Hewitt Anderson Homework

Today we are reading Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life" on pages 466-489.  We are discussing many different literary forms, such as tall tales, fables, and folklore.  We will be watching several of the examples of different types of narrative literature listed below.

eBook

Folktale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG9eknk6mqw

Fable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXOYRyQrRCk

Pourquoi  (Why?) Tales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1K4wXy2CI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itszep0duwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA5QbOZzDFM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Hq-5zBHoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcpPvSBNFuc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itszep0duwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCc3-LLdvQ

Tall Tale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-zKKoHvXn0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNswbV4BLWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QIOZAsCxZ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=484AJlOnOnc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HitSwv6g0ko

Myths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwOQ3YAhFpo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoRzxhmgLGg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJCm8W5RZes

Fairy Tale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8SjCkUCFBM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNLtXjBlN28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNLtXjBlN28 - (Jack &  Beanstalk)

We are working on Spelling Unit 18 - word Parts (under, over, sub):

/Spelling City

Narrative Forms

Today we are getting ready to read "Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life" on pages 466-489.  We are discussing many different literary forms, such as tall tales, fables, and folklore.  We will be watching several of the examples of different types of narrative literature listed below.

eBook

Folktale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG9eknk6mqw

Fable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXOYRyQrRCk

Pourquoi  (Why?) Tales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1K4wXy2CI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itszep0duwI

Tall Tale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-zKKoHvXn0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNswbV4BLWk

Myths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwOQ3YAhFpo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoRzxhmgLGg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJCm8W5RZes

Fairy Tale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8SjCkUCFBM

 

We are working on Spelling Unit 18 - word Parts (under, over, sub):

/Spelling City

Last Day of Testing

Today was our last day of testing for a while!  We took test over Vocabulary, Language Mechanics, Spelling, and Math Computation.

Block 1 is reviewing grammar skills, and Block 2 is also reviewing skills and reading the novel Stone Fox. 

Steps in a Process Activities

Proofreading Skills

Power Proofreading

Parts of a Letter

Fact and Opinion Practice:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

We will not have a spelling test this week, but here's the link for our upcoming unit:

Spelling Lists 

This week we will work on Figurative Language: Figurative Language Baseball

Day Four of Terra Nova!

This week is Terra Nova testing!  Today our tests were two sessions of Mathematics.  The last tests tomorrow are Vocabulary, Language Mechanics (Punctuation/Capital Letters), Spelling, and Math Computation. 

Block 1 is reviewing grammar skills, and Block 2 is also reviewing skills and reading the novel Stone Fox. 

Steps in a Process Activities

Proofreading Skills

Power Proofreading

Parts of a Letter

Fact and Opinion Practice:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

We will not have a spelling test this week, but here's the link for our upcoming unit:

Spelling Lists 

This week we will work on Figurative Language: Figurative Language Baseball

Day 3 of Terra Nova

This week is Terra Nova testing!  Today our tests were two sessions of Reading and one session of Language Arts.  Tomorrow we will have two Mathematics tests.

Block 1 is reviewing grammar skills, and Block 2 is also reviewing skills and reading the novel Stone Fox. 

Steps in a Process Activities

Proofreading Skills

Power Proofreading

Parts of a Letter

Fact and Opinion Practice:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

We will not have a spelling test this week, but here's the link for our upcoming unit:

Spelling Lists 

This week we will work on Figurative Language: Figurative Language Baseball

Terra Nova, Day 2

This week is Terra Nova testing!  Today our tests were two sessions of Verbal Reasoning.  Tomorrow we will have Reading and Language tests.

I have almost completed AIMS testing for fluency for the Winter Benchmark.  It will take a while to get through the entire class before reports are sent home, but we are in the process of completing this test.  Students orally read three probes to me.  Each story "probe" (selection) is a timed one-minute selection.  The goal is to make good progress in fluency (reading rate).

Steps in a Process Activities

Proofreading Skills

Power Proofreading

Parts of a Letter

Fact and Opinion Practice:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

We will not have a spelling test this week, but here's the link for our upcoming unit:

Spelling Lists 

This week we will work on Figurative Language: Figurative Language Baseball

Terra Nova Testing Starts Today! Hooray!

