Gr 5 315 ELA Ms. Smith Assignments

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Writing - An Informal Letter in Google Classroom

Writing - An Informal Letter

Refer to pgs. 222-223 in SE and pg. 121 in Readers and Writers

Think of a time when you or someone you know acted bravely.

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Online Student Edition Unit 2 Week 2 in Google Classroom

Online Student Edition Unit 2 Week 2

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Let's Practice It! Week 2 Unit 2 in Google Classroom

Let's Practice It! Week 2 Unit 2

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Writing to Sources pg. 44 in Google Classroom

Writing to Sources pg. 44

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ReadWorks: Slavery, the Civil War & Reconstruction: Fort Sumter and the First Shots of the Civil War in Google Classroom

ReadWorks: Slavery, the Civil War & Reconstruction: Fort Sumter and the First Shots of the Civil War

Please click the link to go to this assignment.

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CW- Friday Breakout Room Hold the Flag High O/E questions 5-7 in Google Classroom

CW- Friday Breakout Room Hold the Flag High O/E questions 5-7

put all names on the doc and work together

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CW Thursday - Hold the Flag High - Breakout Room  in Google Classroom

CW Thursday - Hold the Flag High - Breakout Room

Answer the open-ended questions together in breakout rooms. One person record responses. All names on document

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Thursday's HW - LPI pgs. 76 and  79 Possessive Nouns in Google Classroom

Thursday's HW - LPI pgs. 76 and 79 Possessive Nouns

Complete on KAMI and attach assignment here

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Wednesday's HW - Unit 2 Week 2 - write 1 sentence for each vocabulary word in Google Classroom

Wednesday's HW - Unit 2 Week 2 - write 1 sentence for each vocabulary word

DO NOT use I or any other pronoun to start your sentences.
Underline each word in your sentence.

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CW LPI pg 75 Compare and Contrast in Google Classroom

CW LPI pg 75 Compare and Contrast

Attach Kami

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Tuesday's HW - LPI pages 71 & 77 Irregular Plurals in Google Classroom

Tuesday's HW - LPI pages 71 & 77 Irregular Plurals

Complete both pages on KAMI and attach to this assignment

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CW Number the Stars o/e questions in Google Classroom

CW Number the Stars o/e questions

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Monday 1/4 HW - Let's Practice It pgs. 74 & 78 Sequence in Google Classroom

Monday 1/4 HW - Let's Practice It pgs. 74 & 78 Sequence

Complete both pages on KAMI and attach to this assignment

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A Flag Unfurled sequence of event in Google Classroom

A Flag Unfurled sequence of event

re-read the story and identify 4 major events that took place

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Scholastic: Melody Day  Extra Credit #1 in Google Classroom

Scholastic: Melody Day Extra Credit #1

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CommonLit: The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing in Google Classroom

CommonLit: The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

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CommonLit: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Changing America in Google Classroom

CommonLit: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Changing America

Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

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Scholastic  in Google Classroom

Scholastic

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Scholastic Article #2 Extra Credit in Google Classroom

Scholastic Article #2 Extra Credit

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Writing to Sources in Google Classroom

Writing to Sources

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Online Student Edition in Google Classroom

Online Student Edition

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Online Student Edition: Main Selection in Google Classroom

Online Student Edition: Main Selection

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Online Student Edition in Google Classroom

Online Student Edition

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Let's Practice It! in Google Classroom

Let's Practice It!

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Reader's and Writer's Notebook in Google Classroom

Reader's and Writer's Notebook

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Reading Project Extra Credit in Google Classroom

Reading Project Extra Credit

DUE Monday December 21st - Please read the directions carefully!

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Personal Narrative  in Google Classroom

Personal Narrative

Intro paragraph using a question or sequence of events that lead up to the main event
1st body paragraph
2nd body paragraph
3rd closing

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Graphic Organizer: Venn Diagram in Google Classroom

Graphic Organizer: Venn Diagram

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CommonLit: Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push in Google Classroom

CommonLit: Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push

Do NOT begin this assignment until we discuss it on Monday

Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

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Week 1 CCR Test Online in Google Classroom

Week 1 CCR Test Online

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CW Breakout Room At the Beach O/E questions in Google Classroom

CW Breakout Room At the Beach O/E questions

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Cw Write 1 sentence for each vocabulary word. in Google Classroom

Cw Write 1 sentence for each vocabulary word.

Do NOT start with I or any other pronoun. You must show that you understand the definition. Use pg 64 in Let's Practice It for definitions.

