Thursday, September 18, 2014

Friday/Monday, September 19/22, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:

We will go to the media center next time, 
and you will have some time to look for realistic fiction books. 

Today is (Friday was) Talk Like a Pirate Day!
      Here's some piratical vocabulary:  Pirate Talk
By the way, my favorite pirate book is   Pirates! by Celia Rees which is an historical fiction book about women pirates (women who become pirates) in the Caribbean.   It's a long book, but very exciting, and is recommended for students in 6th through 9th grade.   

http://www.buzzfeed.com/harpercollins/11-literary-first-lines-pirated-9npd




Do you get it?  Think about it!

Happy Birthday (September 22) to Frodo and to Bilbo! 



Please hand back or pick up  papers from the lower wire basket. 
When you receive papers back, carefully look at them.
Save graded papers until you have received your term grade. 

When you receive your graded book project, if you need to redo it, or wish to for more points, attach your new copy to the graded one. 

 When I point out spelling words you should learn, copy them into your composition book on the page for editing tips for you. 

F.Y.I.:  The dedication in a book is NOT the intended audience. 




Don't forget to check off with Ms. Dorsey the books you 

read for the 40 Book Challenge. Bring your chart and tell me about your books. 








Don't forget to hand in your book project if you haven't yet. 

Our next spelling test is on September 29/30. 

 then/than       
cause/because

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Today's Activities:

1. iRead -- Individual Reading Time (10-15 minutes)  
 Next month's book assignment is based on Realistic Fiction.  Realistic fiction books are gathered in the front of the classroom. We will be going to the media center as a class in a couple of days.





2.  iSpellRight -- Add to your composition book under "Spelling."  page 15 +

7.  then/than


First we ate, then we played outside.

 I like dark chocolate better than milk chocolate.



Our next spelling test is on 


September 29/30.




3. iWriteRight -- 
CSI  American Fork


Now Investigating:  Conventions in Sentences Investigation
Your sentence:
         

Copy this sentence into your composition book.  

Leave room to label words with their parts of 

speech. 

7.  Avon, a rather small snail, read a book every

               day.  
-- Avi, The End of the Beginning (2004)


Notice everything you can about the above sentence. 
No more points for capital letters at the beginning of the sentence 
or periods at the end. 
It is a correct sentence (I hope), so you are not looking for errors (I hope). 

CSI Sentence #7 Parts of Speech






950L

Targets:
Notice the TONE of the book
How They Croaked.
What is TONE?
How did you know what the TONE is for this book?
What effect does the TONE have on you?
Watch another day for the difference between
TONE and MOOD.
                                                             
A List of Tone Words

Utah State Core RI.4

What is CENTRAL IDEA?
   also known as
          Main idea
          Gist
          Essence
          Main point


What is the CENTRAL IDEA of each chapter?

Clues for Finding the Topic and Central Idea


Utah State Core RL.2, RI.2



Groups will each read a chapter from the book, answer questions and prepare a poster with central idea, details, and vocabulary.

Finding Central Idea in the first chapter from How They Croaked


Headline = Central Idea (a complete sentence)
Interesting facts that support that central idea
(You may add illustrations, too!)




Vocabulary:


Vocabulary
Some Words We Learned
Word
Meaning



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