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WEDNESDAY: Report Cards - Communicating Student Learning

6/10/2015

Talent Show - Pitch Perfect

Today, students worked on their student responses for what they will write on their report cards to communicate their learning to their parents. Students wrote a variety of comments that referred to learning intentions, criteria, feedback, and learning reflections. The students have all become excellent learners and it is clearly evident form the comments and reflections they started writing today. These files must be saved to the flash drive tomorrow morning. Be sure to put some thought into what else you will write in your comments section.

GRADE 7 STUDENTS: Bring your PLAYLAND forms/money back ASAP.

1.) LA/NOVEL APPROACH:

If you have completed your novels, you should be working on your novel booklets and you will begin your powerful responses tomorrow.
If you haven't finished your novels, you must complete reading until the end of chapter 18 by tomorrow. Be sure to keep track of your powerful words, connections, and thinking and learning questions with our stickies.

2.) SOCIALS:

Geocache - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED A REPLY FROM Geocache.com (ONE PERSON IN YOUR GROUP SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS)
This is very important!!!!!!! Your final grade will depend on this. Ethan's group has received approval from geocache.com already.

3.) POST A RESPONSE:

What is your definition of a powerful word/phrase? (don't forget about the context in which the word is used)
Explain what types of things you would include in your powerful words/phrases.
What is your definition of a thinking and learning question?
Refer back to the criteria and learning intentions in your novel booklets if you need a reminder.
Ask two questions or give two suggestions to one other student.
Edit/revise your post.

VIDEO LINKS:
To be udpated

billy bob

6/10/2015 05:54:55 am

first

Cookielover

6/10/2015 05:55:52 am

Azbo

6/10/2015 09:02:07 am

My definition of a powerful word/ phrase is a phrase or word that means a lot to you. For example, maybe the word awesome is a powerful word to me because I think it is very powerful and it means a lot to me. I would include the word before it and after it so I can understand it when I am doing the question.

A thinking and learning question, is where you think about the question and how you are going to answer it and then you learn from your answer and you learn from your group members.

That is my definition thank you for reading my post.

Julio

6/10/2015 09:41:04 am

I don't understand the last sentence in your first definition. Try to give an example in your second definition.

Julio

6/10/2015 09:39:31 am

My definition of a powerful word or phrase is a word or phrase that meas a lot to you or that you thought was descriptive. For example instead of saying going really fast you could make it more powerful by saying speeding instead.

My definition of a thinking and learning question is a really meaningful question that goes beyond the text. For example you will think about what you think the answer is and you will learn from your answer. Also if the book isn't really meaningful you would ask thinking and learning questions that would make it more meaningful.

Mr.Potato

6/10/2015 10:42:59 am

My definition of a powerful word or phrase is a word or phrase that stands out to you, either because you made a connection or you felt strongly about it in any way. For example, the word supercalafrajalisticexpealadoshus comes up and a bunch of thing come in to my head. What does it mean? Who made this word and why? I also made a connection there is a song about it.

Tacosaur

6/10/2015 10:49:30 am

What I think a powerful word/ phrase is:
To me it means something that you think about and it makes you think a lot about, for example in my book there is this phrase, " His smile was half hearted" to me that means a lot because of personal connections and made me think for a decent time about it.

What I think a thinking and learning question is:
I think it is a question that really makes you think a lot about and a questions that goes beyond the text. A thinking and learning question takes a bit to think about. Then when you have an idea about what it, is share it with your group so then they may have different ideas so everyone benefit

LUYSA Soccer Player #10

6/10/2015 10:52:14 am

(Post A Response)

Yes! I finally figured out what, "Big" can be replaced with. Wait! Is ,"Big" the same thing as ,"Gigantic?". It is! Infact, both of these words mean the same thing its just one word is more powerful and descriptive. As an illustration,"Big" is a simple word to say but,"Gigantic" is more of a combined word to say. Firstly, my definition of a powerful word/ phrase is a phrase/ word that speaks to your heart, you either want to find what it means, or it might be a phrase/ word that you never saw before in your life. And a powerful phrase or word that could be meaningful or even descriptive. For example, if you came across a word like,"Weaver" you might think its descriptive which makes it a powerful phrase/ word. With this in mind, a powerful phrase/ word could be when there is a word that is similar to the same word like ,"Tiny" could mean the same thing as ,"Tiny as a ant that was the size as a bread crumb". Its just, the phrase has more deeper thinking instead, of saying or writing,"Tiny" which doesnt involve any deep thinking. Lastly, my definition of a thinking and learning question is a question that sometimes that can refer the opposite on what happened in the book, a question that is meaningful, or goes beyond the text which includes many supporting sentences such as, examples, statistics, quotes, and or facts. Infact, thinking and learning questions is when you learn from others by sharing your personal thinking that can sometimes help you think deeper on what the question means itself. For example, if a boy got sick in the book you wouldnt just state what made the boy sick instead, you could state did the boy got sick from a disease that was going around his country which, includes you background knowlege on what happened before or after. Above all, those were my definitions. What are yours?

