Mrs. Wiseman's Reading Newsletter
Week of October 27th-31st
UNIT 2: WEEK 5
Genre Study 3:
Spelling Test: October 31st
Spelling Packet due: October 31st
Vocabulary Test: October 31st
Upcoming events:
No School November 4th, 7th, 10th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and December 1st
Early Release November 25th
Spelling Words:
sickly | shapeless |
hardly | ageless |
quickly | illness |
slowly | goodness |
carefully | spotless |
wonderful | painless |
beautiful | weakness |
graceful | darkest |
spoonful | clearest |
darkness | thoughtful |
Vocabulary Words:
brittle- easily broken | metaphor- a comparison made without like or as |
creative- showing the ability to do something in a new way | simile- a comparison made without like or as |
descriptive- describes or tells about something | rhyme- two words that sound the same |
outstretched- extended to full length | meter- the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
Essential Question:
How are writers inspired by animals?
Poetry
Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet.
Haiku uses 3 short lines to describe a scene or a moment.
1st and last line= 5 syllables 2nd line= 7 syllables
Comprehension Skill:
Point of View
Point of view is how the speaker of a poem thinks or feels.
Sometimes the speaker is a character in the poem. Clues: I, we, me
Sometimes the speaker is outside the action and telling about characters or events. Clues: he, her, they
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language
A simile is a comparison made using like or as.
Example: straight as an arrow
A metaphor is a comparison made without like or as
Example: the grass was a green carpet