Figurative Language
The third, fourth and fifth graders have been working in both their reading and writing classes on a unit focusing on figurative language. We learned about similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification.
The third Graders really enjoyed the book that Miss Brannack did as read alouds. The Cats Pajamas and Crazy Like a Fox a Simile Story were two of their favorites. In reading class they loved the interactive powerpoints on Figurative language. The are constantly coming to with thier independent reading books to show me examples of figurative language that they find in their own reading. It is such a great feeling to see them so excited about learning. In addition, they created idiom posters, and learned about alliteration in writing class. It was a great experience for the kids to apply what they were learning in both classes. It has been a great experience to plan and implement cross-curricular lessons with my writing teacher Miss Brannack.
The fourth graders have also been working in both their reading and writing classes on a unit focusing on figurative language. They learned about similes, metaphors, hyperbole,onomatopoeia, alliteration and personification.
To build on what they learned in the lessons on the types of figurative language, the fourth and fifth graders read a variety of Tall Tales. They worked with partners to read and look for examples of figurative language used in the stories. The students recorded the examples that they found of each using a four culumn chart as they were reading. They made the connection through their reading that Tall Tales use a lot of hyperbole and exaggeration to make the stroies more entertaing as well make the characters larger than life. After the class read a variety of Tall Tale books, I created a bin of the books for them to read independently. Once again, when we are conferencing about books during independent reading they are dying to talk to me abour comparisons and contrasts they have found when reading multiple versions of the same stories, show me examples of figurative language, and discussing the common elements hey have found in Tall Tales.
After learning about Tall Tales in reading, the fourth and fifth grade class has been working on creating their own tall tales in writing class with Miss Brannack.
The third Graders really enjoyed the book that Miss Brannack did as read alouds. The Cats Pajamas and Crazy Like a Fox a Simile Story were two of their favorites. In reading class they loved the interactive powerpoints on Figurative language. The are constantly coming to with thier independent reading books to show me examples of figurative language that they find in their own reading. It is such a great feeling to see them so excited about learning. In addition, they created idiom posters, and learned about alliteration in writing class. It was a great experience for the kids to apply what they were learning in both classes. It has been a great experience to plan and implement cross-curricular lessons with my writing teacher Miss Brannack.
The fourth graders have also been working in both their reading and writing classes on a unit focusing on figurative language. They learned about similes, metaphors, hyperbole,onomatopoeia, alliteration and personification.
To build on what they learned in the lessons on the types of figurative language, the fourth and fifth graders read a variety of Tall Tales. They worked with partners to read and look for examples of figurative language used in the stories. The students recorded the examples that they found of each using a four culumn chart as they were reading. They made the connection through their reading that Tall Tales use a lot of hyperbole and exaggeration to make the stroies more entertaing as well make the characters larger than life. After the class read a variety of Tall Tale books, I created a bin of the books for them to read independently. Once again, when we are conferencing about books during independent reading they are dying to talk to me abour comparisons and contrasts they have found when reading multiple versions of the same stories, show me examples of figurative language, and discussing the common elements hey have found in Tall Tales.
After learning about Tall Tales in reading, the fourth and fifth grade class has been working on creating their own tall tales in writing class with Miss Brannack.