Spelling Unit 21

Take your pretest and then do some practice games:

Spelling City Unit 21

Native American Links

Watch this Brain Pop: Brain Pop: Native Americans

Read this article online and take the quiz:  Native American Article

Short video:
Native Americans Before Europeans

Native American Tribe Short Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9-ymLpO58

Iroquois Creation Story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aXWpMa_mXs

Pueblo Tribe video (Desert) - 3 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7IOowc544U

Tale of the Indian paintbrush (Pueblo Desert Story):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaifWkUWr0

Native American Stories:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlHtzU133NI

Native American "The Invisible Warrior" Bedtime Story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJySa7jkJA

Cherokee Indian Tales:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlHtzU133NI

The Story of Fire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD_f23pbZDc

Spelling City Unit 21

Take your pretest and then do some practice games:

Spelling City Unit 21

Common/Proper Noun Review

Watch these short videos:

proper noun video powtoon

Capitalize Proper Noun Video

Common/Proper Noun Song

Proper Noun Song


Practice at IXL II 4

Latin & Greek Word Parts

Watch this video:

Latin & Greek Word Part Video (5 min.)

Log on to IXL to complete these practice activities:

X.Greek and Latin roots

1. 1

   Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
2. 2

   Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
3. 3

   Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
4. 4

   Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
5. 5

   Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
6. 6

   Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings

Learning a New Language

Read Sleuth pages 22-23 called Learning a New Language.

Then, watch this video of the top 25 Spanish words to learn:

Top 25 Spanish Words to Learn

Longest Night Vocabulary Practice

Quizlet for "Longest Night": Quizlet

Dictionary Skills

Click here for word of the day and to use a dictionary:

Dictionary Practice

Challenge your vocabulary here:

https://freerice.com

Practice at IXL GG6, GG7, GG8

Grammar Review (Dialogue) and Capitalizing Titles

Watch this great 4 minute video to review how to use quotation marks in dialogue:

how to use quotation marks in dialogue video for kids

Watch this 4 minute video to review how to capitalize book titles:

How to Capitalize Book Titles

Spelling City Unit 20

Take your pretest and play some games:

Spelling City Unit 20

Homophones

Homophone Video (2 min.)

Their, There, They're Song

Homophone Video #2

HomeSchool Pop Video - 8 min.

Practice Your HOMOPHONE skills at IXL !

Storyteller Joe Hayes Stories

Split Dog Story

The Day is Snowed Tortillas

The Gum Chewing Rattlesnake

Coyote Under the Table Story

Rain Story

Checker Playing Hound Dog

My Pet Rattlesnake

The Love Sick Skunk


Did you like these stories?  Ask Mrs. Danforth to help you find more of Joe Hayes' Stories!

John Henry

John Henry Quizlet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF-3t8Id6mA - Ballad of John Henry (Song)

Stanley Brothers John Henry Song

Spelling City Unit 19

Take your pretest and play your games:

Spelling City Unit 19

Tall Tales

Other Tall Tales to watch and read:

Paul Bunyan Story

Pecos Bill Story

Casey Jones Story

More Paul Bunyan Stories

Johnny Appleseed Video

Figurative Language

1.  Simile and Metaphor Song

and lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROmKMtLWY14 (Simile)

and lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVNal4_izVU (Metaphore)

2.  Idiom Song

and lesson:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUT_WSavAC8

3.  Personification Song

and music:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwa3QpHGFEw

4.  Onomanopia Video

5.  Alliteration Song

and rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkyIiSN8eKg

6.  Hyperbole Video

Hyperbole Video    

Hyperbole in Disney   
  
Hyperbole


Figurative Language - definitions and examples

Idioms for Kids - definitions and examples

Games and Examples:

Figurative Language Baseball

Figurative Language in Videos

Figurative Language in Movies and Videos

Figurative Language in Movies

Figurative Language in Videos and Commercials

Disney Figurative Language Song

Figurative Language Games