1. 4th Grade Academic Vocabulary Trimester 1 Week 4

2. personification In class example: An author describing the sun smiling on a field of flowers is an example of personification. Definition: giving human characteristics to non-living things or ideas. Break it down: Kid friendly definition: What does it mean?

3. Figurative language 1. I n Class Example: We use symbolic figurative language to describe love. Break It Down: Kid Friendly Definition: 3. Definition: words symbolizing or suggesting something else 2. What does it mean?

4. Metaphor In Class Example: “He is a mountain of of man” is a metaphor. Break It Down: Definition: figure of Speech equating two unlike things not using like or as. What does it mean? Kid Friendly Definition:

5. Unbundle In Class Example: We unbundled 1 ten and exchanged it for 10 ones using our place value chart. What Could it Mean? Dictionary Definition: Breaking a larger unit into 10 smaller units. Break it Down: Kid Friendly Definition

6. rounding In Class Example: We rounded “34” to the nearest “ten” and found our answer of 30. What Could it Mean? Dictionary Definition: approximating the value of a given number. Break it Down: Kid Friendly Definition

7. digit In Class Example: Mrs. Brown discussed with her class that the number “534” has three digits. What Could it Mean? Dictionary Definition: a numeral between 0 and 9. Break it Down: Kid Friendly Definition

8. comparing In Class Example: Mrs. Bickford taught us how to compare numbers by the amount of disks in each place value. What Could it Mean? Dictionary Definition: to examine numbers to see if they are greater than, less than or equal to other numbers. Break it Down: Kid Friendly Definition

9. number sentence In Class Example: Mrs. Miller discussed that the number sentence 30 + 7 = 37 is the same as 3 tens + 7 ones = 37. What Could it Mean? Dictionary Definition: an equation or inequality expressed using numbers and common symbols. Break it Down: Kid Friendly Definition