Looking for a good book?

You've asked your friends, you've searched the classroom library, you've even wandered the aisles of your favorite book store and you still can't find anything to read?

Try one of these websites, suggested by Gillispie's own Ms. Cathy Blake!  My favorite is the second one, because the titles were selected by students.

American Library Association Summer Reading Lists
ala.org/alsc/compubs/booklists/summerreadinglist

Center for Teaching and Learning: Kids Recommend
http://c-t-l.org/kids-recommend/

Great Schools: Parent Picks for Summer Reading
http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/parent-picks-third-fourth-fifth-grade/

If you look at one these lists and find a new book to try, leave a comment to let me know.

Wordly Wise Online

 http://epsonline.epsbooks.com/SAAS03/login.do

All About Me Poem Creator

http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/allaboutmepoem.htm

Mindset Article by Carol Dweck

Click here to read an article about mindset.

Pilgrim Bonus Ideas

If you are reading this, congratulations! Everyone in your group has completed a Pilgrim Log entry for today's activities to a level that you ALL expect will earn a good or very good score for your team.

Here are some additional resources on the Pilgrims that you may choose to look at with your group:

A list of 10 common myths about Thanksgiving:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/11/10-thanksgiving-myths-dispelled/

A video about the first Thanksgiving:
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

An online activity about the journey on the Mayflower:
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/journey.htm

A video telling the story of Squanto:
http://www.to14.com/game.php?id=4d486a4c634ba

Please leave a comment below to tell at least one thing you learned from the source that you choose.

Happy Explorations!

Ask an Author

The author of One for the Murphys, Linda Mullally Hunt, will be taking questions from readers and answering them this Friday, November 14th. The session will be be on YouTube, and although we will not be able to watch it live, it will be recorded.

If you have a question for Ms. Hunt, follow this link to submit it:

http://www.globalreadaloud.com/2014/11/ask-lynda-mullaly-hunt-gra14.html

She might choose your question and answer it during the discussion! How cool would that be?

Remember: Use your first name only.

What are you waiting for?  Go, submit a question, already!

Adding Mixed Numbers

Watch this video (with your headphones on, please!):

http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fractions/Mixed_number_add_sub/v/adding-mixed-numbers-with-unlike-denominators

Then, complete pages 109-112 in your math workbook. Check in with a friend when you finish to be sure your answers match. Discuss and come to agreement about any problems you disagree on.

Check out pages 140-144 in your textbook if you need additional instructions or examples.

If you're done early, choose another Khan Academy video to watch or work on your fact fluency.