Friday, October 12, 2018

Building our Vocabulary and Reading Muscles: October 12, 2018

Focus: How can we strengthen our vocabulary and reading skills?

1. Warming up with your class character goals from the past two weeks and giving you a heads up on next week

Last week: Not packing up until 12:44

This week: Staying in class / new restroom policy

Next week: Showing maturity / being an upperclassman

2. Taking 5 minutes for an independent or partner review of the first ten Kite Runner words (affluent - indignation; they should be starred); playing Quizlet Live

3. Reading your independent reading book and holding quick annotation conferences

4. Wrapping up with this week's fishbowl awards

HW:
1. For TUESDAY: Read Chapters 19 and 20 in The Kite Runner; leaders should prepare their syllabus.

2. For WEDNESDAY: Study for a brief, multiple-choice quiz on the first ten words of The Kite Runner.

3. ONGOING: Spend time with your independent reading book so that you're on track to finish it by December.

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