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    Downloads/Printables for This Week:

    Similes and Metaphors 

    Simile or Metaphor Worksheet

    Trick Words 14-1

    Printable Clockface

    Butterfly Life Cycle (Stages 1-4)

    Writing with Metaphors

    Focus Words 14-1

    14-1 WW Practice

    Brainstorming sheet

    Ice Cream Alliteration Sheet

     

     

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    Classwork for Monday, April 27, 2020

     

    Reading: 

    1. Review:  h
    2. Introduction: Authors use comparisons to help us picture the setting and understand how characters feel.    b
    3. Read the page below: Think of the two things that are being compared. Think about how they are alike. How is the girl like a sizzling hot potato?  What is the author trying to tell you? z  
    4. Go to Epic!  Listen to the story,” Come On, Rain” by Karen Hesse.  Listen for when the author compares two things.  Think about how the two things are alike. 

     

    Writing:  

    1. Last week you learned that a simile is a way to compare two things using the words “like” or “as.”  This week you will be learning about metaphors.  A metaphor is a way to compare two things without using the words “like” or “as.”  
    2. Click here to view the video, “What are Metaphors?” 
    3. Open and read the attachment:  Similes and Metaphors.  Read more about the difference between them. 
    4. Do the Simile or Metaphor Worksheet. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

      

    Word Work:

    1. This week's trick words are: Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday.  What is tricky about each of these words?  Add them to your Spelling Dictionary.   
    2. Open the attachment: Trick Words 14-1.  This is more trick word practice.  (You may print and complete this page or do this work on a piece of lined paper.)                                   (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

      

    Math: 

    1. Watch “Parts of a Clock” on Brain Pop Jr.  Then take the easy quiz or challenge yourself with the hard quiz! 
    2. Optional: Make a paper plate clock.  You can watch this short video to show how you could make your clock.  You probably do not have a paper fastener at home, so you can just place your hands on the clock to show different times.   If you'd like, you can print the Printable Clockface and glue it to a plate.

     

    Science:

    1. Read “Monarch Butterfly” by Gail Gibbons on Epic!
    2. Take a look at our new class pet on our Butterflies Webpage!  Observe the photo of the caterpillars on "Day 1."  Write 2-3 sentences about your observations and draw a picture.  You can print out the "Butterfly Journal" on the butterfly page or you can staple a few pieces of paper together to make your own Butterfly Journal.  (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

      

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    Classwork for Tuesday, April 28, 2020

      

    Reading:

    1. Understanding comparisons: 
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                        - In both of the examples, the author could have just used the words “really hot.” 

                         -But it is more powerful to make comparisons! 

                         -It makes the story more interesting.  It helps you picture the setting and understand how the characters feel. 

             3. Read independently for 20 minutes.  You can read books you have at home, or books on Epic! or Raz-Kids.  While you are reading, pay attention to when the author uses comparisons. 

                                           

    Writing: 

    1. Metaphors compare two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as.”   
    2. Today you will take another look at the simile poem you wrote last week and rewrite it using metaphors. To complete the activity, open the attachment: Writing with Metaphors.   (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)                                          

      

    Word Work:

    1. The double vowel syllable contains a vowel team.  The ou and ow vowel teams make the /ou/ sound.  Keywords: ou - trout -/ ou/, ow - plow - /ou/
    2. Open the attachment to see this week's focus words: Focus Words 14-1 Tap out and mark your words.  Mark the double vowel by circling both vowels together.  Scoop each syllable.  (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

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    Math: 

    1. Watch “Time to the Hour” on Brain Pop Jr.  Then take the easy quiz or challenge yourself with the hard quiz!  
    2. Log on to Think Central. 
    3. Go to "My Library" and click on the “Interactive Student Edition G2.” (The icon is a yellow book. Be sure it says G2!) 
    4. Click Chapter 7.   
    5. Then click Lesson 7.8 and follow along with the lesson. 

