Class Activities

Good Morning!
Here is your writing assignment for today.
Open a new Word document.  Write a personal narrative describing your experiences on the field trip to Charleston.  Include the following:
* Begin with a good introduction.
* Include details about the bus ride
* Describe what you saw at the South Carolina Aquarium.  What did you like the best? What [...]

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Read, think, reread, and follow directions!  Think, reread, think before you ask a question.  (Following multiple step written directions is one of the 5th grade ELA standards!)
1.  Work on completing your Literary Devices PowerPoint.  These will be presented tomorrow.  Check for the following:
   * You have two examples of each device that are written in [...]

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Read the following list of questions. (Thanks to Lindsey, who created this list. I just put the questions in categories and added several.)  You will find your assignment at the bottom of this entry.
Required:
What is the title of your book?
Who is the author?
What is the genre of your book?  (If it’s fiction, be specific about [...]

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We’ve been learning about the new technologies from the late 1800s.  You have selected an invention to research.  Here is the information you need to include:
1. What is the invention?
2. Who was the inventor?
3. When was it invented?
4. How did this invention change people’s lives?
5. What would the world be like without this invention? 
6. Did this invention [...]

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Good morning!  I hope you are ready for another great day! 
1.  Go to Open Mind 2 and open your digital story.  Reread the each text that you wrote yesterday on the frame branches.  After you have done this, to finish writing the text for the frames you haven’t completed.  If you have finished all of the [...]

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