December 17th, 2014
Class activities for Wednesday, December 17
Spelling: None today.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Fridays.
Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles.
Writing: Students completed prewriting conferences today. They also created their website and started to draft the first page of their story.
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 Friday, January 16. Students should be working on their draft now.
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 practiced dividing by one-digit divisors today. Students also used MobyMax to practice math skills.
Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.
Science: None today due to extra time with math.
Social Studies: Students completed a reading challenge to review what we’ve learned in chapter 5. Homework is to finish notebook pp. 31-32 and to prepare for tomorrow’s test.
Notes:
- Our Fiesta Mexicana is Friday, December 19 from 11-2. View our volunteer list here.
- View our daily learning targets.
- 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 6th grade.
