1/31

EXTRAS!

•  Blooket for the 6 multiplication tables.
• Play Prodigy together
• If you have finished all of your work, you can work together to make a short summary video of the literature book so far.  You can act it out yourselves or use toys/drawings/your choice!

https://www.blooket.com/play?hwId=61f83c0e5f6cba38118430f3

1/27 & 1/28

 Math

• Clark & Carris - 
• Next lessons in Teaching Textbooks

• Olive & Ivey  
• Lesson 88

Wordly Wise

• 12E and Review List 12
• Blooket for book 7 list 12
• Blooket for book 3 list 12

Grammar

• Book 6 & 7-
• Lesson 85 and Test 16

• Clark-
• Next Grammar Lesson(s)

Literature FOR TUESDAY

• Read Chapters 9-18 of A Cord of Three Strands
• Choose 4 journal entries to write about.  Use this as an opportunity to work on your descriptive writing skills, sentence structure, active verb use, etc.
• Complete the Fact and Opinion Sheet.

Grow Verse

Ivey and Olive - MUSIC

1/26

 After lunch, watch these Brainpop videos and talk about them:

• Trail of Tears - BrainPOP
• Underground Railroad - BrainPOP
• You can click around and try the quizzes, etc.

Next, you are going to choose a pennant to add to our banner in the schoolhouse.  Pick one and use the links below to learn about it.  Draw a picture and write a short description of what you learned on the banner.

• Social Studies Unit: U.S. History - BrainPOP
• US History: Pre-1900 (1600s, 1700s, 1800s) for Kids (ducksters.com)
• History: American Civil War for Kids (ducksters.com)
• Civil Rights for Kids: Overview (ducksters.com)
• United States History and Timeline Overview (ducksters.com)
• American History for Kids - Fun Facts to Learn

1/25

Math

• Clark & Carris - 
• Next lessons in Teaching Textbooks

• Olive & Ivey  
• Lesson 88

Wordly Wise

• 12 B & C

Grammar

• Book 6 & 7-
• Lesson 83

• Clark-
• Grammar 172
• (Your letter is in your book if you want to mail it!)

Literature FOR TUESDAY

• Step 1 -- STUDY QUIZLET 
• The words are a little hard in these chapters.  Please look over these words on Quizlet!
• STEP 2 -- BE SURE YOU FINISHED YOUR JOURNAL ENTRIES
• We're going to do something a little different with this book.  We're going to be writing journal entries!  Choose at least 4 entries and write about them in a notebook as you read chapters 1-8.  These are not full, formal essays.  They are journal entries.... but I do want them to be in paragraph form!  (You can choose more than 4 if you'd like.)
• STEP 3 --
• Complete this sheet.  

Science-

• Read this page on Plate Tectonics.
• Then, take this quiz.

Work for 1/20 & 1/21

Math

• Clark & Carris - 
• Next lessons in Teaching Textbooks
• Learn the 6 song (above)!

• Olive & Ivey  
• Lesson 86
• Lesson 87

Wordly Wise

• Test 11!

Grammar

• Book 6 & 7-
• Lesson 80 & test

• Clark-
• Next lesson(s) 

Literature (This is all the work due by Wednesday)

• Turn in your final essay on Wednesday. 
• Read up to chapter 8 in A Cord of Three Strands.  (I emailed a pdf file of the pages to Carris!)
• The words are a little hard in these chapters.  Please look over these words on Quizlet!
• We're going to do something a little different with this book.  We're going to be writing journal entries!  Choose at least 4 entries and write about them in a notebook as you read chapters 1-8.  These are not full, formal essays.  They are journal entries.... but I do want them to be in paragraph form!  (You can choose more than 4 if you'd like.)
• After you are finished reading, complete this sheet.  (You can work on this one on Monday when everyone's together!)

Zoom Schedule for 1/19

Do you math in the Morning!  See you at 10:30 on Zoom!

10:30-11:00 Wordly Wise - 

• Review list 11 by playing this Blooket for book 7 and this one for book 3.

11:00-11:45 Grammar

• Girls- 
• Lesson 78 (Lesson and Practice set) - Then CHECK IT TOGETHER
• Lesson 79 (all) - Then check it, too!
• Clark - 
• Spelling with Vickie

 --LUNCH--

12:30-1:45 Literature

• We're going to go ahead and start reading A Cord of Three Strands.  I know Carris & Clark don't have their books yet... but I am going to post pictures if the pages.  
• Look at the chapter titles.  Why do you think some of the names are strange to us?
• Check out the map after the table of contents.  Look at the map key and talk about it.
• Here is a Quizlet link for these chapters.  Look through it and see if there are any tricky words.  You guys can share your screen and go over them together if you want.
• Read pages 11-20 out loud to each other.  Instead of reading comprehension questions, we are going to have journal entries for this book.  Choose one from chapters 1 or 2 to write about today.

2:15-2:45 Zoom

• We'll go over your Esparanza Rising essay this afternoon at 2:15!

This is for Thursday 1/13, Friday 1/14, and Tuesday 1/17

Math

• Clark & Carris - 
• Next lessons in Teaching Textbooks
• Learn the 6 song (above)!

• Olive & Ivey  
• Lesson 82, 83, 84

Wordly Wise

• 11E and Review List 11!

