December 16th, 2013
Class activities for Monday, December 16
Spelling: Students started making Words to Learn lists from words they missed on the last spelling test. Homework is to finish making the list and return it to school tomorrow.
Cursive: Cursive workbook pp. 58-59 are due on Thursday.
Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Some groups worked on breaking words into chunks and using clues to make inferences.
Writing: We began our next writing project, 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 Friday, January 17. Students should be thinking of adventure story and character ideas 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:
- Look at an Underground Railroad Choose Your Own Adventure website.
- Look through the Underground Railroad Interactive History Adventure book (hint: search for “the end” to see some of the endings of the book).
- Look at some examples of different kinds of endings in a Choose Your Own Adventure Story.
- View the titles of all the Choose Your Own Adventure books to get adventure topic ideas.
- Play Zork, a text-based computer game. Here is a list of commands and directions. Here is a map of the dungeon if you get stuck or lost.
- Find a complete list of resources here.
Math: We reviewed addition today and checking an answer by estimating. The matching Journal page is P4-3. Students also used Khan Academy to practice math skills.
Science: None today due to art.
Social Studies: None today.
- Yellow magnets: 5
- Orange magnets: 1
- Red magnets: 0
- STAR Awards: 0
- Magnets moved this week (goal: 9): 6
- Hours with no magnets (Last time: 14): 0
Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade online to see if your student moved their magnet.
Notes:
- Our Mexican Fiesta is Friday, December 20 from 11-2. Family members are invited to attend and help with serving. See our volunteer list and add your name to the guest list.
- Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- View grades, report cards, behavior, assignments, and attendance online.
Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.
