May 22, 2018

Level A

Brave Butterflies

Vocab: arrest, dictator, hopeful, journal, organize, politics, rescue, violent

Skills: Cause and Effect/Use pronouns in the subject and predicate

Quiz: Thursday, May 31st

Test: Wednesday, May 30th

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Level B

Angels in the Snow

Vocab: accident, career, department, difficult, emergency, experience, region, team

Skills: Analyze Author's Viewpoint/Use prepositions

Quiz: Thursday, May 31st

Test: Wednesday, May 30th 

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Level C

Passage to Freedom

Vocab: agreement, approach, diplomat, insist, issue, permission, refugee, translate

Skills: Make inferences

Use Complex Sentences

Quiz: Thursday, May 31st.

Test: Wednesday, May 30th.

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May 14, 2018

Level A:

Selection: 

Brave Butterfiles

Vocabulary: arrest, dictator, hopeful, journal, organize, politics, rescue, violent

Skills: Cause and Effect/Use pronouns in the subject and predicate

Quiz: Friday, May 18th

Test: Monday, May 21st. 

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Level B:

Selection:

Angels in the Snow

Vocabulary: accident, career, department, difficult, emergency, experience, region, team

Skills: Analyze Author's Viewpoint/Use Prepositions

Quiz: Friday, May 18th

Test: Monday, May 21st. 

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Level C:

Selection: 

Passage to Freedom

Vocabulary: agreement, approach, diplomat, insist, issue, permission, refugee, translate

Skills: Make Inferences, Use Complex Sentences

Quiz: Friday, May 18th

Test: Monday, May 21st. 

May 07, 2018

Level A 

Escaping to Freedom 

Vocabulary: assist, capture, escape, freedom, reward, right, slave, travel 

Skill: Cause and Effect/Nouns in the Subject and Predicate

Quiz: 5/11

Test: 5/13

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Level B

Dogs at Work

Vocabulary: dependable, employee, job, obedient, odor, search, service, train

Skill: Use Nouns in the Subject and Predicate/Analyze Author's Purpose and Tone

Quiz: 5/11

Test: 5/13

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Level C

Nadia the Willful

Vocabulary: banish, forbid, grief, memory, obey, punishment, recall, willful

Skill: Compare Viewpoints, Use Compound Sentence

Quiz: 5/11

Test: 5/13

April 27, 2018

Level A - The Power of Mysteries -  Close Reading

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Students will complete the Close Reading and complete the activities related to the story.  Some of the activities will include main idea, supporting details and summarizing. 

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Level B - The Log of Christopher Columbus - Close Reading

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Students will complete the Close Reading and complete the activities related to the story.  Some of the activities will include main idea, supporting details and summarizing.

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Level C - Wilderness Letter - Close Reading 

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Students will complete the Close Reading and complete the activities related to the story.  Some of the activities will include main idea, supporting details and summarizing. 

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April 23, 2018

Level A: Mysteries of the Ancient Past.  p.319

Vocabulary: ancient, archaeologist, artifact, bury, civilization, clue, pyramid, tomb. 

Skill: Use past tense verbs/Main Idea and Details

Quiz: 4/27 

Test: 4/30

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Level B: When Cultures Meet

Vocabulary: contact, crop, forever, route, settler, spread, starve, tool

Skill: Use verbs in the past tense/Analyze Text Features

Quiz: 4/27

Test: 4/30

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Level C: Mireya Mayor Explorer/Correspondent

Vocabulary: awareness, conservation, discovery, document, ensure, establish, expedition, explorer

Skill: Use adverbs/Analyze Author's Viewpoint

Quiz: 4/27

Test: 4/30

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April 15, 2018

Level A:

Selection: Mysteries of the ancient Past

Vocabulary: ancient, archaeologist, artifact, bury, civilization, clue, pyramid, tomb

Skill: Main Idea & Details/Use Past Tense Verbs

Quiz: 4/20

Test: 4/23

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Level B:

Selection: When Cultures Meet

Vocabulary: contact, crop, forever, route, settler, spread, starve, tool

Skills: Use Verbs in the Past Tense/Compare Fiction/Non-Fiction

Quiz: 4/20

Test 4/23

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Level C:

