Comparing Fantasy Texts to Historical Events

Students were challenged to compare a universal theme in their story to an event in history. Historical events discussed included Abraham Lincoln's push to end slavery, the power of those who found gold during the Gold Rush, the Battle of Lexington and Concord, and much more!

Chapter 5 Social Studies Stations

Internal & External Quests

Today we learned what internal and external quests are in texts. We created charts about our Book Club books to show character internal and external quests. 

MVP Book Talk Tuesday

The Giver is a book about a boy who gets a very special job in his blocked off community where there is no color or emotion. The job takes him on an amazing journey to discover emotion, color, feelings and the outside world. Read the book to find out what happens to him on his journey.

This Week's Game Plan

Reading: Readers will finish reading their fantasy book club book. Our book discussions will center around learning real life lessons from our fantastical characters. We will also investigate both internal and external quests of main characters.

Writing: Writers will work on their second literary essay. They have chosen a short text and developed a thesis statement about it. This week we will look for quotes from the text to bring stronger voice to our piece.

Math: Mathematicians will place fractions on a number line and round them to the nearest whole number. Students will also add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators.

Science: Scientists will study and understand the differences between moons, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites. This will be our last lesson of Chapter 9. Students will have their Chapter 9 Space Test Thursday, February 2^nd.

Social Studies: Historians will choose either the New England colonies, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies to advertise for people to move to.

Think Outside the Box

Poem of the Week: Planet Roll Call