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Roushonda Morrison

ESL SCHEDULE

1st Grade - Ms. Rylek - Room 142; 2nd Grade - Mrs. Rodriguez- Room 146; 

3rd Grade - Mrs. Longacre - Room 234; 4th Grade - Ms. Santangelo - 235; 5th Grade - Ms. Collins

1st Grade:

ESL/Avenues: Unit 5 Overview

• Grammar:
  • Present and Past Tense Verbs
• Vocabulary:
  • High Frequency Words
    • each, eggs, find, their, they, how make, first, water, as, close, something, called, said, come along
  • High Frequency Review Words:
    • will, could, did, if, these
  • Level A Review words:
    • for, then
  • Content Vocabulary
    • Life Cycles
• Comprehension and Critical Thinking:
  • Analyze Story Elements:
    • Plot
    • Characters
• Language Function:
  • Describe Steps in a Process
  • Tell a Story
• Literature:
  • Nonfiction:
    • "Eggs" 
  • Fiction:
    • "Come Along, Daisy!"
• Unit 4 - Picture Card Words: 
  • plant growth, eggs, nest, The chick hatches., baby, child, teenager, adult, insect, desert, ocean, rain forest
• Writing:
  • Life Story
  • Letter

Reading Street: Week of 04/30/12 - 05/04/12

• Reading: Terra - Nova Testing
  • Stories of the Week -
  • Genre:
  • Comprehension Skill/Strategy-
  • Selection Vocabulary:
• Oral Language:Terra Nova Testing
  • Amazing Words:
  • Phonics:
  • High Frequency Words:
• Language Arts: Terra Nova Testing
  • Grammar: 

2nd Grade:

ESL/Avenues: Unit 4 Overview

• Grammar:
  • Subject Pronouns
  • Possessive Pronouns
• Comprehension and Critical Thinking:
  • Analyze Story Elements: Characters and Setting
  • Relate Cause and Effect
  • Distinguish Literary Forms and Purposes
• Language Function:
  • Make Comparisons
  • Describe Events
• Literature:
  • Fiction:
    • "This Next New Year" 
  • Nonfiction:
    • "Independence Day"
  Key Vocabulary:
  • brave, dream, envelope, luck, neighbor, trouble, birthday, celebration, freedom, independence, sign
• High Frequency Words:
  • been, eat, have, say, things, good, year, because
• Level B Review Words:
  • for, they, this

• Unit 4 - Picture Card Words:

  • decorations, meal, parade, cake, invitation, gift, dress, suit, candle, fireworks, dancers, singers
• Writing:
  • Write to Inform
    • Journal Entry
    • Invitation

Reading Street: Week of 04/30/12 - 05/04/02

• Oral Language
  • What are some different ways that people celebrate?
  • Amazing Words: ceremony, culture, festival, compliment, fidget, evergreen, multicolored, sash
  • Phonics: Prefixes mis-, mid-
  • High Frequency Words:
    • Review
• Reading:
  • Genre: Realistic Fiction
  • Story of the Week: Jingle Dancer
  • Comprehension Skills: Character, Setting, and Plot
  • Comprehension Strategies: Prior Knowledge
  • Vocabulary Strategy:Context Clues
  • Selection Vocabulary: borrow, clattering, drum, jingles, silver, voice
• Language Arts:
  • Grammar: Paragraph

3rd Grade:

ESL/Avenues Unit 4 Overview:

• Literature:
  • Fiction:
    • "Gluskabe and Old Man Winter" 
  • Nonfiction:
    • "Sky Tree"
• Grammar: 
  • Pronouns
  •  Adjectives
• Comprehension and Critical Thinking
  • Relate Problem and Solution
  • Classify
  • Make Inference
• Vocabulary:
  • Key Words:
    • dangerous, greedy, melt, refuse, stranger, suffer, weather, branch, change, cloud, disappear, fall, frost, sunlight
  • Synonyms and Antonyms 
  • Unit 4 - Picture Cards:
    • Build a snowman,ice-skate, ride a sled, fly a kite, see baby birds, smell the flowers, swim, play on the beach, go on a trip, rake leaves, pick pumpkins, play football.
• Language Function:
  • Describe
• Writing
  • Description
  • Story - Write to Inform

Reading Street: Week of 04/30/12 - 05/04/12

• Oral Language

  • When can freedom be a problem?
• Word Work
  • Spelling and Phonics: Multisyllabic Words
• Reading
  • Genre: Animal Fantasy
  • Story of the Week: "Two Bad Ants"
  • Comprehension Skills/Strategies: Plot and Theme/ Visualize
  • Vocabulary Strategies: Word Structure
  • Key Vocabulary Words:
    • crystal, disappeared, discovery,
      goal, journey, joyful, scoop, unaware
  • Fluency: Accuracy, Appropriate Pace/Rate, and Expression; Echo Reading
• Language Arts:
  • Grammar Usage and Mechanics: Commas
  • Writing: Writing About a Picture
  • Trait of the Week: Word Choice

4th Grade:

ESL/Avenues Unit 5 Overview:

• Literature:
  • Fiction:
    • "The Lotus Seed" 
  • Nonfiction:
    • "Where We Come From"
• Grammar: 
  • Nouns and Pronouns
  • Possessive Nouns
  • Subject and Object Pronouns
• Comprehension and Critical Thinking
  • Identify Sequence
  • Draw Conclusions
  • Distinguish Literary Forms and Purposes
• Vocabulary:
  • Unit 4 - Picture Cards
    • stories, music, special clothes, building, art, food, celebration
  • Content Vocabulary:
    • arrive, bloom, emperor, forgot, lotus, remember, special, throne, adjust, better future, come from, culture, opportunity, pride
  • Language Function:
    • Make Comparisons
    • Express Ideas and Feelings
• Writing
  • Instructions

Reading Street: Week of 04/30/12 - 05/04/12 

• Oral Language

  • How can one person's view of the world affect others?
• Word Work
  • Spelling and Phonics: Suffixes -less, -ment, -ness
• Reading
  • Genre: Realistic Fiction
  • Story of the Week: "How Tia Lola Came to Stay"
  • Comprehension Skills/Strategies: Character and Theme/ Summarize
  • Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues
  • Key Vocabulary Words:
    • affords, colonel, glint, lurking, palettes, quaint, resemblance
  • Fluency: Emotion/Echo Reading
• Language Arts:
  • Grammar Usage and Mechanics: Commas
  • Writing:  Character Sketch
  • Model Trait of the Week: Conventions

5th Grade:

Reading Street: Week of 04/30/12 - 05/04/12 

• • Oral Language:

    • How can we learn from the results of our actions?
  • Word Work:
    • Spelling and Phonics: Words with ei and ie
  • Reading:
    • Genre: Myth
    • Story of the Week: "King Midas and the Golden Touch"
    • Comprehension Skills/Strategies: Compare and Contrast/ Answer Questions
    • Key Vocabulary Words:
      • adorn, cleanse, lifeless,
        precious, realm, spoonful
    • Vocabulary Strategy: Word Structure
    • Fluency: Rhythmic Patterns of Language/Echo Reading
  • Language Arts:
    • Grammar Usage and Mechanics: Commas
    • Writing: Humorous Poem
    • Trait: Voice

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SCHOOL DISTRICT #87 - RULES OF CONDUCT
Follow directions when given.
Stay on task; work quietly.
Keep hands, feet, and objects away from others.
Come prepared for class.
Respect yourself, others, and everyone's property.

SCHOOL PLEDGE

Jefferson Students are determined to be Champions.

 

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