Emmet's 3rd portfolio for 2020/2021
Emmet's 3rd Portfolio
ELA
I can read 10 books 100 pages or longer in the last two quarters of the year.
I can distinguish my own point of view from that of the author of informational text, and the narrator or those of the characters in stories.
I can explain how illustrations contribute to my understanding of stories (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) and informational texts (e.g.,
where, when, why, and how key events occur).
I can compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
I can determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
I can describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to
time, sequence, and cause/effect.
-Emmet has read almost all of the Minecraft comic books in the Redstone Junior High series as well as reading the Tales of and 8 Bit Kitten series.
I can write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
a. Introduce the topic or text, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
b. Provide reasons that support the opinion.
c. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
d. Provide a concluding statement or section.
I can write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
a. Introduce a topic and group related information together, including illustrations when useful.
b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
c. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
d. Provide a concluding statement or section.
I can write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
d. Provide a sense of closure.
I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain how nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs work in different sentences.
b. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
c. Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood, honesty, courage, faith).
d. Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
e. Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
f. Make sure that all of my subjects and verbs, prounouns and nouns go together.
g. Use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
h. Use conjunctions.
i. Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
a. Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
b. Use commas in addresses.
c. Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
d. Form and use possessives.
e. Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words.
f. Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
g. Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
I can write, speak, read and listen by using what I know about the English language (i.e., choose interesting words and phrases, recognize differences between my
written and spoken language).
-Emmet is on page 14 of his Minecraft writing book, which has covered the above learning points
I can complete my Minecraft Multiplication workbook
-Emmet is on page 21 of his math book
I can complete Steve Spangler Scicnce kits and learn about refraction, color science, electrical science,
I can take online classes to learn about the science and nature of food and develop my cooking skills.
-Emmet has completed 3 Steve Spangler science kits and has learned about color science, rainbow science, refraction of light, electrical current, conductors, and insulators
-Emmet has continued to learn about food science through many cooking lessons, via books, his own experiments, and watching cooking shows
SOCIAL STUDIES
I can play social-emotional board games to learn ways to calm down, discuss my feelings, and interact peacefully with my siblings and friends.
I can describe life in early modern times.
I can describe how individuals, groups, (e.g., socioeconomic, ethnic, and social groups including individuals who are American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian or Americans of African, Asian, Pacific Island, Chicano, Latino, or Middle Eastern descent), religious groups, and other traditionally marginalized groups (women, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender), events and developments have shaped the local community and region. I can explain why individuals and groups (e.g., socioeconomic, ethnic, social, religious, and traditionally marginalized groups) in the same historical period differed in the way they viewed and interpreted historical events.
I can analyze the impact of personal financial decisions on personal, community, regional, and world resources. (i.e., how my individual financial actions have an impact on myself/others/resources)
-Emmet has played board games to help with social-emotional development such as Mad Dragon
-Emmet plays board games and reads books to learn about life in early modern times
-We have completed 33 chapters in Story of the World
-Emmet has studying about multiple groups of people through living history books
ELECTIVES
I can complete art projects with my art supplies based on our social studies subjects.
I can refine and complete works of art.
-Emmet journals at co-op
-Emmet completes art projects based on our social studies
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