Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Important Information




or  visit BaldwinSchools.org and click on the Parent Portal link on the left side (globe icon).   Please click online registration on the lower left.   

The Parent Portal is my virtual grade book.  You can see in “real time”, your child’s progress.

Quizlet.com – search kxjimenez to print flashcards, take a quiz or study with a fun game.

My Baldwin Teacher page - http://www.baldwinschools.org/Domain/473

Find out what is due and what is going on!

ELA blog – Mrsxjimenezela.blogspot.com to see what’s going on, extra credit, project reviews…

SS blog – mrsxjimenez.blogspot.com to see cool links, review materials and study suggestions…

Remind.com  - Register for reminders by using the codes below.  You can find out what’s due before it’s due.   https://www.remind.com/

SS- xji                                                    ELA – msxj

 

Mobymax.com for ELA (reading, grammar and writing assignments)  assignments – your student has the user name and password.  Reading assessment due 9/29  http://www.mobymax.com/

A grammar, vocabulary, literature, reading skills-information, reading skills- stories due each quarter.   To be done by the last day in October, January, March and May

ELA –

Each week Monday word study work handed out, work completed by Wednesday, quiz on Friday

Each Monday 2 wild words submitted, Tuesday 2 chosen – defined and used in a contextual sentence, quiz Monday on context clues. (can’t study – use strategies)

Each Tuesday – receive a reading and TDAC response.  Due Thursday.

SS –

Assessment on Thursdays - most weeks.

Study guide is based on the topic on quizlet.com, review notes and materials reviewed in class.

EXTRA HELP is on Monday before school and Friday after school.

**Know your late bus number

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Prefixes Unit 2

Are you studying?
You need to know: semi-, trans-, re-, super-, ir-, sub-, a-,ab-,abs-
go to quizlet.com search kxjimenez and click on prefixes 2

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Wild Words

Collect them!
You need to submit two each Friday!
You will pick two to write about each Monday
Definition and contextual sentence due each Thursday.
Quiz- Each Monday
Must write contextual sentences
See - http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-context-clues.html
NEED HELP?  Click above!

Saturday, September 19, 2015

MobyMax

https://www.mobymax.com/signin
Image result for mobymaxReading Comprehension test due ...
Monday 9/28

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Use this format when writing!


TDAC

Topic, Detail, Analysis, Conclusion

 

Topic Sentence
(This will most likely come from the question)
Text Evidence - Detail
(quote or paraphrase)
 
Sentence starters:
From the reading I know that…
I know ________because the author stated…
According to the text…
In the _______(paragraph, section, stanza) …
One place in the text where we see…
The (graphic, illustration, caption) shows…
In addition, the author also writes…
An example…
 
 
Analysis/Explanation – My Thinking
 
Sentence starters:
This (shows, proves, explains) that…
One could infer that…
This is significant because…
The conclusion that can be drawn from this…
This makes me think that…
This evidence proves that…
This could explain that…
This implies that…
It seems to me that…
This helps me understand…
Therefore…
I understand why…
Based on this, I can conclude…
This demonstrates…
I realize…
(Transitions - additionally, likewise, furthermore, however, yet, for example, to illustrate, this can be seen, specifically etc.)
Text Evidence - Detail
(quote or paraphrase)
 
Sentence starters:
From the reading I know that…
I know ________because the author stated…
According to the text…
In the _______(paragraph, section, stanza) …
One place in the text where we see…
The (graphic, illustration, caption) shows…
In addition, the author also writes…
An example…
 
 
 
Analysis/Explanation – My Thinking
 
Sentence starters:
This (shows, proves, explains) that…
One could infer that…
This is significant because…
The conclusion that can be drawn from this…
This makes me think that…
This evidence proves that…
This could explain that…
This implies that…
It seems to me that…
This helps me understand…
Therefore…
I understand why…
Based on this, I can conclude…
This demonstrates…
I realize…
Conclusion
(Begin your last sentence with a definitive word or phrase)
 
Definitive word or phrase: without a doubt, clearly, surely, definitely, for sure, of course, certainly, absolutely etc.

Monday, September 7, 2015

Summer Reading Journal

Please have two books read and two double journal entries completed and ready to submit on 10/1. 
Use the link below to peruse the list of books and the print the journal paper.
http://www.baldwinschools.org/schools/ms
                                Happy Reading!
Image result for reading quotes   

Welcome!

It is going to be a great year.  We will explore many genres and write with a purpose.  Please come to class each day with your binder, your agenda and a pen/pencil.  Extra help is on each Monday before school and Friday after school.

email - xjimenezke@baldwinschools.org

Question - What kind of year is it going to be?