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Monday, March 15, 2010
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Summarizing the News
We all know that reporters get paid to give us the facts, but is every single last word always necessary? Today you're going to decide. We're going to put those spectacular summarizing skills to work - head on over to Tween Tribune and take those skills for a test drive. Here's what I'd like you to do:
- Go to Tween Tribune.
- Look all around the website and find your FAVORITE news article (not editorial/opinion piece).
- Read the article.
- Attempt to summarize the article for $5.00 or less!
- Post your award-worthy summaries here, as a comment on THIS post!
What's the Big Idea?
Finding the Main Idea in Gary Paulsen's "Storm"
Yesterday we read "Storm" by Gary Paulsen. You might have learned something from the story, and you might not have, but either way Paulsen intended to get a point across, and that's the Main Idea. Remember, we've talked a lot about the Main Idea for the last week or two, so you shouldn't have too much trouble figuring it out, but just in case - here are a few to choose from:
Once you have finished posting your analysis, please head over to Tween Tribune and complete the activity I've detailed for you under the post above this one, labeled, Summarizing the News.
Yesterday we read "Storm" by Gary Paulsen. You might have learned something from the story, and you might not have, but either way Paulsen intended to get a point across, and that's the Main Idea. Remember, we've talked a lot about the Main Idea for the last week or two, so you shouldn't have too much trouble figuring it out, but just in case - here are a few to choose from:
- Humans and animals have a special bond.
- There are many things about animals that humans can't explain.
- Animals may understand humans better than humans understand animals.
- Humans can learn from their animal friends.
- Choose the main idea that you feel best describes "Storm." If you also read "Where the Heart Is" then you may complete this activity using that story instead.
- Provide TWO (2) examples (with page numbers!) from the text that support the main idea. (For example: maybe you read a story that included a dog who, on page 487, ran around the house making sure all the kids were tucked tightly into bed every night before finally laying down in his dog bed. In your analysis you would say that the main idea of the story is that humans and animals have a special bond, and this was proven when, on p. 487, Fido ran around the house making sure everyone was tucked in tight.)
- Finally, you will post your analysis (in the format I provided to you on your planning sheet/handout) as a comment on this post. (Please check your spelling and make sure you're using proper grammar/tone. Last time we had a few students forget that particular reminder!)
Once you have finished posting your analysis, please head over to Tween Tribune and complete the activity I've detailed for you under the post above this one, labeled, Summarizing the News.
Monday February 8th
Today we discussed Author's Purpose. We looked at a few examples and you were able to work your way through several websites that focused on that particular skill. If you'd like to continue with any of the activities, the website is available here. Finally, we read "Storm" by Gary Paulsen. Some of you were able to continue on to "Where the Heart Is" as well. Tomorrow we'll examine the main idea in these stories as well as the details that support this idea. You will complete your analysis of the main idea and supporting details and will then post it as a comment following my post.
Homework: don't forget - your REV 6 test is Wednesday!
Homework: don't forget - your REV 6 test is Wednesday!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Monday March 1
Happy March! You know what that means - just two and a half short months until the Reading SOL! Now's the perfect time to dedicate some of that time we all spend goofing off on the internet to SOL review! I really like this site because it breaks everything down by skill. BONUS: I often take class activities from this site, so you'll be ahead of the game if we ever get to one of these in class! :)
Today we reviewed Fact vs. Opinion - I say "reviewed" because this isn't a NEW skill for anyone. Most of you could tell me what a fact was, but remember that some of you got tripped up when I gave you an example of a statement that was totally false and you assumed it was an opinion. If I say the sky is green that's something that can be proven TRUE or FALSE - so it's a fact (a false one), but a fact all the same.
Homework: tonight you need to make sure to read (just like EVERY night) and get 2 highlighters together for tomorrow's Do Now (Fact/Opinion Review) activity.
Friday, February 26, 2010
SUCCESS!
You will have to scroll down a bit to see my FIRST post from today - we've encountered some technical difficulties here in room 609, but I think I've found the solution! From now on you should be able to check EITHER http://pbarfield.edublogs.org OR http://pbarfield.blogspot.com
I'm pretty excited at the prospect of having LOTS more storage and being able to involve cell phone usage seamlessly in this blog. Just to celebrate, here are some MORE pictures of students hard at work on the 8 Geographic Regions brochures today in class.
I'm pretty excited at the prospect of having LOTS more storage and being able to involve cell phone usage seamlessly in this blog. Just to celebrate, here are some MORE pictures of students hard at work on the 8 Geographic Regions brochures today in class.
Friday February 26th
Well, I've officially run out of space on Edublogs. Earlier this year you might have noticed that I stopped uploading our ISN documents because I'd run out of THAT type of storage. Well just a minute ago I tried to upload more pictures of everyone working on their regions brochures and Edublogs told me there was no more room for pictures either. I'm going to try using this Blogger account and I'll have edublogs import my posts daily - I'll cross my fingers!
The coolest thing about Blogger is that we'll actually be able to use it with cell phone activities in class - I'll give you an e-mail address and you'll send text messages to that e-mail; your message, or picture, or even video, will then show up on the blog! How cool is that?
So here goes nothing, I'm going to upload the other pictures from today's activity here, and we'll see if we can get them over to Edublogs successfully...
The coolest thing about Blogger is that we'll actually be able to use it with cell phone activities in class - I'll give you an e-mail address and you'll send text messages to that e-mail; your message, or picture, or even video, will then show up on the blog! How cool is that?
So here goes nothing, I'm going to upload the other pictures from today's activity here, and we'll see if we can get them over to Edublogs successfully...
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