PSSA resumed on this beautiful Monday morning. Students came in bright eyed and bushy tailed like this little guy:
We did our stretches and began right into the testing this morning. Day 3 of math, in the past, has always been the most difficult, but students showed their perseverance and gave it all they had.
In the afternooon students wrapped up their Social Studies presentations and presented their information to the class. Great job! Now we know how the Revolutionary War started and ended. Next we head into food science- GREEN SMOOTHIES in the upcoming weeks!
Tonight's homework: - Get any green or pink field trip papers signed.
PS- Chaperone letters for the field trip went home today. If you have your clearances and a checked handed in, you are coming along! Thank you!!
Section 2- Reading was today's PSSA focus. I am most proud about our students showing grit and perseverance through the process. Nearly every student applied strategies for reading and drafting to answer questions. It was wonderful to see students use all their time, check their work and really do a great job from my over-viewing observations. We watched this TEDtalk in the afternoon to talk about building character and connections to this morning: http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit#t-2590
In the afternoon, students continued to create their group PowerPoint presentations.
Next week starting Monday will begin two more math and two more reading sections of PSSA. Please get a great night sleep and a healthy breakfast in for Monday.
I apologize for no blogs the past two days. With PSSA upon us, I have been doing a ton to get our room and class ready for the upcoming tests. Daily blogs will continue starting today!
Our room PSSA proof
This morning students came in totally prepared for PSSA. We watched some pump up videos and they took off into Day 1 of math.
I am extremely proud of them for taking their time and checking their work. Keep it up dudes and dudettes!
In the afternoon we continued to read Can't You Make Them Behave King George and then worked on our causes of the Revolutionary War PowerPoints.
Collaboration
Researching and creating
A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO DONATED SNACKS FOR PSSA. The students are so thankful! :)
Sorry for no post on Friday. It was a busy after school and I had to escape as quick as I could to go sign some paperwork for buying a house! Oh la-la, the exciting things happening in my life!
Today started off with a rundown of what to expect later in the week for those dastardly prove what you have learned so far as a fifth grader assessments that the state uses to rank us. Quick brief with more detailed talk coming Wednesday. Parents- this is an early thank you for any snack items you are donating! They are much appreciated and the kids love them. Thank you!!
Social Studies concluded My Brother Sam is Dead by reading how much of the story is actually based on true information and taking a short prove what you know about the end of the story.
In math, we reviewed 5th grade mathematics vocabulary which you will see coming home tonight and tomorrow night.
Show it, don't tell it was the theme of writing as we continued to use descriptive sensory words to tell a story about our narrative prompt.
Reading's focus was on a new set of vocabulary words in Journeys. Yay! We are back to Journeys!
Tonight’s Homework
Math - No calculator practice #5
- Math vocabulary due Wednesday Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Genghis Khan is due tomorrow! - (Blue- 1130, Purple- 1020, Pink-900
, Green-720 )
- L12 vocabulary due tomorrow Vocabulary and Spelling
- none until after PSSA Other
- Treat sheets returned
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and
concepts
Chapter 13 of My Brother Sam is Dead includes the most meaningful quotes in the entire book. On page 194 Colonel Parsons states General Putnam's beliefs about the war from a Patriot standpoint. "He is thinking that in the long run if he executes somebody, he'll shorten the war and save more lives. It doesn't matter to him very much who he executes; one man's agony is like another's, one mother's tears are no wetter than anybody else's. And that's why he's going to have Sam shot." The depth and connections we made to this quote were impressive and focused. Ask your child what Putnam's beliefs mean about the Revolutionary War and today's world.
Math's focus was on coordinate planes and plotting data.
In writing we began brainstorming for a narrative snapshot, and Dr. Hertz helped us decode some poetry in reading. Finally, in the spirit of March Madness, students filled out brackets for the tournament. Nothing like a little fun throughout PSSA to keep morale up!
Tonight’s Homework
Math - Coordinate grids: Nutty and Hop to It!