Selection: Mireya Mayor: Explorer/Correspondent

Vocabulary: awareness, conservation, discovery, document, ensure, establish, expedition, explorer

Skills: Use Context Clues/Analyze Author's Viewpoint

Quiz: 4/20

Test: 4/23

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April 09, 2018

Level A: Forgotten Treasure

Vocabulary: beautiful, forest, forget, locate, loss, remember, skeleton, treasure

Skill: Use verb tense, be and have/Determining Theme

Quiz: Friday, April 13th 

Test: Monday, April 16th 

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Level B: Culture Clash

Vocabulary: blend, capital, conflict, conquer, culture, defeat, empire, ruler

Skill: Use Verbs in the past tense/Compare a Topic

Quiz: Friday, April 13th 

Test: Monday, April 16th

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Level C: Siberian Survivors

Vocabulary: biologist, expert, habitat, increase, poacher, shrink, thrive, wildlife

Skill: Use adjectives that compare/Compare Viewpoints

Quiz: Friday, April 13th

Test: Monday, April 16th

April 02, 2018

Level A:

Selection: The Forgotten Treasure

Vocabulary: beautiful, forest, forget, locate, loss, remember, skeleton, treasure

Skill: Determining Theme/Suffixes

Assessment: 4/9

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Level B:

Selection: Culture Clash

Vocabulary: blend, capital, conflict, conquer, culture, defeat, empire, ruler

Skill: Compare a Topic, Interpret Idioms

Assessment: 4/9

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Level C:

Selection: Siberian Survivors

Vocabulary: biologist, expert, habitat, increase, poacher, shrink, thrive, wildlife

Skill: Compare Viewpoints, Multiple Meaning Words

Assessment: 4/9

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March 19, 2018

Level A, B and C. 

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*Please note*  We are still working on the same story and skills from last week.  We have not taken the quiz and the students will not be prepared for the test on Monday.  We will push the quiz to Tuesday and take the test Wednesday. 

March 12, 2018

FSA Writing is over! I am so proud of all my students for their effort on this test.  

Now we are back to reading skills!

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Level A - Selection: Return to Titanic

Vocabulary: alarm, discover, explorer, famous, ocean, passenger, search, wreck

Skills: Determine Main Idea and Details / Use Present and Past Tense Verbs

Quiz: Friday, March 16th Test: Monday, March 19th

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Level B - Selection: Encounter

Vocabulary: custom, desire, dream, encounter, shore, stranger, warning, welcome

Skills: Analyze Plot, Characters and Setting/ Use Verbs in the Present Tense

Quiz: Friday, March 16th Test: Monday, March 19th

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Level C - Natural Balance

Vocabulary: classified, endangered, environment, extinct, illegal, pollution, population, species

Skills: Analyze Author's Viewpoint/Use Context Clues

Quiz: Friday, March 16th  Test: Monday, March 19th

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Vocabulary: 

Natural Balance

Vocabulary: classified, pollution, population, species, endangered, extinct, environment, illegal

Selection: Natural Balance

Vocabulary: classified, pollution, population, species, endangered, extinct, environment, illegal

Selection: Natural Balance

Vocabulary: classified, pollution, population, species, endangered, extinct, environment, illegal

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March 05, 2018

FSA WRITING THIS WEEK!

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Level A - Students are reading an adaptation of Frankenstein and completing activities in class.  Students will also take a unit test this week assessing all the skills and vocabulary words in this unit. 

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Level B - Students are reading an article titled "Bionics."They will complete activities in class related to this story.  Students will also take a unit test this week assessing all the skills and vocabulary words in this unit. 

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Level C - Students are reading an article titled, "So you are going to Mars?"  They will complete activities in class related to this story.  Students will also take a unit test this week assessing all the skills and vocabulary words in this unit. 

February 26, 2018

Level A - 

Selection: From Frankenstein, By Mary Shelley

Vocabulary: creature, rekindled, suppress, desolate, destroy, fiend, hideous, behold, fold, consequences

Skill: This will be a Unit 4 review selection.  Students will review all the skills taught in this unit. 

