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Monthly Book List & Book Review 

Turn in at the beginning of the following month.
For distance learning the forms will be digital.
September Book List & Review

Time for Kids

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Click the logo to read issues of
Time for Kids.

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Poetry

As part of the speaking and listening standards,  each month students will memorize and present a self-selected poem to the class. You child may choose to do a poem we have practiced in class, a poem from one of the links below, or a poem that was found someplace else.
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The poem must be published in a book or on the internet. 


If poem is from "Room 25 Favorites", know the page number. If the poem is from someplace else, please email/text the poem so I can help, if needed, AND count the lines.

Students may earn extra points/lines if the spoken tone matches the tone of the poem, hand motions are used when appropriate, and the poem is done in a volume that the class can easily hear.

Students will lose points/line if the poem was not practiced to mastery level and on-going assistance is needed from the teacher. 

If a longer poem is recited, the extra lines will be "banked", or saved, to be used later in the year.

September: week of Sept. 19      6 lines
October: week of Oct. 19              8 lines
December:                                      10 lines

January:                                            12 lines
February:                                          14 lines
March:                                               16 lines
April:                                                  18 lines
May/June:                                         20 lines

Some poetry resources:
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Favorites from Mrs. B's students
Make sure you "Print Current Page",
This PDF has over 100 pages.

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Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry Page
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Shel Silverstein's Poetry Site
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Jack Prelutsky's Poetry Site
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Poetry Foundation Children's Page
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Poetry Zone

MobyMax - Reading & Writing

Cursive Handwriting

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Level 1 - Letter Formation
Level 2 - Letter Formation, cont.
​Level 3 - Paragraphs

Cursive Mastery - Practice
                              Cursive Mastery - Assessment


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Respond to Reading
using RACERS

Click here for our RACERS Rubric
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Book Reports

September
​"Memory String" Book Report

Book Report - pdf version
In Eve Bunting’s The Memory String, a girl remembers important events in her life with a collection of buttons, charms, baubles, and “what-nots”.
 
For this book report, you need to put together a memory string about your fiction book that visually tells about the book you read.
- Objects for this book report can be created or found, i.e. drawings, clip art, found objects, art projects, etc. that represent the events, important ideas, and people in your book. 
- Your project should be about 3 feet long. (NO longer)
- If you use paper for this project, you must back it with something stronger, so your pieces do not curl up.
-  Put the title of the book and author at the top of your string, your name is at the bottom.
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Fill out all the forms and have a grown-up text/email 1) a picture of the 3 project sheets AND 2) a picture of you holding your project. Examples are on the back of the checklist.

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Monthly Memories

During Distance Learning, the class and I will work together to write the activities for each month.

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Spelling

Digital Spelling work will be added to align with the Benchmark Advance reading Program. 



Cereal Box book report
Genre: Your Choice
             PDF Version            Word Version
- Link to example book report commercials
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GREAT example of how box should look
- Discovery Channel Puzzlemaker 
​             NOT REQUIRED TO USE


Facebook book report 
Genre: Fiction
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Facebook Book Report (pdf file)

​Your Child's Task:
Your child's task is to create a Facebook profile page for the main character of his/her fictional book.

- Check the directions on the first page for an explanantion of what each section should have.

- Where the book report asks for pictures and maps, drawings and clip art may be used.
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- The status updates on the second page could have writing, clip art, drawings from the main character AND other characters writing back!
Below are links to some examples of the Facebook and Fakebook book report.
fakebook_1.pdf
File Size: 255 kb
File Type: pdf
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fakebook_2.pdf
File Size: 116 kb
File Type: pdf
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facebook_sample_4.pdf
File Size: 221 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

facebook_sample_5.pdf
File Size: 231 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


Acrostic book report
Genre: Student Choice
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Acrostic book report directions

Choose a book that is historical fiction.  Historical Fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period.  That time is important to the setting and often the story itself.​
  • Type or write the setting down the left side of the paper.
  • Use those letters as starting points to summarize important events in the story using words and phrases.
  • Neat & tidy is important in this project.
  • Look at some of the samples below for inspiration. 

April puppet book report
Genre: Historical Fiction
Puppet book report directions

​How to make a sock puppet video
Grown-ups will need to help with hot glue 
Your child needs to read historical fiction this month
  • Create a puppet from the main character of the historical fiction book 
  • There are many different kinds of puppets; sock, paper bag, and hand, that a student could choose to do,
  • Write a summary of the book from main character’s FIRST PERSON point of view. 
  • When performing, student may read the summary. It does not need to be memorized.
  • When presenting to the class, the student should be easily heard.
  • Turn in summary AND checklist

Paper Bag book report
​Genre: Fiction
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Paper Bag Book Report Directions


September - Memory String book report
Genre: Fiction
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"Memory String" Book Repor (pdf )
"Memory String" Book Report - Word doc

Your child reads a work of fiction. 
  • Then, your child fills out the organizer to show what charms, beads, baubles, or what-nots best symbolizes that element of the story. Include an explanation of why that "what-not" works as a symbol.
  • After that, your child creates the memory string of that story.
  • The charms and baubles may be made or found.
  • Please use durable materials for this project. If using lightweight paper, glue it onto heavy cardstock or cardboard, so the pieces don't curl.
  • The organizer AND Memory String book report BOTH need to be turned in.

October - Pizza book report 
Genre: Mystery
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"Pizza" book report directions

"Pizza" Book Report & Checklist    (PDF version)
  • Your child needs to read a mystery.
  • As the mystery is being read, your child fills out the slices of the pizza on the second page.
  • Then, your child decorates the first page to be the top of the pizza.  Cut and staple/glue the decorated pieces so the writing underneath may be viewed.
  • Finally, fill out the checklist and turn it in with the pizza.
  • TIP:  If the pizza id too small to provide enough writing space, enlarge it onto ledger paper for an extra-large pizza!
Steps to doing your pizza Mystery book report:
A few more pictures of pizzas!

​Biography book report
Genre: ​Biography or Autobiography 
Biography book report directions

Your child reads a biography or autobiography.
  • While reading, your child makes notes on the organizer of important facts and the pages the facts can be found on.
  • After reading, your child chooses at least 5 interesting facts to highlight on their book report.
  • Birth and Death information may be reported, but are not part of the 5 facts.
  • Also included in this project :
    • Why is this person important for us to know about?
    • How does the object represent their person?
  • Look at some of the samples above for inspiration.
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