Silver Foxes Language Arts
We have also tweaked our reading/writing block to be a combined Language Arts unit. The students have been placed into two mixed aged groupings (Silver and Red Foxes). During this LA block the students will spend either the first or second trimester with Kassandra reading a historical fiction novel study titled Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatusi and James D. Houston. The unit will integrate WWII with an emphasis on the home front. We will also concentrate on building vocabulary, writing responses to literature that include citations from multiple sources and ending the unit with an expository research paper. Kassandra will be beginning with the Silver Fox group!
VocabularyEvery other week students will be assigned eight new vocabulary words chosen from their novel studies. The students will explore these words through a variety of activities and then assessed on their meaning.
Music: the chorus should contain:
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Team TalkEach week the students will be assigned questions that accompany their daily reading. All questions are due prior to the next days class, this way every student has an opportunity to be a part of their teams discussion.
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