How to Draw for Christmas

Draw Santa

Draw Snowglobe

Draw Gingerbread House

Draw Grinch

Draw Rudolph

Draw Penguin

New Years

New Years NearPod

Spelling City Unit 14 & Compound Word Activities

Be sure to take your Spelling Pretest:

Spelling City Unit 14

Hilight or circle any errors on the half sheet of paper, put it in your folder to take home and study.  Now you can play your spelling games.

Click here for more Compound Word Activities and Games:  

Compound Word Activities

Idioms

Watch this video to learn some common idioms:

Common Idiom Video for Kids


Look at this list of idioms and their meanings:

Idiom List

Play these idiom games:

Idiom Games

Here's another video:

More Common Idioms

Spelling City Unit 13

Take your pretest before you play some games:

Spelling City Unit 13

Words from Other Languages

Look at all these words that come from other languages!



https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-words-from-other-languages/

Kiddle Link

https://www.kiddle.co

"King of Parking Lot" Quizlet

Practice your Quizlet and then take your paper and pencil quiz:

Quizlet "King of Parking Lot"

Christmas Around the World Links

http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/12/christmas-traditions-from-around-the-world-infographic/

https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/christmas-around-the-world.html

https://www.forteachersforstudents.com.au/site/themed-curriculum/christmas/facts/#othercountries


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtMN2XuSc7M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da2Q2wQBiCA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gtedr9wNb8

NearPod Christmas Around the World:
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/CNnPjL9qMu

Unit 12 Spelling City & HOMOPHONES

Take your Pretest, then you can fill out the half sheet and put it in your folder to study at home.

Unit 12 Spelling City (Homophones)

Now you can play some spelling games: Homophone Games


NearPod Lesson:  https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/Ixos1O66Mu

Wonderopolis

Select a "Bones" Wonderopolis and read about it:

https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonders?q=bones

Take some notes as you read, and be prepared to discuss what you have learned!

Movers & Shakers Quizlet

Practice your vocabulary words here: Movers & Shakers Quizlet

Then take your Quizlet test on paper.

Be sure to have your name on your paper and hand it in!  You can draw the pictures if you have time.

Spelling City Unit 11

Spelling City Unit 11 Pretest and Games:

Spelling City Unit 11

Be sure to take the half sheet home to practice any misspelled words!

Thanksgiving Near Pod

Thanksgiving Part 1

Thanksgiving Part 2

Brain Pop Synonyms/Antonyms

https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/antonymssynonymsandhomonyms/

Brain Pop

Brain Pop Muscles:

https://www.brainpop.com/health/bodysystems/muscles/

Word It Out Link

Use this site to type in AT LEAST TEN of your spelling words.  Make a fun word web...

www.worditout.com

Spelling City Unit 10

Please take your Pretest.  Be sure to make on your paper the words that you need to study.  Put the paper in your take-home folder.

Spelling City Unit 10

After you take the pretest, you may play Spelling City Unit 10 games.

Book Fair Video

Watch the Book Fair video!  Our school's Book Fair is the week of November 12 to 16th.  We will attend the fair with our regularly scheduled class time.

http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/2018-fall-es-video

Veterans' Day NearPod

Click here to learn about Veterans' Day!

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/CAbwS8OYMu

Spelling City Unit 9

Please take the pretest on Monday:

Spelling City Unit 9

After taking the pretest, you may play some practice games.

Be sure to take home the half sheet of paper with any errors circled.

Scorpion Information

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/amazing-animals/#scorpion.mp4

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/scorpion/#scorpion-tail-up.jpg

https://www.artforkidshub.com/?s=scorpion

Book Fair NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/RxVclQXeMu

Bones Lessons

1.  Quizlet Skeleton Vocab. - practice for Thursday's test

2.  Dancing Skeleton Song

3.    Label the Bones


4.  Skeletal System NearPod

4.  Challenge Activity!  Skeleton NearPod (Advanced)

5.  Draw and label the Skeleton (This is a bit difficult!): Draw the Skeleton


Mystery Science Lesson:

https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/skeleton-bones

Draw a Haunted House

Art Hub Haunted House

Haunted House #2

Cute Haunted House ( 4 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie0DIlOpTZ4

Spelling City Unit 8

Take your Pretest on Monday.

Circle any misspelled words on your list to take home.

Spelling City Unit 8

You may play Unit 8 Spelling Games when you have finished your Pretest.

