January 6th, 2015
Class activities for Tuesday, January 6
Spelling: We reviewed adding prefixes and suffixes onto words to change the meaning.
Cursive: Ten cursive sentences, seven or more words each, are due on Fridays.
Reading: Students continued to practice reading fluency today by reading a play they will perform later in the week.
Writing: Students continued to draft their adventure story today. We walked about how each page of the story is like a game level, and players like games with more and challenging levels. That means a reader will like longer scenes and more choices to choose from.
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: Students completed a STAR Math test today. Here are some division skills we’ve been working on lately:
Homework is to practice math for 15 minutes or more using MobyMax or Khan Academy.
Science: We continued to learn about how scientists plan and test medicines scientifically, using a placebo and control group to see if the medicine is safe and effective.
Social Studies: Students researched about goods traded between the Old World and the New World and made a map of the goods. Homework is to finish the Columbian Exchange map if not finished in class.
Notes:
- The second marking period ends next Friday, January 16. Log in to StudentView to look at recent grades and check for missing assignments.
- 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.
