TE_Week2

TE_Week2We found that there were some great vocabulary words that we didn't know what they meant. We each got one word to look up in the dictionary and found out what they meant. Take a look and see if you have learned some new words like us! Miss Johnson's Grade 5 Class in Moose Jaw, Sk, Canada

Vocabulary from Tuck Everlasting

Trod- to tread or make a path Tangent – going off in a different direction Ambled- to go on a slow, easy pace, stroll. Tranquil- free from commotion that’s peaceful and calm Bovine- something relating to cattle Contemplation- a thoughtful observation and to think about something. Infinite- endless/ never ending

[|Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale] Veered- to change direction or turn Dissolved- to melt or disappear Meager- something that lacks fullness or richness Forlorn: unhappy or miserable or sad Immense- vast, huge, very great Melancholy- a gloomy state of mind / depression Rueful- feeling or expressing sorrow Intentions- a goal or something that you want to do so you are determined Grimace- an angry facial expression Exasperated- to be irritated or provoked (anger) to a high degree Jaunty- be self confident Self-deprecation- belittling or undervalueing one self (low self esteem) Remnants-pieces or left overs Disheartened- to be disappointed Venture-an undertaking involving uncertainty as the outcome especially is risky or dangerous Consolingly- to elevate and lesson grief and sorrow or disappointment Bleak- something that is not in a good condition Troupe- a group of people Pleaded- to beg Revolving- going around in a circle (can be spun) Faltered- to move unsteadily Resentful- marked by resentment (to begrudge or take badly)

This week the students in Gill-Ville at Ryerson P.S. in Ontario, Canada created songs they imagined would be playing on Mae Tuck's music box. Read all about it on our blog post here: http://blogs.wrdsb.ca/gillk/2011/09/29/making-musical-memories-for-mae-mae-tuck-that-is/

Week 2 - September 26 - 30: Chapters 7-13 Mrs. Fowler's Class made Voki's of Miles and Jesse expressing their feelings about the spring.[|Voki]Jesse Voki Mrs. ripp's class is discussing the toad and predictions from chapter 10 - visit us and add your voice.

We'd like to hear your comments about what we think at http://technoteddybears.blogspot.com/

Check out our blog to hear our predictions about what will happen to Winnie and what the man in the yellow suit is up to! From Miss Johnson's grade 5 class in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada! http://kidblog.org/Grade5J201112/

In Ramsay's 5th grade class at Fultondale Elementary School in Fultondale, Alabama, we drew pictures of what The Tucks' House looks like. We hope you enjoy our picasa slideshow. media type="custom" key="10776270"

Jan's 4-5 in Poughkeepsie, NY invites you to join us on our Wall Wisher! media type="custom" key="10615756"

Mr. Braman's 5th Grade Class from Kentwood, Michigan created this wallwisher sharing ideas about the positives and negatives of being able to live forever.
media type="custom" key="10625476" **__From Ms. DeSelm's class in Colorado. Please join us and post thoughts to our Wall Wisher as well!__** media type="custom" key="10616014"

== **David's 4-5 class from the Poughkeepsie Day School is psyched to have you write on our Wall Wisher and join our awesome blog. It has been great to write on all the other class projects out there!** == media type="custom" key="10625210"What do Harrison Bears have to say.....

== Mrs. Hamman's class wrote a blog post about the figurative language we read in Week 2. Here is an Animoto video with our //literal// interpretations of the //figurative// language. == media type="custom" key="10666190" = What a great video - you are very clever grade 5's! :) = = 4th Graders in Colorado Loved your Literal Interpretations! Great Work!!! =


 * Mrs. Bingley's Grade 4 Class in Calgary, Alberta, Canada made an Animoto video about our predictions for Week 3 of the reading.... **

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Late of course...but we are determined to finish all the tasks as a class! Truly enjoying the book! Miss B's Block from Québec, Canada.

Here is our Wallwisher question!

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Here is our Visualization Video on Animoto!

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