Oracle

6/10/2015 12:48:39 pm

@LUYSA Soccer Player #10, At the start, could you explain what type of combination would be for the word, "Gigantic"? I do agree with you that it is a powerful word and better than a basic word like big but I just want to see if I can understand what you're trying to say at the beginning. Also, I really liked your post overall. It was a very descriptive post explaining both answers and has great examples! Great job!

LUYSA Soccer Player #10

6/10/2015 03:29:03 pm

@Oracle, thank you so much for your suggestion! I do agree that I didnt explain on what words combine with ,"Gigantic". However, I will edit and revise. Once again, thank you for telling me that ;-) By the way, you did a great job on your post as well!

LUYSA Soccer Player #10 (REVISED)

6/10/2015 03:32:31 pm

(Post A Response)

Yes! I finally figured out what, "Big" can be replaced with. Wait! Is ,"Big" the same thing as ,"Gigantic?". It is! Infact, both of these words mean the same thing its just one word is more powerful and descriptive. As an illustration,"Big" is a simple word to say but,"Gigantic" is more of a combined word to say. To illustrate, "Gigantic" is like a combined word because, your basically putting words like, "Big", "Large", "Tall", or even ,"Giant" to make the word ,"Gigantic. Firstly, my definition of a powerful word/ phrase is a phrase/ word that speaks to your heart, you either want to find what it means, or it might be a phrase/ word that you never saw before in your life. And a powerful phrase or word that could be meaningful or even descriptive. For example, if you came across a word like,"Weaver" you might think its descriptive which makes it a powerful phrase/ word. With this in mind, a powerful phrase/ word could be when there is a word that is similar to the same word like ,"Tiny" could mean the same thing as ,"Tiny as a ant that was the size as a bread crumb". Its just, the phrase has more deeper thinking instead, of saying or writing,"Tiny" which doesnt involve any deep thinking. Lastly, my definition of a thinking and learning question is a question that sometimes that can refer the opposite on what happened in the book, a question that is meaningful, or goes beyond the text which includes many supporting sentences such as, examples, statistics, quotes, and or facts. Infact, thinking and learning questions is when you learn from others by sharing your personal thinking that can sometimes help you think deeper on what the question means itself. For example, if a boy got sick in the book you wouldnt just state what made the boy sick instead, you could state did the boy got sick from a disease that was going around his country which, includes you background knowlege on what happened before or after. Above all, those were my definitions. What are yours?

Banker911

6/10/2015 11:13:28 am

My definition of a powerful word/phase is a word or a sentence that can be popping out and calling your name out or that you thought was descriptive to you. Also you can look around the word for other words that help you figure it out. For Example the word Giant it pops out or like Slam.

My definition of a thinking and learning question is going beyond the text like not a simple answered its going beyond the text. For Example the question is what was that boy wearing, a simple answer is that he is wearing a blue shirt a deeper thought would be that he is wearing a blue Hurley shirt and Adidas pants and DC shoes that is a deeper thinking answer.

Oracle

6/10/2015 11:43:50 am

Powerful words and phrases are a type of special word / phrase that connect deep with the story or a strong type of word / phrase that pulls you in deep or leaves you shocked in awe due to how amazed you are with that word. For example, If I found an amazing word / phrase that makes me shocked in awe, that would be a powerful word / phrase. Like how you're reading a book about a duck and in the book it says, "The duck swam away", and lets say for example that word was so strong that it caught your attention. That right there is what a powerful word or phrase should look like. (Not actually, the words have to be more meaningful and deep.) You would want to go deeper than this, you would want to try and find a better word either than one boring word that explains only itself.

