As this is our last week of school before the holiday break, there were a number of special events planned. Due to these disruptions to our regular routines, instead of learning a new spelling pattern, we reviewed a few tricky words from our class word wall.
Following our discussions about how authors "paint images" in our mind during our visualization unit, we are now turning towards doing the same in our writing by learning about how to write similes. Similes are comparisons made between two objects using the words 'like' or 'as', such as "Santa's belly shook like a bowl full of jelly" and "Ruldolph's nose is as bright as a lightbulb". After reviewing the concepts of nouns and adjectives we began to write our own similes. We will continue to practice using them in our writing after the holiday break. One activity that we will do will be to do some sensory writing with similes about popcorn. If anyone has any concerns with their child eating air popped popcorn as part of an activity, please let me know so I can accommodate for them accordingly. Thank you and have a wonderful holiday with family and friends!
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