Giants game!

I was so excited! I was finally going to my first football game. My father and I went to the Giants game. They were playing the Colts. We had to travel on 3 different trains. First we took the Long Island Railroad to Penn Station. Then we took the New Jersey line to the Meadowlands. It was a long trip, but it was worth it. When we arrived at the game we ate hotdogs and fries. They were delicious. The field was so big so we weren’t able to walk all the way around the stadium. We had much fun that day. I haven’t been able to go back yet, I will soon.

Vocabulary:

football: sports game played in America

train: transportation

New Jersey: state in America

hotdogs: fun food

fries: potatos

stadium: where the football players have their game

fun: good time

soon: near future

1. I would like to go to the game ______.
2. I had a lot of ______ at the football game.
3. The _______ was huge and loud.
4. The ______ that I ate were made with large potatoes.
5. I like mustard with my _______.
6. ________ is located near New York.
7. The ________ took us to the game.
8. ________ is a lot of fun.

Grammar Point.

Read the paragraph above and list the conjunctions you find. Can you think of any more?

Mother's Day!

Debra: I have learned from my Mother to always put a table cloth on the table while entertaining.

Jim: My mother would make oval shaped meatballs and put them in her spaghetti sauce.

Sandra: Throughout my childhood my Mom always told me to be friendly.

Dad: She kept herself between me and the food and wouldn’t let me eat until dinner time.

Mom: I’ll aways remember my mother being at home for me.

Shirley: My Mom always liked to be near all of our children.

Bonny: On Saturday mornings, throughout my childhood, it was always time to help my mother with the dusting.

Janice: I remember my mother sitting beside me cutting out paper dolls.

Vocabulary:

cloth: Fabric or material

oval: resembling an egg shape

home: a place where one lives

paper: material that you can write on

dolls: small toy that looks like a person

table: furniture that you can eat dinner on

time: past, present and future

dusting: a way of cleaning

cutting: open using a sharp edge

learned: to gain knowledge by studying

1. My mother made a beautiful Conformation dress using ______.

1. I _______ to speak Spanish by studying in school.
2. The mirror was shaped in an _______.
3. Sandra needed help _______ open the watermelon.
4. Jane is always ________ when I come to her house because she wants to make sure her house is clean.
5. My _____ is filled with memories.
6. When it turns 6:00 PM it will be _____ eat dinner.
7. When I was a little girl I would play with a ______ named Betty.
8. The _______ was in the middle to the kitchen.
9. I needed a piece of _______ to do my homework on.

Grammar Point:

In the paragraph above their are many different prepositional phrases. Find them in the paragraph and then use those and others to write your own sentences about your mother for a Mother’s Day saying.

Baby Ellie!

My cousin just had a new baby girl! I couldn’t be happier. Her name is Eleanor. Her hair couldn’t be redder then a rose and her eyes couldn’t be browner then a brownie. She was born in the middle of a blizzard and it couldn’t have been colder then if we were to go to Alaska. It was the biggest blizzard in 2010. After I found out I drove down to Washington, DC. The trip couldn’t have been longer than if we drove to California. We hit so much traffic. My Mom and I couldn’t have been tireder. It took us 7 hours, when it usually takes us 5 hours. When we arrived we had to sleep in a hotel which couldn’t have been nicer. The pool was larger then any pool I had ever seen. The room was more colorful then any other room I had seen. My family and I ate dinner together and the dinner was better than a personal chef. We had much fun together and we are all very excited we have a new family member.

Vocabulary:

happy: enjoying, pleasure, satisfaction

brown: a color such as a tree bark

red: a color such as an apple or rose

cold: having a low temperature

long: great distance

tired: grow bored with lack of energy

nice: kind

large: big

color: red, orange, blue, green, purple, brown, black etc.

better: the best

1. I am very ______ I have a new family member.
2. I think that ice cream is _____ than vegetables.
3. The __________ cow was eating a lot of grass.
4. I like seeing a lot of ______ on a picture.
5. My cousin’s hair is _________.
6. The bed was so _____ we were able to fit all four sisters on it.
7. The man was very _____ and held the door open for me.
8. I was ______ after running a marathon.
9. The skirt was too ______ on the girl and she almost tripped over the fabric.
10. I was so ____ I had to wear more than one jacket.

Grammar Point:

Please write comparative sentences using the vocabulary words above.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
Little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow

And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go

It followed her to school one day
School one day, school one day
It followed her to school one day
Which was against the rules.

