This is the type of work that we have been doing with our unit about characters.
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Here are some links to games and activities that will help to reinforce our work with compound words.
Today, Miss Deshon revisited character traits. Students learned that character traits are adjectives that are used to describe what a character is like; or describes a character's personality. To think about character traits Miss Deshon read the story the Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen (He is a Maine author and illustrator.) In the story the Circus Ship there is a character named Mr. Payne. As students heard the story they work working to find ways to describe his personality. They began with the word "mean". Then Miss Deshon helped them to push their thinking to see if they could find other words to describe him. Students came up with words such as hateful, rude, disrespectful, cold-hearted, and selfish. Students then went off to read their independent reading books, and read to find a place that describes what the character is like, or the character's personality. Finally, they wrote about this in their reading journal. Miss Deshon then conferenced with each child as they were doing this work. Students were really excited to talk about their character's. Hip, Hip, Hooray! Tomorrow is Pajama Day! October 22, 2014 Mrs. Birmingham’s class has earned 10 transitioning tallies, and it’s time to celebrate! The students voted and have decided upon a Pajama Day. Students may wear their pajamas, and bring in a stuffed animal for the day. Please make sure all children have appropriate foot wear for recess and P.E. Mrs. Schall's homeroom has earned their 10th transitioning tally! To celebrate, the students voted to have a PJ Day, for tomorrow (10/17/14).
Mrs. Birmingham and Ms. Cole's classes are very close to their tenth tally too. I can't wait to celebrate with them as well. Here is the list of our 4th Grade Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots. Prefix Suffix Root Definition Examples Origin non- not nonfat, nonsense Latin over- too much, above overdone, overhead Anglo Saxon mis- bad or badly wrong or wrongly misbehave, misread, misspell Latin de- reduce down away from defeat, deform, decrease Latin under- too little, below underfed, underground Anglo-Saxon bi- two bicycle, binocular Latin tri- three tricycle, triangle Latin/Greek quad- four quadrilateral, quadrant Latin oct- eight octagon, octopus Latin/Greek -er, -or* one who, that which baker, boxer, conductor, survivor Latin *Usually a noun Use –or with Latin roots for nouns (inventor, elevator) Use –er with Anglo-Saxon roots (heater, swimmer) -ation, - ion, ition, -tion act of, state of, result of attention, invitation, restriction Anglo-Saxon *Usually a noun -al, -ial related to characterized by colonial, biennial, dental, betrayal Latin *Usually an adjective -ness condition, state of darkness, fairness Anglo-Saxon *Usually a noun -ment act, process enjoyment, replacement Latin -en made of, to make wooden, dampen, tighten, Anglo-Saxon rupt break, burst bankrupt, rupture, disruptive Latin terra land terrain, territory, terrarium Latin geo earth, ground, soil geography, geology Greek photo light photograph, telephoto, photos Greek tract pull, draw (drag) tractor, attract, subtract, traction Latin meter, metron measure speedometer, geometry, metric, metronome, thermometer, perimeter, diameter, centimeter Greek |
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