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Mrs Warehime’s Blog. Click on the links below for a description of the book. Enter Three Witches by Caroline Cooney. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams. Invisible by Pete Hautman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult. Dragon’s Keep by Janet Lee Carey. A Midwife’s Tale. Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. No More Dead Dogs.
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Did you know . . . | Mrs. Warehime's Blog
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Mrs Warehime’s Blog. What is a “maze” test? February 17, 2010 · 9:14 pm. Did you know . . . Did you know that the four prefixes. Un, re, dis. Along with its variations. 8211;all which mean “not”) account for 58 % of all prefixed words? Students who know how to read, spell and attach these prefixes to other words will be able to create many multi-syllabic, academic words. (Cunningham, 2000). What is a “maze” test? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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Inferences | Mrs. Warehime's Blog
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Mrs Warehime’s Blog. Next Post →. April 25, 2010 · 9:30 pm. We are plugging right along in our book,. The Last Book in the Universe. As I mentioned on the Reading 7/8 page, one of the thinking skills we are working on with this book is making inferences. Making inferences is one of the most difficult things good readers do, and it is also one of the most important. Here is passage from the book along with an example of what the kids are doing:. The only catch is, I don’t tell them specifically which para...
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Assimilation | Mrs. Warehime's Blog
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Mrs Warehime’s Blog. Did you know . . . February 25, 2010 · 3:20 pm. You all know I love root words, right? Well, today I introduced the kids to the idea of assimilation. This is where the last letter of a prefix changes to match or accommodate the first letter of the base word in order to make the word easier to pronounce. For example, the “con” in. Motion assimilates and becomes an “m”, making the work. Motion. Try saying. Motion and you will see why this happens. It is much easier to say. We all chang...
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Reading 7/8 | Mrs. Warehime's Blog
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Mrs Warehime’s Blog. Today we reviewed the information from the three civil rights stories by playing a sorting game. Students received a baggie of cards and on each card was a fact from one of the three stories. They had to read the card and decide which story it belonged to. After that, we reviewed the inferencing process and how to use inferences to understand poetry. I also handed out a Root Words science. Homework assignment which will be due Friday. Vocabulary Day again today! If you were absent, p...
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Invisible | Mrs. Warehime's Blog
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Mrs Warehime’s Blog. March 24, 2010 · 9:43 pm. So, what are you going to read over spring break? If I had a dime for every time I have been asked this question lately, I might actually be able to afford a spring break. Alas, I am staying home. But I will be reading. In case you haven’t picked out a book to take on your trip, or in case you are doing a stay-cation like the Warehimes the year, let me recommend a book to you:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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Mrs. Warehime's Blog | “Tis a good reader that makes a good book” –Emerson | Page 2
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Mrs Warehime’s Blog. Newer posts →. January 5, 2010 · 8:40 pm. How do you tell what is important when you read? 8221; “Why did he put school before soccer? 8221; “How did he put school before soccer? 8221; Then we read to find the answers. While this method may not identify every important fact in the article, it does help point the reader to that information which is really important. And for many junior high kids, who tend to highlight or underline everything when reading, this is key. Each month Adlit...
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Mrs Warehime’s Blog. May 5, 2010 · 1:41 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email. Ask your child . . . No More Dead Dogs.
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Read 180 | Mrs. Warehime's Blog
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Mrs Warehime’s Blog. More Holes today, and more work on theme in small groups. Those groups which had not finished writing/talking about the poems finished that today. Then all groups moved on to a story called “Tik’s Choice” which we read and discussed to find the theme. We continued listening to. Today during our whole group time. In small group, we are working on identifying and expressing theme. We read two poems in class and working on the themes expressed in them. Still listening to Holes! In small...
