I can write a page of dialogue by including: quotation marks, correct sentence punctuation, cause and effect transition words and commas. This was our Purpose statement this week in writing. The last three weeks we have been discussing fairytales, fables and folktalkes and comaparing and contrasting texts across cultures. To wrap up our Unit, I used a writing activity from the basal which I haven't used all year to ...
My fourth grade class were true "Shining Stars" this morning as they performed our first play, "Goldilocks and the Christmas Elves." Thanks to Natalie at What the Teacher Wants for posting and sharing the script, that she found from a Google search. When I first gave the script ...
Monday thru Thursday my students complete a daily edit. Their purpose is to correct a sentence by identifying the errors, and parts of speech. They have the most difficulty with identifying the verbs in the sentence. Well, while blog surfing I found an awesome activity at http://pvroom121.blogspot.com/2011/12/verb-snowmen.html ...
Today my fourth graders and I participated in our first Mystery Skype. I placed my students in 5 collaborative groups. Here's a picture of the group who used the iPads. They used the search engine Google and typed in the clues that were given by the Mystery Class. These ...
This week we are exploring Theme in a variety of passages. Today I introduced the word theme and used a short poem to model how to think aloud to identify the theme in a passage. The poem's theme was the Early bird gets the worm. I then introduced students to a new app ...
Tonight the cheerleaders, whom I help coach along with two other teachers, and the choir performed at our annual performance at Celebration in the Oaks. Here the Cheerleaders just finished performing and are watching the choir members performance. The Cheerleaders showing ...
This past week my students identified the main idea and details in a nonfiction text. On Monday, I began the lesson by stating the objective and sharing with students a chapter from the nonfiction selection Extreme Weather from our Treasure Series. We discussed the chapter and I ...
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