     

    Science: 

    1. Do the  “Butterfly Life Cycle: Stage 1” worksheet. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

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    Classwork for Wednesday, April 29, 2020 

      

    Reading:                                   

    1. Authors use comparisons to help us understand a character’s feelings or to think about something in a certain way. 
    2. Go to Epic!  Listen to the story, “When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry...”  You will find this in your mailbox. 
    3. Read the pages below: Discuss the following:  What does the author compare Sophie to?  Why do you think the author does this?  Does this help you understand how Sophie feels?  How is it better than saying Sophie is angry?
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    5. Tell about the main idea and details of the story "When Sophie Gets Angry,"in the following Forms link:  https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ZLRXaS0BVEuoFG0JcfJhnypuZgdg5BdDhsxtqcoOnIpUMk5MWklaOVozMEpGNTk2UDk5NEFFRUxCVS4u

     

    Writing: 

    1. Another way that writers play with words is by using alliteration.  You might know these as tongue twisters.  Alliteration is when two or more nearby words have the same beginning sounds. 
    2. Click here to listen to the poems about jellyfish and snakes.  Can you find alliteration in the poems? 
    3. Read the poem, Bleezer’s Ice Cream by Jack Prelutsky.  Write down 4 examples of alliteration from the poem. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

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    Word Work: 

    1. Choose 1 activity page to complete from the attached 14-1 WW Practice file. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

    Math:

    1. Watch “Time to the Quarter and Half Hour” on Brain Pop Jr.  (Stop the video at 2:05) 
    2. Log on to Think Central. 
    3. Go to "Things To Do." 
    4. Click "Math 7.8" and complete the assignment. 

     

    Science:

    1. Read "Butterflies," by Darlene Freeman on Epic!
    2. Take a look at our caterpillars on our Butterflies Webpage!  Observe the photo of the caterpillars on "Day 3."  Write 2-3 sentences about your observations and draw a picture, in your "Butterfly Journal."  (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

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    Classwork for Thursday, April 30, 2020 

      

    Reading: 

    1.  Introduction: What is Personification?  
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    3. Read the page from, “The Giving Tree.”  Think about how the tree acts like a human. 
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    5. Go to Epic!  Read, “The Giving Tree.”  You will find this in your mailbox.  Pay attention to how the author gives the Tree human qualities.  

     

    Writing:  Alliteration  

    1. Click here to listen to the book, “Some Smug Slug.”  Listen for alliteration in the book.  
    2. Reread Bleezer’s Ice Cream.  
    3. Use the brainstorming sheet to create three new ice cream flavors.  Be sure each flavor is an alliteration.  Write the name of your new flavors on the Ice Cream Alliteration Sheet.   
    4. Decorate your ice cream to match the flavor you created.  See below for a sample of the finished project.  (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

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    Word Work: 

    1. Choose 1 activity page to complete from the attached 14-1 WW Practice file. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

    Math:  

    1. Log on to Think Central. 
    2. Go to "My Library" and click on the “Interactive Student Edition G2.” (Be sure it says G2!) 
    3. Click Chapter 7.   
    4. Then click Lesson 7.9 and follow along with the lesson. 

      

    Science: 

    1. Do the “Butterfly Life Cycle Stage 2” worksheet.  (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

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    Classwork for Friday, May 1, 2020 

      

    Reading/Writing: 

    1. Go to Epic! and watch the video, “Similes and Metaphors.”  You will find this in your mailbox.     
    2. Would you describe SpongeBob in the picture below as being as quiet as a mouse or as loud as freight train?  
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    4. Look at the color picture of SpongeBob and Patrick below.  Write a sentence using a simile to describe Patrick.   Write a sentence using a metaphor to describe SpongeBob.  You can write this in a notebook.  (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail) t    
    5.  Read independently for 20 minutes.  You can read books you have at home, or books on Epic! or Raz-Kids.  Did you notice any similies or metaphors?

     

    Word Work: 

    1. Choose 1 activity page to complete from the attached 14-1 WW Practice file. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

    Math: 

    1. Log on to Think Central. 
    2. Go to "Things To Do." 
    3. Click "Math 7.9" and complete the assignment. 

     

    Science:

    1. Take a Virtual Field Trip to a Butterfly Garden at Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens in Illinois. 
    2. Take a look at our caterpillars on our Butterflies Webpage!    Observe the photo of the caterpillars on "Day 5."  Write 2-3 sentences about your observations and draw a picture, in your "Butterfly Journal." (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

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    Please contact me with any questions you may have.  Please send me photos of your finished work via Remind by Friday, May 1. 

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