January 15th, 2013
Class activities for Tuesday, January 15
Spelling: We continued to reveiew homophones, words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due on Fridays.
Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Cirlces; some students practiced determing importance and synthesizing as reading strategies.
Writing: Students continued to draft their story websites today.
Our next writing project is a Choose Your Own Adventure fiction gamebook. Students will write a fiction adventure story with choices that the reader can make. Each choice can change how the story turns out. Students will publish their adventure as a website at sites.mrhowd.com. See below for more details.
This project is due Monday, January 21. Students should be drafting at this point.
Choose Your Own Adventure Resources
- See examples of Choose Your Own Adventure fiction websites here and here.
- Here are some good student examples:
- Find a complete list of resources here.
Math: None today due to musical rehearsal.
Science: None today due to our technology time.
Social Studies: None today due to our math skills practice time.
- Yellow magnets: 2
- Orange magnets: 0
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 8): 4
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- The Fifth Grade Musical is Thursday at 6:30 pm.
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- View grades, assignments, and attendance online.
Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 6th grade.
