Friday, March 26, 2010

Reading Update

Third Grade Third graders are still working in Pixie. Their homework is to discuss why tears are warm when they come and why a nose runs cold. Fourth Grade Students began The Phantom Tollbooth. They are to read to page 144 for next week. They are to also to pick a flower and write a paragraph from 4 different points of view. Fifth Grade Fifth grade students chose a book to read independently from a selection of books. They are to finish the book byt the time they return to school. They will be asked to turn in 2 flow maps: one for 10 events in the book with 2 supporting details and one for a character of their choice with 8 events and 2 supporting details. There will be a bubble map for a character of their choice with 10 attributes and one supporting detail for each attribute. Students will have 3 paragraphs that are text to self, text, and world connections of at least 7 sentences each for the book.