussed in class
No assignment: Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!!
November 24, 2015
Students are to read 3 articles assigned to them on Dogonews.com and answer questions about the articles on a worksheet provided. Answer only today.
November 23, 2015
Read 2 articles from the newspaper
- write 2 paragraph summaries (one for each article)
- make sure each paragraph contains 5 sentences
November 20, 2015
5 CNNStudentnews facts
- Write a 5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article they read
November 19, 2015
Discussed and listened to on CNNStudentnews worldly events
- No assignment
November 17, 2015
Students were assigned to read on their own "Time for Kids" and then complete a worksheet over the articles in the TFK.
November 16, 2015
- Read two articles from Dogonews.com
- Assignment: Handout over both articles (write in complete sentences)
November 15, 2015
Students were to read two articles from the newspaper. They are to write a 5 sentence summary for each article they read. (This makes a total of 2 paragraphs they will need to write). They were reminded to write the name of the article above the articles summary.
November 13, 2015
Read and discussed in class/ no assignment
November 12, 2015
Assignment: Read Dogonews.com articles that were assigned and do handout over the two articles
November 6, 2015
no assignment
November 5, 2015
No assignment today
November 4, 2015
Handout over TFK articles
November 3, 2015
We read and discussed newspaper articles in class
Assignment: read 2 newspaper articles ~ write 2 paragraphs (one for each article read ~ each paragraph should contain 5 sentences that summarize what the article was about)
November 2, 2015
Students have an assignment over Dogonews.com (articles have been assigned to them on this website). They are to read both articles and do the handout over these articles.
October 30, 2015
CNNstudentnews ~ write 5 facts from today's discussion
Choose an article from the newspaper and write a 5 page summary about the article they chose
October 29, 2015
Dogonews article over Daylight Saving Time
-Write a 5 sentence summary about the article
October 28, 2015
5 facts from CNNStudentnews.com
October 27, 2015
Students are to choose two newspaper articles that they would like to read. They then are to write a paragraph summary about each article they read. There will be two paragraphs in all. One for each article. They are to indent, include capitalization, punctuation, and write in complete sentences.
October 26, 2015
Time for Kids - read and discussed in class (no assignment today)
October 23, 2015
No School ~ Parent/Teacher Conferences from 8:00 - 12:00
October 22, 2015
5 important facts from CNNStudentnews
Parent/Teacher Conferences from 4:00 - 7:30 tonight
October 21, 2015
Write a summary about a newspaper article that they picked. It needs to be in paragraph form with complete sentences. They must include at least 5 sentences in their paragraph.
October 20, 2015
Handout over articles from Dogonews.com (2 articles)
October 19, 2015
We read and discussed the Dogonews articles in class that they will have assigned to them tomorrow for homework.
October 16, 2015
- Assignment: assigned on Google Classroom
- Students answer questions by using the TFK (Time for Kids)
- answer questions on the page in Google Classsroom and turn in
assignment when completed (due Monday)
October 15, 2015
Read and discussed TFK (Time for Kids) in class
Tomorrow they will have an assignment of answers questions about the articles in the TFK
October 14, 2015
- Assignment over articles read on Dogonews.com (write answers in complete sentences) (3 articles in all)
October 13, 2015
- Read and discussed 3 Articles from Dogonews.com that I had assigned to them (they will have a handout tomorrow over these articles)
October 9, 2015
- 5 facts from CNNstudentnews - make sure to write them in complete sentences
October 8, 2015
- No class today ~ Practice Evacuation Drill at this time
October 7, 2015
- 2 events from the articles we read and discussed ~ use complete sentences
October 6, 2015
- Assignment over Dogonews.com assigned articles - students do handout that asks questions about the 2 articles they read
October 5, 2015
-We read and discussed two articles from Dogonews.com
- Tomorrow students will go over those articles we read, reread the articles, and answer questions from a handout
October 2, 2015
- CNNStudentNews - 5 important facts they learned from todays articles and discussion (must be in complete sentences )
October 1, 2015
We read and discussed Articles in class (no assignment)
September 30, 2015
- Time for Kids handout (Use the TFK to answer the questions about the articles)
September 29, 2015
- Read and discussed TFK (no assignment today) - there will be an assignment over this tomorrow
September 28, 2015
- Newspaper Articles - 5 important details about 1 article and a paragraph summary of another article
September 25, 2015
- CNNStudentnews.com ~ write 5 important facts from any of the articles we discussed today
September 24, 2015
- Read TFK (Time for Kids) and do the handout over these articles
September 23, 2015
- 3 Articles from Dogonews.com (that were assigned) - do handout over these articles
September 22, 2015
- Read articles from newsela.com and take the quiz for each article assigned. Turn in paper with your answers for each quiz.
