Carlene Shields

Links for adaptation assignment

You may present your animal's adaptation in a Power Point, on a poster, or in a report. Which ever method you choose, it should answer the follwoing questions:

What animal did you select?

What adaptations has the animal made to survive in its habitat?

Are the adaptations physical, behavioral, or both?  Explain.

What problems would the animal face if it had not made these adaptations?

Use the following link to find information about your animal.

http://gtm-media.discoveryeducation.com/videos///11279//11279_BM.pdf

The rubric which will be used for assessment is in the previous blog.

Computer Lab April 30th

Use the following links for today's lab:

Visuals of adaptations and patterns we discussed yesterday:

Pictures of decorator crabs: Download Decorator crab

Escher prints:  http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/gallery-symmetry.htm

Use the links below to complete your graphic organizer.

Side 1:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/animal/invest.htm

Side 2:

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750

Assessment:

Download Animal-adaptation-grading-rubric

CRCT April 21-27

CRCT testing begins on Tuesday, April 21st.  Reading will be the first test. 

Test Taking Tips:

• Get plenty of sleep.

• Be on time.

• Relax( You're ready)

• Read the questions carefully, and read all the answers before answering.

• Eliminate obviously incorrect answers.

I am confident that you are ready. Good luck!

Computer Lab

Please use the following links for your lab assignment today:

CRCT Prep:       http://www4.usatestprep.com/front/login.php

 reading across the curriculum:      https://www.myskillstutor.com/login.jsp?user=&site=pmms01

figurative language practice:

http://www.sturgeon.k12.mo.us/elementary/numphrey/subjectpages/languagearts/figuresofspeech.html

CRCT practice

The link below is to a site which allows students to practice the skills they will need to excel on the CRCT. 

http://usatestprep.com/front/index.php

Book Report

It's time to talk books!  Your next book report will be due on March 3oth.  This time you will present your book in a Powerpoint Presentation.I will present a model Powerpoint over the book When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt sometime next week. 

I am providing a link to the rubric that I will  use to evaluate your presentation. Download PowerPoint Book Report Rubric .

Please ask if you have any questions about the assignment.

Enjoy!

computer lab

Please use the following links to complete today's assignments:

scanning quiz:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/scanning/index.shtml

When you have taken the quiz online, you should print your score.

literary elements game:

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/course1/unit/games.shtml

personal pronouns:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/pronouns/

China search (scanning practice)

www.timeforkids.com

tpyes of writing :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/game.shtml

www.freerice.com

 

Book Talk

Every student should be reading a book (genre of choice) for a book talk  which will be presented during conference week (January 26-30).

computer lab

root words link: 

http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=5&act=2&que=1

 analogy game:

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/analogies/analogiesx.htm

suffixes

http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=10&act=2&que=1

recognizing genres game:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/game.shtml

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing break. 

 

We will continue our study of the elements of fiction, author’s purpose, and mood and tone.  This week, we will read a Nigerian myth entitled The Tale of the Superman, and the American myth, Superman.  We will compare and contrast them.

 

Dates of interest:

 

January 13^th – Conference appointment times go home

January 14^th – Conference letters returned

January 19^th - MLK holiday- no school

January 26-30 - Conference Week - students will be dismissed 2 hours early