A note to parents:
Welcome to Ms. Poponak's classroom homepage!
Within this page you will find activities, games, and quizzes that have been created to enhance what is being taught in the classroom. All of the activities, games, and quizzes on this page are meant for the sole purpose of practice, they are suggested, but not required. A list of the activities has been provided for you by subject.
Below you will find several different items that will aid both you and your child. All of the URL links that are listed below are for the sole purpose of your information only. They are not intended to be an endorsment in any way. Neither the school, or myself, is affiliated with any of the links in any way.
Also, below you will find a list of assignments, as well as their explanation, that are required of all students. Each student is required to write all of the assignments listed below, as well as other classroom assignments, in their planner on a daily basis. Please aid your child in remembering to complete the assignments and in the completion of the assignments if necessary.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to contact me at anytime. I can be reached by phone at 281-634-3240, or email, by clicking on the link above. I look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Melissa Poponak
Special Education Teacher
First Colony Middle School
WEEKLY ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT:
Paragraph of the Week (POW)
Paragraph of the Week is an assignment created to help students maintain writing skills that they have already mastered, while helping them to progress with new skills. This is a weekly assignment that is given every Monday and should be completed by Friday of the same week. Each assignment varies weekly in topic, length, and it's grammer requirements.
All students should write a rough draft, have someone proofread the draft (please note that all rough drafts should be signed by the proofreader), then complete a final copy. Rough drafts, final copies, assignment sheets, and scoring rubrics (which are available in the classroom) should all be stapled together and turned in upon completion. Please note that POW is an independent assignment and should be completed as homework.
WEEKLY READING ASSIGNMENTS:
Question of the Week (QOW)
This is a weekly assignment intended to help students become more proficient with using different reference materials (dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlas, etc.) as well as a tool to help students learn/practice new reading skills such as; fact vs. opinion, cause vs. effect, and vocabulary.
This assignment is given to students every Monday, and should be turned in by Friday of the same week. Please note that QOW is an independent assignment and should be completed as homework.
Vocabulary Packets
This weekly assignment is distributed to students every Monday and is due on the day of the student's reading class, block day. All of the packets will be collected, graded, and given back the same day, so that students are able to study for the corresponding quiz (vocabulary and spelling). The corresponding quiz will be given every Friday.
Each vocabulary list is presented to the students in a format that allows them to use contextual clues, to aid them in the completion of the packet. All of the packets begin with a one to two page text containing all of the vocabulary words. Each vocabulary word is printed in boldface, to ease student's identification and recognition of the words.
Typically, each text is followed by two to three pages of activities that allow the students to master the vocabulary, while teaching students to manipulate the information so that they are able to answer all types of questions related to the text. This is important, as they are all skills that students are required to know on TAAS and asked to use in other classes.
The last page of the packet is always a writing activity that provides the students with a prompt and a forum for the application of using the vocabulary in written form.
READING ACTIVITIES:
1. Homonyms, Homonyms, Homonyms, Everywhere!!!
2. Anotonyms All Over the Place!!!
3. Synonym City!!!
4. Antonyms, Homonyms, and Synonyms Oh My!!!
ENGLISH ACTIVITIES:
1. Verb Tense Mania!!!
2. Save the Verbs!!!
3. Who Wants To Be A Verbanaire???
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