Thursday and Friday - March 31st and April 1, 2016

The writing STAAR test over,  BUT we still have work to be done. As we prepare for our Reading STAAR test BUT most importantly life in general, we need to review some concepts.

Today's Focus will be POETRY IN MOTION!!

     The link below will take you to our Poetry in Motion webquest document.  It is divided into types of poetry, figurative language, sound devices, types of rhyme and finally dissecting or reading a poem.

     You are to follow the links in the order on the sheet.  READ and COMPLETE all activities.  You will create ONE LONG GOOGLE DOCUMENT and title it POETRY.  You will need to share it with me TODAY only. I need to see how much you actually are getting done. There are activities listed at the end of each type and some are labeled activities actually on the webquest page. Make sure you DO ALL activities.

We are getting ready for our reading test and life.....make this activity count. There has always been poetry on the STAAR test.  It is time to review and understand it.  Work with a purpose.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B68a4O8UC5glbkh3OUpzM3BxMXc/view?usp=sharing

Thursday - March 24th- The desk are turned. Leave them

 

Today's DOLs - There are two of them below in purple. 

Write on the note card on the desk. Three mistakes are OBVIOUS. 

 

Baseball

On a coool spring day in April off the year 1910, William Howard Taft become the first US president to start the baseball season by throwing our the first pitch. He had come to League Park in Washington, D.C. to sea the Senators play the A’s. His tradition has carried on every sinse. What other base ball traditions do you know about?

White House Easter Egg Roll

When Congress put and end to the rolling of Easter eggs on the lawn of the capitol in 1878, president Rutherford B Hayes invited children to role there eggs on the White House lawn. Hayes and his wife, Lucy, started a tradition that continue to day. Famous entertainers and performers attend the White House Easter Egg Roll each year At the end of the event, each child recieves a special wooden egg as a souvenir. 

Thursday....we have a three day weekend.  Enjoy the time with family and friends. However, school does go on and we are still preparing not just for STAAR but for life....We Got This!

Everyone should have their test in AWARE by now. If you don't, make sure you get it done.  If you were absent then this message is for you. If you have completed that task, then  here are some links I want to you to work through. These are the only sites you should be on at this time!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm

In the left side column, work through the grammar activities. Pick level 2.

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/97.html

http://mrnussbaum.com/xsurgeons/

There are several games on this site that will build your revising and editing skills. You may work through any of them on 6th grade plus level!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english

This site has many games. You may work through any of them on your level that are ELAR related. 

AGAIN, I REPEAT...you are to only be on ELAR practice sites. We take our STAAR writing test on Tuesday. Now is crunch time to remember the basics of revising and editing!