{"id":3268,"date":"2014-10-27T15:55:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T22:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otacharter.org\/fifthgrade\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2014-10-27T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T22:55:10","slug":"language-arts-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/2014\/10\/27\/language-arts-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Arts Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past couple of weeks, we have been diving into short stories from our Literature books and focusing on certain skills. Each week, we challenge ourselves as we look at the text from different perspectives and work on skills like- main idea, cause and effect, mood, details, patterns, and more! Take a look at some activities we have done.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-slideshow\"\n\t id=\"ngg-slideshow-3295-16869044470\"\n     data-gallery-id=\"3295\"\n     style=\"max-width: 800px; max-height: 600px;\">\n\n \t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-slideshow-image\" style=\"height:600px\">\n\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-1.jpg\"\n           title=\"\"\n           data-src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-1.jpg\"\n           data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/thumbs\/thumbs_main-idea-1.jpg\"\n           data-image-id=\"344\"\n           data-title=\"main idea 1\"\n           data-description=\"\"\n           class=\"shutterset_3295\">\n\n            <img data-image-id='344'\n                 title=\"\"\n                 alt=\"main idea 1\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-1.jpg\"\n                 style=\"max-height: 580px;\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <\/div> \n<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-slideshow-image\" style=\"height:600px\">\n\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-2.jpg\"\n           title=\"\"\n           data-src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-2.jpg\"\n           data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/thumbs\/thumbs_main-idea-2.jpg\"\n           data-image-id=\"345\"\n           data-title=\"main idea 2\"\n           data-description=\"\"\n           class=\"shutterset_3295\">\n\n            <img data-image-id='345'\n                 title=\"\"\n                 alt=\"main idea 2\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-2.jpg\"\n                 style=\"max-height: 580px;\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <\/div> \n<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-slideshow-image\" style=\"height:600px\">\n\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-3.jpg\"\n           title=\"\"\n           data-src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-3.jpg\"\n           data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/thumbs\/thumbs_main-idea-3.jpg\"\n           data-image-id=\"346\"\n           data-title=\"main idea 3\"\n           data-description=\"\"\n           class=\"shutterset_3295\">\n\n            <img data-image-id='346'\n                 title=\"\"\n                 alt=\"main idea 3\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-3.jpg\"\n                 style=\"max-height: 580px;\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <\/div> \n<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-slideshow-image\" style=\"height:600px\">\n\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-4.jpg\"\n           title=\"\"\n           data-src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-4.jpg\"\n           data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/thumbs\/thumbs_main-idea-4.jpg\"\n           data-image-id=\"347\"\n           data-title=\"main idea 4\"\n           data-description=\"\"\n           class=\"shutterset_3295\">\n\n            <img data-image-id='347'\n                 title=\"\"\n                 alt=\"main idea 4\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-4.jpg\"\n                 style=\"max-height: 580px;\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <\/div> \n<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-slideshow-image\" style=\"height:600px\">\n\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-5.jpg\"\n           title=\"\"\n           data-src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-5.jpg\"\n           data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/thumbs\/thumbs_main-idea-5.jpg\"\n           data-image-id=\"348\"\n           data-title=\"main idea 5\"\n           data-description=\"\"\n           class=\"shutterset_3295\">\n\n            <img data-image-id='348'\n                 title=\"\"\n                 alt=\"main idea 5\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/language-arts\/main-idea-5.jpg\"\n                 style=\"max-height: 580px;\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n\n        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