11/24 20 Time Work

Toady we will be working on our 20 time projects.

Fill out this form about what you plan on working on today.

11/20 Pitch Day

Today you will pitch to me your idea for your 20 time project.

Monday we are off the races. We will have about 3 weeks to work on this so. I will need to be able to get updates from you as we work, so think of ways you can track your project and learning. I recommend a blog or wiki page.

20 Time Day 2

Today we will fill out this form. Follow the directions. Use the free write you did from yesterday to help you.

If you did not complete the brainstorm sheet from yesterday, do that first.

20 Time Project

Today we will begin our 20 time projects.

Here are the rules:

• Project must be something new to you and something you wouldn't do in another class.
• Must involve creating something
• Must have a language arts connection (writing, public speaking, etc.)
• If, at any moment, you feel lost, overwhelmed, or uninspired you must set a meeting with me to discuss solutions
• You must be flexible/open to changes or adjustments

So today you need to fill out this form.

If you need help coming up with an idea, here is a list of project ideas. You do not have to one off this list, it is just meant to help you come up with an idea. 

Your first grade will be your 60 second idea pitch. Please let me know when you are ready and we will schedule a time. 

11/10

Today we will be doing a CNN Student News Response. When we finish, I would like for you to write a paragraph of analysis over one of the stories that stuck out to you.

Here is a quick refresher on how to write an analysis paragraph.

Submit your response HERE.

11/6

Today is a reading day. Please complete the DOL, then update your pages read log for your reading today. I will see you all Monday. You letter will be due then. Monday will also be pay day.

DOL:

1. that there store is the older building in town

2. i have just finished reading who has seen the win? an interesting poem

11/5

DOL:

1. i always watch the world series the olympics and the indianapolis 500 on television

2. my brother in asia rights a letter every week to mom and dad

11/4

1. the thief stealed to much merchandise to carry away in won trip

2. get you're room cleaned up mother said or your not going to the show

11/2

HAPPY ROYALS DAY!!!!

DOL:

1. the man he has took to books to the library

2. we saw prof coles buying the following items four books two erasers and a pen

10/29

DOL

1. mom brung the groceries home or it could of been dad

2. this tree should of grown to become the biggest of these to

10/28

DOL:

1. yesterday that girl lay treasure island an exciting book on our teachers desk

2. yes my brother can play the harmonica good

Today we will be doing a CNN Student News Response. When we finish, I would like for you to write a paragraph of analysis over one of the stories that stuck out to you.

Here is a quick refresher on how to write an analysis paragraph.

Submit your response HERE.

10/27

DOL

1. i washed mothers car and then i drunk a glass of juice

2. i went to my friends house to lend from him a copy of the hardest fight my favorite poem

10/26

DOL

1. matt and me went to john sons hardware store to shop

2. theres the knew offices of the jersey milk company

10/22

DOL

1. thats the biggest fish i have ever saw

2. i have lain my backpack their many times im sure

Don't forget pages read log!

10/21

DOL:

1. karens bike is the newer of the five bikes parked hear

2. during the nineteenth century there family wealth had grew

Today we will take our weekly data probe. Please use this link:

THIS IS THE LINK FOR YOUR DATA PROBE

10/20

DOL:

1. dad has took pam and i fishing many times

2. did you read a copy of science fiction digest my favorite magazine

10/19

DOL

1. i and my brother stayed at the lorraine hotel st louis missouri

2. jeremy opened the door and called out dinner is ready

Today:

Book check in... how are things going? Are we improving?

We will have a letter due on Friday. I expect this to be your best letter thus far. I also expect pages read logs to be fully updated this week.

10/14

Today for our warm up, we will be doing a CNN Student News Response. When we finish, I would like for you to write a paragraph of analysis over one of the stories that stuck out to you.

Here is a quick refresher on how to write an analysis paragraph.

Submit your response HERE.

Once you finish, you have the rest of the time for you book or to finish your letter from yesterday. Remember to check the renewal date on the book. If you need to go to the LMC to renew, that is fine.

10/12 Happy Monday

Hi class, I am currently driving back from Chicago and will be back tomorrow.

