This week in class, we have looked at prefixes, base words, and suffixes.  We've located words with prefixes and/or suffixes in the book Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer.  We have also created our own words with our knowledge of word parts.  One of my personal favorites was INVENTOLOGY, which we decided was the study of inventions.  Today we practiced INVENTOLOGY, as we took notes on important inventions and how they have changed society.  We will continue taking notes next week.  Eventually, students will choose which invention they believe is the most important and will write a paragraph explaining their choice. 

Next week we will continue our study of Leonardo da Vinci.  We will take notes on Text Features and determine how text features make nonfiction easier to understand.  I have attached the PowerPoint we will use.  Students will hunt for examples of text features using the book Amazing Leonardo da Vinci, Inventions You Can Build Yourself.  Students will get a chance to create polyhedra (three dimensional polygons) using marshmallows and toothpicks.  Students will use their knowledge of text features to create an octahedron, an icosahedron, and a rhombicuboctahedron. 

If you ordered from the book order, your items should arrive early next week.  I will send home October's book order on Friday. 

 

 

 

Have a Great Weekend!!!