Distance Learning`

ELA (Week 4)

Homework (4/14 – 4/17)

Accelerated Reader test can be taken at home now.  Read, Read, Read and take AR test.  Use Myon, digital books, or books that you have at home.

Khan Academy Lessons:

Key ideas and details

• Looking back at the text for evidence | Reading Video · 4 minutes
• Summarizing stories | Reading Video · 2 minutes
• Making inferences in literary texts | Reading Video · 3 minutes

Graded Assignments: (You can take multiple times to receive a passing grade)

• Key ideas: realistic fiction 5 Exercise · 4 questions
• Key ideas: creative fiction 5 Exercise · 4 questions
• Key ideas: poetry 5 Exercise · 4 questions
• Key ideas: drama 5 Exercise · 4 questions

Complete Teacher Assigned Lessons in i-Ready from previous weeks.

ReadWorks Article:

• Jazz

Complete other ReadWorks articles  from previous weeks.

Belton                  Class Code          YMUXHJ                              Cameron             Class Code          XPDVEE               

Mayfield              Class Code          UXAAXS                               Poss                       Class Code          KMGKA5

Spelling: Unit 30 Words from French, German, and Spanish.

https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html?listId=61299423#

1. alligator
2. bacon
3. biscuit
4. brunette
5. burrito
6. cafeteria
7. cuisine
8. fondue
9. glitzy
10. hamburger
11. pimento
12. rumba
13. sauté
14. spaniel
15. stampede
16. wiener

Optional:

Read Hatchet and Take AR test.

I have practice comprehension questions through quizizz, audio, and pdf file of Hatchet on my webpage.

https://www.rcboe.org/Domain/2060

Distance Learning`

ELA (Week 3)

Homework (3/30 – 4/03)

Accelerated Reader test can be taken at home now.  Read, Read, Read and take AR test.  Use Myon, digital books, or books that you have at home.

i-Ready Lesson Teacher Assigned Lessons: Each lesson is approximately 25 minutes long.

• Unfamiliar Words
• Structure in Drama

Complete other Teacher Assigned Lessons in i-Ready from previous weeks.

ReadWorks Article:

• Duke Ellington
• Help Eliminate Waste
• Kid Ambassadors

Complete other ReadWorks articles  from previous weeks.

Belton                  Class Code          YMUXHJ                              Cameron             Class Code          XPDVEE               

Mayfield              Class Code          UXAAXS                               Poss                       Class Code          KMGKA5

Spelling: Unit 29 Latin Roots (dic, aud, vis) meanings: dic – speak/say, aud – hear, vis - see

https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html?free_games=1&list_id=60987578

1. audible
2. audience
3. audition
4. auditorium
5. contradict
6. dictate
7. dictator
8. dictionary
9. revise
10. supervisor
11. televise
12. television
13. unpredictable
14. visible
15. vision
16. vista

Narrative Writing Topic: Chose one writing topic to complete for the week.  Writing should be at least 3 paragraphs with a beginning, middle and ending.

• Imagine someone made an exciting announcement at school. Write about the announcement and what happened next.
• Suppose a door suddenly appears as you are walking down the hall. Write about what happens when you open the door.
• Imagine one day you wake up and discover you are invisible. Write to describe where you go and what you do.

Optional:

Hatchet Novel Chapters (14-Epilogue)  Take AR test for Hatchet

I have practice comprehension questions through quizizz, audio, and pdf file of Hatchet on my webpage.

https://www.rcboe.org/Domain/2060

Distance Learning`

ELA (Week 2)

Homework (3/23 – 3/27)

Complete Reading Comprehension Worksheet or Digital Online ReadWorks.org Articles

