​Writing
ALL of our published writing will be done on a Google Doc and submitted to Ms Dekker on Google Classroom to:
​ 1. review the draft (provide comments and feedback to improve the writing)
2. review for the final grade

NARRATIVE Resources:
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WHAT IS A NARRATIVE? 
Click image below for a description
HOW WILL I BE GRADED? 
Click words below for the rubric
WHEN TO START A NEW PARAGRAPH
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CHROMEBOOK KEYS TO USE
TO START A NEW PARAGRAPH
Click picture below
HOW TO USE DIALOGUE 
Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn
For a video, click picture below:
GOOD NARRATIVES HAVE ...
4 WAYS TO HOOK THE READER (engaging beginnings)
YouTube video, click picture below:
Written sample, click picture below:
WHAT SHOULD I WRITE ABOUT?
Click image below for ideas
Narrative Checklist -
Do you have everything you need in a narrative?
click image below to see the list
HOW TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVELY 
YouTube video click picture below:

INFORMATIONAL Resources:
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Animal biome informational report

Please click on the links below to be taken to videos about different biomes. Choose an animal in one type of biome to do your research on.  Use the packet you've been give to guide you on what to include in your biome informational report.  The final report must be typed on a Google Doc an submitted to the Animal Biome Informational Report assignment area on Google Classroom.
Go to your Discovery Education account to find the Animal Universe game that has been assigned to you. Play the game to learn about animals and their habitats.
What types of biomes are there and what animals live in these biomes?

VIDEOS, Information, AND vr

TROPICAL RAINFOREST:​ VIDEO, ABOUT, ANIMALS, VR, 
DECIDUOUS/TEMPERATE FOREST: VIDEO, VIDEO, ABOUT, ANIMALS, VR  
DESERT: VIDEO, VIDEO, ABOUT, ANIMALS, VR 
FRESHWATER:  VIDEO, ABOUT, ANIMALS 
MARINE (OCEAN): VIDEO, VIDEO, ABOUT, COASTAL ANIMALS, OPEN OCEAN ANIMALS, VIDEO OF ANIMALS 
​TIAGA: VIDEO, ABOUT, ANIMALS
​TUNDRA: VIDEO, VIDEO, VIDEO, ABOUT, ANIMALS
​GRASSLAND: VIDEO, VIDEO, ABOUT, ANIMALS
SAVANNA/TROPICAL GRASSLAND: VIDEO, VIDEO, ABOUT, ANIMALS

OPINION Resources:
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Click on the box to  your left to see a sample of the parts of an opinion essay.
"Rate Yourself" Opinion Writing Rubric. Click below.
Click below to see the outline for your Pre-Write.  Forms are on the table in the student supply are.
Signal Words and Phrases to Use.  Click below.
Your 1st opinion writing is an essay on a "free choice" topic. Not sure what to write about?  You can use any of these ideas below, from Scholastic Magazine/StoryWorks, or come up with one of your own!  Pick a topic you are passionate about!  
Are screens hurting friendships?
Should elementary students have cell phones?
A second article about students and cell phones, both Pro and Con. Click HERE.
An article about why kids should not have cell phones, click HERE.
An article about why students should have cell phones. Click HERE.
A second article about why students should have cell phones, click HERE.
Should students be required to bring reusable lunch bags?
Do violent video games help make kids more violent?
Should school uniforms be required?
Some other resources for the uniform topic:
http://school-uniforms.procon.org/
Should sweets be banned from school?
Is learning cursive still important?
Should trampolines be allowed?
Check out various topics at the following link:
Should parents helps kids with homework?
Should girls play on boys sports teams?
Other articles about girls on boys sports teams, click HERE and HERE.
Should tablets replace textbooks in K-12 grades?
Are cell phones safe?

Grammar using Mentor Sentences

GRAMMAR RESOURCES: 
* Adjectives 
Click HERE for a Schoolhouse Rock video
​Click HERE for a song
* Adverbs 
Click HERE for a Schoolhouse Rock video
Click HERE and HERE for a list of adverbs
Click HERE and HERE for lessons
* Alliteration
Click HERE and HERE for examples
Click HERE for a song
Click HERE for a Discovery video lesson, or login through Clever
* Capitalization
​Click HERE for the BrainPop assignments, or login through Clever
Click HERE for a definition and examples of when to use capitalization
Click HERE and HERE for games (Ask your parents to sign you up if you want to play these games: HERE, HERE, HERE )
Click HERE for more practice
* Complete & Simple Subjects / Complete & Simple Predicates 
Click HERE for the BrainPop assignments, or login through Clever
Click HERE for a Schoolhouse Rock video
Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more videos
* Conjunctions 
Click HERE for a Schoolhouse Rock video
* Contractions
​* Click HERE for the BrainPop assignments, or login through Clever
​* Homonyms (Homophones and Homographs)
* Prepositions 
Click HERE and HERE for songs
Click HERE for another video
Click HERE for practice if you're confused by which preposition word to use for location
* Possessives
* Click HERE for the BrainPop assignments, or login through Clever
* Pronouns
* Suffixes, Prefixes, and Roots
Click HERE for the BrainPop assignments, or login through Clever
* Types of sentences:  Declarative  ---  Interrogative --- Imperative --- Exclamatory.
Click HERE for the BrainPop assignments, or login through Clever
* Types of sentences:  Simple --- Compound --- Complex
Click HERE for a Discovery video, or login through Clever