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Level B - 

Selection: Bionics by Josh Fischman

Vocabulary: system, assembly, muscle, prosthesis, conduct, severed

Skill: This will be a Unit 4 review selection.  Students will review all the skills taught in this unit.

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Level C -

Selection: So You're Going to Mars by Arthur C. Clarke

Vocabulary: surface, atmosphere, vegetation, practically, excursions, poles, indigenous

Skill: This will be a Unit 4 review selection.  Students will review all the skills taught in this unit. 

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We will not have a formal quiz or test this week, but rather review skills that will count towards classwork. 

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February 16, 2018

PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THESE STORIES:

Level A

Selection: Mister Monster

Vocabulary: amazed, apply, audience, commercial, disappear, mascot, offstage, response

Reading/Grammar Skill: Analyze Character and Plot/Use Prefixes

Quiz: 2/23

Test: 2/26

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Level B

Selection: Two Left Hands, Two Left Feet

Vocabulary:accept, assignment, clueless, determined, disaster, glory, realize, survive

Reading/Grammar Skill:Text Structure/Chronological Order/Using Context Clues

Quiz: 2/23

Test: 2/26

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Level C

Selection:Indian Summer Sun

Vocabulary:adjustment, concentrate, couple, ignore, opportunity, perspective, refuse, remind

Reading/Grammar Skill:Compare Structures of Text/Use Context Clue

Quiz:2/23

Test: 2/26

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February 09, 2018

Level A 

Selection: Mister Monster

Skills: Analyze Character and Plot/Use word Parts

Vocabulary: amazed, apply, audience, commercial, disappear, mascot, offstage, response

Quiz: 2/14

Test: 2/20

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Level B

Selection: Two Left Feet, Two Left Hands, and Too Left on the Bench

Skill: Chronological Order, Use Context Clues

Vocabulary: accept, assignment, clueless, determined, disaster, glory, realize, survive

Quiz: 2/14

Test: 2/20

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Level C

Indian Summer Sun

Skills: Compare Structures of Texts/Use Context Clues

Vocabulary: adjustment, concentrate, couple, ignore, opportunity, perspective, refuse, remind

Quiz: 2/14

Test 2/20

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February 02, 2018

Levels A, B and C. 

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Please refer to last week's plans due to testing and Take Your Child to Work Day schedules. 

The only difference will be the quiz moved to Tuesday, February 6th. 

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January 26, 2018

Level A:

Story: Film Fright

Reading Skills: Analyze and Interpret Text, Make Comparisons, Make Generalizations, Summarize

Grammar Skill: Using Adverbs

Vocabulary: actor, character, classic, fascinated, original, process, successful, terror

Quiz: Friday, February 2nd

Test: Monday, February 5th

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Level B:

Story: The Beat Goes On

Reading Skills: Analyze and Interpret Text, Summarize

Grammar Skill: Using Possessive Adjectives

Vocabulary: artery, healthy, muscle, pump, section, transplant, vein, ventricle

Quiz: Friday, February 2nd

Test: Monday, February 5th

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Level C: 

Story: Earth and Space

Reading Skills: Analyze and Interpret Text, Make Comparisons, Draw Conclusions, Make Inferences, Summarize

Grammar Skill: Using Pronouns in Subjects and Predicates

Vocabulary: astronaut, element, essential, experience, process, routine, similarity, universe

Quiz: Friday, February 2nd

Test: Monday, February 5th

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January 22, 2018

Level A, Level B and Level C:

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We will continue working on the same stories as last week.  With benchmark testing, we missed a few days of instruction.  Please note that the students will have a quiz on Monday, January 22nd,  based on the reading skill for each level.  Please make sure the students reread the story at home over the weekend.  On Wednesday, January 24th, will be the selection test for each level.

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January 16, 2018

Level A:

Selection: Frankenstein

Vocabulary words: create, creative, destroy, evil, experiment, hideous, lonely, scientist

Skills: Analyze Character Development

Use word Parts

Use adjectives

Quiz: Monday, January 22nd.

