Mr. Michael's Class (G2-I1)

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 1: We went over the new vocabulary for Week 10. I still have a few words to finish introducing.  English POS Chinese English POS Chinese 1.    heal v. 治癒 13. fight (for) v. 為 … 奮鬥 2.   beach n. 海灘 14. war n. 戰爭 3.   head n. 頭 15. visited v. 曾經拜訪 4.   bread n. 麵包 16. feel v. 感覺 5.   breath n. 呼吸 17. brave adj. 勇敢的 6.   health n. 健康 18. join v. 加入 7.   important adj. 重要的 19. boil v. 煮沸 8.   women n....

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 3: 1) Phonics, Pages 32-35: We learned about the sh, ch, and tch blends in words and the sounds they make. We learned about words that had these blends and we did some matching, writing, listening and numbering, and word unscrambling exercises. Class Period 4: 1) Continued working on Phonics. 2) Completed MyView 1.2 Workbook, Page 132. https://drive.google.com/open?id=19rYoOqjMwlHNV3x_Rp8m0hH5hj8lnDKw&usp=drive_fs Homework: 1) Sensay weekly assignment (same as the one last week).

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 5: 1) We went over the answers to the practice test: https://drive.google.com/open?id=19aZygU2NlyQs1rKBUv8RNc9ytC5OFZzM&usp=drive_fs Class Period 6: 1) We finished going over the answers to the practice test. 2) Worked on MyView 1.2 Workbook, Pages 127-131: https://drive.google.com/open?id=19rYoOqjMwlHNV3x_Rp8m0hH5hj8lnDKw&usp=drive_fs Page 127: Fill-in-the blanks with high-frequency words Page 128: Finding words with the same ou/ow and ay/ai sounds. Page 129-131: Read two passages and answered questions about them.  Class Period 7: 1) Skill Sharpeners Math 2, Pages 27-29: Added and subtracted 2 digit numbers and learned how to use a pie chart measure in inches. Homework: 1) Study! Study! Study for the Written Exam , which is tomorrow, October 29 . You can study using the practice test worksheet,  the textbooks, past worksheets and tests, and the weekly PPTs. I will need to collect the MyView 1.4 textbooks aga...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 1: Phonics World 4, pages 28-31 Pages 28-29: Learned about the st sound in the beginning and ending of words: st word beginning examples: stop, stamp, stay, stand st word ending examples: test, fast, chest, west We did some listening, circling, and identifying correct sentences. Pages 30: Put the words into the correct sm, sn, st, sp, sw sound categories. Class Period 2: 1) Continued and finished Phonics World 4, page 31: Read the four short paragraphs and identified the words from the paragraphs in the related pictures. 2) Finished vocabulary review from the PPTs: https://drive.google.com/open?id=169p2S_ER8rv5CuAzSZtv7RTBNAEBSd4v&usp=drive_fs Homework: 1) Study! Study! Study for the Written Exam , which is next Tuesday, October 29 . I still have the practice test worksheets, but here is the pdf with the answers as promised. You can print it out and share it with the kids: https://drive.google.com/open?id=19aZygU2NlyQs1rKB...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 1: 1) Phonics World 4, pages 24-27: Learned about sm, sn, sp, and sw word beginnings, their sound, and examples of words having these beginnings. sm: ex-smile, smoke, small, smudge sn: ex-snake, snow, snack, snack sp: ex-spoon, spot, spin, spell sw:ex-swing, swim, sweet, switch We did some listening, matching, and identifying pictures and word shapes. Class Period 2: 1) Continued and finished Phonics World 4, pages 24-27: 2) Reviewed more vocabulary from the PPTs: https://drive.google.com/open?id=169p2S_ER8rv5CuAzSZtv7RTBNAEBSd4v&usp=drive_fs Homework: 1) Write 4 Sentences:  Sentence 1-Use one word from Week 2 and one word from Week 3. Sentence 2-Use one word from Week 3 and one word from Week 4. Sentence 3-Use one word from Week 5 and one word from Week 6. Sentence 4-Use one word from Week 7 and one word from Week 8. 2) Study for the Written Exam, which is next Tuesday, October 29. You can study using the textbooks, p...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 1: 1) Completed the Midterm Listening Exam 2) Reviewed more vocabulary from the PPTs: https://drive.google.com/open?id=169p2S_ER8rv5CuAzSZtv7RTBNAEBSd4v&usp=drive_fs 3) I handed out the Written Exam worksheet. This is for homework, due tomorrow. Answers will be provided on Friday. Worksheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/149IROUmDROkc4Pt2I9UIxPhO2NRFyN9F?rtpof=true&usp=drive_fsv Homework:  1) Complete the Written Exam worksheet 2) Study for the Written Exam, which is next Tuesday, October 29. You can study using the textbooks, past worksheets and tests, and the weekly PPTs: https://drive.google.com/open?id=169p2S_ER8rv5CuAzSZtv7RTBNAEBSd4v&usp=drive_fs 3) Sensay weekly assignment.

