Ask your learners to show you their current IXL learning levels in ELA and math and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them. These skills can be found under the assessment tab on the Action Plan. Skills found in the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level. We will update these learner levels with short weekly diagnostic sessions, so they will always be current.
SEL: Our focus will be on learner characteristics. Successful students are innovative, collaborative, effective communicators, self-directed, empathetic, critical thinkers, and not afraid to take risks.
Reading: This week, we will use two different stories, Winds of Hope and Wheelchair Sports, in our reading workbook to practice reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings. There will also be short grammar lessons sprinkled throughout our week. Don't forget, Into Reading has an online component. Students can reread our stories and practice vocabulary under the "Assignments" tab in Into Reading.
Science: We are very fortunate to have had Mrs. Gemmell and Mr. Pittman in our classroom to help us with a September STEM Challenge. Students had to work collaboratively to plan and build a flying machine to go along with our read-aloud of Rosie Revere, Engineer. Additionally, our first science unit is called Earth and Space Patterns, and we will begin by studying Earth's Patterns and Movement.
Social Studies: Chapter 4, "Spain Builds an Empire," is up first.
Math: Click here to see what Unit 1 is all about. We are getting close to our Unit 1 Test. We will have a full class review day before this test. Stay tuned to your learner's assignment notebook for the exact test date.
