Monday, November 2, 2015

Week 7 - Objectives



If You Find a Rock
by Peggy Christian


Language Arts
Long A spelled:
* spelling words
** challenge words

ai
rain chain paid
waist  railroad

ay
stay may play
Thursday

a
April fable
flavor

a_e
base trace
pavement

READING COMPREHENSION 

Making Connections
Compare and Contrast


WRITING

Compare and Contrast
- similes
use the words like or as to compare two things

- metaphors
say that one thing is another thing

- personification
a kind of metaphor that assigns human traits to objects, animals, and ideas

GRAMMAR
Kinds of Sentences and
End Marks
  
 READING WITH A WRITER’S EYE
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Descriptive Language


Vocabulary
 chain – noun
a row of connected or related circles
trace – verb
to follow the path of something
fossil – noun
preserved remains
 print – noun
a mark made by pressing
 outstretched – adjective
reaching out


SOCIAL STUDIES
Understand the Purpose of Governments
Explain government services and their value to the community. 
Explain how government establishes order, provides security, and establishes laws.


MATH
Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.