• Downloads/Printables for This Week:

    Personification Poem Planning Page

    Trick Words 14-2

    Personification Final Copy

    WW Focus Words 14-2

    Butterfly Life Cycle (Stages 3 & 4)

    Mother’s Day Poem

    Word Work Practice 14-2

    Butterfly Life Cycle

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    Classwork for Monday 

      

    Reading: 

    1. Introduction: Alliteration is another type of “special language” that authors use.  You used this literary technique in some of your poems.  Today you are going to pay attention to when authors use alliteration. 
    2. Review: What is alliteration? Why do authors use alliteration? 
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    4. Listen to: “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.”    Listen for alliteration.  Think about why the author uses alliteration. 
    5. Read independently for 20 minutes.  You can read books you have at home, or books on Epic! or Raz-Kids. 

     

    Writing:

    1. Personification is when authors give human characteristics to objects and ideas.  Using a human word to describe an object can make it easier for the reader to make a picture in their head as they read.  Instead of saying that the sun is shining, we might say that the sun is smiling down at us. Instead of describing a flag as moving in the wind, we could say that the flag is dancing.  Look at the chart below for more examples.          
    2.  Go to Epic! and view the video on Personification.  You will find it in your mailbox. 
    3.  Read the following poem about an eraser.  Try to find the examples of personification in the poem.
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    5.  Choose an object you would like to write a poem about.  Open the attachment: Personification Poem Planning Page.   Write a rough copy of a personification poem about the object.  You can use the poem “Eraser” as a model.   (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

                     

    Word Work:

    1. This week's trick words are: bought, brought & piece.  What is tricky about each of these words?  Add them to your Spelling Dictionary.   
    2. Open the attachment: Trick Words 14-2.  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. Log on to Think Central. 
    2. Go to "My Library" and click on the “Interactive Student Edition G2.” (The icon is a yellow book. Be sure it says G2!) 
    3. Click Chapter 7.   
    4. Then click Lesson 7.10 and follow along with the lesson. 

     

    Science:  

    1. Log on to the Scholastic News website. (Password: seaford)  
    2. Choose “I am a Student.”  
    3. Choose the issue “Butterflies Are Back”.  
    4. Here you should listen to/read this Scholastic News issue.  You can also watch a related video, view a slideshow and play a game. 

     

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    Classwork for Tuesday 

      

    Reading: 

    1. Mini-lesson: Paying attention to alliteration 
    2. Read the page below. Does the author use alliteration?
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    4. Read, “Leaping Lizards” by Lisa Owings on Epic!  You will find this in your mailbox. 
    5. Read independently for 20 minutes.  You can read books you have at home, or books on Epic! or Raz-Kids. 
    6. Add your own alliteration on our Padlet.  The password is seaford23. First, view this video on how to add your response to Padlet:  https://youtu.be/ZQTN_FkD_Og

     

    Writing: 

    1. Click here to listen to “The Day the Crayons Quit” by Drew Daywalt.  Can you find examples of personification in the book? 
    2. Open the attachment: Personification Final Copy.  Write a final copy of the poem you wrote yesterday.  Illustrate your poem. (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.  The double vowel syllable can be combined with other syllables.  We will also be adding suffix endings to these words. 
    2. Open the attachment to see this week's focus words: WW Focus Words 14-2.  Tap out and mark your words.  Mark the double vowel by circling both vowels together.  Remember to scoop the syllables in the baseword.  The suffix gets circled.  (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

      

    Math:

    1. Go to Brain Pop Jr. (Username/Password: Seaford1) and watch “Time to the Quarter and Half Hour.”  (Watch the entire video this time.) 
    2. Log on to Think Central. 
    3. Go to "Things To Do." 
    4. Click "Math 7.10" and complete the assignment. 

      

    Science: 

    1. Do “Butterfly Life Cycle: Stage 3 worksheet.  
    2. Click here to look at the photos of our caterpillars and record your observations in your Butterfly Journal. Look at Day 7 photos. Use this link:  
    3. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

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    Classwork for Wednesday 

      

    Reading: 

    1. Mini-lesson: Noticing when authors play with words   
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    3. Read: “Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping.” This has been assigned to you on Raz-Kids.  Or listen to the story “Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping.” 
    4. Read independently for 20 minutes.  You can read books you have at home, or books on Epic! or Raz-Kids. 

     

    Writing:

    1. In poetry, you will often find that the writer repeats sounds, words, ideas, or lines. For example, a poem might start each line with the same words, or it might repeat a line several times.  When you repeat something in a poem, this is called “repetition.”  Repetition helps draw the reader’s attention to a thought, idea, or feeling. It can make the main idea of the poem more memorable.  Read the poem below.  Can you find the lines that repeat? 
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    3. You will be writing a poem about your mother for Mother’s Day.  Print out the Mother’s Day Poem sheet or use a piece of lined paper.  Find the line “My mom is______” in the poem.  Notice that this line is repeated several times in the poem.  Think of a word that describes your mother to complete this line.  You will repeat this line throughout your poem.   Write a rough draft of your poem. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

    Word Work:

    1. Choose 1 activity page to complete from the attached Word Work Practice 14-2 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 7.11 and follow along with the lesson. 

     

    Science:

    1. Watch the video “A Life of a Butterfly” on Scholastic News. (Password: seaford)  
    2. Do “Butterfly Life Cycle Stage 4 worksheet. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

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    Classwork for Thursday 

     

    Reading: 

    1. Mini-lesson: Readers figure out what "playful language" REALLY means.
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    4. Listen to the read aloud, “The King Who Rained.”   
    5. Read: “The Bizarre Origins of Kangaroo Court and Other Idioms.” You will find this in your mailbox on Epic! 
    6. Read independently for 20 minutes.  You can read books you have at home, or books on Epic! or Raz-Kids. 

     

    Writing:

    1. Read the poem below.  What line is repeated in the poem?  What is the big idea the author is trying to tell you?  
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    3. Open the attachment:   Mother’s Day Poem or use lined paper.   Write a final copy of the poem about your mother.  Be sure to illustrate your poem.  You can give this to your mother as a gift on Mother’s Day! 

     

    Word Work:

    1. Choose 1 activity page to complete from the attached Word Work Practice 14-2  file. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

    Math:

    1. Visit Epic! And watch the video “Telling Time to the Nearest 5 Minutes with AM & PM.”  It is in your mailbox.
    2. Log on to Think Central. 
    3. Go to "Things To Do." 
    4. Click "Math 7.11" and complete the assignment. 

      

    Science:

    1. Do the ”Butterfly Life Cycle” worksheet.  (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)
    2. Look at the photos of our caterpillars and record your observations in your Butterfly Journal.  Look at Day 9 photos. (Please send me a picture via Remind or e-mail)

     

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    Classwork for Friday 

     

    Dear Boys and Girls, 

    I am not assigning work today.  I want you to have time to make a Mother’s Day card for your mom.  I also want to give your mom a little break.  When you write a message to your mom, please remember to give reasons why you love her.  Use the Connecting Words below as a reference.  Here is some fancy letter paper that you may print out and use if you'd like.

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    2.  Now that you know how to use Padlet, click here to go to a Padlet where you can write a special message for your mom for Mother's Day!

    3.  Optional:

         Do this Nearpod activity on Monarch butterflies! 

         Click here to go to Nearpod and enter this code in the red box where it says "Students" to join the activity:  GBUWS

     

     

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    Please contact me with any questions you have.  Please send me photos of your finished work via Remind, by Friday, May 8.  Happy Mother's Day!

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