- 16 to 20 in Morning Math packet Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Genghis Khan is due March 25th - (Blue- 1130, Purple- 1020,
Pink-900 , Green-720 )
- Dumb Solider: read a couple times, annotate, text evidence, number
proof Vocabulary and Spelling
- “ben, bene, bon” PWYK Friday; sentences due tomorrow
- Spelling due tomorrow Other
- MPA and RSAs signed
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and
concepts
Today's Social Studies lesson began with a chapter 10-12 quiz about the events of the American Revolution that have happened so far in My Brother Sam is Dead. Some of the most important events and quotes have come from these chapters which help us to understand what it was like to be alive during the American Revolution. A great quote today came from page 185 about Patriot and Tory soldiers, "They've seen so much death, these soldiers. What does the life of one more man mean to them?" Ask you child what this means and who the one more man is.
Volume was the focus of our math lesson today. Volume of rectangular prisms is found by multiplying length, width, and height together and cubing your units.
(Fiona's visual reminder of what length, width and height are)
(practicing Latin root words in small groups)
This afternoon students reflected upon their year so far by giving me feedback in a Google Doc survey. They answered various questions about our classroom and the effectiveness of me as a teacher and some of the activities/strategies we practice in C6. I love hearing student feedback and am always looking to improve myself as a teacher. Student feedback helps me adjust and make instruction that much more effective.
At 2:50 we got to watch the 2nd grade musical performance.
Tonight’s Homework
Math - Volume of rectangular prisms
- 11 to 15 in Morning Math packet Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Genghis Khan is due March 25th - (Blue- 1130, Purple- 1020,
Pink-900 , Green-720 )
- Land of Nod: read a couple times, annotate, text evidence, number
proof Vocabulary and Spelling
- “ben, bene, bon” PWYK Friday; sentences due Friday
- Spelling due Friday Other
- MPA and RSAs signed
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and
concepts
Check out our first podcast based on Trumbauersville Elementary's CPR program. CPR promotes compassion, perseverance and respect within and outside of our building. This podcast focuses on perseverance. Thank you Nick, Natalie and Cole for helping me to create our first podcast.
Morning meeting will be put on hold for the upcoming week. We have a dire need to practice six types of calculator illegal problems for PSSA.
My Brother Sam is Dead really picked up due to Sam coming back home yet again. With resources and food being extremely scarce, Sam warned Tim and mother to butcher their 8 cattle so they could preserve the meat. Sam also warned of many cattle robbers who are willing to do anything for food. One night, Tim and Sam hear a noise come from the barn and discover that 4 of their cattle have been stolen. Sam heads off after the cattle robbers only to be framed as the cattle robber himself... Chapter 13 will help us discover what truly has happened here. Ask your child what they think will happen and how the cattle robbers figured out how to frame Sam. Also ask your child about what it was like to live during the winter of 1778; we had a great discussion about the depravity of living during that time of war.
In math we continued to work with area of rectangles. (A= L*W and answers to area are always in square units) I challenged some of our students to figure out how to find the area of a triangle based on what they know about rectangles and triangles. The results were encouraging! Also, we found the area of irregular shapes as well. Use this video to help with homework:
I would be willing to bet that narrative writing is the most "liked" type of writing in fifth grade, but it also is the hardest to stay focused on! In today's lesson students continued to brainstorm for their narrative essay. We also began organizing our thoughts into paragraphs so we have a plan to write from. Ask your child to orally tell you the beginning, middle and end of their narrative story that they organized today. The prompt is posted in yesterday's blog.
Finally, we wrapped up the day by reading Mini-Beasts. I chose Mini-Beasts as our reading of choice because students showed weakness in the strategy of informational text features. The focus of the lesson is to identify and comment on facts within the text, and understand why text boxes, pictures, captions, etc. are included in informational texts. Ask your child why informational texts include such features.
