Showing posts with label Assignments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Assignments. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Podcast

We have just completed our first podcast. The students recorded an antonyms description of everyday household items. It's not the best quality, but we are still elated that we were able to accomplish a podcast with pictures. 

We promise the next one will be better! :)



Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Academics

We have been learning about verbs for the past two weeks. We started off with the basic "action verb", then we discussed verb tenses, and now we have been working with "helping verbs." 


Below is the helping verb song, which helped the students memorize all 23 of the helping verbs. They had a lot of fun today playing musical chairs, while they sung!



Monday, January 10, 2011

MLK SPEECH


MLK SPEECH

Your child will be reciting a section from Martin L. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on Wednesday, January 19th.

Your child is expected to have memorized their section completely in its original form.

They’re also required to rewrite their section of the speech, in a “kid-friendly” version, using their own words. Even though, they are rewriting their section, the original principles and beliefs should still conveyed.

A full detail description highlighting all of the requirements was sent home on Friday, Jan 7th


MLK Speech

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Sounder Book Report





Don't Forget: 
Your child's book report for the historical fiction novel, Sounder is due on Monday, December 13th. 

Board Game Instructions

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

BOOK REPORT


Reminder: Book Reports
Due: THIS Friday, November 5th



We have been reading the book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for over a month. We have been doing a variety of activities in exploration of the book (comprehension questions, movie, group discussion, etc). To conclude the story, your child will be presenting a book report on the story, THIS Friday, November 5th. 


Your child had the option to choose from any of the following: 



New Book Cover
(Kyra, Brandon, and Cariae)
Now is the chance to create a new cover for your book.  Your cover should have the author, illustrator’s name, and  a new illustration, different from the original.  Don’t forget to use the space on the front and back flaps to add information to your project.  The front flap should include information about the author, including other titles they have written and why they started writing, etc.  If there is an illustrator, please include their information on the back flap.  If your book does not have an illustrator, write five or more sentences describing your favorite part of the book.  The back cover should be a summary of the book with a minimum of five sentences.  Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation are very important. 
Character Diary
(Kaitlyn)
Choose several important days at strategic points throughout the book.  Write chronological diary entries that your character might have written if he/she kept a diary.  You need a minimal of five diary entries.  Each entry needs to be at least a paragraph in length and written in first person. Create an interesting cover for your diary.  Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation are very important.

  

Diorama
(Matthew, Deon, Brianna, Deon, Charlie)
Create a diorama for an important scene in the book.  A diorama is a miniature scene usually inside of a shoebox, using dried or living plants, stones, dirt, small figures, background pictures, and etc to create a three-dimensional effect.  On the back attached to your diorama should be paragraph, explaining your diorama.  Your report should state why you have chosen that scene and how it is significant to your book, using examples from the story.



Character Puppet or Doll
Bring your chapter book main character to life.  Your puppet or doll should have accessories that illustrate your character’s personality.  Some examples:  if your character loves to read, you could attach a book to your puppet or doll.  If your character favorite color is red, then they could have a red shirt.  You need at least five accessories attached to your puppet/doll.  Your puppet/doll should have specific details that reflect their physical features.  They should have correct hair, eye color, etc. With the doll/puppet there needs to be a report. You report should explain your selection of accessories with detail, using examples from the story.



Collage
(Tia, Xavier)
Browse through magazines, newspapers, and/or the Internet, looking of for pictures that depict 8 major scenes from your book. Then cut out the pictures and arrange them in sequential order on poster board. Underneath each picture should be 3-5 complete sentences explaining the significance of the scent/event. Your collage should tell the story of the book you read.