Mr. Gale's Language Arts Class

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Placement tests in MobyMax- 4/6/2020

Hello, 

For this first week, I would like students to complete the placements tests. There are four placement tests: math, language, foundational reading, and reading level placement. I have also included directions on how to find the reading level placement. Please work no more than 30mins on each test at a time so students do not get burnt out! 

Update on MobyMax and other activities

Hello All,

I just wanted to give you a quick update on what our goal will be when it comes to distance learning and working on MobyMax. I am only going to ask students to work on MobyMax for 30 minutes per subject. I will be assigning certain quarter 4 content so be on the lookout in MobyMax for those. 


In addition to MobyMax and starting next week, I will be posting spelling words in SpellingCity weekly with various activities and a weekly assignment in Prodigy. These are not a requirement, they will be considered extra work in addition to MobyMax. If you need your child’s log in still, please let me know and I would be happy to send it.

Gale's Literacy 3-16-20

Your child’s spelling packets for next week and the week after are in their Friday Folders.  If you have any questions with any of these pages just shoot me an email. I also sent a chapter book and a reading journal home for them to respond to. I have also uploaded a few spelling lists into SpellingCity. 

If you need any logins or passwords please feel free to email.

Spelling list update 3/10/20

Here are our updated spelling words for this week!
 
Monkey
Cherry
Money
Memory
Hungry
Ivy
Honey
Fifty
Plenty
Lobby
 
 

Gale's Literacy 3/9/20

Hello! This week we will move into talking about different legends, myths, and tall tales and how they compare to fable and folktales. Our spelling words are words that end in -y are:


Cherry

Family

Honey

Money

Monkey

Snowy

Story

Ivy

Jelly

Spelling words update 3/3/20

Here are our updated spelling words for this week! 

Quiet

Field

Flies

July

Apply

Night

Knight

Slight

Bright

Flight

Gale's Literacy 3/2/20

Hello! This week we will continue to read and discuss fables. We will also be conducting a mock trial for The Three Little Pigs. Our spelling pattern this week is: -igh, -ie, -i and -y. Please remember these words are subject to change after the results of our pre-test. Our spelling words are: 


Quiet

Field

Flies

Kind

Child

Spy 

Sky

Night

Tight

Slight

Might

Flight

Spelling list update 2/25/20

Hello! Here is the updated spelling list for this week. I bolded the new words. 
 
Talking
Stepping
Shipping
Swimming
Shopping
Accepted 
Skipped
Dropped
Danced
Hopped
Advanced

Gale's Literacy 2/24/20

Hello! This week we will look at different versions of the same fairytale and then we will start looking at fables. Our spelling pattern this week: -ed and -ing endings. Please remember these words are subject to change:


Talking

Stepping

Mixing

Cooked

Shopping 

Yelled

Skipped

Waved

Danced

Hopped

Gale's Literacy 2/19/20

Hello! This week will look at the similarities and differences between different fairytales. We will look at characters, setting, plot and themes. Due to the short week, we will not have a spelling test.  

Gale's Literacy 2/10/20

 Hello! This week for reading we will start looking at folktales and fairytales. For writing, we will be starting opinion writing. For spelling, we will be working on compound words. Our words are:


Doghouse

Fireman 

Fishbowl

Football

Lipstick

Mailbox

Pancake

Sunglasses 

Rainbow

Jellyfish

Pinwheel

Firefly

Spelling List Update 2/4/2020

Hello! Here are the updated spelling words for the week. I bolded the new words on the list. 
 

Canoe

Domino

Tomato

Toast

Loaf

Yellow

Doe

Window

Snowshoe

Pillow

Gale's Literacy 2/3/2020

Hello! This week we are going to finish up our poetry writing unit and move into opinion writing. For reading, we will talk about personification, action words, and similes and metaphors in poetry. Our spelling pattern is -o, -oa, -ow, and -oe. Please note that these words are subject to change after the results of our pretest. Our words are:

Zero

Domino

Tomato

Toast

Loaf

Coat

Doe

Window

Snow

Pillow

Updated Spelling Words 1/27/20

Hello! Here is the updated spelling list for the week! 
 
Beads
Leaf
Leak
Reason
Between
Peek
Disagree
Beneath
Sixteen
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