Winter Break

It's so exciting! Winter break is near! What are your plans? What are you looking forward to most? Are you traveling or staying in Houston? If you celebrate Christmas, what are some of your family's traditions you look forward to every year? If you celebrate Hanukkah, what are some of your traditions? I can't wait to hear what each of you have planned!

Big Nate

I'm Reading Big Nate double trouble. It is an awesome book because he is hilarious and it is a two in one book.   Big Nate gets detention everyday.  In "Strikes Again," Genia is on Nate's Ben Franklin report and S.P.O.F.F ( Sports played only for fun ).

Time to Check In on Independent Reading

We have not blogged about what we are reading for fun in a long time, and we all know that books can really add a lot of joy to your life! I always like to have a good fiction book around...like a good friend. Lately, I have been reading a book called At the Water's Edge. This book is historical fiction, and it is for enjoyment. Historical fiction is based on historical events and people that are true but the story is fiction. Books can be entertaining and POWERFUL! Please write 4 to 5 sentence about the book you are reading right now. Be sure to the correct capitalization and punctuation. 

Young Bull

Young Bull was treated unfairly, because he was forced to leave his family.  He was forced to build houses all by himself.  He was forced to learn a new language, which was English.  He tried to run away, but the guards caught hims and placed a metal ball and chain on his ankle.  Hi ankle became bruised and damaged.  Luckily, a kind teacher cared for him and helped him remember that he would always be an Indian on the inside.

Today, we discussed the difference between plot and theme. We focused on the different themes, messages or big ideas from our book Cheyenne Again.  Please write about some of the themes you discovered in your reading with your partners or what we read-aloud and give examples.  For example,  one theme was  treating the Indians unfairly in school when they taught them lies or left out important facts about their culture and some of the battles they had won.  Please write four to five sentences with the correct punctuation.