Please have your child bring back their signed compact letter ASAP. I will be sending home emails regarding those that I am still missing. Thank you!
I am so excited for us to be back in school! It's been great getting to meet you all and I know it's going to be a wonderful year.
This week is mainly housekeeping. We will be doing a few getting to know you activities and setting up shop for the year to come. Next week we will do a skill based baseline so I can find out more about the skill set of everyone so we can move forward . Can't wait to get started! Happy Reading! Ms. Biggs Welcome Back from a Nice Long Break! We are now focused on a mixed unit/ test prep curriculum until the test. Our Poetry Books are coming along nicely and students are doing a great job with them!
This week we are exploring the works of Maya Angelou and Tupac. Students are really diving into their works to discover the meaning behind the poem! Our Test Prep Topics this week includes summarizing and we are working hard to prepare for whatever the state can throw our way! This week begins our unit on Poetry! For the next few weeks we will be focusing on analyzing many different types of poems and working on our own to create a book.
This week is the last week before Break. Please remember to hand in all work and remember to complete homework as it is very important for your success! This week is leading us into the commencement of our newspaper project. Students are researching disasters that have occurred in the world in the past 300 years. Our end product by Friday is have a completed class newspaper to share. Students are very involved in their topics and I am excited to see the end results!
Ms. Biggs Good Morning,
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend thus far. This upcoming week in ELA we will be dealing with the issue of adversity that appears frequently in Dragonwings. The main character faces many trials and tribulations and we will be working on connecting his struggles to real life issues. Many different aspects of history and present day issues will be discussed. This will lead into an essay that students will write about a barrier that they have encountered in their lives. In addition to this theme, we will also be doing our updated I-Ready exam to address our strengths and areas of improvement. Have a great week! Ms. Biggs This week, we are working on learning how to properly ask questions and dive deeper into our understanding of our readings and each other. Our focus has included levels of questioning and accountable talk. We are also working on developing an essay connecting the themes from both Dragonwings and The Lost Garden. The activities of this week will lead us to working on Socratic Seminars within the next few weeks. Our goal is to learn to speak to one another and do it appropriately and with respect.
Hope everyone has a great week! Ms. Biggs Welcome to my website. I hope that this site will help answer any confusion about ELA that comes up during the school year! I worked hard to develop a website that offered you many options to explore and have hopes to continue developing it further as the year goes on. If you have suggestions for more to add to this site, please let me know!
This week in class, we have been focusing on understanding perception and point of view. Point of view is very difficult to understand but it is so important; not only in literature, but in our daily lives. Students should be working on creating connections between themselves, the texts, and working to better understand one another! Have a great week! Ms. Biggs |
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