Fun+Favorites

Mrs. Chapman Room 150 =Mrs. Chapman's Fun Favorites=

__**Favorite Apps**__: Candy Crush Soda Saga - use strategy to crush candies and move up levels Spell Tower - This word game is a version of a word search and builds spelling skills. Set - This is a card game where you need to identify sets of cards. It is challenging, fun and educational. Evernote - Great place for organizing notes, sort by folder or date. No more missing papers! Evernote Peek - a version of Evernote that helps students study in an interactive question and answer format. iMovie - Create a movie "trailer" (or advertisement) by following the storyboard. Allows for creativity as students make up the story line and follow a theme and prompts. Definately a "must have".

__**Favorite Books:**__ The entire Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling "The Graveyard" by Neil Gaiman - Fantasy, adventure and mystery all rolled into one. "Echo" by Pam Munoz Ryan "The Boneshaker" by Kate Milford - Suspense, adventure, girl heroine, includes interesting folklore. "Anything but Typical" by Nora Raleigh Baskin - Funny story about social acceptance "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli - About a unique girl who walks to the beat of her own drummer. Funny, well written. "The Night Gardner" by Jonathan Auxier - This is truly one of the best books I have read since the epic Harry Potter series. Suspenseful, exciting and slightly scary!

__**Recently Read:**__ "Echo" "Fish in a Tree" "The Thickety" "Counting by 7's" "Out of My Mind" "The Giver" "A Snicker of Magic" "Because of Mr. Terupt" "Splendors and Glooms" by Laura Amy Schlitz, 2013 Newbery Honor book - Fantasy, set in London in 1860's, a mysterious page turner involving puppets, a witch and magic. "Liar and Spy" by Rebecca Stead - Realistic Fiction, about a boy who moves into an apartment building and meets new, unusual friends. "Fever 1793" by Laura Halse Anderson - Historical Fiction, about the Yellow Fever in Pittsburgh, in 1793, an exciting, page turner "The Bell Bandit" by Jacqueline Davies - Realistic Fiction, #3 of the Lemonade Crime Series

__**Favorite Day Trips:**__ Boston's Freedom Trail - covers important historical events during the time of the American Revolution, very pertinent to 5th grade curriculum

The U.S.S. Constitution - ship and museum, some interactive exhibits and a short film on the War of 1812

The Museum of Science - Hands-on exhibits make learning fun, Omni Theater and Laser shows informative and fun!

Sturbridge Village & Plimoth Plantation - Living history museums, just like being there!

"The Hall" at Patriots Place - Fun, engaging and informative - exhibits and a short film about the importance of teamwork.

Honey Pot Hill Orchards in Stow, MA - A vast expanse of apple orchards, wagon rides and yummy sugar cinnamon donuts!