Ryan's First Blog

Agenda
Blog Corrections
Reader's workshop
Essay Basics

HW RJ 6.2 Read
for 20-30 minutes
& record

I sat down in my seat, and I already knew I was gonna be picked. I got kinda mad when Henry picked me for the blog, when he said Maria, and then said my name again. Ms. Nakada was checking songs of the week, quotes of the week and questions of the week. After that, Henry kept on bugging me and laughing at me. Yesterday, we learned about "Reading Banned Books." I was kinda hoping I got picked on Wednesday because I could have written the blog on Wednesday but not read it on Thursday because there is Academy Day. I was kinda surprised when Ms. Nakada told us that The Outsiders was banned!! Alright, the bell rang, and I gotta go to music. BYEEE!!

Henry's first blog

AGENDA
Blog corrections
Q Q song
"The Poverty Myth"

HW RJ 6.1 Read
For  20-30 min & record
Book Project Due Friday





First, the students wrote down the agenda, and I don't know why Ryan was laughing at me. Then, they took out their reading journals and wrote the quote of the week: "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One doesn't love to breathe." Scout Finch To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The question of the week: "Do you read banned books? " After that, we watched a video about it. While the video was playing, Ms. Nakada was checking the journals. Also, we listened to the song of the week "Mr. Roboto" STYX. My favorite lyric was, "thank you Mr. Roboto." Next, we were working on our essay basics. Bye.

Violeta's First Blog

AGENDA

Blog - corrections

reader's workshop

Essay Basics

HW: Heads up! Book projects due Friday. 

Today, we started class off by taking out our reading journals so Ms. Nakada could check them. While she checked them the students did reader's workshop. While that was going on, Henry and Ryan kept laughing at me struggling lol. After that, it was mostly quiet. Ms. Nakada then asked for the tests back, and it started getting noisy again. She then asked if anyone needed a red pen, so they can correct the quiz that we took a while ago. After that, everyone turned the quiz in and started talking. Then, they all took out their English notebooks and wrote another thing for their table of contents. Ms. Nakada then started talking about essays and what they are compared to a paragraph. She then started talking about introductions and how to start one. After that, Ms. Nakada told us to pack up, and the bell rang. Bye. 

Zohara's First Blog

Agenda
Blog corrections
Reader's Workshop
STAR testing
HW RJ 5.2 Read
for 20-30 minutes and record.


Today, in class we started with STAR testing. Then, people came up to get iPads. Next, the class became mostly silent. During the moment, there wasn't much going on, and surprisingly no one has made any type of disturbance yet. Ms. Nakada read the people who needed to show her their binder reminders, and sadly my name was called, but I'm not that surprised. If I'm being honest, I'm kinda mad that Denise picked me, because I was really unprepared, and I can already tell Ms. Nakada is going to have a lot to correct. Luckily today was a short day so I wouldn't have to spend too much time on this. I then see that Ms. Nakada started coming around to check Binder Reminders/Reading Journals, and I got a little worried because I didn't know if I had everything that met the standard. Kids then started getting up and putting away their iPads. Behind me, Ashley started messing around with someone behind her, because, like, why wouldn't she. A few minutes later, the class started getting loud again, and kids started packing up. Whilst they were doing so, Ms. Nakada was explaining to read at least 20 mins per night. The bell rang, then I started to dread my next class. Okay that's the end of this blog. It kind of sucked, but I tried. I hate you Denise... just kidding. I still love you.

Denise's First Blog

Agenda

New seats 

Blog corrections

Q Q Song

Book talks

Reader's workshop

HW RJ 5.1 read/record for 20-30 min.

Today, in Ms. Nakada class we did the quote, question, and song of the week.

Quote: "You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you." Dallas Winston The Outsiders.

Question: How should you/parents handle a bad progress report?

Song: "Fast Car" Tracy Chapman

Ms. Nakada talk about the time she got a C in one of her classes, so her parents didn't allow her to use her phone. While the kids where listening to the song of the week, I looked behind me and I saw Henry with his pencil in his mouth. It was nasty, but it's alright because I do the same thing when I get bored. When the song finished, I was super shocked that David didn't clap like he always does. The class got their new books today; they can choose any book that are on the shelves or any of their choice. Ashley came up to me and started to laugh at me but idk why.

Ms. Nakada's Blog for Quiz Day

Agenda
Blog/corrections
Quiz #1
reader's workshop

HW: Enjoy your weekend!

Today, students came into class and found their seats with the desks turned. After Adrian read his blog, students made a pile at the aisle of binder reminders for me to collect. Then, I passed out the quizzes, and everyone got started.

While students worked on their quizzes, I graded binder reminders and then passed them back at the end of the period. Everyone worked so diligently on the quiz, and hopefully everyone did great!

I will not carry on the tradition of a strange narrative in the blog about student-alien invasions or evil teachers. I just won't.

Adrian's First Blog

Agenda
Blog corrections
reader's workshop
hw:study for test tomorrow, find a new book to read
5 week grades


Deeana was reading her blog, and when she was reading her blog I knew she was going to pick me. That's why I was hiding under the table. The class started to take out their postit notes to take annotations.

Ms. Nakada texted Violeta's mom to tell her that she isn't doing any work. Violeta's mom texts back and tells Ms. Nakada she will make sure she does her homework. We finished The Outsiders, after Ms. Nakada said we are all going to do the AR test about The Outsiders.