4-2 Ms. Chelsea Donaldson

Monday, June 15- Thursday, June 18
This week you are going to teach us!
-You are going to choose one influential famous person to research this week. This person could be a famous actor, singer, athlete, character from a book, chef, etc. It must be someone who is a positive and appropriate role model. 
-A visual must be part of your presentation! Be as creative as you can! Dress up as the person or you may create a poster, drawing, or bring a prop. 
-Notify me with the person you plan to research no later than Tuesday! 
-On Thursday, our last zoom meeting of the year, you will present the following information: 
     1. Who is your person? Why did you choose him/her?
     2. What are three interesting facts about your person (Something you don't think others would know!)
     3. What are 2 accomplishments?
     4. Why was this person important to you?
     5. What was your favorite fact to learn about this person?

Monday, June 15-Thursday June, 17
End of Year Memory Book Project
-Make a cover for your memory book. Complete the cover neatly, make it colorful, and be creative by making a border or adding photos or graphics that represent you. Add a title, the school year (2019-2020), and anything else you choose.
-Put all your pages together to create your final book project.  You can punch holes and tie the pages together with ribbon or string, you can add the pages to an empty notebook, you can put them in a binder or create your own way to assemble the book. 
-Be ready to present some of your books at our Zoom Thursday.

Wednesday, June 17- Thursday, June 18
Review of the skill cause and effect
-Complete Journeys workbook page 253 by reading the short passage, Elizabeth Cady Staton, and filling the cause and effect flow chart.
-Read  and complete p. 254, She Didn’t Run-She Walked,, and answer questions 1 and 2 in complete sentences.
*Take a picture of your completed work and upload it to your reading folder in Google Drive by Thursday, 6/18.  Please rename the photos as, “Journeys p253 6/17/20 and Journeys p254 6/17/20 .” The answers will be posted in the reading class notes (Lesson 22- I Can Do That)  for students to check their work. 


Monday, June 15-Tuesday, June 16
Review of the skill theme
-Complete Journeys workbook page 241 by reading the short passage, A Home for Melvin and Peanut, and filling the chart with three important details that helped you come up with the theme and page 242 by reading the short passage,A Soft Landing, and answering questions 1 and 2 in complete sentences.

*Take a picture of your completed work and upload it to your reading folder in Google Drive.  Please rename the photos as, “Journeys p241 6/15/20 and Journeys p242 6/15/20 .” The answers will be posted in the reading class notes (Lesson 21- Owen and Mzee)  for students to check their work.

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Tuesday, June 9- Friday, June 12
Essential Question: How can friendship help us find things in common?
Objective: To assess our comprehension of the story of Owen and Mzee
-Use your Journeys textbook or log into the Think Central website using your username and password and read Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship in Lesson 24 of the Journeys textbook.
-Please look over the vocabulary before reading the story. The vocabulary words can be found by clicking the link for our class notes, then click the “Reading” tab, then click “Lesson 24- Owen and Mzee.”
-You will be completing a 4 paragraph writing assignment about Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship.
-Answer the following questions and follow the guidelines below to complete your writing piece: How are Owen and Mzee similar and different? What can you learn from their relationship?

• Paragraph 1: give a short summary or the main idea of the story 

• Paragraph 2 and 3: give details about how Owen and Mzee are similar and different

• Paragraph 4: tell what you learned from their relationship 

-Click here to watch a video explaining this assignment in more detail.
*A copy of the slides in the video were uploaded to the reading section of the class notes. The file is titled, “Owen & Mzee Writing Assignment Slides.”  You can use them to find the links for videos about Owen and Mzee and to refer to while completing your writing assignment.
*Please use the RACE strategy when answering the questions. Remember to cite evidence by giving details from the text, have at least 3 sentences in each paragraph, and end with a closing sentence. Type this piece in Google Docs and move it  to your reading folder. Name the assignment as “Owen and Mzee 6/12/20.” This is due by Friday, June 12.

No spelling words for the week of  June 15