Great White Sharks

Dear Grade Fives!  

Today: Last week you recorded notes answering the question: What are some interesting facts you learned about the Great White Shark? Using your edited notes, I would like you to answer the question in a single and complete paragraph.

Tomorrow, you will edit your response, listen to it, and then have a peer edit it as well. When you have made all of your corrections, you will copy your blog and post it as usual. Grade Fives, you have been writing paragraph for several months now. Be sure to use what you know. Write the best paragraph you can about what you have learned.

Just a reminder that a paragraph contains:

a)  topic (promise) sentence: what you promise to tell the reader about

b) at least three support sentences (at least): specific examples or details about your topic

c)  concluding sentence: where you remind the reader what you promised to tell the reader

Love, Mrs. French

Great White Shark

Dear Grade Fives! 

Today, you will be continuing to refine your note-taking. This week, you will go to a new website and take short brief notes that, once again, answer a specific inquiry question. These notes will be recorded on your Blog Response word document. Tomorrow, you will edit your notes.

Today:

1) go to http://a-z-animals.com/animals/great-white-shark/

2) inquiry question: What are some interesting facts you learned about the Great White Shark?

3) record brief, keyword notes that answer the question

Wednesday:

1) reread your notes to ensure they provide answers to the inquiry question

2) check that you use keywords only (not full copied sentences)

I am really looking forward to reading your notes!
Love, Mrs. French

Bactrian Camel's Humps

Dear Grade Fives!  

Today: Last week you recorded notes answering the question: How are the camel humps used and how do they work? You edited your notes and we edited them as a class. 

*Please post your newly edited notes (e.g. the ones we discussed in class).

Using these edited notes, I would like you to answer the question in a single, complete paragraph.

     

     Tomorrow, you will edit your response, listen to it, and then have a peer edit it as well. Please note that the checklist is a bit longer. You will also be checking that you have used proper paragraph conventions. When you have made all of your corrections, you will copy your blog and post it as usual. You may want to have two windows open side-by-side, one with the blog letter and one being your word document.

Just a reminder that a paragraph contains:

a)  topic (promise) sentence: what you promise to tell the reader about

b) at least three support sentences (at least): specific examples or details about your topic

c)  concluding sentence: where you remind the reader what you promised to tell the reader

Love, Mrs. French

Bactrian Camels

Dear Grade Fives!

Today, you will once again read and take notes. Please take short brief notes that answer the specific inquiry question. 

 
Remember:

- use bullets to mark your notes
- avoid using words in the question
- use digits rather than number words
- leave out unnecessary little words out e.g. ‘a’, ‘is’, ‘the’, ‘and’ etc.
- start your notes with a lowercase letter unless it needs a capital

Tomorrow you will edit your notes.

Today:

1) Go to http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/ 
2) Choose “Mammals” > “Bactrian Camels
3) Inquiry Question: How are the camel humps used and how do they work?

Wednesday:
1) reread your notes 
2) remove all notes that do not to provide answers to the inquiry question
3) check that you use keywords only (not full copied sentences)

Assessment:
       Content (clarity, accuracy, quantity)
       Conventions (spelling, keywords)

I am really looking forward to reading your notes!

Love, Mrs. French