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HW Let's Practice It pg. 62 and the bottom of pg. 68  in Google Classroom

HW Let's Practice It pg. 62 and the bottom of pg. 68

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Social Studies Project (Google Slide Presentation) in Google Classroom

Social Studies Project (Google Slide Presentation)

Social Studies - Google Slides Presentation
Slide 1 - Person’s Name and a picture or quote / your name
Slide 2 - Bullet #1 (add theme, background or picture)
Slide 3 - Bullet #2 (add theme, background or picture)
Slide 4 - Bullet #3 (add theme, background or picture)
Slide 5 - Bullet #4 (add theme, background or picture)
Slide 6 - Bullet #5 (add theme, background or picture)
Slide 7 - Works Cited (web links)

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HW Let's Practice It pgs. 67 & 70  in Google Classroom

HW Let's Practice It pgs. 67 & 70

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Bullseye ( Integrity) in Google Classroom

Bullseye ( Integrity)

In the story, Bullseye, Mikey did not show integrity. Explain how by using examples from the text.

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Let's Practice It pg. 65 in Google Classroom

Let's Practice It pg. 65

Answer questions 1-5 on the google doc below

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Unit 1 Balanced Test in Google Classroom

Unit 1 Balanced Test

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Online Student Edition in Google Classroom

Online Student Edition

Unit 1 Week 5

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Let's Practice It! in Google Classroom

Let's Practice It!

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Social Studies Project Research in Google Classroom

Social Studies Project Research

Your information must be recorded on this document. This will be a classwork grade.

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Classwork: Ten Mile Day O/E questions 5-7 in Google Classroom

Classwork: Ten Mile Day O/E questions 5-7

Use RACE to answer each question

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Classwork Ten Mile Day O/E Questions in Google Classroom

Classwork Ten Mile Day O/E Questions

Use RACE

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Let's Practice It! in Google Classroom

Let's Practice It!

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Unit 1 Week 4 Satchel Paige in Google Classroom

Unit 1 Week 4 Satchel Paige

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Unit 1 Week 4 Satchel Paige in Google Classroom

Unit 1 Week 4 Satchel Paige

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Tuesday 11/24 Writing Homework  in Google Classroom

Tuesday 11/24 Writing Homework

Complete Let's Practice It pgs. 42 and 45 on the document attached below.

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Monday 11/23 Writing Homework in Google Classroom

Monday 11/23 Writing Homework

Let's Practice It pg. 40
Write one sentence for each vocabulary word.
Underline the word.
Do not start off sentences with I or any pronoun.

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Breakout Room Group Work in Google Classroom

Breakout Room Group Work

Choose 1 person to type and make sure you use RACE for each.

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Social Studies Test - ReadWorks Finding Solutions to Problems in Google Classroom

Social Studies Test - ReadWorks Finding Solutions to Problems

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Compare and Contrast Essay in Google Classroom

Compare and Contrast Essay

Homework for Tuesday
Complete Venn Diagram
Write the 1st paragraph (First paragraph - introduce the two stories by briefly describing each one) 5 or more sentences

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Roberto Clemente in Google Classroom

Roberto Clemente

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Writing to Sources in Google Classroom

Writing to Sources

Page 20 Compare and Contrast

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Graphic Organizer: Venn Diagram in Google Classroom

Graphic Organizer: Venn Diagram

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Thursday - Idioms Do Now (counts as Classwork grade) in Google Classroom

Thursday - Idioms Do Now (counts as Classwork grade)

Look at the 6 examples on your screen and tell what each underlined idiom means.

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My 2nd MarkingPeriod Goals in Google Classroom

My 2nd MarkingPeriod Goals

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ReadWorks: Malala Yousafzai in Google Classroom

ReadWorks: Malala Yousafzai

Please click the link to go to this assignment.

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Unit 1 Week 4 Vocab sentences in Google Classroom

Unit 1 Week 4 Vocab sentences

Write 1 sentence for each of the 7 vocabulary words

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Let's practice it pg. 36 in Google Classroom

Let's practice it pg. 36

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Satchel Paige quiz in Google Classroom

Satchel Paige quiz

Restate the question and provide evidence from the text to support each answer. Write your answer under each question on this document.

This counts as your last quiz grade for the marking period.

