Mr. Lund's Fifth Grade Class
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Reading Update…
Bio-Folders!
American Tall Tales!
Writing Our Own Illinois Tall Tales!
Readers’ Theatres!
Science Fiction Unit!
Paper Bag Book Report!
Lunch Bunch Book Club!
The class have been busy during our reading time each day! The students just presented their bio-folders to the class. The kids loved to hear about the different people and have been browsing the folders hanging in the classroom!
Our study of American Tall Tales is almost over. We’re wrapping up the unit by making claymation videos of our favorite tall tales. While we’re working on this project, the class will be writing their own tall tales based on some interesting ”period” photos that have some unusual exaggerations!
The students have also been working on fluency by performing some creative tall tale stories! To share their stories, two of our groups were able to Skype a kindergarten classroom! Both classes were excited to use this technology to share and listen to some great stories!
Our next reading unit will be a new one for Mr. Lund. We’ll be exploring a science fiction novel while using small groups to explore the science and technology which is key to these novels! I’m excited to see how the students react to this topic!
While we’re doing the science fiction unit, the students will be independently reading a novel to share with the class. We’re calling this the Paper Bag report. The students will have to have their novel selected by this Friday! Ask to see the rubric and required bookmarks that were discussed in class! You can also search the blog for a video of a paper bag book report given last year by one of my students!
AND>>>> The students have been asking for another Lunch Bunch Book Club! I’ve selected another novel and will be starting this book soon! I’ve love to have some parents or relatives join us for this lunch discussion. The only requirement is that you read half the book by our first lunch bunch meeting and that you finish the novel by our last lunch bunch meeting. We meet in the class, enjoy our lunches (and a dessert provided by Mr. Lund!), and discuss the book! Last lunch bunch we also had some special guests join us including Mrs. Larson and Mrs. Moody!
The NOVEL is…………..
Please comment if you’d like to be apart of the lunch bunch group! – Mr. Lund
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December 1st, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I would love to join. I bet it will be a very good book because Mr.Lund aways picks out awesome books. I bet the book will be about a toy castle and it will be a magical journey. I can’t wait till the dessert and see who all is there. Hope the book will be good.
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Daniel Lund Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Beth,
I’m excited that you’ll be joining us for this novel! I like your prediction about the novel too! Do you think your Mom would want to read the book and join us for our lunch discussion too?
-Mr. Lund
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Diane (Beth's mom) Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I would like to join your book club. It sounds like an interesting book!
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I would like to join the bookclub because I love reading and I love the awsome treats that Mr.Lund makes they are so yummy and tasty. I think the book will be about this boy going in this attic and trying to find something but then a twist he finds a castle with maagical powers and there are really little people living inside it that are nice and some mean!
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I will like to join the book club because I love reading and I love the superb treats that Mr.Lund makes and brings in.I think the book will be about a boy that goes in this attic trying to look for something and instead theres a twist he finds this castle with magical powers and little people mean people and nice people. I think this book will be great to read because I want to find out what the castle has inside it and what it does if it has something to help you or something that not help you it will do something bad! I am looking forward to the book club meetings.
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Daniel Lund Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Lexie,
Should we hand out the books this week and plan to meet before break and then finish the book after break? Or should we meet after break twice?
Do you think I should give the students bookmarks or sticky notes to help them record their thoughts?
Thank you for your advice!
-Mr. Lund
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December 1st, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Sorry that was Lexie I accidentaly clicked submit comment when Saras name was their cause last time she was over she posted so that was Lexie not Sara sorry.
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December 1st, 2009 at 8:23 pm
I would absoloutley love to join the bookclub!!! I didnt’t get to read this book because our class had different groups, one group reading a book with Mrs.Klinner in 4th grade and one group with my 4th grade teacher Mrs.Haugens. I read something else so don’t worry I don’t even know the secrets in the book! I also think this will be a book about a boy who has never been in his attic and checks it out and finds a magical castle. He will find all kinds of people and places. The boy could probably make wishes that hes always wanted to do! That’s what I think the book will be about! I also can’t wait to eat Mr.Lunds’ yummy and fantastic tasty treats!! You make great treats Mr.Lund and I can’t wait to see everybody at the bookclub who joins!
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Daniel Lund Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Marisa,
Great! I thought you might have read the book already in fourth grade! I’m excited that you want to be apart of the book club! Did the other kids in your class like the book? Why didn’t you find it in the library and read it on your own?
I know your Mom is in our school often, do you think she’d want to join us for this novel discussion?
-Mr. Lund
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Marisa R. Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 10:42 pm
The other kids in in my class who read this book loved the book!! They thought the book was very fun and entertaining. I also never thought of getting the book because we were in the session of reading some books and soon on I probably had forgotten about that book. But I’ll be very glad to read this book!!! I’m sure my mom would love to join because she likes books and of course as her being my mom she loves me a lot so she would want to be with me! I also love the peanut butter cup cookie, that is amazing and all the treats you bring in!!! Can’t wait for the book club!
