Do Now 8/3 & 8/4:  Create a name card.  On a separate piece of paper write your name, birthday, address and parents’ phone number.  Skip two lines then write: Hi my name is_____________. If I were an animal I would be a ___________________ because_________________________ ___.

Do Now: 8/6- 8/7 Reflect on your week. Name three things that you learned and three questions you may have.

Exit Slip 8/6 & 8/7:  Answer the following question in your notebook: 1. What can you do to show your partner you’re being an active listener? 2. What does the word collaborate mean? 3. According to CHAMPS, how successful were you in completing this assignment?

English 3D Vocabulary 1. encourage: to make (someone) more determined, hopeful, or confident 2. permit: to give permission for (something) 3. contribute: to give; to help a person, group, cause, or organization 4. perspective: a way of thinking about and understanding something 5. advantage: something that helps to make someone or something better or more likely to succeed than others

6. collaborative: involving or done by two or more people or groups working together to achieve or do something 7. consider: to think about (something or someone) carefully especially in order to make a choice or decision 8. productive: doing or achieving a lot : working hard and getting good results 9. competent: having the necessary ability or skills : able to do something well or well enough to meet a standard 10. complex: having parts that connect or go together in complicated ways

8/13/15 Do Now: 1. During our transitions (moving from one place to the next, ex: directive station to independent station) what voice level do we use? 2. When we are in our independent stations can I ask the teacher for help with my activity? If not, what do I do? 3. During our directive learning station can I have a conversation with my partner, while the teacher is speaking? 4. How long should my conversation with my partner last when asking him/her for clarification? Early Finishers: Create sentences with the words: contribute, encourage, permit and advantage.

Do Now: 8/17-8/18 1. The teacher is giving directions, I need to pick up my eraser that I just dropped and has landed by the door, what do I do? 2. During our transitions how do we walk in our classroom (clockwise or counterclockwise)? Why is this important? 3. If we are in our collaborative groups what voice levels should we use? Are we able to get up when I need to sharpen our pencils? 4. What should I do if I need to throw away trash? 5. We’re in our collaborative groups and my partner is talking about the movie she watched, instead of the work, what should I say to her?

Do Now: 8/20-8/21  Now that you know your Lexile Level, what do plan to do in order to move proficiency levels? Write three things you know you will do.