Poetry

We have covered many elements of figurative language over the last two weeks.  Students have been pointing out alliteration, onomatopoeia  and imagery in their silent reading books after our lessons.  Today we reviewed idioms.  Students did an excellent job drawing the literal and figurative meaning of their idioms.  I really look forward to reading all of their poems next week.

A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- We will be doing Lesson 16, with a test on Friday.

Social Studies- Students will begin studying Chapter 8, "The Road to War."  They will read and take notes on Lessons 1-2.  We will be learning about what led up to the Revolutionary War and its first battles.

Reading- Students will be reading and writing poems.  They will be using figurative language in their writing, and will be practicing different types or styles of poetry.

Language Arts- We will continue to study our unit on verbs.  Students will go over Lessons 5-7, which cover the present, past, and future tense of verbs.

Science- We will continue our chapter on "The Properties of Matter."  We review the content in lesson two on physical changes and we will begin to read lesson three.

Mastny's Math- We will finish studying Chapter 18 this week.  We will learn about circles, congruent and similar shapes, and symmetry.

Important Days:
Monday- No School- Martin Luther King Day
Friday- Spelling Test