MONDAY: A Novel Approach

1/27/2014

To be updated.

1.) MATH 6: Any assigned work. Check your teacher's website.
MATH 7: Watch this Video on Adding with Cusinaire Rods. If you don't watch this video, you will not be ready for tomorrow's class.

4.) LA:

Your Novel Approach response sheet must be completed for tomorrow.

5.) POST A RESPONSE:

How did the other members of your group push your thinking today during Language Arts (Novel Approach - Reading strategies)
In paragraph form, write about at least 2 specific things somebody else did or said that helped you understand the story better during your group work today.
Pay attention to your spelling, grammar, sentence structure, capitals, etc.

VIDEO LINKS:
Adding Fractions with Cuisinaire Rods

Gamer

1/27/2014 09:39:15 am

1 we always out of each others thinking taking your time not just rushing through it being precise about it. 2 really thinking about the big ideas and the moral of the story.

Icestone

1/27/2014 10:14:19 am

Good job, but here's some feedback:
- Capitalize the first letter in your sentences
- Put your writing in paragraph form like the post said
- Are you sure these are things that your group members said?

Icestone

1/27/2014 10:03:17 am

Second :)

Juliette

1/27/2014 10:09:57 am

Firstly the other students in my group pushed my thinking by having different outlooks on the story. All the students in my group had different background knowledge and they don't all think the same things. I think that it helped push my thinking because I didn't understand the book but when I heard what the other people thought it pushed my thinking/ it made me think outside of the box.

Secondly, I think that being in a group and being to share your ideas and hear others peoples thought very helpful but on the other hand, It was frustrating. Personally I would never have chose the members in my group to work together because it was hard to stay on task and include ALL members of the group. Working with the people that would co-operate we were able to finish our visible thinking and help each other with it at the same time.

Juliette

1/27/2014 10:11:29 am

First to do the post and to make sure it meets the criteria ;D

Crimson Elite

1/27/2014 10:19:14 am

@Juliette - I see some capitals where they shouldn't be and you had to state a specific time someone pushed your thinking but other than that good job?

princesa

1/28/2014 12:28:34 am

Is there fit kid today????

Icestone

1/27/2014 10:23:09 am

I really like your post! Very well put and your grammar is really well done. Here's some feedback:
- The last sentence in the first paragraph is a little long
- Add the word 'able' in the first sentence of the second paragraph
- Take away the 's' on 'others' in the first sentence of the second paragraph
- Pluralize 'thought' in the first sentence of the second paragraph and add 'is' right after it
- un-capitalize 'It' in the first sentence of the second paragraph

Icestone

1/27/2014 10:12:01 am

Today I was in a group with @Destiny, @SkaterBoi, @nlhlz and @Gaia to discuss our thinking about the book 'Clara and the Freedom Quilt'. @nlhlz pushed my thinking when she talked about a Taylor Swift song about freedom and not judging people. The song was called 'Mean'. @Gaia also said that this book reminded her of Iqbal, a book we read last year in school. I also added to the conversation by connecting the story to The Hunger Games, when the old black man gave Katniss the respect sign with his fingers, and the people from the dictatorship shot him and killed him.

Luna Lovegood (From Mrs.Middleton's class)

1/27/2014 10:14:10 am

Watched the video :)

Icestone

1/27/2014 10:14:48 am

Watched the video!

Crimson Elite

1/27/2014 10:21:09 am

The members in my group pushed my thinking because we each have our own minds that work differently from each other. I also didn't get the story until we discussed the book. @Ichigo said that Cindy lived in a group home. I didn't think of that and it made the book clearer. My group didn't cooperate too well so nothing else really pushed my thinking.

Crimson Elite

1/27/2014 10:31:47 am

I am watching the video

Alison DiLaurentis

1/27/2014 10:28:08 am

Watched the video!

Gaia

1/27/2014 10:56:21 am

Well a girls in my group started talking about a movie she saw and in it the white people's made the African Americans go in different bathrooms and had worse seats because s they thought them below them because if the color of thier skin, this pushed my thinking by making me think of the lack of equality in those times

In my group a different girl started to talk about how in some places homesexual marriages are still not aloud (for no good reason) and that's deifying them equalit.(which relates to the first paragraph and the book)

cloud barston

1/27/2014 11:03:45 am

Mr Hong, the post a response criteria wasn't really clear to me.

