Unit 2: The Power of Power
Week of 10/12
Essential Questions
Why is my voice valuable to the world around me?
- How can I use my voice to understand the world around me?
Monday, 10/12
Tuesday, 10/13
Submit Your Children's Story
Only one group member needs to submit.
In Class:
- Be sure your Children's Story is submitted
- SSR
- Membean - no more than 10 minutes for credit!
Skills of Focus:
- Reading Stamina
- Vocabulary Development
Homework:
- 30 minutes of Membean this week - you must train for at least 3 days per week to receive full credit (90 minutes over 9 days)
Wednesday, 10/14
PSAT (morning only)
In Class:
- Children’s Story Presentations
Skills of Focus:
- Listening and Speaking
- 30 minutes of Membean this week - you must train for at least 3 days per week to receive full credit (90 minutes over 9 days)
Thursday, 10/15
In Class:
- Finish Children’s Story Presentations as needed
- Introduce Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution
Skills of Focus:
- Listening and Speaking
- Research
- Building Historical Context
- Allegory
Homework:
- 30 minutes of Membean this week - you must train for at least 3 days per week to receive full credit (90 minutes over 9 days)
- Read Animal Farm by October 29!
Friday, 10/16
In Class:
- Russian Revolution KWL - tinyurl.com/russianrevkwl
- Finish Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution research activity
- Research
- Building Historical Context
Homework:
- 30 minutes of Membean this week - you must train for at least 3 days per week to receive full credit (90 minutes over 9 days)
- Read Animal Farm by October 29!
Look Ahead
Updating Your iPad to iOS 9
Please run the update AT HOME while your iPad is plugged into power and on your home WIFI – this will help keep our school wifi from getting bogged down w/ all the update traffic!
Steps to update:
SETTINGS / GENERAL / SOFTWARE UPDATE / INSTALL NOW
- Wait while the update is loaded and installed… this may take 10-15 minutes or longer!
- Your iPad will re-start
Once the update is complete
- Click on CONTINUE
- Click on GUEST
- Click to ENABLE LOCATION SERVICES
- Enter your iTunes password – the one w/ the upper and lower case and at least one number! … click NEXT.
- At the iCloud Keychain prompt, I would suggest that you click on “Don’t Restore Passwords” / Continue
- Click Get Started
SETTINGS
- PRIVACY – Confirm that Location Services are ON
- BLUETOOTH – it is suggested to turn this OFF unless you need it for a Bluetooth keyboard or other Bluetooth device
- WI-FI – Change back to CISD Wireless
- VPN – Confirm VPN turned back ON**