Skeleton Quizlet

Skeleton Vocabulary Practice

Skeleton Video:

https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/skeleton-bones

Dancing Skeleton Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUHh8uMdBso

Brain Pop Spiders

https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/spiders/

Brain Pop Sharks

Watch the informative video and take the quiz

https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/sharks/

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Brain Pop Reptiles

https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/reptiles/

Password:

ridge
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Alliteration

NearPod video:

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/XDSMoCBCMu

What is Alliteration (video)?

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

Alliteration Matching Game:

https://matchthememory.com/alliteration1234

Spelling City Unit 7

Monday - take the Prestest

Get the orange paper and circle any words you need to practice.

Put the word list in your take-home folder.

Then you can play the games!

Spelling City Unit 7

Bat Information

Bat Video - 5 min.

Bat Brain Pop
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Read about Bat Bones here:
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/human-bird-and-bat-bone-comparison

Magic School Bus on Schooltube "Going Batty" (25 minutes)
https://app.schooltube.com/video/a23f13acd80147188587/Magic_School_Bus_Going_Batty

Pixar Plot Short Films

After you watch each of the short Pixar episodes, complete the plot chart that we discussed in class:

Pixar Short Film - Presto

Pixar Short Film - Dug's Special Mission

Skeleton Videos

3 Minute Skeleton Video of Bones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUHh8uMdBso

Schoolhouse Rock Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICwLlrQKVcg

How to Draw a Skeleton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k3C-__terM

Skeletal Parts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiBzCpg6vu8

Brain Pop Skeletons

Watch this Brain Pop on Skeletons, then take the Quiz:

https://www.brainpop.com/health/bodysystems/skeleton/

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And here's one on Joints:

https://www.brainpop.com/health/bodysystems/joints/

Learn about Vertebrates:

https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/vertebrates/

This Brain Pop is about invertebrates:

https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/invertebrates/

Spelling City Unit 6

Take your pretest on Monday, then you can play the Unit 6 games!

Spelling City Unit 6

Dialogue/Quotation Mark NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/hPz5AQGtNu

Brain Pop Dialogue (Quotation Marks)

https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/dialogue/

Robert Crown Activity

Link to activity from Robert Crown :

https://robertcrown.cognitionlms.com

Fragile Frogs Vocabulary

Fragile Frogs Quizlet

Amphibian Brain Pop:

https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/amphibians/

Frog Life Cycle Near Pod:

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/prXYxibDNu

Unit 5 Spelling

Spelling City Unit 5

NearPods for Internet

What Is Cyber Bullying?

Privacy Rules

Super Digital Citizenship

Talking Safely Online

Picture Perfect

You've Won a Prize!

Biography Link Site for Kids

https://www.ducksters.com/biography/

Mary Anning Quizlet

Mary Anning Quizlet

Spelling City Unit 4

Spelling City Unit 4

How do Animals Disguise Themselves?

Animal Camouflage Video

How to Draw a Chameleon Video

How To Draw a Chameleon

Making Inferences

First, watch this video:

Making Inferences Video

Then, complete this NearPod activity:

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/dGBihT6WMu

Mary Anning and Dinosaur Information

Mary Anning Video for Kids (5 min.)

Mary Anning Video

Dinosaur Information for Kids

What is a Sentence

Quick YouTube video to remind you of how to identify a sentence:

What is a Sentence?

Linking Verb Near Pod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/gxDdCjsqMu

Helping Verb NearPod

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/oBtjbNcyMu

Brain Pop Biographies

https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/biography/

Theme Links

Theme Brain Pop:

https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/theme/

Theme Practice Questions

Spelling Unit 3

Click to take the pretest on Monday.
Circle any misspelled words on your spelling list paper.
Put the spelling list paper in your folder to practice at home.

Spelling City Unit 3

After you take the pretest you may play Unit 3 games.

Vocabulary Link for Porpoise in Peril

Porpoise in Peril Vocabulary:

Ready Gen 5 - 7 Vocabulary Practice

Brain Pop - September 11

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/september11th/

Endangered Animal Link

https://animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/more-find-out/special-events/endangered-animals/

https://owlcation.com/stem/Childrens-Informaion-on-Endangered-Animals

Quizlet Unit 1 - 4 Vocabulary Practice

Click here to practice your Porpoises in Peril vocabulary:

Vocabulary Practice Unit 1 -4

Sequence of Events NearPod Activity & Quiz

Click on this blue link to learn about Sequence of Events:

Sequence of Events NearPod

NearPod Internet Safety Unit 2

Learn about being safe online by clicking here:

NearPod Internet Safety Unit 2

Spelling Uint 2

Spelling Unit 2

Porpoises and Dolphins are Different

Click below to learn how Porpoises and Dolphins are different.

