We have been reading stories by Christ Van Allsburg for many weeks. We have loved the mysterical and magical themes in Allsburg’s stories.

We are currently reading The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. In class creative groups wrote stories to our favorite page, “The House on Maple Street”.

If you want to share your story, leave it in the comment section below.

Visit Chris Van Allsburg’s website to learn more about this amazing author and to read Harris Burdick stories from other students. There is also an “interactive” section on the website with fun games inspired by the books.

Website

Interactive

Harris Burdick Stories

Remember, if you want to submit your story to the website make sure you have gone though the writing process. Have a friend and an adult edit your story. Make sure you have your parents permission before entering anything online.

This week we have been reading The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg. We have had to make many inferences to try and figure out who the stranger is. Tomorrow we will look at the character traits Van Allsburg gives the stranger to see if that gives us any clues. Look at the list of character traits below.

For homework tonight play 2 of the character trait activities below. In the comment section tell me which games you played. Also select 2 character traits that you think you have and state them in your comment. Have fun!

Inferring about Characters

Practice 1

Practice 2

Character Mystery

Character Scrapbook

All authors have a purpose or reason for writing. The main author’s purposes that we have studied are below:

Practice your Author’s Purpose skills using the games below:

Batteship

Passages

Passages 2

Popups

Matching

In the comment section let me know which 2 games your played and how well you did.

We are so proud of our classmates. All of the students in our class have many amazing talents!

Jacob and Niah presented their talents in the School Talent Show. Way to go! We are so proud of you both!

Watch the Talent Show video HERE.

Tanney and Magdalene have been working had with All County Chorus. Tanney is singing tonight. We can’t wait to hear how it goes, Tanney!

Jacob and Megan have been hard at work on the school mural. They are painting a pictorial map of the United States. We are all excited to see how it turns out.

What talents have you been perusing lately?

We recently completed a sound engineering project. Using limited materials, students created an instrument that had at least three different pitches. Listen to our instruments below! (password: herod)

Sound Websites and Games:

Rags to Riches

Sound Matching and Flashcards

Sound 5.2 Review

Thursday we will have our test on Sound. Use the websites above to practice what we have learned. In the comments section, let me know what game you played and how well you did. Have fun!

In social studies we have been learning all about immigration. Our latest Reader’s Theater is about immigrants that came from Cuba to Florida. We learned about the many reasons that people immigrate and explored many of the issues surrounding immigration today.

Many people have different opinions about immigration today. What do you think? Should anyone who wants to immigrate to the United States be allowed to do so? In the comments section below answer the previous question. Make sure to describe your reasons why.

In fluency we have been reading a play about the Civil War. Check out our final play below!

A Country Torn Apart from Joy Herod on Vimeo.

A Country Torn Apart 2 from Joy Herod on Vimeo.

What do you think is important to remember about the Civil War? In the comments section below, describe something that you think future generations should remember about the Civil War.

In science we made edible cells. We have learned all about the plant cell organelles and tried to use candy to represent to different parts of a cell. Watch our cell video below.

Edible Cell from Joy Herod on Vimeo.

Password: herod

Can you remember the parts of the cell and their function? In the comment section below, name 3 different parts of a plant cell. Be sure to describe the function of the part that you selected. Can you think of any organelles that have not been mentioned?

Mrs. Hart is having a contest on her library blog to celebrate Valentine’s Day. She wants to know what books you LOVE reading.

Visit the Library Blog to post a comment. Make sure to share what book you love and WHY you love that book. You may use your first name and last initial (remember no last names) with your post.

Tonight is the county spelling bee. We are so proud of Shannon who will be representing our class and our school in the spelling bee.

Shannon, we are so proud of you! We think you are super smart and an excellent speller. We know you will do fantastic tonight, and we hope that you will have a lot of fun. Good luck Shannon!

In the comments below, leave a message of encouragement for Shannon.