This is a story about a boy and his grandfather, where the boy obviously lives with his grandfather. This book talks about heightened senses when one of your five is lessened. In this story, the boy is unable to see as the electric goes out during the storm, he can hear better. So, he listens intently to the sounds both inside and out of his house. This leads to a discussion about Onomatopoeia, in which a word makes the sound of the object when you say it, like bong, bong, bong, or ribbit , ribbit, ribbit, clonk clonk , or ticktock, ticktock, etc. We discussed this before in another story and again now.
Fear:
This book brings up to the topic to a child that fear is normal and that fear can be overcome.. This comes about because the grandfather was once afraid of the lightning and thunder of storms, but one day he had to face his fear when he left his dog Marvin out in a storm. He had to be brave to leave underneath his bed to go to the door and let his dog in.
It also brought up a lesson discussed in a very first, last time, where , when you are afraid , it can make you forget about everything else. Sometimes when I have to drive at night, I get soooo afraid, I forget to think about the roads and how to get back. Once I gain control, I am able to do this better.
Language: Contrast
We also talked about the descriptive language and contrasting language in the beginning and end of the book, like in the beginning there was "Thunder like mountains blowing up initially , to mutterings of thunder in the end of the story.
Language : Italics
We discussed Italics and how they add emphasis to the words. I also discussed how , to do this in writing, you underline the words you want to emphasize. Megan, when she sentences tomorrow, is going to apply some of these techniques.
Science:
We discussed the clouds and thunder some. We are going to read books on these topics as well this week.
Fear:
This book brings up to the topic to a child that fear is normal and that fear can be overcome.. This comes about because the grandfather was once afraid of the lightning and thunder of storms, but one day he had to face his fear when he left his dog Marvin out in a storm. He had to be brave to leave underneath his bed to go to the door and let his dog in.
It also brought up a lesson discussed in a very first, last time, where , when you are afraid , it can make you forget about everything else. Sometimes when I have to drive at night, I get soooo afraid, I forget to think about the roads and how to get back. Once I gain control, I am able to do this better.
Language: Contrast
We also talked about the descriptive language and contrasting language in the beginning and end of the book, like in the beginning there was "Thunder like mountains blowing up initially , to mutterings of thunder in the end of the story.
Language : Italics
We discussed Italics and how they add emphasis to the words. I also discussed how , to do this in writing, you underline the words you want to emphasize. Megan, when she sentences tomorrow, is going to apply some of these techniques.
Science:
We discussed the clouds and thunder some. We are going to read books on these topics as well this week.
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