September 21, 2015
- assignment: read an article from the newspaper and write a paragraph summarizing the article that you read
September 18, 2015
- CNNStudentnews articles in class
- assignment: write 5 facts about the articles we viewed and discussed
September 17, 2015
- Discussed the Constitution in class, discussed world events on CNNStudent News
- Bill of Rights activity in class
September 16, 2015
- "Time for Kids" - handout over the articles
September 15, 2015
- Read and discussed "Time for Kids" in class
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May 16, 2017
Newspaper presentations in class
May 1, 2017
5 CNN10 facts and 5 facts from the newspaper article that was read to them in class today
April 28, 2017
5 CNN10 facts and newspaper presentations in class
April 24, 2017
Exit Slip over "Junior Scholastic" Magazine article class discussions today
April 19, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts and 5 sentence paragraph summary on a newspaper article of their choosing.
April 18, 2017
CNN10 Student News ~ students write 5 facts from the video footage we watch and discuss. Students then are to write a 5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article of their choosing.
April 6, 2017
CNN 10 Student News ~ 5 facts
April 5, 2017
Read and discussed "Junior Scholastic" Magazine in class today
No assignment
April 4, 2017
Students are to write 5 facts from CNN 10 Student news and 5 facts from a newspaper article that was read and discussed in class
April 3, 2017
Today we wrote 5 facts from CNN 10 Student news and wrote a 5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article of the student's choosing.
March 30, 2017
In class newspaper presentations
Assignment: write a 5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article of their choice
March 29, 2017
CNN 10 Student news ~ 5 facts
March 28, 2017
Dogonews article ~ 3 facts from either of the two articles or both of the articles that we read and discussed in class today
March 27, 2017
Choose 2 newspaper articles to read. Write a 5 sentence summary for each article. Remember to include the title of the article. Also, include who, what, where, when, why and how.
March 13, 2017
Read 2 newspaper articles and write a paragraph summary for each article read. Each paragraph summary should be 5 sentences long.
March 10, 2017
CNN 10 Student News ~ Write 5 facts from each episode Thursday's and Friday's
March 9, 2017
Read 2 newspaper articles and write a 5 sentence paragraph summary for each article you chose to read. (Total of 2 articles and 2 paragraph summaries)
March 8, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts each from Monday and Wednesday's episodes
March 7, 2017
We read and discussed the "Junior Scholastic" magazine articles in class ~ students are to write fill out an Exit slip to turn into the basket about what they learned from one of the articles read and discussed in class today. The students can also do an extra credit part in the magazine on citizenship if they would like to.
March 6, 2017
No assignment ~ we read and discussed the "Junior Scholastic" magazine in class
March 2, 2017
Students are to read two newspaper articles. They are to write 2 paragraph summaries (each 5 sentences long). One summary needs turned into the basket. The other summary will need to be presented in class tomorrow.
February 21, 2017
Students read two newspaper articles of their choosing today. They then were to write a 5 sentence paragraph summary for each newspaper article that they read. Tomorrow school will be dismissed at 11:18 for our School Improvement day.