This week is Terra Nova testing!  Today our tests were: Sequence, Analogies, and Quantitative Reasoning!

I have almost completed AIMS testing for fluency for the Winter Benchmark.  It will take a while to get through the entire class before reports are sent home, but we are in the process of completing this test.  Students orally read three probes to me.  Each story "probe" (selection) is a timed one-minute selection.  The goal is to make good progress in fluency (reading rate).

Steps in a Process Activities

Proofreading Skills

Power Proofreading

Parts of a Letter

Fact and Opinion Practice:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

We will not have a spelling test this week, but here's the link for our upcoming unit:

Spelling Lists 

This week we will work on Figurative Language: Figurative Language Baseball

Self Portraits and Autobiographies

We are now working on making our own self portraits and writing our own autobiographies.  Students are doing a great job on this activity!

Next week is TERRA NOVA TESTING!  Please see the important note in your child's folder today.  

Spelling Unit 17 test is tomorrow.  

Block 1 is finishing the read aloud The Rookie Bookie, and Block 2 has started the read aloud Wonder.  

I have begun AIMS testing for fluency for the Winter Benchmark.  It will take a while to get through the entire class before reports are sent home, but we are in the process of completing this test.  Students orally read three probes to me.  Each story "probe" (selection) is a timed one-minute selection.  The goal is to make good progress in fluency (reading rate).

Steps in a Process Activities

Fact and Opinion Practice:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

Our spelling Unit 17 test is Friday.

Spelling Lists 

Spelling City - games - Unit 17

Autobiographies

Just Like Me

Today we took the vocabulary test over Just Like Me.   eBook  We are now working on making our own self portraits and writing our own autobiographies.

Block 1 is finishing the read aloud The Rookie Bookie, and Block 2 has started the read aloud Wonder.  

I have begun AIMS testing for fluency for the Winter Benchmark.  It will take a while to get through the entire class before reports are sent home, but we are in the process of completing this test.  Students orally read three probes to me.  Each story "probe" (selection) is a timed one-minute selection.  The goal is to make good progress in fluency (reading rate).

Steps in a Process Activities

Fact and Opinion Practice:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

Our spelling Unit 17 test is Friday.

Spelling Lists 

Spelling City - games - Unit 17

Just Like Me

Today we read Just Like Me.  Students should reread tonight:  eBook  Tomorrow we will be making self portraits and writing autobiographies.

I have begun AIMS testing for fluency for the Winter Benchmark.  It will take a while to get through the entire class before reports are sent home, but we are in the process of completing this test.  Students orally read three probes to me.  Each story "probe" (selection) is a timed one-minute selection.  The goal is to make good progress in fluency (reading rate).

Steps in a Process Activities

Fact and Opinion Practice:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

Our spelling Unit 17 test is Friday.

Spelling Lists 

Spelling City - games - Unit 17

Robots

Today we read a National Geographic Explorer magazine with a story called Robot Revolution.  Here are some more useful robots...

Robots for Kids Videos

Other skills this week included Steps in a Process and comparing and contrasting fiction/nonfiction text.

We also took our Unit 16 Spelling Test and worked on Fact/Opinion.

I have begun AIMS testing for fluency for the Winter Benchmark.  It will take a while to get through the entire class before reports are sent home, but we are in the process of completing this test.  Students orally read three probes to me.  Each story "probe" (selection) is a timed one-minute selection.  The goal is to make good progress in fluency (reading rate).

Steps in a Process Activities

Fact and Opinion Practice:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

This is a fun site that our class will use to answer some "I Wonder Why...?" questions:

http://wonderopolis.org

http://www.whoinventedit.net

Schoolhouse Rock invention video:

Schoolhouse Rock Inventions

So You Want to Be an Inventor Jeopardy

Inventor Biographies for Kids:

http://www.biography.com/people/wilbur-wright-20672839#early-life - Wright Brothers

http://mrnussbaum.com/thomas_edison/ - Thomas Edison

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-thomas-edison/ - Thomas Edison 

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/entrepreneurs/levi_strauss.php - Levi Strauss

http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell-9205497 - Alexander Graham Bell 

Our spelling Unit 17 test is next Friday.

