Thankfulness

Title of the Blog: Thankfulness

This blog is all about what you are thankful for in your life.  I want you to write at least three claims with evidence about people, places, or things that you are thankful for.  Then, lift your writing by adding to those facts like we have in our literary essays.

• I am thankful for each of you because you are amazing and you continue to persevere to learn new things.  I know this because I watch how you are trying new things and working to master your goals.  In other words, your perseverance is amazing to watch.  I am constantly bragging about how amazing you are and what you are doing in class.  

• I am thankful for the staff at Woodrow Wilson because they are always supportive and fun.  My evidence is that we find ways to make each day fun and celebrate each other.  As I am writing this, I 'm realizing that this staff is more like a family than a school.  We enjoy spending time together, and we look forward to seeing each other.

• I am thankful for Mr. Nabors because he makes me laugh and helps me enjoy life.  This is important because life can be hard and it is important to have someone who can help you.  An example of this is when I get frustrated with our dogs, he finds a way to make the whole thing funny, and we are able to work through it together.  Laughter is so important and I realize he brings me a lot of joy.

Friday, October 25, 2019

1.) Title of this post: My Favorite Month

 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!

2.)  Title of this post: Fall Carnival

Today is the Woodrow Wilson Fall Carnival.  Do you and your family come?  If you do, what is your favorite part?  Describe it using your five senses to add rich details and lift your writing.  

If you do not come, what is something else you do during the fall that you really enjoy?  Describe it using your five senses to add rich details and lift your writing.

3.  Get a pair of headphones and 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 create, paint, cook, sew, draw,...)

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

Title of the blog should be: Imagination 

4.) If you have time, you can do a fourth post that is a free post.  It could be a list, a poem, a 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 lifting your writing and 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 September 13, 2019

1.)  Book Fair
This week, your first blog is about the school book fair.  Pick a question below and write about it.  Be sure to include the why behind your thoughts and the evidence you have to support your opinion.
Do you like them? 
Did you get a new book? 
Is it fair to have a bookfair at school? 
If you could go in there and get anything you wanted, what would it be?
Should we have more book fairs?
Do you think we shouldn't have them? 

2.) Blog about your Mixture and Solution graphic organizer that we completed this week.  (If yours isn't done, you need to finish it first.)  Add a picture of your completed work. 

3.) Free Blog
Free write!  Share your thougths!

Assignment September 6th

1st Blog
On Sunday, it is grandparents' day!  We will have many families and guests in our school today to celebrate and spend time with loved ones.  Why is it important to celebrate the people we love?  
Your first post can be one of three things (pick one and write):

• Who in your family do you love to celebrate and why?
• Why is it important to spend time with people we love?
• Why should we celebrate people?

Blog Title: Celebrations

2nd Blog

This week you were asked to envision while reading.  Remember, readers make movies in their mind while reading.  Write long about what movie was playing in your head while we were reading Tiger Rising.  If you make a sketch of your movie, you can add that to your blog.

Blog Title:  Envisioning Tiger Rising

3rd Blog

Free write!  Share your thougths!

Assignment August 30th

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 three 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!

Blogging Assignment for January 11, 2019

Good Morning Bloggers!!

Today, you have two blogs to complete!

1.) Slice of Life About the Winter Break!  
  In this post, you should pick one small moment out of your two-week break from school and describe it in such rich detail that you help us visualize your holiday.  

Example:
We went shopping.  Then we wrapped the presents.  Finally, I played some games with my family.  I love spending time with my family.

Does this sound like a slice of life?   NO!  It is a list of things that I did!  Now, if I picked one of those things, and wrote about just that one...it becomes a slice!!!

Example:
     Rushing into the store, I decided I needed to look for the perfect scarf for my sister-in-law.  Kristen is one of my favorite people, and I had to find one that would delight her eyes as she opened the present. Slowly, I pushed my way through Nordstroms to the scarves and hats. 
     There were thousands of people crowded around this one table, and I knew it must hold something special.  Easing my way between the crazy shoppers, the table came into focus.   It was piled high with amazing textiles. Everyone was grabbing, pushing, and fighting over these precious gifts. Through the chaos, a fluffy, off white, chunky scarf called to me.  
    As my fingers touched the woolen threads, I knew it was the right one.  In the blink of an eye, I snatched the scarf off of the table and turned to begin my journey to the counter.  

Does this sound like a slice of life?  YES!  I took one moment of buying one present and wrote long about it!  That is what I expect you to do!!!  

I am looking forward to reading your blog posts!

2.) Reading Goal for 2019!

In this blog, you will write about your reading goals for this year.

Think about these questions to do your blog.  You can even write about a couple of these questions.

• Is there a series you want to start?
• Is there a series you want to finish?
• Is there a series you want to reread?
• Are there any books that you haven't finished that you want to go back and try again?
• Did your friends recommend a good book that you want to read?
• How many books do you want to finish this year?
• Is there a genre that you haven't read before that you want to read?

Mrs. Nabors' Reading goals:

I have set the goal of reading 50 books this year.  I have also been challenged by a friend to read the following:

• a book published this year
• a book I can finish in a day
• a book that I have been meaning to read
• a book that Mrs. Richmond recommends
• a book I read in school
• a book that someone else chooses for me (Does anyone have a suggestion?)
• a book published before I was born
• a book that was banned at some point
• a book I previously abandoned
• a book I own but have never read
• a book that intimidates me
• a book I have already read at least once

So, I think 2019 is going to be a busy year of reading!  I am looking forward to learning new things and adding more books to our bookshelf!  

I look forward to reading your post about your reading goals!  Let me know if I can help you find a great book!