🧕🏾Hello! Welcome To Class!

💻LIVE CLASSES AND 📝Google Classroom Resorces 📚Access to Full ELA Curricullum 

 Course Content and Strategies:
   - Literature course integrates evidence-based reading and comprehension strategies.
   - Students enhance text comprehension skills using techniques like making inferences, predictions, drawing conclusions, summarizing, identifying main ideas, making connections, etc.
   - Variety of text genres explored to achieve learning goals.

 Google Classroom Resources:
   - Access to Google Classroom resources provided.
   - Digital tools facilitate interaction, assignments, discussions, and collaboration between students and the instructor.

 ELA Curriculum:
   - Students gain access to comprehensive year-long English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum.
   - Curriculum covers diverse thematic units, literary genres, and writing styles.
   - Promotes holistic development of language proficiency and analytical skills over the academic year.

 Interactive Applications and Games:
   - Interactive applications used for practicing text highlighting and reviewing comprehension strategies.
   - Students engage with games reinforcing comprehension strategies through dynamic and enjoyable activities.
   - Gamified experiences create an immersive environment for enhancing reading skills while making learning engaging and effective.

 Differentiated Instruction:
   - The course is designed to cater to diverse learning styles and abilities, ensuring that each student's unique needs are met.
   - Differentiated instruction strategies will be employed to provide a personalized learning experience for every student.

 Literacy Support:
   - Resources and suggestions for promoting literacy at home will be shared, enabling parents to reinforce reading and comprehension skills outside of the classroom.

Digital Literacy and Safety:
   - Information about the digital tools and applications being used will be provided to parents to ensure their understanding of the technology involved.
   - Measures for online safety and responsible technology use will be emphasized throughout the course.

 Open Communication Channels:
    - Parents are encouraged to reach out with any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding their child's learning experience.
    - Regular parent-teacher conferences or virtual meetings can be scheduled to discuss individual progress and address any inquiries.

Engagement and Encouragement:
    - The course aims to foster a positive attitude toward literature and reading, encouraging students to explore and appreciate various forms of written material.
    - Parents' support and encouragement at home can greatly contribute to their child's enthusiasm for learning.

Resource Availability:
    - Information about how parents can access and utilize course materials, including the ELA curriculum and interactive applications, may be provided for further involvement.

 Extended Lesson Topics:
    - Each lesson topic will extend over a two-week period, allowing students ample time to delve deeply into the content, engage in meaningful discussions, and complete assignments thoroughly. This duration fosters a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter and encourages critical thinking.


📅Week of 1/01


Topic: Non Fiction Text structues- The world's most disgusting animal?

                 a. What are non-fiction text structures?
                 c. Comprehension fluency game
                 d. High interest text popcorn reading of The world's most disgusting animal


📅Week of 1/08


Topic: Inferences- The Butchers wife mystery

                 a. How can we make inferences?
                 c. Comprehension fluency game
                 d. High interest text popcorn reading of  "The Butchers wife mystery"


📅Week of 1/15


Topic: Inferences- The runaway monster

                 a. How can we make inferences?
                 c. Comprehension fluency game
                 d. High interest text popcorn reading of  "The runaway monster-inference"



📅Week of 1/22

Topic: Main Idea-  Who created Pokemon?

                 a. How can we determine the main idea?
                 c. Comprehension fluency game
                 d. High interest text popcorn reading of  "Who created Pokemon?"



📅Week of 1/29

Topic: Drawing Conclusions-  The horrible green creature

                 a. How can we determine the main idea?
                 c. Comprehension fluency game
                 d. High interest text popcorn reading of  "Who created Pokemon?"?

                 a. How can we determine the main idea?
                 c. Comprehension fluency game
                 d. High interest text popcorn reading of  "Who created Pokemon?"


📅Week of 2/05

Topic: Non Fiction Text Features- Who invented Bubble Gum?

                 a. What are non-fiction text features
                 c. Features Practice
                 d. High interest text popcorn reading of Inventing Bubble Gum
                 e. Post class discussion


📅Week of 2/12

 Topic: Compare & Contrast: The Toothbrush- Spooky Story
                 a. Warm-up riddle
                 b. virual field trip to a lab
                 c. High interest text popcorn reading of a fictional text, "The Toothbrush"- This is an interesting story the requires 
                 students to compare and contrast humans to bacteria.
                 e. Game exit Ticket
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📅Week of 2/19

 Topic: Text Structure of Fictional Text- story elements: "Game on"
                 a. Text structure game
                 b. "What are elements of a story?"
                 c. High interest text popcorn reading of a fictional text, "
                 d. Class discussion and comprehension exercises



📅Week of 2/26

 Topic: "PIE" Author's Purpose: "Don't let the bed bugs bite"
                 a. Warm-up riddle
                 b. "PIE: Why do authors write?" 
                 c. High interest text popcorn reading of a fictional text, "Don't let the bed bugs 
                 bite
                 e. Class discussion and comprehension exercise


📅Week of 3/04

 Topic: "Plot of a story": "Pumpkin Head"
                 a. Pyramid Virtual fieldtrip
                 b. Plot: What are elements of plot?" 
                 c. High interest text popcorn reading of a fictional text, "Pumpkin Head"
                 e. Class discussion and comprehension exercise


📅Week of  3/11

 Topic: "Asking Question": "Mugged By a Martian"
                 a. Galaxy Virtual fieldtrip
                 b. Reading Comprehenion Strategies: "How does asking questions help comprehension?" 
                 c. High interest text popcorn reading of a fictional text, "Mugged by a martian"
                 e. Class discussion and comprehension exercise


  📅Week of 3/18

 Topic: "Non-Fiction Text Structure": "Why do we sleep?"
                 a. Plot elements game
                 b. Text Structure: "How can we Identify Text Structure?" 
                 c. High interest text popcorn reading of a Non-Fictional text, "Why do we sleep"
                 e. Class discussion and comprehension exercise
        
  
📅Week of 3/25

 Topic: Summarizing Text: " The Parrot Whudunit"

                 a. Plot elements review quiz game
                 b. Summarizing: "How can we Summarize Text ?" 
                 c. High interest text popcorn reading of a a mystery text " The Parrot Whudunit"
                 e. Class discussion and comprehension exercise