Spelling Lists 

Spelling City - games - Unit 17 next week 

Story Test / AIMS Testing

Our story this week is called So You Want to Be an Inventor: eBook.  Today we took our story test over comprehension and vocabulary.  We also read The Klutz Book of Ridiculous Inventions -- it was a silly book filled with some great kid-inspired inventions.  After all, who doesn't need soundproof underpants?  

I have begun AIMS testing for fluency for the Winter Benchmark.  It will take a while to get through the entire class before reports are sent home, but we are in the process of completing this test.  Students orally read three probes to me.  Each story "probe" (selection) is a timed one-minute selection.  The goal is to make good progress in fluency (reading rate).

This week we will read about inventions and the Steps in a Process of creating an invention.   Here are some activities you can have your child do at home to practice Steps in a Process:

Steps in a Process Activities

We are also focusing on Facts and Opinions.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

This is a fun site that our class will use to answer some "I Wonder Why...?" questions:

http://wonderopolis.org

http://www.whoinventedit.net

Schoolhouse Rock invention video:

Schoolhouse Rock Inventions

So You Want to Be an Inventor Jeopardy

Inventor Biographies for Kids:

http://www.biography.com/people/wilbur-wright-20672839#early-life - Wright Brothers

http://mrnussbaum.com/thomas_edison/ - Thomas Edison

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-thomas-edison/ - Thomas Edison 

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/entrepreneurs/levi_strauss.php - Levi Strauss

http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell-9205497 - Alexander Graham Bell 

Our spelling Unit 16 test is next Friday.

Spelling Lists 

Spelling City - games - Unit 16

Story Homework

Our story this week is called So You Want to Be an Inventor: eBook.  Students should reread this story tonight for homework and practice vocabulary words for the story test tomorrow.  Here's an at home Jeopardy game you can play to practice the story's facts:

So You Want to Be an Inventor Jeopardy

Inventor Games

Videos:

Kid President - Inventor

Inventions Made By Kids

Inventions are based upon steps in a process, such as Henry Ford's Assembly Line.  Here are some activities you can have your child do at home to practice Steps in a Process:

Steps in a Process Activities

We are also focusing on Facts and Opinions.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

This is a fun site that our class will use to answer some "I Wonder Why...?" questions:

http://wonderopolis.org

http://www.whoinventedit.net

Schoolhouse Rock invention video:

Schoolhouse Rock Inventions

Inventor Biographies for Kids:

http://www.biography.com/people/wilbur-wright-20672839#early-life - Wright Brothers

http://mrnussbaum.com/thomas_edison/ - Thomas Edison

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-thomas-edison/ - Thomas Edison 

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/entrepreneurs/levi_strauss.php - Levi Strauss

http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell-9205497 - Alexander Graham Bell 

Our spelling Unit 16 test is next Friday.

Spelling Lists 

Spelling City - games - Unit 16

So You Want to Be an Inventor?

Our story this week is called So You Want to Be an Inventor: eBook

This week we will read about inventions and the Steps in a Process of creating an invention.   Here are some activities you can have your child do at home to practice Steps in a Process:

Steps in a Process Activities

We are also focusing on Facts and Opinions.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

http://roomrecess.com/pages/FactOpinion.html

https://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html

This is a fun site that our class will use to answer some "I Wonder Why...?" questions:

http://wonderopolis.org

http://www.whoinventedit.net

Schoolhouse Rock invention video:

Schoolhouse Rock Inventions

So You Want to Be an Inventor Jeopardy

Inventor Biographies for Kids:

http://www.biography.com/people/wilbur-wright-20672839#early-life - Wright Brothers

http://mrnussbaum.com/thomas_edison/ - Thomas Edison

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-thomas-edison/ - Thomas Edison 

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/entrepreneurs/levi_strauss.php - Levi Strauss

http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell-9205497 - Alexander Graham Bell 

Our spelling Unit 16 test is next Friday.

Spelling Lists 

Spelling City - games - Unit 16