March 11-13

Grading Breakdown

Formative Summative Summative

Ongoing Progress Monitoring

21st Century Assessment

End of Workshop Assessment

50%

-Workshop work (before, during, and after reading activities)-21 Book Progress Tests-Exit slips -Expert Space activities -Journal entries

25%

-21st Century Skills -Writing-Expert Project

25%

-Workshop wrap-up- xSkills test

Materials

Independent reading book (you can leave this in the room)

Pen/pencil Workbook Folder Notebook

QuickWrites – PAGE 200

Make a list of challenges American middle school students face. Do you think these are harder or easier than the challenges faced by young people living in other parts of the world? Explain. (4-6 sentences)

Drought = an unusually long period of time without rain.

Adequate = enough, or just what is needed

Internal = located on the insideTransition = movement from one place

to another or from one lifestyle to another.

Caravan = a group of people, animals, or vehicles carrying cargo and traveling as a group.

Filter = to pass liquid or gas through an object to strain out larger particles.

Oasis = a small area in a desert where water rises to ground level.

Caravan

March 12

Do Now

Take out your independent reading bookRead book for 5 minutes Turn in late work or work from when you were

absent

Sahara Desert

Acacia Tree

Acacia Thorn

Friday – March 13

Do Now

1. Take out your independent reading book

2. Turn in any late work

3. Open your workbook to page 203

4. Read silently for 10 minutes

Vocab Review (p. 201)

Many trees died during the long drought. You should make sure you get adequate sleep

before a big test.After an accident, doctors check for internal injuries. Addy had a hard time with the transition from city life

to country life. Make sure you use a water filter to remove any

impurities in the water. When we got to the oasis, we saw palm trees and

green grass.

Blue People of the Sahara Review

Who are the “Blue People of the Sahara?”Why are they called “blue people?”What are nomads?Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=FIjC4kNjcFI

Desertification

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzOJgavmq-o

QuickWrite

Page Your Response (complete sentences)

Page 208

Have you ever worried because you didn’t know where a family member or a friend was? Write an imagined account for someone you care about, who has gone missing for a day.

Example:

I came home after school ended. I went into my brother’s room to ask him if he wanted to go to the park. However, my brother was not in his room. I started to get worried. He is only 8 years old. He was supposed to be home from school at 3:20pm. Where could he be? I immediately called his cell phone, but he did not answer the phone. I did not know what to do. I tried calling his best friend, Bob, but no one answered.