The War with Grandpa Book Trailer

The War with Grandpa holds a special place in my heart as it was the first novel I ever taught when I started teaching almost 13 years ago.   The boys who read the book during literature circles enjoyed the novel as much as I did all the years ago.  Enjoy the book trailer of The War with Grandpa from Owen and Nick, and Jack and Grant!

War with Grandpa Book Trailer by Owen and Nick

War with Grandpa Book Trailer by Jack and Grant

I Movies- Book Trailers

We have been working hard on our book trailers the past few weeks. We have been using imovie to complete these, and I have been so impressed! The groups have been working very hard on mastering imovie and have been working together wonderfully! I am so proud of the work ethic this class has displayed, as well as their willingness to help each other out. Enjoy our book trailers!

I will be adding a new trailer (hopefully) each day:) Check back often!

Out of My Mind Book Trailer by Ethan and Jacob

A Long Walk to Water Book Trailer by Sam, Matthew, and Will

iMovie Book Trailers

We are working hard on our iMovie book trailers over our latest literature circle books. First, this round of books have been a huge hit with our class. I have never heard so many enthusiastic comments about books! The discussions that our teams had over their reading was unreal! I was so proud!
I have added a view pictures of our teams working hard to create their book trailers over their novels. When our book trailers are complete, I will load them and share the link! 

Creativity at work!

Ruby Bridges

A few weeks ago we started reading informational text over Ruby Bridges.  We read and discussed several types of sources and medias: articles, interviews, biographies, an autobiography, and artwork. We talked about that one event (or individual) can be presented many ways through the different points of view of the author writing about that event (or individual).  We disucssed the individual Ruby Bridges and the events that surrounded her life.  Students were put into groups where they compared and contrasted different media sources.  They then completed online venn diagrams to show their understanding.  I have put their venn diagrams on edmodo.com.  Be sure to check them out!

This link will ask you for a login: ask  your child for their login, or you can create your own!
Edmodo: Venn Diagrams

Family Inquiry Project

This week, along with being ISTEP, we have also begun our new literature circle unit.  This unit will be dealing with the question, "What is a family?"  We have been talking about the different ways you can define a family.  I am including a link to the popplet we made in class.  Can a team be considered family? Friends? The popplet was a great way to see that yes, there are many ways to define a family!

We will be reading these books, including our mentor text, Because of Mr. Terupt, the next few weeks.  If you would like to read a novel that your child is reading, please let me know and I will get you a copy! 

Family Popplet

Family Blendspace (Book Trailers)
 

Point of View Powerpoints

We have spent the past few weeks discussing point of view.  We have talked about first, second, and third person, as well as third person objective, limited, and omniscient.  We have also learned about author's perspective and how different writing genres can give us a different point of view over the same topic.  I have linked up a quick project we did to learn about different point of view over the same topic. Check out the powerpoints on blendspace! Blendspace Point of View

Free Rice

Today we worked on a vocabulary site called Free Rice.  This site donates 10 grams of rice for every vocabulary word that is answered correctly.  The kids loved it!  Not only is it a great cause, but we learned MANY new vocabulary words that we can use in our writing and everyday conversations! Be sure to check it out!