Grade 8 Students: Here is an example Powtoon for you to watch. This video uses both Logic and Emotional appeals, but is based on logic.
I look forward to watching your videos on Monday!
Category: Middle School English Support Resources
Reading Calendar – A Wrinkle in Time
Grade 6 students:
Here is a copy of your reading / pacing calendar for A Wrinkle in Time.
A Wrinkle in Time Audiobook
Grade 6, below is the link to the audio book for A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. Make sure you read along in your book while you listen to the story.
Summer Reading Recommendations
Need a great book to keep you hooked this summer?
Check out these lists of great reads for Middle School Students and Teens!
http://www.readbrightly.com/great-middle-grade-books-to-read-in-2016/
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157847723/top-100-teen-books
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/book-list/favorites-classics/top-picks-middle-schoolers
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/childrens-books/middle-school/published/
Bridge to Terabithia Audio Book
Grade 5 Students – you may listen to the audio of Bridge to Terabithia as we read. The playlist is linked below.
Be sure you are listening to the correct chapter and that you are reading along.
Graphic Organizer for Joseph Plumb Martin and Sybil Luddington Paragraph
Grade 5 Students,
Below are two pictures of the graphic organizer you created on the board on February 23rd. Please use this organizer to complete your paragraph if you do not finish it in class on February 24th.
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Grade 5 and 6 Instructional Videos
This week, while the grade 7s and grade 8s were taking exams, grade 5 & 6 came together to create instructional videos for the Reading concepts that we covered this semester. Students had to include a definition for each of their assigned terms, an example from publish literature, and explain how their example illustrated the term.
Three groups decided to use PowToon for the first time with great results!
Enjoy these excellent videos from our grade 5 and 6 students!
Plot:
Point of view:
https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/cDNRWsY1pIb/point-of-view/
Conflict:
https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/bOQeGoQS8yO/conflict/
Help! I’m Trapped in a Snow Globe! Example
Today, and next week, the Grade 5s and 6s will be working on a creative writing activity where they imagine they are trapped in a snow globe. Students will have to explain how they became trapped in a snow globe, what it is like in the snow globe, and how they can be rescued.
Click for Ms. Crutchfield’s Example:
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Grade 5 Class President Poster Post Example
Grade 5 Students
Use the post below as an example of how to format your election poster blog post.
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Moodle Mobile! Never forget your homework again!
Middle School students have been struggling to keep track of their homework, so today they downloaded the Moodle Mobile app to their electronic devices – including some students’ smart phones. The app will allow students to set reminders on any homework assignments or events that their teachers post to Moodle. These reminders will then ‘pop-up’ on student screens up to 24 hours before an event (quiz, test, performance, etc) or an assignment is due.
The Moodle default for reminders is 1 hour. Students will need to change the reminder time on assignments to be reminded the day before an assignment is due. This is simple to do and most students have been shown how to do this in class.
The video below shows a few features of the Moodle Mobile app and will show how to change assignment / event reminders in the calendar.