Monday, September 17, 2012

This Week's Spelling, Vocab. and More

Unit 2, Week 2 Spelling and Vocabulary lists            Story: Rattlers!

Spelling: plural words
Copy words in agenda in ABC order (due Tuesday).
For this week’s spelling homework, you are to write the singular and the plural form of each word.  (No spelling choice this week!)
Study nightly (M-Th) for the sp. test on Friday.

1. rattlers                                                11. difficulties
2. fangs                                                12. batches
3. countries                                                13. abilities
4. liberties                                                14. lashes
5. potatoes                                                15. identities
6. rodeos                                                16. losses
7. taxes                                                17. possibilities
8. reptiles                                              18. notches
9. surroundings                                    19. zeroes
10. beliefs                                                20. eddies

Vocabulary:
Use your glossary to find and write the part of speech and definition for each vocabulary word ON YOUR OWN PAER.  Finish for HW (due Tuesday).
Complete a spelling choice activity (due Thursday).
Study each night, Monday – Thursday, for your test on Friday.

1.     species (        ) –
2.     survive (         ) –
3.     alert (      ) –
4.     vibrates (       ) –
5.     surroundings (       ) –
6.     prey (      ) –
7.     predators (      ) –
8.     lunging (      ) -

We will read the story Rattlers! in class together on Tuesday.  Please either read it independently Monday night before we read it or re-read the story at home Tuesday night to prepare for comprehension work (on Wed.) and the story test on Friday.

IRA: Point of View
            From which point of view is your AR book written?  Is it first person or second person?  List at least five clues from the text that led to your conclusion.  Be sure to include your book title.

TESTED READING SKILL: main idea and details

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