** Also a big thank you to Nat, Nick and Cole for helping me out with my podcast for a graduate class of mine! **
Today started with the introduction of our new Latin root- "ben, bene, bon" meaning good or well. This is my personal favorite Latin root so far. The positive connotation to each word brings a smile to my face. Quizlet and other "ben, bene, bon" words explained.
In My Brother Sam is Dead, we are entering the final quarter of the American Revolution historical fiction novel. Tim and his mother continue to run the tavern on their own, without Sam who is still out at war. Tim feels as if he has aged many years past his actual age since his father has gone missing. Speaking of father, we find out that he has passed away on a prison ship due to cholera and so has Tim's best friend Jerry Sanford. The following quote from page 167 really sums up the mood of chapter 12 so far, "He said, 'In war the dead pay the debts for the living.'" We had a great discussion about this quote.
In math we began playing with idea of perimeter and area. We will be focusing on area of rectangles and triangles tomorrow.
(area)
(perimeter)
Writing kicked off with the introduction of narrative prompt based essays. Students did a fantastic job of creating a list of properties of narrative essays:
Ask your child what exciting thing they are writing about that happened at school.
Finally, in reading we reflected upon Anita Roddick responses by taking a look at example 2, 3 and 4 quality responses. I was beyond impressed with students' ability to reflect upon their own writing and other students' writing within the class. Students graded 2 other people's responses and their own based on focus, content, organization, style and focus. Truly and impressive day of evaluating and analyzing.
Tonight’s Homework
Math - Area and Perimeter worksheet
- 1 to 5 in Morning Math packet Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Tiny Crystals is due March 18th- (Blue- 1020, Purple- 900, Pink-900
, Green-710 )
- Anita response self-reflect and grade Vocabulary and Spelling
- “ben, bene, bon” matching
- Spelling due Friday Other
- RSAs and PWYKs signed
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and
concepts
Oh happy Friday. Today's morning kicked off with a prove what you know based on the Latin root of the week "jur/jud/jus" meaning law or justice. We then took off right into an MPA that focused on all fifth grade math targets for the year. Since we were at a nice wrap up spot, it was the perfect time to see what fifth graders in C6 had mastered or need assistance with in the content area of math. I loved seeing students show their work, explain their answers, check and double check. Those checking steps are vital to success. As my father always told me, "Silly mistakes are inexcusable! There is no reason to ever rush or neglect checking your work." Wise words from Mr. Garger senior.
Our afternoon consisted of finishing informational drafts and Anita Roddick text responses. There was a ton of writing and going back to the text to "justify" responses. Again, the key to drafting is brain to paper- no need to be pretty. Revision and editing are your best friend when making your compositions pretty. As a reminder for the weekend when finishing your Anita responses:
Have an fantastic weekend; lets snowpe there isn't any white stuff on green Monday.
Tonight’s Homework
Math
- none Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Tiny Crystals is due March 18th- (Blue- 1020, Purple- 900, Pink-900
, Green-710 )
- Anita response published Vocabulary and Spelling
- none Other
- RSAs and PWYKs signed
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and
concepts
Yesterday afternoon and this morning I had the pleasure of setting up a Twitter account with Mr. Moczydlowski for Trumbauersville Elementary. Please follow the Trumbauerville account and see what is happening all over the school. #trumelem is the hashtag for our school as well. Check it out! https://twitter.com/TrumTigers
Our morning meeting began with Fiona telling us about snail hunting at lake Noxamixon. We then head into an emotion packed chapter of My Brother Sam is Dead. Sam returned home with General Benedict and the family issues continued. Sam decided the Patriot army was more important than his family and left Tim and his mother on their own.
Today's math focus was dividing mixed numbers:
Mixed numbers divided by mixed numbers
Fractions divided by whole numbers
In writing we reviewed the important features of informational writing. I then shared a personal example based on our rainy day prompt and we broke down it down into the essential parts of all essays. Students then head back to their writing areas to use their organizer to begin drafting their essays. Drafting is all about getting ideas from the organizer onto paper! The revision and editing is where we strive for perfection.
