Poetry Vocabulary

Your child received the first page of poetry vocabulary words.  Review these six words and their meanings with your child. They will be tested on these vocabulary words on Friday, November 9th.

TEST ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9

1. stanza – one of the divisions of a poem (used like paragraphs in a story), composed of two or more lines, usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines

Example:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,


And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

2. simile – a comparison between 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”

Example: She was as clever as a fox.

3. metaphor– a directly stated comparison without using “like” or “as”

Example: Our defensive line was a rock wall last night.

4. onomatopoeia – the sound suggest the meaning (the attempt to spell out a sound)

Examples: boom, bang, growl, buzz, meow
**We heard the hiss of the snake.

5. personification – giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

Examples:  The teeth of the comb
**The wind softly whispered in our ears.

6. alliteration – The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

Example:  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Spelling Words Unit 8

Test will be on November 2nd.

life  ~ The spooky house scared the life out of me!

little ~ The little child was crying about the lost puppy.

left ~ We didn’t have any candy left after the trick-or-treaters came around.

without ~ Please don’t go out in the snow without your coat.

once ~ Once you are finished with dinner, you may go out and play.

thought ~ I thought you were going out of town this weekend?

another ~ Would you please hand me another piece of cake?

house ~ That house looks scary!

took ~ We took a test in class today.

animal ~ That wild animal should be in the zoo.

there ~ You can put the stack of books over there in the corner.

enough ~ There will not be enough ice cream for the party if you keep eating it.

know ~ Do you know if she will be coming to school today?

something ~ I wonder if something is in that big box over there.

these ~ You can take these groceries into the house.

find ~ Can you help me find the missing kittens?

VOCABULARY (WORDS FROM “The Harvest Birds”)  TEST ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2

1.     serious– thoughtful; not joking

EXAMPLE: Mom was serious when she said to go to sleep.

2.     patch – a small piece of land

When walking around my uncle’s farm, he told me it was time to have a patch of my own.

3.     borrow – to use something that someone else owns

My friend was extremely nice when she let me borrow her pencil the entire day.

4. advice – ideas or suggestions about what someone should do

I always love the advice Grandma gives me about treating others kindly.

5.     ashamed – feeling guilty, sorry, or embarrassed

After knocking over my mom’s best vase, I was feeling very ashamed.

6.     borders – the edges of a place

The borders of our land back up to the finest, and most delicious, pecan trees.

7.     separate – divide into groups

Unfortunately, I’m going to need to separate the boys and girls on this particular activity.

8.     harvest–  the ripe crops that are gathered

I am thrilled that the strawberry harvest is near!

This week in Math we are going to be working on rounding numbers to the nearest ten and the nearest hundred.

We will be learning different tricks to help us remember which numbers round up and which numbers round down.

Spelling Words for Friday, October 25th

Unit 7

Practice your words on Spelling City on the side of our blog.

large

land

form

their

from

side

its

feet

without

home

different

around

boys

too

could

been

VOCABULARY (WORDS FROM “What Do Illustrators Do?”)

TEST ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26

1.  tools – things people use to help them do a job

EXAMPLE: Louis picked up one of his father’s tools and accidentally poked himself.

2. sketches – quick drawings without much detail

When Mary was four, she was learning to make sketches instead of scribbles.

3. scribbles – drawings or doodles, drawn in a quick or careless way

The teacher asked us not to make scribbles but to take our time and make a lovely drawing.

4. research – careful study of a subject or problem

I love being able to research the Civil War and all the heroes that fought in the War Against Brothers.

5. textures – ways that surfaces look and feel

I won’t wear some clothes because of their scratchy textures.

6. imagine – to see a picture in your mind

As you’re reading, imagine that you’re in the scene to get a better understanding.

7. illustrate – to make pictures that show something

After reading, I want you to illustrate the two characters cooking.

8.  tracing– copying the outline or shape of a thing on see-through paper

My teacher told me that I did a phenomenal job tracing around the letters.

We have been studying patterns in math for the past week. This week we will continue with extending patterns and finding missing elements in those patterns.  We have also continued practicing subtraction/addition with regrouping. It is important that all students know their math facts. Practice these with your student daily. It will help so much!!

As we introduce new skills and concepts, we will also revisit passed skills already taught. Place value and comparing/ordering numbers will be spiraled throughout the six weeks.

SPELLING – Unit 6

TEST ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

SPELLING CITY APP IS READY FOR USE!!

1. which

2. children

3. important

4. form

5. keep

6. food

7. their **Did you see their cute clothes? (shows ownership)

8. want

9. great

10. until

11. went

12. again

13. more

14. always

15. because

16. first

Vocab. Words – Lesson 6 Max’s Words (Test -Friday Oct. 19)

1. ragged – rough, uneven; having a worn-out look

2. sorted- put into groups

3. scrambled – mixed things up

4. rapidly- very quickly

5. darted – made a sudden quick movement

6. continued – kept going

7. orders – arrangements

8. collect – to find and keep special things

Next Wednesday, October 17th, Primary and Intermediate students will have an early release date. This will be a training day for teachers. Five professional development classes will begin shortly after your children are dismissed. Because of the scheduled events, we are asking that parents NOT eat lunch with their child on the 17th. Please make note of the times below:

• Afternoon PreK will meet from 8-11 with the morning class
• Primary Early Release – 12:00
• Intermediate Early Release – 12:30