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Reading:
- Empower Assessments, Lessons 20-40 (6’s & 7)
- Reading Comprehension in Alexandria of Africa
- Visualization
- Making Connections
- Asking Questions
- Novel Study & Literature Circles
- Spelling Patterns
- Rhyming
- r controlled vowels
- consonant buddies
- pushy e
- peeling off prefixes and suffixes
- sounding our short words
- We are focusing on reading comprehension strategies
- We are making connections to the novel with other texts, our own lives, and the world
- We are using Visualization to deepen understanding when reading
- We are asking rich questions before, as, and after we read using the Q-chart
- We are reading chunks of assigned novel independently
- We are linking Literature Circle roles to Reading Comprehension strategies in follow-up activities
- This text reminds me of another text/movie I have read/watched
- I can relate this text to my own personal experiences
- This text is similar to something happening in the world
- I can see in my mind a picture of settings, characters, and events
- I can answer reading comprehension questions using full sentences and complete thoughts
- I can generate 'juicy' questions that get the group discussing events and offering opinions
- I can identify the main message/idea/lesson in the chunks read
- I can engage in discussion about main events in the novel study book
- I can understand how characters may feel and why they act the way they do
- I can pick out interesting words/phrases to discuss and explain why I chose them
Writing:
- Parts of a sentence
- Structuring sentences
- Organizing sentences to form a paragraph
- Writing multi-paragraph pieces
- Report writing
- Ideas and Organization
- Editing Checklist
- The Writing Process
I have included:
- the 5 W's- who, where, what, why, and when
- a topic sentence that introduces the main idea to my reader
- a topic sentence that is specific and engaging
- at least 3 supporting details
- a thorough explanation of each detail
- a concluding sentence
- a concluding sentence that restates the main idea
- I think about syllables (claps) in a word. Every syllable MUST have a vowel (or y)
- I use the Empower Sounding Out strategy for each syllable to stretch out all of the sounds
- I use colour-coded mind maps to quickly organize my ideas before I write a draft
- I make sure my jot notes only have vital words so that my work is original
Math:
Review of Number Sense:
- mental math (+, -, x)
- place value
- fractions
- decimals
- x by 10, 100, 1000, 10 000
- BEDMAS
- prime & Composite numbers
- rounding numbers
- factors, multiples, and G.C.F.
- placing common fractions on a number line, with corresponding decimals and percentages
- exponents (gr. 7&8)
- square roots (gr. 7&8)
- adding fractions with different denominators
- Area of triangles (6), parallelograms (7), trapezoids (7), circles (8)
- experimental and theoretical probability
Social Studies/Geography:
Mapping:
- Reading maps using symbols, legends, compass rose, lines of latitude and longitude (e.g. political, topographical, populations, mortality rates, waterways)
- Constructing maps for different purposes
- reading different types of maps
- identifying land forms
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