New year!

Welcome to 5th grade! I am so excited about starting a new year and getting to know all of my new students! I hope you are excited as I am. We will be doing lots of reading this year, and lots of blogging about our thoughts! During the first weeks of school I will explain how to use this blog. It will be lots of fun! I will see you all on August 23rd! :)

Open House

Welcome to Open House! I am so glad you and your family were able to come. Try to answer the following trivia questions! Leave them in a comment, just like we do when we blog about our books! Don't forget to put your name!

1. Who said: "I'm the president of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli"?

2. What do you call a scientist who studies the stars?

3. What is the only U.S. state with a one-syllable name?

-Miss Harwood

Sally Dog Little: Undercover Agent

Compare and Contrast Sally Dog Little to Sally Dog Little: Undercover Agent. What are the similarities between the two stories? What are the differences? Answer using at least five sentences! Be sure that they are 5th grade sentences, not kindergarten sentences! I look forward to reading your responses!

Happy Reading! :)

-Miss Harwood

Sally Dog Little

How is Sally Dog Little different from normal dogs? How is she similar? Tell me two ways she is different from a normal dog and two ways she is similar. I look forward to reading your responses!

Happy reading! :)

-Miss Harwood

Pop's Bridges

What was the main problem in Pop's Bridges? How did the characters solve the problem? Would you have solved this problem differently? Please respond using a minimum of five sentences. I look forward to reading your responses!

Happy Reading!

-Miss Harwood

Game Day

I would like for you to make a text-to-self connection to Game Day. I want you to do this by comparing yourself to one of the main characters in the story. What do you have in common with him/her? What is different between the two of you? Be sure to use complete sentences and answer using at leat five sentences.

Happy reading! :)

-Miss Harwood

A Light in the Darkness

I hope that you enjoyed listening to A Light In The Darkness. Summarize this story for me using SWBST. Please be sure to put it into paragraph form and not a list. I look forward to reading your responses! Happy reading! :)

-Miss Harwood

Clever Beatrice

Summarize the story Clever Beatrice. Use the SWBST model. Do NOT answer the question like this: Somebody: Wanted: But: So: Then:. I want you to summarize it in a paragraph form. Just be sure to include all of the components of SWBST. :) I look forward to reading your responses! Happy reading! :)
-Miss Harwood

My Rotton Redheaded Older Brother

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother is one of my all time favorite stories. It reminds me so much of my older brother! I hope that you enjoyed listening to it too. I would like for you to summarize this story for me using SWBST. After you summarize the story, I would like for you compare yourself to the children in this story. Be sure to use complete sentences! Re-read your comment before you post it to be sure that it makes sense. And don't forget to post your name! I look forward to reading your responses.
Happy Reading! :)
-Miss Harwood

Hannah Is My Name

Imagine you are like Hannah in Hannah Is My Name. Your family just moved to America from another country, and your entire life has just changed. Would you be happy about someone changing your name like they changed Hannah's? Was it easy for Hannah and her family when they moved to America? What are some things you would have to adjust to in America? Respond using at least four sentences.

I look forward to reading your responses. Happy reading!

-Miss Harwood

The Mystery of Eatum Hall-- ALL Classes

Re-tell the mystery The Mystery of Eatum Hall using "Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then". Be sure to include how the mystery was solved! I look forward to reading your responses! :)

-Miss Harwood

For ALL Homerooms- Question #3

Why could Grandmama not play baseball with the boys? Why did she get to play with the boys at the end? Did she play well?

I look forward to reading your responses!

-Miss Harwood

For ALL Homerooms- Question #2

Summarize Oliver's Game using SWBST. I look forward to reading your responses!

Use the following format:

___________ wanted____________ but________________ so ______________ then____________.

-Miss Harwood

Hasan Homeroom Question 1

We have been reading Maniac Magee since school started. What is the setting of this story? What is the town like that Maniac is now living in? How does this town compare to Irving?

I look forward to hearing your responses! =)

-Miss Harwood

Tamez Homeroom Question 1

We have been reading Maniac Magee since school started. Who has been your favorite character in the story? Explain why. I look forward to reading your response!

Happy reading! =)

-Miss Harwood

Harwood Homeroom Question 1

We have been reading Maniac Magee since school started. How can you relate to Maniac Magee? Compare yourself to Maniac in three different ways. I look forward to reading your response!

Happy reading! =)

-Miss Harwood

Welcome Torchlighters!!

Welcome to our 5th grade reading blog! We will be using this blog to talk about our thoughts and ideas about different things that we will read in class. Each week you will read the question assigned to YOUR homeroom class. You will then type your response in a word document. When you are finished, you will copy and paste it into a comment box using the "anonymous" ID. You MUST type your name in the comment box in order to get credit though! Don't worry, we will go over all of these things in class! I am excited about reading each of your responses to all of the things we will read this year. You are the best 5th graders in the world! :)

Happy reading!

-Miss Harwood