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LA Week of 5/17-5/21

All documents can be found on the daily assignment in Teams unless otherwise posted. 

 

Monday 5/17

  1. Wonders page 54
  2. Clues 1 & 2
  3. Silent read. Using your silent read book, create a detail-detail-detail-character point of view graphic organizer using one of the characters in the story you read.

 

Tuesday 5/18

  1. Clues 1 & 2
  2. Silent read. Using your silent read book, create a detail-detail-detail-character point of view graphic organizer using one of the characters in the story you read. (Choose a different character than yesterday’s character if you are reading the same book)
  3. Vocabulary A-Z spelling practice (15 minutes) (Teacher Username is LMASLEN1)

 

Wednesday 5/19

  1. Unit 5 Weeks 3&4 Progress Assessment
  2. Solve the Clue packet
  3. Vocabulary A-Z spelling practice (15 minutes) (Teacher Username is LMASLEN1)
  4. Silent Read

LA Week of 5/3-5/6

Monday 5/3

  1. Spelling Post-test from last week (if not completed last week)
  2. Grammar Pages 253 & 264 (in Class Notebook)
  3. Take Progress Monitoring Test on Forms

Tuesday 5/4

  1. Vocabulary A-Z spelling practice (15 minutes) (Teacher Username is LMASLEN1)
  2. Listen to read aloud (in class or on lesson video)
  3. Read “Juanita and the Beanstalk” while focusing on the important details (Wonders Book page 34-37).
    • Write a summary for page 37
  4. Grammar page 255 (in Class Notebook)
  5. Create a root matrix (see lesson video)

Wednesday 5/4

  1. MAP test

Thursday 5/5

  1. Vocabulary A-Z spelling practice (15 minutes) (Teacher Username is LMASLEN1)
  2. Wonders page 40 (Summarize)
  3. Wonders page 41 (Events and Messages)
  4. Learn how to find the character’s point of view (in class or on lesson video)
  5. Read “The Barnyard Café” and answer questions 1-3 (Class Notebook)

Friday 5/6

  1. Vocabulary A-Z spelling test (Teacher Username is LMASLEN1)
  2. Reread “Juanita and the Beanstalk” (Wonders Book page 34-37)
  3. Complete Wonders page 38-39 (Vocabulary & Root Words)
  4. Grammar page 254 (in Class Notebook)

 

Language Arts Week of 4/19

All documents can be found on the daily assignment in Teams unless otherwise posted. 

Monday 4/19

Quick CMAS Review

Mad Libs Partner Time

Figurative Language Read Aloud

Tuesday 4/20

CMAS testing 

Students who have opted out will complete the following assignment:

  • Benchmark Test #3 Opinion Performance Task pages 86-91 (pdf 97-102)
  • Spelling Practice (practice using last week’s spelling words using 2 of the bingo boxes)
  • Compound Word Practice Sheet 1

Wednesday 4/20

CMAS testing 

Students who have opted out will complete the following assignment:

  • Benchmark Test #3 Opinion Performance Task page 92 (pdf 103)
  • Spelling Practice (practice using last week’s spelling words using 2 of the bingo boxes)
  • Compound Word Practice Sheet 2

Thursday 4/20

CMAS testing 

Students who have opted out will complete the following assignment:

  • Complete Benchmark Test #3 Opinion Performance Task page 92 (pdf 103)
  • Spelling Practice (practice using last week’s spelling words using 2 of the bingo boxes)
  • Compound Word Practice Sheet 3

Friday 4/20

NO SCHOOL!

Language Arts Week of 4/12

All documents can be found on the daily assignment in Teams unless otherwise posted. 

Monday 4/12

I will be able to identify the text features of biographies.

I will be able to identify the meaning and use vocabulary words.

  1. Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video 
  2. Warm-up: Work on Vocabulary A-Z spelling words
  3. Read Irma Rangel  and complete pages 2-5
  4. Vocabulary pages 6-7
  5. Spend 10 minutes in the ELA tab on Mobymax (homework)

Tuesday 4/13

I will be able to identify the text features of biographies. I will be able identify the author's point of view. I will be able create a top-down graphic organizer to plan an answer to a writing prompt. 

