Monday, 10/24/16
We read an article on binocular vision in human and how 3-D tv and movies work.
Friday, 10/24/16
We continued with analogies.
Thursday, 10/20/16
We worked on some vocabulary building word puzzles.
Wednesday, 10/19/16
We continued working on making analogies.
Tuesday, 10/18/16
We worked on solving and making analogies.
Monday, 10/17/16
Class did not meet due to conference schedule.
Friday, 10/14/16
We worked on comprehension building word games.
Thursday, 10/13/16
We read two opinion articles and identified the evidence and reasons used to support the author's position.
Wednesday, 10/12/16
We read an article on using shoes to help an arthritic elephant.
Tuesday, 10/11/16
We worked on a final draft of our sugary drink paragraph.
Monday, 10/10/16
We read an article about new live-action games created from video games.
Friday, 10/07/16
We wrote an argument for whether or not we thought they should put a tax on sugary drinks. We worked on using evidence to support our position.
Thursday, 10/06/16
We read an article on a proposed tax on sugary drinks in San Francisco.
Wednesday, 10/05/16
We shared the Delicious Mistakes we found in our research.
Tuesday, 10/04/16
We researched further examples of Delicious Mistakes.
Monday, 10/03/16
We continued working on the questions for Delicious Mistakes.
Friday, 09/30/16
We read about Delicious Mistakes like chocolate chip cookies and popsicles.
Thursday, 09/29/16
We describe different pictures using sensory language.
Wednesday, 09/28/16
We worked on similes and metaphors.
Tuesday, 09/27/16
We revised our robot essays using suggestions from Mr. Pierce.
Monday, 09/26/16
We read an article on a formerly homeless teen who started a business selling soap and gives money to charities for homeless people.
Friday, 09/23/16
We revised our essays and wrote a draft on Google Drive.
Thursday, 09/22/16
We wrote a two-paragraph essay about a robot we would invent if we could. We described the robot and explained what it could do.
Wednesday, 09/21/16
We revised our argumentative essays using suggestions from Mr. Pierce written in our Google Drive.
Tuesday, 09/20/16
We read an article on a robot pizza maker. We took a quiz on the reading. We also wrote about our opinion on whether or not people should make computer/robot that can think like a human.
Monday, 09/19/16
We wrote the final draft of our essay in Google Drive.
Friday, 09/16/16
We wrote the first draft of our argumentative essay about changing a rule here at Kopachuck.
Thursday, 09/15/16
We read an article about driverless cars. Next, we chose a school rule to write an argumentative essay persuading the reader to change the rule. We will write the essay tomorrow.
Wednesday, 09/14/16
We shared our antonyms and synonyms. Next, we started reading an argumentative essay on whether or not driverless cars will be popular.
Tuesday, 09/13/16
We defined antonyms and synonyms. We wrote antonyms and synonyms for common words we might use in our writing.
Monday, 09/12/16
We read an article called, Making Waves... and discussed it. Next, we took a quiz for the article.
Friday, 09/09/16
We revised and edited our narrative. Next, we wrote a final draft of the narrative using Google Drive. We saved it in our LA Support Folder on Google Drive.
Thursday, 09/08/16
We read an article on McDonald's changing some of its food items. We highlighted the main ideas and took a quiz on the article.
Wednesday, 09/07/16
We continued working on our narrative first draft. The draft is due on Friday, 09/09/16.
Tuesday, 09/06/16
We started writing the first draft of a narrative about a significant event in our life. We will continue working on the first draft in class tomorrow.
Friday, 09/02/16
We reviewed the article and quiz from yesterday. Next, we created an acrostic poem for the word school.
Thursday, 09/01/16
We read an article about a robot used to help small children feel more comfortable in a hospital. We highlighted the main ideas and took a quiz over the article.
Wednesday, 08/31/16
Welcome to class. Today we read through a Parent Letter and worked on our Name Plate with symbols and adjectives that represent us. The Parent Letter is due on Tuesday. Parents please read and sign the letter.