Read the story and watch the video.

You can take the vocabulary quiz too.

How are Porpoises and Dolphins Different



Click here to see How to Draw a Dolphin:

How to Draw a Dolphin

Internet Safety Link

Internet Safety Link #1

Vocabulary Link

Vocabulary Link for Ready Gen Units 1 -4

Spelling Pretest Unit 1

Click here for the Pretest:

Spelling Unit 1 Pretest

NearPod Link - Welcome Back!

Try this Welcome Back to School NearPod:

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/CSZdXDp1Lu

Try this one next!

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/Wy4JuMcULu

Spelling City Links

Welcome to 4th Grade!  Here are our Spelling City unit links:

https://www.spellingcity.com/users/sdanforth

Castle Links

Castle Information Video (Medieval History):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AesgRREuCQI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ8PT-10_ss


How to Draw a Castle Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_8WQZ8x71I  Basic Castle (7 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQU9U5G1JH8 Detailed Castle (7 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvFqOFvOUj8  Simple Castle (4 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSuYVIlzr3E&t=210s - Easy Castle (9 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L15DvX-o95c - cartoon castle (5 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WonItzkHl9g  - very easy ( 2 min.)



Reading Lesson: Elements of Fantasy Video - 3 minutes


What is a Coat of Arms? video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yp-eit9XW8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osbMXZstL4o

Bee Links

Bumblebee Facts:
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-bumblebees/
https://pestworldforkids.org/pest-guide/bees/
http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/bumblebee_facts/582/
http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/bumblebee_k6.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/beeandwasp.html
https://www.natgeokids.com/za/discover/animals/insects/honey-bees/#!/register
http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-bumblebees/

Bumblebee Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta154f5Rp5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUPzbTuJlgc
http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-bumblebees/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2J8n1wqNLs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2jfMHWYTDk

Aesop's Fable - Bear and the Bees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPZz_jUlPbQ

How to Draw a Bee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho4aUHY6fss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYfODWA8puY

Hummingbird Links

Wild Kratts Hummingbird:
http://pbskids.org/video/

Hummingbird Facts:
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-hummingbirds/
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/hummingbird.html

Hummingbird Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn87hCEpO7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkAhYmXWuFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPRswRWZ23Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh4YU_Ix8pQ

Draw a Hummingbird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT1qfe0Idhs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Ee3y9WR88

Chocolate Touch/Chocolate Fever Video

Chocolate Fever Part 1

Chocolate Fever Part 2

Atocha and Titanic

This week we will Discovering the Atocha on pages 776-783 in our Storytown book. Wednesday is our test over this Readers' Theatre selection.  The Atocha is a very old ship from  the 1620's that was caught in a hurricane and bound for Spain.

Short Atocha Video (10 min.)

Atocha Video - 45 min.

Draw the Titanic

How to Draw Titanic


http://www.coolkidfacts.com/titanic-facts-for-kids/ - Titanic Facts for Kids

Titanic Facts

Short Titanic Video

Video Facts - 1 Minute

10 Unbelievable Facts

Underwater Footage

Titanic Survivor Stories

Spelling City Unit 30

Spelling City Unit 30 Review

Figurative Language

https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/idiomsandcliches/

NearPod Lessons:

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/VJ5NvhjUMu - idioms

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/Wv4W0uHbMu - hyperbole

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/lBFOt2R9Mu - alliteration

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/aVLzhbRmNu - personification

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/P4Kr6wFqMu - onomatopoeia

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/NboGy0SlMu - similes/metaphores

Spelling City

Spelling City Unit 29

John Muir and Stickeen

This week we will discuss vocabulary and read the story "John Muir and Stickeen: An Icy Adventure with a No-Good Dog."  Practice Workbook page 168 will help us to review the vocabulary. Homework this week is to reread the story found on pages 754-768.

The spelling test will be given on Friday.

Adverb NearPod

Click Here to do a NearPod about Adverbs:

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/tl2h3AKZMu

Tall Tales

This week we will read The Bunyans on pages 726 - 743 in our Storytown book.  This is about Paul Bunyan and his family.  We get to learn what happens to Paul "later in life" and what his other family members are like.   

This story helps us to discuss the elements of a Tall Tale, which is a fictional story that exaggerates the truth.  Tall tales began as campfire stories told by American pioneers.  We read a brief book about Paul Bunyan.  Here's a 15 minute Walt Disney video about Paul Bunyan.  

