ELD Level C (Period 4) Assignments

Fairness

Monday: March 6, 2017

No school

 

Tuesday: March 7, 2017

Checks and Balances Page 495

Three Branches of Government

Legislative Branch     Executive Branch     Judicial Branch

Pages 492--494

 

Wednesday: March 8, 2017

Students will answer questions related to our classroom reading

Questions will pertain to pages 492--495

 

Thursday: March 9, 2017

The Amendments and The Bill of Rights

pages 496--500

 

Friday: March 10, 2017

Students will answer questions related to our classroom reading

Questions will pertain to pages 496--500

 

Students will be given ample time to complete their assignments.

Students are always required to turn in assignments which are neat and that contain complete sentences.

Fairness

Students were exposed to fairness last week and they discussed how and when certain characters act with fairness toward others.

 

Monday: Feb. 20, 2017

No school. Presidents' Day Holiday

 

Tuesday: Feb. 21, 2017

Constitution of the United States of America

Students will read silently and understand the constitution on their own.

 

Wednesday: Feb. 22, 2017

Guided reading. Instructor will have students read around and stop to reinforce understanding. Instructor will ask questions and students will discuss. Open--ended  discussions

 

Thursday: Feb. 23, 2017

Open-ended questions.

Students will answers questions written by the instructor and they will answer to the best of their knowledge and capacities.

 

Friday: Feb. 24, 2017

Students will turn in their assignments.

Assignments have to be fully completed and answers must have complete sentences.

Theme: Fairness

This week, the students will be exposed to fairness. Students will learn about different ways to settle arguments/disagreements/discussions. Students will find ways to determine what is fair for everyone involved in different situations.

Monday: Feb. 13, 2017

No school

 

Tuesday: Feb. 14, 2017

Happy Valentine's Day.

Students will read pages 454--473  [Silent Reading Activity]

Students will start looking for fair and unfair events which take place in the story

 

Wednesday: Feb. 15, 2017

Teacher Guided Reading Activity

Students will read aloud

Instructor will pause and ask questions to reinforce comprehension

 

Thursday: Feb. 16, 2017

Instructor will provide students with some teacher created questions

Students will answer those questions [individually]

Students will explain their reasoning [individually]

 

Friday: Feb. 17, 2017

Instructor will choose randomly on students so they can share their answer with the rest of the class.

Other students will read their answers as well to agree or disagree with previous answers.

 

 

This week the students will be exposed to "Structure of Texts." Students will understand how authors of short stories use plot, characters, dialogue, setting, and events to structure their texts.

 

Monday: Jan. 30, 2017

Students will read silently pages 290--301

Students will start to analyze on their own the different characters, dialogue, setting, and events in the story.

 

Tuesday: Jan. 31, 2017

Guided reading: Students and instructor will read aloud the story we started to read yesterday. Instructor will pause/asks questions to verify students are having a complete understanding of the characters, dialogue, setting and events.

 

Wednesday: Feb. 01, 2017

Students will start to answer the teacher made questions handed out by the instructor. Students will work individually.

 

Thursday: Feb. 02, 2017

Students will collaborate in groups. Students will go over their answers.

Instructor will call on students randomly so they can read their answers to the rest of the class. Students will ellaborate on the reason/s why they answered the question on that way/form.

 

Friday: Feb. 03, 2017

Students will be given ample time to complete their classwork. Instructor will make sure students turn in  their work fully completed.

Student will complete unit # 2.

 

Monday: Dec. 05, 2016

Students will be given the vocabulary list that will be on our unit test.

 

Tuesday: Dec. 06, 2016

Students will read articles that are very similar to the reading articles that will be on our test.

 

Wednesday: Dec. 07, 2016

Students will start taking unit test # 2

 

Thursday: Dec. 08, 2016

Students will finish taking unit test # 2

 

Friday: Dec. 09, 2016

Make up test for unit test # 2 for any student who was absent on any of the two above days.

Students will bubble in their answers for unit test # 2.

Students will continue learning how to analyze different characters in literature.