In my own words, my definition of a thinking and learning question is when you're demonstrating what a deep thinking question should look like and how a good example would look like. If you were to ask a question like, "What was that fatty wearing?", that would first of all, be rude, and second of all, would mean absolutely nothing. You want to persuade people to sharpen their thinking so they can come up with an amazing answer that pushes other's thinking. For example, "Why do you think Richard would wear such hippie clothing? What do you think the author is trying to tell us?", now that would be a good question but you could still get a better question. Now how do we respond to such questions? A simple, basic response would be something like, "Oh, Richard was wearing those hippie clothing because he wanted to." But in this class, THAT IS NOT HOW WE DEMONSTRATE OUR DEEP THINKING ANSWERS! We'd try to think more critically so then our ideas can connect to other bigger ideas, which the big result would be the main idea / big idea. So, here is how I would answer: "I thought Richard was wearing that so he could disguise himself with the crowd to be unnoticed by others trying to find him, and what the author is trying to say is to show who you really are and to not disguise ourselves so others would think we're invisible." I mean, that answer was also pretty good but you can do much better than that.

Billy Bob

6/10/2015 12:27:12 pm

I really how you took a small amount of criteria and made a two paragraph response, going above and beyond what is neccecary in a post.

Oracle

6/10/2015 12:43:59 pm

@Billy Bob, thanks! =)

Goofy

6/10/2015 11:46:42 am

My definition is a word or a praise that stands out to you and every time you read it it will catch your eye. For example: the butterfly makes me want to dance and prance Intel my feet fall off. The things you would add would be words or sentences that will lower people to read more. My definition for a thinking and learning question would be: a question that makes you think behond the text, deeper, and critically. This is not a thinking and learning question: what colour is the car?

Billy Bob

6/10/2015 12:28:46 pm

I liked your post but you spelled untill as Intel, again good job.

Cloud barston

6/10/2015 01:37:54 pm

Good post! Maybe check spelling errors in Beyond in the second to last sentence.

Goofy

6/11/2015 09:07:32 am

Revised
My definition is a word or a praise that stands out to you and every time you read it it will catch your eye. For example: the butterfly makes me want to dance and prance until my feet fall off. The things you would add would be words or sentences that will lower people to read more. My definition for a thinking and learning question would be: a question that makes you think beyond the text, deeper, and critically. This is not a thinking and learning question: what colour is the car?

Billy Bob

6/10/2015 12:25:15 pm

Mr.Hong I will do mine on the second book I am reading. (Lydie)

In Lydie they say we can still hop or are still hopping. The context is from a letter from their mom that had bad spelling and they make a joke so they tell each other they are still trudging on in a fun way to cheer each other up. The actual dictionary definition is still in physical ability to hop/jump.

I think that a thinking and learning question is a question you ask that has the capability to trigger deep thoughts.

Oracle

6/10/2015 12:45:58 pm

@Billy Bob, I like your example based on Lyddie (Which is the current book you're reading.), it wasn't bad at all but good. I also liked how you made your second mini-paragraph have only a few words that explain quite a lot of detail about the answer. Good job.

Billy Bob

6/11/2015 01:36:08 am

Thanks for the feedback and hi-chews

Rainbow Unicorn

6/10/2015 12:41:10 pm

The definition of a powerful word or phrase is a deep, meaningful, or it could be a word that you do not understand. Things to include in your powerful words/phrases would be connections, comments, and thoughts.

To me, a thinking and learning question, is a question that makes you go beyond the text. In other words, it's a question making you think something that is not written down on that page.

Cloud barston

6/10/2015 01:41:42 pm

You explianed well, but you should add more detail.

batman

6/10/2015 12:50:42 pm

The definition of a powerful word or phrase to me means something that pops out at you and gets the readers attention when they are reading.

Thinking and learning questions to me are when you think about your answer to your question but you learn more about the the book you are reading.

Puffle

6/10/2015 01:12:33 pm

A powerful word or phrase is something that gets you to think deeper and out of the context. For example, if I'm reading a book about bullying, the phrase, "For once, I felt happy," would be powerful since it's such a meaningful sentence in the story. Things I would in to be a powerful phrase or word would be connections, what you think the word means, comments, and just your thoughts in general.

A thinking and learning question goes way beyond the text that's written in your book. It's a question where you have to think about and not be able to find in a book. For example, a question like, "What colour was the girl's hair?" would not be a thinking and learning question but rather a simple question. A deeper question would be, "Do you think it was right for Jake to run away?"

cookielover

6/10/2015 01:27:46 pm

A defenision of powerful word or phrase to me is a word or phrase that almost speeks to you like "Hey thats what I feel like" or "Wow that's almost how my life is".
A defenision of thinking and learning questions is that you have words that you understand and ask what they mean then learn what the word means because of a dicitionary.

Pebbles

6/11/2015 12:58:29 am

@ Cookielover, you spelt definition wrong. Also, I would try to rephrase your last sentence to make it more clear. One last thing I would do is, ass supporting sentences so you can clarify what you want to say. Overall, good job!

