Week 9: 5/18 – 5/22 Distance Learning Assignments
Please work on these lessons daily to keep up with your schoolwork. . There are some assignments that I will need for you to send to me . You may write out the assignments on paper and take a picture of them, type your answers on a word document, or copy the assignments from your student portal. Whichever way is easier for you is fine. Please email them to me at: nraffa@dadeschools.net. Make sure you write your name, date and the assignment on your work before you send it. Thank you.
Remember you will need to access your reading books online through your portal as I showed you in class. (Click on the red book, select your class, click on “resources”. You will use 4 books from those resources: the Reading Writing Workshop Book, the Literature Anthology book, the Your Turn Practice workbook, and the Grammar Practice workbook)
Also remember to work on your other assignments from Ms. Ojito, Ms. Miyar, Mr. Anuez/Nunez, Ms. Placeres, and Mr. Garrastazu.
Thank you. 😊
Activities that you should work on daily are as follows:
* Independent reading. You may go to Myon, Tumblebooks (the username and password is “miami-dade”), Time For Kids.com, or a book at home. Find a story/article of interest on your level and read for 15 – 20 minutes.
* Work on your i-ready – YOU ONLY NEED TO DO 60 MINUTES PER WEEK 😊 I will check your progress each Monday.
* Remember to take a break, have a snack, watch a good tv show….
We are working on Unit 6 Week 3
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea/Details
Vocabulary Strategy: Latin and Greek Prefixes
Grammar: Negatives
Spelling Words:
discourage, disappoint, disbelief, distrust, disloyal, misplace, mislabel, mislead, misstep, misnumber, nonfat, nonfiction, nonsense, nonstop, unable, unplug, uncertain, uncomfortable, uncover, unclean
Vocabulary Words:
coincidence, consequences, consume, converted, efficient, incredible, installed, renewable
1. coincidence - a remarkable occurrence of events or circumstances at the same time, apparently by chance
2. consequences - the results of an action
3. consume - to use up or destroy something
4. converted - something that is changed in its character, condition, or use
5. efficient - something that gets the wanted results with a minimum amount of time or effort
6. incredible - hard or impossible to believe
7. installed - put in place for use or service
8. renewable - able to be replaced or restored
The assignments for this week that need to be sent to me are indicated below. Please send these assignments to me (nraffa@dadeschools.net) by noon on Friday (5/22/2020). There are 2 assignments listed for this week:
Please only send me these 2 assignments 😊
- Your Turn Practice workbook page271. (Vocabulary Practice)
- Anthology book page 515 “Respond To Reading”. (Reading Comprehension)
Monday, May 18, 2020:
* Review your new spelling and vocabulary words.
* Go to your student portal and access your reading books.
* Click on the RWW book.
* Read “The Great Energy Debate” on pages 410-413.
* Go to the Your Turn Practice Workbook from the reading book selection in your portal.
* Complete workbook page 271 on paper (or print it out and complete it). PLEASE EMAIL THIS ASSIGNMENT TO ME FOR A GRADE.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
* Review your spelling and vocabulary words.
* From your student portal, reread the RWW selection “The Great Energy Debate” on pages 410-413.
* Read pages 415-416 about “Main Idea ” and “Narrative Nonfiction” in your RWW book.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
* Review your spelling and vocabulary words.
* Read page 417 about “Latin and Greek Prefixes” from your RWW book.
* Go to the Your Turn Practice Workbook from the reading book selection in your portal. Complete page 277 on paper. You do not need to send this to me.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
* Go to your Literature Anthology Book in your student portal.
* Read “Energy Island” on pages 496-513.
* Complete “Respond to Reading” on page 515. Draw and complete the graphic organizer to summarize the story. Answer questions #1-4 in complete sentences. PLEASE EMAIL THIS ASSIGNMENT TO ME FOR A GRADE.
Friday, May 22 , 2020
* Remember to send the 2 assignments to be graded to me by noon today. 😊
* Go to “Myon.com”. Read 2-3 selections of your choice on your level.