The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P Figg

In this Newbery Honor-winning page-turner, twelve-year-old orphan Homer runs away from Pine Swamp, Maine, to find his older brother, Harold, who has been sold into the Union Army. With laugh-aloud humor, Homer outwits and outruns a colorful assortment of civil War-era thieves, scallywags, and spies as he makes his way south, following clues that finally lead him to Gettysburg. Even through a hail of gunfire, Homer never loses heart--but will he find his brother? Or will it be too late?

Reading Breakdown
Chunk 1- Due Monday 5/2

Chapters 1-10

Pages 3-56



Chunk 2- Due Tuesday 5/10

Chapters 11-19

Pages 57-109



Chunk 3- Due Tuesday 5/17
Chapters 20-28

Pages 110-161



Chunk 4- Monday 5/23
Chapters 29- End

Pages 162-161


Weekly Reading Requirements

· Read assigned pages

· As you are reading your assigned chapters, you will write a total of four entries in your DED (Double Entry Diary) each week.

· On a sticky note, identify one new or interesting vocabulary word. Include the definition on the sticky note.

Global Virtual Classroom Announcement

Exciting news! We earned 2nd place in the Global Virtual Classroom contest! 

Every week, students not in chorus, worked with a school in Texas and in Russia to create a website on a topic the students picked. Check out the website that earned us the silver award: http://bit.ly/1N07wqE

The GVC Team

One School, One Book: The World According to Humphrey

Today your child will be bringing home the book, The World According to Humphrey. This book is part of our One School, One Book reading initiative. We collected funds at the beginning of the year and thanks to the incredible deal we got from The Magic Tree Bookstore, we were able to get a book for every student.

This book is only 122 pages, and with the reading schedule (on the bookmark that your child received with the book), the reading averages out to be about 10 pages each night.  We ask that you try to read this book as a family.  Reading aloud is such important activity that we often put aside as other things fill up our time and we thought that it would be a good thing to promote during April, National Library Month.  Here is a quick video that emphasizes how valuable reading aloud is:https://vimeo.com/156327699

The attached letter explains our project - if you have any questions, please direct them to Kathy Rolfes atkrolfes@op97.org.  

Thanks, and happy reading!

Faith Cole and Kathy Rolfes

When I grow up, the problem I want to solve is.....

“Don’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up but what problems they want to solve. This changes the conversation from who do I want to work for, to what do I need to learn to be able to that.” – Jaime Casap, Google Global Education Evangelist



Kids Go Global (Website for Ideas & Research) 

Gapminder

Project Requirements

Presentation Requirements

Project Rubric

Google Form - What Problem Do You Want to Solve?