February 8, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2009 by sewhite“The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.” ~Mary McLeod Bethune
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Important upcoming Dates:
February 15th – President’s Day – No School
March 14th – Daylight Savings Time begins
March 22-26th – Spring Break
This week we are working on:
Reading – Lesson 20, theme assessment and reteaching
Math – Fractions & Multiplication facts 8′s & 9′s.
Language – Review: adjectives, articles, action verbs
Social Science – Geography
This week’s Spelling words:
form, wore, fourth, soar, warn, perfect, girl, burn, work, earth, bigger, finest, lonely, refill, dishonest
Challenge Words: fourteen, explorer, creature, curtain, doubtful
Spelling:
Review: adjectives, articles and action verbs
Adjectives are words used to describe nouns. Some adjectives tell what kind, others tell how many.
Articles are adjectives used to refer to a specific noun. A, an and the are articles.
A verb is a word that names an action, or tells what the subject of a sentence is, or tells something about the subject.
Verbs tell what someone or something does, did or will do.
A verb must agree in number with its subject. If the subject is singular, a singular verb form must be used. When the subject is singular, you usually add –s or –es to the verb.
When the subject is plural, use a plural verb form – which usually does NOT have an added –s or –es.
Examples:
Half-Chicken walks to Mexico City. (singular subject)
The guards stop Half-Chicken at the gate. (plural subject)
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Vocabulary
criticize – When you criticize something, you tell what you think is wrong with it.
dialogue – Conversation between people is called dialogue.
immerse – To immerse oneself is to become very involved in something.
mandatory – Something that is mandatory is required.
rehearse – To rehearse is to practice for a performance.
versions – If there are different versions of a story, the story is told in different ways.
camaraderie – People have camaraderie when they are comfortable with each other and spend a lot of time together.
flawless – If a performance is flawless, there are no mistakes in it.
tragic – A tragic event is something that is both sad and horrible.
limp – When something is limp, it is too weak to move or support itself.