February 15, 2017
No assignment ~ read and discussed articles in class
February 14, 2017
Exit Slip
February 8, 2017
In class newspaper presentation activity
February 7, 2017
Dogonews articles - write 2 paragraph summaries for the articles that were assigned on Google Classroom
February 6, 2017
2 newspaper summaries - 5 sentences each
February 1, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts
Notes over newspaper article
Newspaper 5 sentence summary paragraph
January 31, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts (newspaper presentation in class)
January 30, 2017
CNN10 ~ 5 facts
Also, write a summary paragraph over a newspaper article to present in class tomorrow
January 26, 2017
Discussed the worldly events and watched CNN 10 episode for today and wrote 5 facts over the episode
January 25, 2017
CNN 10 facts ~ write 5 facts for each episode ~ do Tuesday, January 24 and Wednesday, January 25th episodes
January 24, 2017
Write a 5 sentence paragraph summary over an article from "Junior Scholastic" magazine
January 23, 2017
read two newspaper articles and write a 5 sentence summary paragraph for each article
January 19, 2017
Choose one of the Dogonews articles we went over today and write a 5 sentence paragraph summary about it
January 18, 2017
Students gave their newspaper article presentations in class today and then they were to write 5 facts over the CNN 10
January 17, 2017
Students are to write 5 facts over the CNN 10 ~ they are then to write a 5 sentence summary over a newspaper article to present to the class tomorrow.
January 11, 2017
Choose 2 Dogonews articles to read and write a 5 sentence summary about each article (you will have a total of 2 paragraph summaries - each 5 sentences long)
January 10, 2017
assignment: write 5 facts for Monday's CNN 10 episode and 5 facts for Tuesday's CNN 10 episode
January 9, 2017
Read 2 newspaper articles. Write a 5 sentence summary paragraph for each newspaper article. Remember to include the who, what, where, when, why and how in your summary.
January 6, 2017
CNN 10 ~ 5 facts
Write a 5 sentence summary from an article from the "Junior Scholastic" magazine
January 5, 2017
no assignment ~ read and discussed in class
January 4, 2017
Students are to read a newspaper article and write a 5 sentence summary over the article. They need to try to include the who, what, where, when, why and how of the article.
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Christmas Break begins December 19, 2016 - Jan. 3, 2017
* School resumes January 4th, 2017
December 16, 2016
no assignment
December 15, 2016
5 CNN Student news facts
5 Sentence newspaper summary - to present tomorrow in class
December 14, 2016
No assignment
December 13, 2016
CNNstudent news 5 facts for each day (for Monday the 12th and Tuesday the 13th)
December 12, 2016
No assignment ~ in class discussion
December 9, 2016
We gave our newspaper presentation summaries in class today and our assignment was 5 CNN student facts
December 8, 2016
CNN student news 5 facts and newspaper article summary to present in class on Friday
December 7, 2016
CNN Student news discussion and Pearl Harbor News discussion ~ no assignment today
December 6, 2016
2 newspaper summaries (5 sentences each) ~ tell the 5 W's
December 5, 2016
Students finished giving Newspaper Article presentations from Friday. We then had an assignment over 5 CNN student news facts, which is due Tuesday. We read and discussed an article from Dogonews ~ but there was no assignment over this.
