Idioms

This week we are learning about idioms. Idioms are words that mean one thing but say another. Here are some examples under the weather  which means feeling sick, feeling blue which means feeling sad, on top of the world which mean's feeling great, and fed up which means annoyed.

Written by teammates KK, LPH, and GM  

Macaroni Commas!

What are your favorite foods?

We worked on understanding that when we write lists, we have to have commas in our writing! Instead of just writing the commas, we used macaroni to help us remember where they go in a list! 

Sysnonyms and Sidewalk Chalk

Proper Noun? Common Noun?

 This week we are exploring the meanings of proper nouns and common nouns.  For this activity, Miss King told Team 184 a common noun and everyone wrote down that kind of proper nouns on their desks.  Here we are writing names of stores.

Different Kinds of Sentences

Did you know there are different kinds of sentences? 

(Interrogative~Question) 

There are different kinds of sentences.

(Declarative~Statement)

Miss King says, 

"Use different kinds of sentences in your writing."

(Imperative~Command) 

We say, "We'll try!" 

(Exclamatory~Exclamation)