Student+Activities

Day 3:** The trailer for Ramona and Beezus will be shown. I will take a poll to see how many of the students parents answered the questions the same. Going back to the words we found and defined on Monday we will make a powerpoint of the words for this book that we learned. You will have to do a powerpoint on ten of the words. Be creative and have fun with this, this is to help you remember the words. Each week one word from this list will be on your spelling and vocabulary list. You will only need to know the definitions. I will provide a handout of the list.
 * Day 1:**
 * While reading Romona Quimby, Age 8 pick out words, no less than 2 but no more than 5, you do not know. We will review them as a class.
 * Check out a book from the library.
 * After lunch you will read this book silently for 20 minutes.
 * Chose name for Sustained Silent Reading.
 * I will collect the words that each student picked out. Using the smartboard you will chose one word to write what you think the word means. After each word has a definition I will go over each word. I will discuss with the class what the definition of each word is.
 * Using a website create a word search for the new words. An example site can be found by clicking on word search . By using the search engine of your choice you may use a different site to create your word search.
 * Day 2: Come up with a list of questions to ask parents concerning the Ramona Quimby series. Example: Have you ever read the Ramona Quimby series? Using the smartboard there will be a game of memory. Round 1: You must match the cause with the effect. Round 2: Picture and picture these must match. Round 3 (the final round): must math word with word, ex. main character you would have to find the tile that matches that ex. Ramona. This will be done is assigned teams. The team with the best time average for each wins.
 * Day 4:** We will begin the movie //Ramona and Beezus// today. There is a list of questions listed below for you to answer
 * Answer the following questions:
 * Take out a sheet of paper
 * Answer these questions
 * Predict the difference bewteen the movie and the book?
 * Could the differences be because the movie is based off the complete series?
 * Were there any major plot changes?
 * Which did u like better? The movie or the book?


 * Day 5:** We will finish the movie //Ramona and Beezus//. Using the questions that were provided yesterday we will discuss them as a class. If you have read the rest of the series you can use that knowledge to answer the questions and discuss the movie. Maybe the differences in the movie are because of the movie is based off the complete series. What do you think? Should we read the complete series in class?