Reading

St. Patrick's Day

Dr. Seuss (March 2nd)

Literary Terms Website

Time for Kids Quiz Archive

Elisa Carbone Website (author of //Blood on the River//) Charles R. Smith, __Rimshots__ Did George Mallory reach the top of Everest? Titanic Video

Raz Kids Reading Website Into the Book National Geographic for Kids

Favorite Books for 5th Graders

Paper Bag Report directions and rubric. Project due December 14 (Tuesday).

Literature Circle Resources



The Hunt for Lost Frogs

**Literature Circles Wiki Response **

As part of your written response for literature circles, you will be responding to questions on the class wiki. **Your answers should be thoughtful and should use proper conventions.**

Select two of the questions on the list and post your responses on the class wiki. Try to vary the questions that you are responding to throughout the weeks. Don't forget to include the title of the book that you are reading in your response. 1. What was your reaction to what you read? Describe how you felt and why you think you felt that way.

2. Write about any similar experiences you have had to what happened in the story, or about a time when you felt the way one of the characters seemed to fell.

3. Write an important or beautiful phrase, sentence, or passage from the reading. Explain why it seemed important or beautiful to you.

4. If something in the story confuses you or creates questions in your mind, write about it and try to explain why it confuses you.

5. How did you feel about what you read this week? Why?

6. Think about your favorite character. What happened to your favorite character this week?

7. How would you feel if the same thing that happened to your character, happened to you?

8. If you haven’t finished reading the book, what do you think will happen next? If you finished reading the book, what do you think will happen if the author decided to write another part to this story? If you need more space, use the back of this paper.

Each entry will be scored as follows:

4 = advanced (above grade level expectations) 3 = proficient (meeting grade level expectations) 2 = partially proficient (working towards grade level expectations) 1 = unsatisfactory (not meeting grade level expectations)