Mrs. Xjimenez, ELA

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Moby Max due 10/30, January 31, March 31 and May 31

Don't forget...Mobymax is due on

10/31. http://www.mobymax.com/

Please complete

one vocabulary section, and

one language section and

one reading section - either literature, stories

or informational.

Bud, Not Buddy

Be prepared to "argue". Is Bud thriving or surviving?

Words to know for Friday's quiz - commence, twine, promote,
glum, urchin, vermin, drowsy, lam, kin, gait, pout

https://quizlet.com/99326291/bud-not-buddy-vocabulary-chps-1-10-flash-cards/?new Cut and paste link

Be sure you are...
Adding to your word catcher, writing down the rules, referring to your "what good readers do" handout when interacting with the text and summarizing each chapter.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Friday, October 16th Is World Food Day

http://freerice.com/category

Make the world a better place - feed people while playing a game and improving your vocabulary- and earning extra credit!

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Bud, Not Buddy

Listen . . .
Here are the links to each Bud, Not Buddy chapter -
Be sure to summarize and be able to rename to chapter.

Extra Credit - Bud, Not Buddy!

To ponder...

1. What's the difference between surviving and thriving?

2. Why is it important for Bud to be a better liar?

3. Why is Bud focused on the idea of a "funner" life?

Tone - the feelings a narrator has toward a character or subject in the story.
Figurative language - language that uses figures of speech to create images of what something looks, sounds, or feels like. It is different from literal language because literal language means exactly what it says. One common form of figurative language is when you describe something by comparing it to something else.

Question -
“How does figurative language affect the tone of the excerpt in which the woman is walking down the hall? What inference can we make about Bud’s feelings, based on his use of figurative language in this excerpt?”

Find other examples of figurative language, list the page number and tell how the author's word choice affected the story.

Bud, Not Buddy

What rule or rules do you live by?

One of mine is... Do something nice for someone everyday.
another one is...If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing.
finally... Let the people you care about know that you care about them...everyday.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Important Information

Important information…

Parent portal – register at https://parentportal.nasboces.org/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f

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