The Twistable Families based on The Twistable Turnable Man poem
Turning Verbs into Adjectives with -able.
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Tongue Twisters
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Dr. Seuss and My Many Colored Day
Children wrote about what color their feelings were & made sun catchers .
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If I was One Inch Tall!
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We read Shel Silverstein's poem One Inch Tall and made our own one inch books. We then read If I was 15 Feet Tall poem and made comparisons of the two different perspectives. |
Biography Reports
Room 15 learned a great deal and the children showed incredible courage!
Well Done!
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Happy Student
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D.P. J.L. E.H.
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Dr. Seuss kicks off our poetry unit.
We started by reading The Zax, a story about two Zax ( A north Zax and a south Zax) who would not step aside and let the other pass for 59 years. The book ended with the Zax still yelling at each other. No solution was evident. We discussed solutions and then a few students made a book trailer using the iMovie App.
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K'nex Vehicle Manual & Directions
Writing Project
G.O. chart to organize their writing.
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Using the vehicle they built for their Force and Motion Science experiments, the children wrote a how to manual and more using the Book Creator app. Enjoy! More Science here
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Valentine Inference
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We have been working on making smart guesses as we read, write, look at social pictures and more all year. Talking Tom's Love Letter App is a fun and visual way to practice this important skill for Valentines day.
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Expository Writing
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How To Blow a Bubble writing assignment follows with the teachers and students following the student directions.
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The students read an article about Elephants followed by a discussion of the facts in the article. We looked at the text features ( diagrams, captions, tables etc) and compared this type of writing to narrative writing ( stories). Once completed we started our unit on Expository writing. They watched me blow bubbles and we listed the sequence of steps I took to blow the bubbles. I passed out bubble gum to the children who knew how to blow bubbles or bubbles and wands to those who didn't. They were asked to pay close attention to the steps involved and filled out their GO chart with the sequence of steps.
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Super Simile ME!
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After studying our weekly song Everything at Once which lyrics are all simile's, the children wrote their own simile poem about themselves!
A very poetic class! I'm as .. sly as a badger kind as a goldfish fast as a ninja! cool as a rockstar quiet as a breeze brave as Emmet smart as a scientist... |
A Glimpse of weekly 'Super Silent Reading'
( Teacher speak - Sustained Silent Reading)
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We have 20-30 minute periods 2-3 times a week of SSR. The children pick books from my large leveled library and read comfortably around the room quietly, blog and take AR quizzes. The audible groan 'Agh, I just got to a good part ." is common. There is often a spontaneous book talk /share as well . I learn valuable information about what types of books student's like/dislike which allows me to add books to the library they will enjoy reading. The majority of my library is now filled by the points I get from parent's scholastic book orders, H&SC donations , book faire donations and generous parents. Thank you for making this such a popular part of their day!
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12 Days of Christmas and Adjectives
It has been a full & busy 1st week back from Winter break! Please enjoy their 12 Days of Christmas Video made with iMovie. This was a multi- step independent project started before break. They worked hard and many learned how to use iMovie in the process! Each child was required to draw the correct number of items, add an descriptive word before each gift to their true love and calculate the total number of gifts. There are many memorable gifts ;-) - Adorable pups, cool Optimus, panting wolves, mad chickens, pearl tires, sneezing noses, snorting pugs, trick yo-yos, ...
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Writing a letter of kindness to the Grinch
Will this help his heart grow?
( thinking about others…)
Once they completed the Grinch G.O. chart with their Grinch hearts, they wrote letters to the Grinch. These were written and glued into their writer's notebook. This was also a review of the 5 parts of a letter for the 4th-5th graders. What re the 5 parts of the letter you ask? Talk to your child they know!
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Elfamus thought our kind thoughts and ideas worked!
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Similes and Metaphors
Your a Mean One Mr. Grinch!
The children listened and sang the song several times (which was lot of fun!). Then they completed this worksheet , circled their favorite metaphor/simile, typed & illustrated it- then sang it for everyone to enjoy!
I turned it all into an iMovie! Fun multi step project. Can you hear your child's simile/metaphor? Listen carefully!
I turned it all into an iMovie! Fun multi step project. Can you hear your child's simile/metaphor? Listen carefully!
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Is the Grinch a BULLY?
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Can the Shelf Elf help the Grinch ? Wait and see!
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What's for Dinner ?
Persuasive Writing
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Don't Eat the Turkey! The children went through the writing process ( G.O. chart, rough draft, self and teacher edits ) to complete a persuasive paper written from the turkey's point of view convincing the reader to eat something else! Their final draft was completed digitally with the Book Creator App. This G.O. chart got them started. Once their books were completed we shared them using the Apple TV. Enjoy !
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Thanksgiving and Three Books
Comparing and Contrasting
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We studied Thanksgiving from 3 points of view using 3 types of writer's purpose- (to Inform, Persuade and Entertain).The three books were Squanto's Journey , Thank You Sarah! and A Turkey for Thanksgiving.
I read aloud one book a day, we completed the G.O. chart together and the children answered guided prompts in their blogs. All children are blogging now! The 3rd graders began blogging with this unit of study. |
Show Not Tell Descriptive Writing
Guess My Feeling
The children are learning about emotions using several games during in pirate club. This writing activity is an extension of this month long unit on emotions. They were asked to work in teams and brainstorm what their bodies, thoughts and behaviors were when experiencing a specific emotion or sensation. They were then each given a 'secret' emotion card. They were asked to draw a detailed picture with labels to to use as they write their own show- not -tell paragraphs without using the feeling word. This writing was then carefully copied into their Writer's Notebook and turned into a Doodle Cast ( below) for the class to watch and see if they could guess the secret feeling! Their writings were excellent and all were eager to share and guess. Notice how some held their ears while they voluntarily shared their work. ( They are always allowed to pass but none did!) It is difficult for some to listen to their own voices but they beamed with pride as their classmates guessed their feeling word.
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B.B.A.N.CAN YOU GUESS
THEIR FEELINGS? |
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Angry "Verbs"
The finale to our super sentence unit.
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The children were asked to play Angry Birds (Not one guff by the way ;-) and keep a record of Angry VERBS, Prepositional Pigs, Adjective Rocks and Tower Nouns. They were then required to make a Puppet Pals video showing their understanding of these word categories. The clever students worked carefully on their puppet shows at school! |
Playing, recording , planning, making puppets and making their movies...
Students Angry Verb Puppet Shows
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4th and 5th graders are now Blogging in class!
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The daily read aloud is followed by a 10 minute quick write prompt response in their student response journal. This week the 5th graders began writing in the class blog! We also began our first read aloud biography- Who Was Christopher Columbus.
4th graders started blogging the following week. 3rd graders will be blogging once they are consistent and independent using the required format in their response journals. |
Self portraits, adjectives and a super sentence about US!
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Singing our Super Sentences about Stuart,
a book character from this week's read aloud!
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Key Word Pirate Stories
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Our first writing project of the year is to use key words and write a story based on them. The students are to fill out a Graphic Organizer, write a rough draft , go through an edit process and then in their best handwriting copy it into their notebook. Once done they will use Book Creator to publish add pictures and sounds to their stories.
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Problem solving for Pirates
Redbeard, Blackbeard & Bluebeard could not solve their problem.
But wait! Room 15 had some great ideas to help them.
Listen to the song then check out our ideas!
But wait! Room 15 had some great ideas to help them.
Listen to the song then check out our ideas!
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