December 2, 2016
Assignment: CNN Student news 5 Facts
- in class newspaper summary presentations
December 1, 2016
In class activity ~ newspaper article ~ in class presentation
November 30, 2016
5 Sentence Summary over a Dogonews article - you choose
November 29, 2016
5 CNN Student news facts
2 newspaper article summaries ~ each summary needs to be 5 sentences long
November 28, 2016
Assignment ~ CNN 5 Facts
- we also read and discussed 2 articles from Dogonews (no assignment over this though)
November 23, 2016
No assignment
November 22, 2016
No assignment
November 18, 2016
Read and discussed "Junior Scholastic" articles in class ~ no assignment
November 17, 2016
CNN Facts ~ 5 facts from Wednesday's video and 5 Facts from Thursday's video
November 16, 2016
Write a 5 sentence summary over one of the articles we read and discussed in class today
November 15, 2016
5 CNN facts
November 14, 2016
5 CNN student news Facts
5 sentence summary over a newspaper article of their choice
November 9, 2016
Assignment: CNNstudent news 5 Facts
November 8, 2016
5 CNN student news facts
5 Sentence summary of a newspaper article
November 3, 2016
- Write a 5 sentence summary over an article they have chosen from the newspaper
November 2, 2016
We read and discussed current news articles in class
- Assignment ~ 5 CNN Facts
November 1, 2016
10 CNN Student News facts
October 31, 2016
No assignment ~ in class activity
October 28, 2016
Assignment ~ 5 CNN student news facts
October 27, 2016
Assignment ~ CNN 5 Facts (in class discussion)
October 26, 2016
Assignment: CNN Student News 5 Facts - due in class
October 25, 2016
5 CNN Facts
October 24, 2016
Assignment: CNN Student News 5 Facts and a 5 sentence summary over elephant article from Dogonews.com
October 19, 2016
- CNN Student News ~ 5 Facts (assignment)
- in class discussion
October 18, 2016
CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
October 17, 2016
In class activity
October 13, 2016
CNN Student news ~ 5 Facts
October 12, 2016
CNN Student news ~ 5 Facts
Dogonews ~ Polar Bear article ~ 5 Facts
October 11, 2016
CNN Student news 5 Facts
October 7, 2016
CNN 5 Facts and newspaper articles Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How facts
October 6, 2016
CNNStudent News 5 Facts ~ assignment
Then read and discussed "Junior Scholastic" in class
October 5, 2016
We read and discussed in class articles from the "Junior Scholastic" magazine
October 4, 2016
None ~ read and discussed in class
October 3, 2016
Assignment: CNN Student News 5 Facts (had time in class to do)
September 30, 2016
CNN 5 Facts - in class
September 29, 2016
CNN 5 Facts ~ in class
September 28, 2016
CNN Student news 5 Facts - in class
September 27, 2016
Assignment: CNN student news 5 Facts
- read and discussed in class Junior Scholastic News
September 26, 2016
Assignment: 5 CNN student news facts and 5 facts over an article of your choice from either the newspaper or online
September 23, 2016
CNN student news 5 Facts
September 22, 2016
- No assignment ~ read and discussed in class
September 21, 2016
CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts and handout over Curiosity
September 20, 2016
CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
September 19, 2016
5 CNN Facts
September 16, 2016
5 CNN Facts
September 15, 2016
- 5 CNNstudent news facts
- Dogonews.com article handout - Minecraft (answer only)
September 14, 2016
- No assignment ~ in class discussion
September 12, 2016
5 CNN facts
5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article
September 8, 2016
5 CNN Facts
September 7, 2016
4 CNN Facts
September 6, 2016
- no assignment ~ in class activity
*2:04 dismissal thru Sept. 2nd
September 2, 2016
none
September 1, 2016
No assignment
August 31, 2016
Assignment: Handout over Dogonews.com article "Drawing May Be the Key to Acing Your Next Quiz!" ~ answer only
August 30, 2016
Assignment over CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
August 29, 2016
- CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
August 26, 2016
- CNNstudent news ~ 5 Facts
August 25, 2016
Assignment: Read article on Bolt and Phelps (Dogonews.com)
- do the handout over this article
- complete sentences
August 24, 2016
Assignment:
- Handout over Fish article from Dogonews.com
- Write your answers out in complete sentences
August 23, 2016
5 CNNstudent news facts
August 22, 2016
No assignment ~ in class activity
August 19, 2016
None ~ in class activity continued
August 18, 2016
None ~ in class activity
August 17, 2016
First day of school for students ~ 2:00 Heat dismissal
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May 16, 2016
Activity in class
May 13, 2016
CNN student news ~ 10 facts
May 12, 2016
CNN 5 facts and a newspaper summary over 1 article
May 11, 2016
TFK ~ 2 summaries over 2 articles
May 10, 2016
None - discussed in class
May 9, 2016
CNN student news ~ 5 facts and either a paragraph summary over a newspaper article or one of the topics discussed from CNN student news - must pick a different website to get your information from)
May 6, 2016
None - 8th Graders on their Field Trip today
May 5, 2016
Read three newspaper articles and write 3 summaries (one for each article - each 5 sentences long)
May 4, 2016
None ~ TFK ~ done together in class
May 3, 2016
Dogonews article summary
May 2, 2016
5 CNN facts and 2 summaries over 2 newspaper articles
April 28, 2016
None - did in class activity
April 26, 2016
CNN 5 facts and 5 sentence summary about the changing of the 20 dollar bill
April 22, 2016
- write 5 facts for Friday's CNNstudent news video and 5 facts for Wednesday's CNNstudent news video
April 19, 2016
Assignment: 5 sentence summary over one of the articles we read and discussed in class today.