Finally, in writing we returned to Anita Roddick's career and success. Students continued their open responses and used text evidence to prove how her family helped her to succeed. I am beyond impressed how our class has evolved as readers and deep thinker of texts since the start of the year. Text evidence is the power!
Math
- divide mixed numbers Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Tiny Crystals is due March 18th- (Blue- 1020, Purple- 900, Pink-900
, Green-710 ) Vocabulary and Spelling
- Spelling due tomorrow
- “jur, jud, jus” PWYK tomorrow; sentences due tomorrow Other
- RSAs and PWYKs signed
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and
concepts
Today started off with a great morning meeting from Danial about his camping excursion with his father this weekend. There was some pond ice destruction, but everyone was alright.
In My Brother Sam is Dead, Tim finds himself in the tavern with Patriot captain Benedict Arnold. Sam must be back in town!
Math's focus was dividing fractions. Not too tricky! Just reciprocate the second fraction and multiply instead of divide.
Dr. Hertz took over for me in the afternoon, as I had to go to the District Office to talk about Twitter and technology. Students reread and pulled text evidence about how Anita Roddick's family helped her succeed.
Tonight’s Homework
Math
- divide fractions (Lesson 8.3) Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Tiny Crystals is due March 18th- (Blue- 1020, Purple- 900, Pink-900
, Green-710 )
- Pied Piper due tomorrow: ANNOTATE, number proof, text evidence Vocabulary and Spelling
- Spelling due Friday
- “jur, jud, jus” PWYK Friday; sentences due Friday Other
- RSAs and PWYKs signed
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and
concepts
Reminder: TOMORROW IS BLUE AND WHITE DAY! Please bring in a canned good or coins of compassion! (If our class gets the most canned goods I get Mr. Moczydlowski's parking spot... I really want Mr. Moczydlowski's parking spot!)
Today started off with a nice little presentation from Nick and Natty (our student council representatives) about spirit day tomorrow.
My Brother Sam REALLY got tuned up as the war literally came to the small town of Reading. Both the Tories and Patriots showed their evil sides to Tim as he saw the gruesome casualties of war.
In math, we looked into multiplying mixed numbers. If you follow the steps and simplify, there will never be an issue!
Writing continued with our essays on rainy day activities. Students brainstormed and organized body paragraphs and will begin drafting tomorrow. Interesting rainy day activities... I never heard of umbrella forts before!
In writing we reviewed our reading on business lady Anita Roddick. The results of the questions were a bit alarming and we will need to review nonfiction text features, text evidence to specific information, and two answer questions (new this year). Students did a great job of revising and then proving their answers using text evidence and explaining their thinking. We have a class full of kids who can really prove their reading!
Tonight’s Homework
Math
- mixed number multiplying worksheet Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Tiny Crystals is due March 18th- (Blue- 1020, Purple- 900, Pink-900
, Green-710 )
- Pied Piper due Thursday: ANNOTATE, number proof, text evidence Vocabulary and Spelling
- Spelling due Friday
- “jur, jud, jus” PWYK Friday Other
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and
concepts
Again, sorry everyone about lack of a Friday post!
Strong start to the week today! Morning started with our new Latin roots "jus/jur/jud" which all mean law or justice. Quizlet here!
Today was a desk moving day as well so everyone now has new table names, shoulder partners, and eyeball partners. May the tallies be ever in your favor.
We did not get to read a ton of My Brother Sam is Dead, but what we did find out that Tim is beginning to mature due to the disappearance of his father and Sam. Sometimes life doesn't give you the option to grow up- you just have to do it!
Math presented us with fractions again. This time we are multiplying fractions! Great videos below to explain fractions of fractions and fractions of wholes.
In writing, we began brainstorming for our informational writing piece. Our prompt is the following:
Today also began our reading comprehension practice independently. Great annotating, number proofing, and showing text evidence. Clickers tomorrow.
