As we continued our ongoing lessons about government, we read about tribal governments today. We read about the treaties made between European settlers when they came to America and signed treaties with the Native American groups. We learned that Native Americans are citizens of the United States but are also citizens of their own tribal nations; they are citizens in the state in which they live and vote in national, state, and local elections. We read that they also have their governments and that tribal members choose leaders and make laws. Jack found it interesting that states can't tell the tribal governments what to do; they work to preserve their own cultures. He was also invited to help a classmate put together a car with Legos and built a structure resembling the car in Minecraft.
Jack brainstormed and wrote a response to how a structural engineer designs a dam for safety. We moved onto a lesson on fossils. He wrote questions he had about fossils in his workbook. He read about the career of a paleontologist and wrote questions he has for a paleontologist in his workbook. He viewed pictures of fossils in the textbook. We discussed fossil fuels.
Recall about the figurative language we learned this week. Read Paul Bunyon from book of tall tales and find the figurative language examples. Go over types of nouns: common and proper.
Jack opened his design in Procreate and completed the outlines of his military vehicle. I worked with Jack to create a duplicate of his work, create a new layer, and begin digitally coloring the image.
Go over parts of speech of nouns, verbs, and adjectives as a review. Have him give various examples of each. Continue practicing sentences with alliteration. Make up his own using letters I tell him. Use the parts of speech we talked about to make sure they are complete. Begin to plan the middle of his story.
Alliteration, sentence vs fragment, creative writing
Lesson Outline
Review alliteration and read tongue twisters. Have a competition to see who could read them the best 3x quickly. Discuss parts of a sentence and say if examples are sentences or fragments (a complete thought or not). Complete activity of examples of each. Continue work on story.
