ELA

• Readworks:
  • Readworks is a site that contains articles and passages. Each of these articles have comprehension questions for students to answer. Articles have been sent to each student at their instructional reading level. They can get on, read, and answer the questions digitally. I will be providing feedback to the short answer response questions.
    • How to get students to their assignments:

1. Have students go to www.readworks.org/student

2. Students enter class code JJCDL5

3. Tell your students that their default password is 1234

• Read for 20-30 minutes each day. After reading, have students choose one of the prompts and write about it in their writer's notebook.

Both classes have also been signed up for Newsela which has reading passages and comprehension questions that go with it. The link is below and each class had a code that they need to put in.

https://newsela.com/

Ms. Vondell's class code: PWRV64

Mr. Staie's class code: VM3ETU

NYS Test questions and answer examples. The color coded answer key goes with the "Strike Three! You're Out" reading passage. Feel free to use any other questions or articles with your child.

If you would like a list of independent reading books at your child's reading level, please email their homeroom teacher.

April 22, 2020 - Here is the smart board lesson and the read alouds that we tried to listen to this morning. We will be using this tomorrow during our small group time to teach theme.

4/23/20 - Here is a video of the lesson from today. Don't forget to submit your response to Mr. Peabody's Apples where you identify what the theme is. If you need to reread the story, it is posted above. All of you should have received and email where you can submit your response. Please have them submitted by Friday, April 24th at noon. We will email you with feedback regarding your responses. Have a great weekend!

4/29/20 - Just in case you missed the ELA lesson, the video is below. See you in small groups tomorrow!

4/30/20 - After groups this morning students will have a homework assignment on prefixes and suffixes. It will be shared with them in their email as a google document but we also put a copy of it below. They can type in their answers and send it back to us. This is due by Monday morning at 8 am. Below is a resources in case they need help and feel free to watch the video again.

5-6-20 - Here is the video of our ELA lesson about poetry today.

Here are the links to the poetry site we looked at in class today. Feel free to explore!

https://www.poetry4kids.com/news/rhythm-in-poetry-the-basics/

https://www.poetry4kids.com/lessons/rhyme-schemes-poetry-lesson-plan/

https://www.poetry4kids.com/lessons/poetry-writing-lessons/

Your homework for this afternoon is to write your own poem and be ready to share it in groups tomorrow and identify the elements of your poem.

• You can write it or type it. No one will see it, but you will be sharing it.
• It needs to have three stanzas with four lines in each stanza.
• Two out of the four lines need to rhyme at the end.

5-14-20 - Sorry for the technology issues this morning during ELA. Your homework and the lesson will be posted shortly.

Here is the ELA lesson that we did this morning in small groups. It looks a little different than what you saw, but the material is the same.

5-21-20 - We hope everyone had a chance to get outside yesterday and enjoy Patriot Pride Day! Today we will be teaching the ELA lesson in small groups. You will receive an email after groups are over with the homework assignment and directions as to what you need to complete. You will be listening to a story (the link will be in the email) and telling us what the main idea is. This is due by Monday the 25th at 8 a.m. Have a great weekend!

5-27-20 - Here are both videos from the ELA lesson this morning. In your emails, you will get the passage that you need to read and then identify the main idea and three supporting details. You do not need to send us these or reply to the email. This assignment in due by the time you meet in your small groups tomorrow (5-28-20) so please be prepared to share what you wrote down. If you have questions, let us know. See you all tomorrow in small groups.

6-3-20 - The video from the ELA lesson is below. We've also posted the presentation so students can look back at definitions and examples of figurative language. See you in small groups tomorrow!

6-4-20 - Here is the ELA homework assigned during groups this morning. This is due by Monday 6-8-20 by 8 am. Please use the slides above to help with the examples. Let us know if you need anything!

6-10-20 - Here is the lesson for ELA today. We were not able to record the actual video because it would kick people out of the meeting. See you all for our last video chat tomorrow!

6-11-20 - Today is the last day of online group meeting. There won't be any homework today.