Today you are to complete your DOL (below) and then take your independent reading book and knock out some pages. Please document what you got done in your pages read log. If you need to go to the library and renew or check out or new book, please do so (make sure you ask the teacher).

Tomorrow I will be back, and it will be pay day. Your weekly letter will also be due tomorrow for the reading you did today and last week. If you want to work on that for part of the hour today, you may do so.

DOL:

1. george my friend is traveling west on highway 66

2. my family however are spending it's vacation in the east

10/9 Happy Friday

DOL:

1. he gots the biggest of the to pieces, don't he

2. most of my friends Parents like dogs i think

Hi class, I am currently on my way to Chicago. Please follow Ms. Richards directions today.

Your DOL is above. When you finish use the link below to complete your data collection. Just click on the link, your group name is your last name, then click on your name again, then click on the only test available to you. Take your time on this. Remember that if you beat last weeks score you get a bonus in the Oz-conomy. Take your time and do a good job.

THIS IS THE LINK FOR YOUR DATA PROBE

When you finish find something to work on.

10/8

DOL:

1. she had lain the groceries on the counter but she had forgot to put the ice cream into the freezer

2. betty her cousin should of visited the us

10/7

DOL:

1. them boys have chose to order this food hot dogs potato chips and milk

2. snowy our cat is the whiter of all the cats on our block 

10/6

Todays DOL

1. there reading arctic fury a short story

2. last saturday i washed dads car cut the grass and planted aunt sues bushes

10/5

Daily Oral Language Warm Up:


1. may kurt and me go to riverside beach asked jan

2. yes the to of you have you're mothers permission to eat at our house

Here's what we are doing today:

Today we are going to get back on track with our reading logs and weekly letters. I am still grading your short stories and will put those in the grade book as soon as possible. If you are interested in submitting your short story in the contest, please let me know and I will show you how. Happy Monday!

9/30 Wednesday Data Day

Hey Guys, I am out today for a professional development. Here is what you need to do to for class.

We will take our first data probe of the year.

Please go to the this link: https://app.easycbm.com/select_cbm.php?teacher=zosborne 

Then click on your last name, then your name, then select the only test available to you.

Read through the passage and answer the questions. Please do your best on this.

When you finish you may work on your short story (the KC Star), read a book, or find something quiet to work on. I will see you Thursday.

9/28 Blood Moon Monday

Welcome back from the weekend! Hope you all had fun at the fall festival and checked out the "Blood Moon."

Today we are going to give feedback to each other on our spooky short stories. I will be around to put a grade in for your rough draft as well. First, lets watch this video to help us think about why we should revise.

How should we revise and what are we looking for? Use the 'comment' feature on google docs when giving any feedback, instead of physically writing or changing someone's work. Lets focus on revising and editing using the following chart:

9/23 Picking Up Where we Left Off

Here is the chart that we completed yesterday in class when brainstorming what should be in a good short story:

Today we will talk about a pre-write strategies and then continue working on our spooky stories for the KC Star competition.

9/21/15 Spooky Story Contest

Welcome to class!

We are going to participate in the Kansas City Star "Ghost Story" Contest.

What I would like for you to do is create a blank google doc, and name it Ghost Story.

Here are the rules to the story:

Halloween is around the corner and The Star wants to celebrate with a spine-tingling, goosebump-inspiring ghost story. Written by you, our creative, talented readers.

We’ve started the story with a 500-word introduction to our main character, Fred. Now it’s up to you to finish the tale. We will publish at least two of the best, chosen by Star editors. (And two top winners will each receive a $50 Target gift card.)

We have some rules, of course. The story must be your original work, 1,000 to 1,500 words. It must mention two of these places and at least one in Johnson County: Mahaffie House in Olathe; Olathe Memorial Cemetery; the clock tower in downtown Overland Park; the Darth Vader building in Overland Park; Union Cemetery, KCI, Smithville Lake, William Jewell College in the Northland. 

Entries must begin with The Star’s introduction; writers may modify up to five details.

Here is the story starter from the The Star (copy and paste this into your doc): 

When he was a living, breathing creature, nobody paid much mind to Fred.