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 3: 1) Prepared for the midterm listening exam using the following Listening Exam Practice Test PPT: https://docs.google.com/file/d/12gIVj1fvAbvvMhLckhsMFKA_iihuFH29/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=mspresentation 2) Watched the “Bye Bye Bye” music video from ‘NSync until the bell rang: https://youtu.be/Eo-KmOd3i7s Class Period 4: 1) We played some phonics games for the first half of the class: AI/AY Mole https://wordwall.net/resource/33378851/ai-ay-super-brain-stretcher AI/AY Categorize Words and Pictures https://wordwall.net/resource/8495569/english/ai-ay OW/OU Mole https://wordwall.net/resource/33380159/ou-ow-with-r-controlled-distractors 2) We reviewed a few of the vocabulary PPTs from the following folder: https://drive.google.com/open?id=169p2S_ER8rv5CuAzSZtv7RTBNAEBSd4v&usp=drive_fs Homework:  1) Study for the Listening Exam, which is tomorrow, Wednesday, October 23. I recommend you use vocabulary in the ...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Period 5:   1) I collected the Oral Review Worksheets 2) I collected the final drafts of the students who did not submit them on Friday. 3) We completed the communication books. 4) I played a movie 5) I conducted the Oral Test with students, one by one. Period 6: 1) Continued the Oral Testing 2) Continued the Movie Period 7: 1) Continued the Oral Testing 2) Started a new movie Homework:  1) Study for the Listening Test the Wednesday, October 23. We will do an in-class review for this tomorrow. 2) I posted a new OKSensay Reading Comprehension assignment this week. 3) Log onto Savvas and complete the reading assignments. I assigned the three readings (Through Georgia's Eyes, Before the Railroad Came, What is the Story of our Flag?) that the class already completed in class. This is for review, but also needs to be complete by the students.

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 3: 1) We went over the Midterm 1 test scope:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xH6qfcAds4rrU2X75j1xcF0Sct1bGI3?rtpof=true&usp=drive_fs 2) We worked on the Oral Practice Worksheet: Worksheet:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=14UV9H9vWDyW8dXntA4HtA-HCsHH8aowl&usp=drive_fs Worksheet Answers:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=14OgKt575qssA8r68NDB_STdoGbrsvKts&usp=drive_fs Class Period 4: We worked on the final draft of the Personal Narrative. Since the second draft was already printed on white stock paper, I gave the students regular paper to write the final draft on. Some students didn't finish and should turn in on Monday.  Final Draft Blank Form:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=15sdQH0GCjxUf2UueO_7Cll-6fsVeNPyo&usp=drive_fs Homework:  1) Write 5 Sentences, 2 words in each sentence. 2) Finish the Oral Practice Worksheet. We did this in class together, so the students should alr...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 3: 1) Skill Sharpeners Math 2: We worked on and completed pages 24-26. Page 24: We wrote and circled odd and even numbers. This is something we learned before. Page 25: We learned how to count items by 10's and add the extra items to get the total. Page 26: We used word problems to make and solve addition and subtraction math equations. Class Period 4: 1) Phonics pages. 20-23. We worked on these pages as review of what we learned over the first part of the semester.  Page 20: We sang a song and then identified the things from the song in the picture. Page 21: We did a crossword puzzle using pictures of phonics words that we went over so far. Page 22: I said the words of the pictures on the page and we identified the beginning letters of the words. We also identified some pictures by writing their words next to them and we used these words to correctly match two parts of the word together to form the full word. Page 23: We ...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 3: 1) I collected the signed tests. 2) MyView 1.4, pages 182-185 Page 182: We discussed the differences between am, are, is, was, and were. We talked about how they are used and when, depending on the subject and the time. Page 183: We learned about when to capitalize words (sentence beginnings, pronoun I, days, months, people's names. Page 184: Talked about declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences and their corresponding punctuation marks. We learned how to use them. Page 185: We learned the rules for past tense (add -ed) present tense (singular subject: -s, plural subject: don't add -s), and future tense (add will before verb) Class Period 4: I gave another period to the class for writing their Personal Narratives. This will be the last class period to be used before the final draft. Homework:  1) Write vocabulary #9-16 4x 2) Sensay weekly assignment.

