July 15, 2016 - The last day of Summer school!
Students presenting their non-fiction projects. The Surviving the Applewhites literature circle group presenting their poster and book summary. Have a wonderful rest of summer!
July 13, 2016 / July 14, 2016
Students present their non-fiction project presentations to the whole class
July 12, 2016
Students finishing up their literature circle books and working on literature circle projects and activities.
July 11, 2016
Students watching a magic show done by the magic class. Many of our students were volunteers!
July 8, 2016
Students working on literature circle reading, literature circle book projects, and character flip charts.
July 7, 2016
Students silently reading their literature circle books. The Surviving the Applewhites literature circle group is working on a book project to present in the final week of summer school.
July 5, 2016
Students writing note cards for their upcoming non-fiction projects
July 1, 2016
In table groups, the students race each other to find different parts and components of their non-fiction books.
June 29, 2016
Students playing the vocabulary game "Free Rice" on freerice.com. Students have to pick the synonym of a particular word out of 4 words. For every right answer, a bit of rice is donated in goals to end world hunger.
June 27, 2016
Students race each other, as they work in their table groups, to solve the "build it" block riddle first.
After, the class discusses the order of significance and the importance of clues given.
After, the class discusses the order of significance and the importance of clues given.
June 24, 2016
Students listening intently to Ms. Robinson reading out loud the book Running Out of Time.
June 23, 2016
Students going to the library to get a historical fiction book!
June 22, 2016
Students working in their designated literary circles. Each group is reading a different book including The BFG, Walk Two Moons, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and Surviving the Applewhites.
June 21, 2016
Students trying to decipher six different "wordles" or word riddles with their table groups
June 20, 2016
A few students of the class sharing their "Bob's World" (guess the book) riddles.
June 17, 2016
Students finishing their character cut outs and starting their literary circle comic strips!
June 16, 2016
SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) - Students are reading fantasy or science fiction books from the library.
June 15, 2016
The class discusses character traits and start to create character cut outs - where they draw a character and lists their character traits, physical traits, interests, and dislikes!
JUNE 14, 2016
Students working on posters that reflect what a "good reader" is. Students presenting to the class!
June 13, 2016
The class presenting skits and posters about class rules and responsible actions.