You have been reading A LOT this week! Make sure you add your favorite books to our Book Log on Collazo Cove! For now, tell us all about the best part of a book you read this week! Don’t forget to give us the title, describe what happened, and why you like it so much!
Favorite Part?
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Tell Us About Your Thanksgiving Break!
Whether you were a total couch potato, traveled to visit family, or went on a great outdoor adventure, tell us all about your break! Include lots of great cove vocabulary in your descriptions!
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Being Thankful
Sometimes we don’t realize how much we have to be thankful for. Watch the video linked below about a very poor family in China and wonderful gift that was given to them. Be sure you look at the details in the video.When you are done watching, post a comment which tells about your reaction to the video.
- What did you think about how the people live in that area of China?
- How did you feel about the gift that was given?
- Does it make you appreciate the things you have?
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Cherokee People
Yesterday in Social Studies we read about the Tuscarora and Catawba native people. Today we will be reading about the Cherokee tribe that lived, and continues to live, in the western part of North Carolina.
Watch this video about the hard times the Cherokee had because of white settlers. After you watch the video, create a comment about what you learned and how the video made you feel. Remember our rubric!
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What’s New In the World?
Please visit the Nat Geo Kids site linked below, and choose an article you think sounds interesting. Use your sticky notes again to help organize the information you learn about. Remember the parts of the rubric that will be used to grade your post! There are some interesting things going on! Take your time!
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Plays Anyone?
I’m sure by now you have read and performed some plays in the younger grades.
What is your favorite part about reading a play together?
Which kind of character do usually like to be?
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Living in NC
Today we will be visiting Colonial North Carolina! We’ll learn about what it was like to live long ago in our wonderful state.
What are some things you like about living in North Carolina?

State Flag of North Carolina
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Do You Have the Rhythm?
Okay, Cove Kids! Get your headphones on for this one!
Visit the linked site below. After you have played with it for awhile, come back here and answer these questions in your comments for today. Remember to include all the things from our grading rubric!
1. Explain how you felt as you visited the INCREDIBOX. Explain why you felt that way.
2. How would you explain this site to someone who doesn’t have the Internet?
3. Who do you wish would visit this site? Make sure you explain why!
(Make sure you have answered all 3 questions completely before you hit SUBMIT!)
Here’s the site: http://www.incredibox.fr/
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Choose an Article
Good Morning! Click on the link below, scroll down, and choose one of the articles that sounds interesting to you! (Click on “Check It Out”)
Take some notes on your sticky note pad.
To post your comment, use your sticky notes to help you write a summary telling what your article was all about. Make sure you include some of the interesting facts you learned!
Check for complete sentences, correct punctuation, spelling, and capital letters! Have someone near you check it before you click “SUBMIT”!
Here’s the link:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/
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Poetry
When you think of poetry, what do you think about?
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