Scholastic Book Clubs online ordering

November 28, 2011 on 11:22 am | In News, Reading | No Comments

Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: GYL3X

Now it’s easier than ever to find the perfect books for your child – shop the NEW online Scholastic Book Clubs Web site. Choose from a much-wider selection of books than in the printed flyer. Plus, you can send your orders directly to me online and use your credit card to pay.

Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time a parent places an order online.

It’s so simple! Here’s how it works:

  • SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the “Register” button in the “First Time Here?” section. Register for your own user name and password. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code GYL3X. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.
  • SELECT the books you’d like to order – choose from thousands of titles – many more than in our monthly flyers.
  • SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child’s books will be delivered directly to my classroom.

Ordering online is fast, easy, and secure.

Of course, you can still order using the form from the printed flyer. But why not see for yourself how convenient it is to order online?

Reading Comprehension Strategy: Synthesizing

November 28, 2011 on 10:56 am | In Reading, video | No Comments

is a great site for learning reading comprehension strategies.  The student side of the site explains the strategy and then let’s them try it themselves. There is a teacher side has a lesson plan and resources like graphic organizers and videos that I will use to teach the strategy before they try it themselves on student side.

The focus for this week will be on Synthesizing what they read with what they already know to get new ideas.

I’ll use the videos first to teach the kids about Synthesizing.

We’ll use a graphic organizer to practice the skill with a reading selection.

Then the kids get to try it themselves.  They will create a username so they can save their progress.  At the end of this activity they are supposed to be able to email their finished bookmark.  We’ll give that a try so you can see what they make.

Sitton Unit 12 Word Work

November 28, 2011 on 6:09 am | In spelling | No Comments

The concepts for this unit are:

  1. A compound is a combination of two or more words.
  2. A possessive is a word that show ownership.  Some possessives need an apostrophe.
  3. A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word.

The Unit 12 Core Words are:

  1. mother
  2. light
  3. country
  4. father
  5. let

There will be a cloze-style pretest and skill pretest.  You will see a parent letter come home with an activity involving one of this week’s spelling rules.  On Friday, Those who did not ace the pretest will have a spelling test over the words on the cloze pretest.  Words missed will go in their Quickword personal spelling dictionary.

There are activities for practicing the Unit 12 Words.

does have all  Cloze pretest word lists.  Students can learn, play a game, and even take a test.

Sitton Unit 11 word work

November 14, 2011 on 8:47 am | In spelling | No Comments

The concepts for this lesson are:

  1. Some words have silent letters
  2. A vowel followed by r stands for a new sound. (Bossy r)
  3. Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.

The Unit 11 Core Words are:

  1. need
  2. far
  3. hand
  4. high
  5. year

There will be a cloze-style pretest and skill pretest.  You will see a parent letter come home with an activity involving one of this week’s spelling rules.  On Friday, Those who did not ace the pretest will have a spelling test over the words on the cloze pretest.  Words missed will go in their Quickword personal spelling dictionary.

There are activities for practicing the Unit 11 Words.

does have all 16 Cloze pretest word lists.  Students can learn, play a game, and even take a test.

Public Services here vs. Nigeria

November 10, 2011 on 11:14 pm | In Economics | No Comments

During our Economics unit we will learn to identify public goods and services.  This video compares public goods and services here (actually California) verses Nigeria, Africa.

 

 

 

 

Public goods in California and Nigeria

Opportunity Cost

November 9, 2011 on 12:12 am | In Economics | No Comments

Opportunity Cost is what you give up when you make a choice.  Here is a video to help explain.

 

 

What is Opportunity Cost?

Perimeter and Area

November 7, 2011 on 2:10 am | In Math | No Comments

We have been studying Perimeter and Area during our Math Unit 3 on Measurement.  Some have been struggling with these concepts.  This interactive activity will give more practice with how measurement relates to perimeter and area.

Sitton Unit 10 Word Work

November 4, 2011 on 6:36 am | In spelling | No Comments

The concepts for this lesson are:

  1. Frequent spelling patterns for long/j/ are j, ge, gi, and gy.
  2. Frequent spelling patterns for long/s/ are s, ss, ce, ci, and cy.
  3. Homographs are words that have the same spelling but have different meanings and pronunciations.
  4. A prefix is a letter or letters added to the beginning of a word.
  5. Frequent spelling patterns for long/o/ are o, al, au, and aw.

The Unit 10 Core Words are:

  1. almost
  2. live
  3. page
  4. got
  5. earth

There will be a cloze-style pretest and skill pretest.  You will see a parent letter come home with an activity involving one of this week’s spelling rules.  On Friday, Those who did not ace the pretest will have a spelling test over the words on the cloze pretest.  Words missed will go in their Quickword personal spelling dictionary.

There are activities for practicing the Unit 10 Words.

does have all 16 Cloze pretest word lists.  Students can learn, play a game, and even take a test.

http://www.spellingcity.com/taking-a-spelling-test.html?listId=513429

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