Ms. Mercer's Class Website » Language Arts http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org Find out what's going on... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:37:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Language Arts links for the week of 6/4/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-642007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-642007/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:09:17 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-642007/ Here are discussions from the last two selections:

Class Discussion on 5/31/2007
on “Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin’ Cowboy”
Class Discussion on 5/24/2007
on “The Coming of the Long Knives”

This week we will be reading a tall tale, “McBroom, the Rainmaker”

Here is a link to a really great comic story done by an elementary class.

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/06/02/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-642007/feed/ 0 Language Arts Links for the week of 5/29/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-5292007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-5292007/#comments Mon, 28 May 2007 18:25:55 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-5292007/ This week, we will read about a true American character (someone who is interesting), Bill Pickett, a famous rodeo cowboy.

Here is the introductory PowerPoint for our selection:

[slideshare id=56916&doc=bill-pickett-16685&w=425]

Links about the subject of our selection:

Links related to our study skills for the week:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-5292007/feed/ 0 Language Arts Links for 5/21/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/language-arts-links-for-5212007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/language-arts-links-for-5212007/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 23:45:44 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/language-arts-links-for-5212007/ This week we will be reading a story about what happened after white settlers meet with Navaho Indians in The Coming of the Long Knives. Here is our introduction:

[slideshare id=52542&doc=long-knives-29572&w=425]

CPW for Coming of the Long Knives
Links to our selection subject:

Links to our selection skills:

And from last week, class discussion on 5/16/2007 on “The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung”
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Here is the slideshow for our selection:
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CPW for Wong Ming-Chung

and Class Discussion on 5/16/2007 on “The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung”
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Here are links related to the subject of our story:

And here are the links related to the skills we will study this week:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/language-arts-links-for-572007/feed/ 1 Language Arts Links for the Week of 4/30/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4302007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4302007/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:08:29 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4302007/ This week we will be reading a story from “Old Yeller” which tells about a boy and his pet dog.

CPW for Old Yeller and the Bear

This week’s PowerPoint introducing the story:

[slideshare id=43287&doc=powerpoint-to-introduce-old-yeller-1741&w=425]

and here is what we came up with from last week’s test:

[slideshare id=43286&doc=test-answers-from-buffalo-hunt-20377&w=425]

Links related to our unit theme:

Links related to the skills we are studying this week:

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PowerPoint of Word Knowledge: 

 

Class Discussion on 4/19/2007 on “Sacagawea”

Here are our content links for the week:

Here are links about the skills we will study this week:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/language-arts-links-for-4232007/feed/ 0 Language Arts Links for the week of 4/16/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/13/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4162007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/13/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4162007/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:09:51 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/13/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4162007/ Here is CPW for “Sacagawea’s Journey”

This week we start our new unit on Going West. This unit is about the expansion of the United States into the western part of this continent. Our first story is about Sacagawea, a story about the exploration by the Lewis and Clark, and the Corp of Discovery, and how a young Indian woman, helped them find their way.

Here are our links for this week:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/13/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-4162007/feed/ 0 SSR Links for the week of 4/9/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/07/ssr-links-for-the-week-of-492007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/07/ssr-links-for-the-week-of-492007/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:08:17 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/07/ssr-links-for-the-week-of-492007/ Here are sites you can go to for SSR this week

Examples of Digital Stories

Bubbe’s Back Porch

Scott County Community Digital Storytelling

Youth Radio

About Tell The Raven | Tell The Raven

Please leave a comment here to share what you thought of what you read or heard:

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/07/ssr-links-for-the-week-of-492007/feed/ 0 More Links for Unit Projects: http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/03/more-links-for-unit-projects/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/03/more-links-for-unit-projects/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:20:29 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/03/more-links-for-unit-projects/ I will be in the vyew conference room Tuesday from 4-5 p.m., Wednesday from 11 – 12, and Thursday from 5-6 if you have questions about your project. If you can’t get there then, leave a message in the comment box below.

Parts of U.S. Government webquest

Civil War webquest

Learn about the federal government webquest

Branches of government webquest

Declaration of Independence

Explain the American Revolution

American Revoltion webquest

Create trading cards on figures from the American Revolution

Spies of the Revolution game

Create a newscast on Human Rights

Pick a Civil Rights activity here 

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History of our country:

Human Rights and Civil Rights:

Some of these links are a reference source (they have information), some of them have activities to complete. Here are some possible ways to do this report:

  1. A PowerPoint (at least 5 slides with some writing) with pictures
  2. A post to this blog (at least 8 sentences) with links to the pages you used
  3. A podcast where you give a report
  4. A podcast where you have a discussion about an activity

You can write about a subject, or do an acitivity. If you do an activity, you can discuss or write about what you learned from the activity. If your write about a subject, you need to include links, or citations in your report. If you do a podcast, you should include a script (with citation of sources).