Destiny1445

1/27/2014 11:05:59 am

@ cloud barston you should try to ask family or re-read the criteria to find out about the post

Then again you were away so don't worry about it.

Mr. Hong

1/27/2014 11:31:51 am

@ Cloud - Simply list two things that pushed your thinking today and explain them briefly. :-)

Destiny1445

1/27/2014 11:03:52 am

I thought my group was really interesting and we talked a lot about everything about the story mostly connections and my group was Rodel, Maven, Izzy, Me and Meagan.
We learned that Why should black people be treated badly when there just a different color or they are different its just sad. A lot of white people are really spoilt and a lot of black people aren't and they really are grateful for many things they have so they should be treated the same.

Overall I think black and other people should be treated better.

Oracle

1/27/2014 11:29:52 am

Today my group members Liam, Jenna, Logan, and Matthew really pushed my knowledge into my deeper knowledge as we did it to our other group classmates. We wondered to each other why would they invent slavery? Why do they want slaves? And why do they always choose the black people? I think the answer for the third question would be that they hate the black people for some reason or they think they're more of the better people to be used in slavery. The way I think they should be treated like should be how the white people are treated, not how they want to treat them their way. The other thing we talked about is what they earn for doing this and do they get enough resources to live.

A class Mom

1/27/2014 01:05:48 pm

Really well said Oracle. I'm not sure it's that they hated black people as much as many of the people of the time didn't see them as equals. To them the black people weren't people as much as they were property to be traded. It was definitely a sad time.

Ichigo

1/28/2014 12:21:38 am

@ Oracle - I really don't think they hated black people... They didn't treat them as equals like @ A class mom said. One part was that they were afraid of them. The other races decided to take them over. That is just the one part of it.

Oracle

1/28/2014 12:35:40 am

@both - I'm pretty sure they don't too but this is just some info my dad helped me on, but the rest was by me. Only thing I know is that most white don't really care much or think it doesn't matter if your black.

Spongebob

1/27/2014 11:54:56 am

Today in my group my thinking was pushed because some of the members in my group were saying good points and asking good questions so I had a better understanding. Also because I got to hear different thoughts and ways of thinking about the story, which helped me understand their thinking and my thinking on the story.

ATV BOY

1/27/2014 12:00:58 pm

I watched the video.

ATV BOY

1/27/2014 12:04:07 pm

They pushed my thinking further by asking questions like why and how also what do you think. Like when Ichigo asked a question he said why and SpongeBob said something and say why do you think. So I think those types of questions push peoples thinking a little farther than just a yes or no answer.

Judy Moody

1/28/2014 09:44:03 am

@Atvboy
Could you explain a little more in detail what someone said to push your thinking, and if you had any connections?

Yogi Bear

1/27/2014 12:05:53 pm

In the group discussion, my thinking was pushed because we shared what we thought, then we asked questions. The people in my group were Mariko, Sam, Abby, Paige, Sean, and Edward. My thinking was pushed when Mrs.Jensen asked me deep thinking questions based on the comments I already had. Nothing else really pushed my thinking a lot though. Overall, I did get my thinking pushed and I improved my response sheet.

Judy Moody

1/28/2014 09:39:23 am

@Yogi bear

I think you did a a good job on your response, maybe you could explain what pushed your thinking. For example, what questions did Mrs.Jensen push your thinking with?

SkaterBoi

1/27/2014 12:20:54 pm

My partners Maven, Meagan, Isabelle, and Sarah pushed my thinking and gave me really good ideas to put down and to make my learning better. How they pushed my thinking was we were talking about connections like from movies, music videos, books, and maybe some video games. They gave me good examples to make your learning better and give feedback. They made me put more information in the story we read because of the ideas and feedback. I didnt really watch read or play anything that connects with the story I read. The story was called sweet Clara and the freedom quilt. The story was so intresting and some words I didnt know were in that story. So I learned what some of those words mean. My partners had really good ideas and I was happy to be with them. :)

Teddy bear

1/27/2014 12:41:45 pm

Firstly they pushed my thinking very differently. They have different connections and different backround knowledge. So I can learn lots of different thinking to them.
Secondly they answer at my question and they have many thinking in the picture. I was not that interest about picture but when I heard about the picture, I can lots about in the picture too.

