THE READING SUPER BOWL!
Jan 30th
This week, the fourth and fifth graders participated in the first ever,
Reading Super Bowl!
Mrs. Yax, Mr. Bohon, and Mrs. Kreller & Mrs. Moore’s classes all competed to see which grade level could score the most points by reading. For every 10 pages read, the students scored a six-point Touchdown. Every 10 pages read at home required a parent/grandparent signature. Each student scored an extra point for their team by returning their Tuesday reading homework with a signature on Wednesday. The winning team got a popcorn reward.
Congratulations to the 4th graders for winning the Reading Super Bowl!
With an astonishing 895 Touchdowns, the 4th grade secured their victory!
Well done, 4th graders!
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Both teams had a fun bonus activity and we wore football jerseys and sports shirts, too.
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Make a paper football with us!
Mr. Bohon’s class recorded their own Super Bowl commercials.
Super Bowl Commercials from Kelly Moore on Vimeo.
This week, we were all cheering, “Touchdown!”
THE SECRET ZOO
Jan 13th
Girls on the Run
Dec 8th
Symbolism
Nov 17th
We’ve been talking about a new vocabulary word, symbolism.
First, we looked for the root word, symbol. Then, we started to make connections.
We knew that a symbol is something that represents something else.
Our class pair-shared their examples and shared as a whole class. Some of the connections we made were to the wolverine being a symbol of our state as our nickname, The Wolverine State, and the mascot for the University of Michigan. Other Michigan state symbols shared were, the white pine as our state tree, the robin, and the Petoskey stone.
We thought about our nation’s symbols, like the bald eagle and our stars and stripes flag.
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After this discussion, we looked at the end of Chapter 21 in, The Fourteenth Goldfish.
Ellie dreamed about candles.
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The students thought about what kind of symbolism this ending could have. We shared again with face partners and table groups.
Here are some of the ideas we came up with.
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What about you? What do you think about the symbolism in Ellie’s dream?
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Do you have any other examples of symbolism to share with us?
Halloween Fun
Nov 13th
Lab Assistant
Oct 28th
After reading chapter 15 of our novel, The Fourteenth Goldfish, we were curious to learn more about real lab assistants. Take a look at the video that we shared together in class. Then, share your ideas with us by adding a sticky note to our LinoIt board.
What do you think was the most interesting part of the Lab Assistant’s work?
What kind of research is interesting to you?
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