Better than Small

Do your own Google search  "synonyms for small"

and maybe you can find some even better words for small.

Small = Tiny Size

baby, bantam, bitty, cramped, diminutive, humble, immature, inadequate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insufficient, limited, little, meagre, microscopic, mini, miniature, minuscule, minute, modest, narrow, paltry, petite, petty, picayune, piddling, pint-sized, pitiful, pocket-sized, poor, puny, runty, scanty, scrubby, short, shrimp, slight, small-scale, stunted, teensy, teeny, toy, trifling, trivial, undersized, unpretentious, wee, young

Just a little bite to eat!

That hamburger is miniature!

Try a Google Image search using the 

keywords "small things"

 Are these frogs real?

Your ice-cream portions are a bit meagre!

Use a picture that you find and put it on your own blog along with a short caption using an alternative word for small.

Said

 

Acknowledged Added Admitted Advised Agreed Announced Answered Approved Argued Assumed Assured Asked Babbled Bargained Began Boasted Bragged Called Claimed Commanded Commented Complained Cried

Decided Demanded Denied Described Dictated Emphasized Estimated Exclaimed Explained Expressed Feared Giggled Grinned Grunted Indicated Insisted Instructed Laughed Lectured Lied Mentioned Moaned Mumbled Murmured

Nagged Noted Notified Objected Observed Ordered Pleaded Pointed out Prayed Predicted Questioned Reassured Related Repeated Replied Responded Requested Restated Revealed Roared Ruled

Scolded Screamed Shouted Shrieked Snapped Sneered Sobbed Spoke Sputtered Stammered Stated Stormed Suggested Taunted Thought Told Urged Uttered Vowed Wailed Warned Whispered

Experiments

Scientist Skills - Writing and Recording

Experiment Framework

Aim

The reason for the experiment

Prediction

What you think might happen

Equipment

The tools and things you need to do your experiment

Method

The steps you will follow to do your experiment

Diagram

A drawing with labels to show your experiment

Results

You observations ( saw, hear, taste, touch, measured ) what happened - nothing made up or added

Conclusion

Give reasons and try to explain why you think that happened - you might even have a hypothesis

WALT - Science Writing We are learning to... write clear succinct sentences that explain what you observed and what you think happened Purpose: to be able to follow the steps for a scientific investigation and write up our ideas about what happened in our experiment

Leaving!

Mr. Wiersma is leaving!!!!

Respond - what do you think?

What shall we do?

Write a description of Mr. Wiersma that includes what he is like as a person, what he has done for our school and where he lives! (his tool shed!)

Use the planning web to get started with your ideas.  This web can help you to group your ideas and then write well organised paragraphs.

Let's collect all our best published works together and make a book for him to take away to Australia.

WALT - Character Description We are learning to...  write clear descriptive sentences that create a strong image in the mind of the reader. Purpose: to write a short description of our caretaker and make a goodbye book for him to take to Australia with him

WALT - Writing Process - all year We are learning to... follow the writing process and improve our writing so that the message is clear to the reader Purpose: to build independence and an ability to follow the whole writing process

Significant

Significant

Important or not important

Big or small

Noticeable or not noticeable

In the race she had a significant lead and easily won.

Oblivious

Oblivious

If you are not aware of or concerned about what is happening

The boy walked down the street reading his book.  He was totally oblivious of the lampost!

eBooks

Descriptive Writing - Personal Experience

Create a piece of writing that brings a strong memory back to life in the mind of the reader.
Publish your work as part of an eBook with your writing group

WALT - Personal Experience We are learning to...  write clear descriptive sentences that create a strong image in the mind of the reader. Purpose: To create descriptive writing pieces based on real life experiences that we will share with the class and publish as a digital ebook.

WALT - Writing Process - all year We are learning to... follow the writing process and improve our writing so that the message is clear to the reader Purpose: to build independence and an ability to follow the whole writing process

What if...

Start a WHAT IF page 

in your Learning Journal

brainstorm as many ideas as you can

add pictures if you want to.

Journal Sports Page

Thinking about the Olympics

Create a sports page in your Learning Journal

Fill the page with lots of Olympic Sports

• Write the name of the sport

• Invent your own sport icons

Be creative

Questions

How do we ask a question?

We use question words like:

who, what, where, why, when, how

When we write a question we use a question mark - ?

Questions can also be divided into two groups.

Open Questions and Closed Questions

Closed Questions 

= have easy factual answers

 eg. Where and when did the Olympics first take place?

Open Questions 

= are harder to answer and require facts, thinking and investigation

eg. Why are the Olympics so important to so many people around the world? (the answer to this question can have lots of reasons)