Grammar

• Book 6 & 7-
• Lesson 76 & 77, and take test #14

• Clark-
• Next lesson(s) 

Literature

• Clark- Work on your paragraph on Esparanza Rising.  Bring in what you have on Wednesday!  (Check your capitalization and punctuation!)
• Girls - 
• Work on creating the body paragraphs for your essay.  Then, write an introduction and conclusion.  Bring in your final draft to class on WEDNESDAY!

• Describe how Esperanza matures and evolves over the course of the novel.
• How does the opening scene with Esperanza and her father shape her relationship with nature?
• Abuelita tells Esperanza while knitting, "do not be afraid to start over." How does Esperanza "start over?"
• How does Esperanza learn from her elders?
• Describe the symbolism of Esperanza's doll and how it represents Esperanza's evolution over the course of the novel.
• Compare the trajectory of Esperanza and her family to the image of the rising phoenix.
• Describe the role of Marta in relation to Esperanza in the novel. How do they affect and learn from each other?

• Our next book is set in 1838.  Check out this timeline of American History from this time period.

Zoom Schedule for 1/12

ZOOM DAY SCHEDULE!

Before 10:30am - Math - 

• Clark & Carris - 
• Next lesson in Teaching Textbooks

• Olive & Ivey  
• Lesson 81
• check it

10:30- 11:15 Wordly Wise and spelling

• 11D and check them!
• Then, do spelling for Carris and Clark / Music for Ivey and Olive

11:15-12:00 Grammar

• Book 6 & 7-
• Lesson 74 (lesson and practice set only)
• Lesson 75 (all)
• Check them

• Clark-
• Next lesson(s) 

 

LUNCH!

12:45-1:30 - Literature

• Vickie and Clark - Come up with ideas and start writing a paragraph.  Here are the topics to choose from:
• 1- Write about what you learned from Esperanza Rising.  This could be about Mexican culture, about the Great Depression, about migrant workers.... just whatever you learned from the book that you didn't know before
• 2- Write about your favorite character from the book.  Why is he/she your favorite character? 
• 3. What do you think the main lesson to learn from the book would be?  (There is not single right answer!)  Explain why you think this is the lesson that was taught.
• Olive and Carris - 
• Start coming up with ideas for your essay.  What topic do you want to use?  Can you come up with some main ideas that could be the base for your body paragraphs?  Talk about it together and help each other.  We will work on it when I get back, but you might be able to get a lot done together!

• Describe how Esperanza matures and evolves over the course of the novel.
• How does the opening scene with Esperanza and her father shape her relationship with nature?
• Abuelita tells Esperanza while knitting, "do not be afraid to start over." How does Esperanza "start over?"
• How does Esperanza learn from her elders?
• Describe the symbolism of Esperanza's doll and how it represents Esperanza's evolution over the course of the novel.
• Compare the trajectory of Esperanza and her family to the image of the rising phoenix.
• Describe the role of Marta in relation to Esperanza in the novel. How do they affect and learn from each other?
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Work for 1/11

 Practice multiplication for 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s!  We're moving on to 6s!

Math - 

• Clark & Carris - 
• Next lesson in Teaching Textbooks

• Olive & Ivey  
• Lesson 80
• 
  

 Wordly Wise

• 11B & 11C and check them!

Grammar

• Book 6 & 7-
• Lesson 73

• Clark-
• Next lesson(s) 

 

Spelling- 

• Keep working on your lists!

Literature

• We will start a Chord of Three Strands next week.  If I have your copy, you can grab it next Wednesday when you come!
• This week will be a writing assignment over the book, Esperanza Rising.
• Clark - You can write a paragraph about one of the following:
• 1- Write about what you learned from Esperanza Rising.  This could be about Mexican culture, about the Great Depression, about migrant workers.... just whatever you learned from the book that you didn't know before!
• 2- Write about your favorite character from the book.  Why is he/she your favorite character?  
• 3. What do you think the main lesson to learn from the book would be?  (There is not single right answer!)  Explain why you think this is the lesson that was taught.
• GIRLS - Choose ONE of the following to write about.  On TUESDAY, I want you to brainstorm and come up with your ideas.  Jot them down and try to organize your thoughts into paragraphs.  Here is a organizer to help you if you need it.
• Describe how Esperanza matures and evolves over the course of the novel.
• How does the opening scene with Esperanza and her father shape her relationship with nature?
• Abuelita tells Esperanza while knitting, "do not be afraid to start over." How does Esperanza "start over?"
• How does Esperanza learn from her elders?
• Describe the symbolism of Esperanza's doll and how it represents Esperanza's evolution over the course of the novel.
• Compare the trajectory of Esperanza and her family to the image of the rising phoenix.
• Describe the role of Marta in relation to Esperanza in the novel. How do they affect and learn from each other?
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Zoom Schedule for 1/10!

 MORNING-- 

• Work on math in the morning, just like we always do!  Finish math and then we'll start Zoom at 10:15.

10:15-10:50  Zoom

• Work on Wordly Wise 11.  Read through the list together and talk about it.... and then do 11A and check it.
• Vickie can work with Clark on Olive or Ivey's device!

11:00-11:40  - Zoom

• Girls- Grammar lesson 71- lesson only, then all of lesson 72 and check them. 
• Clark & Vickie - Spelling & Grammar Review 
• Ya'll Join back on another zoom call if you need more time!  It runs out at 40min.

Lunch

12:30-1:00 - 

• Girls- Make sure you are ready for literature!  You can zoom if you want to.

2:15- Zoom Literature