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11/12 HW 
Let's Practice pgs. 32 & 35 in Google Classroom

11/12 HW Let's Practice pgs. 32 & 35

Complete the pages on the google doc below

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11/10 Tuesday HW     ***Due Thursday
Let's Practice it pgs. 28 and 34
Write sentences for the  6 remaining Amazing words in Google Classroom

11/10 Tuesday HW ***Due Thursday Let's Practice it pgs. 28 and 34 Write sentences for the 6 remaining Amazing words

Complete the pages on the Google doc attached and TURN IN here

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11/9 Monday HW
1st 4 amazing word sentences 
Let's Practice It! pg. 31 in Google Classroom

11/9 Monday HW 1st 4 amazing word sentences Let's Practice It! pg. 31

Complete both on the attached Google Doc and TURN IN

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Choice Board Activity #3 in Google Classroom

Choice Board Activity #3

Please attach 3rd choice here

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Choice Board Activity #2 in Google Classroom

Choice Board Activity #2

Please attach 2nd activity here

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Choice Board Activity #1 in Google Classroom

Choice Board Activity #1

Please attach first activity only

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7 Vocabulary Sentences in Google Classroom

7 Vocabulary Sentences

Week 3 Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Let's Practice It! pgs. 19, 22,23,24,26,27 in Google Classroom

Let's Practice It! pgs. 19, 22,23,24,26,27

Let's Practice It!

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CommonLit: Walking for My Life  in Google Classroom

CommonLit: Walking for My Life

Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

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Writing Test: Independent/dependent clauses in Google Classroom

Writing Test: Independent/dependent clauses

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ReadWorks: Political Parties in Google Classroom

ReadWorks: Political Parties

Please click the link to go to this assignment.

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10 Amazing Word Sentences in Google Classroom

10 Amazing Word Sentences

Please do not start any sentences with I.
Underline the word in each sentence.
Make sure you show you understand the meaning of the word in your sentence.

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Read Works The Who and What of Elections in Google Classroom

Read Works The Who and What of Elections

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Writing an invitation in Google Classroom

Writing an invitation

Make sure you attach your document.

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Homework in Google Classroom

Homework

Monday - Let’s Practice It! pgs. 19 and 22 only/Choose a book to read on myOn or Learning Ally and tell the title to teacher tomorrow

Tuesday- Let’s Practice It! pg. 23//Read 15-30 minutes

Wednesday - Let’s Practice It! pg. 24/ Complete Who, What, Where, When Chart/Complete 4 column chart from class/Read 15-30 minutes

Thursday -Let’s Practice It! pgs. 26-27/Read 15-30 minutes

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Island of the Blue Dolphin in Google Classroom

Island of the Blue Dolphin

1.Describe the story’s setting. What clues about the story’s theme does the setting reveal?
2.Why does Karana want to build her home in the southern part of the island?
3.Karana puts the ribs curving outward so they are impossible to climb. She uses kelp instead of sinew. Why does she do this? What motivated her to do this?
4.On pg. 97 what clues does the text give about the theme of the story? Cite examples.
5.Cutting poles for a house was physically challenging for Karana. How did she meet this challenge? (think about how she used her resources)

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Alone comprehension questions pgs. 84-85 in Google Classroom

Alone comprehension questions pgs. 84-85

Homework

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HW: Social Studies The Judicial Branch worksheet 1-5 in Google Classroom

HW: Social Studies The Judicial Branch worksheet 1-5

Read The Judicial Branch
Complete questions 1-5
It does require a little research

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HW: Scary Story Published  in Google Classroom

HW: Scary Story Published

Final due tomorrow
Writing rubric 1-4

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HW: Soc St The Legislative Branch in Google Classroom

HW: Soc St The Legislative Branch

Complete worksheet

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RWN: Quiz Subjects and Predicates 1-5 in Google Classroom

RWN: Quiz Subjects and Predicates 1-5

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Idioms in Google Classroom

Idioms

Find and write 5 idioms and write what they mean on google docs

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HW Social Studies: Executive Branch in Google Classroom

HW Social Studies: Executive Branch

Read the Excutive Branch
Task: Visit this web site (http://www.whitehouse.gov/). Briefing Room

1. Go to the Briefing Room and answer this question: What is the focus of the
current press release statement issued today?
2. Look up the White House Offices and Agencies (note that these are not the
Cabinet departments).
3. Choose one office or agency and list its duties.

