Today in Language Arts we finished learning about genres.  We discussed what a folktale is and the five types of folktale genres.  We looked at a fairy tale, a tall tale, a fable, myths, and legends.  We also discussed what non-fiction is and the three types of non-fiction.  We looked at informational, biography, and autobiography.

Homework: One hour on Moby Max in the Gram. section.

Coming Soon: Book Fair on Mon.

Have a great weekend and GO BLUE!

Our class took our Figurative Language Quiz today.  I have already graded and posted the scores for second and third hour.  I have been impressed with what I have seen so far!  It was very obvious to me which students studied and which students chose not to.  I am hoping to have fourth hours grades posted late this evening.  This will not be done until closer to 11pm.  Please do not ask me about it before them.  It is senior night for the Varsity Swim Team at Carlson and since I am the coach, I will not be getting to them until later.

With our remaining class time, the students learned how to be more specific when classifying fiction genres.  The genres we focused on today are fantasy, mystery, realistic fiction, science fiction, and historical fiction. We are beginning to build a genres board.  We already determined that Eleven and The School Play are realistic fiction stories because they are both fictional but could really happen to people in real life.

Homework: Silent Read for Twenty Minutes-Reading Logs Due TOMORROW, Success starters due TOMORROW

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In Language Arts today, our class continued our discussion on genres.  We discussed that there are five main types of literary genres, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and folktale.  When trying to be more specific in classifying, we must first ask ourselves if what we are reading is fiction or non-fiction.  From there, we can ask ourselves if we can be more specific by determining if our text is a poem, a drama, or a folktale. We will learn how to be even more specific tomorrow.

Our figurative language test is tomorrow.  I have added a video that has figurative language examples for you to practice with to this blog post.  It includes an example of an oxymoron but students do not need to know that for their test tomorrow.

Homework: Study, Read for 20 minutes.

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In Language Arts today, we began our discussion of genres.  We talked about what a genre is and how to be general when classifying a text.  We introduced the terms fiction and non-fiction.  We also determined what these terms mean and how to determine which category our text fits in.  We also went to the library today and prepared for our student-led conferences.

Homework: Read for 20 minutes.

Coming up in LA: Figurative Language Quiz Thursday

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Today in Language Arts, the students learned about our last two types of figurative language!  I have attached examples of allusion and adage to this blog post.  I have also taken a picture of all of the types of figurative language.  Now we just need to find examples of them in our text!  I have also attached the new word wall to this post.  We also worked on our student-led conference forms today in class.  We will practice these conferences this week and be reading to meet with parents at conferences.

Homework: Read for 20 minutes and get all missing work turned in.

What’s Coming in LA: Figurative Language Test Thursday, Library Day tomorrow, Book Fair Preview Day next Monday

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Allusion and Adage Figurative Language Examples

In LA today the students took the writing component of the NWEA. These results will be available with report cards. I decided to give the students a break from homework to catch up on missing work. Many students have not been turning in homework this week. I have graded everything with a name on it that I have.

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In Language Arts today the students learned the difference between hyperboles and idioms.  We looked at some examples of each of these to help us solve the problem.  We also recorded this information in our interactive notebooks. In addition to looking at figurative language, the students reviewed author’s purpose and point of view.  We did this by determining what the POV and author’s purpose were for the stories, “Eleven” and “The School Play.”

Homework: Reading Log due tomorrow

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Today our class learned about three more types of figurative language.  We focused on personification, imagery, and symbolism.  We looked at a powerpoint and identified the meaning of the symbols.  I have added the powerpoint to this blog post.  We also looked at some videos of personification and imagery examples I have added to this post too.

Buliding off of our QAR strategies from yesterday, the student learned about making connections to text.  We discussed that the three types of connections a reader can make to text are text to text, text to self, and text to world.  We discussed what each of these mean and came up with examples.

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Homework: Silent read for twenty minutes and write a paragraph making a connection to the story, “Eleven” or “The School Play.”

Symbolism Examples Powerpoint

Today was the last day to make up the Elements of a Story test.  At this point, grades for the marking period are completed and Report Cards will come home on Friday afternoon.  Parent Teacher Conferences will be Monday, October 27th from 4 to 7 and Tuesday, October 28th from 3:30 to 6:30.  I look forward to seeing everyone!

In class today the students continued to learn about various forms of figurative language.  Today we focused on alliteration and onomatopoeia.  We talked about what these words mean and we looked at examples of them in class.  I have added the  video examples we watched to this blog post.

Our class also started talking about Question and Answer Relationship (QAR) strategies that they can use when test taking.  We applied these strategies to the multiple choice questions on our Elements of a Story test.

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Homework: Silent Read for 20 minutes.

Today in Language Arts the students were introduced to figurative language.  We specifically focused on similes and metaphors.  We had a discussion about finding figurative language in our reading and the songs we listen to!  We practiced identifying similes and metaphors in these songs.  I have added the link to the songs we looked at to this blog post.

The students also started working on building a new vocabulary word wall for ourselves.  If they did not finish this in class, it was homework.

The last opportunity to retake the Elements of a Story test will be tomorrow after school.  Please have your child notify me in advance if they plan on doing this.  Grades have been posted online.

Homework: Finish Word Wall words and silent read for 20 minutes.