April 15, 2016
CNNstudent news ~ 5 facts from the videos and our class discussion
April 14, 2016
Dogonews articles - worksheet over the articles
April 13, 2016
Time for Kids - worksheet over the articles
April 12, 2016
Write a 1/2 page summary over an article in the news of their choosing
April 11, 2016
Time for Kids - read and do worksheet over the articles
April 5 - 7, 2016
PARCC testing
Assignment: Time for Kids in class
April 4, 2016
Assignment: 2 paragraph summaries over 2 newspaper articles
March 22, 2016
Dogonews articles - after we read and discuss the articles in class ~ students will need to write an opinion paragraph over one of the articles discussed
March 21, 2016
Read 2 newspapers articles and write 2 (5 sentence) paragraphs about the articles. (one paragraph for each article read)
March 18, 2016
CNNstudentnews ~ 5 Facts
March 17, 2016
Newspaper articles ~ read 2 newspaper articles and write 2 five sentences paragraphs (one for each newspaper article)
March 16, 2016
Dogonews in class ~ write a 5 sentence paragraph over one of the articles we read and discussed in class
March 15, 2016
1/2 page summary of a news event of your choice
March 14, 2016
In class activity and presentations in class
March 11, 2016
In class discussion
March 9, 2016
No assignment ~ we read and discussed in class
March 7, 2016
read two newspaper articles and write a 5 sentence summary for each article (total of 2 paragraphs)
March 3, 2016
None ~ in class reading and discussing
March 1, 2016
Assignment: Choose a topic from one we went over in class to research about. Write a 1/2 page summary about that topic.
February 29, 2016
Assignment: read 2 newspaper articles and write a paragraph summary for each article. Each summary should consist of 5 sentences.
February 23, 2016
In class discussion
February 22, 2016
Read two newspaper articles and write 2 five sentence summaries for each article.
February 19, 2016
CNNstudentnews.com ~ 5 Facts
February 17, 2016
No assignment ~ in class discussion
February 16, 2016
Read 2 newspaper articles and write 2 paragraph summaries over each article (5 sentences for each paragraph)
February 12, 2016
In class activity
No assignment
February 11, 2016
7 Sentence opinion paragraph including facts from the article "U.S. Manatess on the Mend, but Maybe They Shoud Stay on Endangered List"
February 10, 2016
We read and discussed TFK in class ~ no assignment
February 9, 2016
Read two different newspaper articles and write a 5 sentence paragraph summary for each article read.
February 8, 2016
TFK ~ choose two articles and write 2 paragraph summaries over the articles
February 5, 2016
Testing paragraph (5 sentence summary)
and CNN 5 facts
February 3, 2016
In class activity ~ newspaper articles and speaking in front of the class
February 2, 2016
Dogonews.com articles about Super Bowl 50 and then choose from One Book Bookstore or Winter Sports ~ write two 5 sentence summaries about two articles.
