Monday November 2nd, 2015

New book this week! Students finished reading "Mangoes and Bananas", by Nathan Kumar Scott, in our last class. We began reading "Magic Tree House: Night of the New Magicians", by Mary Pope Osborne, in class today. Have your student go over our first reading of "Night of the Magicians" with you tonight. They'll be able to explain the book setting and characters! 

Vocabulary

1. mysterious
2. legendary
3. prove
4. mission
5. dangled
6. sorcerer
7. magical
8. Camelot
9. defeat
10. discovered

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 "Henry: The Imaginary Friend". 

Class Reading

Began reading: "Magic Tree House: Night of the New Magicians" by Mary Pope Osborne

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "The Library"

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

• Write 5 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:

1. Who are Jack and Annie, and what is the Magic Tree House? 
2. What is the Paris Wold's Fair, and why are Jack and Annie being sent there?  
3. Who are the 4 magicians? What are each magicians talents? 
4. What is the rhyme book, and how must it be used? Who gave it to Annie and Jack? 
5. What do you think will happen in this book? Why do you think the magicians need help? How do you imagine the World's Fair? The magicians? The evil sorcerer?