Unit Zero - Getting to Know You
In Unit Zero, I will be sharing about myself and learning all about you! You will be creating a poster or bio poem about yourself and sharing this with your peers.
Week One In week one we will introduce ourselves and discuss the importance of rules and feelings about rules. Your homework for this week will be to get your parents to fill out the parent survey. If you get this assignment done and turned in on time, it will count as five bonus points or a free homework pass for the homework of your choosing. Even if you are at home, it is important that you make agreements about how you will act in my online classroom.
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Week TwoIn week two you will be learning about character traits, reviewing classroom rules, and creating a first draft of your bio posters or poems that are all about you.
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Week ThreeIn week three you will be sharing your posters and poems. We will also be reviewing classroom norms and expectations.
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Outline |
Week One |
Week Two |
Week Three |
Handouts & Activities |
1. Social Distance Learning Handouts for day one: a. Getting to Know you Survey & Hopes and fears. b. Parent Survey Homework. 2. Classroom Social Contact Teacher will give students time to write, talk, and think. Next teacher will write student responses on chart paper, at the end of the lesson, students will sign their name agreeing to the contact. If they are online, students will type their name. 2. Emotions in the Classroom Teacher will give students time to write, talk, and think. Next the teacher will type in the answers on the projector. 3. Pictionary Activity 4. Creating Classroom Rules Teacher will give students time to write, talk, and think. Next the teacher will type in the answers on the projector. 5. Sign class poster and draw their favorite emoji face. 6. Social Distance Dance off Activity |
1. Students will review the rules that they created as a class. 2.Rules Skit Students will create a skit about following the rules, breaking the rules, and consequences. 3. 7th Grade ELA Syllabus Students will read through the ELA Syllabus as a class. 4. Moana Note Catcher Students will watch the video clip from Moana and list characters traits about Moana 5. Character Traits Next they will choose one of the other characters from the handout and write character traits about that character. Finally, students will brainstorm positive character traits about themselves for their posters. |
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Standards |
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PowerPoint(s) |
Week Three PowerPoint |
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YouTube Videos |
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a. Moana |
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Homework |
Parent Survey Students will need to have their parents complete the survey and turn it in for credit. |
Homework Options: Option One News Research Students will find two articles that interest them. They will answer questions about the articles, create questions, and find a quote that they found most interesting. Option Two Reading Log Students will read for thirty minutes two times a week. They will then complete the log. Students may read short stories, books, or web-comics. |
Homework Options: Option One News Research Students will find two articles that interest them. They will answer questions about the articles, create questions, and find a quote that they found most interesting. Option Two Reading Log Students will read for thirty minutes two times a week. They will then complete the log. Students may read short stories, books, or web-comics. |
Model Text |
Mrs. Arpaia's Example Mrs. Arpaia will share her model text and let her students get to know her a little better. Models are also in the PowerPoints. |
Mrs. Arpaia's Example Mrs. Arpaia will share her model text and let her students get to know her a little better |
Mrs. Arpaia's Example Mrs. Arpaia will share her model text and let her students get to know her a little better |