Test: Wednesday, January 24th

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Level B

Selection: The Human Machine

Vocabulary: cell, circulate, examine, involve, organ, oxygen, system, vessel.

Skills: Main Idea/Details

Use possessive nouns

Quiz: Monday, January 22nd.

Test: Wednesday, January 24th

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Level C

Selection: Here, There and Beyond

Vocabulary: atmosphere, energy, feature, measurement, rotation, solar system, social, surface

Skills: Compare/Contrast

Using Nouns

Quiz: Monday, January 22nd.

Test: Wednesday, January 24th

January 09, 2018

Welcome back to school.  I hope everyone had an enjoyable break.  Here is our plan for this week:

Level A:

Read the selection, "How Crisis Mapping Saved Lives in Haiti."

Vocabulary: crisis mapping, SMS, tech barrier, diaspora, evacuate.

Quiz: Friday, Jan. 12th. 

Test: Tuesday, Jan. 16th. 

Level B:

The New Colussus

Vocabulary: Beacon-hand, storied pomp, yearning, tempest-tost, wretched refuse of your teeming shore. 

Quiz: Friday, Jan. 12th.

Test: Tuesday, Jan. 16th. 

Level C:

Speeches in the Little Rock Nine

Vocabulary: deliberately, facilities, compulsory, a blot upon, redeem, reconcile

 Quiz: Friday, Jan. 12th

Test: Tuesday, Jan. 16th

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January 01, 2018

Levels A, B and C

We have arrived at the last week of the quarter and the last week of the year.  I want to wish all of my students a restful and peaceful holiday break.  This week, we will continue working on the story from our previous week and the all the activities associated with it for all three levels.  I will update the site for the beginning of the year at some point in the break. 

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Have an enjoyable two weeks!

December 10, 2017

Level A

Selection: Earthquake

Vocabulary: carefully, collapse, confused, earthquake, equipment, frightened, prepare, shelter 

Skill: Use helping verbs

Character Description

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Test: December 18th 

Quiz: December 15th 

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Level B

Selection: Brothers in Hope; The Lost Story of the Boys of Sudan

Vocabulary: cross, dangerous, education, effort, emerge, improve, journey, tend.

Skill: Adverbs

Comparing Fiction with Non-Fiction

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Test: December 18th.

Quiz: December 15th.

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Level C

Selection: Speaking Up

Vocabulary: challenge, contribute, involved, leadership, negative, overcome

Skill: Verbs in the past tense

Problem/Solution

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Test: December 18th

Quiz: December 15th 

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December 03, 2017

Level A - 5th Period

Selection Test for "Fleeing Katrina" is Wednesday, December 6th. 

New Selection: Earthquake

Vocabulary Words: frightened, earthquake, carefully, dangerous, confused, collapse, prepare, shelter, equipment

Skill: Using Helping Verbs/Character Descriptions

Selection Test: Wednesday, Dec. 13th. 

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Level B - 4th Period

Selection test for last week's story will be Wednesday, Dec. 6th. 

New selection: Brothers in Hope

Vocabulary Words: cross, dangerous, education, effort, emerge, improve, journey, tend

Skill: Use adverbs/Compare and Contrast key events

Selection test for this story will be Wednesday, December 13th.

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Level C - 6th Period

Selection test for last week's story will be Wednesday, Dec. 6th. 

New Selection: Speaking Up

Vocabulary: challenge, contribute, involved, leadership, negative, overcome, positive, promote.

Skill: Use Verbs in the Past Tense/Problem/Solution Text Structure

Selection Test: Wednesday Dec. 13th. 

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November 26, 2017

Please refer to the week prior for the selection, skill and vocabulary.  

The selection test will be Monday, December 4th.  The quiz will be Friday, December 1st.  The quiz will cover the skill taught during the week for each respective class.  

November 20, 2017

Levels A, B and C:

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Given that this is a short week, we will continue working on the selection from the previous week and the skills and words associated with that selection.  

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The selection test and quiz dates will be announced upon our return. 

