Book Club: Grade 8 had testing so only Grade 7 could come to library this Wednesday. So we couldn't select a book group book -- next week.
Media Lab: We talked about Wikis and about the controversy surrounding Wikipedia. This week's assignment is to take a topic and look it up on Wikipedia and then look it up in an Encyclopedia and tell us what the difference is between the two. Is one easier to read? Are there conflicting facts? Which do you think has more information . . . etc.
Gr. 6:
Book Club: selected Crispin as the book club book. I'm looking forward to reading this one myself.
Media Lab: We selected 3 cultural reference topics per student. The students will research each topic and decide which one they want to use for their segment. Topics included: Magna Carta, Alcatraz, Sitting Bull, Tasmanian Devil, Vikings and many more. They have to list why the topic is interesting and 3 unusual facts about it.
Gr. 5:
Book Club: selected The Landry News.
Media Lab: I read the original version of The Bremen Town Musicians and then we watched a modern version on the web and compared the two. Very interesting! We will be working toward doing our own version of Bremen Town Musicians in clay form. Next week we will assign jobs and read another Grimm's Fairy Tale.
Gr. 4:
Stopped reading Tuck Everlasting. They all wanted shorter stories and more picture books. So I read them the original Grimm's Rumpelstiltskin. They loved it!
Gr. 3:
Stopped reading James and the Giant Peach. They wanted more Greek Myths. So I read more. They loved it.
Gr. 2:
Happily read the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Gr. 1:
Happily read My Father's Dragon.
K:
Read Miss Rumphius. At first they moaned (book was too long and about a girl) but was liked by all in the end.
Gr. 3-7 saw web safety video and worked with the smart board to check out links.
2 comments:
What site has hangman on it? NP4
factmonster.com
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