Wednesday, February 2nd

Hi Parents,

I am sorry to have not blogged the last few days. I was out sick yesterday and Monday I went right home to bed!

First off, the lizard project is due on Friday. Here is the rubric I sent home 3 weeks ago.
Lizard Project

Welcome back to a New Year. The kids had a great break and they are really ready to learn. In our reading curriculum, we are reading Raising Dragons by Jeanne Nolan. As a bridge to our reading, science and writing curricula, the children will write a report on Lizards.

The following is the grading rubric for their lizard reports and expectations.
LIZARD REPORT

• Cover AP P NP N
• Neatness AP P NP N
• 5 paragraphs AP P NP N
• Drawing AP P NP N
• Information given AP P NP N
• Oral Presentation AP P NP N

AP=Advanced Proficient
P=Proficient
NP= Nearing Proficient
N= Novice
Report is due: February 4th -- All materials are attached.
The following are the guidelines:
1. The report is to be written (printed or in cursive) not typed.
2. We are working on not plagiarizing information and the children will need to put the information from books or the Internet into their own words. I will be happy to copy things off the Internet if you do not have access.
3. Each report will have a cover. All materials are attached and I will be happy to give more if needed or due to mistakes.
4. The children will draw and color a picture of the lizard as the cover. Internet pictures may be included but I would like the cover to be their creative design that includes their name, name of the dragon/lizard and their drawing.
5. The report is to be a minimum of five paragraphs.
6. Each indented paragraph should be 3-5 sentences in length.

The 5 paragraphs should be in this order:

Introduction Paragraph 1: Name of the lizard. Reason you chose this lizard and what you find interesting about this animal that you want to write about it.

Description Paragraph 2: A description of the reptile, its size, shape, coloring, features, nicknames, anything the lizard does that is interesting.

Paragraph 3: A description and location of where this animal lives and the countries and continent in which it is located. The climate and temperatures of the region.

Paragraph 4- Information about the food chain in which the animal is a part of. Food it consumes, natural enemies and any other interesting fact about how it lives or how it kills it prey.


Paragraph 5- Conclusion paragraph-If you could have this pet in your home in Bozeman, would you? Why or why not? What would you need in food or equipment in order to have this animal live and survive in your home?

If you have any questions, e-mail or call me
Katie Porter
katie.porter@bsd7.org
582-6840

Ideas for Report

Komodo dragon Chuckwallas
Bearded Dragon Flat Footed Lizards
Basilisk Gila monster
Iguana Horned Devil
Flying Dragon Lizard Frilled Lizard
Collard Lizards Old Man Lizard
Leopard Lizards Yellow-Spotted Night Lizard
Spiny Tao; iguanas Blue-tongue Skink
Dwarf Iguanas Asian Agamid
(Or find one that is interesting to you)
www.factzoo.com/reptiles/types-of-lizards.html


The spelling words for this week:
ed/s/ing endings
1. cared
2. babies
3. chopped
4. saving
5. carried
6. fixing
7. hurried
8. joking
9. grinning
10. smiled
11. wrapped
1. parties
2. cherries
3. boxes
Challenge Words
15. moving
16. libraries
17. February
18. Valentine’s Day
Word Wall Words
1. myself
2. new
3. no
4. what
5. doesn’t

Bonus
plagiarism =
copy another's work


We just started a poetry unit is writing. You all will love reading their poetry books when we finish.

There is a math test tomorrow. Tonight's homework is a review sheet that I made.