November 12, 2017

Level A

Selection: "Fleeing Katrina" p. 146

Skill: Use correct pronouns, Author's viewpoint

Vocabulary: evacuate, fortunate, future, hurricane, level, necessity, severe, untouched

Selection Test: Monday, November 20th

Quiz: Friday, November 17th. - Author's viewpoint

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Level B

Selection: "Immigrants Today" p. 205

Skill: Cause/Effect and Use Adjectives that compare

Vocabulary: adjust, community, foreign, immigrant, local, museum, poverty, preserve

Selection Test: Monday, November 20th

Quiz: Friday, November 17th - Cause/Effect

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Level C

Selection: "Martin's Big Words" p. 200

Skill: Using forms of be/Sequential Order

Vocabulary: admire, arrest, convince, influence, movement, peace, preach, problem

Selection Test: Monday, November 20th

Quiz: Friday, November 17th - Sequential Order

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November 04, 2017

Level A  - 5th Period

Selection: 'Volcano!'  pgs. 135-142.

Skill: Cause and Effect, Compound Words, Using Subject Pronouns

Vocabulary: active, dangerous, erupt, force, layer, surface, volcano, warning. 

Selection test: Monday, November 13th. 

Comprehension Quiz: Friday, November 17th. 

I have assigned a new selection for www.commonlit.org.  The assignment is due Monday, November 13th. The class code for this period is: REYJ4.  The password is: velas5.

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Level B - 4th Period

Selection: 'The Lotus Seed.' pgs. 185-193.

Skills: Analyze Plot, Use Prefixes and Suffixes and Use Adjectives that Describe.

Vocabulary: arrive, bloom, chapter, emperor, forget, remember, special, throne.

Selection Test: Monday, November 13th.

Comprehension Quiz: Friday, November 17th. 

I have assigned a selection on www.commonlit.org that is due Monday, November 13th.  The class code for this period is: GKPN5.  The password is velas5.

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Level C - 6th Period

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Selection: 'The Civil Rights Movement.  pgs. 175-189.

Skills: Chronological Order, Using Word Parts, Present, Past and Future Tense Verbs.

Vocabulary: civil rights, determined, equality, integrate, prejudice, protest, segregation, separate.

Selection Test: Monday, November 13th. 

Comprehension Quiz: Friday, November 17th. 

I have assigned a selection on www.commonlit.org that is due Monday, Nobember 13th.  The class code is:BLPJL.  The password is: velas6.

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October 29, 2017

Level A, B and C:

This is our second week of Benchmark Testing.  Therefore, we will still be on a modified schedule. Please be patient as we don't meet with every period every day.  Some periods do not have grades entered for last week.  This is because the material wasn't covered in depth for me to evaluate their performance in my class.  

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I intend to finish wrapping up stories assigned last week, and hopefully start the next ones at the middle of the week. If that happens, I will update again with selection names, vocabulary, skill, and quiz and test grades.  

October 22, 2017

ALL LEVELS - Due to Benchmark testing, our schedules have been modified.  Therefore, we will not meet with all periods everyday, and changes had to be made as far as selections, quizzes and tests.  Please carefully read the information below. Also, comprehension quizzes will now replace vocabulary quizzes weekly.  Students have been informed.  Please make sure students keep up with the reading of the selections at home. 

4th Period Level B

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We will wrap up 'Rachel the Clever' early this week.  The selection test for this story will be Oct. 30th. There will be a 'character quiz' for this selection, date to be announced.  

New selection: 'A Contest of Riddles.' Selection test for this story will be November 1st. 

Skills: Subjects and Verbs, Analyze Elements of Drama. Quiz date for this story will be announced.

Vocabulary: choice, contest, excellent, interpret, knowledge, nonsense, outcome, response.

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5th Period Level A

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We will wrap up the selection 'How do we use Water?' early in the week.  The test for this selection will be October 25th.  There will be a comprehension quiz for this selection, date will be announced. 

New Selection: 'Water at Work.'  Test date will be October 30th. If the date needs to be moved, I will notify you. 

Skills: Make subject and verb agree/ Main Idea and Supporting Details Comprehension quiz will be announced.

Vocabulary: arrive, electricity, flow, generate, goods, power, safely, treat, agree. 

