Homophones:  Words that sound the same, yet have different meanings.  For example - desert and desert.  These words are actually spelled the same.  One means to leave alone and is used as a verb.  The other is the place where we live.  It is usually a hot (arid) place, with sand and rocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Famous adages:

 

 

Proverbs:   Proverbs are similar to adages. They, too, are short statements that express truth, but proverbs usually offer some sort of practical and useful advice or lesson for daily life in images that suggest home and family. Let's examine a few. 1. 'Don't cry over spilled milk.' In other words, accidents happen, and there's no use fretting over them. Just clean up the mess and move on. 2. 'A stitch in time saves nine.' This proverb encourages us to fix problems while they are small rather than ignore it.

 

PROVERBS A-L
A bad cause requires many words.
German Proverb
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
Arab Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
English Proverb
A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.
Persian Proverb
A cat has nine lives.
Proverb of Unknown Origin
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
German Proverb
A close friend can become a close enemy.
Ethiopian Proverb
A closed mouth catches no flies.
Italian Proverb
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
German Proverb
A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.
Chinese Proverb
A dimple on the chin, the devil within.
Gaelic Proverb
A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master.
Russian Proverb
A drink precedes a story.
Irish Proverb
A drowning man is not troubled by rain.
Persian Proverb
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
William Blake "Proverbs of Hell" (1790)

 

Homework for the week is to catch up on Study Island Standards:

4C: Reasons and Evidence
Poems, Drama
Compare/Contrast Literature
Main Idea/Details
Prefixes
Finish Black History Writing and Submit to me

 

4D:  Summarizing Literature
Reasons/Evidence
Text Structure
Finish Black History Writing and Submit to me

This week, students are beginning to work on writing about a Prominent Woman to celebrate the month. Your Student may do the research at home, as well.
We are also having a Benchmark Writing Prompt to test their skills in this area.
The Study Island Skills for the week include:
4.RI.2 - Main Idea
W.4.5 - Planning, revising and editing a writing piece
4.RI.4, 4.RI.6, 4.L.5.b - Figurative Language

This week, students are Benchmark testing on Monday, Tuesday, and some of Wednesday. This is practice for AzMERIT. There are participation points for students who maintain the testing environment.
Study Island Standards for the week:
4.RL.2 - Summarizing Literature
4.RL.3 - Describing a character, setting or event of a story in detail
4.RL.4 - Determining the meaning of words, phrases and figurative language in literature
4.RL.8 - Reasons and evidence used by authors in text
Black History research and writing. Please finish the template on a Google Doc and submit to me: [email protected]

Reading/Writing. This is for Black History research on their famous African American. Students should perform some reading research and writing each night.
In addition, there are Study Island Standards
4.RI.2 - Main Idea/Details
R.RL.6 - Academic Domain Specific Lang.
4.RL.3- Describe a character in depth

Homework for the week - 2/3 - 2/7/20:
We continue to work within Study Island. Our Study Island standards for the week are:
4.L.4.c
4.RI.7
4.RL.2
4.L.1.a
4.W.8

Homework for the week - 1/27 - 2/1/20:
We continue to work within Study Island. Our standards for the week are:
4.RL.6
4.RI.6
4.RL.7
4.RI.5
4.W.2.d
4.W.3.d
4.L.3.c
4.RI.1
4.RF.3.c
4.L.4.a
4.L.1.e
Students may work on their Book Talk Project Notes by reading and taking notes.