can you name that genre?

October 4, 2017October 5, 2017 ~ Ms. P. ~ Leave a comment

Sometimes we all need a little genre identification practice. Using the titles from our own library collection 4th graders did a great job spotting everything from historical fiction to horror using the summary of each book. Check out our google slides to see how we spotted genres to help us identify our favorite reads! Click the image below (slide 1) to start the slide deck.

Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

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who eats worms for lunch? story & signs

September 30, 2017October 3, 2017 ~ Ms. P. ~ Leave a comment

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This week we enjoyed a book about eating different things for lunch. If you were a cow, you would prefer grass- but what if you were a mouse instead? Or a cat?

Worms for Lunch is a book that grabs little readers’ attention with fun pictures and a list of animals and foods that listeners can easily sign, spell, and illustrate.

5 fun things to do with Worms for Lunch

Sign all of the food and animals (cheese, milk, cows, birds…easy and fun to learn ASL)
Make tiny worm chains and let them wiggle.
Set the table with large butcher paper and illustrate your plate!

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Sing songs about food! I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas was our favorite!
Learn more about WORMS, obviously! Check your library for some great info on worms and watch some in the cool clip below!

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on talk like a pirate day, we are the scourge of the school

September 29, 2017July 10, 2020 ~ Ms. P. ~ Leave a comment

For years we’ve celebrated the always interesting holiday Talk Like a Pirate Day. And how the celebration has grown in our school! Our first year was a surprise event, students left their cars and buses to find a campus full of adults in pirate gear. Those adults kept speaking in lyrical nonsense and what a fun day it was. After a few years students wanted in on the dress up fun, and now September 19th means fancy dress for all. The best part of the day is always the tiniest pirates and their enthusiastic depiction of pirate hooks, sneers, and eye patches!

Pirate Day fun includes…

Great pirate books of course. Favorites… How I Became a Pirate, Captain Abdul’s Pirate School, and Maisy’s Pirate Ship.
Using ASL signs as we read about pirates (see the example below for “pirate” other words to learn are ship, sea, flag)

ASL for "pirate"

Sing sea chanteys! Write your own to the tune of Popeye the Sailor Man!
Practice your “Arghhhh” and whoever does it best gets to be captain for a game of Captain Says (but orders must be bellowed in pirate speak)
Build a pirate ship or sword using tangrams!

Create a Pirate ABC just like this fun picture book Twenty Six Pirates
Make a map…and go on a treasure hunt. We’ve planted clues across the campus, in the library… lots of fun!
Always, always look for opportunities to work in an “Aye, Aye!”

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