Friday, March 24, 2017

Friday, March 24, 2017



Announcements and Reminders:
                         
 We will take our  walking fieldtrip to Legacy on March 28.  Be prepared for the weather.  Wear comfortable shoes.  


Targets for Today:

 I can prepare for the book-for-a-first-grader project.


Today’s  Agenda:

We will take our  walking fieldtrip to Legacy on March 28.  Be prepared for the weather.  Wear comfortable shoes.  

Scribble:    Get started on this as soon as you sit down. 

Take one chocolate from the Frankfort Milk Chocolate container, 
and one chocolate from the bags in the box. 


Compare the two.  How are they the same, and how are they different. 
Then --
Write something creative about chocolate or chocolate eggs or candy in general or eggs in general, or anything your imagination can springboard off from this prompt. 



Is there a difference in Quality? 






Review of story plot -- story mapping


Three Little Pigs 

Pigs and Red Red Riding Hood  and the "Goldilocks"  Wolf

Three Bears
to end
Still need to create plot map for this. 

We didn't yet watch this, but the wolf in the cartoons broke the fourth wall. 
[Breaking the fourth wall- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq3abgBQaiE]













Save for another time -- 
Scribble:  March 28


Vocabulary:



Saturday, March 18, 2017


Monday, March 20, 2017


Announcements and Reminders:
                         
 We will take our  walking fieldtrip to Legacy on March 28.  Be prepared for the weather.  Wear comfortable shoes.  


Targets for Today:

 I can prepare for the book-for-a-first-grader project.


Today’s  Agenda:

Practice Interviewing -- and Get to Know Each Other Better 

Tips and Techniques for Books 
  We will cover these over the next class times. 

Google Docs 
Share with Ms. Dorsey to have them printed. 

text and fonts (for first graders) 

Using Images 
   image search 
   types of images to use and avoid 

hand-drawn
collage 
combination of images or cut-outs with hand-drawn

story 
plot map 

About the Author   About the "About the Author"

Steps in Writing 
Plan (Prewriting)
Draft
Revise 
Edit carefully 

What are revision and editing, you ask, and why should I need to do it for a child's book?  
Ask ____________________________________________________

I will take photos when we interview and when we deliver the books. 
You could use the photos from the interview with your "About the Author." 




If You Were Absent:




Vocabulary:


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