Unit Vocab Quiz Week 2 Quiz: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11Rjc5SYDkf3xMzS9eyX5ZiYWlUOA7qVa&usp=drive_fs Answers: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11KXJB2IXzL3vHvjnLMM4_f4IjM1efgbp&usp=drive_fs Unit Test Week 3 Test: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11guREs5TgYxKJdQD_RKnZPGGJ8oPexnf&usp=drive_fs Answers: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1123Hm2yjNAL2V7b5KXWMTlrBHfSloF5r&usp=drive_fs Unit Vocab Quiz Week 4 Quiz: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11WYbjCphmjo3lfusl5-h4AvBNVgbOzdY&usp=drive_fs Answers: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11NZekRJaKfzR2-FGBGk29oQdOf6lDGSI&usp=drive_fs Unit Test Week 5 Test: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11gCiHCU-dYhVVbcuRUnCUq9xZSJdU4vo&usp=drive_fs Answers: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11IjCDJVEKk81E3F9ERORihxaU1LteuGX&usp=drive_fs Unit Vocab Quiz Week 6 Quiz: https://drive.google.com/open?id=16MEgieb1Fg_ZqBZcb65nXA7UhfSxed70&usp=drive_fs Answers: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11Mi9eQLyrkyMKfzVaQNsFpGk4f6QqYFr...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Period 5:  I went over the new vocabulary for the new story "The Stormi Giovanni Club". Week 8 Vocabulary: PPT:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=12TtFpVzHPAFVQqQzSSYP2HZIg50PkRP9&usp=drive_fs YouTube Read Aloud Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ_YZUwRmvs Period 6: 1) We finished the vocabulary PPT. 2) I handed back the "Personal Narrative" writing assignment and I gave students a thick piece of cardboard paper to write their second draft on. They worked on this throughout the period. Period 7: 1) Students continued to write their second draft, including providing a title and picture for their Personal Narrative. Some students did not finish their drafts and I may give students another period to complete them. 2) I pasted the exam scope for the midterm into the students' communication books: Exam Scope: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xH6qfcAds4rrU2X75j1xcF0Sct1bGI3?rtpof=true&usp=drive_fs Homewo...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 3: 1) I checked the communication books 2) Students took their Unit exams. 3) I played the Pixar Encanto song "Surface Pressure" for the class:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQwVKr8rCYw Class Period 4: ( Didn't have level class today) Homework:  1) Students took the unit test 2) 5 sentences with 2 vocabulary in each sentence. I still have the Bubble Books, so please put the homework on a small, A5-sized piece of paper and I will glue it inside the Bubble Books on Monday. Sorry for the inconvenience. 3) Sensay Week 7 assignment.  4) (NEW) Sensay Week 8 Read Aloud activity is now available in case students want to get an early start on it. Please login to your accounts to access it. If that's not possible, or if parents want to practice with their children, please visit this link: https://student.oksensay.com/?key=xkg9q .

