Author's Purpose-Why is the author writing this?

Review Author's Purpose with this Flocabulary video!

Which purpose would a biography fit under?  A story about Little Red Riding Hood?

Show what you know...play the author's purpose sorting activity!

Powerpoint practice!

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Fun practice here!

Myths and Legends

For all my kiddos who enjoy myths and legends, check out this site!

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Reading: Theme Poster Project

This week, we have been reading different stories and learning about theme...the message or lesson the author is trying to teach us about life.  Today, we are comparing the themes from Juanita and the Cornstalk and Weslandia.  Once we have compared the 2 themes, come up with a word that summarizes both themes based on their similarities.  Then, write 1-2 sentences describing the summary word you chose.  From here, use BigHugeLabs' Motivator Poster creator to create your theme poster.  To locate an image for your poster, you can use Pics4Learning.  Here is an example of my Theme Poster:

Reading: Computer Station April 17th- 21st

This week, we are working on character analysis. We will analyze, or look closely at, the character by thinking about what the character says, does, thinks, or even how the character feels. Read through these anchor charts to gain a deeper understanding of how to analyze a character through self-questioning and inferring:

Now, watch this video, then answer the questions below about the main character Po, by leaving a comment on my blog:

1. What 3-5 words would you use describe Po?

2. What text evidence do you have, give me some examples?

In this station, you have the choice to...

1. Education Galaxy Reading
2. 6th Grading Period Symbaloos (reading tiles)
3. Visit any past blog posts to practice your reading skills

Reading: Computer Station: April 10th - April 13th

More Figurative Language!!! This week, we will continue to focus in on Figurative Language.  Click on last week's computer activity for extra review, or click on the games below for more figurative language practice!

Personification Game!
Hyperbole Game!
Idiom Practice!
Onomatopoeia Practice!

Reading: Computer Station: April 3rd-7th

This week, our focus is on Figurative Language. Review Figurative Language with these Power Points and Games. Once you've completed the practice, you can go to:

1. Education Galaxy
2. MAP Practice

Figurative Language PP
Easy As Pie PP
Figurative Language Game
More Figurative Language Games

What is the above idiom? What does the idiom in the image mean?

Reading: Analogies!

Remember, back in the Fall, we learned about Analogies.  Analogies are statements that show a relationship between two words.  Analogies can be written several different ways. For example,

tiny is to enormous as quick is to ______
tiny: enormous :: quick: ______

We can also use bridge maps to write out our analogies.

   Tiny     ^ quick
enormous      ?

For another review of analogies, try this link!

For extra practice, try this game!