Vocabulary
- push
- sound
- loud
- hero
- song
- coins
- globe
- fair
- caps
- science
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 "Magic Tree House: Night of the New Magicians" by Mary Pope Osborne
Writing
Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Slug Monster"
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 not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see!
Class Writing Activity "Robot DJ"
- Write 6 complete sentences using beginning, middle, and end format. Include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your essay.
- Use 3 of the daily vocabulary words in your writing; please underline your vocabulary words.
- Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following answers (in complete sentences) in your essay:
- Write a short story about DJ Robot. What kind of music does DJ Robot play? Where is DJ Robot from? Does DJ Robot play to an audience? Tell me all about DJ Robot!
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.
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