McClain's Brains Classroom Creation

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I see…

Posted by brainym on March 18, 2010

It has been a while since you have had to blog about your reading! Don’t let that make you think you don’t have to write well and with lots of detail :)   Describe what you saw in a part of your reading today. Use words that will bring others inside your story so that they will feel like they were reading right along with you.


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I read……

Posted by brainym on February 16, 2010

Let’s see how well you are doing with inferencing in your reading today. You will be looking for I read…I think…therefore… Tell us about 2-3 different ones that you came across in your reading today.

If you happened to finish your book, give us a summary and a recommendation for your book.

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Who? What? Where? When? Why?

Posted by brainym on February 11, 2010

Today you were working on wh ?’s. Did anything surprise you in your reading? Did you finish your book? Tell us all about it!!

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I saw…

Posted by brainym on February 10, 2010

In your reading today you were to be paying attention to the visual elements of your book. In other words, the pictures that came to your mind as you were reading. Describe what you saw in your mind. Be sure to use descriptive adjectives, especially since we have been doing a lot of work with those in class.

If you finished your book, post a summary of the whole book without giving away the ending. Tell others if you recommend this book for them to read and tell them why or why not.

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Pick a Strategy

Posted by brainym on January 26, 2010

Today you were able to pick your own reading strategy to use while reading your book in class. Pick a strategy that you think will help you understand your book the best. When you are done reading and have marked examples of how you used your strategy, blog about it! Tell why you picked the strategy, how it helped you, and give some examples of how you used it.

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Predictions, Predictions!!!

Posted by brainym on January 21, 2010

Today in your reading, you were to make three predictions. Tell what those predictions are and why you you think that is what will happen later on in the story. If you finished your book, just post a summary of your book and tell whether or not you would recommend this book to another person.

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I Read, I Think, Therefore…

Posted by brainym on January 7, 2010

In class this week we have been learning about a new reading strategy that we can use to help us make inferences. It is the I read, I think, therefore…

Today in your reading I want you to be marking different places in your reading where you used this strategy and blog about three of them today.

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Jingle Bells….

Posted by brainym on December 21, 2009

I could hear the jingle of bells far off in the distance. Somewhere out there through the falling flakes of snow was…


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Well, what happened today?

Posted by brainym on December 21, 2009

Tell us about what you read in your book today. Were there any surprises? Was your book hard to put down? Why or why not?

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What’s in a remainder?

Posted by brainym on December 14, 2009

What’s in a Remainder Click on the link to watch a cool movie on division and remainders.

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