February 1, 2016
Read and discussed worldly events in class (Time for Kids)
- No assignment
January 28, 2016
No assignment ~ in class activity
January 27, 2016
After watching/listening/and discussing CNNstudentnews ~ Students will choose a topic of interest to research more and write an informational and informative paragraph about that topic. If students work with a partner then the paragraph will need to be 8 sentences long. If students work on their own the paragraph will need to be 5 sentences long.
January 26, 2016
Students read two articles from Dogonews.com (Guess What Rainbows... and Flint Water...) They are to answer the questions at the end of each artcile.
January 25, 2016
Assignment: CNNstudentnews AND Choose 3 newspaper articles to read and then write a paragraph summary for each article read (you will have a total of 3 paragraphs that contain 5 sentences each)
January 21, 2016
Assignment: read two newspaper articles and do two summaries (total of 5 sentences each for each paragraph)
January 20, 2016
Assignment: Dogonews Handout over 2 articles (Panda and Glass Slipper) answer the questions at the end of each article in complete sentences.
January 15, 2016
5 Facts from CNNstudentnews
***Extra Credit - write a five sentence paragraph over one of the articles we discussed today (worth 10 extra credit points)
January 14, 2016
- choose 2 newspaper articles to read
- write a 5 sentence summary for each article (you will have a total of 2 paragraphs to turn in)
January 6, 2016
5 facts from CNNstudentnews
December 18, 2015
None ~ Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
December 17, 2015
Write a one paragraph summary over one of the three articles we read and discussed from Dogonews.com today
December 16, 2015
Assignment: 5 sentence paragraph - your opinion on the Orca Whale article read and discussed in class
December 15, 2015
None
December 14, 2015
CNNstudentnews.com - 5 facts
- read 2 newspaper articles and write a paragraph summary for each article
December 11, 2015
CNNstudentnews 5 facts
December 9, 2015
Read and discussed students paragraph summaries from Tuesday ~ no assignment
December 8, 2015
Write two paragraph summaries - over 2 newspaper articles - one paragraph for each article. Each paragraph needs to be at least 5 sentences long.
December 7, 2015
Write 2 paragraph summaries about the 2 articles assigned to you on Dogonews.com
(Each paragraph needs to be 5 sentences long)
December 4, 2015
No assignment
December 3, 2015
Discussion in class ~ no assignment
December 2, 2015
Write 2 paragraphs, each 5 sentences long over the two articles assigned on Dogonews.com (1 paragraph for each article)
December 1, 2015
We read and discussed worldly events in class (no assignment)
November 30, 2015
- No assignment today ~ read and discussed worldly events in class (TFK)
November 25, 2015
We discussed in class
No assignment: Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!!
November 24, 2015
Students are to read 3 articles assigned to them on Dogonews.com and answer questions about the articles on a worksheet provided. Answer only today.
November 23, 2015
Read 2 articles from the newspaper
- write 2 paragraph summaries (one for each article)
- make sure each paragraph contains 5 sentences
November 20, 2015
5 CNNStudentnews facts
- Write a 5 sentence paragraph summary over a newspaper article they read
November 19, 2015
Discussed and listened to on CNNStudentnews worldly events
- No assignment
November 17, 2015
Students were assigned to read on their own "Time for Kids" and then complete a worksheet over the articles in the TFK.
November 16, 2015
- Read two articles from Dogonews.com
- Assignment: Handout over both articles (write in complete sentences)
November 15, 2015
Students were to read two articles from the newspaper. They are to write a 5 sentence summary for each article they read. (This makes a total of 2 paragraphs they will need to write). They were reminded to write the name of the article above the articles summary.
November 13, 2015
Read and discussed in class/ no assignment
November 12, 2015
Assignment: Read Dogonews.com articles that were assigned and do handout over the two articles
November 6, 2015
no assignment
November 5, 2015
No assignment today
November 4, 2015
Handout over TFK articles
November 3, 2015
We read and discussed newspaper articles in class
Assignment: read 2 newspaper articles ~ write 2 paragraphs (one for each article read ~ each paragraph should contain 5 sentences that summarize what the article was about)
November 2, 2015
Students have an assignment over Dogonews.com (articles have been assigned to them on this website). They are to read both articles and do the handout over these articles.
