August 2016 Mrs. Burchette

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 Please sit at your assigned computer number! Homework and Important Dates: Read 20 minutes nightly! The Giver Vocabulary– due Friday, August 19, 2016 Newsela Article– due Monday, August 22, 2016 USA Test Prep ELA #1– due Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Warm-Up: Update your agenda. Log-in to the computer and open our class blog. Read silently while you wait!

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 Learning Target: I can figure out two or more central ideas. Today’s Agenda: USA TestPrep Newsela

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 USA TestPrep Log-in to USA TestPrep: Username: lunch number Password: lunch number Join our class! Assignment #1– due Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 Newsela Go to www.newsela.com If you do not have an account, please create one using your REAL name and your lunch number as your password. You will use the code to the right to join our class. When you join the class, you should see your first assignment. Today’s article has to do with Community Gardens. Please follow the instructions at the top of the article. This assignment will be graded on completion as it is designed for you to familiarize yourself with the program. Burchette’s Battle points will be rewarded for anyone who happens to score a 100% on the quiz.

The Giver Vocabulary List #1 Complete Graphic Organizer Wednesday, August 17, 2016 The Giver Vocabulary List #1 Complete Graphic Organizer Palpable Interdependence Apprehensive Reprieve Pondered Relinquish Transgression Congregated Chastisement Meticulously Petulantly Profound Hoarded Retroactive Nondescript Crescendo Gravitating Benign Chortled Indolence