  1. Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video 
  2. Warm-up: Work on Vocabulary A-Z spelling words
  3. Grammar Page 241 (singular and plural noun)
  4. Learn aboyut prefixes and suffixes (see video). Review page 7 from yesterday's assignment. 
  5. Learn how to find the author's point of view
  6. Create a writing plan in your writing notebook for the question: What is the author's point of view in Irma Rangel?. (Do not write the response, just plan it) See video for guidance. 
  7. Learn about compound words and create compound words with the class. 
  8. Spend 10 minutes in the ELA tab on Mobymax (homework)

Wednesday 4/14

I will be able to write an essay to answer a paired text prompt question using a graphic organizer to plan first. 

  1. Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video 
  2. Warm-up: Work on Vocabulary A-Z spelling words
  3. Read Readworks.org story: "Who Are Citizens of the United States?" (Our class code is WFNAT3 )
  4. Reread Irma Ragel from your Wonders book, pages 2-5
  5. Make a graphic organizer plan to answer the essay prompt: What can someone do to be a good citizen? Use both texts to support your answer. (Complete this on a sheet of paper).
  6. Write an essay using your graphic organizer to answer the essay prompt: What can someone do to be a good citizen? Use both texts to support your answer. (Complete this in the Class Notebook page below "4/14 Paired Text Essay Response"
  7. Spend 10 minutes in the ELA tab on Mobymax (homework)

Thursday 4/15

I will be able to identify areas of success and areas that need improvement in peer writing samples according to the CMAS writing rubric.

  1. Attend Zoom at 8:30 and again at 1:45 or watch the videos
  2. Warm-up: Work on Vocabulary A-Z spelling words
  3. Peer Feedback- give peer papers feedback using a glow and grow feedback card for each paper. (Class Notebook 4/15 LA Work)
  4. Complete Grammar page (also in Class Notebook, below the peer feedback on 4/15 LA Work) We are learning about pronoun agreement this week. 
  5. Primary or Secondary Sort (also found in Class Notebook 4/15 LA Work, under the grammar p
  6. Spend 10 minutes in the ELA tab on Mobymax (homework)

Friday 4/16

I will be able to describe why Elizabeth was a goof citizen.

  1. Watch video
  2. Take your spelling post test on Vocabulary A-Z spelling words (labeled 4/16 Spelling Test)
  3. Watch the video to hear the read aloud.
  4. Complete 4/16 Exit Ticket "Explain how Elizabeth was a good citizen and cite one piece of evidence."
  5. Spend 10 minutes in the ELA tab on Mobymax (homework)

 

Language Arts Week of 4/5

All documents can be found on the daily assignment in Teams unless otherwise posted. Daily homework: 10 minutes on MobyMax ELA icons

Monday 4/5

I will understand the expectations for the CMAS writing tasks.

  • Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video below (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class)
  • Warm-up: Silent read a book of your choice for 10 minutes
  • Participate in CMAS scavenger hunt discussion
  • Review CMAS Writing Rubric
  • Read CMAS stories on CMAS practice test:

Tuesday 4/6

I will understand the expectations for the CMAS writing tasks.

  • Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video below (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class)
  • Warm-up: Silent read a book of your choice for 10 minutes
  • Can you guess the score this student received? Use the rubric to help you decide.
  • Exit ticket: "Be the teacher" (attach a photo if you are online)                         Record 3 key ideas you think everyone should have learned from today's lesson.

Wednesday 4/7

I will learn how to plan an essay for a paired writing prompt.

  • Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video below (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class)
  • Warm-up: Silent read a book of your choice for 10 minutes
  • Help plan a top-down graphic organizer for the class essay in answer to the practice test writing prompt (CMAS practice test)
  • Help write a class essay
  • Exit Ticket: Discuss/write key ideas from today’s lesson and why they were important.

Thursday 4/8

I can write a literary response that would score higher than my pre-test scored.

  • Create a top-down graphic organizer for the assigned paired text on Readworks.org Eruption in the Congo and Mexico’s Volcano of Fire from Readworks
  • Write an essay that answers the prompt question: Is either of these stories more realistic than the other? Why or why not? Support your answer using details from both texts.
  • If you finish early, take the CMAS practice test. Make sure to write your answers on the bubble answer sheet as CMAS practice test does not save your responses. (CMAS practice test)

Friday 4/9

I will read and answer questions from a paired reading text.

  • Take pre-test on vocabularycity.com (These will not be the students words for next week but will allow me to place students at the correct spelling list.
  • Complete one lesson on the “paired reading stories” tab in mobymax.com

Language Arts Week of 3/15-3/19

Monday- 3/15

Write a realistic fiction story about a snow day. Make sure to include dialogue, setting, details, a problem, and solution.