It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school

And so the teacher turned it out,
Turned it out, turned it out,
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near

And waited patiently about,
Patiently about, patiently about,
And waited patiently about
Till Mary did appear

"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
Love Mary so? Love Mary so?
"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
The eager children cry

"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know."
Loves the lamb, you know, loves the lamb, you know
"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know”

Vocabulary:

lamb: animal, sheep

little: small

fleece: lambs skin, soft and white

snow: white, cold, precipitation

school: where children go to learn

laugh: an act you do when you find something funny

play: having a good time

lingered: followed

appear: all of a sudden seen

Vocabulary:

1. The man _______ at the door without any notice.
2. The baby duck ________ after the Mom duck for some food.
3. The boy and girl like to _______ on the swings.
4. She ______ because the comedian was so funny.
5. They went to _______ to learn their alphabet.
6. The ______ was white and cold.
7. _______ is very warm
8. She had such a _________ball that she lost it when it bounced in the air.
9. A _____is an animal that is white.

Grammar point:

Complete the song above by highlighting/underling the articles that I did not.

My Family Hair

My family hair is going to be the funniest to explain. My sister has the blondest hair I have ever seen. It is the prettiest and is the longest. My hair is the curliest hair in my family and the darkest. My mother’s hair is the shortest hair and my father’s hair is the greyest.

Vocabulary:

head: on the top of your body, used to think

arm: attached to your body, used to write

back: not the front, what you lay on

leg: attached to the bottom of your body, used to walk

finger: attached to your arm, used to type

toe: attached to your foot, used to balanced

elbow: a part of your arm, used to bend

knee: a part of your leg, used to bend

eyebrow: above your eye

ear: on the side of your head, used to hear

nose: in the middle of your face, used to smell

1. I sneeze using my ______ during the spring.
2. I use my _____ to hear what the teacher is saying.
3. My _______ is placed right above my eyes.
4. I scrapped my _______ when I fell on the floor.
5. My _____ banged into the table when I swung my arm.
6. I stubbed my ______ on the box because my sister forgot to pick it up.
7. Lara got a paper cut on her ______ when she was at work.
8. After running a marathon my ______ were very tired.
9. My _____ was sunburned because I feel asleep on my stomach at the beach.
10. I was lifting weights so my _______ hurt the next day.
11. I bumped my ______ with my sisters.

Grammar Point:

Describe your families hair by using superlatives.

Wedding

This weekend I was in a wedding. It was lovely. The bride wore a beautiful long white dress that was likely to be the longest dress I have ever seen. She moved slowly and quietly down the isle. The groom was dressed in a black tux. The church was elegantly decorated with white roses and lace. The reception was decorated with nicely organized colors, fabrics and flowers. I really do not know how people put together such an event. It was so simply decorated. I had much fun.

Vocabulary:

wedding: a ceremony where a man and women get married

bride: women of the wedding

dress: outfit a bride wears on her wedding day

roses: flowers

lace: fabric

reception: party after the wedding

church: a place where the wedding takes place

isle: a lane

1. The women walked down the ________ in the grocery store.
2. The _______ was beautiful for her wedding.
3. The _______ was as white as the cloud.
4. The _______ was beautifully decorated with roses and lace.
5. The ________ had good food and music.
6. There were a lot of _______ to decorate the wedding and the reception.
7. The ______ on the brides dress was beautiful.
8. The ________ was a success.

Grammar point:

Describe an event that you have recently enjoyed using 10 adverbs.

Pronoun Poem

Encounter

by: Nancy Mack

We both met at Willie’s Bookstore last Thursday evening,

I waited with my dad in the endless line for over an hour,

She signed the title pages of each book placed in front of her,

I silently handed over my copy with its worn and tattered cover,

She smiled and winked when she saw how much I loved her story.

She slid my book back across the table and thanked me for the compliment.

Vocabulary:

we- used when wanting to talk about 2 people.

my- used when showing something belonging to you.

she- the female person being discussed or last mentioned

her- showing girls ownership.

I- used when talking of yourself.

1. _______ went to the store.
2. ______ am studying for my spelling test.
3. _______ loves chocolate.
4. That is _______ purse.
5. That is _______ radio.

Grammar Point:

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pronoun_clubhouse/index_pre.html

Use this website to practice your pronouns!

Remember:

I am a pronoun,

And so are you.

We and they can be pronouns too!