Wednesday 4/8/20 – Language Arts
Good Morning, Class!
Notes:
- We will discuss today’s Language Arts lessons on ZOOM at NOON (link and password are in Calendar and Classroom).
- See Principal Perry and Counselor McCann’s messages on the Addams webpage. There is also a new school student check-in to do under Student Quicklinks.
- Email me with any questions. My office hours for responding to emails are noon-3:00 Mondays-Fridays.
- Having Chromebook, charger, or Internet issues? There is a Home Tech Support button on the right side of the JAMS webpage where you can fill out a form and someone will get back to you.
MUST DO’S:
1. If you haven’t already, go to Classroom and complete the Google Calendar for Time Management assignment.
2. Academic Vocab:
Learning Target: Students will be able to acquire and use academic words and phrases.
On Classroom, open Academic Vocab L9 (Reference and Student slides)
- Do the following three words today:
- evacuate
- injure
- justice
- Be prepared to share your sentences for these three words on today’s ZOOM at NOON
3. PAST DUE Reading Assignments (see checklist on Classroom for order): If the assignment is already graded in PowerSchool, you will need to click “GRADE” (here on the blog –>) and complete the Form in order for me to go back and grade it.
4. EWP: Heroes Argumentative Essay (see same checklist as above)
Reading Log (5+ days a week)
* The schedule changed, so this is NOT moving to Per. 3. *
** EVERYONE in Per. 1-2 will do Reading Log. **
No book? No problem! Go to Epic! or the Digital Collection and borrow an e-book. (Look for the page numbers at the bottom of the reading screen.)
Read 30+ pages in book of your choice and log on Biblionasium:
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- Title/author
- p. ____ to p. ____ (actual page started on to page ended on)
- 3 Big Things that Happened (Answers the questions: Who? What? When/Where? How? Why?)
- 1 Thinking Strategy: prior knowledge, question, prediction, inference, connection, or word you figured out using syntax/etymology/context clues
MAY DO (ONLY when finished with MUST DO assignments)
Superhero Infographic
Learning Target: Students will be able to conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
On Classroom, open Superhero Infographic Project assignment
- Do Part III. Piktochart Review and IV. Make Infographic.
- This should take you some time to make a detailed, thoughtful infographic about your chosen superhero.
- Be sure you have done enough research to wow us with new information about your hero.
- Use words to explain visuals, check spelling, and include video if/where applicable (see Quicksilver example).
See other options for May Do’s on checklist.
