Poetry Jam

Magnetic-Poetry- "The Game" is a creative and fun wordplay game. A student said, "It was hard to make sentences sometimes." Another shared, "It was cool to make sentences."

Let's Tessellate!

Tessellate Slide Show
Tessellate to "I Like to Move It."

Let's Tessellate!
Hit Let's Play

Check out the Translation Template      Tessellation Challege

State Report

Finale! Sharing their state report with a partner.

Creating a Ethnic Pie Graph

Researching info from state sites on our blog.

Friends helping friends

Kids Cooking in the USA
[5] 2.2.2 Writing in a variety of nonfiction forms using appropriate information and structure (i.e., step-by step directions, description, observations, or report writing)

Washington State's Seal

Kids are researching and adding more!
There are several parts of the project.

1. Students will create a brochure (also referred to as a pamphlet)  Or create a document on Page. 
2. Write to a state tourism office to request information like a brochure and map.
3. Use the outline form to record information on their state.

Cover will include:
Picture of the State, State Flag
Statehood Date, State Motto
Side One:
State Facts: Capital, Population, Area Nickname
Famous For Interesting places to visit
Side Two:
Two different types of maps.
Physical landform relief (Hand drawn or molded in clay)
Natural Resource Map
 Interesting information

Side Three Design a bar, line, circle or pie graph for the following topics:
Ethnic groups in population
Temperature  

Back Cover will include:
Bibliography of book sources

Bibliography of web sites

 Research using several of the following sites:

• Find Facts of any state, including Washington, D.C. 
• 50 states.com 
• Netstate.com 
• Infoplease.com 
• Tour American Through Postcards 
• Camping US Parks 

Created a state map, state flag, and took a photo. Then placed on Pages App.

Prewriting a Narrative & Rough Draft

Planning the beginning of the story

Prewriting Strategies to plan written work.

The Beginning includes a setting, characters, and a mention of the  problem.


He is looking for sight words used in his writing pieces.

• Then they will discuss ideas with their peers.
• Write key thoughts and phrases.
• Rehearses ideas
• Think of their audience
• Rough Draft

Geography

Where is Europe? Asia?

Partner Time

We located 7 continents and used our Social Studies Textbook  It was difficult to locate Antarctica since it is on the south pole. Then we looked for 5 oceans. It was challenging to find the 5th Ocean. It was close to the Continent Antarctica.  An inset was placed on our map. We choose between Mountains Around the World or Rivers Around the World.

Working together

Writing Conference

I was reading my story, it was about the Ice Caves Accident in Seattle.

We were sharing three ghost stories.

Classroom audiences listening to a story (Narrative)

5th Graders are listening to their classmates stories.

• They can give a compliment
• Ask questions
• Then may give a suggestion

D E A R Time

Drop Everything and READ.
DEAR Reading means . . .

• Get out our book and start reading.
• We get out our reading log too.
• Then write about what we just read.

Book Talks

Read My Brother's Keeper

I'm reading Captain Underpants

Is a brief commercial for a book

• Talk about the title and author.
• Read aloud the interesting or exciting part of the book.
• Mark it with 3 tabs (as seen in the Photo)
• Give a brief synopsis of the book.
• Then ask, “Are there any questions or comments?”

I'm reading Viking Ships at Sunrise.

 

iPad Workshop

Does it look like this?

Fifth Grade Students had Apple Trainer Cheryl Bobo at our school.

• Students located where they live
• Created a iMovie
• Wrote a brief synopsis of their life using the  App Pages. (http://www.apple.com/apps/pages) A writing tool for the iPad.

I have to point the camera at myself?

Do you see your house?

 

Going Bananas!

How to Play Bananagram Game

By Bananagrams

Place all 144 tiles face down on center of table. These tiles are referred to as the "BUNCH". For games of 2-4 people, each player takes 21 letters from the bunch, keeping them face down. For 5-6 players, 15 letters are taken. For 7-8 (or more) players, 11 letters are taken.

Now Banana Game begins.
Any one player says "SPLIT" whereupon all players

Spelling

SpellingCity.Com site is on-line place to practice their fifth grade spelling words. You can

• Use this interactive tool to review your spelling words.
• Play a Game
• Practice writing your words with hand writing sheets.
• Take a test (Say it - hear it or in a Sentence)