ELA August 16 - 20

Friday, August 20th

Happy Friday!! I hate to be out again, students. Please be respectful to your sub.

Today's Agenda

1. Video Bulletin/turn in late signatures to box

2. Complete Barrio Boy First Read in Study Sync (remind students to go through CLEVER to McGraw Hill) 

1. Have students share out with their table partners what they thought the meanings of the bolded words from yesterday were (they were supposed to highlight and annotate). Have them compare and maybe change theirs if they’d like. They can use Google to see if they were correct.

2. Students will reread the story together as you play the audio for all of them to hear. Go to the READ tab and hit “audio”. 

3. Play the Sync TV tab’s video for them to see kids discussing the text using academic language.

4. Complete from yesterday: They will complete the 3 THINK Questions using the RACE writing strategy.  They need to do their very best writing to show me their skills. Students can use the split screen tool to view the text as they write. They need to cite a paragraph number. (They should turn those on). 

5. Note: Lots of kids turned theirs in early yesterday. I pushed them back out to them to complete them more fully. Only 1 0r 2 kids did a good enough job. They need to cite evidence with paragraph number. Did they use the RACE strategy from the bookmark? Each answer needs to be 3 sentences or more. They need to use the sentence starter to do the E at the end of the answer. When fully done they can submit. BEST WRITING!

6. Extra time:  They can go into Renaissance Place and pick out a myON book and read. Some picked theirs out yesterday and can read...

Due Dates:

1.  Barrio First Read due tonight (don't do grammar worksheet)

Thursday, August 19th

I hate to be out again, students. Please be respectful to your sub.

Today's Agenda

1. Video Bulletin/turn in late signatures to box

2. Study Sync - Barrio Boy First Read

1. Students will read the intro tab and can watch the short intro video if they have headphones.

2. Students will read or listen to the audio version of the story. While they are reading, have them use their annotation tool to guess meanings for the bolded vocabulary. (Not Google, just guess based on how they’re used).

3. Pass out the light blue RACE writing bookmarks on the front table. Read over them. 

4. They will complete the 3 THINK Questions using the RACE writing strategy. They need to do their very best writing to show me their skills. Students can use the split screen tool to view the text as they write. They need to cite a paragraph number. (They should turn those on). 

5. Note: They will not turn this in until tomorrow in class. They will work on the grammar portion tomorrow. 

Due Dates:

1.  ELA Syllabus signatures due yesterday.
2. Barrio First Read due tomorrow night after tomorrow's grammar.

Wednesday, August 18th

Late start schedule

Today's Agenda: 

1. Video Bulletin
2. Turn in Syllabus signatures if you have them
3. STAR Reading Test - Go through CLEVER to Renaissance Place. 

Due Dates:

1.  ELA Syllabus signatures due TODAY

Tuesday, August 17th

 Hello! School started one week ago. Let's start our ELA curriculum!! 

Today's Agenda: 

1. Video Bulletin
2. Turn in Syllabus signatures if you have them
3. Log on to CLEVER. See the dashboard. Look for StudySync
4. Unit 1 Preview with me
5. Go to the Blast! In Pursuit
6. Barrio Boy First Read if time allows

Due Dates:

1.  ELA Syllabus signatures due TOMORROW Wednesday Aug 18  
2. TIME Magazines are late - turn in to my box

Monday, August 16th

 Hello! 

Today's Agenda: 

1. Opening Routine
2. Video Bulletin
3. Turn in Syllabus signatures if you have them
4. Log on to CLEVER. See the dashboard. Look for Renaissance Place
5. Share TIME Magazines

Due Dates:

1.  ELA Syllabus signatures due Wednesday Aug 18  
2. TIME Magazines are late - turn in to my box