ELA - Language, Reading, Spelling
ELA stands for English Language Arts, and it covers the overlapping subjects of Reading, Language, and Spelling.
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Reading - Last week we took a break from our Storyworks magazine to begin a study of figurative language. We have looked at similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, idioms, hyperbole, personification, assonance, alliteration, and allusion. This week we continue identifying and practicing with figurative language.
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Language - Last week we finished our look at prepositions, taking our test on Friday. This week we begin our look at the two main parts of a sentence, the subject and the predicate. For the next few weeks, we will be covering Unit 1 in our text, which looks at predicates, simple verbs, compound verbs, verb forms, action verbs, state of being verbs, and linking verbs. |
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Spelling - This week we will be working on Lesson 7. As usual, the lesson will be due Thursday, and the test will be Friday.
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Prepostion Songs
The following three videos are samples of people putting the prepositions to a tune to memorize them. You will notice that they do not list exactly the same prepositions. There are many "Prepositions Songs" out there, and most of them list different prepositions. You are not expected to learn every single preposition in the English language, but each of these do a good job of listing some of the most common prepositions to give you a starting point. If song/music works for you to memorize information, you may want to choose ONE of these to listen to often and use as a memory aid for learning common prepositions.
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ELA Links
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Book Lists
More book lists may be found in the Book Lists section of this website.
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