Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!

Here are a couple of links to some great sites that celebrate one of my favorite authors, Dr. Seuss. Feel free to check them out and leave a comment.

http://http//www.seussville.com/

http://www.seussville.com/games/lb_sam_i_am.html

Verb Review and Flip Chip Activites

So, after learning about verbs in class, doing the superhero activity, completing the verb review, and the Flip a Chip activity what have you learned about verbs and verb tenses? How will this learning help you in the future in reading and writing? Please be specific.

Puzzle Time

Students took a different kind of vocab test this week. They were given the challenge to put together a puzzle then write a story to go along with the puzzle using their vocabulary words correctly. This was especially challenging since they were working with Homographs this week.

Here is a great example of a student's work:

Forever Friends

I love my puppy Coco. He is my best friend. My mom got him for me as a birthday present. It was in 2008. I was an invalid and my mom refused to let me go to school. Worst of all, it was my birthday.

I hated being sick. The objects around my room swirled around like a tornado. Everything got more blurry with every minute. My mom walked in to check my temperature.My mom has done that so many times today that I have a feeling the thermometer will be invalid. She objected when I asked her to quit.

"Honey, I got you something," she said. Then she presented me with a little minute puppy. He was so cute! He made my spirits soar and made me well enough to take out the refuse! I was even present at school the next day. I named the puppy CoCo and I still love him to death. He is and always will be my best friend.

by: Julia Roy

Verb Review and Flip a Chip Activity

Students have been hard at work identifying parts of a sentence and verbs. This is a great website that allows them to practice what they have learned at school.

Verb Review: When you finish the verb review, highlight, copy, and paste the self check sections into a word document. Print and turn it in for a grade.

http://cdis.missouri.edu/exec/data/courses2/8225/lesson05/study.asp

Flip a Chip:Students can also practice using grammar skills and verb tenses using this website. You should do all six activities and then print the final paper that says that you completed 6 out 0f 6 activities.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/flip-chip-30031.html