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=5th Grade Civil Rights Study = Helpful Links:
 * Calisphere Social Reform Website
 * [|Library of Congress Civil Rights]

= Charles Eames =


 * About-
 * American designer, worked with wife Ray in the 50's & 60's
 * Mediums included architecture, furniture, industrial design, fine art, graphic design and film
 * Art Work
 * Eames House []
 * Library of Congress Exhibit: []
 * Powers of Ten -
 * short documentary about directed by Charles and Ray in 1977 depicting the relative size and scale of the universe in factors of ten
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5th Grade Summer Reading Feedback Penderwicks vs. Bud, Not Buddy. What did you think?

Summer Reading 2010 Book Talk

April is National Poetry Month

Types of Poems
 * Cinquian ~ a 5 line poem
 * Haiku ~ Japanese verse poem of 3 short lines
 * Free Verse ~ unrhymed poem without a set pattern
 * Limerick ~ 5 line humorous verse poem
 * Poetry Idea Engine []#
 * Shape Poems [|__http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/shape/__]

Poem in Your Pocket Day, April 29th
 * Find a poetry book in the 811's OR Visit these links:
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=Guest Author: Andrew Clements = [|A Visit with Andrew Clements]

His new book - <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110.5%;">Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School, We the Children

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Andrew Clements' Website


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Activity: Author Challenge Task Cards **

You have been selected as the Crossroads School student host. Your task is to introduce Andrew Clements to the audience before his presentation. You will need to prepare a two-minute summary about Andrew’s life, accomplishments and writings to the students who may not know anything about him. Please visit [|www.andrewclements.com/bio.html] and read Andrew’s biography. Browse the books he has written by reading about them and looking at the front covers from the website [|www.andrewclements.com/books.html] and include this information in your summary. On a flashcard, write a 2 paragraph summary to read aloud as an introduction to the audience before Andrew’s presentation. Be prepared to read this out loud later this morning to your class. You have been selected as a representative of Crossroads School to ask the questions during Andrew Clements’ presentation. Visit [] and scroll down to the Message Board section of the page. Read through the questions that have already been asked, do you like the quality of the question? Look through Andrew’s website at [|www.andrewclements.com] and research information about his book and life. Head over to the FIC CLE section of the library and browse through some of the books he has written we have in the library. After your research, create four thoughtful questions (two per person) you can ask Andrew. What do you wonder about him and his books? Think about you and your partner really want to know about this author.
 * Task 1:
 * Task 2: “Stump the Audience”: In order to get the audience familiar with Andrew’s books, you have been selected to create a trivia question to ask the audience while they are waiting for Andrew’s presentation. The goal is to give them practice in showing how well they know his books. Together with your partner, create four questions (2 questions each/2 books per person) about the plot, characters and events from one of Andrew’s books. Browse the website [|www.andrewclements.com/books.html] and look through the FIC CLE section of the library to find 4 books to create questions about. The audience member with the correct answer will get a “I’m a Clements Scholar” sticker today after you create the questions.
 * Task 3:
 * Task 4: You, the Keeper of Andrew’s New Book: You have been selected as one of the audience members who gets access to Andrew’s new book before it goes on sale in April. Select another passage to be read aloud from //We the Children: Keepers of the School//. Be thoughtful about what you choose to read; it should be an important moment in the plot, but able to be understood by the audience. Because you haven’t read the entire book yet, visit Andrew’s site for the new book at [|www.keepersoftheschool.com] Browse through and read some of the book to get familiar with the story. Choose a portion of the book INCLUDING ILLUSTRATIONS to SHOW ON THE DOC CAM you read aloud today to your class so that we become more familiar with Andrew’s new book.
 * Task 5: He Was a Poet and Didn’t Even Know It: Andrew Clements has also written poetry in addition to his novels. Visit his website at [|www.andrewclements.com] and find the section that features his other forms of writing besides his books. Read the poetry he has written. Choose a poem to read aloud to the class, and your partner can choose a different poem to read aloud (2 poems total). Show us the website where you both found the poems using the laptop and projector.

​March 2010 Book of the Month = = = = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 150%;">William Carlos Williams =

His Life & Works
About the Book: __A River of Words__ by Jen Bryant (2008)

About his Life: []

Poems: <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"> **Poetry Hunt** see file
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">This is Just to Say []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Peace on Earth []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Summer Song []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">To Elsie []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Red Wheelbarrow (video): []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">WCW Reading "This is Just to Say": []

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