Super Heroes to the RESCUE

Here are the following Contest winners from each classroom! Great job today guys on all the many costumes!!!!

Writing day for 5th Grade

We got prepared today for the 5th grade PASS test that will be next week. Students rotated to different stations going through the writing rubric- Content and Development, Organization, Voice and Conventions. My station was Conventions. I used the method of COPS. My student teacher and I, Miss Guthrie, dressed as police officers to get our idea across. The teachers (Mrs. Bracken and Miss Guthrie) were missing and they had to investigate several sentences by correcting the mistakes to get clues to where Mrs. Bracken and Miss Guthrie were. C-Capital letters, O-Organization, P-Punctuation, S- Spelling/Does it make sense.

Watch the video below to see exactly what I am talking about.



Here are some pictures from our day! The students were dressed as super heroes to go along with the topic they just wrote on where they had to create a super hero and his powers. Students definitely had to put their powers to the test today to help investigate the crime scene.

I Want Candy

As we get ready to take PASS Writing, we want to remember "CANDY!" Here is the power point to help us remember what CANDY is all about!

I Will Now Write

Tomorrow we will take the PASS writing test. Here is my homeroom singing and dancing to " I Will Write." It it is written to the tune of "I Will Survive", and the lyrics are by Kim Bearden from the Ron Clark Academy.

I Will Write

I Will Now WriteLyrics by Kim Bearden
Sing to “I Will Survive”

At first I am afraid; I am petrified
Keep thinking I can never find a topic or decide
I always spend so many nights
Thinking ‘bout what I should write
Ideas I find and then prewrite with all my might
And then I draft while leaving space
To place my ideas as they come to me right there upon the page
And as I write them down so fast
No little worries should there be
Because this very first rough draft is only written just for me

So I’ll show my ideas flow
I’ll let them out now
I’m doing really well I know
I am the one who feared the task that was assigned
But I won’t crumble; I will not lie down and die
Oh, no, not I. I will now write
Oh, as long as I give it a try for greatness I will strive
I’ve got all my thoughts to give
I’ve got stories that should live and I’ll now write
I will now write

Then it will be time to tear my words apart
Revise and make them better from the very start
And as I change and rearrange
I can’t feel sorry for myself; I will comply
So I can hold my head up high
And as I choose the words so new
I’ll have more style and better word choice as good writers do
I will have strong organization and the details to complete
Add some varied sentence patterns with great verbs that do agree

So I’ll show my ideas flow
I’ll let them out now
I’m doing really well I know
I am the one who feared the task that was assigned
But I won’t crumble; I will not lie down and die
Oh, no, not I. I will revise
Oh, as long as I know how to change I know I’ll be alright
I’ve got all my thoughts to give
I’ve got stories that should live and I’ll revise
I will revise

Then I’ll edit all my work just to show my pride
And fix the errors in mechanics that I should not hide
Check the spelling, punctuation, and the things that are still wrong
‘Cause I am smart, and these mistakes do not belong

And then it’s time to finalize
Publish my best of my writing all for other people’s eyes
I will complete my final copy in a way that makes me feel
Like I’ve given all my best and that my efforts are for real
So I’ll show my ideas flow
I’ll let them out now
I’m doing really well I know
I am the one who feared the task that was assigned
But I won’t crumble; I will not lie down and die
Oh, no, not I. I will now write

COPS

Cops- Grammar Police
COPS-
C= Capital letters
O= On topic
P= Punctuation
S= Spelling/Sense

An easy reminder to help students when they are writing is to teach the concept "COPS."
Written by: Robin Bracken
Calhoun Academy of the Arts
Sing to: Coe Brothers - Bad Boys- Cops Theme Song

Speak this part like a Dispatcher Call:
The Grammar Police is on its way!
There’s been a call to have them look for mistakes in students’ papers.
They’re on the look-out for spelling errors, correct use of punctuation, subject-verb agreement, capital letters, main idea, staying on topic and vivid vocabulary and details.
Oh, one last thing... they are enforcing NO DEAD WORDS!

Good Writers! Good Writers!
What ya gonna do?
What ya gonna do when they come for you?

Good Writers! Good Writers!
What ya gonna do?
What ya gonna do when they come for you?

Capital letters are at the beginning
of every sentence- ok? ok!
On topic is what you’ll do
stay focused through and through- uh huh!

Punctuation keeps your paper organized
use them right you’ll get it each time!- each time!
Spell the words and check to make sure
your paper makes sense- not obscure! OBSCURE!

Good Writers! Good Writers!
What ya gonna do?
What ya gonna do when they come for you?

Good Writers! Good Writers!
What ya gonna do?
What ya gonna do when they come for you?