Tonight’s Homework
Math
- Multiply fractions worksheet Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Alien Radio is due tomorrow- (Blue and Purple- 1040, Pink-950 ,
Green-710 )
- The Rock Hound: mult. choice (annotate, text evidence, highlight) Vocabulary and Spelling
- “jus, jud, jur” matching
- Spelling due Friday Other
- Planner signed
- Canned goods and coins for spirit day Wednesday (T’ville spirit)
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: divide decimals AND compare decimals
PACCS Reading: compare/contrast AND context clues
Sorry to be posting this on a Sunday! I forgot to post on Friday.
Tonight’s Homework
Math
- Fractional line plots fingernails
(5) and nails (6) Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Alien Radio is due March 11th- (Blue and Purple- 1040, Pink-950 ,
Green-710 )
- Purple and Pink: vocabulary responses
- Green and Blue: trifolds Vocabulary and Spelling
- none Other
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: divide decimals AND compare decimals
PACCS Reading: compare/contrast AND context clues
Our morning started off with a bus evacuation drill which postponed our morning meeting until tomorrow. Students work on their measurement RSAs at this time.
In My Brother Sam is Dead, Tim and Life head off from the Platt's (their cousin's house) on the short cut trail home due to the storm. Tim's father continued to ride ahead to scout for the raider cow-boys, but soon Tim found himself daydreaming and father had not come to check on him in quite a long time. In a panic, Tim bolts up the trail to find footprints of various horses and he knows that his father has been taken by the cow-boys...
Today's math lesson focused on a new Common Core skill- fractional line plots. We reviewed landmark data (mean, median, mode, range, max., and min.) and learned how to create line plots to represent data using whole numbers. This video was a great introduction for us into fractional line plots:
Before writing, small groups practiced their "cred" Latin roots in small groups. Agani- TOUGH set of words this week! Study hard!!
Opinion essays continued as many students began wrapping up their drafts. Some great hooks were shared!
Dangerous Crossing was finished and the causes to major effects in the story were diagnosed.
Tonight’s Homework
Math
- Fractional line plots Practice
page 2 Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Alien Radio is due March 11th- (Blue and Purple- 1040, Pink-950 ,
Green-710 )
- The Boy Who Drew Cats: ANNOTATE, number proof, text evidence Vocabulary and Spelling
- Lesson 11 spelling due tomorrow (Spelling bee- pick your own words for
each activity)
- “cred” sentences tomorrow; PWYK tomorrow (this is a hard batch of words this
week!!) Other
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: divide decimals AND compare decimals
PACCS Reading: compare/contrast AND context clues
Today was not our best effort with social intelligence, self control or working as a community. Tomorrow, I have a great feeling that this will change.
Patrick shared with us about his trip to Dave and Busters. Sounded like a blast- food and video games, what more could you ask for.
In My Brother Sam is Dead, Tim and father traded their cows for a load of supplies in Verplanck's Point. On the way home, a blizzard blew in, but luckily they made it to their cousin's house for protection on the way home. Will Tim and father decide to go the faster way home in the storm and risk being attacked by the cow-boys again, or will they go the long way through the storm?
Measurement math concluded with a standard and metric real life word problems activity. Our 5 experts gave feedback to students from the corners while others remediation at the back table with me. It is vital to memorize the Garger's Gallon Man and metric conversion step chart for PSSA!
In the afternoon, students continued to draft their opinion essay about children visiting outer space. About 90% of our class says it would be a BAD thing if kids were allowed to go into space. Drafting will continue tomorrow and then revisions/edits will be applied.
In reading, we focused our attention on cause and effect in Dangerous Crossing. Dangerous Crossing is about John Adams leaving the colonies during the American Revolution in order to bring back supplies for the Patriots and continue negotiations with France.
