Wednesday, April 26, 2017

The Bunyans Test

Tomorrow is our field trip to our Earth Day movie.  We will be returning to school prior to lunch.  Students will eat snack before departing.  There will be no food/snack items on the trip.  Here's a link to an informative panda video that we viewed in class.  We are also reading about Pandas.

Panda Fact Video

We read  The Bunyans on pages 726 - 743 in our Storytown book.  This is about Paul Bunyan and his family.  We get to learn what happens to Paul "later in life" and what his other family members are like.   Today we took our story test. 
eBook

This story helped us to discuss the elements of a Tall Tale, which is a fictional story that exaggerates the truth.  Tall tales began as campfire stories told by American pioneers.  We read a brief book about Paul Bunyan.  Here's a 15 minute Walt Disney video about Paul Bunyan.  

Walt Disney Paul Bunyan

Spelling Test Unit 28 on Friday.   
Spelling City

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

The Bunyans

The Bunyans

We read  The Bunyans on pages 726 - 743 in our Storytown book.  This is about Paul Bunyan and his family.  We get to learn what happens to Paul "later in life" and what his other family members are like.   Rereading will be homework.  We completed Storytown vocabulary on workbook page 163.

eBook

This story helped us to discuss the elements of a Tall Tale, which is a fictional story that exaggerates the truth.  Tall tales began as campfire stories told by American pioneers.  We read a brief book about Paul Bunyan.  Here's a 15 minute Walt Disney video about Paul Bunyan.  

Walt Disney Paul Bunyan

Spelling Test Unit 28 on Friday.   Today we completed Spelling workbook page 113-114. 

Spelling City

JDRF

JDRF Video

Walk for a Cause is held on May 17 after school.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Grand Canyon

Today's homework assignment is to re-read Grand Canyon, Journey Through Time for tomorrow's story and comprehension test.   We are in Theme 5, Lesson 2:

eBook


Here are a few Grand Canyon videos:

Grand Canyon for Kids Rafting Adventure Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFX49YQvpfs

Quick Grand Canyon Cartoon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMd6_Xx8wQA

The Grand Canyon (4 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZZEJMtLOKU

( 4 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMSN3vDf2vI

Grand Canyon Flight From Above : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2X4U1mQzoE

Animated Clip : http://pbskids.org/video/?guid=705ba316-a771-4269-92e8-90cbdd641eb9

Formation:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktf73HNZZGY

Animals of Grand Canyon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEeM54HRWrU



We are preparing for our Unit 27 Spelling test.  These words have Latin roots.

Spelling City

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Today's homework assignment is to re-read Dinosaurs and Dragons for tomorrow's story and comprehension test. We completed workbook page 151 for vocabulary in our Practice Workbook.   Here's the link to the eBook of Dinosaurs and Dragons.  We are in Theme 5, Lesson 1:

eBook



Dinosaur Fact Cartoon (20 min.)

Fossil Video (14 min.)

Bill Nye Fossils (24 min.)

10 Dragon Facts

Dragons in Mythology

Dinosaur Facts for Kids

More Dino Facts For Kids


This week our Unit 26 Spelling test will be on THURSDAY prior to the long weekend.  These words have silent letters.

Spelling City

For next week's Spelling Unit, the list includes homophones.  Here's a link to homophone games.

Homophone Games

Monday, April 10, 2017

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Dinosaur Fact Cartoon (20 min.)

Fossil Video (14 min.)

Bill Nye Fossils (24 min.)

10 Dragon Facts

Dragons in Mythology

Dinosaur Facts for Kids

More Dino Facts For Kids

Here's the link to the eBook of Dinosaurs and Dragons.  We are in Theme 5, Lesson 1:

eBook

This week our Unit 26 Spelling test will be on THURSDAY prior to the long weekend.  These words have silent letters.

Spelling City

For next week's Spelling Unit, the list includes homophones.  Here's a link to homophone games.

Homophone Games

Monday, April 3, 2017

Spelling Review Unit

Today we completed a review unit page in Spelling.  The Unit 25 test will be on Friday.  Spelling City is a great practice site.  Link here:
Spelling City

We also worked on some April Fool's Jokes, and we read "Welcome To Chinatown" from our Storytown book.  There will not be a Tuesday homework assignment, as we are not here in school on Tuesday!

Chinese New Year Videos for Kids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-R-aIq3_E - Story of the Zodiac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5aY11MpvsI - Short Zodiac Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIThvekI_u0 -  Chinese New Year Photos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPIQ-jw_mc - San Francisco Chinatown Parade