Ms. Nakada's Blog

AGENDA
take-a-minute
blog - corrections
lit. circles
Week 8 quiz
research

HW: Savor your weekend. 

It was finally sixth period on a Friday! Yes, what a relief. Students filed into the classroom, took their seats, and started writing down the agenda. Some students were back from a field trip, while others were just winding down another week of school. Only 11 weeks left, eighth graders!

We took a minute, and I reminded a few students to really try to do just one thing at a time, which ended up being a reminder to myself. This got me really focused on my thoughts and feelings and, to my surprise, I got a little teary. I had just been thinking of my Dad and how I want to spend time with him this summer :). 

Next, I wished Olivia a belated birthday, and then she read the blog for last Wednesday, because she was absent yesterday. Then, to my surprise, she chose me to be the blogger for today. Sigh. Well, here I am. There are worse ways to spend the day.  

We got a point for Olivia's excellent blog, and then students moved into literature circles. I checked reading journals for the past few weeks while students read and discussed their books. 

While grading reading journals, Jade informed me that Mamma Pig is pregnant!

It was Friday, so students took most of the rest of the period to complete the quiz and then to work on their research of Black authors. Some students switched the person they wanted to learn about. Before we all knew it, sixth period had flown by, and it was time to weekend!!!

Students packed up, put chairs on tables, and waited for the bell to ring. I hope we all managed to savor the weekend even more than usual. 

Olivia's Third Blog

Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

WEEK 8 : G ᐧ Q ᐧ Q ᐧ L

Reader's workshop ᐧ Lit Circles

HW - RJ 8.3 Lit. Circle Books 14 iReady Lessons

We started off our day by writing down the agenda and listening to the end of our take a minute. Directly after that, Angel read his blog and chose to spin a wheel. I was chosen to write. We all got our notebooks and finished off our weeks G ᐧ Q ᐧ Q ᐧ L with the lines of the week. We read, listened, and annotated "AIN'T I A WOMAN?" by Sojourner Truth. Something I noticed as I annotated was the repetition of the line, "Ain't I a woman?" Afterwards, we moved into our literature circles. We wrote our predictions for each of our books and began to read for ten minutes. Once we were done with our literature circles, we packed up, put up our chairs, and waited for Ms. Nakada to dismiss us.

Angel's Third Blog

AGENDA

Take a minute

Blog Corrections

Week 7: G.Q.Q.S.L

SLC letters

Lit Circles

HW: RJ 7.2 Read Lit Circle Books

We started sixth period by getting settled in and writing the agenda while Ms. Nakada played the take a minute video. After, we finished our binder reminders we went to the book fair to see if we wanted to get anything. After the book fair, we got back in our seats and we transitioned to our English Notebook to do our G.Q.Q.S.L. After we did that, we turned in our SLC Letters and packed up.

Chris's Third Blog

AGENDA

Blog corrections 

Week 7: G Q Q S L

SLC letters

Lit Circles 

HW RJ 7.2 Read lit circle books- 12 iReady lessons

We started sixth period by listening to the take a minute video, and write down the agenda. After that, we wrote down the Quote, and Question in our notebooks. Then, we started writing our Student Led Conferencing letters. for about 15 minutes.  After we packed up, we put chairs on our desk and got ready to leave.

Evelyn's Third Blog

 Agenda: 

Take a minute, blog, corrections

Book project gallery walk

Week 7: G.Q.Q.S.L

HW: RJ 7.1 read lit. circle books

Today at the beginning of class we went to our new seats that Ms. Nakada assigned to us at the door. We then wrote down the agenda and took a minute. After that we did our gallery walk for our book projects. When we sat back down we began to write our G.Q.Q.S.L. After we got through grammar, we got packed up.

Diction: the manner you speak or write in which can change depending on audience. 

Chloe's Third Blog

 Agenda 

Take a minute 

Blog Corrections

Lit. Circles

Week 6: Quiz

Writer's Workshop

HW: Enjoy the Weekend

Book Projects Due Tuesday 2/18

10 iReady Lessons

To start class we took a seat, wrote down our agenda and watched the take a minute. Aanjali read her and chose to spin the wheel. I got picked, and then Ms. Nakada had us move into Lit. Circles. We took the Week 6 Quiz and played heads up 7UP. 

Aanjali's Third Blog

 Agenda

Take a Minute

Blog Corrections

Lit. Circles

Week 6: G.Q.Q.L.

Writer's Workshop

HW: RJ 6.4 Read Lit. Circle Books 

BOOK PROJECTS DUE TUESDAY 2/18!

    To begin class, we sat down and wrote down the agenda while Ms. Nakada played the take a minute video. Afterwards, Sharaigne went to the front of the class and read her blog. She then chose to do a wheel, and put Olivia and I ten times, along with the rest of the class once. Then, we got into our literature circles and read for ten minutes. Next, Ms. Nakada gave us the choice of either doing iReady, doing our book projects, or finishing our Inside Out and Back Again essays. While we got started, Ms. Nakada showed us examples of book projects that people have already turned in, and how to do our book projects. Lastly, Ms. Nakada told us to pack up and we waited to be dismissed.