Friday, October 18, 2019

Friday, October 18, 2019

Important Reminders
- return the 6th Grade WEB Social permission slip to your 1st period teacher ASAP; you need to return the paper whether you are going or not (if you plan to go, you must be able to stay for the whole time from 3-4:30 p.m.)

Science
Newsela article due next Mon. 10/21: Climate change raising the oceans, making them warmer, new report says (make sure you read the directions and do the REQUIRED ANNOTATIONS as well as take the quiz at the right lexile level to get credit for the assignment)

- log into Classcraft (make sure you are logged in using your CUSD Google account) and set up your character

Language Arts
- brainstorm some open-ended discussion questions that are neither yes/no questions nor have a correct answer

- record your Flipgrid Week 3 video after listening to the podcast about the issue of industrialization and development in India. (Also refer to the videos: "Tackling India's Towering Land" and "Chintan: Ragpickers").
  • Which is more important? Development or preventing environmental pollution?
  • Is it more important to develop the economy, including building new buildings, adding more cars to the roads or to prevent pollution in the air and the climate?
  • What would you do to solve the air pollution problem in India? What can you do at home to prevent pollution and climate change?
Record your video on Flipgridhttps://flipgrid.com/49ce51e5

- come up with good yes/no questions for the Mystery Skype to narrow down the city in North Carolina

Newsela article due next Mon. 10/21: Climate change raising the oceans, making them warmer, new report says (make sure you read the directions and do the REQUIRED ANNOTATIONS as well as take the quiz at the right lexile level to get credit for the assignment)

- NoRedInk Assignment #8: Components of a Sentence II due next Mon. 10/21

- (optional) take a look at the Padma Venkatraman's blog posts (author of The Bridge Home) and feel free to submit questions to her on her blog: