Summer!

Hi everyone!  What have you been doing this summer?

Spring Vacation!

I hope everyone's spring vacation has been fun!  What have you been up to?

Electricity!

Name an object that you use personally for electricity every day or at least every week!

Humor in Literature! :)

Sid Fleishchman, as part of his literary style, uses humor to make his reader laugh (or at least smile).  

Can you find examples of humor in By the Great Horn Spoon? Write the chapter and page number and copy the sentence or sentences.

C'mon...let's make people smile...

I'll post the first comment!

Math Games Galore!

Come on, come all!  Play some online math games!  We have aliens, space boys, number invaders, interactive rulers, undercover shapes and...MATH MILLIONAIRE!!  Come play where the stakes are really high!  Can you reach the $1,000,000 question?  I dare you...

Look to the right and click on the math game of your choice....have fun!

By the Great Horn Spoon - Chapter 1

Hi everyone!

So, I'm so excited to be starting this new book with you!  Your mission on this blog, should you choose to accept, is to find examples of figurative language (idioms, similes, metaphors, hyperbole or personification) in Chapter 1.

Please write the type of figurative language, the actual sentence from the story, and the page you found it on!

I'll make the first comment!  Have fun...

The Icon Tools - And Still the Turtle Watched

Question#1: You are all getting so great at using the icon tools to help you think about and analyze what you’ve read in class! I am super impressed!

So, today, we read the book And Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill. Please post a comment about your thinking of this book in terms of one (or more) of the icon tools. You can copy and paste the icon tool in the comments box, put a dash (-), and then make your comment. Happy thinking! I look forward to reading your thoughts!

The icon tools:

· Language of the discipline

· Details

· Multiple perspectives

· Patterns

· Rules

· Trends

· Unanswered questions

· Ethics

· Big ideas

· Relate over time

· Across disciplines (like social studies with math)