Tonight’s Homework
Math
- Metric/standard word problems 7, 8
and 9 Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Alien Radio is due March 11th- (Blue and Purple- 1040, Pink-950 ,
Green-710 )
- Earthquakes reading and questions (annotate, number proof, text evidence) Vocabulary and Spelling
- Lesson 11 spelling due Friday (Spelling bee- pick your own words for
each activity)
- “cred” sentences Friday; PWYK Friday (this is a hard batch of words this
week!!) Other
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: divide decimals AND compare decimals
PACCS Reading: compare/contrast AND context clues
This morning we had our perseverance meeting with Mr. Moczdlowski and Mrs. Erk. As a whole fifth grade team we discussed the importance of showing grit and pushing through frustrating or troubling times. We also related this to the upcoming PSSAs and the importance of them in 2014. Mr. Moczdlowski made a great connection to water at 211 degrees Fahrenheit and water/steam at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Do you want to be really hot 211 degree water or 212 degree steam that can move thousands and thousands of pounds? The choice is yours, never give up because sometimes it only takes one extra degree or one extra try to really make a difference.
In MBSiD the cow-boys confronted Tim and his father on the way to Verplancks. Luckily they got away and were able to make it to their cousins, the Platts, home. Tim and his father still have much to experience on the way to Verplancks and back!
Math consisted of more metric conversion and a new way of converting using a 4 step system. Please see videos below for more explanations. Memorizing the metric step chart (kilo- to milli- is essential!)
Our afternoon began with a quick reminder of opinion writing properties. Students continued to fill in their organizers and then began drafting opinion based five paragraph essays. Our writing/reading stretch break included some proper lunges and air deadlifts- NICE!
In reading we reviewed cause and effect with a story about John Quincy Adams. We then got into our newly arranged reading groups for some quality guided reading time. Ah, feels good to be back in the reading routine. Tomorrow we will begin reading Dangerous Crossing as our shared reading and discussing cause/effect within the story.
Tonight’s Homework
Math
- Metric conversion worksheet (10.2) Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Alien Radio is due March 11th- (Blue and Purple- 1040, Pink-950 ,
Green-710 )
- Earthquakes reading and questions (annotate, number proof, text evidence) Vocabulary and Spelling
- Lesson 11 spelling due Friday (Spelling bee- pick your own words for
each activity)
- “cred”; PWYK Friday (this is a hard batch of words this week!!) Other
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
PACCS Math: divide decimals AND compare decimals
PACCS Reading: compare/contrast AND context clues
Hey now! No snow! Wooooo! Weather people being wrong = good! Lets continue the momentum train!
Choooooo choooooooo
Today's morning meeting focused on the new Latin root "cred" meaning believe. This week's root is very difficult because many of the words add different affixes in order to change their meaning. Below is a "cred" quizlet using flashcards and other websites.
In math we continued the metric system. Today we learned how to convert in metrics. See the videos below and the notes on the back of tonight's homework for more clarification and practice. REMEMBER:
Basic Conversion Rule: To convert from a LARGER unit to a SMALLER unit...MULTIPLY
To convert from a SMALLER unit to a LARGER unit...DIVIDE
Great video for converting metric units (short video)
Great video for background of metric units and then how to convert (long video)
Finally we got back to some grammar! Subject pronouns was the name of today's game.
In writing we began planning and organizing an opinion prompt. For the next three weeks, we will be drafting an opinion, informational and narrative five paragraph essay. This will be great review leading up to PSSA and students will then pick their favorite to publish.
This week's opinion prompt:
Then in reading we dove into a new Journeys chapter. Ah, it feels good to be back into Journeys stories, especially when they connect to the American Revolution and what we are learning in social studies. Vocabulary was today's focus.
Tonight’s Homework
Math
- Metric conversion worksheet (notes
on back)
Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Fence Music in Mexico is due TOMORROW- (Blue and Purple- 980,
Pink-830 , Green-690 )
- Finish Lesson 11 vocabulary sentences IN DETAIL
Vocabulary and Spelling
- Lesson 11 spelling due Friday (Spelling bee- pick your own words for
each activity)