This week, the students will read "Rachel the Clever" pages 124--139

 

Monday: Nov. 28, 2016

Students will read the whole story, pages 124--139

 

Tuesday: Nov. 29, 2016

Students will answer teacher made up questions related to our story.

 

Wednesday: Nov. 30, 2016

Teacher will go over the questions with the students. Instructor will call on students randomly to make sure they have the proper answers for each of the questions handed to them the previous day.

 

Thursday: Dec. 01, 2016

Students will have plenty of time to complete their weekly assignment. Also, they will complete the assignment on page 139.

 

Friday: Dec. 02, 2016

Students will be given time to complete any other missing assignment from other classes. This activity is done with the whole purpose to assist students to improve their grades in other academic areas.

Students will read the story titled, "Dragon, Dragon". Pages 130--153

Students will analyze each character and the lesson the writer wants us to learn. Also, we will compare and contrast the story we are reading this week with the story we read last week.

Monday: Nov. 14, 2016

Students will start to read from page 130. We will go over the vocabulary and the students will be informed about what is expected of them this week.

 

Tuesday: Nov. 15, 2016

Students will answer the questions created by the instructor.

 

Wednesday: Nov. 16, 2016

Students will share their answers. They will read their answers aloud for the rest of the class.

 

Thursday: Nov. 17, 2016

Students will work on vocabulary and creating sentences.

 

Friday: Nov. 18, 2016

Students will have time to complete their classwork in class.

Also, if they have work to complete for other classes, they will be given permission to complete any missing assignments.

Unit # 2 for both Levels, "B and C"

Monday: Nov. 07, 2016

Students will read "The Three Chicharrones"

 

Tuesday: Nov. 08, 2016

Students will answer questions on the story they read yesterday.

Students will analyze each character from the story we read in class.

 

Wednesday: Nov. 09, 2016

Parents' conferences today.

Mr. Canizales will only be able to attend the 1st. session. If you need to make an appointment to discuss your child's grades/behavior, please contact me and I will be more than happy to assist you in any possible way.

 

Thursday: Nov. 10, 2016

Minimum day today. Mr. Canizales will stay in class after school to meet any parent who missed their parent conference. Feel free to stop by and discuss with him your child's grades/behavior.

 

Unit # 6 Test

This week, students will complete unit # 6 and take the unit test.

 

Monday: October 31, 2016

Students will finish reading the last section of the unit and start practicing for our unit test.

 

Tuesday:  November 01, 2016

Students start taking unit # 6 test.

 

Wednesday: November 02, 2016

Students continue taking unit # 6 test

 

Thursday: November 03, 2016

Instructor will be absent on this day. Students will work on worksheets and will be collected at the end of class.

 

Friday: November 04, 2016

Students will complete the unit test and bubble in their answers.

Students will work on understanding the author's viewpoint. Also, the students will present the reader's viewpoint. Students will express their opinions on certain topics/issues.

 

Monday: October 24, 2016

Students will reread pages 391--400

Students will opine on what the instructor mentions or discusses in class

 

Tuesday: October 25, 2016

Students will answer 15 questions created by the instructor.

The answers to these questions can come from the text or from their understanding of the story or personal experiences.

 

Wednesday: October 26, 2016

Students will check with each other to ensure that their answers are on target.

 

Thursday: October 27, 2016

Students will start to read our new story: Passage to Freedom

Pages 412--425

 

Friday: October 28, 2016

Instructor will present clips related to World War II

 

Friday, October 21st, 2016 is the end of the 1st, quarter. Grades are due!

 

In order to help your child obtain a better grade, I am going to have your child work on Language Arts. At the same time, your child will receive a grade for the assignments they complete  during my class. So  if you think about it, it is a win-win situation for them. They will get credit for both classes. Hopefully your child takes advantage of this opportunity.

Article of the Week:

Governor reissues the Right to Vote to Former Prisoners

 

Students will read for fluency, accuracy and comprehension of this article.

 

Monday: Oct. 3rd, 2016

Vocabulary

Teacher will explain the intended vocabulary word list so students can have a better understanding of this article.

