This week we focused on annotation of text and finding the main idea using close reading skills and process of elimination. Students also focused on “Verb be” – grammatical sentence structure.

Reminders:

• 4th hour Intervention – Study for your exam!
• wELLcome club meeting on Tuesday 10/23/18 in F-201 at 2:30 pm
• SSR+ reading goals set on Monday 10/22/18
• Reading logs continued
• Planners should be on your desk at all times

 

Reminder:

• Parent- Teacher conferences Monday 10/15/18 and Wednesday 10/17/18 at 2:30 PM in the cafeteria.  I look forward to meeting all parents.        Welcome! 

 

• wELLcome club is meeting today 10/16/18  in F-201 at 2:30 PM

 

Reminders: 

• wELLcome club’s first meeting is today – If you are interested in joining, please come to F-201 at 2:30 pm. All are welcome! 
• Be sure to complete your summary sentence using one of the sentence stems
• Reading logs started today for October
• Be sure to complete this week’s reading goals and reflection sheet 
• Be sure to sign up for your book talk if you haven’t done so already 
• SSR+ book and Planners should be on desk at all times 

 

• Spirit week is next week! 
• Year books are on sale

 

Students completed a “context clues” triple entry journal about key vocabulary term from our Article.

We started working on identifying textual evidence to support their claim/ answer through modeling and application.

Reminders:

• Please be sure to study for your vocabulary assessment tomorrow
• complete your daily reading log
• be sure to have your SSR+ book and planner on your desk at all times

 

This week we focused on learning many language components such as vowel long and short sounds, context clues and new vocabulary. Students worked through AOW (article of the week) as we modeled close reading skills together.

Students received their SSR books and signed up for book talks.

Students created reading goals and are recording their daily read in their reading logs.

We focused on interrogative question structure in the English language through distinct  practices in class  and graphic organizers.

Reminders: 

• Book talks scheduled
• Daily reading log
• planners and SSR book should be on desks always

 

 

Attached is our class syllabus for your reference.

Reminders:

• If you haven’t turned in the signed copy yet, please be sure to submit it by Thursday 9/6/2018.
• Supplies due  Thursday 9/6/2018
• Planners are to remain with you at all times

 

FORDSON-class-expectation-2018-2019-NA Alhashemi Syllabus

The House on Mango Street Text . Alhashemi

 

The House on Mango Street Text . Alhashemi