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Paired Selection : Measuring Tornadoes  in Savvas in Google Classroom

Paired Selection : Measuring Tornadoes in Savvas

Read Measuring Tornadoes -page 78 and 79
answer questions on page 79 1-3 and Writing Across the Text

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Social Studies: Three Branches of Government Read and answer questions 1-10 in Google Classroom

Social Studies: Three Branches of Government Read and answer questions 1-10

Read/annotate the Three Branches of Government
Answer questions 1-10

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Write Scary Story Draft ( Story Elements :Characters, Setting, Plot, Conflict & Resolution) in Google Classroom

Write Scary Story Draft ( Story Elements :Characters, Setting, Plot, Conflict & Resolution)

Develop scary story with a beginning, middle and end.
Use attached sentence starters attached to google classroom by Ms. Smith
Also we have added Scary Vocabulary
Draft is due tomorrow

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Draft a Halloween Narrative (Story) in Google Classroom

Draft a Halloween Narrative (Story)

Draft:
Develop characters, and plot
Use vivid images

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Write to Sources page 10 assigned via clever on Savvas in Google Classroom

Write to Sources page 10 assigned via clever on Savvas

Answer student prompt
Reread Thunder Rose
Use Simile and Metaphor Chart created in class independently
to complete your paragraph

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Writingto Sources page 10
Homework in Google Classroom

Writingto Sources page 10 Homework

Use your Similes/Metaphors chart to deveop your student response on clever

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Upstander in Google Classroom

Upstander

Create a portion of a collage

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10-08-20 HW: Reread Thunder Rose and answer questions (refer to attachments) in Google Classroom

10-08-20 HW: Reread Thunder Rose and answer questions (refer to attachments)

Reread Thunder Rose attached
Answer Think critically questions 1-4 attached

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kindness group project in Google Classroom

kindness group project

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Kindness Letter in Google Classroom

Kindness Letter

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10-06-20 HW: RWN pages 58 & 59 in Google Classroom

10-06-20 HW: RWN pages 58 & 59


Use page 58 to answer questions on page 59
An almanac is a yearly book that contains calendars, weather information, and dates of
holidays. Almanacs also contain charts and tables of current information in subject areas such as
populations of cities and nations, and lists of recent prize winners in science, literature, and sports.

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10-06-20 HW: RWN page 57 Context clues in Google Classroom

10-06-20 HW: RWN page 57 Context clues

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Tuesday 10-106-20 CW: Skills Transparency " The Real Thunder and Lightning page 2 in Google Classroom

Tuesday 10-106-20 CW: Skills Transparency " The Real Thunder and Lightning page 2

Answers questions 1-3
Please note # 3 you have to write a summary

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Monday 10-05- 20 HW: LPI page 18 in Google Classroom

Monday 10-05- 20 HW: LPI page 18

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Homework 10/02/20: SEL project due today; LPI pages 15 and 17 in Google Classroom

Homework 10/02/20: SEL project due today; LPI pages 15 and 17

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Remote Learning Slide Presentation in Google Classroom

Remote Learning Slide Presentation

Remote Learning Slide Presentation is due tomorrow, Friday, 10-02-20.

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HW: SEL Project in Google Classroom

HW: SEL Project

SEL: Slide presentation project due Friday

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Definitions Selection Vocabulary in Google Classroom

Definitions Selection Vocabulary

Write the defintions for the following words:
branded
constructed
daintily
devastation
lullaby
pitch
resourceful
thieving
veins

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Learning Ally  in Google Classroom

Learning Ally

Download Learning Ally app
username: your email
password: reading
Preview books; choose one and read for a minimum 15 minutes

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Spelling Definitions - Thunder Rose in Google Classroom

Spelling Definitions - Thunder Rose

Write definitions for the spelling words for Thunder Rose

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SEL  in Google Classroom

SEL

Read Article 2 independently'; annotate article
Write 3 points of evidence from Article 1 and Article 2
in notebooks and on google docs and submit.

Articles are attached to google classroom

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HW: Complete the questios Most Powerful Storms on Earth in Google Classroom

HW: Complete the questios Most Powerful Storms on Earth

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SEL Mindfulness questions in Google Classroom

SEL Mindfulness questions

Writing: Respond to questions; Restate the question; Look back at the article and cite examples from the article

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HW 09-16-20 Writing propmt and concept words definitions in Google Classroom

HW 09-16-20 Writing propmt and concept words definitions

Please refer to Google classrom post attachments
Writing Prompt
Concept Words
Wilma Rudolph Research Paper

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HW: RW The Pueblo Revolt in Google Classroom

HW: RW The Pueblo Revolt

Complete questions 1-10 on google docs and submit.

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Homework RW and Project in Google Classroom

Homework RW and Project

Read Learning Ally
Readworks: Are You a Bully read passage
Research Project: Wilma Rudolph

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Homework 9-11-20 in Google Classroom

Homework 9-11-20

Read Learning Alley a minimum of 15 minutes Daily

Write 3 paragraphs answering the following question we began in class.
How can your generation stop or prevent terrorism, violence and racism?