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Friday, October 30, 2020
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Saturday, October 10, 2020
Anxiety
Our children are under tremendous stress. Watch for any signs and get help immediately. Their mental help matters.
Friday, October 9, 2020
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Close Reading as a Pre-Reading Activity
Close
reading can be used as a pre-reading activity.
1.
If you’re about to begin a unit on figurative language, give
students a basic definition of the types of figurative language. Have them read
a short passage, looking closely for examples of figurative language.
2. Before
students begin a new unit in science, give them a short passage with some key
scientific terms, ensuring that the text is not bolded. Have students try to
activate prior knowledge about the subject by reading through the passage and
highlighting words they think are most important to the topic.
3.
Before you begin a novel or even a
picture book about a specific person or concept, have students do a close reading
of a summary of the book or the passage on the back of the book to identify
main characters and plot.
Strategy Scrutinize A Summary
Prior to introducing a new topic in a content area, provide
students with a short multi-paragraph summary about it. Give students a purpose
for their reading, whether it is to identify key characters, the main idea and
supporting details, or potential keywords. Provide them with a graphic
organizer that will encompass their pre-reading and provide space for notes
during reading. As they read, have students refer back to their initial close
reading notes to see if predictions were correct or how terms were used, etc. (Rocking Resources)
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Charade
Choose Halloween words such as:
Attack of Killer Tomatoes
Bobbing for apples
Cadaver
Captain Hook
Cemetery
Cruella de Vil
Dancing skeleton
Dead tree
Dia de Los Muertos
Evil Dead
Femur
Flying Broom
Flying saucer
Full moon
Ghost story
Golem
Grim Reaper
Halloween playlist
Haunted House
Haunted trails
Hayride
Hocus Pocus
Hotel Transylvania
IT
Jack Skellington
Jaws
Mad scientist
Movie night
Oktoberfest
One-eyed monster
Paranormal Activity
Paranorman
Potions
Pumpkin bowling
Pumpkin seeds
Pyramid Head
Queen of Hearts
Sacred Heart
Samhain ritual
Samhainophobia
Scarecrow
Silent Hill
Sleepy Hollow
Spicy tea
The Grudge
The Thing
Thriller
Tombstone
Walking over fall leaves
Wicked Witch of the West