In his 36 years on planet Earth, he’d attended more than a few parties, mostly invitations from well-meaning co-workers at his accounting firm. A few flirtations here and there, sure, but once he started in on 401(k) plans or capital gains, eyes glazed over. When he first set his eyes on her at his favorite barbecue joint, all thoughts of finances were tossed aside as quickly as short ribs gnawed to the bone.

She seemed destined to appear here and there in his life: He was quite certain he’d caught a glimpse of her when he was rushing across Kansas City International Airport to pick up his sister and her brood. And he’d spotted his dark-haired beauty at one of his favorite haunts (so to say), the Olathe Memorial Cemetery, drifting from one gravestone to the next, pausing with respect at each.

His true passions in life were clearly shared by this Kansas City native, and that would be the rich history of 19th-century Kansas City, and what the city was known for now. Barbecue. On this day she was dining on a platter filled with the very finest — from short ribs to brisket, pickle nestled atop toasted bread.

She grinned up at him, sauce slightly smeared across her chin.

Oddly, she seemed to flicker in and out of his vision. She was there and then, in a blink, she was gone.

Oh, he thought in his final moments, gazing at the last bite of a brisket sandwich. What guts it would take to go say hello.

In the end — and it was — he figured it could have been his fault. Call it a passion for burnt ends and short ribs. Call it the curse of genetics. All 307 pounds of Fred felt a sharp pain in his chest, and the next thing he knew he was floating above a crowd at his own funeral. Aside from his parents and his sister, who was chasing after her three small children, few seemed to mourn Fred.

It was mid-October, prime barbecue season, when Fred was pulled from his nirvana.

Stuck between Earth and a place he could only imagine would be bliss, he tried to fit in as a quintessential ghost on a quest to find his brown-eyed, sloppy-faced dream girl. The one he now knew was not of the old world he once plodded through.

He had a few strikes against him. First, he was bit young to be hanging with some of the famous ghosts in Kansas City. To them he was an upstart, and there’s nothing like being snubbed by a ghost to humble a man. Or whatever he was.

Frankly, if Fred were a jack-o’-lantern, he would have been carved by a child’s hand. Standard features, pleasant but bland look (think triangle eyes, turn the triangle upside down for a nose, crooked grin).

This was new territory, and he was ready to finally give that face some character. And find his woman. But how?

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article35391573.html

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article35391573.html#storylink=cpy

9/14 Short Week!

Welcome Back Students!

This week is only 3 1/2 days!

Today for our warm up, we will be doing a CNN Student News Response. When we finish, I would like for you to write a paragraph of analysis over one of the stories that stuck out to you.

Here is a quick refresher on how to write an analysis paragraph.

Submit your response HERE.

Once you finish, you have the rest of the time for you book. Remember to check the renewal date on the book. If you need to go to the LMC to renew, that is fine. Your letter will be due on Thursday.

9/11 It's Friday

Today you have a weekly letter due. When you finish it please come up to my desk and show me your pages read log and DOL's for the week. I will update the grade book accordingly.

Have a great weekend!

9/10

Here is todays DOL:

1. yesterday i laid down in the hammock and read the adventures of huckleberry finn a novel by mark twain

2. their was to little water for the Grass to grow more tall

Today will be your last day to get reading in for you letter due tomorrow. I will also be checking DOL's. Next week, we should begin the token economy.

9/9 DOL AND SSR

Here is today's DOL:

1. wont you give kim and i there popcorn

2. we have knew that prof bagel plays golf real good

Once we finish our DOL, we will have an SSR.

9/8 Happy 4 Day Week!

Hey All! Welcome back.

Today we will start with a D.O.L. Please take the first 5 minutes of class and correct the following in the google doc that we created last week. If you are having trouble finding it, check your CA folder that you made in your google drive.

1. us girls haven't never tore the paper into to pieces

2. that lawn in my opinion has the greener grass in louisville

With the short week, today we will be reading our books to get some pages in for our weekly letter. Remember, letters will always be located in the front of the room. If you ever want to get a head start, that is fine, just make sure you are still getting quality reading in during the week.

