May 24th Last Week of School Year 2020-2021

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for allowing me the privilege of teaching your student this year.

We close out our school year with a personal reflection with the theme...."What will you do with your life that will  make the world a better place and define you ?"

Ask your student about George Shuba, who taught us all about the power of one handshake.

Please watch a special News Channel 5 School Patrol Segment on Wed. 6 PM and 10 PM news May 26th. The segment will be re-broadcasted on Sat. May 29th.

May 3rd to May 17th Weeks

May 17th Week:

Students are reading, reflecting, and writing on Mr. George Shuba. 

Our unit will culminate with a personal narrative with the theme...."What will you do with your life that will  make the world a better place and define you ?"

April 19th to April 28th TN READY TESTING

ELA TN READY 2021 begins this Friday.

Students have learned the importance of following directions on successful essay writing. By now, students have had the opportunity to practice Narative, Informative, and Opinion essays. ELA TN READY will test them over one of these. First, students will be provided two or more short texts to read. Then students will read their directions to find out which essay they are to write, specifically to that prompt. Finally, students will begin the writing process by quickly planning their essay and then writing for the full amount of test time...usually....90 minutes.

The next parts of ELA will be multiple choice...

 Multiple Choice Strategies:

• Read carefully...practice 5 magic words as you read..WRITE QUICKLY IN YOUR BOOKLET..
• Read each question twice. 
• Is the question asking you for one answer choice or two or more answer choices?
• THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED!!!!!!
• GO BACK IN THE TEXT AND LOOK FOR CLUES!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Use POE....eliminate wrong answers first, YOU CAN CROSS OUT WRONG ANSWERS IN YOUR BOOKLET.
• DO NOT SKIP A QUESTION YOU CAN'T EASILY ANSWER. 
• USE POE AND EDUCATED GUESSING. 
• ANSWER BY CAREFULLY SHADING YOUR ONE ANSWER IN ON YOUR BUBBLE SHEET ON THE RIGHT NUMBER ANSWER SPOT.
• MOVE ON TO NEXT QUESTION.
• Be mindful of your time management. Not too quick but not spending too much time on one question.
• Main Idea? Not always in the first sentence.....
• THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• If you finish before time is up, go back and review your test answers. There will be no reading, sleeping, drawing, or disturbing others during test.

Week of April 12th and April 19th

 Students will continue reading, We Are The Ships.

This book is about the Negro baseball league and will require assigned independent reading and follow up questions post instruction class time. During class time, students will also be engaged in class discussions, reflective journal writing, read alouds in whole groups and partners(breakout rooms), and TN READY multiple choice type questions. 

Connecting the text:

Nashville had a team in the Negro baseball league as well. 

Goal:

As always....the goal is for students to develop their higher level open rather than closed questions from curiosity and teacher modeling and activities...students will begin with 5 Magic Words and continue with engagement with text.

Two Informational Texts on Recycling....

A 5th grade practice assessment(not on this novel) will be administered to prepare students for any upcoming formal assessments during this quarter. STUDENTS WILL BE COMPLETING THEIR INFORMATIONAL ESSAY ON PAPER AND PENCIL! STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE A FLIP GRID READ ALOUD OF THEIR ESSAY.

*Always ask your student to show you rather than tell you.....their grades to find their schoology assignments and activities.

Each week......students will complete:

• A formative assignment from the ELA lesson
• A summative ELA assignment from the ELA lesson
• NO RED INK...one practice activity per week. Homework grade.
• TN READY Practice or FVL Curriculum...one practice activity per week. Homework grade.

Grades are entered by the weekend. Missing assignments are labeled with an orange wheel and a ZERO. These assignments can still be completed for full credit.

Week of March 29th and April 5th

Students will continue reading, We Are The Ships, this week.

This book is about the Negro baseball league and will require assigned independent reading and follow up questions post instruction class time. During class time, students will also be engaged in class discussions, reflective journal writing, read alouds in whole groups and partners(breakout rooms), and TN READY multiple choice type questions. 

Connecting the text:

Nashville had a team in the Negro baseball league as well. 

Goal:

As always....the goal is for students to develop their higher level open rather than closed questions from curiosity and teacher modeling and activities...students will begin with 5 Magic Words and continue with engagement with text.

Town Mouse and Country Mouse....a 5th grade practice assessments(not on this novel) will be administered to prepare students for any upcoming formal assessments during this quarter. STUDENTS WILL BE COMPLETING THEIR ESSAY ON PAPER AND PENCIL! STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE A FLIP GRID READ ALOUD OF THEIR ESSAY.

*Always ask your student to show you rather than tell you.....their grades to find their schoology assignments and activities.

Each week......students will complete:

• A formative assignment from the ELA lesson
• A summative ELA assignment from the ELA lesson
• NO RED INK...one practice activity per week. Homework grade.
• TN READY Practice or FVL Curriculum...one practice activity per week. Homework grade.

Grades are entered by the weekend. Missing assignments are labeled with an orange wheel and a ZERO. These assignments can still be completed for full credit.

 Students will continue reading, We Are The Ships, this week.

This book is about the Negro baseball league and will require assigned independent reading and follow up questions post instruction class time. During class time, students will also be engaged in class discussions, reflective journal writing, read alouds in whole groups and partners(breakout rooms), and TN READY multiple choice type questions. 

Connecting the text:

Nashville had a team in the Negro baseball league as well. 

Goal:

As always....the goal is for students to develop their higher level open rather than closed questions from curiosity and teacher modeling and activities...students will begin with 5 Magic Words and continue with engagement with text.

5th grade practice assessments(not on this novel) will be administered on a weekly basis to prepare students for any upcoming formal assessments during this quarter.

*Always ask your student to show you rather than tell you.....their grades to find their schoology assignments and activities.

Each week......students will complete:

• A formative assignment from the ELA lesson
• A summative ELA assignment from the ELA lesson
• NO RED INK...one practice activity per week. Homework grade.
• TN READY Practice or FVL Curriculum...one practice activity per week. Homework grade.

Grades are entered by the weekend. Missing assignments are labeled with an orange wheel and a ZERO. These assignments can still be completed for full credit.

Week of March 8th

Students will begin reading, We Are The Ships, this week.

This book is about the Negro baseball league and will require assigned independent reading and follow up questions post instruction class time. During class time, students will also be engaged in class discussions, reflective journal writing, read alouds in whole groups and partners(breakout rooms), and TN READY multiple choice type questions. 

Connecting the text:

Nashville had a team in the Negro baseball league as well. 

Goal:

As always....the goal is for students to develop their higher level open rather than closed questions from curiosity and teacher modeling and activities...students will begin with 5 Magic Words and continue with engagement with text.

A 5th grade common assessment(not on this novel) has been created by Mrs. Bell and will be administered on Wed....during class. 

*Always ask your student to show you rather than tell you.....their grades to find their schoology assignments and activities.

Each week......students will complete:

• A formative assignment from the ELA lesson
• A summative ELA assignment from the ELA lesson
• NO RED INK...one practice activity per week. Homework grade.
• TN READY Practice or FVL Curriculum...one practice activity per week. Homework grade.

Grades are entered by the weekend. Missing assignments are labeled with an orange wheel and a ZERO. These assignments can still be completed for full credit.