I know that a bunch of kids in the class love wrestling. Here is an incentive for them to read! There are even free books!
http://wwereadingsuperstar.com/
Monday, January 27, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Story Elements & Writing Contest!
In the 4th grade curriculum, students are required to use specific details from a fictional story to describe in-depth a character, setting and events(CCSS 4.RL.). In order to describe in-depth, students need to have a deep understanding of these story elements, and how the elements help to develop a story. Students are also required to write stories using clear sequence of events and descriptive details (CCSS W.4.3). What better way to combine these two standards (along with several other Speaking & Listening and Language standards) than to have a contest?!
This is where Scholastic, and famous authors Dav Pilkey and Jeff Kinney come in! Scholastic.com is sponsoring a contest for students to finish a story mash-up that Pilkey and Kinney started. Here is the link for the contest: http://www.scholastic.com/kpwebcast/
Link to materials: http://www.scholastic.com/kpwebcast/pdf/kinney_pilkey_story_smashup.pdf
This is where Scholastic, and famous authors Dav Pilkey and Jeff Kinney come in! Scholastic.com is sponsoring a contest for students to finish a story mash-up that Pilkey and Kinney started. Here is the link for the contest: http://www.scholastic.com/kpwebcast/
Link to materials: http://www.scholastic.com/kpwebcast/pdf/kinney_pilkey_story_smashup.pdf
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Happy New Year
I can't believe it is already January, and we are almost half-way through the year! In an effort to involve the parents in the credit/debit behavior system we use in our classroom, I have started to use ClassDojo.
Your child has probably showed you a paper with a code for you to sign up for the parent reports. I highly recommend signing up. You will be able to check your child's behavior at any time. For example at 10:30 a.m. you could login to ClassDojo, and see how your child's day going. I also think it is a great way to start conversation about how your child's school day was. When I was a kid and my parents asked me how my day was, my usual answer was "good." Hopefully ClassDojo will allow you to point out parts of the day where he or she was doing well or had some difficulty and hopefully get them to elaborate on it.
As always feel free to e-mail me with any questions.
ClassDojo Parent 101
Your child has probably showed you a paper with a code for you to sign up for the parent reports. I highly recommend signing up. You will be able to check your child's behavior at any time. For example at 10:30 a.m. you could login to ClassDojo, and see how your child's day going. I also think it is a great way to start conversation about how your child's school day was. When I was a kid and my parents asked me how my day was, my usual answer was "good." Hopefully ClassDojo will allow you to point out parts of the day where he or she was doing well or had some difficulty and hopefully get them to elaborate on it.
As always feel free to e-mail me with any questions.
ClassDojo Parent 101
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