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    • ELA class-----READING/SPELLING/ENGLISH:

      What is bullying?

      It's up to Chrissa....Will she find a way to stand strong and stop the bullying?

      An American Girl--Chrissa Stands Strong

      Taking Turns and Sharing

      Holidays:

      What is St. Patrick's Day?

      St. Patrick's Day--Home school Pop

      Reading Videos:

      Synonym lesson

       Synonym song

      Character Trait song

      Point of View

      Point of View Song

      Point of View Lesson

      Grammar Videos:

       

       Fragments

      Subject and predicates

      Subject and predicate-grammarsongs

       

      Four Types of Sentences

       4-kind of sentences

      Punctuation marks:

      Exclamation mark

      all Punctuation marks

      question mark

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
       
      Comprehension Strategy- Visualize
      Visualize
      Visualize
       
      Comprehension Skill--Sequence
      https://youtu.be/ELFJP0PUmTU
       
       
      Vocabulary Strategy- Context clues
      Context Clues
      Context Clues
       
      Main Idea and details
       
      Kahoot Games:
      3.2--Finding Lincoln
       https://play.kahoot.it/v2/?quizId=bfce6b74-49c4-4b12-b933-64ed01c63e32
       
      3.4---Big Ideas from Nature
      https://play.kahoot.it/v2/?quizId=ebbc6173-f035-4ea7-89dd-8d772a6125e0
       
       
       SPELLING GAME:
      https://www.spellingcity.com/hangmouse.html
       

      FOUR SQUARE WRITING Example:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DMv28u4MZY 

      Genre Writing:

      How to write a paragraph

      PERSONAL NARRATIVE

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2H29fRVqf8

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y_fxQ_52pk

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJMQWNd1TT8

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLcjb0t6SRI

       

      Explanatory/informational Essay

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRKSlR4I6_g 

      Opinion Writing:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgIpDBiLnFo

        A Persuasive Essay on:

      The movie called The Little Red Wagon

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2q60jBjL3I

      Informative Essay:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN4d76QP_MA

       

      GRAMMAR STUDY:

       NOUNS:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk4N5kkifGQ

       

      PRONOUNS: 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu1ciVFbecw 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-AHVaBR30Y 

       

      Verbs: 

      *HELPING VERB SONG---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2JWKY63K0 

      *Linking Verb Song: 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2JWKY63K0

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2JWKY63K0 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dPbciiZSbo#t=25.9935881 

       

       *Action verbs, helping verbs, linking verbs:

      Khan Academy-Helping Verbs

      PowToon-Verb MissionujMVy-Wl3Q

       

      Compound and complex sentences: 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyVfspf-qIc

       

       Subordinating and Coordinating Conjunctions:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2US4cZJWrus

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ug9xr0Ias

       https://youtu.be/B9F_wwSC-jI

      Adjectives:

      https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-modifier/introduction-to-adjectives-and-articles/v/intro-to-adjectives-v

      Adjectives

      Adverbs:

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWNAtiru90

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14fXm4FOMPM

      POINT OF VIEW:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSqN25dpPig

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWNAtiru90

       SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugGZPieO9ZI

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXykcBGNvbk

      4 types of sentences:

      -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjbGI-3rIFA

      CAUSE and Effect:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWK0PF_-fc8

      Contractions

      Figurative Language:

      Similies and Metaphors:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoSBVNUO2LU

      Homophones:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsUEhDeD-mM

      Idioms:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVHlVbIgUH0

      Limerick: 

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-rN3DGMCsE

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy65TkCadfU

      Alliteration:

      What is alliteration?

       

      CURSIVE HANDWRITING LETTERS:  Click the link to learn the formation of the letter

      A-

      B-

      C-

      D

      E

      Letter F

      Letter G

      Letter H
       
       
       
       
      What inspires you? 
      "A Song of Peace"----- Copy and Paste the link
      Sign Language-----https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy65TkCadfUFdSziyi8 
      A class example----https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RveCa28p1uk
      Lyrics----------------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2RknJRLuFM 
        

        

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