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December 1st, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Hi I love this genre. I think that the book looks great! I like that the book is not a survivle book. I love Elizabeth Winthrop. I have read alot of books written by her. She is a great author. I think that my mom would like to join the book club. She likes to read this genre. So I am looking forward to this book club and I can’t wait tell the treats!P.S. I really enjoy the peanut butter cup cookie.
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Daniel Lund Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Ryan,
Wow! Which books have you enjoyed by this author? Would you recommend any of them to our class? Which ones?
I’m glad that everyone loves the little treats we have with our lunch bunch group! My wife likes making treats for our class! (I love them too!)
-Mr. Lund
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December 1st, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I would love to join the book club! I haven’t heard about this book before so it will be interesting to read without knowing anything about it. I think it will be about a boy that finds a toy castle in his attic and imagines a magical land like the velveteen rabbit. I really look forward to reading this book and eating the delicious treats!!!
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December 1st, 2009 at 11:21 pm
I would absolutely love to start reading our second book of our book club!! I think it will be about a magical castle that appears in the attic that a boy discovers. I usually don’t like fantasy books, but this one looks likes like a really interesting book by the picture on the cover. Can’t wait to start the book!
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Daniel Lund Reply:
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
Ilisha, I think you’ll enjoy this fantasy book! I read this with my fourth grade students a few years ago and everyone really enjoyed the action filled plot! -Mr. Lund
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December 2nd, 2009 at 9:44 am
Mr.lund I would love too be in another lunch bunch.I think this is going too be a great book.I think this book is going to be a fantasy book.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Hi~
I am looking forward to reading The Castle in the Attic! This book was written when I was six years old and I can remember seeing it my school library as a kid. I predict that the boy finds an old magic castle while digging through the attic because most people keep old stuff in their attics.
Happy Reading! Mrs. Moody
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Ryan Reply:
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I think that the kid will find an old castle too. I think that the book looks great. I am begging my mom to come and read the book! I just can’t wait tell the treats. I hope that you join in these wonderful book talks. Your old student, Ryan!
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December 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 pm
I would love to join the boook club! Also I just love reading nae books.
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December 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Wow! Your book club sounds like a lot of fun! I agree that it looks like there are characters in the castle that will come to life. Some of the students in my class just read a book about a dollhouse that had dolls coming to life. The dolls were trying to get a message to a girl in the book about a murder mystery. I wonder if the people in the castle have a story to tell also?
Your science fiction unit looks very interesting too! Will you be reading about any robots? We have been reading some short articles about new robot technology. We read about a robot named Kismet that could mimic voice and facial expressions. We also read about nanotechnology, robots that actually may soon be able to go into the human body to help unclog arteries and kill cancer cells. We would love to hear about the latest technology you are learning about in your small groups!
Let me know when you will be starting your lunch group. Will Mr. Lund be bringing his famous truffles??
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December 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I think that this will be a great novel for everybody! I would love to join the club because this would be a good expeirence for me.
{P.S and I love the treats!}
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December 3rd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I would love to be apart of the book club. I was in the lunch bunch last time and it was a blast! So you can imagine my excitement for this book. So I can’t wait to read this book.
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December 4th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
I would like to be a part of the book club.
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December 7th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I’d love to join the book club! The book looks very interesting.
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December 7th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
This book sounds interesting to me. I would like to join the book club.
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December 8th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I would like to join the lunch bunch group. Please let me know the date and time for the first meeting.Thank you, Vasanta
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December 9th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I read this book last year and really enjoyed it. I think it would be great to read it again and see what my new class mates think of it.Yes i would love to join the book club.
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December 9th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I would love to join the book club it sounds fun!
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December 9th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
I really hope I’m in your class next year. Ryan has told me a lot about your class like The Legand Of Slappy Hooper. If we do the Bio folders I will be Adrian Peterson, or Rosa Parks. I really want to do the book talks, it makes me very anxious. When I got on your videos the thumb wrestling looked fun. Ryan said he didn’t do the best! So I really hope I’m in your class.
Cole in Mr. Rembusch’s class!!
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December 9th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
I think that if I’m in your class next year we should do the thumb wrestles, it looked really fun. My mom probably wants me in your class because then she doesn’t have to meet another teacher. If I’m in your class next year i think we will have a lot of fun!!!
Cole in Mr.Rembusch’s class
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January 8th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I think that this book club is going to be a blast. I think that it is great that we are getting parents to come and read the book too. I would love to have another book club. I really want to do a realistic fiction book talk. I am really into reading realistic fiction books. If we do another book talk I will ask my brother to do it with us. I really can’t wait tell we come back to school to have awesome treats and great friends to enjoy them with! Thanks Mr.Lund for picking a awesome book for an awesome class.
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