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Hi all, What a beautiful morning! I miss you all and I hope you have been enjoying the nice weather. You made it! This is our last week of assignments, and next week will be a make-up week. So if you are missing some work, you can still complete it and submit it by June … Continue reading »

Hi all, I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. Eid Mubarak for those of you who were fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. I hope you all could celebrate the Eid and Memorial Day with your loved ones. We still have three weeks to the end of this school year. This week as … Continue reading »

Hi all, I know the weather was not as we would wish for a weekend, but I hope you had great time with your loved ones. This week’s assignments are as follows: LA2 Students: We are reading “The Contents of a Dead Man’s pocket”. We will be working on this suspenseful short story this week … Continue reading »

Hi all, The weather was not as expected of May, but I hope you still had a great weekend. For this week, we will continue with our online learning and will follow the same routines as the past three weeks. LA2 students: We are reading “The Open Window” this week. All materials you need to … Continue reading »

Hello all, For this week we will continue to implement our new online learning plan. Just like the past two weeks, students will need to complete their online assignment and the mandatory check-ins to earn credit for the week. For LA2 students, your weekly assignment and mandatory check-in form are available in iLearn under “Assignments-Week … Continue reading »

Hi all, Ramadan Mubarak for those of you who are fasting. I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for week 2 of our new online learning plan. For this week, you will have to complete your online assignments as follows: LA 2 students : This week we are reading a new short … Continue reading »

Starting tomorrow April 20, students will have one assignment per week. The assignment will be posted on Sunday by noon and will be due on Friday by 11:00 a.m. LA2 students will complete their assignment in iLearn. ELL2 students will complete their assignment in ReadWorks. In addition to completing their weekly assignments, students have to … Continue reading »

Hi all, I hope you had a great spring break and are safe. Let’s get back to work. For this week, you have two reading passages in roadworks.org and one writing assignment in iLearn. Your assignments are the following: Surprise Message (roadworks)- due on April 15 The First Greenmarket in New York City (roadworks) due … Continue reading »

Hi, Happy Easter everyone. I missed you all. I hope you had a restful, stress-free spring break and are all safe. For this week, you need to check for your daily assignments in iLearn under Assignments-Week of April 13. You have one assignment due every day. If you have any questions, text or email me.

Hi all, No work is assigned for this week. Enjoy your spring break and stay safe.

Your assignments for the week of March 30 are available in iLearn. Click on each assignment for a detailed description and the due date. Remember to stay safe.

LA 2: Online Learning- Change in Plan Per the district request and based on recommendations from the department of education, we will be changing our weekly assignments and focus on the standards and skill we have already discussed in class. Students will continue to read their literature circle books during their leisure time, but will … Continue reading »

LA 2: Discussion Question Due today, March 21 by Midnight Do not forget to respond to this week discussion question in iLearn. Read the assignment description then type in your response in the response box. ELL2: Writing Assignment Due today Remember to complete your writing assignment in iLearn. Click on the assignment then type your … Continue reading »

Hi all, Just a reminder that your first lit circle role sheet is due tomorrow, March 20 by 11:59 p.m. If you received an email from me asking you to resubmit your assignment, this means that your submission was not successful. You need to edit your submission and resubmit your assignment. Also, keep checking your … Continue reading »

Good morning all, Just a reminder that your lit circle role sheets are due tomorrow. You need to submit them as an attachment to our iLearn classroom. Make sure you submit your role sheet under the book you are reading. If you have any questions, email me or text me on remind. For those who … Continue reading »

Good morning all, I hope you are all home safe and healthy. Just a reminder that your role sheets are due on Friday and they need to be submitted to our iLearn classroom. Remember, the goal of your role sheets completion is to demonstrate comprehension of the book (plot, characters, theme…), so whatever your role … Continue reading »

Below are the links for our Literature Circle Role Sheets. Follow the link then make a copy to yourself before you fill in the sheet. Fearless leader https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NQTR3U3hNtUpvDWt4g4GJgKiJgsJRE4xLkL5r3siYkQ/edit?usp=sharing Connection Captain https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jL6q_r45jtmZ6fsoD-rUSPbJ07cBoSEvbLvENV_SLLk/edit?usp=sharing Question Commander https://docs.google.com/document/d/10aLXJn4cTz8s1z3HktsEDL44A8Qu8xqLWj0i7rRyTWQ/edit?usp=sharing Insightful Identifier https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gc0IoxW9_mrze3NKU0H2LmNEbT1RY6RNtgdw0YPVlLU/edit?usp=sharing

For the new students who haven’t joined my remind class, the following are my class codes per hour; 2nd Hour: @ela122ndp 3rd Hour: @ela123rd 4th Hour: @ela124thp ELL2 Block: @8dkec8

From now until May, we will be conducting a unit in which students will read a shared book with a small group of their peers called a “Literature Circle.”  The goal of this unit is to help students grow into independent workers and learners, develop stronger reading and discussion skills, and collaborate with peers. In … Continue reading »

Reading: During the past two weeks all ELA 1 students practiced using roadblock strategies to read and comprehend a variety of fiction and nonfiction passages including article of the week (AoW), poems, and other texts. Students took their first common formative assessment (CFA) who was addressing the skill of summarizing. Students who scored partially proficient … Continue reading »