Manatee Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2D3YF1vAsk - 5 min. Video

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-manatees/ - Facts for Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYRVjng_VZo - Draw a Manatee

Figurative Language Links

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/Klp6y2qOMu - Simile and Metaphor NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/oEWfJBYiMu - Onomonopia NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/MLHtVS4DMu - Personification NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/EpVpoRqsMu - Alliteration NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/EpVpoRqsMu - Hyperbole NearPod

Figurative Language Examples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IIH3rOdvGg - Similes/Metaphors in Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqBZMR83wCg - Personification Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexVE6TtoPQ - Disney Personification Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JY7s3C6aSk - Geiko Personification Clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-koivS_aho - Alliteration Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uxFwmYIHwk&t=22s - Onomatopoeia Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1GC1yWdM_c - Onomatopoeia Examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1b5kCvVBo8 - Onomatopoeia Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5EnWYEX4To - Idiom Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbF5gebA5So - More Idiom Introduction (cartoon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txZz7I6gxxg - Idiom Examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPngxOnjKP0 - Idiom Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D--OnJsD6AA Hyperbole Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzWLDWm6Zs - Hyperbole Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ODYCs9CS4 - Hyperbole Clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMSLgxj2dxk - Figurative Language Clip (7 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls00WrpTp88 - Figurative Language in Music

Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! Cats, Cats, Cats!

Dog Animal Planet Links

Dog Facts

Dog Facts for Kids

Cat Facts for Kids

Winn- Dixie

We are on Unit 21-our test is Friday.  We worked on our Spelling assignment/workbook pages today to practice.

Because of Winn-Dixie  is tonight's homework assignment.  Students read about how Miss Frannie and India Opal become friends.  Miss Frannie tells the story of a time that a bear came in to her library!

Unit 21 Links

Near Pod Helping Verb

Unit 21 Spelling City

Figurative Language Activities

We have been learning about figurative language.  Figurative language includes similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and idioms.  See the link below for examples of each. 

Figurative Language - definitions and examples

Figurative Language Games


https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/Klp6y2qOMu - Smilie & Metaphor NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/oEWfJBYiMu - Onomonopia NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/MLHtVS4DMu - Personification NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/EpVpoRqsMu - Alliteration NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/EpVpoRqsMu - Hyperbole NearPod

Here are a couple of short definitions of these kinds of language that we practiced in class.

            The definition of hyperbole is a description that is exaggerated for emphasis.

1. An example of hyperbole is saying you are so hungry you could eat a horse.
2. Personification is giving human characteristics to non-living things or ideas.
3. An author describing the sun smiling on a field of flowers is an example of personification.
4. The definition of a metaphor is a word or phrase used to compare two unlike objects, ideas, thoughts or feelings to provide a clearer description.
5. An example of a metaphor is calling the dependable father a rock
6. The definition of a simile is a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared using the word "like" or "as" followed by a figurative example.
7. An example of a simile is "He is as hungry as a horse."  
8. An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning of its words.
9. "It's raining cats and dogs" is an idiom.
   
   

Folk Tale Bingo Links

Tall Tale
Paul Bunyan Cartoon
Pecos Bill Video
Johnny Appleseed Video

Folktale

Legend of Juan Verdades - 20 minute Story Teller
Day it Snowed Tortillas
My Pet Catfish

Legend
Legend of the Pointsettia
Indian Paintbrush
Bluebonnet
Coyote Dreams 

Mythology
Hercules
Pandora's Box

Pourquoi  (Why?) Tales
Anansi Pourquoi Stories:
IAnansi Introduction by Storyteller - 4 min.
All Stories Belong to Anansi - 9 min.
Anansi Tries to Steal All Stories - 3 min.
Anansi - Why Anansi Has 8 Legs
Anansi Goes to Lunch
Anansi Tricks Mosquito
Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom

More Pourquoi Tales:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1K4wXy2CI - Why Mosquitoes Buzz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itszep0duwI - Why Koala Has Stumpy Tail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA5QbOZzDFM - Why Elephant's Trunk is Long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Hq-5zBHoQ - How the Parrot Got its Colors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcpPvSBNFuc - Why Zebras Have Stripes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCc3-LLdvQ - Why Leopard Has Spots

Or Try these NearPod Activities:
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/p2FD8dOANu = Fairy Tale NearPod
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/X5BV7GhQMu = Fable NearPod
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/T34o1YJFNu= Tall Tale NearPod
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/xc7M9qQWMu = Myth NearPod

Google Classroom Link

Link to Google Classroom

Spelling City Unit 20

Spelling City Unit 20

Quizlet Folk Tale Review

Quizlet

Greek Mythology Links

http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html - To read about Mythology for Kids

https://www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicorigins.shtml - History of the Olympics

https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Olympus-mountain-Greece - Where is Mount Olympus?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA6Y7gG3OLs - Video of History of Olympics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdHHus8IgYA - TED Video - History of Olympics

Spelling City Unit 19

Spelling City Unit 19

Folk Tales

This week we are reading the story of Juan Verdadez: The Man Who Could Not Tell a Lie.  We are learning about different types of Folk Tales.  

Here are some vocabulary and comprehension activities to help review at home:
Vocabulary Quizlet
Juan Verdadez Quizlet 
Quizlet Story Questions

Folktale

Legend of Juan Verdades - 20 minute Story Teller
Day it Snowed Tortillas
My Pet Catfish

Legend
Legend of the Pointsettia
Indian Paintbrush
Bluebonnet
Coyote Dreams 

Pourquoi  (Why?) Tales
Anansi Pourquoi Stories:
IAnansi Introduction by Storyteller - 4 min.
All Stories Belong to Anansi - 9 min.
Anansi Tries to Steal All Stories - 3 min.
Anansi - Why Anansi Has 8 Legs
Anansi Goes to Lunch
Anansi Tricks Mosquito
Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom

More Pourquoi Tales:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1K4wXy2CI - Why Mosquitoes Buzz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itszep0duwI - Why Koala Has Stumpy Tail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA5QbOZzDFM - Why Elephant's Trunk is Long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Hq-5zBHoQ - How the Parrot Got its Colors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcpPvSBNFuc - Why Zebras Have Stripes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCc3-LLdvQ - Why Leopard Has Spots

Review:
Folk Tale Review Video (2 min.)

Folk Tale Genre Quizlet
More Folk Tale Practice

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/p2FD8dOANu = Fairy Tale NearPod
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/X5BV7GhQMu = Fable NearPod
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/T34o1YJFNu= Tall Tale NearPod
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/xc7M9qQWMu = Myth NearPod

Ground Hog Day & Super Bowl Sunday

https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/who-is-punxsutawney-phil - Wonderopolous Link- Groundhog Day

https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-s-so-super-about-super-bowl-sunday - Super Bowl Sunday

PARCC Practice Tests

You can try out the PARCC Practice Tests at home by using this link:

 PARCC Practice Test

Near Pod Adjective Review

Adjectives

Articles (A, An, The)

More Adjective Review