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 1: 1) We reviewed the vocabulary again for Friday's unit test. The vocabulary PPT can be found here: Vocab PPT: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-FSCWkkiMnJL1tgFpA5ly_W2QyZ7mM4b?rtpof=true&usp=drive_fs 2) Students worked on the unit test practice worksheet: Worksheet:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=10Rl7OV7CB29Ol8gECQSeO0aItRSRHbSY&usp=drive_fs Worksheet answers:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=10VUtu-Bzh00w_DL1Bh8Zb6cggp9rgoaq&usp=drive_fs Homework:  1) Unit Test practice worksheet 2) Study for the test 2) Sensay weekly assignment. Please use the link in Monday's blog if you cannot yet log into my Sensay class.

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 3: 1) MyView 1.4, pages 161-167: We read the story together and I showed the students a map with the first 13 states during the reading. I asked the class questions about the reading and the American flag. We highlighted and underlined details from the story and discussed the meaning of seamstress. Class Period 4: MyView 1.2, pages 123-126: Page 123: Categorized words that have the ow/ou diphthong into their correct groups. Page 124: I talked about the “to be” verbs: am, are, is, was, were. I explained how and when to use them, depending on the person or group of people you are referring to, as well as whether you are talking about the past or present. Page 125: We talked about nouns, pronouns, adverbs, and interjections. I gave examples and we talked about when and where to use them. Page 126: We talked about the different kinds of sentences and their endings (declarative: “.”, interrogative: “?”, exclamatory: “!”, and impera...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Period 5: We went over the new vocab words for Week 7. Here is the new list, where checks show the words that can be used for spelling and "-" show the words that can be used for other parts of the test: PPT:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-FSCWkkiMnJL1tgFpA5ly_W2QyZ7mM4b?rtpof=true&usp=drive_fs Period 6: MyView 1.4, pages 155-161 Page 155-157: The decodable story "Raise the Flag" discusses the tradition of raising the flag and saying the pledge of allegiance in American classrooms. We found the words with the long a sounds and the words that have similar vowel sounds to the word cow.  Page 158-159- Explanation and visual depiction of what Informational Text is. Pages 160-161- New vocabulary and the story cover page. Period 7: Skill Sharpeners Math: Pages 21-23 Pages 21: We found out how to find the total of U.S. dollar notes and coins. Page 22: We learned about grouping items into doubles and pairs in ord...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 3: 1) Vocabulary Review with Baamboozle- We played a vocabulary game in class using the website Baamboozle. Here is the link: Vocabulary Game:  https://www.baamboozle.com/game/2618687 2) Since our story for Week 6 and Week 7 is "American Flag", I gave students a worksheet where they colored the American Flag. The other side of the worksheet is Halloween, which is a popular Western holiday on October 31. The worksheet is not for homework. The students can keep at home. Worksheet:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-IEHLy1XBaECThFf3mBDCH4IimQHeJg&usp=drive_fs 3) Week 6 American Flag Vocabulary worksheet: I had student work on this in class and as homework for the weekend. We will not have a test next week, but they should know the words for the midterm. Vocabulary Practice Worksheet:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-80nZzHOQOlJi1yZzQykqT35d6kL6Iui&usp=drive_fs Vocabulary Practice Worksheet Answers: ...

Hello Everyone, Here is what we covered today: Class Period 3: MyView 1.4, pages 148-150: We learned about the ow/ou diphthong. Diphthongs are different sets of letters that have the same vowel sounds. For the ow/ou diphthong, words like cow and found will have the same vowel sound. We carefully pronounced the names of what we saw in some pictures, and I pointed out that these words all have the same vowel sound. As we looked at other pictures of things with the ow/ou diphthong, we matched these pictures with their words. We also filled in blanks and wrote a couple of sentences using words with the ow/ou diphthongs. Here's a video about the ow/ou dipthong:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4yChIjaBQ Class Period 4: MyView 1.4, pages 151, 153, 154: We said the names of pictures with middle short a and middle long a sounds in order to be able to notice the difference between the two sounds. We then focused on the long a sound, learning about the vowel diagraphs ai and ay, which are ...