Blog Assignment Friday, December 9th

1.)  Blog 2 December poems.  Today,  you will go visit this teacher's website.  You need to pick 3 different styles of poems.  Write them first on a piece of paper, and then blog each one! They can be about the holidays or the month.  However, the entire poem has to  be about the same topic.  So, write something amazing!  I will be sharing your poems with other teachers!!

2.)  Blog a slice of life!  I have missed you, so catch me up about what you have been doing without me there!

3.)  Blog about your reading this week!  What are you reading?  What did you love?  What did you not love?

4.) Finally, a free blog!  Write about anything you would like to share!

Assignment for November 18

Good Morning

Today we have three blogs to complete

1.)   Our Turkey Simile poem 
Title should be the name of your Turkey

Tim the Turkey is…

A reader like my fourth grade students

As serious as Mrs. Nabors about homework

Interested in many different things like a librarian

As quiet as a mouse hiding from his predator

By Mrs. Nabors

2.) Title:  November Acrostic

Writers, today you will use your writing notebook to write an November Acrostic.  You may use the words: Turkey, Thanksgiving, November,or another one if you think of a great one that is about November.  Mrs. Nabors has November word lists on the back counter.  However, don't use a word if you don't know the meaning.    

Typing hints:   

• You will need to press the enter key to take you down to the next line.  
• After you have typed your poem, you may add clip art.  Don't forget to give credit at the bottom of the post to the website where you got your pictures.

3.)  Free Write

You may blog about anything that you would like to share!  It can be a post about your reading life, a slice of your life, etc.  

Bloggers, I love reading your words!

Assignment, October 21st

Good Morning,

1.) Your first blog post is about a slice of your life.  Each of you have been writing about small personal moments when you felt excited.  Today, I want you to pick one of your moments and blog it.

Title of this blog:  Slice of Life 

2.) This week we are talking about curiosity.  Get a pair of headphones and watch this video about what to do with an idea.

Now write a blog about what you are the most curious.  Do you have any wonderful ideas that follow you around and need your attention?

Title of this blog:  Curiosity leads to Ideas

3.) You have been surrounded by wonderful books this week!  What have you read or hear this week that you really enjoyed?  Write about your reading life this week.

Title of this blog: My Reading Life

4.) Once you have finished your three blogs, you may comment on 3 people's blogs.  Go to our class web page and click on the three people below you.  Write a comment about their Slice of Life Blog Post. Make sure you read the ideas below:

Bloggers, I love our days together!  Your words have been amazing this week!  I love the leads that we shared and how hard you are working to tell your story!  You are my joy!  Thank you for being such an AWESOME 4th grader!

Happy Blogging!

Assignment, Friday, October 14th

Good Morning!

1.) Chris Barton is coming!  I am so excited that we are going to have a published author in our school on Monday!  You get to listen to him tell his story.  I wonder if he had a writing notebook when he was in 4th grade. I wonder what he uses now to collect his ideas.
    I have been reading some interviews and articles about him.  He is very curious about the world around him.  
     One of the ideas he has for figuring out his story is he writes what he wants to learn.  WOW!  Ladies and gentlemen, that opened up a WHOLE new world of ideas for me.  So, for this first post, I want you to make a list.... or..... start a story..... or..... go where ever your heart and mind takes you.  Just answer the following questions:

What are you curious about?

What would you like to learn?


Title of this post:  Learning Leads 
(Lead is another name or synonym for start.).  

2.) October is one of my favorites!  What is your favorite month?  Describe your favorite!  Do you want to share your thoughts in a poem?  Is a descriptive paragraph the best ways to share your ideas?  It is up to you!  Just share what you love about your favorite month!  Remember to use 
                 amazing, 
                     fantastic, 
                           colorful, 
                               thoughtful, 
                                       dynamic, 
                                              specific, 
                                                   creative words
to paint a beautiful picture in your reader's mind!

Title of this post: My Favorite Month

Cite:
pictures from:   www.chrisbarton.com  and  www.quotesgram.com

Assignment, Friday, October 7th

Happy October!!

This morning, you have two blogs to write.

