Snow Day Craziness!

Hello my students and followers,

This week we have been filled with Snow-Days which means we are going to have a lot of catching up to do when we get back.  Just remember to review your inference information and your new prefixes if you can remember them.  We will continue working with Prefixes and Inference Making whenever we get back to school.  Stay safe and warm!

Here is a funny video for you to enjoy:

Love,
Miss Cannon

Inference Making

Hello Hello,

It has been forever since I last posted, but I am still here!  It has just gotten extremely busy in my classroom.  We had just finished Main Idea and moved right along into making Inferences.  We did many activities throughout the week but I started off with notes.  Here is the note sheet and the Prezi.

https://prezi.com/ivzd48iksms5/copy-of-making-inferences/

After the note taking we moved on to doing an inference video with Defective Detective.




Here is the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiy1MeXzhfA

All throughout the week we practiced different ways to make inferences.  We used videos, passages, pictures, and next week will dive into poetry.  Here is a link to a few of the resources I used for the week.

Inference Picture Prezi:

https://prezi.com/75aw8a5kd19e/copy-of-making-inferences/#

Inference Video Prezi & Worksheet:

https://prezi.com/ontcan2bp2d7/messy-room/

For the worksheet I only used the second page and I made it the same front and back.

My students also took their Unit Exam on Poetry & Figurative Language.  I hope that this caught you up.  This week we will keep working with Inference, Context Clues, Making Conclusion, Making Predictions, and deciphering the text.

Have a great week.

Love,
Miss Cannon

Monday & Tuesday

Hello!

I am so sorry that I am a day behind.  It has been busy with interims coming out.  Yesterday the students and I did review activities.  A few of my classes needed to have a quick review on Poetry so we played Jeopardy and did station rotation work.  Tomorrow (Wednesday) they are retesting.  Here is the link to the Jeopardy Quiz:

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/poetry-review267

Station: #1

Station: #2

Was a word sort.

Station: #3

Flash Cards

Station: #4

Hang Man Review Game


The students all seemed to enjoy the activities.  Today, we continued with Main Idea/Non-Fiction.  I did a review with an awesome PowerPoint.

PowerPoint

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-e_nsEI9rHNT3Nxb2N5WFJuSXc/edit


Then I had my students pick one of the science magazines that I had out, select an article, draw a graphic organizer, and then they had to find the main idea.  They filled out the entire chart while highlighting and noting important things from the article.  They then flipped their papers and did a summary of what the article was about.

Overall the day was successful. Have a great night!

Love,
Miss Cannon

T.G.I.F.

Hello and Happy Friday!

Today in my class, we continued working on our "Inventing the Main Idea" mini project.  The students have been working very hard on these projects and I am excited to see them next week when they present.  We also worked on the Prefix "dis" on the same word parts chart for Bell-Work.

Love,

Miss Cannon

Inventing a Main Idea

Hello :)

Today is a fun and exciting day in class.  We are using our creative skills by inventing a new product.  The whole point to this mini project, is to think of something new and support it with details and facts.  Once the students have decided on their invention, they have to fill out a chart and then write a persuasive essay to make me want to buy it what they are selling.  It allows them to be in-charge of what their main idea and supporting details are versus a reading passage and answering questions.  The students are able to use their 21st Century Skills by critically thinking, collaborating, and using their creative minds.  I really hope they enjoy it.  Plus they get to use the Chrome Books so that is always a plus in their eyes.  Here is the project description and rubric:

Here is mine and another teacher's example:



We also worked on the prefix "re" today as bell-work.  Here is the graphic organizer for that again:


Hope you all have a lovely day.

Love,
Miss Cannon

Main Idea Bag Activity and Reading Passages

Happy Hump Day!

Today we continued to discuss main idea and supporting details.  With our snow day yesterday we were a bit behind so we were playing catch up.  First we worked on our new word part.  The prefix "un" which the kids filled out the graphic organizer that I showed in an earlier post.  After the bell work we took our poetry quiz.  After going over and grading these I have come to realize that I need to go back and reteach a few things.

Quiz




Back to main idea.  Today we did a variety of things with how to look at, understand, and master main idea.  The first thing that my students did was read a short fiction passage.  Here are the pages I did in each class: ( I did not include the questions, just the passage.  I attached the whole document for anyone who would like to use it for comprehension practice).

(Period 1 Collaborative)



(Period 3 Honors)



(Period 4 General Education)



Once they were done reading the passage, I had them fill out a really simple graphic organizer that looks like a hamburger.  It is how I learned it in school so I figured it might work with them.  Here is the graphic organizer:




After we completed this short activity, we moved on to the Main Idea bag activity.  Each bag has 6 different pictures in it that represents the main idea.  This activity is at a 4th-5th grade level, but I thought it would be a great way to review and practice.  Here is the activity:



Since the activity is so elementary, I decided to kick it up to a middle school level.  Once the students completed their assignment, I had them flip their papers over and write a 3-5 paragraph fictional story.  They had to use the main idea from the bag as the main idea in their story.  It had them focus on the main idea and details while composing all the other parts.

The class went well and tomorrow we start our mini main idea projects.

Have a great day/night!

Love,
Miss Cannon

Snow Day...Fun Day!

Happy Snow Day!

So we don't have school today...YAY!  You guys get an extra day to study.  Make sure you review your Poetry notes and that you work on your simile packet that is due this Friday.  We will pick up where we left off tomorrow.  I hope that everyone stays safe and warm! Have a Happy Snow Day!!!

Love,
Miss Cannon