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6th Period Level C

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We will wrap up the selection, 'The Three Chicharronnes' early in the week.  The selection test will be November 1st.  There will be a comprehension quiz on this selection to be announced shortly.

New Selection: Dragon, Dragon. Selection test will be November 6th. Comprehension quiz for this selection will be announced. 

Skills: Using indefinite pronouns and Analyze Plot

Vocabulary: bargain, decent, kingdom, nervous, opinion, plague, quest, recite. 

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October 15, 2017

4th Period, Level B

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This week we will be reading the selection, 'Rachel the Clever.'  

The skill introduced will be the form of the verb be.

The vocabulary words for this week are: clever, judgement, marry, obey, possession, proud, release, riddle.  

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The vocabulary quiz will be Thursday, October 19th. 

The selection test will be Monday, October 23rd. 

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This is the last week of the 1st quarter!  We start Monday, October 23rd with a clean slate.  I expect 

all my students to excel in 2nd quarter!

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5th Period - Level A

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This week, we will be reading the selection, 'How do we use Water?'  

The skill reviewed will be using complete sentences. 

The vocabulary words are: alive, amount, crop, depend, globe, material, rainfall, resource.

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The vocabulary quiz will be Thursday, October 19th. 

The selection test will be Monday, October 23rd. 

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This is the last week of the 1st quarter!  We start Monday, October 23rd with a clean slate.  I expect 

all my students to excel in 2nd quarter! 

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6th Period - Level C

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The selection for this week is 'The Three Chicharrones.'

The skill taught will be using forms of verbs be and have. 

The vocabulary words are: advice, business, cheat, deal, deserve, fortune, frustration, property.

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The vocabulary quiz will be Thursday, October 19th. 

The selection test will be Monday, October 23rd. 

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This is the last week of the 1st quarter!  We start Monday, October 23rd with a clean slate.  I expect 

all my students to excel in 2nd quarter! 

October 09, 2017

Due to time constraints, we will push all of last week's activities to this week.  The quiz and selection test dates have changed for all three periods. 

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New Vocabulary Quiz date: Friday, October 13th.

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New Vocabulary Quiz date: Monday, October 16th. 

Thanks for your understanding! 

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September 30, 2017

Students will read the selection, "The Challenge."  The skill taught will be using pronouns as subjects.  The vocabulary words for the week are: awkward, approach, assume, encourage, notice, practice, weight.  The vocabulary quiz will be Tuesday, October 10th and the selection test will be Wednesday, October 11th.  Please make sure that the students reread the selection at home.  We do not have time to do multiple readings in class.  This is necessary to ensure that the students fully understand the selections, along with the help of the comprehension strategies I use in class.  

September 30, 2017

Students will read the selection, "Secret Water."  The skill taught will be 'using nouns.'  The vocabulary words for the story are: village, available, perfect, secret, worry, problem, plan, statue. The vocabulary quiz will be Tuesday, October 10th, and the selection test will be Wednesday, October 11th.  Please make sure that the students reread the selection at home.  We do not have time to do multiple readings in class.  This is necessary to ensure that the students fully understand the selections, along with the help of the comprehension strategies I use in class.  

September 30, 2017

Students will be reading the selection, "On the Menu."  The skill we will review is using pronouns as subjects.  The vocabulary words for the week are: adaptation, advantage, camouflage, disguise, predator, prey survive and threat. 

The vocabulary quiz will be on Tuesday, October 10.  The selection test will be on Wednesday, October 11th.  Please make sure that the students reread the selection at home.  We do not have time to do multiple readings in class.  This is necessary to ensure that the students fully understand the selections, along with the help of the comprehension strategies I use in class.  

September 25, 2017

Students will read the selection, The House on Mango Street.  The skill taught will be using action verbs.  The words for the week are: appreciate, despite, disgusted, expectation, landlord, rent, strength, and temporary. The vocabulary quiz will be on 10/3 and the selection test will be on 10/4.  

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September 25, 2017

Students will read the selection, Familiar Places.  The skill taught will be statements and commands. The vocabulary words are: agree, community, familiar, festival, native, neighborhood, population, tradition.  Vocabulary quiz will be on 10/3 and selection test will be on 10/4.  

