Week 33: April 1-April 5

Wow! Spring is in the air and there aren't too many weeks left together! We are in full swing preparing for our end-of-level assessment (RISE), reviewing our Language Arts Skills and learning new strategies to use. I'm hoping to give students a wide array of strategies to help them show what they know on the test and, most importantly, prepare them for middle school.

Please, please attend school. Assignments are piling up and I really want students to leave LRIS feeling confident and prepared for middle school. Frequent absences will make that very difficult. If students are late on any online assignment (Listenwise, NoRedInk) they MUST email me and tell me the name of the assignment they did late so I know to go back and check. If I do not hear from them, I don't know to look. I'd like students to do this so they take responsibility for their missing work.

Keep reading! I love seeing students qualify for our awesome end-of-year party for our iRead Club, it's an amazing accomplishment. Thanks again for the ongoing support. I really do enjoy working with these awesome kids!

Week 33:

April 1st-April 5th

Monday, April 1st
Finish Poetry Bellwork
Poetry Bingo
NoRed ink

Tuesday, April 2nd
Listening Comprehension: Drowning in Plastics
Google Classroom Quiz
Free Reading/NoRedInk if time

Wednesday, April 3rd
Library Day

Thursday, April 4th
Drowning in Plastics
Text Structure
Free Reading/NoRedInk if time

Friday, April 5th
Book #3 DUE
NoRedInk: Quiz #1 DUE
Reader's Theater: The Lady and The Tiger
Mood and Evidence

Congrats to these amazing readers who are in the iRead Club: Kenzie M., Caden M., Emri T., Ava A. These readers received a candy bar, awesome t-shirt and will be invited to join us for our iRead Party, which is epic!!

I enjoyed a fun day with these wonderful writers at the WCSD's Creative Writing Workshop. The focus was writing about nature...while in nature. We had a marvelous day just outside of Zion National Park in Springdale. Each writer came away with great ideas, inspiration and pieces almost ready to publish...and a lot of knowledge about the desert tortoise. 

They represented Lava Ridge so well!!

Week 32: Literature Skills

I'm excited for another fun week! We will be practicing grammar and editing through NoRedInk (please stay on top of these, it's easy to fall behind). I have an interesting article on Listenwise for you as well as a great poem "If" to engage your literature comprehension muscles. I'm really excited for Thursday and Friday when we'll dive into informational text, pay attention to text features, ask questions and do some research and present.

Yes, we are preparing for our RISE testing that will take place in a month. YES, we are learning/practicing new skills continuously, and YES, it's important you are in school every day.

Most of what we are doing is interactive (except NoRedInk and Listenwise that you can do on your own) and it's difficult to make up. Make-up is usually available after the activity. I put so much time into creating these activities, that finding worksheets to give you the skills you are missing is difficult.

I'm baffled as to the amount of missing work. I really want you guys to do well, but you've got to complete your work. With 150 students, it's impossible for me to check multiple platforms each day. So...if you are late on Listenwise or NoRedInk, you must EMAIL me and tell me which assignment you completed. Otherwise, turn work in the box and I'll have it entered soon. Please be respectful of my time as well. If you turn in work days late, don't expect me to drop everything and enter your score. I work very hard to stay current on grading and will get to it within the week.
Thanks for the ongoing support! I love teaching this bunch of students and look forward to a wonderful rest of the school year:)

Week 32: Literature Skills!

Monday, March 25th
Short PLC Day, school dismissed at 11:45am
Begin new NoRedInk
Missing Assignments/Read

Tuesday, March 26th
Listenwise: Brain Injuries and Sports
Free Reading

Wednesday, March 27th
"If" by Rudyard Kipling
Literature Comprehension
Free Reading/NoRedInk (if finished early)

Thursday, March 28th
Poetry Bellwork
Informational Text Activity: Challenger

Friday, March 29th
NoRedInk DUE
Finish Poetry Bellwork
Informational Text Activity Presentations: Challenger

Code Word for a Robins Reward: Literature!

