We finally have secured the login information to BrainPOP for WCE. You can access a few different ways: www.brainpop.com and www.brainpopjr.com for BrainPOP Jr. and esp.brainpop.com for Spanish. Students can also login at home using the same username and password.
Ask mr rabinowitz for username and password.
P.S. There's a mobile app too!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Today
Students wrote out dialogue scenes of their realistic fiction stories. This week we will write leads and endings. The final copies are due next Tuesday. Rubric and requirements will go home before Thursday. Be on the lookout. In reading we are focusing on types of plot conflict.
Other info;
Is cold, dress warmly
Book club is on Wednesday
District testing is on Friday and certain days next week
Follow me on twitter via email
Instructions at https://www.feedmyinbox.com/listings/tutorials/twitter-account-updates-in-your-email/
Happy Hanukkah,
Mr. Rabinowitz
Other info;
Is cold, dress warmly
Book club is on Wednesday
District testing is on Friday and certain days next week
Follow me on twitter via email
Instructions at https://www.feedmyinbox.com/listings/tutorials/twitter-account-updates-in-your-email/
Happy Hanukkah,
Mr. Rabinowitz
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Top Meta Responses and other information
Students need to be reading all the time. To help ensure this is happening at home parents are to provide time for them to read and sign off when its due. To further challenge their thinking and start conversations at home about what 4th graders are reading, their is a meta-response on the back. This is for 4th graders to reflect upon what they are reading and explain what they are thinking about as they are reading. Are they making connections? Are they asking questions?
In addition, a strong response explains why by using the "because" and gives specific details of character names and ideas. Below are two exemplars that do just that! Keep it up
When I was reading: "The Serpent Shroud" I thought about: "how funny it was when a Jack in the box blew up in Carter's face because I've never seen the it happen."
When I was reading: "Farmer Boy I made a text-to-text connection." I thought about: "how in Farmer Boy, Almanzo always has to do chores and in the Harry Potter series Harry is always doing chores for the Derslys."
This week we have begun drafting their realistic fiction stories. Be on the lookout for writing homework. We plan on having the final copies due the last week before Winter Break.
Stay healthy and keep us posted if your child is sick,
Mr. Rabinowitz
In addition, a strong response explains why by using the "because" and gives specific details of character names and ideas. Below are two exemplars that do just that! Keep it up
When I was reading: "The Serpent Shroud" I thought about: "how funny it was when a Jack in the box blew up in Carter's face because I've never seen the it happen."
When I was reading: "Farmer Boy I made a text-to-text connection." I thought about: "how in Farmer Boy, Almanzo always has to do chores and in the Harry Potter series Harry is always doing chores for the Derslys."
This week we have begun drafting their realistic fiction stories. Be on the lookout for writing homework. We plan on having the final copies due the last week before Winter Break.
Stay healthy and keep us posted if your child is sick,
Mr. Rabinowitz
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