January 7, 2014

Happy New Year!

Announcements and Reminders: The term ends on Monday. If you missed any of the final tests on coordinate adjectives (with commas), fact and opinion, or theme, please arrange to take them as soon as possible after school or during cave time. If you would like to, you may take home your character box. Special News:  The total donation for the make-a-wish foundation based on the Santa letters prepared by students at our school came to $2,299.00. Thanks for your help!

Hand in your Letter About Literature.  Hand it in with the entry form.  Finish filling out the entry form.               Make sure on your letter you have your address on the upper right of the letter. One special extension has been made for the Letter About Literature.  If you have not turned it in, you may turn it in BEFORE school tomorrow, January 8.  That will be your last chance to receive points for this assignment which was assigned November 25.   Hand in the Reading Log. 1. Book Pass -- sample historical fiction books 2. Discuss historical fiction and the new book assignment.              Receive handout: Historical Fiction Day 1.doc 3. Media Center to look for historical fiction books. This is your opportunity to find a book for the January Book of the Month.   Open Alexandria    Click on "Advanced" at the right.  Type "Historical Fiction." (You could also add a time period to narrow it down to.)  You do not have to begin at the beginning of the list.  Scroll down a ways to begin if you wish.  For more books, click on "Find More" at the upper right. Of course, you could look up a particular book. The call number is the FIC [plus the first three letters of the author's last name].  It is in the upper left hand corner of the book entry.  Click on "more" in the lower right hand corner of the entry to find more information.  Page numbers are listed under "Extent."  To find out if the book is in, click on "Show Copy Information."  Historical Fiction: Recommended Historical Fiction Books  http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html More Historical Fiction

If you were absent: See above. 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 document 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. Historical Fiction Day 1.doc Fill in Part 1 using the words in the word bank. Complete Part 3. For Part 4: Go to our school homepage: http://afjh.alpineschools.org/ Under Resources, click on Alexandria. After you open Alexandria,    click on "Advanced" at the right. Type "Historical Fiction." (You could also add a time period to narrow it down to.) You do not have to begin at the beginning of the list. Scroll down a ways to begin if you wish. For more books, click on "Find More" at the upper right. Of course, you could look up a particular book. The call number is the FIC [plus the first three letters of the author's last name]. It is in the upper left hand corner of the book entry.  Click on "more" in the lower right hand corner of the entry to find more information.  Page numbers are listed under "Extent."  To find out if the book is in, click on "Show Copy Information."  Follow the directions on your handout.  Turn these in to the top wire basket.

Originally published 12/20/13

Note to Teacher: Later: writing -- how my life is different (either)
from someone who lived 200 years ago
or
from someone who lives in a third-world country (poor, underdeveloped country) today

and 

January 14, 2011