1.)   Writers, today you will use your writing notebook to write an October Acrostic.  You may use the words: Autumn, October, Halloween, Harvest or another one if you think of a great one that is about October.  Mrs. Nabors has October word lists on the back counter.  However, don't use a word if you don't know the meaning.    

Typing hints:   

• You will need to press the enter key to take you down to the next line.  
• After you have typed your poem, you may add clip art.  Don't forget to give credit at the bottom of the post to the website where you got your pictures.

An example:  

Overhead, the

Canopy of green

Turns to gold, breaks free

On autumn

Breezes,

Escaping before the cold winter

Rush

Title this post:  October Acrostic   

2.) Readers, you have read some very imaginative books this six weeks.  Write your second blog post describing your favorite book from the 1st six weeks.  Was the setting amazing?  Did the character react in ways that you could understand? Were you able to imagine being a part of the story? 

 Title this post:  Imagination in My Reading

Remember, all of your posts should be written with complete sentences, capital letters, and punctuation.  I can not wait to read your words and share them with the other teachers!!

Happy Blogging!


citing my sources:
Poem by: http://www.rebeccajgomez.com/2016/10/an-acrostic-for-october.html
pictures from: www.ryylxjw.com and www.fanpop.com
  

Assignment, September 30

Good Morning Bloggers!

Today, we have three blogs to complete!

1.)  Writers, you have started writing about small moments that are important to you.  

• Pick one of the small moments from your writing notebook.

• Start a new post and publish your small moment on your blog 

Title the Blog: Small Moments

2.  Get a pair of headphones from the purple bins in the maker space.  Watch this video about an idea:

Describe a time when you used something ordinary to make something extraordinary.  

Some ideas to think about:

• Describe a time you imagined yourself inside a story.

• Did a crayon create something brilliant?

• Did some trash become an amazing creation?

• How did your imagination help you see the extraordinary?

Title of the blog should be: Imagination Part 3

3. The third post that you will publish is a summary of what you have read during this week.  You need to tell the title, the author, and a little about the book.  After you have typed, you can look for a picture of the cover.  

Title of the blog should be: My Reading Life

I love reading your words!  You are amazing!

Assignment Friday, September 23rd

1.  Get a pair of headphones from the purple bins in the maker space.  Watch this video about an imaginative girl:

In today's blog, I want you to answer one of the following questions about your imagination:

In what ways are you creative?

How do you express your own creative talents? (do you paint, cook, sew, draw,...)

How do you pay attention to small ideas that might someday become big?

Title of the blog should be: Imagination Part 2

2. The second post that you will publish is a summary of what you have read during this week.  You need to tell the title, the author, and a little about the book.  After you have typed, you can look for a picture of the cover.  

Title of the blog should be: My Reading Life

3.) If you have time, you can do a third post that is a free post.  It could be a list, poem, story, etc.  Anything that you would love to share with your readers!


Title of the blog should be whatever you would like for it to be!  Have fun with it!

You are doing an amazing job adding descriptive words to your personal stories!  I hope you use some of those same strategies with your blogs!

I can't wait to read what you write!!

Assignment Friday, September 23rd

1.  Get a pair of headphones from the purple bins in the maker space.  Watch this video about an imaginative girl:

In today's blog, I want you to answer one of the following questions about your imagination:

In what ways are you creative?

How do you express your own creative talents? (do you paint, cook, sew, draw,...)

How do you pay attention to small ideas that might someday become big?

Title of the blog should be: Imagination Part 2

2. The second post that you will publish is a summary of what you have read during this week.  You need to tell the title, the author, and a little about the book.  After you have typed, you can look for a picture of the cover.  

Title of the blog should be: My Reading Life

Assignment September 16, 2016

1.  In today's blog, I want you to use one of the following sentence starters to begin a reflections about your imagination:

I use my imagination to help me...

Using my imagination makes me feel . . .

I believe I am imaginative because I. . .

Who is the most imaginative person I know or have read about? A technique the individual uses to stay imaginative and creative is . . .

Title of the blog should be: Imagination

2. The second post that you will publish is a summary of what you have read during this week.  You need to tell the title, the author, and a little about the book.  After you have typed, you can look for a picture of the cover.  

Title of the blog should be: My Reading Life

3.) If you have time, you can do a third post that is a free post.  It could be a list, poem, story, etc.  Anything that you would love to share with your readers!


