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Going on Summer Break?
Wishing those of you who are now on Summer Break a very relaxing time. As someone that taught for 33 1/2 years, the very first FULL day of vacation was always the beginning of possibilities of things to do that I didn't get to do during the school year. In fact, I remember dreading the alarm clock going off at 6AM during the school year yet during the summer, I gleefully got up at 6AM because the day was all mine! I wanted to seize every bit of the day.
Enjoy each and every day of your vacation. It will go too quickly! Read a book, garden, listen to music, take a pottery class, visit with friends and family, try a new recipe, take a trip, sit by the pool (or visit someone who has one), binge watch a series (so many great ones on Netflix! See below) and most importantly, take a break from thinking about school! Really! Even if it is only for a couple of weeks, place thinking about your classroom on hold for just a wee bit!
Of, course, if you are on the computer, please check in from time to time as I will continue to make blog postings, update my website for teachers/kids and add new teaching resources to my Teacher store.
For those of you who have school or summer school during July and August, I will continue to update my blog posting as well as my website for teachers/kids. Please continue to check in as you may find something of value to use with your students!
Recommendations of shows to Binge watch on Netflix:
- Safe (Harlan Corbin) Kept me guessing until the end.
- The Five (Harlan Corbin) Very Good mystery!
- Midsomer Murders ( Amazing how many murders take place in the villages of England!)
- Murdoch Mysteries (Historical mysteries that will make you look up some information!)
- Doctor Blake Mysteries
- Longmire
- Father Brown
- Death in Paradise (Think Columbo in Paradise)
- Doc Martin (Love Cornwall, England, where this quirky doctor series is filmed)
- The Crown
- Turn
- Call the Midwife (awesome) Really...I didn't think I would like it and I am hooked.
- Poirot
- Broadchurch (powerful police story told in several season)
- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (1920 flapper solves mysteries in Australia) It is being made into a movie!
Acorn TV:
- Good Karma Hospital (two seasons so far). Very GOOD!
- 800 Words
Recent Books I have enjoyed which I'd recommend:
- Pamela Flavey's books about Ireland: The Linen Queen, The Yellow House and The Girls of Ennismore.
- Ruth Wares's books.
- Karen White's books.
- Melanie Dobson's books(most set in World War 2) are all excellent.
- Try Chateau of Secrets and Shadows of Ladenbrooke Manor.
- Patricia McDonald's Books-GREAT!
- Fiona Davis' Books: The Address, The Doll House-great stories and you learn about the Barbizon Hotel for Women and The Dakota. The latest book is the Masterpiece and it's on my list to read.
- All Sarah Jio books are great! (Most take place in two eras and are intertwined by the end.)
- Pam Jenoff: Wow, I really like her historical books (mostly set in WW2-at least the one's I've read: Try The Orphan's Tale and the Diplomate's Wife.)
Gail
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National Football League (NFL) teams do alot to get ready for the knew football season that begin each fall. In april, the league holds a draft where teams pick player’s. Over the summer, the players practis and train. starting in September, each team spends the next 17 week playing games. The season ends with playoffs and the championship game. Do you have a favorit football team you will watch this year.
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National Football League (NFL) teams do a lot to get ready for the new football season that begins each fall. In April, the league holds a draft where teams pick players. Over the summer, the players practice and train. Starting in September, each team spends the next 17 weeks playing games. The season ends with playoffs and the championship game. Do you have a favorite football team you will watch this year?
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Subject: ELA- Reading
Grade: 5
Lesson Objective: To explain what part of a text about plants and animal cells means while drawing inferences about that text
Common Core Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1- Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Materials:
Printable Student Worksheet
Starter:
Say:
Why do you think that drawing inferences is something that you need to do? (Allow the students to answer.)
Main:
Say:
We all draw inferences when we are reading. It is important to be able to draw inferences because many times you need to be able to draw a conclusion based on information that has not been stated.
Drawing an inference is also called reading between the lines and you do it when you are reading and when you are having a conversation with someone.
In science texts, you are often given many details and a lot of information. You need to be able to understand that information and draw conclusions about what is being stated.
For example, you might read a text that says that there were pieces of an egg found in a nest. What inference would you make?
You would infer that a bird had hatched out of the egg that was in the nest.
In science texts, it is important to understand the difference between an observation and an inference. An observation is something that someone has seen and then written about.
Scientists use inferences all of the time, especially when they are learning about something that they cannot actually see or touch, like fossils or outer space.
Now, you are going to read a paragraph about a science topic. While you are reading, pay attention to the details and to any inferences that you might be drawing while you read. Then, you will answer the questions.
Does anyone have any questions?
Feedback:
Say:
Who would like to share their answers? (Allow the students to share and go over the answers.)
Written by Kimberly Greacen, Education World® Contributing Writer
Kimberly is an educator with extensive experience in curriculum writing and developing instructional materials to align with Common Core State Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy.
Copyright© 2019 Education World
Subject: ELA- Reading
Grade: 5
Lesson Objective: To compare and contrast fairytales, including the theme and details in them
Common Core Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.9- Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Materials:
Printable Student Worksheet
Starter:
Say:
Do you enjoy reading fairytales? Why or why not? (Allow the students to answer.)
Main:
Say:
A fairytale is a story written for children that has magic or imaginary beings and lands. Fairytales are meant to be entertaining.
All fairytales have certain elements that are the same. They begin with “Once upon a time…” and end with “And they lived happily ever after.”
There is always a good character and an evil character. One of the characters in the fairytale is usually royalty, such as a prince, princess, king or queen. One of the characters is usually poor or from a poor working family.
Another element of a fairytale is that something magical happens. There might be a spell cast, animals talking or fairies, trolls or elves.
Fairytales have a problem that needs to be solved. Generally, it takes three tries to solve the problem.
Numbers or patterns are also common in fairytales. Usually things, phrases or tasks appear in “threes” or “sevens.”
Other common themes or things you will see in a fairytale are talking animals or objects, sleep, human weakness (greed, laziness) and human strengths (kindness, generosity, patience) and impossible tasks.
Now, you are going to read two fairytales. While you are reading them, think about how they are the same and how they are different. Think about the different elements of a fairytale and which elements they have. Then, you will fill in the table.
Does anyone have any questions?
Feedback:
Say:
Who would like to share their answers? What aspects of the fairy tales are the same? What aspects are different? (Allow the students to share and go over the answers.)
Written by Kimberly Greacen, Education World® Contributing Writer
Kimberly is an educator with extensive experience in curriculum writing and developing instructional materials to align with Common Core State Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy.
Copyright© 2019 Education World
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