Making Connections

When you read it is important to make connections. These connections help you comprehend the text. Comprehend means to understand and remember what you read.

You can make connections by making -
a text to self connection.
a text to text connection. Or a
a text to world connection.

The Relatives Came

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant

Think of a time when your relatives came to visit. Use descriptive words to tell about their visit. Remember to use punctuation and capitalization in your writing.

TGIF Fourth Graders

Good Morning Fourth Graders!

Announcements

• Today is Friday, March 18. 
• We have art this afternoon at 2 p.m.
• If you are interested in having a basketball, wrestling or cheerleading photo taken, please get a green flyer from Bob.

This morning we have our Literacy Block.

Schedule

• Free Reading
• EasyCBM - When you are done with your story, check out the homonyms links on the blog page. They are located under your Voki's. Work on these until everyone is done. 
• I will call you to the Reading Table for your Fluency Practice while you are working on the EasyCMB site.
• Today's Poem
• Homophones/Spelling Packet 6 needs to be completed
• Frequent Word practice with Bob
• Writing - Dylan, Teo and Gavin you must FINISH your writing TODAY.  We'll work on it at recess if we need to.

Writing Prompts

Today when you are writing not only do I want you to pay attention to capitalization and punctuation, but I also want you to use detail words. Remember when we talked about our five senses? (sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell) Use those senses to describe what is happening in your story.

Your story should be at least 6 to 8 sentences.

• Imagine you are starring in a movie! Describe the type of movie it would be (action, adventure, fantasy, science fiction) and what it would be about.

Or

• Imagine that you are listening to the radio one afternoon when the disc jockey announces that the next song is dedicated to you! Write a short mystery describing the clues that help you find out who dedicated the song to you.

Orangutan and the Hound

Hi Fourth Graders,
My mom sent me this link in an email. She thought you all would like to see it. It is really funny and cute!

Orangutan and the Hound

Afternoon Literacy

This afternoon we are going to work on literacy.

Schedule

• Read The Strength of Stone.
• Work on Homophones packet
• **Bonus work: Outerwear Word Ladder & Site Words With Samson

I will call each of you for fluency practice and Bob will call you for Frequent Word practice.

Happy Reading!

Writing Prompts

Today is March 17, not the 31st. :-/ Sorry! It was early when I wrote today's first post.

Here are your writing prompts for the day. Choose one. Click "Comment" and write your story. Remember to use punctuation and capitalization when you write.

• It's fun to pretend you are Irish on St. Patrick's Day, the day many people honor the patron saint of Ireland. Think about shamrocks, leprechauns, and pots of gold. Then put them all together with a little creative magic to write a fun holiday story.

Or

• As spring approaches, many things in nature start to turn green once again. Imagine what you woke up one morning only to discover that YOU had turned green overnight! Write about your day and how you finally returned to your normal color.