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