1οΈβ£ This week we are focusing on finishing all of our missing work from this quarter. ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED by TOMORROW June 11th @3:00 PM.
2οΈβ£ Your Reading/Writing Poetry Final is due TODAY! I will be available via Google Meets between 11:00 am and 3:00 PM if you need help making up work or finishing up your final project. Email djmelia1@cps.edu if you are interested in meeting for this support.
3οΈβ£ Improvement Work for Lexia has been posted. Please read all the instructions and submit before June 11th.
4οΈβ£ Email us if you need any help or have questions about assignments.
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Read for 20 minutes
Open your Google Classroom to log your reading for Week 37-38
Submit ONLY on June 5th when all 8 days are complete. (Do not need to enter May 25-26)
DUE DATE: Daily
SUBMIT ONCE: Friday, June 5th, 2020
Log into Aspen to see what grade you earned for the Lexia assignments that were due every week. If you do not have 8 points, you need to do improvement work!
(If you received a perfect score of 8 points for each week, you do not need to submit improvement minutes and can ignore this assignment)
In order to submit improvement work, please follow every step listed in the directions. Please read the directions carefully and complete the entire chart on the second page.
Once the chart is complete, make sure to TURN IN this assignment to let me know you are ready for me to grade your improvement minutes.
DUE DATE: Thursday, June 11th is the LAST DAY TO COMPLETE IMPROVEMENT LEXIA MINUTES.
Check your e-mail for Poetry Review: Form.
Please remember that in order receive full credit on an answer, you MUST:
R.A.P. every question
Write in complete sentences with capitalization and punctuation
Use evidence from the story to support your answer
Here are some examples of πππππ answers from last week's story review.
Do you notice that you don't need to read the question to understand which question they are answering? This is because each answer below includes R.A.P! It helps to make sure you are answering the entire question correctly.
Shout out to your classmates Martin, Ivy, Jack, Mikayla, Alyssa, Stephen, Gregory, Kelly on their great work!
No new reading assignment for today. Take this time to work on your Reading/Writing Final Project: Poetry under the Writing Class Section.
Due Date: TODAY! Wednesday, June 10, 2020
In Reading, we have been focusing on learning different types of poetry and characteristics of poetry. We have written some of our own poetry and have learned about a few common types. You are now going to combine your knowledge to create a presentation including 3-5 poems of your own writing! We will then present the poems in a Google Meets meeting in the last week of school.
Listed below is a requirement checklist to help you plan and stay organized. On the back, you will find the rubric. We will present our final presentations on June 15,16, and 17 via Google Meets Meetings.
I have uploaded an example presentation to Google Drive for you to look at. There is also a video which I go over the requirements and components of the project. Please read carefully and let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to reading and seeing all of your poems!
Requirements:
Poetry Forms: Write three (3) total poems, using at least two (2) different topics or more. Poetry forms you can choose from include: Free Verse, Haiku, Limerick, Concrete, and Acrostic. Requirements for each form of poetry are as follows:
Free Verse: Must be at least 5 lines long. There must be at least 5 words in each line.
Haiku: Each Haiku must follow the Haiku form. To receive full credit, three (3) Haikuβs must be written on this formβs slide.
Limerick: One Limerick that follows the AABBA rhyme scheme with 5 lines.
Concrete: Must look like the topic of the poem, and be at least 5 lines.
Acrostic: Must be at least 5 lines long. There must be at least 5 words in each line.
Poetry Topics: You can choose any topic that you would like for your poems. Take a look at the Reading/Writing Final: Poetry Resources if you would like some ideas for poem topics.
Final Google Slides Presentation: Using Google Slides create a presentation of the 3 poems that you wrote. This presentation will be due June 10th, 2020. The requirements for this presentation are the following:
must include 1-2 pictures that go along your poems on each slide
must look neat, and presentable
each slide must have a poem form heading identifying which form of poetry is present
Final Presentation: On Monday June 15th, Tuesday June 16th and Wednesday June 17th, we will meet via Google Meets and present our Final Poetry Projects. I will send a schedule out by Friday June 5th.
No more Social Studies assignments for this year.
Please make sure you completed assignments given on June 3rd if you have not go to June 3rd page and complete it.
Complete any makeup work for social studies that you still have not submitted.
Please make sure you completed all of your Flocab Vocab Cards and Quiz from this quarter.
Complete any missing Flocabulary work that you need to. Don't forget to SCREENSHOT the page that shows you completed your work and send it to Ms. Anguiano and Mr. Melia at mmanguiano@cps.edu and djmelia1@cps.edu so we can give you credit.
If student can not log in, please email me and I will provide access
My Math Book login page
Go to this ConnectED page LINK FOUND BELOW OR CLICK ON BOOK COVER TO THE LEFT. Find Mrs. McManus' Classroom.
CLICK ON MY CLASS. You will then find your Name, then put the PASSWORD in that I emailed to you. You will then have access to the Math Book.
The online form of our Math book is for you if you don't have yours at home.
Any questions or problems please email Ms. McManus
Remember to visit your Special Classes weekly for your assignments.
Websites for each can be found in the Menu Bar under Special Classes.
We know that everyone is trying to adjust to our new normal. We might feel frustrated, angry, sad, and even happy all through our day. This week I have posted some new videos that can help with all of the strong feelings we are having right now. Attached are videos and the family guides you can go over with your parents. The videos is for you and your parents to watch together.
We hope that everyone is doing well during these trying times. We hope that these videos can help with some of the feelings that your child is going through. Please stay safe.
Please have a restful weekend.