Homework+for+Mrs.+Michalsen's+Class


 * __ Friday, March 8, 2013 __**


 * __ Great job on ISAT today!!!!! __**

• Read for at least 20 minutes and complete your Reading Log. • Practice your math facts.

Session 3 of Math ISAT is on Monday at 9:15. You will be doing 2 math extended responses.

• Remember to set your clocks ahead 1 hour on Saturday night! • Get a good night's sleep Sunday night. • Eat a good breakfast on Monday morning!

Have a fabulous weekend! You deserve it - you worked hard this week! See you on Monday!!!!!

*SAVE THE DATE: OUR 3RD GRADE FIELD TRIP WILL BE

THURSDAY, MAY 2ND.

WE WILL BE VISITING THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY! MORE INFO WILL FOLLOW!

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I will see you tomorrow!


 * __ Thursday, March 7, 2013 __**


 * __ Great job on ISAT today!!!!! __**

• Read for at least 20 minutes and complete your Reading Log. • Practice your math facts. • Our Spelling Bee is tomorrow! Review words from Units 19-23. • Get a good night's sleep. • Eat a good breakfast!

Session 3 of Reading ISAT is tomorrow at 9:15.

I will see you tomorrow!

= **Area** is the amount of surface a 2D shape covers. It's measured in square units. = == Check out this interactive website on perimeter and area! ==

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MAP WORD OF THE DAY: FANTASY

Fantasy is a genre. Fantasy stories are make-believe tales. Fantasy stories are unlikely tales that have strange or imagined characters, places, or events. Often fantasies have animals who talk or magical elements and powers.

MAP Word of the Day: Fable

A fable is a very short story used to teach a moral lesson.

Characteristics of fable may include:

• The purpose is teach a moral lesson.

• The main characters are usually animals.

• One character usually has a problem with the way he/she acts.

• The problem brings embarrassment or a downfall to the character.

• At the end of the fable, the moral or lesson is usually stated in one sentence.

Example: //The Tortoise and the Hare//: Slow and steady wins the race.

MAP WORD OF THE DAY: HYPERBOLE

Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect. Examples:

"I've told you a million times to clean your room!" It was so cold, even the polar bears wore jackets !" "You've been working all day and all nigh t the whole week!"

= MAP Word of the Day: Personification =


 * Personification is a figure of speech in which animals, plants, ideas, or inanimate objects are given human characteristics and personality. **


 * Examples: **

The camera loved her.

 * MAP Word of the Day: Mood **


 * Mood is the emotion that you feel while you are reading **


 * Example: Literature may make you feel sad, joyful, or angry. **


 * How do you feel about the books you are reading this weekend? **

MAP Word of the Day: Protagonist

A __protagonist__ is the main character (central or main figure) of a drama or story.

Example: Wilbur in Charlotte's Web is a __protagonist__.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING! I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW!

MAP Word of the Day: antagonist

An antagonist is a character in a story or poem that frustrates or works against the main character (protagonist) in some way.The antagonist often creates a problem or conflict for the main character.

Example: Voldemort is an antagonist in the Harry Potter books.

MAP Word of the Day: Factor

5X4= 20

5 and 4 are factors. They are the numbers that are multiplied to get the product.

Have a great evening! I'll see you tomorrow!

MAP Word of the Day: Stanza

A stanza is one of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines.

Example: "The Virus Cure" __From: If I Ran the School__, by Bruce Lansky

Your laptop has a virus? Don't tuck it into bed. Dont give it tea, no matter what the family doctor said.

Don't take it to the school nurse. Don't rest it for a week. The only way to cure it is to show it to a geek.

This poem has two stanzas!

Word of the Day: Connotation Connotation is the idea and feeling associated with a word.

Examples of words having a positive (good) connotation: friendly, attentive, cooperative, helpful, honest

Examples of words having a negative (bad) connotation: bossy, cowardly, disrespectful, inconsiderate, grouchy

Word of the Day: Bias Bias is having a preference for or against something.

Bias is when you show favor to one side over another.

Bias is generally seen as a 'one-sided' viewpoint. Example:

A boy might be biased against something pink just because they think it's for girls when really it's not.

Word of the Day- Classification

Classification is the activity of grouping things according to traits that are similar in some way.

Example: Animals are classified as mammals if they share common traits such as being warm blooded and having fur or hair.

__ **MAP Words of the Day**: __ Equation, variable

An **equation** is a number sentence. It has two sides separated by the = sign. Each side has to have the same value. Equations use variables.

Example: 6 + //n// = 18

A **variable** in an **equation** is an unknown number whose value needs to be found. It can be reprsented by any letter of the alphabet, such as //n .//

In the **equation**, 6 + //n// = 18, //**n**// is the **variable**. What is the value of //n? n =//


 * MAP WORD OF THE DAY: PARAPHRASE **


 * TO PARAPHRASE IS TO RESTATE OR REWORD A PASSAGE OF TEXT, KEEPING THE MEANING THE SAME. **
 * TO PARAPHRASE IS TO SAY WHAT YOU READ IN YOUR OWN WORDS. **


 * EXAMPLE (from //Scholastic News//): **


 * On November 6, Americans will vote for President of the United States. Romney and Obama are competing for the job. **
 * In the weeks ahead, each candidate will work to convince Americans that he is the best choice. **


 * Can you paraphrase this passage? Try it! We will talk about it tomorrow. **


 * MAP Word of the Day: Author's Purpose **


 * An **author's purpose **is the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic. Then, once a topic is selected, the author must decide whether his/her purpose for writing is to inform, entertain, describe, persuade, or explain his/her ideas to the reader.**


 * What was Jeff Kinney's purpose for writing the //Diary of a Wimpy Kid// books? **


 * Word of the Day: Dialogue **

Dialogue **is the words spoken between characters. You will see "quotation marks" around the dialogue in a conversation between characters.**


 * Word of the Day: Analogy **


 * An analogy is a comparison of two different things that have something in common. **


 * Examples: **
 * __Fire__ is to ho__t__ as __ice__ is to __cold__. **
 * __Rocket__ is to __space__ as __ship__ is to __ocean__. **
 * __Child__ is to __school__ as __adult__ is to __job__. **

Fact of the Day:


 * A **__metaphor__** is also a figure of speech. It compares two things that are not usually thought of as alike. Metaphors do not use "like" or "as" as similes do.

Examples: That car is a dream. He's a teddy bear. That football player's legs are tree trunks.

Fact of the Day:

A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by using the words "like" or "as".

Examples of well-known similes:

“cute as a kitten,” comparing the way someone looks to the way a kitten looks

“as busy as a bee” comparing someone’s level of energy to a fast-flying bee