1. Thursday, 17 March 2016

2. ENTERING THE CLASSROOM TARDY BELL RINGS – Class Leader calls class to ATTENTION At ATTENTION by side of desk Take SEATS – Say: “Per Ardua Ad Astra” Work on Black Book

3. Starter: Black Book 7 minutes to write Topic is your choice Writing! Writing! Writing! 5 lines / 1 paragraph

4. PROS AND CONS

5. Quiet Mode Let others think too Stand & Deliver Open Discussion Team Work THE CURRENT CLASSROOM “MODE”

6. STANDARDS FOR QUIET WORK: Let others think too I am listening to the teacher or speaker. I am not talking. I am taking notes or doing other silent work as directed. I am paying complete attention to the teacher or speaker.

7. MATERIALS CHECK Quiet Mode 2 dictionaries, labeled 1 thesaurus, labeled Four highlighters, labeled

8. Notebooks Entries Are: Quiet Mode: Let others think too In pencil or pen Labeled with the date Labeled with the entry number Labeled with a proper title Written very neatly Clearly legible Followed by a horizontal line to separate entries on a single page Written so as to maximize the use of each page Representative of your best effort Complete

9. Turn in Homework Display your Homework from the entry yesterday

10. Test Prep Write well-structured event sequences using description. Look back at Entry 84 Reading example

11. Example Excerpt I sat in row six, seat four on the left side of Mr. Switkowski’s fourth grade classroom at Bedelle Elementary. Hot afternoon sunshine beat down on my head through the long row of windows, and a feeling of dread washed over me as I stared at the homework assignment on the board. The words, “First Book Report Due Tomorrow” were scrawled in bright red. We had a whole month to read one book of choice. I read my book, Beezus and Ramona, during in-class reading time, but instead of reading at home every night, I watched cartoons. How would I read the whole book and do the book report by tomorrow?

12. Example Excerpt That night I rushed through my other homework to get to the report. I read all the information on the book jacket flaps. Then, I skimmed parts of the book reading paragraphs randomly. Next, I studied the list of projects wondering what I could choose since I hadn’t read the whole book. I decided to make a diorama. I ransacked the house for a shoebox, construction paper, and colored pencils. I remembered something about a birthday party, so I traced and colored pictures of Beezus and Romona from the cover, and created two of their friends and cut them out. I covered the inside of the box with pink-flowered gift wrap to look like wall paper. Then I arranged my dollhouse table and chairs in the box. I taped the character figures to the chairs and a magazine picture of a chocolate birthday cake to the table. Exhausted, I went to bed.

13. Entry 91: Sequence Writing Directions: Develop the first and second events of your narrative below.

14. ENTRY 92 – Today’s Objectives 17 MAR 2016 I will prepare for my Student Led Conference and reflect on my performance in Quarter 3.

15. Student Led Conference Preparation You have both periods to complete this Review my Entries and see that they are as complete as possible I may borrow a friend’s to help complete my Entries You receive 25 merits for attending tonight and your parents get 1 hour credit Find a sample of my best work to attach to my SLC form Find a sample of my work needing most improvement to attach to my SLC form

16. Planner: Homework Whisper Mode Have all entries completed for Quiz

17. END OF CLASS Quiet Mode: Let Others Think Too Planner check by class leader (homework must be recorded for each class period today) SECURE YOUR GEAR Class, ATTENTION Dismissal by group