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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Santa's Similes



I can't believe Christmas is right around the corner!  It is the most exciting time of the year for my little elves and for me!  I love the ho ho holidays!  With that being said, enjoy a gift of similes!  Click below for the freebie!  I am going to post freebies throughout the holiday season so check back!!!!


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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Mystery Book Report- 5 Steps



My kids love mysteries!  After my fourth graders picked a good mystery book and read it from cover to cover, we created Mystery Book Reports.  Although this is included in my Book Reports That Motivate, you can use this idea for your classroom without a purchase.

1.  Decorate a title page.

  

2.  Write a summary with suspense all the way up until "who did it."   Paste is inside on the left of the booklet.  A graphic organizer or checklist of things for students to include is helpful!

    a.  Description of the main character and setting at the beginning of the summary.

    b.  Detailed information about the problem/mystery.

    c.  Plot is clear, evident, and easy to understand.

    d.  Good sentence structure and paragraph format.

    e.  Details have words that create a picture in the reader's mind


3.  Then write the ending and 2 other possible endings.  Paste it inside on the right of the booklet.  **Mix up the endings!  This will help when students present the mysteries to the class.  They want to be able to stump their classmates and have them guess one of their own endings, NOT the real one!





4.  Do a self-rating.  This can be the same as the checklist or a rubric so students make sure they included everything.


5.  Present to the class and see how many people you can stump!  Whoever stumps the most, gets a prize!  My students love it and I hope yours will too!





If interested in purchasing this book report along with many others, Click Here or the picture below!



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Friday, November 16, 2012

Nursery Rhyme Mysteries


These were so stinkin fun!  I started off by telling my fourth graders they were going to read some Nursery Rhymes and they all looked at me like I was off my rocker. Then I looked at them and said, "Oh, I thought I was in a Kindergarden class!  I think we should do them anyway and tie them into our mystery unit!"  They were still looking at me like I was a bit crazy.  Then I said, "Let's make up our own Nursery Rhyme Crime!"  Then they got excited!  Each student got a nursery rhyme.  They had to create a crime for the rhyme and then invent suspects, clues, etc.  If there wasn't enough information in their own nursery rhyme, they were allowed to use some from another nursery rhyme.  They had a blast learning mystery elements!  Check them out!  Cute, cute, cute!!!






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