1. Good Morning Today is Thursday, January 15, 2015
Activity
Science
Good Morning Today is Thursday, January 15, 2015
Bell work:
Turn in Report Cards in your Graded Papers Folder in the white bucket IN ORDER
Grammar – 4B
Math – Wednesday-PBA is on table to pick up
Finish,cut out, and glue to a sheet of construction paper your 2015 sheet
Enjoy your book! 
This Day in History
Martin Luther King Jr. Born
On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate degree in theology and in 1955 helped organized the first major protest of the African-American civil rights movement: the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott. Influenced by Mohandas Gandhi, he advocated civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance to segregation in the South. The peaceful protests he led throughout the American South were often met with violence, but King and his followers persisted, and the movement gained momentum.
Did you know…
Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US
stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand

2. Morning Meeting - Christian
Today is January 15th
You have 30 seconds to greet one another around your desk.
Important dates for next week:
We do not have school Monday WOOHOO!
You will take the Science Case 21 on Thursday the 22nd
Choose 3 people to share about something. After they have shared, choose 2 people to respond to the person sharing.
Quote of the Day:
Let’s all have a great day and be HAPPY!
Take up snack money when you are done
“Happy”
Click the minions

3. Bell Work 4A I see a lot of trash around my school. __________
Read each sentence. Decide whether it is a simple or a compound sentence. Write simple or compound on the line. Circle the conjunction in each compound sentence.
I see a lot of trash around my school. __________
We have garbage cans, but they are always overflowing. __________
I can ignore the problem, or I can do something about it. __________
I would like to start a recycling program at my school. __________
I will come up with a plan, and then I will talk to the __________
principal.
Simple
Compound
Compound
Simple
Compound

4. Bell Work 4 B
Complete each compound sentence by adding a comma and a conjunction. Use each conjunction from the word box one time.
Tonight I will practice what to say ______ I will be convincing.
I know a lot of reasons to recycle ______ I want to present some strong information to the principal.
My dad gave me a book about recycling ______ my sister found some information on the Internet, too.
I can write down my plan for the principal ______ I could just explain it in detail. , so ,
but ,
and or ,

5. Fiction Week 3 Drafting Fiction
Being a Writer
Fiction
Week 3
Drafting Fiction

6. Mrs. Hicks - Partners
Dylan – Breonna Makayla – Sonja Andrew – Gerardo Brodie - Hallie Alex – Christian Skyler - Josef Kloey – KeJuan Preston – Madison Josue – Patrick Daishua – Demira Ariana – Averie

7. Ms. Glaser Partners
Cameron – John Destiny – Esther Rico – Drew Haylee – Renee - Aliya Alivia – Carlos Kenneth - Kyrian Kayla – Manuel Santavion - Daniel Terry – Alexandria Noah - Jackson Ryan – Tekyria Jalen – Khalia

8. Fiction Writing Ideas Real or Imagined – The Wreck of the Zephyr
Messy Situations – Moira’s Birthday
Messy Situations that leads to something good – Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street
Getting Ideas from pictures – Sweet Music in Harlem
Think about the characters’ actions, thoughts, and speech – The Sweetest Fig
Stories about single objects – The Lotus Seed
Think about the characters, plot, and setting – Just a Dream

9. Getting Ready to Write Name of the Book Character (Someone)
Who is the story about?
Plot (Something happens)
What happens?
Setting (Somewhere in time) When and where does it happen?
Sweet Music in Harlem CJ
Uncle Click
Uncle Click lost his hat, and CJ goes out to find it. He wants his hat to the magazine picture.
Harlem, New York
1900s
The Sweetest Fig
Monsieur Bibot
Marcel
A client has a tooth pulled and pays Bibot with magical figs. Bibot eats one of the figs and his dream came true. Marcel eats the second fig and the two switch bodies.
Paris, France
Around the Great Depression
Early 1900s
The Lotus Seed Ba
granddaughter
Ba takes a lotus seed from the emperors garden. The family travels to America, and Ba’s grandson plants the seed. A lotus flower grows, and the seeds are given to the children.
Vietnam
America
Getting Ready to Write

10. Getting Ready to Write Just a Dream Walter
Name of the Book
Character (Someone)
Who is the story about?
Plot (Something happens)
What happens?
Setting (Somewhere in time) When and where does it happen?
Just a Dream
Walter
He dreams about the future where the earth is full of pollution.
In the future of his dream
The Summer My Father Was Ten
Mr. Bellavista
The father (child)
The father and his friends were having a food fight in Mr. Bellavista’s garden. After the father apologized, they began a tradition of planting a garden.
The summer when her father was ten.
The neighborhood around his apartment
Getting Ready to Write

11. He dreams about the future where the earth is polluted. In the future
Name of the Book
Character (Someone) Who is the story about?
Plot (Something happens) What happens?
Setting (Somewhere in time) When and where does it happen?
Just a Dream
Walter
He dreams about the future where the earth is polluted.
In the future
Ocean, Grand Canyon, factory, his neighborhood, forest, highway, Mt. Everest (Earth)
The Summer My Father Was Ten
Narrator – his daughter
Her father (kid)
Mr. Bellavista
The father and his friends have a food fight in Mr. Bellavista’s garden. After he apologizes, the two plant a new garden and start a tradition.
His neighborhood (apartment, garden)
The summer when her father was ten

12. Name of the Book
Character (Someone)
Who is the story about?
Plot (Something happens)
What happens?
Setting (Somewhere in time) When and where does it happen?
“Your story”
Getting Ready to Write
You will complete a Character, Plot, and Setting chart for a piece you have written. Which of the three elements (character, plot, or setting) might you want to focus on if you continue to add to this story? [pause] Turn to your partner.

13. Writing Time!! Work on a story you started earlier Start a new story
Writing Ideas:
Messy Situations
What if?
Objects
Pictures
Work on a story you started earlier
Start a new story
Think about characters’ actions, thoughts, and speech
Think about character, setting, and plot
Conference:
What is this story about?
Who is/are the characters?
What is interesting about him/her/them?
What do you imagine might happen to him/her/them?
When and where do you imagine this story takes place?
What part are you going to work on next?

14. Reading
Pedro’s Journal

15. Focus Lesson Answer the following questions
In your journal, summarize what you have read
Ask yourself:
Who?
Did What?
When?
Where?
Why?
Make sure you include all of the important details.
Use yesterdays to guide you.
Read your own book when you are finished.

16. Journal Entry
Summary (Who What When Where Why How)
August 3
Christopher Columbus wanted someone to read and write, so he hired Pedro. They began their journey on August 3, 1492 on the Santa Maria. The reason for this journey is to find a faster trading route.
August 7
Columbus and Alonso must fix the rudder on the Pinta on August 7. Columbus believes the crew does not want to make the journey, so they sabotaged the ship.

17. Journal Entry
Summary (Who What When Where Why How)
August 3
Pedro was hired to read and write by Christopher Columbus. They began their journey on August 3, 1492 on the Santa Maria. The reason for this journey was to find a faster trading route.
August 7
Columbus and Alonso must fix the rudder on the Pinta on August 7, Columbus believes that the crew does not want to make the journey, so they sabotaged the ship.
September 10
The crew began to lose hope, so Columbus offered them a reward of money. They felt like they wouldn’t make it and were doubting Columbus.

18. Independent Reading
Finish Reading September’s journal entries and summarize September 30th.

19. Homework for the Week
Math Sheets
Reading Packet due