9/3 DOL Thursday

Today we will set up our DOL's. Follow my directions in setting up the google doc for your DOL file. Here is today's DOL, which will be our warm up today:



ladies and gentlemen
     please send me the following coins two wooden nickels one five-dollar gold piece and three jefferson nickels
        sincerely
        e cameron



Once we finish our warm up, we will do some house keeping. Everyone should have taken the SRI at this point. You will then have the remainder of the hour for your books to get some pages in for your weekly letter. You will have your first letter due tomorrow.




Token Economy Update: My purchase order for the token economy is on the way. Once I get that, I will go purchase items for the token economy. I think we should be up and running in about a week.

9/1 Happy September

Today we will finish up "A Man From the South" and continue to discuss inferences. Use these questions to guide your inferences:

Once we finish, we will set up our DOL document, do some google drive house keeping (making sure things are bookmarked, etc), and check in on SRI and make sure all scores are current. 

Today's DOL is the following:

ladies and gentlemen

      please send me the following coins two wooden nickels one five-dollar gold piece and three jefferson nickels

                                  sincerely

                                  e cameron

8/31 Making Inferences

Welcome Back!

For our warm up today, we will try some "Hink Pinks."

We will start our first reading comprehension skill lesson today. Today we are going to discuss "Making Inferences," in my opinion, the most important skill for reading comprehension.

We will use this short story to help us practice. 

8/28 We Made it!

Let's start things off with more Wuzzles!

Normally we would spend today working on our letters, but you do not have one due until next Friday. Monday, we will begin learning reading comprehension skills!

First today, we will discuss daily oral language, and how we can best organize them. I would also like an update on how books are going and how everyone is feeling about SSR. The remainder of the hour today will be an SSR. 

8/27 Survey, Sheets, and SSR

Warm Up: More Wuzzles!!!

Once you finish the warm up, please take THIS SURVEY. Please really think about your answers as it will really help me find what best motivates you.

When we finish the survey, today will be our first SSR of the year. Please document your pages in your "Pages Read Log" in the folder your created yesterday at the beginning and end of your read. Make yourself comfortable and dig in.  

8/26 Happy Wednesday!

Welcome to Class!

Today's warm up is below, see if you can figure out all 12.

Today we will set up our organizational system for SSR, send me the links to your logs, and learn about the weekly letter assignments we will typically have. 

8/25 Back Like I Forgot Something...

Sorry to have missed you guys yesterday, glad to be back today.

Today we will go through the expectations and rationale for SSR in this presentation

We will then head down the library and learn the ropes down there. 

8/24 Happy Monday

Today, we will do a baseline writing test. Please answer the following question: Do you believe that high schools in America should require uniforms? Why or why not? What reasons can to give to support this. Your answer should be at least 3 paragraphs.

Once you finish this, save it. Please write this on google docs. When you finish, find something quiet to work on. We will turn them in tomorrow.

Sorry that I am not there today. My flight home got cancelled, but I will be back tomorrow.

8/21 SRI TIME!!!!!!!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

I am out of town today, so be respectful and follow Mrs. Richards directions. Remember... be cool. I will be back Monday. 

Today you should take the SRI test that we set up yesterday. Your regular log in should work. If you are unable to get it to work, just find something to work on and we will have you take it when I get back. Please finish the test before the end of class. 

PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS TAKING THE TEST AND DO NOT BE DISTRACTING until everyone is finished. No listening to music while taking the test. 

8/20 About Me Presentation's / SRI Set Up

Today is presentation day!!!!

Take 10 minutes and finalize details about you presentation. When you are ready to present, use this link to turn it in. To get that link click on share, then get a shareable link, and past it in the box. Make sure that it is viewable for anyone who has that link. 

Please keep presentations brief. Be sure to be a respectful audience. Shen everyone has gone we will set up the SRI really quick...

SRI SET UP!

To get the SRI on your computer the following steps:

1. Go to self service on the desk top and log in.
   
   
   
   
   
   2. Log in, and then log in and search 'SCHOLASTIC' in the search bar. Once it comes up, install SCHOLASTIC - SAM/ Read 180/ SRI. 
   
   
   
   
   
   3. Once the status bar is complete, close self service.
   
   
   4. Then in spotlight (the magnifying glass on the top right of the display of your mac search "SCHOLASTIC" and open "Scholastic Student Access."
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   5. When you take the assessment, you will open "Scholastic Student "Access", click on the bottom left link "SRI", log in, and follow the directions. 
   
