Holes

 

Skills
  • Introduce book with homophones 1.5
  • Character Map 2.1
  • Vocabulary 1.10
    • Synonyms/Antonyms 1.5
    • Categorizing 1.24
    • Analogies 1.24
    • Word Webs 1.10
  • Answering Questions including details and main idea
  • Sequencing Events from Story - Card Activity 1.3

Skills from Portals:

  • 14 Syllables 1.1
  • 15-16 Where When How 1.7
  • 18 Antonyms 1.24
  • 19-20 Inferences  1.17
  • 21-22 Classifying Words
  • 25 Synonyms 1.24
  • 27 Cause & Effect 1.16
  • 31 Choosing Correct Meanings 1.14

Skills from Teacher Created Materials:

  • 27 Fact or Opinion 1.9

The Structure of a Paragraph Unit

  • Outlining 2.12
  • Topic Sentence
  • Thesis Statement 2.13
  • Supporting Details 2.11
  • Sequence 2.7
  • Staying on Topic 2.10
  • Concluding Sentence 2.8

Tennessee Vocabulary

  • chronology    

    Classroom Dig Activity

     

     
    During the classroom dig activity small paper lunch bags were placed in a grid pattern. Students were placed in five teams. Each team had to solve clues to determine which bag on the grid to look in. All the objects inside the bag related to the story.

     

    "Sploosh" One Hundred Year Old Peaches

    Lizards

    Golden Tube

    Treasure

    Fish Fossils

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    Spiced Peaches -

    Kate Barlow is famous for her spiced peaches. She even gives them to Sam in exchange for the work he does at the school house. Try making something using spiced peaches.

    Dessert Recipes: Spiced Peaches  http://www.alanskitchen.com/DESSERTS/spiced_peaches.htm

     

     

     

Creamy Onion Dip

 
  • 8 ounces cream cheese -- cubed
  • 3 large Vandalia onions -- steamed
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon Garlic salt
  • 1/4 cup Whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese -- grated
  • 1/4 teaspoon Thyme

Combine cream cheese and cream in Crock Pot. Cover and heat until cheese is melted, 30 to 60 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and heat 30 minutes. Serve with raw vegetables, crackers, or bread pieces.
 

 

We ate our dip with Ritz crackers. It was really yummy!!!!

 

Poetry Lessons with Holes

Lessons

Rhyming Words
Simile & Metaphors

Alliteration  & Personification 

Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole & Repetition

 

SPI's Covered  1.25 Review of  1.13, 1.18

Identify patterns of rhyme and rhythm. 1.25
Analyze the effects of sound in context (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, accent, rhyme, and repetition) 1.13
Analyze the use of similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole within context. 1.18

Tennessee Vocabulary

  • poetic element (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language) 
  • stress 

 

 

 

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