• Monday: Week 28 Day 1 Character and Setting Read the passage (Good Emperor Ashoka) Answer questions (1-4) and Strategy Practice Question
• Tuesday: Week 28 Day 1 Character and Setting Read the passage (Harvest Time) Answer questions (1-4) and Strategy Practice Question.
• Wednesday: Week 28 Day 1 Theme Read the passage (King Corn) Answer questions
• Thursday: Week 28 Day 1 Theme Read the passage (Competition on the Dance Floor) Answer questions (1-4) and Strategy Practice Question.
• Friday: i-Ready Lesson: (If you have online access)
  1. Comparing and Contrasting Settings and Events
  2. Identifying Theme
  3. Determining Word Meaning Using Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes (Spelling)

ReadWorks Article: (If you have online access)

• Protecting the Platypus (comprehension & character)
• Jena and the Black Cat (comprehension & theme)

Belton                  Class Code          YMUXHJ                              Cameron             Class Code          XPDVEE               

Mayfield              Class Code          UXAAXS                               Poss                       Class Code          KMGKA5

Weekly Language Review Worksheet: Q3:4  Complete for each day.

Spelling: Unit 28 Latin Roots (spect, port, form)

https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html?free_games=1&list_id=60836507

1. conform
2. deform
3. export
4. format
5. formation
6. import
7. inspection
8. inspector
9. perspective
10. portable
11. prospect
12. reform
13. reporter
14. retrospect
15. spectator
16. transport

Narrative Writing Topic: Chose one writing topic to complete for the week.  Writing should be at least 3 paragraphs with a beginning, middle and ending.

• Imagine one day at school you are allowed to create a rule for students to follow. Explain the rule you create and why you choose to make that rule. Be sure to include details.
• If you could make one wish that would help others, what would you wish for and why? Write to explain what wish you would make and how it would help others. Be sure to include details.
• Think of your favorite place to eat. The location could be at home, school, a park, a restaurant, or another place. Write to explain why this is your favorite place to eat.

Optional:

Hatchet Novel Chapters (7-13)

MyOn (access through Launch Pad)

Distance Learning`

ELA (Week 1)

(3/16 – 3/20)

Complete Reading Comprehension Worksheet or Digital Online ReadWorks.org Articles

• Monday: Week 27 Day 1 Compare and Contrast Read the passage (Patty’s Home Sweet Home) Answer questions (1-4) and Strategy Practice Question
• Tuesday: Week 27 Day 1 Compare and Contrast Read the passage (The Many Sides of Archaeology) Answer questions (1-4) and Strategy Practice Question.
• Wednesday: Week 27 Day 1 Make Inferences Read the passage (Run, Run, Run) Answer questions
• Thursday: Week 27 Day 1 Make Inferences Read the passage (Spain’s First Queen) Answer questions (1-4) and Strategy Practice Question.
• Friday: i-Ready Lesson: (If you have online access)

1. Comparing and Contrasting Characters
2. Making Inferences from Informational Text

ReadWorks Article: (If you have online access)

• The Homework Hubbub (compare and contrast)
• Great Lakes? Not for Long (Make Inferences)

Belton                  Class Code          YMUXHJ                              Cameron             Class Code          XPDVEE               

Mayfield              Class Code          UXAAXS                               Poss                       Class Code          KMGKA5

Weekly Language Review Worksheet: Q3:3  Complete for each day.

Spelling: Unit 27 Greek Roots (tele, phon, photo, graph)

https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html?free_games=1&list_id=60740957

1. autograph
2. graphic
3. graphite
4. headphones
5. homophone
6. paragraph
7. phonics
8. phonograph
9. photocopier
10. photograph
11. photographer
12. photosynthesis
13. telecast
14. telegram
15. telegraph
16. television

Narrative Writing Topic: Chose one writing topic to complete for the week.  Writing should be at least 3 paragraphs with a beginning, middle and ending.

• Imagine your school closes for the day, and you can do anything you want. What will you do? Write a story about what happens.
• People often help one another. Write to explain how you or someone you know helps others.
• Imagine you are going on a field trip in a bus created especially for kids. Describe this bus and explain why kids will like it.

Optional:

Hatchet Novel Chapters (1-6)

MyOn (access through Launch Pad)