Texas Bluebonnet Award Contest

Have you seen the AMAZING books on the Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees List?  
Click here if you want to see the list and look for fun projects about each book.

To be eligible to attend our class Bluebonnet Celebration, you must:

* be enrolled in my morning or afternoon class

* read at least 5 of the Master List books

* pass Book Adventure quizzes for at least 5 books on the list

* participate in Bluebonnet Reader's Theater 

Check out the Book Talks here to learn more about the books!

Get excited class! This is going to be one super-fun month in 4th grade!!

Text Talk

Let's talk about the different texts you are reading! 

Please share the name of your book or news article and tell us about the topic. Be sure to add what you are enjoying about it!  I'll start-

I am currently reading The Texas Revolution.  It is about the battles that happened in Texas history. I'm enjoying that I know this will be helpful in class. I also like the way the author gives me the dates of the battles. I know some of you are going to really enjoy researching about how battles were fought too.

Now it's your turn. Be sure to check your sentences before you publish!

Context Clues

Learn more about Context Clues by watching this Flocabulary video.

Antonyms

Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. Play the video to learn more.

Then, work on your antonyms with these Quizlet links. Be sure to add these to your Vocabulary/ Word Work notebook!
Antonyms, Tier 1

Antonyms, Tier 2

Do these after you have studied your words.Antonym Match

Featured Antonym Games

What Makes a Good Hero?

Fourth graders are really starting to notice the people and the world around them. Think about the adults in your life. They play an important role in your life at school, out in the world, and in the person you become as you get older. They can make your life enjoyable and fun and show you how to become the best person you can be by living as a role model. Take a few moments to think about what makes a hero.  Then answer these two questions and discuss your thoughts on heroes. 

he·ro

: a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities

: a person who is greatly admired

1. What makes a good hero? 
2. Why are heroes important to you?

Your responses need to be written in complete sentences with correct punctuation and capitalization.

Precepts

We are loving the book Wonder, by R.J. Palacio.  Auggie just learned about precepts. A precept is a general rule about a really important belief or action. His September precept is:

"WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND."


Students:  
1.  What does this precept mean to you?
2. What precepts do you and your family believe?

Turkey Challenge #2

Create a trading card for a main character in your book.

http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php

Turkey Challenge #1

Use this website to create an acrostic poem about any topic you choose. 
Some topic suggestions:
things you are thankful for
thanking someone for their work
to honor a friend or family member


http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

Why do we have to REVISE?

Learn more about how to revise your writing!!

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