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Similes Third grade

Similes Third grade . By: Kelly Day Miss Day’s third grade class is as smart as a whip!. Materials needed. Crazy Like a Fox by Loreen Leedy Construction paper Scissors Glue Markers, crayons, or colored pencils

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Similes Third grade

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  1. SimilesThird grade By: Kelly Day Miss Day’s third grade class is as smart as a whip!

  2. Materials needed • Crazy Like a Fox by Loreen Leedy • Construction paper • Scissors • Glue • Markers, crayons, or colored pencils • Cotton balls, pompoms, feathers, sequins, sand paper, foam board, eyes, and felt (optional)

  3. Lesson procedure • Introduce the lesson and why it is important to learn about similes • Explain and define similes, and show different examples • Read Crazy Like a Fox • Brainstorm objects that students can compare and create similes with • For example: Hungry horse, Quiet mouse • These examples can turn into similes by adding like or as • The boy was as hungry as a horse. • The girl is as quiet as a mouse. • Students will create their own simile and illustrate it. If they have trouble coming up with an idea, they can choose the comparisons we brainstormed as a class. • Students will take turns sharing their similes with the class. • After everyone shares, we can create a class book of similes to put in your classroom library, or display the similes on a bulletin board.

  4. What are similes? • Figure of Speech • Compare two different objects using like or as • He sleeps like a log. • You’re as smart as a whip. • She’s as hungry as a horse.

  5. Read Crazy Like a Fox by Loreen Leedy

  6. Class list of similes!

  7. Activity! • Create your own simile • Use the list we just brainstormed if you have trouble • Draw a picture that goes along with your simile • Use different materials to illustrate: • Cotton balls • PomPoms • Sequins • Feathers • Foam Board • Eyes • Sand Paper • Felt

  8. video • http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/sentence/similes/

  9. Modifications • Students that are blind • Verbalize their simile • Tactile objects • Brain pop video • Students who are deaf • Pictures of two objects • Tactile objects • Brain pop video- closed captions • Pass around Crazy Like a Fox • Students who are gifted • Write a story using similes

  10. References • Leedy, Loreen. Crazy Like a Fox. New York: Holiday House, 2008. • http://loreenleedy.com/books/crazyfox.html • http://6traits.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/crazy-like-a-fox-a-simile-story/ • http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/sentence/similes/ • http://www.proteacher.org/c/76_Figurative_Language_-_similes_metaphors_and_more.html • http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/07-1/lesson001.shtml • http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/slippery-ocean-unit-exploring-832.html?tab=4#tabs

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