Judy Moody

1/28/2014 09:42:32 am

@Teddybear

I think you did a really great job, but maybe you could list the name of the person who pushed your thinking:) and maybe write down what pushed your thinking specifically.

Judy Moody

1/27/2014 12:42:32 pm

In my group there were a couple of students that really pushed my students like Mrs.Jensen, yogi bear, and Condie. We talked about what the group home was, what kind of personality Cindy had, who the care takers were like. I think we all pushed each other's thinking even a little bit. We discussed what the story moral and big idea was as we'll. Mrs. Jensen asked us what we would do if we had to give away our child. And that pushed my thinking, because Cindy lives in a group home. I think we had really good groups this time and we each pushed each other's thinking:)

Jazzy Pants div.1

1/27/2014 01:08:08 pm

watched it.

Judy Moody

1/27/2014 01:21:24 pm

I watched the video:)

Tingrin10 (Mrs.M's class)

1/27/2014 01:46:07 pm

Watch the math video!

Pancake

1/27/2014 11:09:11 pm

The members of my group push my thinking by asking me questions about what I thought. That made my think more about it. Another thing they did to push my thinking was they shared there opinion. By sharing there opinion it made me think about different points of view. Looking at different points of view made me think whether I agree or disagree. Also made me think why they think that.

SAM

1/27/2014 11:22:28 pm

In my group everyone pushed each others thinking after sharing ideas making the story a lot more clear than before. And when Mrs. Jensen asked us questions about the story, it gave me a new view of the story seeing the other deep things that I could not see.

Cookielover

1/27/2014 11:29:53 pm

In my group Liam, Lance, Jenna and Matthew pushed my thinking by talking about Harrit Tubman because she was sort of like Clara like in a way, in the book Clara helped people escape slavery by making a quilt and it helped tons of people. Harrit Tubman helped people by going back and fourth to help people escape. Then we thought about it we were slaves and it was not fun at all.

Cookielover

1/28/2014 09:45:03 am

Also Miss Jenson helped too.

Cookielover

1/28/2014 10:12:01 am

She helped push my thinkin and everyone in my group by making us imagine if we were slaves.

Greg Heffley

1/28/2014 12:06:07 am

The book I read was sweet Clara and the freedom quilt. My group really helped push my thinking with the help of Mrs. Jensen. Mrs. Jensen helped me out because I thought the big idea was about freedom. But now I think that it is about how the little things can help change the world. I also found new evidence for my big idea.

Tarantula

1/28/2014 12:09:28 am

My group pushed my thinking especially when Jenna mention how litle things make a difference. Also, when Liam siad if she didn't start sewing she wouldn't have made the quilt.

Butterflypuppy

1/28/2014 12:35:10 am

The Story I Read Was: How Smudge Came.

First of all the others in my group were Mariko,Abby, Sam , Conner, Sean, and Edward

Second of all others in my group pushed my thinking about the story by having different opinions about the story.

Two things people said that helped me to push my thinking is were different opinions about the story like more about the people at group home and smudge.

Ichigo

1/28/2014 12:36:20 am

One thing that helped my understanding of this book was when even though me and some of the others in my group did the story together, they still had other things I haven' though of.

Secondly being in that group sort of helped because when everyone has an idea to share, you are most likely going to be able to use someones idea to push your thinking. That is why it is good to be in a group.

I can not really remember who pushed my thinking though.

Fish sticks

1/28/2014 12:41:28 am

Somethings that people said that pushed my thinking were that Clara didn't do that big of a thing by leaving the map behind but she actually did. by leaving the map behind it gave the other slaves a chance for freedom. Another person said that the big idea was that Clara learned to sew but we realized that that part of the story isn't the most important thing in the story so we had to think harder and dig deeper.

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