Don't forget that we are collecting food for families at Northpoint and another elementary school in the district. We will be collecting until a week from Wednesday.
Language Arts~
Our story this week is "How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning." This story is a biography. We will be focusing on generating questions about what we read and by looking at the problems and solutions that are in a story. The story vocabulary for the week: hilarious, convinced, mischief, independence, (come in) handy, dizzy, whirlwind, and nowadays. Our vocabulary skill is understanding idioms. An idiom is a group of words that has a collective meaning different from that of each individual word. It's raining cats and dogs is an example of an idiom. Our grammar skill is possessive nouns.
Common Core Vocabulary
Biography - The story of some one's life.
idiom - see above.
alliteration - The repetition of the initial sounds of words. Sally sold seashells.
onomatopoeia - A word that is also a sound. buzz, hiss
hyperbole - an exaggeration. He is so hungry he could eat a horse.
figurative language - idioms, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, similes, metaphors, personification.
HW: Weekly Packet. The second page of the weekly packet is a biography research project. Each child will research a person and write down 10 facts about that person. They will then report on that person beginning next Monday. See rubric in the packet.
Math~
Today our focus was on the metric system. We discussed how each metric measurement was a times 10 from it's neighbor. We did a measurement journal page and a decimal place value review sheet. Our next test is scheduled for Monday, November 12th.
HW: math boxes and study link 4.8
Science~
We began our new chapter today. Our focus will be on the adaptations that help animals survive in their environment. Today we learned about adaptations that help animals to move.
HW: Before you move on questions on page 139 and 141.