Pebbles (Revised post)

6/11/2015 12:59:54 am

@ Cookielover, you spelt definition wrong. Also, I would try to rephrase your last sentence to make it more clear. One last thing I would do is, add supporting sentences so you can clarify what you want to say. Overall, good job! Ps Don't forget to capitalize your name. :-)

Cloud barston

6/10/2015 01:49:58 pm

A powerful phraise/word is a word/phraise that stands out to you and has meaning. It can be a very discused fraise, a meaningful point, or a conteversial point. For something to be powerful it has to mean something deep to someone.

Goofy

6/11/2015 09:09:56 am

You could add more detail and answer all the questions mr.Hong put up their also you spelt phrase wrong 3 times.

Xbox man

6/10/2015 02:05:27 pm

I think that my definition of a powerful word or phrase would be something that no one else knows what it means. For example in my book Lost Riders there is a word called uzba, means camel farm. No one knew that HUH!? I think that in my book there are a lot of these types of words In it so it will be easy for the gift of words.

My definition of a powerful phrase would be something that speaks to you in a way that would increase your thinking and learning or thoughts about the book. My example of this would be " Rashid's tears started coming out but they were not tears for Shari, They were for everyone who put him inside this camel farm." That speaks to me by saying that Rashid feels weak, beat up, and worried that he will not escape.

My definition of a thinking and learning question would be something that you can use to increase your thinking and learning about the book. It could also change your thinking of a character or part in the story. My example would be something like " As he carried his longing spirit down to the river, he noticed he was not as much as a enemy as he had thought." I think that this means the boy or man had been thought as an enemy when really he was not. I think that all the things I had went over are successful!

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Skaterboi

6/10/2015 02:07:55 pm

A powerful phrase is something you feel. For example there is a really strong sentence that you can feel like "the breeze blew the leaves away" if it is a strong sentence it is a powerful phrase. It also gets you to understand more of what it means and gets people's attention.

A thinking and learning question is where you learn And understand a word. You would also know the meaning of the word. Like if you see a word that sounds familiar of a another word it is just the same meaning but a different word.

Yogi Bear

6/10/2015 02:48:48 pm

When I see a powerful word or phrase from a book, I feel like it speaks to me, and that is what makes it a powerful word/phrase. My definition of a thinking and learning question is a question that there is always room to expand on and that can be seen from different views. It is also a question that makes you think deeper about what your book and what you've read.

LUYSA Soccer Player #10

6/10/2015 03:36:11 pm

@Yogi Bear, great job on your post! I could clearly see that you understand what are the definitions of thinking and learning questions, and powerful phrases or words. However, one suggestion for you is to add supporting sentences such as, examples which will make your post flow better. Overall, great job! I really liked your P.A.R ;-)

Teddy bear

6/10/2015 02:58:15 pm

The definition of the powerful word or phrase to me means the word that is really deep and powerful to you. Things to include in powerful word or phrase is connection, what do you think the word means, your thought, and comments. The definition of thinking and learning question is a question that makes you think beyond the text and make you think really deep.

Murphamy4Life

6/10/2015 03:47:53 pm

My definition of a powerful word and/or phare is something that sticks out to you. It is a word and/or phrase that stands out in all the words on the the page. It is something that means a lot or something you want to learn about.

Pebbles

6/11/2015 12:55:51 am

@ 4Life, I would try and add examples to what your trying to say and more supporting sentences. Also, you forgot to put the definition of a thinking a learning question.

Pebbles

6/11/2015 12:46:41 am

My definition of a powerful word or phrase is a word that's stocks out and looks different compared to all the other words. And it is a word that makes you think beyond the text of the book. For example, a word from my book is ragbag and I chose it because I have never heard it before and ai net a lot of you have not heard it ether.

Pebbles

6/11/2015 12:53:51 am

My definition of a powerful word or phrase is a word that's sticks out and looks different compared to all the other words. And it is a word that makes you think beyond the text of the book. For example, a word from my book is ragbag and I chose it because I have never heard it before and I bet a lot of you have not heard it ether. My definition of a thinking and learning question is also something that makes you think beyond the text. Also, when your writing you response to the question you learn something new. It makes you think really deep and you learn from it. That's why it called a thinking and learning question.

OMGCOTTONCANDY

6/11/2015 01:26:17 am

The definition on powerful words or phrases is something that you think it's powerful or something that when you hear the word you think deeper about. My definition of thinking and learning questions are a question that has meaning to you or just a deep question that you have.

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