Wednesday October 14th, 2015

We are closing in on the last few chapters of "Dog Days" by David Lubar. Students were asked what book they want to read next and encouraged to bring that book to class next week to discuss with the rest of the class. 

Vocabulary

1. deserved
2. surprising
3. worry
4. wondered
5. keeping
6. wrong
7. decided
8. figured
9. enough
10. single

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge
Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from "Sprinkles"  

Class Reading

• Reviewed and discussed last weeks reading and writing activity. 
• Continued reading "Dog Days" by David Lubar , Chapter 6 

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge: "Cat and Dragon Share the Food"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Vocabulary Baseball

Baseball to strengthen writing skills and vocabulary comprehension!

Student sat at "home-base" with pencil and paper. 
Teacher "pitched" a vocabulary word to student. Student wrote a complete sentence using the "pitched" vocabulary word. A hit occurred when if the sentence was complete and the vocabulary word usage was correct; a strike occurred when the student did not use a complete sentence or the word was used incorrectly. Students were also thrown out on base if they were unable to use the thrown word correctly. 

Class Writing

Short sentences written describing the material read aloud in class. 

• Write 6 complete sentences with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your sentences. 
• Use 3 of the daily vocabulary words; please underline your vocabulary words. 
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following items (in complete sentences) in your essay: 

1. Why wasn't Larry going to play baseball on such a nice day?
2. Where did Larry go look for work? What businesses did he stop and ask to work at? Did Larry find work at any of the businesses? 
3. Why did Larry want Paul to come with him to play baseball? 
4. Why did Larry say that looking for the dog in the alley is like watching Paul? What was one of the differences? 
5. What do you think the bad news is from Carlos? 

Homework

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