October 30, 2015
CNNstudentnews ~ write 5 facts from today's discussion
Choose an article from the newspaper and write a 5 page summary about the article they chose
October 29, 2015
Dogonews article over Daylight Saving Time
-Write a 5 sentence summary about the article
October 28, 2015
5 facts from CNNStudentnews.com
October 27, 2015
Students are to choose two newspaper articles that they would like to read. They then are to write a paragraph summary about each article they read. There will be two paragraphs in all. One for each article. They are to indent, include capitalization, punctuation, and write in complete sentences.
October 26, 2015
Time for Kids - read and discussed in class (no assignment today)
October 23, 2015
No School ~ Parent/Teacher Conferences from 8:00 - 12:00
October 22, 2015
5 important facts from CNNStudentnews
Parent/Teacher Conferences from 4:00 - 7:30 tonight
October 21, 2015
Write a summary about a newspaper article that they picked. It needs to be in paragraph form with complete sentences. They must include at least 5 sentences in their paragraph.
October 20, 2015
Handout over articles from Dogonews.com (2 articles)
October 19, 2015
We read and discussed the Dogonews articles in class that they will have assigned to them tomorrow for homework.
October 16, 2015
- Assignment: assigned on Google Classroom
- Students answer questions by using the TFK (Time for Kids)
- answer questions on the page in Google Classsroom and turn in
assignment when completed (due Monday)
October 15, 2015
Read and discussed TFK (Time for Kids) in class
Tomorrow they will have an assignment of answers questions about the articles in the TFK
October 14, 2015
- Assignment over articles read on Dogonews.com (write answers in complete sentences) (3 articles in all)
October 13, 2015
- Read and discussed 3 Articles from Dogonews.com that I had assigned to them (they will have a handout tomorrow over these articles)
October 9, 2015
- 5 facts from CNNstudentnews - make sure to write them in complete sentences
October 8, 2015
- No class today ~ Practice Evacuation Drill at this time
October 7, 2015
- 2 events from the articles we read and discussed ~ use complete sentences
October 6, 2015
- Assignment over Dogonews.com assigned articles - students do handout that asks questions about the 2 articles they read
October 5, 2015
-We read and discussed two articles from Dogonews.com
- Tomorrow students will go over those articles we read, reread the articles, and answer questions from a handout
October 2, 2015
- CNNStudentNews - 5 important facts they learned from todays articles and discussion (must be in complete sentences )
October 1, 2015
We read and discussed Articles in class (no assignment)
September 30, 2015
- Time for Kids handout (Use the TFK to answer the questions about the articles)
September 29, 2015
- Read and discussed TFK (no assignment today) - there will be an assignment over this tomorrow
September 28, 2015
- Newspaper Articles - 5 important details about 1 article and a paragraph summary of another article
September 25, 2015
- CNNStudentnews.com ~ write 5 important facts from any of the articles we discussed today
September 24, 2015
- Read TFK (Time for Kids) and do the handout over these articles
September 23, 2015
- 3 Articles from Dogonews.com (that were assigned) - do handout over these articles
September 22, 2015
- Read articles from newsela.com and take the quiz for each article assigned. Turn in paper with your answers for each quiz.
September 21, 2015
- assignment: read an article from the newspaper and write a paragraph summarizing the article that you read
September 18, 2015
- CNNStudentnews articles in class
- assignment: write 5 facts about the articles we viewed and discussed
September 17, 2015
- Discussed the Constitution in class, discussed world events on CNNStudent News
- Bill of Rights activity in class
September 16, 2015
- "Time for Kids" - handout over the articles
September 15, 2015
- Read and discussed "Time for Kids" in class