Please leave comment telling me what you will be doing for your project. Include the topic (subject), and what you will produce (a written report, a podcast, etc.):

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/31/links-for-our-unit-project/feed/ 23 Language Arts Links for 3/26/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/23/language-arts-links-for-3262007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/23/language-arts-links-for-3262007/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:16:48 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/23/language-arts-links-for-3262007/ “Shh, We’re Writing the Constitution” PowerPoint: 

“We the People, of the United States of America” PowerPoint:

CPW for selection

Here are Language Arts links:

Here are links about the Revolutinary War:

Here is the discussion of last week’s selection, “The Master Spy of Yorktown”:

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Here is a PowerPoint for the selection:

And CPW for Master Spy of Yorktown 

And here are some links on the Revolutionary War:

Question for the week: What inalienable rights should children have?

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Word Knowledge/Vocabulary/Background for our selection:
 

CPW for our Selection:
 This week in Language Arts: 

Links on the Declaration of Independence:

What “natural laws” do you think there are?

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/10/language-arts-links-for-3122007/feed/ 0 Language Arts Links for 3/5/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/04/language-arts-links-for-352007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/04/language-arts-links-for-352007/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:19:38 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/04/language-arts-links-for-352007/ This week we will be reading two selections, but don’t worry they are short, and the class did a marvelous job last week with a very long and difficult selection. The stories will cover events that were some of the first physical confrontations in the Revolutionary War.

Here are:

Here are links about the subjects we will read about this week:

Declaration of Indepedence
Colonial Lexington
The Intolerable Acts

Here are links related to the skills we will be studying this week:

Figurative language
Complex/Compound sentences
Synonyms/Antonyms
Parts of Speech: Use for subjects and verbs

Question for the week, what services do you get for the taxes you and your family pay?

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We start a new unit on the start of our nation, the United States of America 

Play the sentence sort game

CPW for “If You Lived at the Time of the Revolution…”
Find out more about the American Revolution:
The Revolutionary War on Yahooligans!
America’s Homepage

Read this site on cause and effect sentences. Write a sentence showing cause and effect and send it to me from the comment box below…

]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/23/language-arts-links-for-22607/feed/ 0 Language Arts Links for the week of 2/13/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/10/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-2132007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/10/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-2132007/#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:06:40 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/10/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-2132007/ This week we will read about an African American family in “Parmele”

  • African American Odyssey on the Library of Congress
  • Main Idea Quiz
  • Take a quiz on Main Idea

    • Here is our Word Knowledge and Spelling PowerPoint for this story:

    Parmele PowerPoint 

    ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/10/language-arts-links-for-the-week-of-2132007/feed/ 0     Language Art Links for February 5, 2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/03/language-art-links-for-february-5-2007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/03/language-art-links-for-february-5-2007/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:16:24 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/03/language-art-links-for-february-5-2007/ samovar.jpg This week we continue with our theme on Heritage, reading “The Night Journey” a story about the Jewish pogroms in Russia.

  • Antonym quiz
  • Quiz on reflexive pronouns
  • Figurative Language
  • Pograms on Wikipedia
    • ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/03/language-art-links-for-february-5-2007/feed/ 0     Language Arts Links for 1/29/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/26/language-arts-links-for-1292007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/26/language-arts-links-for-1292007/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:37:13 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/26/language-arts-links-for-1292007/ We will be reading “Love as Strong as Ginger” this week. The first three links are about the sound of language.

  • Alliteration quiz
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Assonance
  • Transition words quiz
  • Inference Quiz
  • Seattle Chinatown (the International District) on Wikipedia

    • ]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/26/language-arts-links-for-1292007/feed/ 0 Language Art Links for the Week of 1/22/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/19/language-art-links-for-the-week-of-1222007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/19/language-art-links-for-the-week-of-1222007/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:58:07 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/19/language-art-links-for-the-week-of-1222007/ This week we will be reading about a Yup’ik Eskimo family  in Alaska and how they preserve their culture.

    Here is our Word Knowledge PowerPoint for the week

    CPW for In Two Worlds 

    Here are our links for the week:

  • Connecting/Transition words quiz
  • Flip-a-chip game
  • Hangman game
  • Take a quiz on adverbs
  • Quiz on Main Idea
  • Information on the Yup’ik
  • Yup’ik Masks
    • ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/19/language-art-links-for-the-week-of-1222007/feed/ 0     Language Arts Links – 01/16/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/language-arts-links-01162007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/language-arts-links-01162007/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:43:04 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/language-arts-links-01162007/ This week we will read about a young boy coming to New York from Puerto Rico in “The West Side”

    Here is our Word Knowledge and Spelling PowerPoint

    ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/language-arts-links-01162007/feed/ 0     Language Arts Links – 01/08/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/language-arts-links-01082007-2/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/language-arts-links-01082007-2/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:15:55 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2006/11/25/language-arts-links-01082007-2/ Hello! This week we will be reading a story of memories of Vietnam in The Land I Lost.

    Here is our Word Knowledge and Spelling PowerPoint

    Listen to our selection, The Land I Lost

    And here are Websites you can visit this week:

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