  • Warm-up- Writing Response: When writing a realistic fiction story, what should I include? 
  • Review Realistic Fiction features (video or lesson)
  • Writing Assessment: Write a realistic fiction story about a snow day. Make sure to include dialogue, setting, details, a problem, and solution.
    • Can discuss with an adult brainstorming ideas
    • Need to write and revise on your own (No adult help)
  • Spend ten minutes on an ELA tab on Mobymax (homework)

Tuesday - 3/16

I can use strategies to understand a literary text.

I can correctly choose the appropriate verb for a text.

  • Warm-up: in Class Notebook
  • Take the Part A of your Unit 4 test in your Wonders online assignments. (No adult help!)
  • Spend ten minutes on an ELA tab on Mobymax (Homework)

 

Wednesday - 3/17

I can use strategies to understand a literary text.

I can identify elements of realistic fiction and poetry.

  • Warm-up: in Class Notebook
  • Take the Part B of your Unit 4 test in your Wonders online assignments. (No adult help!)
  • Spend ten minutes on an ELA tab on Mobymax (Homework)

 

Thursday - 3/18

No school: Conferences

Friday - 3/19

No school: Conferences

LA Week of 3/8

This week students will be working on poetry, irregular verbs, and soft c and g words.
 
Our essential question: How can you use what you know to help others?
 
Monday- 3/8
I can Identify the text features of Poetry
I can Identify the meaning and use vocabulary words
  • Watch today's video, attached to today's lesson, and follow the directions.
  • Warm-up
  • Read Ginger’s Fingers,” “The Giant,” and “Captain’s Log” in your wonders book
  • Complete Vocabulary Pages 164 - 165 in your wonders book
  • Spend ten minutes on Vocabulary A-Z
  • Spend ten minutes on an ELA tab on Mobymax
 
Tuesday - 3/9
I can identify rhyme and repetition in a poem
I can use key details to help me understand the theme of a poem
I can summarize a poem
  • Watch today's video, attached to today's lesson, and follow the directions.
  • Warm-up
  • Complete pages 166-169 in your wonders book
  • Summarize Captain's Log
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
 
Wednesday - 3/10
I can identify how repetition helps me understand a poem
  • Watch today's video, attached to today's lesson, and follow the directions.
  • Warm-up
  • Read “The Winningest Woman of the Iditarod Dog Sled Race” and “The Brave Ones” on wonders online
    Complete page 173 and 174 in your wonders book
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
 
Thursday - 3/11
I can write a narrative poem
  • Watch today's video, attached to today's lesson, and follow the directions.
  • Warm-up
  • Write a narrative poem
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
Friday - 3/12
I can revise my narrative poem
  • Warm-up: Free read for 15 minutes
  • Revise and publish your narrative poem
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax

Language Arts Week of 3/1

This week students will be working on realistic fiction text, contractions, and plural words.
 
Our essential question: How can you use what you know to help others?
 
Monday- 3/1
 

I can make a realistic fiction map plan

  • warm-up
  • Reread "The Talented Clementine" on Wonders online
  • Complete Expert Model page 126 in your wonders book
  • Complete Choose your Topic page 127 in your wonders book
  • Complete the story map in your Writer's Notebook on wonders online (you can find this in your to-do list tab)
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
 
Tuesday - 3/2
I can write a realistic fiction story draft using my story map
  • Warm-up
  • Spend 30 minutes reading a book of your choice
  • Write the first part of your realistic fiction (introduction and problem)
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
 
Wednesday - 3/3
I can draft a realistic fiction story
I can identify characters' point of view
  • Warm-up
  • Read "Clementine and the Family" to page 303 on wonders online(we will continue reading this on Thursday)
  • Write the second part your first draft of your realistic fiction story (steps taken to solve the problem)
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
 
Thursday - 3/4
I can draft a realistic fiction story
I can identify and use figurative language
  • Warm-up
  • Complete Figurative Language page 123 in your wonders book
  • Complete your realistic fiction story draft (solution or ending)
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
Friday - 3/5
I can revise my realistic fiction story
  • Warm-up 
  • Read a book of your choice for 20 minutes
  • Revise your realistic fiction story
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax

Language Arts Week of 2/22

This week students will be working on realistic fiction text, linking verbs, and variant vowels /ü/, /u/ words.
 
Our essential question: How can you use what you know to help others?
 
