Wednesday, August 31, 2016

HUENEME SCHOOL DISTRICT'S VISION AND MISSION


VISION: Inspiring and empowering every student to thrive every day
MISSION: We will Inspire our students to explore, dream big, and develop social and civic responsibility through a balanced learning program. They will Thrive as we foster perseverance and resiliency in a safe, culturally responsive, and inclusive community. We will Empower our students by teaching them critical thinking skills through a rigorous academic experience in a digitally-rich environment.

CLICK THIS LINK 
to watch a video 
that illustrates 
these words in action!


Reading Comprehension Strategy Checklist


Thursday, August 25, 2016

Read!

Thanks to The Literacy Site for the poster :)

Monday, August 22, 2016

Vocabulary Development ~ Words to Know

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY GRADE 7/8 (source: HESD website)

add

assume

cause

change

cite

claim

combine

compare

conclude

contradict

contrast

convey

create

demonstrate

describe

determine

develop

discuss

effect

emphasize

establish

explain

express
find

form

illustrate

imply

include

infer

indicate

insert

label

link

observe

order

organize

outline

persuade

place

produce

provide

read

recall

refer

reflect

reinforce
replace

represent

reveal

revise

rewrite

select

sequence

show

source

solve

structure

substitute

suggest

summarize

support

tell

understand

unify

vary

verify

Write

The Intersection of Art & Science

Check out this video from the 
where they explain the importance of illustrations 
to help people understand complex ideas.

In our ELD class, we often add illustrations to enhance* what we've written and further explain our ideas.  
Another great online tool is Canva.



Sunday, August 21, 2016

AR BookFinder

Searching for books with a corresponding Renaissance Accelerated Reader 360® quiz is easy with AR BookFinder. 
Students, teachers, parents, and librarians can search in English or Spanish using criteria such as ATOS book level or a Lexile™ measure, interest level, title, author, fiction/nonfiction, subject, award-winners, state lists, CCSS Exemplars, and more.
CLICK HERE TO START YOUR SEARCH

Figurative Language


What is Word Hippo?

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE WORD HIPPO WEBSITE
Find Similar or Opposite words at WordHippo
Oh ... There's a bunch of other stuff you can do too.



What can you do?

  1. Read, read, and read. ...
  2. Keep a dictionary and thesaurus handy. ...
  3. Use a journal. ...
  4. Learn a word a day. ...
  5. Go back to your roots. ...
  6. Play some games. ...
  7. Engage in conversations.

Saturday, August 20, 2016

You only have to know one thing:

Your brain is like a muscle. 

The more you use it and struggle, the more it grows.


#YouCanLearnAnything