Expanded form of Decimals

Click HERE to watch a lesson on expanded form of decimals.

When you are finished get a piece of notebook paper.

Put your name in the top, right hand corner--make sure your holes are on the left.

Write the words: Expanded form of Decimals on the very top line


Write the expanded forms of these decimals:


1)  2.89

2)  3.059

3)  23.408

4)  13.005

5)    .982

When you are finished, turn in this paper to your teacher.

Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt

Activity 1:

Search the following website for the meanings of the terms below. Write down the terms and the definitions on a piece of notebook paper.

Silva Rhetoricae: Use the Search Box

1.   Alliteration:

2.   Simile:

3.   Metaphor:

4.   Personification:

5.   Onomatopoeia:

Activity 2:

Search the following websites for poems that contain the literary devices you just learned about.  Record the name of the poem, the website it was found at, and the line or lines from the poem that contain the literary device on a piece of notebook paper. 

Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry for KidsPoetry Lover's Page

A Few Shel Silverstein Poems

Classical Poems for Children

1.   Alliteration:

Name of Poem:

Author:

Website:

Example of Literary Device:

2.   Simile:

 Name of Poem:

Author:

Website:

Example of Literary Device:

3.   Metaphor:

 Name of Poem:

Author:

Website:

Example of Literary Device:

4.   Personification:

 Name of Poem:

Author:

Website:

Example of Literary Device:

5.   Onomatopoeia:

Name of Poem:

Author:

Website:

Example of Literary Device:

Activity 3:

Your turn! Write a poem that contains all five of these literary devices. When you are finished list each device and how you used them in your poem.