HCES - ESOL With Dr. Wiggins

ESOL 3rd Grade with Dr. Wiggins

On this page you will find essential information and/or audio-visual instructional lessons that are designed to support 3rd grade ESOL students. The tasks are closely aligned to their classroom assignments for Benchmark Advance.

March 2 - March 31 (*Writing Assignments ending date is March 31. You should complete a total of 4 essays from the set - writing one per week)

Writing Assignments

Students,

Please remember to work on your writing assignments that were emailed to you. The goal is to complete one topic from the set each week for a total of 4 by March 31. Remember to refer to the rubric for important reminders as you write. Feel free to send me an email if you have any questions or concerns. aleathea.wiggins@dodea.edu

Respectfully, Dr. Wiggins

Unit 6 English Language Development Presentation (Gr. 3) _ Benchmark Universe - Google Chrome 2020-03-04 23-12-20.mp4

March 5, 2020 (Thursday)

I can understand key vocabulary in a text

Dear students and parents,

Please access the video labeled Unit 6 English Language Development Presentation. I walk the students through the assigned story and explain key vocabulary and phrases in this 10 minute mini-lesson.

Respectfully, Dr. Wiggins

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives.mp4

March 11, 2020 (Wednesday)

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives.

Please click the image on the left to view this audio-visual mini-lesson for Unit 6 week 2 in ELA.

March 12, 2020 (Thursday)

Please review the mini-lesson on The Three Spinsters from March 5th above. Make sure you understand this story. Afterwards go to the 3rd grade page. You will have to compare and contrast this story with Dr. Knowall as part of your reading lesson for today with your classroom teacher.

March 16 -20

Writing: Please view the video and continue working on your writing assignments. The goal is to complete one topic from the set each week. Remember to refer to the rubric for important reminders as you write. Feel free to send me an email if you have any questions or concerns.

*Writing Assignments ending date is March 31. You should complete a total of 4 essays from the set between March 2 - 31.

March 23 & 24 (Monday - Tuesday)

Catch-Up Days: Students, Please review your assignment checklists on the 3rd grade site. Use these two days to catch up on previous assignments that you have not finished. All assignments need to be turned in no later than March 30th.

If you have completed all tasks, review Unit 6 reading selections:

Dr. Knowall (click video to the left)
The Three Spinsters (scroll to the top)

March 25 - 27

Adjectives

In this lesson you will learn about adjectives. Adjectives add details about the nouns and pronouns in your writing, and helps readers visualize the things you are writing about. Remember to include adjectives in your stories.

March 30 - April 3

Comparative Adjectives

Here is a quick review of comparative adjectives. Comparative adjectives compare one noun to another noun. Remember only two things are being compared.

April 14, 2020

Good morning Students,

Please read the vocabulary for today’s reading lesson. Then proceed to the 3rd grade webpage to read/listen to the text and complete the written assignment.

Benchmark Advance. Unit 7, Week 2, Day 1; pages 14-15

Thank you, Dr. Wiggins

aleathea.wiggins@dodea.edu

Week of April 20 - 24

Communities

As you continue with your study of about communities, let's take a closer look at the 3 main types: urban, suburban and rural. View the 4 minute video and think about which type of community you prefer to live in and be ready to share your thoughts.

April 22, 2020

Good afternoon students,

As we continue to move forward in the 4th quarter, some schedule adjustments were necessary to better serve the needs of the 3rd grade ESOL population.

By now, you should have received the Google meets link and new schedule of live sessions for Wednesdays & Fridays in the morning, with additional support time available on Wednesday afternoons for speaking practice, further guidance with class assignments, and other concerns. The new schedule goes into effect April 24, 2020.

For this quarter our focus is on reading comprehension and vocabulary, based on Benchmark Advance reading program. Topics and content will be closely aligned to that of your classroom teachers.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions at: aleathea.wiggins@dodea.edu

Respectfully, Dr. Wiggins

All ESOL instruction for quarter 4 is presented live. Please log in during your scheduled times.

ESOL Google Meeting - https://meet.google.com/egq-snzw-jud

We have been learning about weather in Benchmark Advance, Unit 8. In case you missed our lesson on Predicting Hurricanes, Read pages 176-177 in the English Language Development text, and further expand your knowledge by watching the video on the left.