Monday, 11/30/15: If your book was made into a video game...

  • Title:
  • What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
  • Remember to capitalize as you write 5   grammatically correct sentences.
  • Your name :-)
  •  If your book was made into a video game what would it be like? Would this be a game you would want to play? How would you win the game?

Thursday, 11/19/15: Free time !!

1. Title:


2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___

3. Remember to capitalize as you write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences. 

 If the main character of your book had free time, how would they spend it? What would they do, and who would they hang out with?

Wednesday, 11/18/15: A storm is coming ...

Title :


I started on page ___.     I ended on page ____.


Remember to answer your question in 5 grammatically correct sentences.


Pretend a big rain storm is coming your way tonight, and one of the main characters from your story is coming to spend the night with you.   What will you two do together as the rain comes down ?  What will you eat during the storm ?  Will you stay up late playing games ?  Will you build a fort shelter to hide out inside it ?  Who else will you let play with you and your character ?

Tuesday, 11/17/15: Compare characters....

Page you started on: __________  page you ended on: ___________

Title:

Describe one of your characters, and then compare that character to a member of your family.

Write    5      grammatically correct sentences.

Monday, 11/16/15: Listening with Understanding and Empathy

  • Title:

  • What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___

  • Remember to capitalize as you write    5     grammatically correct sentences

  • How does a character in your book use the Habit of Mind, "Listening with understanding and empathy?"

Weekend 11/13-11/15: Summary

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
3. Remember to capitalize as you write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
4. Your name :-)

5. Summarize or retell what has happened in your book recently. Really focus on the most important people and events.

Thursday, 11/12/15: The personality of one of your characters....

1. Title:


2. How many pages did you read ?

3.  Remember to capitalize as you write 5  grammatically correct sentences. 

  What do you admire about the personality of one of your characters?

Wednesday, 11/11/15: If you could read minds....

1. Title:

2. How many pages did you read today?  

Please be sure to write 5 grammatically correct sentences.


3. Pick one of the characters that you read about in your book today and pretend that they can read other peoples minds. Would this change what happened in the pages that you read? How? If it wouldn't change what happened, write about how it might change what happens next.

Tuesday, 11/10/15: Habits of Mind

1. Title:


2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___

3. Remember to capitalize as you write    5      grammatically correct sentences.

4.   Give examples of when a character used one or more Habits of Mind. (If you need a reminder, there is a Habit of Mind packet in the Reflection section of your blue binder.)

Monday, 11/9/15: Words, words, words...

1. Title: ____
2. I read from page ____ to page  ____ .
3. List three words that were hard for you to pronounce. Then, list two words that you were not sure of what they meant. How did you figure out what them meant?                                                             

Friday 11/6/15 - Sunday 11/8/15: Where would you go to dinner ?

Title:

I started on page ___.   I ended on page _____.

 Write   5    grammatically correct sentences to respond to the following question: Choose a character that you would like to take out to dinner. Where would you go to eat? What would each of you order? Would you order dessert? 

Thursday, 11/5/15: Compare 2 characters...

1. Title:

2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___

3. Remember to capitalize as you write 5 grammatically correct sentences.


4.  Compare a character in your book to a character in another book you have read. How are they alike or different? Does the character in your book remind you of anyone you know in real life?

Wednesday, 11/4/15: Summary time

Title: __________

I started on page ____.  I ended on page ___.


Please write 5 grammatically correct sentences when you answer your RAMS blog tonight.


Please summarize your book.  Who are the characters ?  What is going on in your book so far ?

Please use the following vocabulary words in your summary:


perplexed         fret           content          meek         obliged

Tuesday, 11/3/15: Locked in at Howard

1. Title:

2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___

3. Remember to capitalize as you write  5  grammatically correct sentences.


4.  Pretend one of your characters is locked in at The Howard School over night. Which character would you choose? How would she/he react? What would she/he do?

Monday, 11/2/15: Your favorite sentence...

1. Title:
2. How many pages did you read today?  
3. Look back over what you read today and find a sentence that you really liked. Type the sentence here and explain what made it a great sentence.
4. Write 5  grammatically correct sentences.