•  Each student has a Class Notebook in their ELA teams. Please put the work you do from the teacher webpage on the non-live days in this notebook or turn it in through the Teams assignment page. 

     

     April 30, 2020

    This is the first day you will see assignments posted only through Teams. You will continue to be able to access notes for social studies on the Class Information page of this website. They will also be added to your class notebook. ELA poems have all also been added to the class notes page of your ELA class notebook. 

     April 30 - Social Studies Class is for everyone.

     

    Tuesday April 28, 2020        REMEMBER - SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS TODAY IS FOR EVERYONE!  2-3 pm

    Independent Reading - 20 minutes each day!   Please log your title and minutes along with the date on the Reading Log page in your ELA class notebook.

    Study Island - 1 blue ribbon. Please just list it in your class notebook on the Study Island page. It is in the homework section. I can see it in your notebook, no need to send it to me.

    ELA - complete the worksheet questions based on the poem, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" by Maya Angelou. Here are the downloads. You can also find the poem in your online ELA textbook which is accessable through powerschool. If you need to know how to open this, pop into office hours on Friday at 9 am or ask a friend!

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me Poem     This will open a window on your screen

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me Questions   This is a download and will appear at the bottom. In order to type on the page, you must click the yellow "enable editing" box in the yellow bar at the top of the page. 

     

     

     

     

    Thursday April 23, 2020

    Independent Reading - 20 minutes each day!   Reading Log - please write 7 sentences on the following question: What time period is your story set in? What would be different if it was set in the 1800's?  Reading Log is due Monday 4/27/2020

    Study Island - 1 blue ribbon. Please just list it in your class notebook on the Study Island page. It is in the homework section. I can see it in your notebook, no need to send it to me.

    ELA - complete the worksheet questions based on the poem, "Adventures of Isabel" by Ogden Nash. Here are the link and download. You can also find the poem in your online ELA textbook which is accessable through powerschool. If you need to know how to open this, pop into office hours on Friday at 9 am or ask a friend!

    Adventures of Isabel Poem    this will open the poem in a new window.

    Adventures of Isabel Questions       this is a download and will appear at the bottom of your screen.

    All ELA work is due for our next ELA class  Monday, April 27, 2020

     

     

     

     

     

    Tuesday April 21, 2020

    Independent Reading - 20 minutes each day. You should be reading 20 minutes on days we have class and days we dont!

    Study Island - 1 blue ribbon. Please just list it in your class notebook on the Study Island page. It is in the homework section. I can see it in your notebook, no need to send it to me. 

    ELA - complete the worksheets and based on the poem and the video for Oranges. Here are the links and downloads. If you need the poem, it is in your online ELA book which you can access through powerschool. Or there is a link to it below in the Thursday assignment.

    here is the video link: Oranges movie - YouTube    this will open the video in a new window

    Oranges Questions reads 2 & # 3         Oranges video questions    These are downloads and will be at the bottom of your screen. When you open them, there will be a yellow bar at the top of the page that says they are in "protected view" Click on the box in the yellow bar that says "enable editing" so you can type right on them. 

     

     

     

     

     

    Friday, April 17, 2020

    We made it through the week! Yay! You shoud be working on assignments that have not been fisnished between now and Monday. That could be from any subject. Remember all work will be graded, so it needs to be done. Mrs. Krivansky, Mrs. Shoop, and I will all be available live tomorrow for any help you need or questions you may have. You have invitations for all these live meetings. These meetings are optional - they are for students with problems or questions. :)

     

    Thursday, April 16, 2020

    Independent Reading - 20 minutes 

    Reading log - please write a 7 sentence description of the setting of your book. Use good words and adjectives. Be specific and detailed. Put this on the Reading log page in your triad ELA notebook. This page is in the Homework section!   

    Study Island - 1 blue ribbon. Log your topic into Study Island page in your ELA class notebook on teams. You will find a Study Island Log page in the Homework section of the notebook.

    ELA- There is a link to the poem, Oranges by Gary Soto, on the Unit 3 Poetry page in your Triad ELA class notebook. You will find this page in the Class Notes section. Complete the homework questions on the page titled "Oranges" in the Homework Section of your class notebook.  

    IF YOU CANNOT ACCESS YOUR CLASS NOTEBOOK, WRITE A READING LOG, KEEP A STUDY ISLAND LOG OF OUR TOPIC, AND USE THE INFORMATION BELOW TO DO YOUR WORK!

      Poem "Oranges"      This link will open the poem in a new window. 

