January 6th, 2016
Class activities for Wednesday, January 6
Spelling: None today.
Cursive: Cursive pages 37-39 are available and due on Friday.
Reading: Today was a reading and discussion day in Literature Circles.
Writing: Students planned good, bad, and neutral endings to their Choose Your Own Adventure story. They also completed prewriting conferences.
Our current writing project is a Choose Your Own Adventure fiction gamebook. Students are writing 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 22. Students should prewriting at this point. Get some ideas below or right here. Homework is to work on writing for at least 15 minutes and to finish prewriting.
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.
- Play Oregon Trail, another text-based computer game.
- Find a complete list of resources here.
Math: We practiced multiplying multiples of 10 today. Students also started multiplication skills at Khan Academy.
Homework is to practice MobyMax Math or Khan Academy for at least 15 minutes.
Science: None today due to our reading skills and AR practice time.
Social Studies: January 6 is Dia de Reyes, the Day of Kings, in Mexico and Latin America. Students left their shoes next to their desk and the Kings brought them a gift (fruits snacks). Then we played Toma Todo, a Mexican top game much like the dreidel game. Winners of the game one Mexican Jarritos pops. View some pics below.
Fiesta Mexicana 2015
42 new photos · Album by Christian Howd
Notes:
- Grand Blanc Community Education is asking about the interest level for August day camps for kids. Some parents have asked for things to keep their kids busy during the dog-days of summer while gearing them up for school. Please share your ideas in this 3-minute survey.
- Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
- Visit our Links page: keep track of all the websites we use for learning, or try something new.
- View grades, assignments, and attendance at ParentVue or StudentVue.
Our Mission:
All students in Room 130 will do their best and get ready for 5th grade.
