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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Our Class Realistic Fiction Story!
In a previous post we told you about the planning stage of a realistic fiction story. We have almost finished writing our story. We have written an introductory paragraph and three even paragraphs. While doing the shared writing we learned about all details and “show-not-tell” That means that we describe the event/emotion/action instead of writing short sentences such as, “She was scared.”
WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please read our story below and then reply with an ending of your own. We’ll then analyze all of the suggested endings and choose the best one!
It was a marvellously sunny day in Danville. Kendra was on her way to the biggest park in the neighbourhood. She was hoping that her friends would be there because she was tired of playing by herself.
Kendra skipped the whole way to the park. when she got there she saw Joseph and Milla walking towards the park. All three faces litup with giant smiles. Kendra and Milla asked, “Do you want to go on the slide?” “No way!” Joseph replied.
Joseph crossed his arms and asked, “Do you want to play tag instead?” The girls looked at each other and answered, “No way hosea!” Joseph looked nervous and whispered, “I’m scared to go down the giant slide.”
So Kendra and Milla said, “We’ll go down first and show you that it’s not so scary.” The girls were laughing and smiling as they climbed the ladder. Joseph was shaking inside and he could feel his heart beating as he watched the girls. They waved to Joseph and flew down the slide as a train.
raz kids
We have been reading on raz kids for a while now and some people are done 1 levl, some have even done more levels. I really like raz kids because you can save up stars to buy stuff and read to achieve new goals that someone might have, like figering out new stupendous words like murmur and all sorts of words. That is why I like raz kids.
By Chris
Student-Led Conferences
Introducing the Smartboard
Thank-you, parents, guardians, and students for taking part in this year’s conferences! The conferences were a big success, giving students a chance to be leaders and talk about their learning and show their work. I enjoyed meeting with everyone and welcome all of your feedback!
Mrs. Hackett
Maps!
Yesterday we were working on maps for Social Studies! But not an ordinary map. It was a map of a Camp named “Camp Alexander”. Some things we had to put on the map was a Flagpole,Firepit,Beach,Lodge and many more! This map was not so easy for me.Sometimes I didn’t know where to put things because we had to do certain things on the North side some things on the South side some things on the West side and somethings on the East side. Even though I didn’t get mine finished but it was fun just reading about the camp!
by: Kaitlynn
man hunt. woo hoo
Everybody was playing man hunt and it was fun and tiring. I was in a group with Jayden Rachel, Carson and Nicky. It is really hard and me and Rachel lost the group and we almost got caught but the bell rang.
By: Connor
Writing
We have been working on wrighting stories about difrent things, like playing games going on vacations being at school. I finished one about playing super mario bros. Now I’m working on one about me getting my chineese fighting fish. Some of my friends are writing about playing soccer like Ritwick and Caleb.
By Chris.
The Writing Process At Work!
We have wrapped up our writing unit on Personal Narratives. We learned many things during this unit, including what the writing process is and how to write effectively during each stage. We will continue to develope these skills with our next unit of study: Realistic Fiction. So far we have worked through 2 stages in a shared writing environment. We have created a box of ideas for stories, developed a fictional character, and planned a story including a problem, events, and a solution.
The bear and the trolls
The book is about a guy named finn and his bear Bjorn and he thinks a very good bear so he is taking him to a king.So he finds a woodcutters cottage so he asks if he can stay for the night.The woodcutter said, “no Im afraid I cant.” So he begged and begged. He said, “no we cant stay here our self so you cant stay here because the trolls.” Finn said, “Im not afraid of trolls.” So the woodcutter and his family went off. At midnight finn was disturbed by the sound of voices. It was the trolls!The Trolls were too busy eating and they did not see finn. But they saw Bjorn. So they teased him. Bjorn scared the trolls away but in the cottage was a mess! So finn said Bjorn you can eat it all up. Finn was very happy! A whole year went by! It was midwinter day and the woodcutter was out in the woods and feeling worried. After a troll and two more trolls said we saw your cat so we are not visting again! And that was the end of the day.THE END!
By Kiara and Nick!
This reading group read this story and then practiced reading the story as Reader’s Theatre. At the end of the week they perform the reader’s theatre for the class and did a fabulous job! When reading they were thinking about the Fluency Reading Tools we have been working on. They used expression, reading smoothly and at an appropriate pace.
Data Management-We Need Your Help!
We are learning how to collect and organize data. Please take a moment to complete the following survey. We will then use the data to create a graph and make some conclusions.