Lead 21
The past, present, and future walk into a classroom. It was tense!
September 16, 2014
Today marks the first day of Lead 21. We practiced procedures and expectations for the duration of the 90 minutes. There was no assignment.
September 16, 2014
Today marks the first day of Lead 21. We practiced procedures and expectations for the duration of the 90 minutes. There was no assignment.
October 2, 2014
Write an IVF and a Somebody Wanted But So for an article you choose.
Choose an article site to go to: (Remember that you need two different articles)
Write an IVF and a Somebody Wanted But So for an article you choose.
Choose an article site to go to: (Remember that you need two different articles)
November 11, 2014
Happy Veteran's Day! Today in Lead 21 we will be introducing Greek and Latin root words. A really cool site to see how words with common roots connect to each other is Membean.
Happy Veteran's Day! Today in Lead 21 we will be introducing Greek and Latin root words. A really cool site to see how words with common roots connect to each other is Membean.
December 8, 2014
Happy Frank Sinatra Day this Friday! To celebrate we will be talking about some of the famous songs and idioms that are in each.
Below are a few sites to visit to find the definitions of each.
The Idiom Dictionary
Happy Frank Sinatra Day this Friday! To celebrate we will be talking about some of the famous songs and idioms that are in each.
Below are a few sites to visit to find the definitions of each.
The Idiom Dictionary
Biography Reports- February 3, 2015
In honor of Black History month and in remembrance of the civil rights movement, students will compose an expository report centered on a Civil Rights Movement leader. Students will choose their leader from the discussion in class and do research to create a biography about that person. Following our "Stop Light Writing" method, we will create reports that are organized and explanatory to that leader's life and how they contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.
The Reports will need to contain organized details about the following information in paragraphs:
In honor of Black History month and in remembrance of the civil rights movement, students will compose an expository report centered on a Civil Rights Movement leader. Students will choose their leader from the discussion in class and do research to create a biography about that person. Following our "Stop Light Writing" method, we will create reports that are organized and explanatory to that leader's life and how they contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.
The Reports will need to contain organized details about the following information in paragraphs:
Blogging! April 14, 2015
Students,
You are invited for a wonderful chance to express yourself in one of the fastest growing forms of written text: The Blog!
Every week you will be given writing tasks to create using: kidblog.org. From that website you will be able to write your very own articles using easy to use tools that your peers can share and post on as well! Below are the writing prompts and the dates in which they were assigned. We will use your posts to relate to material in the Lead 21 class but also to understand each other better! Have fun and enjoy!\
Your username is your first name, period, then last initial, and your password is: broadwater
example: Nathan.S
Click here to go to kidblog.org
Date-/ Prompt-
4 / 14- Title: All about ME!
Answer the following questions: What are the 5 most important things to know about you and why?
4/20- Title: Knights at the Park
Describe in full detail from start to finish what your experience at the park was today! Use transition words and proper organization so that the reader doesn't become confused.
4/22- Title: Buffalo Jump
Visit the website: http://stateparks.mt.gov/madison-buffalo-jump/
Read p. 186-187 in the theme reader
Answer the question in your blog: What does the story and real life facts allow you to think about? What comes to mind when you remember the story and view the area in the video?
Students,
You are invited for a wonderful chance to express yourself in one of the fastest growing forms of written text: The Blog!
Every week you will be given writing tasks to create using: kidblog.org. From that website you will be able to write your very own articles using easy to use tools that your peers can share and post on as well! Below are the writing prompts and the dates in which they were assigned. We will use your posts to relate to material in the Lead 21 class but also to understand each other better! Have fun and enjoy!\
Your username is your first name, period, then last initial, and your password is: broadwater
example: Nathan.S
Click here to go to kidblog.org
Date-/ Prompt-
4 / 14- Title: All about ME!
Answer the following questions: What are the 5 most important things to know about you and why?
4/20- Title: Knights at the Park
Describe in full detail from start to finish what your experience at the park was today! Use transition words and proper organization so that the reader doesn't become confused.
4/22- Title: Buffalo Jump
Visit the website: http://stateparks.mt.gov/madison-buffalo-jump/
Read p. 186-187 in the theme reader
Answer the question in your blog: What does the story and real life facts allow you to think about? What comes to mind when you remember the story and view the area in the video?
Inquiry of Content Material
May 7, 2015-
Unit 4 Chapter 1 Inquiry Subjects-
Pick one article from the links below. Follow your own independent RT notes for the article:
Articles:
May 7, 2015-
Unit 4 Chapter 1 Inquiry Subjects-
Pick one article from the links below. Follow your own independent RT notes for the article:
- Before reading, skim the text features to determine a PREDICTION
- Before, during, and after reading find 1 or 2 words to CLARIFY
- Before, during, and after reading find 1 or 2 QUESTIONS to answer
- After reading, review your notes, text features and main ideas to construct your own SUMMARY. Write this as an IVF.
- After everything, be prepared to do a Venn Diagram tomorrow between your article and the readings we have all done in class.
Articles:
Mother's Day Poems:
Click the links for ideas to write to your mother!
Click the links for ideas to write to your mother!