January 14, 2011

Last day of second term.  Also last day of  first semester.

Important Notice:  Last  Friday January 7, 2011 was  the last day to hand in late and revised work or extra credit for Term 2. 

Bring treats today for the last 15 minutes of class.

1. Bell-Ringer: Complete parts 1 and 3 on the handout for learning about historical fiction:
Historical Fiction Day 1.doc 


2. Reading Minutes:
A1
A2
A3 
A4


3. Book Pass -- Fill out the handout for as many books as we get to.   You are sampling several books in the classroom.
Book Pass Log.doc 
If you were absent, select five books from the classroom historical fiction boxes.  Use the description of historical fiction on the  Historical Fiction Day 1.doc  to check whether each book is historical fiction.  Preview the front and back of the book.  If you are interested at all in the book, write the name of the book on the book pass log, open to the first page and begin reading.  Read for 3 to 5 minutes.  Respond to the book on the book pass log.  Then select another book and repeat the process until you have sampled five books.




4. Media Center to look for historical fiction books -- Fill out Part 4 on Historical Fiction Day 1.doc

This is the information for filling out Part 2 on your worksheet:

In the Media Center, you can go to Alexandria (the computer library catalogue), click on the tab titled "Browse,"  and type in "historical fiction."  Or you can click on the tab titled "Explore" and search by time periods, places, or events.

5. A bit of a party

The January book-of-the-month is historical fiction.
See

Recommended Historical Fiction Books 

Here is a website that links to lots of historical fiction books.  Notice that she includes books for all ages of children from picture books up through books that would be appropriate for your project.   http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html 

Not all of her links work, but this is still a valuable resource.