Title of the blog should be whatever you would like for it to be!  Have fun with it!

I look forward to reading your posts!!!

Happy Blogging!

Book Fair

Believing I can travel to any location
Open a book and find a new friend
Only want to spend millions of dollars
Keep an open for a fabulous treasure

Feeling excited 
As the smell of books fills the air
It is almost time to check out our 
Radical PTA Book Fair!

I love books!  I have been a book collector all of my life!  One of my most favorite things to do in my free time to go to Barnes and Noble, find a cozy corner, and get lost in pages of wonderful words!  (of course my cup of coffee is close to me, too)  So, when PTA brings the book fair to our campus, I get super excited and can't wait to share those moments with each of you!  

Let's buy a book!

Assignment for September 9, 2016

1.)This week we are having a book fair!  I absolutely love going and looking and dreaming of new stories!  So, for your post today, write a poem (can be an acrostic) about books or the book fair.

Title of the blog should be: Books or Book Fair 
(If you think of a different title, I am fine with you picking something else!)

2. The second post that you will publish is a summary of what you have read during this week.  You need to tell the title, the author, and a little about the book.  After you have typed, you can look for a picture of the cover.  

Title of the blog should be: My Reading Life

3.) If you have time, you can do a third post that is a free post.  It could be a list, poem, story, etc.  Anything that you would love to share with your readers!

Title of the blog should be whatever you would like for it to be!  Have fun with it!

You are doing an awesome job!  I am so proud to be your teacher!

1st Post of 2016-2017 School Year!

Welcome to my blog!  This is where you will come to get information and directions about your blogging assignments.  I absolutely LOVE blogging.  I will share your blogs with parents, teachers, your family and the community.  They will be amazed by your awesome writing!

1.) The first post that you will publish on your blog is your acrostic poem that we published and hung in the hallway.  Once you have it all typed, you may change the colors and the font. 

Title of the Blog should be: Acrostic Poem

2.) The second post that you will publish is a summary of what you have read during the first two weeks of 4th grade.  You need to tell the title, the author, and a little about the book.  After you have typed, you can look for a picture of the cover.  

Title of the blog should be: My Reading Life

3.) If you have time, you can do a third post that is a free post.  It could be a list, poem, story, etc.  Anything that you would love to share with your readers!

Title of the blog should be whatever you would like for it to be!  Have fun with it!

I am looking forward to a great year of writing and sharing! 

Blog on!

Top 10 Blog Assignment

Good Morning,

This is our next to last day to spend blogging in our classroom.  I have loved watching you become better bloggers!!

This morning, we are writing a top ten list about what you have loved or enjoyed about 4th grade.  Top ten lists are a great way to organize your thinking.  They help us communicate why things are important, and they are fun to create.  Lists grab people's attention.  Our readers love to read lists.  They are flexible and  are a wonderful way to share your opinions.  

1.) Decide on your top 10 things you have loved or enjoyed about 4th grade.  (on a piece of notebook paper)

2.) Put them in order of 1 being your most favorite thing and ten being the end of your list.

3.) Blog your list and describe why you added each thing to your list.

4.) Comment on at least 10 other blogs!

Happy Blogging!

Assignments - Friday, May 13th

Good Morning!

I hope you beat our time of 1 hour 8 minutes and 23 seconds!!!  Good job being VORACIOUS readers!

1. Click here to read an article about the Texas Cowboy.  Pay close attention because, when you finish, you have 14 questions to answer about what you read!  Your questions are here!  

You can look back at the information while you are answering questions.  I don't mind if you talk to your team, too, but everyone has to enter their own responses!

2.  Blog about something from your week!  One post that gives your readers a slice of your life!

3. ALL OF STUDY ISLAND has to be FINISHED in Reading and Math for you to have Crash Day!  SO!!!  If you have some to do, you need to work on it as soon as you are done with your cowboy questions!

4.  If you have finished your  questions, blog and your Study Island, you may work on the Tynker.com lessons.   Remember, your log-in for Tynker is your google log in!


I am so proud of all of you!  I will see you on Monday!  Make sure I get a good note from Mrs. Biering!