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Bookwink is a site that introduces books to students through video book talks. The videos are very well done. A person can search for books by subject, grade level, title or author. Not every book has a video. If you see "Video Booktalk", there is a video. 3-20-12
Evocabulary offers lists of vocabulary including all parts of speech, dolch words, spelling bee lists, idioms and proverbs just to name a few. 3-14-12
Genre Studies Games - 3-5-12
Genre Studies Definitions - 3-5-12
Diamante Creator - 2-29-12
Poetry
Poetry
The 2016 Golden Archer nominees are...
INTERMEDIATE (Students in middle elementary grades)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the long haul by Jeff Kinney (2014)
El Deafo by Cece Bell (2014)
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm (2014)
Malcolm at Midnight by W. H Beck (2012)
Ungifted by Gordon Korman (2012)
Rewordify - According to Mr. Seyfert, "Rewordify will take frustration and turn it into understanding."
Thank you for participating in the 2015 Golden Archer Awards! As a person who submitted votes for 2015, you are receiving this first notice of the 2016 nominees!
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Into the Book - Reading Strategies
UNDERSTANDING LEXILES
5TH GRADE - LEVELS Q-W; LEXILES 830-1010
MI - I can infer they lived happily ever after, since they were married at the end of the book.
DI - I feel it is important that Jacob comforted Sarah after the storm.
AQ - Why do they swim in a cow pond?
V - I can picture the dog, Lottie, sleeping right next to Sarah's bed.
MC: Hearing how Sarah traveled by train reminded me when I went on a train to Chicago.
For example, from Sarah, Plain and Tall - I wrote
Each day while reading (not after reading), students are asked to write 3-5 sentences using any of the reading strategies they have been using since 3rd grade: Making Connections, Making Inferences, Visualizing, Determining Importance, or Asking Questions.
So what can we do to help kids read in the summer? Well, we have been helping them all year long to be excited and engaged with books, so that excitement can help to carry them through the summer.
What else can we do? We can help students create an intentional plan for summer reading. When we plan for things they are more likely to happen than if we just hope they will happen. We can help students set goals and build a list of books to read over the summer! Dr. Richard Allington, national reading researcher, suggests that at the 3rd - 5th grade level students only need 6 - 8 books to maintain their progress over the summer (this is an average!). That is really only one chapter book every other week or so. Plan time during the last week of school to have students check out books to take home for the summer (signed permission slip required.)
or a link to one I did.
I have been thinking about summer reading. As someone that enjoys reading and has a strong reading identity I already have a planned pile of books waiting for my summer reading time! As summer approaches for our students I begin to worry about how many students will not be reading over the summer. That part of me wants to have a log, or checklist, or calendar or something that students fill out to show they have been reading. I also know however, that keeping a log or calendar is not what is motivating to students, and is really only something for teachers - an accountability measure. And as an accountability measure, it is pretty useless since the students are not actually being held accountable by the teacher that might give them the book log because they will have a new teacher in the fall.
READING
This is a great website that shows ATOS levels for popular books!
https://www.mobilepubliclibrary.org/kids/arbooks.php
How to avoid the summer reading slide: Intentional Planning for Summer Reading
WRITING
111 Words to Use instead of Great
5th Grade Writing Non-negotiables
I start every sentence and all proper nouns with a capital letter.
I write in complete sentences.
I end every sentence with punctuation.
I correctly punctuate dialogue with commas and quotation marks.
4th Grade Non-negotiables
I start every sentence and proper nouns with a capital letter.
I write in complete sentences.
I use quotation marks to show what characters say.
3rd Grade Non-negotiables
I start every sentence and proper nouns with a capital letter.
I end every sentence with punctuation.
I capitalize “I” when referring to myself in writing.
I write in complete sentences.
OTHER LANGUAGE ARTS
This is a creative writing site for kids under 16 years old. Each week a prompt is given and students can write up to 100 words based on the prompt. After posting it on a class blog, they can submit there creative piece to 100WC. By submitting their writing, it is read by other classes and commented on and students can visit other blogs and make constructive comments. Visit the site below for more info.