 

Tuesday: Oct. 4th, 2016

Students will read for fluency and accuracy.  

Students will read for understanding.

Instructor will explain each paragraph so students can have a holistic comprehension.

Instructor will challenge students' comprehension by asking hypothetical questions.

 

Wednesday: Oct. 5th, 2016

Students will work individually on questions from the article.

 

Thursday: Oct. 6th, 2016

Instructor will provide students with teacher made questions.

 

Friday: Oct. 7th, 2016

Students will have plenty of time to turn in their assignments.

Assignments must meet the following criteria:

Legible writing

Extremely neat

Complete sentences

No late assignments will be accepted after today.

Greenland Sharks claim the crown for longest living vertebrates--400 years.

 

This week, students will analyze the author's point of view, summarize, find the main idea and provide supporting details ( textual evidence). Finally, students will analyze a writers report on Greenland Sharks and provide findings written by the author.

 

Monday: Sept. 26, 2016

Vocabulary assignment.

Instructor will explain potential words that might create difficulties  in the students' understanding of the article.

Instructor will provide and explain those difficult words.

 

Tuesday: Sept. 27, 2016

Students will read for fluency and accuracy.

Students will read for understanding.

Instructor will pause and ask students to clarify unclear information.

 

Wednesday: Sept. 28, 2016

Students will work individually on questions from the article.

 

Thursday: Sept. 29, 2016

Instructor will present students with teacher made questions.

Students will answer the questions by using the article they read in class.

 

Friday: Sept. 30, 2016

Instructor will show video clips about Greenland sharks.

Students will have plenty of time to turn in their completed work.

Students from the ELD level "C" will take their ELD test. Unit # 3 test

 

Monday: Sept. 19

Students will be given a vocabulary word list. The list contains 24 vocabulary words. Students are required to write the definition of those words. Also, they are required to write once sentence for each vocabulary word.

 

Tuesday: Sept. 20

Students will finish working on the vocabulary word assignment.

 

Wednesday: Sept. 21

Students will start taking Unit Test # 3

 

Thursday: Sept. 22

Students will finish taking Unit Test # 3

 

Friday: Sept. 23

Make up.  Any student who was absent on any day, will have the opportunity to make up any missing section of the test or the vocabulary word assignment.

 

 

 

Monday: Sept. 12

Why do we highlight our hand-outs, notes or even textbooks?

 

Tuesday: Sept. 13

Highlight our hand-outs and make sense of the highlighting.

Start to answer questions from our hand-outs.

 

Wednesday: Sept. 14

Allow students to highlight their hand-outs.

Allow them to practice and let them learn on their own.

 

Thursday: Sept. 15

Read a new hand-out.

Read for fluency and Accuracy.

Read for comprehension.

Highlight for better clarification.

 

Friday: Sept. 16

Allow students to turn in their weekly assignments.

Go over highlights and answers from the hand-outs.

 

Week of Sept. 05---Sept. 09, 2016

 

Monday: Sept. 05

Labor Day. No school

 

Tuesday: Sept. 06

Students will read pages 219--222

Speaking Up! Students will read about two teens who met very different challenges and made a difference by speaking up.

 

Wednesday: Sept. 07

Students will answer the questions written yesterday by the instructor.

 

Thursday: Sept. 08

Students will become more assertive students by learning how to listen. Students will read about a disabled student who stood up to end Bullying.

 

Friday:  Sept. 09

Students will answer the questions written by the instructor yesterday. 

Students will have time to make any necessary changes to their answers.

 

 

Monday: 8/29/16

Take notes on the events that led to the Civil Rights Movement.

Events will be written in a chronological sequence.

 

Tuesday: 8/30/16

Students will read pages 182--189

Students will read for comprehension

Teacher will guide students for better comprehension

 

Wednesday: 8/31/16

Students will write down the teacher made questions

 

Thursday: 9/01/16

Students will answer the questions written down the previous day

Students will work individually on this assignment

 

Friday: 9/02/16

Students will finish any unfinished work

Students will turn in their completed assignment