Agenda
1) Book Splunge
2) Splunge 2
3) Splunge

Homework
Splunge



Today we closed for Thanksgiving with a reprise of the very popular Splunge game. Here’s how it works:

1) Choose teams. So far we have had good success with boys versus girls, especially since we’re already sitting that way in the room. But we’ll change it up soon.
2) Each student chooses a word, then writes a sentence to communicate that word. Then they write the word and the sentence on an index card, except that in the sentence they put in the word splunge.
3) I read one student’s sentence to someone else on that person’s team. If the second student can guess the first student’s word, the team gets a point.

For example, one student wrote I love all splunges, but especially border collies and Australian Shepherds. Her teammate correctly replied, “Dog.”

For the record the Girls won periods 1, 2, and 6, while the Boys won period 5. Obviously, then, girls are smarter than boys, during periods 1, 2, and 6.



Splunge is a fun way to learn state standard 1.3: Clarify word meanings through the use of definition, example, restatement, or contrast.

Definition: He is the Splunge of the United States—the highest elected official.
Example: The iPod nano comes in nine splunges, including red, white, and blue.
Restatement: They are experienced splungers; they have been preparing food for ten years.
Contrast: I thought state standards would be hard, but instead it was splunge.

This week, every student who used one of these four sentence types scored a point. They work.