Storyjumper THIS NEEDS TO BE TURNED ON BY THE CLASSROOM TEACHER OR FOLLOW DIRECTIONS ON NOTE TO BE SENT HOME. class code: 454-5703; password-2021
Analyzing, reading and writing literature
Punctuation Paintball - learn to use punctuation correctly
Gaggle - email
Plural Girls - Learn the correct plural forms of nouns
To Be or Not to Bee - Learn about verbs of being
Making Your Own Books - 11-22-11
Furious Frogs is a game to practice synonyms, antonyms and homonyms. 3-14-12
My Three Words is a sentence sharing game. Three words start a sentence off. Players are then able to enter three words at a time to continue the story. Any number of people can play at once. A fullstop, question mark or exclamation mark will end the story. 3-14-12
Wordnik lets you look up any word and get a plethera of information about that word.Wordnik shows definitions from multiple sources, so you can see as many different takes on a word's meaning as possible. 3-14-12
Language Arts Games from Game Classroom has engaging and educational games for grades Kindergarden through 6th.
Reading is Fun Story Maker - 1-25-12
Writing About the Zoo- 1-25-12
A Timely Tale -1-25-12
Communicating Ideas with Posters, Newspaper, and Comic Strips - 9/26/11
KEYBOARDING
By the end of the year, 5th graders are expected to key 20 words per minute with 95% accuracy. Please feel free to practice your keyboarding skills using these websites:
More Keyboarding Practice
More Keyboarding Practice
Touch Typing Progressive Program
Digital Citizenship
Digital Citizenship
Cyberbullying—what is it
Safe texting–video
SPELLING
Spelling Bee - 11/2/12
Another Spelling Bee - 11/2/12
Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary
Spelling Word Puzzles - 3-1-12
On the first day of the school week (unless there is a 3 day week), we go over the list and learn the spelling pattern for the week. Your child cuts apart the word cards for that week’s pattern in class. For the next day, they are to write a written sort (TONIGHT) labeling the headings for each pattern correctly as found on the index card in their baggie. The baggies are to come back to school each day. The pocket in the back of the assignment booklet seems to be the best spot for the baggie.
Though not everyone learns in the same way, I have made suggestions below you may want to follow to help your child learn the words and prepare for the Friday tests. Of course, feel free to mix them around depending on the needs of your child. Please encourage your child to practice both the sorting pattern and the spelling of the words each weeknight evening.
Spelling the words correctly is equally important as writing the correct spelling patterns (without looking by the end of the week) and knowing which words follow which pattern.
As always, thanks for your support. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Mrs. Simacek J simacekk@ripon.k12.wi.us 748-4695
SPELLING HOMEWORK
Monday (tonight) – Complete a written sort. See the directions below.
How do do a written sort:
· Write the category headings in columns on a piece of paper.
· Look at the first word and decide in which category the word belongs. Write it under the heading
· Repeat with the other words.
· When you are finished, look at the index card to check that you did it correctly.
· Bring your written sort back to school to be turned in.
Tuesday - Sort your words. See the directions below.
How to do a sort:
· Put the category headings on your paper.
· Look at the first word and decide in which category the word belongs. Put the word card under the heading.
· Repeat with the other words.
· When you are finished, look at the index card to check that you did it correctly.
Wednesday – Do a no-peeking sort. See the directions below.
How to do a sort:
· Put the category headings down on the table or desk.
· Pu the word cards face down on the table. Pick up one card and read the word aloud.
· Repeat with the other words.
· Check the word card and index card to see that you did this correctly.
Thurday – Do a no-peeking, written sort.
How to do a no-peeking written sort:
· Write the category headings in columns on a piece of paper.
· Someone reads the first word aloud to you.
· Decide in which category the word belongs. Write it under the heading.
· Repeat with the other words.
· When you are finished, look at the index card to check that you did it correctly.
Ben and Me - 12-9-10
Looking for reading lists for your students or your own children for summer reading? Check out Nick Glass's Teaching Books: http://www.teachingbooks.net/
Scroll down to below Author of the Week and click on Reading List Resources. The + sign opens lists.
Also try Novelist K-8 linked on the first page of Badgerlink: http://www.badgerlink.net/
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