1. Think of something that you could do to earn spending
money. Write an advertisement for your business.
Friday
September 7, 2012
Ayanna Emily Bryan
Christy Jaileen
Jackeline Leslie Ixza Alexis
Philicia
Carlos
Remy
Jessica YamileeAlejandra
David
Cindy Andrianete Ricardo
Jordan
Kathy Michael
Lilah
Jose Edward
Diana Leon Samira
Donovan
Jeffrey Kareena
Daeshawn Dariel Ericka
2. Morning Writing
The famous American
painter Grandma Moses, or
Anna Mary Robertson
Moses, was born today in
Greenwich, New York, in
1860.
Prompt: Grandma Moses didn't even start
painting until the age of 78, and she is
famous today. What advice do you think
she would give someone who is afraid to
try something new?
3. Reading The Talent Contest (pg. 18)
Context Clues
Synonyms are words that
mean the same or almost
the same thing as other
words.
For example, huge is a
synonym for gigantic.
When you read an
unfamiliar word, check to
see if there is a synonym
nearby to use as a context
clue.
unfamiliar
4. A person is slumped in his chair if he slides
down.
Soggy is how something feels when it is full
of water.
5. Strands are threads, or similar items that
can be twisted together.
Capable means you have the skill or power
to do something well.
6. Categories are groups or classes of things.
Something gigantic is larger than other
things.
7. Credit is something given by teachers for
extra work.
Something luminous is very bright and
shiny.
8. Character and Plot Chart
Characters Plot
Danny can't decide
Danny is scared. what to do for the
talent show.
Elena is a thoughtful Elena tries to calm
person. Danny down.
Elena offers to help
Danny is worried. He
Danny come up with
thinks people will
ideas for the talent
laugh at him.
show.
Elena suggests that
Danny is overly
Danny do a dramatic
dramatic and starts
reading for the talent
shouting.
show.
16. Spelling Pretest
1. jut 11. gush
2. nick 12. scan
3. tenth 13. batch
4. shrug 14. rough
5. stuff 15. stump
6. sense 16. tough
7. damp 17. laugh
8. cot 18. guess
9. fling 19. lead
10. notch 20. dove
17. A Prayer Before Grace
Bless us, O Lord, for
these Thy gifts, which we
are about to receive from
Thy bounty, through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
18. ELA What are sentences?
A sentence is a group
of words that express a
complete thought.
A sentence fragment is
a group of words that
sentence
does not express a Joann
complete thought. off the
fragment
leaving her team at a time when we
needed her.
19. Read each group of words. Place a period on the line at the
end if it is a sentence. If it is a sentence fragment, write an F
on the line.
1. Sage missed vocabulary day because she
had a cold ______
2. Finished defining the vocabulary words
______
3. Sage liked to make up her own definitions
______
20. ELA What are sentences?
Every sentence begins with a
capital letter and ends with a
punctuation mark.
A statement is a sentence that
tells something. It ends with a
period.
statement
A question is a sentence that We ha
asks something. It ends with a
question mark.
question
Do you
miscel
21. Place a period on the line at the end of the sentence if it is a
statement. Place a question mark at the end of the sentence
if it is a question.
4. Is "Musical Performance" the theme for this
week ______
5. She was looking forward to the Tenth
Annual Vocabulary Parade ______
6. Starr went to the end of the line after she
spelled the word correctly ______
22. Rewrite these sentences. Be sure to use the correct end mark.
7. Sage turned red when she heard
everyone laughing
8. do you have a collection of unrelated
objects
9. Mrs. Page asked the students to spell and
define the words
10. why were they laughing
