We discussed the trait of Word Choice today in writing class. When writing descriptively, the idea of word choice is an important one. To help emphasize the point, students worked with using a thesaurus today. They were given some words and asked to come up with synonyms using the words. Then, they wrote the new words in sentences that illustrated their meanings in their writers' notebooks. Manipulating language was an important part of this activity. We shared our best sentences at the end of the class.
In reading, we read aloud from A Day of Tears. Students then worked independently on Day 4 activities.
For science, we read more about cells today. Also, we looked at a digital image of onion skin cells and we drew them. We talked about the importance of observation and close attention to detail. Students will be asked to write a descriptive paragraph about this or another observation that we will do on the next class.