   
   

8/18: WELCOME BACK STUDENTS!

Welcome back students! 

Here is a quick of run down of what we need to talk about today!

• About Mr. Osborne
• Class Syllabus
• Class Expectations
• Bookmark Website
• Token Economy
• First Assignment
• Looking ahead to the week, first data collection Friday.

First Assignment! About me due Thursday.

4/8/2015 Data Day

Today is a data day.

We will finish our DOL and then please use this link to complete your data probe.

2/18 Sub Plan

Hey all. I hope you are all well. Be nice to Mrs. Richards!


First do your warm up. On the top left of my blog! Then, its data time!


Today you will take your easycbm data probe...use this link. Take your time and do a good job.

When finished, read your book. Letters due tomorrow. 

2/4 Data Collection Wednesday

First we will do our warm up.

If you do not have an SRI for the new semester, you will take that today.


If not, use this link. Take your time and do a good job.

1/27/15 Warm Up and Easy CBM Check In

Greetings students. I am at a curriculum meeting today so you will have to press on without me.

Complete your "warm up" and then we will be taking another data probe. 

Here is the DOL:

1. she had lain the groceries on the counter but she had forgot to put the ice cream into the freezer

2. betty her cousin should of visited the us

We will discuss the corrections on Thursday when I come back. 

When you get those corrected take your probe. Use this link. Take your time and do a good job.

When finished find something quiet to work on or read your book.

1/13 Writing Sample and Reading Survey

Greetings students. I am still feeling quite under the weather.

Today you will be completing a baseline writing assessment and then answering some basic survey questions about reading.

USE THIS LINK. YOU MUST BE SIGNED IN TO YOUR STUDENT ACCOUNT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FORM.

When you finish, find something quiet to work on.

I will see you all tomorrow.

1/12 Easy Cbm Monday

Greetings students. My apologies for my absence but I am feeling quite sick today.

Today we will be taking another data probe. Use this link. Take your time and do a good job.

When you finish, find something quiet to work on.

1/9 Happy Friday

Today we will be taking another baseline spelling assessment.

From there, we will begin to talk about what this class is going to look like this semester.

I have a short google presentation we will watch. 

When we finish, we will re-organize our binders, and then fill out a brief exit slip. 

1/8 Baseline Spelling Assessment and CNN Student News

Today we take a baseline spelling assessment. Please take out a sheet of paper and number it to 48.

When we finish will watch our first CNN student news of the semester and write a student response.

Complete your written response using the following link.

Below are some examples of responses from last semester. What stands out when you look at them? Do you think they are high quality or just okay? What could be done to improve them?

"i think that the NFL shouldnt give out illegal pills or not give them to the players if they dont know what they do to there body or if they dont know what they are. i also think that the retired players shouldnt be complaining about this now i think they should of said something back when they played for the team because obviously they didnt care when the trainer or team doctor gave the pills to the player."

"The story that stood out to me was the magic leap story about facebook buying oculus, is cost facebook $2billion and google owns magic leap"

"i thought that girl rebuilding that mans mustang was the my favorite. i thought it was because i love people that are like that like thats so nice if you have that much respect for them thats amazing because most of the people in this stupid world dont do that type of stuff at all. i would of done the same thing the best thing about it is the guy didnt even know she was doing it. its just so nice to do something like that for somebody. some military guys coming out like that dont have the money to pay for anything." 

"I think that it is weird that Kim Jong Un disappeared. Theres also a US movie that is coming out with James Franco and Seth Rogan called the Interview and its about killing Kim Jong Un. It's just kind of ironic. Also he has had an injury in his left leg last time people saw him."


If you finish before the bell rings, please finish your SRI if you have not yet. If you have not started, talk to me. 

Schedule for this week:

1st: 8:10-9:10
2nd: 9:15-10:05
3rd: 10:10-11:00
4th: 11:05-12:30 (1st lunch 11:05-11:35, 2nd lunch 12:00-12:30)
5th: 12:35-1:25
6th: 1:30-2:20
7th: 2:25-3:15