This week in grammar, we continued our discussion on nouns. The students created foldables stating the rules for changing singular nouns into their plural form. Check out some of the completed foldables below!
This week in writing, our “little writers” learned how to SHOW rather than TELL in their writing. One strategy they were introduced to was the use of figurative language. Throughout the week, the fifth grade read, analyzed, and discussed examples of similes, onomatopoeia, personification, and metaphors in Shiloh. They also had some practice in utilizing these forms of figurative language in short writing assignments.
Below you will find pictures of the anchor charts I used to reel the students into all things figurative language. You will also find a series of comic strips. These particular comic strips were done online, and allowed the students to practice using onomatopoeia in their writing.
As a way to begin out discussion on plant reproduction, the students were introduced to the Flower! Using the poster seen below, our 5th graders labeled the parts of a flower using their own diagrams.
This past week in Spelling, our 5th graders learned about the prefixes re-, un-, and non-. In order to understand how these prefixes change the meaning of base words, students created a foldable. For each spelling word, the students applied the meaning of the prefix to help define the word. Check out some of the foldables below!