In literacy, we read the story, Leaf. The story contained many examples of personification and alliteration. We also found a simile and a metaphor. All of these literary techniques allowed us to easily visualize the story.
We spent some time looking at a thesaurus. We talked about the different meanings words can have and the importance of making sure the word you choose to replace another word makes sense for the context. Ask me to explain about the word wave that we discussed today.
We reviewed adjectives (describe a noun) and strong verbs (interesting action words). We chose a skeleton sentence which contains little information for the reader. We then expanded the sentence in 3 different ways. These ways allowed our reader to better visualize what was happening. Our final task was to rearrange one of the sentences we had written. Our class example is below.
Ms. Steeves had each of us write a sentence on a sticky “A big, wild fox jumped over a stack of hay!” We wrote the sentence, “Look at those kittens in the box!” on a second sticky. We were then given someone else's sticky and needed to find the other sticky that was written by the same person. This was our most difficult matching challenge yet.
Reminders:
- YouthLink field trip tomorrow. Please don't be late!
You need to bring a lunch (including any cutlery you may need) and a water bottle.
We still have some students who have not paid the $6 for the trip. Please pay through My CBE Account or bring in $6 tomorrow.
- PD Day- Friday, Nov. 22- No school for students
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