September 25, 2017

Students will read the selection, 'Kids are Inventors Too.'  The skill taught will be using complete sentences.  The words for the week are: ability, design, device, exist, model, problem, solve, suggestion.  There will be a vocabulary quiz on the words on 10/3 and a selection test on 10/4.

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September 19, 2017

I sincerely hope your family is safe and sound from Hurricane Irma.  We have modified our schedule as follows:

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Monday/Tuesday - catch up on unfinished work/tests.

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Wednesday/Friday - introduce new story, study skills and vocabulary from Week 3.  

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Vocabulary Quiz: 9/26.

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Selection Test: 9/27.

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September 03, 2017

**ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE THEIR USERNAME AND PASSWORD FOR THE ONLINE TEXT, INSIDE.   IF THEY DO NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  

Group A

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Review for Exam in class on Tuesday.  Please have students reread the story, Growing Together from the online resource, INSIDE, at home.  We will have our Selection Test on Wednesday.  They will need to have a basic understanding of the story, know the essential vocabulary and know the use of the words, is, am and are.  We reviewed all this in class.  

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Story of the week: 'Kids like Me.'

Vocabulary: adjust, appreciate, culture, different, opportunity, relative, understand, value.

Skill: Use questions and statements properly in writing.

Vocabulary quiz: Friday, Sept. 8th. 

Selection Test: Monday, Sept. 11th. 

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Group B

Review for Exam in class on Tuesday.  Please have students reread the story, 'Hitching a Ride,' from the online resource, INSIDE, at home.  We will have our Selection Test on Wednesday.  They will need to have a basic understanding of the story, know the essential vocabulary and know the 4 basic types of sentences: question, statement, exclamation and command.  We reviewed all this in class.  

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Story of the week: 'LAFF.'

Vocabulary: backward, concentrate, convince, destination, forward, future, genius, machine. 

Skill: Use nouns properly in a sentence.

Vocabulary quiz: Friday, Sept. 8th. 

Selection Test: Monday, Sept. 11th. 

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GROUP C

Review for Exam in class on Tuesday.  Please have students reread the story, 'American Names,' from the online resource, INSIDE, at home.  We will have our Selection Test on Wednesday.  They will need to have a basic understanding of the story, know the essential vocabulary and identify the subject and predicate in sentences.  We reviewed all this in class.  

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Story of the week: 'Lion Hunt.'

Vocabulary: bravery, brotherhood, decision, defend, pride, society, symbol warrior. 

Skill: Use nouns properly in a sentence.

Vocabulary quiz: Friday, Sept. 8th. 

Selection Test: Monday, Sept. 11th. 

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August 27, 2017

Group A

This week, students will read a personal narrative from our INSIDE textbook, identify key vocabulary words from the text, make predictions while they read, and identify first person and third person point of view and use context clues to identify the meaning of unknown words. 

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Key Vocabulary: angry, change, curious, immigrant, learn, leave, ordinary, strange.

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Key Vocabulary Quiz: Friday, Sept. 1st. 

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Selection Test on Wednesday, Sept. 6th. 

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Group B

This week, students will read a non-fiction science article from our INSIDE textbook, identify key vocabulary words from the text, make predictions while they read, identify different types of sentences, and recognize compound words.  

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Key Vocabulary: attach, captive, challenge, experiment, invention, record, scientist, test. 

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Key Vocabulary Quiz: Friday Sept. 1st 

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Selection Test: Wednesday, Sept. 6th. 

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Group C

This week, students will read a realistic fiction text from our INSIDE textbook, identify key vocabulary from the text, make predictions while they read, use text evidence as a comprehension strategy, identify subjects and predicates and explore word parts. 

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Key Vocabulary: culture, disfavor, doubt, erase, excessive, pact, scrape, shame. 

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Key Vocabulary Quiz: Friday, Sept. 1st.

Selection Test: Wednesday, Sept. 6th. 

August 21, 2017

Students will have a quiz on "Meet the Teacher" PP presentation that was presented in class today. 

The quiz will be Wednesday, August 23rd.  The presentation can be found by clicking the tab below.