Monday- 2/22
 

I can Identify the text features of Realistic fiction

I can Identify the meaning and use vocabulary words

  • Linking verb warm-up
  • Read "The Impossible Pet Show" in Wonders Book
  • Vocabulary work on page 108 and 109 of wonders book
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
 
Tuesday - 2/23
I can ask questions about my text to help me better understand it.
I can use text features to help me better understand my text.
I can use text evidence to support my thinking.
  • Linking Verb Warm-up
  • Comprehension strategy: Ask and answer questions page 110 in wonders book
  • Literature Elements: Dialogue and Illustrations page 111 in wonders book
  • Comprehension skill: Point of View pages 112 and 113 in wonders book
  • Respond to Reading Shared read page 114 in wonders book
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
 
Wednesday - 2/24
I can use correct punctuation and complete sentences

I can use my reading comprehension skills to help me understand the story and it’s characters. 

  • End Punctuation and Complete Sentences Warm-up
  • Read "The Talented Clementine" P 278-287 on wonders online(we will continue reading this on Thursday)
    • Work on detail and point of view graphic organizer as we read
    • Make a prediction on what will happen in the last part of the story
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
 
Thursday - 2/25
I can summarize a story

I can analyze a story to understand it better

  • Reinforce Words Warm-up
  • Read "The Talented Clementine" P188 - 195 on wonders online
  • Answer our essential question: How can you use what you know to help others?
  • Summarize: "The Talented Clementine"
  • Analyze the text page 118 in wonders book
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax
Friday - 2/26
I can use an expert model text to help me plan my writing
  • Proofreading Warm-up 
  • Reread "The Talented Clementine" P178 - 195 on wonders online
  • Complete Expert Model page 126 in wonders book
  • Complete Choose Your Topic page 127 in wonders book
  • 10 minutes of Vocabulary A-Z
  • 10 minutes of MobyMax

Language Arts 2/15 - 2/19

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NO SCHOOL 2/15 and 2/16
 
This week's LA to-do's:
1. Daily Language Arts Warm-ups
2. Write your introduction, body, and conclusion of your expository writing (graded)
3. Practice your spelling words on Vocabulary A-Z (daily)
4. Spend 10 minutes each day in the ELA spaces on MobyMax (Daily)

Language Arts 2/8-2/12

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This week's LA to-do's:
1. Daily Language Arts Warm-ups
2. Read "Earth and Its Neighbors"
3. Complete pages 8-9, 10-14 (graded), 26 (graded), 27 - 28 in your Wonders book
4. Read "Earth"
5. Start your research for your expository writing
6. Practice your spelling words on Vocabulary A-Z (daily)
7. Spend 10 minutes each day in the ELA space on MobyMax (Daily)

Language Arts for 2/1 to 2/5

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This week's LA to-do's:
1. Daily Language Arts Warm-ups
2. Reread "Martina the Beautiful Cockroach"
3. Complete pages 50 - 52 (graded), 54-55, and 57-58  in your Wonders book
4. Read and reread "Get a Backbone" on Wonders online
5. Complete "2-5 Unit 3 Week 3-4 Test" (graded) 
5. 20 minutes of free reading (Friday)
6. Practice your spelling words on Vocabulary A-Z (daily)
7. Spend 10 minutes each day in the ELA space on MobyMax (Daily)

Language Arts- 1/25-1/29

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This week's LA to-do's:
1. Daily Language Arts Warm-ups
2. Read "Anansi Learns a Lesson" in your Wonders book
3. Complete pages 42-47, 48 (graded), and 53 (graded)  in your Wonders book
4. Read "Martha the Beautiful Cockroach" on Wonders online
5. Complete "1/28 - Problem, solution, and summary" in your class notebook (graded) 
6. Practice spelling words and take spelling test
7. Spend 10 minutes each day in the ELA space on MobyMax

Language Arts- 1/18-1/22 (Maslen)

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This week's LA to-do's:
1. Daily Language Arts Warm-ups
2. Revise, Peer Conference, Edit and Proof Read, and Publish your Feature Article writing
3. Complete page 89 in your Wonders book
4. Spend 10 minutes each day in the ELA space on MobyMax

Language Arts Distance Lessons for - 1/11-1/15 (Maslen)

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This week's LA to-do's:
1. Daily Language Arts Warm-ups
2. Read "Moving America Forward" in Wonders book
3. Complete pages 66-67, 69, 70-71, and 72 in your Wonders book
4. Complete "Inquiry Chart" in class notebook
5. Research, Plan, and Draft a topic for Feature Article writing
6. Spend 10 minutes each day in the ELA space on MobyMax