Sumdog- The class has individual student accounts School Code: ps261 See sticker in HW folder for name and password
Khan Academy- The class has individual student accounts. They can use their school gmail accounts to sign in. See the topics you need to work on from playing Sumdog. Then choose to practice them in Khan Academy . We also have assigned you math skills and topics. Adaptedmind- Kids can choose specific skills to practice or given skills to work on based on a pre-assessment online
Independent Spelling Practice
Sumdog- The class has individual student accounts School Code: ps261 See sticker in HW folder for name and password
Independent Reading Practice
Raz-Kids-individualized reading practice (listening, reading and comprehension) 1. Enter teacher name: Class5409 2. Click on your name in the class chart 3. Enter your password- same as your school email. If you have symbols like @ $ in your school password, they were removed from your Raz-Kids password.
Feeling Stuck? Find an Idea! 1.Family Traditions-unique or silly Ex: On Fridays, my dad always made breakfast for dinner. 2. Collections Ex: My brother loves squirrels! He collects anything related to squirrels and at one point he even made a website. 3. Special Place Ex: I loved hiding in my mom & dad’s closet and trying on their clothes! 4. Moving Ex: Did you leave behind a best friend from your old house? 5. Your place in the family- Are you the oldest? Youngest? Only child? Adopted? 6. Life changes Ex: Was there one night when you realized you were too big to jump into your parent’s or relative’s bed during a thunderstorm? 7. What frightened you when you were little? Ex: As a kid, I lay in bed desperately wanting to go to the bathroom, but refusing to because of the scary man I thought lived in my closet! 8. Write a story about somebody/something who frightens you and what their life is like 9. Take a movie you just watched and make it your own 10. A birthday moment 11. When you first learned to do something 12. Something bad that has happened to you (Ex: mean older siblings) 13. A nightmare or a dream 14. Something that happened to someone in your family 15. A moment you have always been waiting for and when it happens to you 16. If someone played a joke on you or if you played a joke on someone 17. An embarrassing moment 18. When you did something by yourself for the first time 19. Thinking about a place that you want to go to and what it will be like 20. Something that you regret doing 21. Losing something or someone special to you 22. Dream job, house, pet 23. If I could be an animal, what would I be 24. How-to about what you know how to make that maybe others don’t 25. Something hilarious or silly 26. A favorite moment in your life 27. A crazy moment in your life and what did happen or what might happen 28. Write about something you probably would never do in real life 29. Something that changed your life to this day - happy, sad, funny 30. Getting sucked into a tv show or movie or video game 31. A first ______ in your life 32. Something you have been wishing for or something someone surprised you with **Make your own list of ideas too!**
Ways to Brainstorm -Talk out my ideas to another writer -List ideas -Make a web -Free write on an idea -3 by 3 by 3 (3 minutes, Write 3 ideas on 3 topics) -Create an outline -Make a timeline -Use a graphic organizer - List any idea that comes to your head -eliminate ideas don’t want to use -Draw ideas -talking and looking around the room at the mentor artist/author -Look back at research to get ideas -Look back at my past writing to get ideas -Looking at the decorations on my writing journal for inspiration -Ask others for ideas -Thinking during physical activities (walking, riding a bike) -Questions that you want to answer -Drawing art -Looking at your surroundings (nature, park, subway, recess, water) -Lying and thinking (couch, bed or rug) -Read a book to inspire ideas -Looking back at past writing journals or pieces -Writing down what you hear around you -Writing down your feelings -Writer’s block- write down why
Ways to Collect -Add decorations to your writing journal -Items that remind us of things we love (piece of string or beads) -Pictures of your family -List of things I love -Book covers of books I love -Brochure of places we have been -Pictures that represent your personality -Inspirational quote from a book or the world -Write down something you saw in the world -Write down what someone said to you -Hear someone in a conversation, write down what they said -Take photos of things you enjoy -Take a walk, collect things you see, hear or smell (write down your observations) -Article on an important issue -Restaurant menu -Poetry -ticket (event. Movie, concert) -art -Nature (leaf, flower, grass, etc.) -Tells me something I don’t want to forget -Print a picture of a place you have always wanted to go
Ways to Write -Use something from your daily life and turn it into a story -Moment in your life- but exaggerate it! -Go back to something in your journal -add on, finish it, change it -Draw a picture ad base a story off of it -Commentary on an issue -Take an unfinished story and make a new one -Journal entry on my life (How was your day) -Personal Narrative: Write about a moment in your life -Turn someone else’s life into a story -Write a story based of a book, series, or movie you really like (make it your own) -What you want to do in your life -Use someone else’ s to create your own story -Poetry -Graphic novels -Interview someone on a topic -Write their opinion -Book, movie, food or restaurant review -Fictional Story: -Sci Fi -Fantasy -realistic -Horror -Historical -Try out writing like authors you love -Tips & tricks (advice on something you are an expert on) -Advanced How to... manual -Write about places that make you feel calm -Tricky vocabulary -Biography on a famous person