    "Oranges" First Read Questions   The questions will be a download. It will appear at the bottom of your page. If a yellow box tells you to enable editing, do this and it will let you type on it. Then save it and email it to me. 

     

    Tuesday April 14, 2020

    Independent Reading - 20 minutes      

    Study Island - 1 blue ribbon. Log your topic into Study Island page in your ELA class notebook on teams.

    ELA - Ways we communicate list  (this will appear at the very very bottom of your page as a download. Page all the way down.)

     

     

    Tuesday - April 7, 2020

    Independent Reading - 20 minutes. Reading Log=write a 7 sentence summary. Put this on the reading log page in your ELA class notebook on teams. 

    Study Island - 1 blue Ribbon. Please log which topic you are working on the Study Island page in your ELA class notebook on teams.

    ELA - Big Question Unit 3  (this will appear at the very very bottom of your page as a download. Page all the way down. 

    Social Studies - if you did not do this last week............

    Let's have some Social Studies fun today!

    Here is a

    webquest....  click on this and a set of instructions and questions should appear. 

     To get to the web quest site, go to google and type in the word webquest (on google search box-not the url box) and right after type the link. So it looks like - 

    webquest http://www.salariya.com/web_books/mummy/index.html   in the google search box. This should work.

    Then work through the site and answer the questions. Do this on notebook paper or download and type on the directions sheet (ipad) or print and write.

     

      Questions??  My email is aswisher@oxfordasd.org

     

     

      

    Week 3 - April 2 and 3, 2020

    No new assignments will be posted as we are planning and setting up live lessons via microsoft teams. Please continue to read 20 minutes each day. 

     

    Week 3 - Day 3  April 1, 2020

    Happy April Fools Day! Your shoe is untied! 

    Army and Navy

    Independent Reading - 20 minutes

    Study Island - 1 Blue Ribbon

    ELA - lets talk about point of view....POV lesson   (the download will appear wayyyyy at the bottom of your page. Go all the way down to the bottom of this screen. Use the bar on the far far right to page down. To get the URL to take you to the page of the blue link, hold ctrl and click on it. Or copy and paste it into your browser window thingy. 

     

     

    Week 3 - Day 2  March 31, 2020

    Army and Navy

    Independent Reading - 20 minutes

    Study Island - 1 blue ribbon

    Let's have some Social Studies fun today!

    Here is a

    webquest....

     

     And this from yesterday.....

     Social Studies - there are 2 Quizizz on the site for you to practice Egypt info.   Swisher Egypt Test review #1 and Swisher Egypt test review #2

    See below for instructions on joining our classes.

    For Army Kids - type this into your technology device   https://quizizz.com/join?class=S221808

    For Navy kids - type this into your technology device   https://quizizz.com/join?class=J755306

    Then, you should be able to see my review quizzes as assignments. :) 

     

    Week 3 -- Day 1  March 30, 2020

    Army and Navy

    Independent reading - 20 minutes

    Study Island - 1 blue ribbon

    Scholastic, the maker of StoryWorks, has added online resources for kids at home that are designed to do online with no need for printing. Let's try a day...

      Go to this website and have some fun with ELA!  www.scholastic.com/learnathome

    Social Studies - there are 2 Quizizz on the site for you to practice Egypt info.   Swisher Egypt Test review #1 and Swisher Egypt test review #2

    See below for instructions on joining our classes.

    For Army Kids - type this into your technology device   https://quizizz.com/join?class=S221808

    For Navy kids - type this into your technology device   https://quizizz.com/join?class=J755306

    Then, you should be able to see my review quizzes as assignments. :) 

     

    Week 2, Day 4 --March 26, 2020

    Navy 

    - Read 20 minutes (or more!)

    -Study Island -minimum 20 minutes (1-2 blue ribbons)

    - Storyworks - Fortnite Opinion Writing

    Army

    same

     Week 2, Day 5 -- March 27, 2020

    Navy

    -Read 20  minutes and write a 7 sentence summary of your reading this week.

    - Study Island - minimum 20 minutes (1-2 blue RIbbons)

    - StoryWorks - Poem Packet

    Army

    same

     

     

     

     

    Remember you can always email me with questions, comments, or just a hello. aswisher@oxfordasd.org. Miss you guys, stay safe, Wash your hands! 

     

     

    Want to continue to read Storyworks? All the issues are available on their website! 

    Go to scholastic.storyworks.com

    choose student login - our class password is swisher116

    Once there - you can choose all issues at the top of the page and read away!