May 10, 2019
We are getting close to completing our unit on Behind the Music.
Next Up: Surviving Extremes: What can we learn from the extremes of nature?
Next Up: Surviving Extremes: What can we learn from the extremes of nature?
We will be reading articles, survival guides, personal stories on surviving the extremes of nature and working on reading strategies such as:
Self-Monitoring, Analyzing, Making Connections, Predicting. Synthesizing and Evaluating.
Extra reading can be found at:
www.scholastic.ca/education/steppingupwithliteracyplace/
Password: stu7cp2a
Students>enter password above>SURVIVING EXTREMES
Reader Response Follow Up
FINAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT
OPTION # 1
Survival Guide- Students can create their own survival guide using Gearing Up for the Cold as their Exemplar. The topic is of their choice-They will be going through the writing process Plan, Draft, Edit Revise and Publish and Marked on the 6 Traits of Writing.
EX. Surviving Middle School, Surviving a Younger Sibling, Surviving having the Common Cold
OPTION # 2
They can research and write an explanatory report on an interesting topic of their choice.
We will be looking at how Tube Worms survive the extremes of nature.
Survival Guide- Students can create their own survival guide using Gearing Up for the Cold as their Exemplar. The topic is of their choice-They will be going through the writing process Plan, Draft, Edit Revise and Publish and Marked on the 6 Traits of Writing.
EX. Surviving Middle School, Surviving a Younger Sibling, Surviving having the Common Cold
OPTION # 2
They can research and write an explanatory report on an interesting topic of their choice.
We will be looking at how Tube Worms survive the extremes of nature.
April 16, 2019
April 25, 2019
Quick Write- We are doing a quick write to generate ideas. I have the students write about any topic they can find in this clip. I tell them not to worry about their conventions.
April 9, 2018
We responded to our guiding question: What does it take to make it in the music industry?
Behind the Music: What does it take to make it it in the music industry?
The students will explore what it takes to make it in the music industry through a number of different text types(Blogs,newspaper articles, press release doc and interviews).
Comprehension Strategies
Self Monitoring- Being self aware as a reader
Analyzing-Looking at information on a page
Making Connections-Connecting with the text through your own knowledge
Predicting-Thinking ahead
April 3, 2019
Select on topic to write about(GCOs 9.2, 10.1 and 10.2
1. What toy is your absolute favorite? Write down 3 words (or sentences) that describe why you like it.
2. Pretend that you get to be the voice for a Toy Story 3 toy. What toy would you be? Why would that toy be the perfect fit for your voice?
3. When you outgrow your toys, what do you do with them? Do you think its best to keep them, give them to a younger family member or to charity, or to throw them away? Why?
1. What toy is your absolute favorite? Write down 3 words (or sentences) that describe why you like it.
2. Pretend that you get to be the voice for a Toy Story 3 toy. What toy would you be? Why would that toy be the perfect fit for your voice?
3. When you outgrow your toys, what do you do with them? Do you think its best to keep them, give them to a younger family member or to charity, or to throw them away? Why?
March 29, 2019
March 27, 2019
General Reader Response Activities
Teaching Tool
In Class Texts Reader Response Follow Ups
Poetry
It Made me Think
Environmental Choices
It's Debatable!
Make a Poster
Paper or Plastic or Cotton
Persuasive Writing
Visual Representation of Crime Scene
Students will draw, sculpt, create a Lego scene to represent a crime scene. The scene can be from the book or made up.
FI SAMPLE REPORT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
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