Cornerstone Task - Unit 6- The Changing Landscape of Texas (starting the last half of 19th century)

Scholars were presented with the claim: "Texas is the state it is today due to the cattle industry and the development of oil and gas in the late 1800s." Scholars then formed an initial opinion by claiming that the cattle industry or the oil/gas industry was the most important development. Students researched these topics to support their claim and then participated in a class discussion to share their evidence.

Homework Update - Vocabulary

Math - Received on Monday; due on Friday

Reading - Reading Log (Read 20 minutes 5 days per week); response is due each Monday

Spelling - Sight words this week, usually Words Their Way "color" lists; test on Thursday

NEW - Vocabulary - At school, scholars will receive and cut out their 10 words and definitions (for matching practice) and their Vocabulary Word List. 

For homework, scholars need to take a picture of their words and definitions that they have matched. Their Matching HW can be uploaded to Google Classroom at home or at school. This is due on Friday. Students will complete a Quiz on Friday.

Students receive:

Example of Matching HW to turn into Google Classroom:

LEGO Poetry

Scholars worked in teams to create scenes using LEGO StoryStarter Kits. They used their scenes to write poetry. Some students write narrative poems to tell a story, others wrote a lyric poems, and others chose a free verse form to describe their scene. As they composed their poems, students were required to include at least five of the following elements of poetry: repetition, simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, rhyme, and meter.