Hi everyone!
I was so proud of all our students in yesterday’s chat. They did a great job participating, answering questions, and discussing the story we are using for our writing assignment this week. It is so nice to be able to interact with them!!
I keep reminding the students to check the calendar first thing every morning so they know what the assignments are for each day. Friday is more of a “catch up day,” so I encourage them to stay caught up throughout the week in order to have more free time on Friday!
Today- here is a link to Khan Academy. Scroll to Topic B and try the practice activities for that topic. This will be a good review for our Edulastic quiz.
Students should have turned in their blueprint yesterday for the Happy Trails TDA writing assignment. If they did, I have already returned it with feedback on Google Classroom. They will be using that blueprint today to turn it into a 5-paragraph rough draft. We have done this in class, and I have posted instructions on Google Classroom too, but I also want to share with you what I am looking for!:
The R+A in the RACER blueprint should be paragraph 1, introduction. The first row C+E is paragraph 2, the second row C+E is paragraph 3, the third row C+E is paragraph 4, and final R is paragraph 5. I know that sounds confusing, but trust me, your child knows π
I would really appreciate, parents, if you could look over your student’s rough draft today. Do they have 5 paragraphs with indents? Do they have complete sentences with capital letters and punctuation? Tomorrow, they will type their ‘final’ draft on Google Classroom. It does not need to be perfect- remember, I am grading them on effort and participation.
Thank you for your help in this! I am looking forward to reading their writing. π