Since 2013-2014 school year, I've had students write a letter to themselves that I'll mail right before high school graduation. Very excited to mail my first batch!! Congratulations class of 2019!!!

 Way to go Kenzie and Caden: the newest members of the iRead Club. They received a t-shirt, candy bar and ticket into our GIGANTIC end-of-year party. Way to go guys, I'm so proud of you!!

On Friday we did a fun hands-on application where students were looking for vocab cards all around the school to practice their context clues skills. Well done students!

Week 31: Reading, Listening and Grammar Skills!

It's that time of year when we sharpen our skills! Please, I'm begging here, finish your work on time! The only nightly "homework" you have is reading at home 20-30 minutes a day. However, if you're behind in class, it's on you to get caught up. Remember you'll need an entire bingo card filled with books to get our cool iRead t-shirts, a candy bar and ticket into our gigantic end-of-year party. Keep reading: I want as many students to qualify as possible:)

I'm excited to do our weekly activities in a fun, engaging way where students can continue to expand their knowledge.

The focus is to do one day of reading literature (comprehension), one day of informational reading (comprehension), listening comprehension, NoRedInk will cover grammar and editing, and then an interactive review or discovery activity.

As always, please let me know how I can assist. I appreciate the continued support.

Many thanks,
Mrs. Robins

Week 31

March 18-March 22

Monday, March 18
NoRedInk
Poetry Bellwork
Informational Reading: How Are Emojis Made?

Tuesday, March 19
Free Reading
Poetry Bellwork
Listenwise: Toys for Elephants
Assignment Link on Google Classroom

Wednesday, March 20
Library Day!
Free Reading and/or NoRedInk

Thursday, March 21
No Red Ink
Poetry Bellwork
Reading Literature: The Flight of Icarus 

Friday, March 22
Book #2 for 3rd Trimester DUE
No Red Ink DUE 
Commonly Confused Words, Capitalization & Pronouns
Context Clues Game

Way to go Jazmine, Harrison and Itzel!!!!

Welcome to the iRead Club!!!

Week 29: Sharpening our Skills

It was a long, but wonderful week. I kicked it off with travelling to SLC with a dozen students as they petitioned the Natural Resources Sub Committee of the House of Representatives to make Southern Utah's Gila Monster the State Reptile. What a cool experience! I'm so happy to report we were approved by the Committee and moved to the floor of the House where HB 144 passed by a wide margin! Way to go students! Now onto the Senate's Sub Committee:) Thank you to many students who emailed our State Reps and spoke up for So. Utah!

We'll be continuing with Language Arts skills practice, reviewing and applying said skills. We'll also have a visitor from DSU and enjoy our time together. Please come to class, keep reading each day and prepare for challenging activities to build your skills!

Week 29

March 4-March 8

Monday, March 4

Editing Bellwork

Poetry Analysis Practice

Tuesday, March 5

Editing Bellwork

Review Author's Purpose

Scope Bingo

Wednesday, March 6

Free Reading

Text Structure Game

Thursday, March 7

Editing Practice

Hunting a Monster Dyad Reading

Comprehension Quiz

Friday, March 8

Free Reading 

Socratic Seminar: Hunting a Monster 

No Red Ink DUE: Commas and Sentence Parts Practice 

NoRedInk Information

There was weirdness on Monday with NoRedInk. I have it fixed and here is what I need you to do...

Log-in and go to the top right of the screen where there is a drop-down menu

Select "classes"

Withdraw from 1st period...unless you're in 1st period!

Here are the codes to join your correct class period. You do NOT have to repeat the Diagnosis Assignment you have already done.

1st period - nice card 91

2nd period- different whistle 35

3rd period- narrow bus 4

4th period- young knot 37

5th period- alive balloon 27

 

Big congrats to these awesome students!! Emily B. and Kallin J. are the newest members of the iRead Club!! Emily H. and Gage S. came in 2nd and 3rd in the Red Rock Writer's Chapparel Poetry Contest! I'm also posting a few of my favorite shots of our visit to the State Capitol:)