Paul Bunyan Video

Spelling Test Unit 28 on Friday.   

Spelling Unit 28 Homophones

Tall Tale NearPod:
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/uRLjWJbVLu

Natural Wonders of the World

Video of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27bo8sJ11QU

Link to the Natural Wonders of the World information:

http://easyscienceforkids.com/earth-science/natural-wonders/

Fun Facts about each Natural Wonder:

http://www.fun-facts.org.uk/wonders_of_world/natural_wonders.htm


More Information:

https://kids.kiddle.co/Wonders_of_the_World

Here's a NearPod lesson on the NEW Wonders of the World:

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/aqczt7rXMu

Spelling City Unit 27

National Parks Quiz

Which National Park fits your personality?  Click here:

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/quizzes/national-parks-personality-quiz/

Or click here to learn about each park:

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/national-parks/

NearPod Contraction Review

Click here to take our Quiz:

https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/Al5OjDuzNu

Grand Canyon: A Trail Through Time

This week's homework assignment is to re-read Grand Canyon, Journey Through Time for tomorrow's story and comprehension test.   We are in Theme 5, Lesson 2:



Here are a few Grand Canyon videos:

Grand Canyon for Kids Rafting Adventure Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFX49YQvpfs

Quick Grand Canyon Cartoon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMd6_Xx8wQA

The Grand Canyon (4 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZZEJMtLOKU

( 4 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMSN3vDf2vI

Grand Canyon Flight From Above : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2X4U1mQzoE

Animated Clip : http://pbskids.org/video/?guid=705ba316-a771-4269-92e8-90cbdd641eb9

Formation:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktf73HNZZGY

Animals of Grand Canyon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEeM54HRWrU



We are preparing for our Unit 27 Spelling test.  These words have Latin roots. 

Dinosaur Games

Dinosaur Games

Spelling City Unit 26

Spelling City Unit 26

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Tuesday's homework assignment is to re-read Dinosaurs and Dragons for tomorrow's story and comprehension test. We completed workbook page 151 for vocabulary in our Practice Workbook.   


Dinosaur Fact Cartoon (20 min.)

Fossil Video (14 min.)

Bill Nye Fossils (24 min.)

10 Dragon Facts

Dragons in Mythology

Dinosaur Facts for Kids

More Dino Facts For Kids

Spelling City Review Unit 25

Spelling City Unit 25

Welcome to Chinatown

Quizlet Vocabulary

Jeopardy Game

Chinese New Year Videos for Kids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-R-aIq3_E - Story of the Zodiac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5aY11MpvsI - Short Zodiac Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIThvekI_u0 -  Chinese New Year Photos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPIQ-jw_mc - San Francisco Chinatown Parade

Spelling City Links

Spelling City Unit 24


Spelling City Unit 25 Review Unit

Figurative Language Quizlet

Figurative Language Quizlet

Shark Week / PARCC Week

Shark Facts for Kids

Kinds of Sharks

Shark Facts for Kids Video

Intro to Sharks Video

Shark Fact Video

Discovery Shark Videos

Discovery Kids Shark Videos

Megladon

Draw a Shark

Draw a Great White Shark

My Diary From Here to There

This week we will read My Diary from Here to There, and students should reread this story for Tuesday's homework.  It it the story of a young girl moving to a new home in America. We completed our vocabulary pages in our Practice workbook.

We are talking about the parts of a story; characters, setting, plot.  This video clip explains the parts of a story's plot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPfL0LToik0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yzY6buMflo - Plot Using Disney Elements

My Diary Jeopardy Game

Spelling City Unit 22

Spelling City Unit 22

PARCC Practice

https://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/english/ - PARCC Practice Test Link

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

Hewitt Anderson

Tuesday's homework is to reread our Hewitt Anderson story found on pages 466-489 in our Storytown book.  We also completed our vocabulary practice workbook page 102.  Wednesday's story test will be over the vocabulary and the comprehension of this story.  Hewitt Anderson is a folk tale that also contains some tall tale elements.


Hewitt Anderson NearPod

You can click here to practice your words and comprehension at home:

Vocabulary Flash Cards

Hewitt Anderson Vocabulary and Story Practice

This week, students are learning about different kinds of folk tales and trying our hand at writing story webs/idea maps for each kind of folk tale, such as fables, tall tales, and fairy tales.  As the written portion of this unit, students will select one of their story maps and "publish" their favorite for the class.