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!

Mustache for Kids

Mustaches for Kids is a non-profit organization sponsored by Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital. One cold day in February my friends and I gathered in a large facility. In this beautiful, large, facility many people gathered in support of this great, generous organization. We played fun and exciting games, had interesting raffles and ate delicious food. The object of this organization is the men who were showing their excellent support had to grow mustaches from January to February. The men also dressed up in funny costumes. Each costume had to imitate a character with a hairy mustache. They wore costumes such as scary pirates, speedy race car drivers and athletic baseball players. We all had a great night and raised around $35,000 dollars.

Vocabulary

cold- having a low temperature or one much below normal

large- greater, bigger, more extended

beautiful- having the qualities of beauty

great- beyond the average or ordinary

generous- free in giving or sharing

fun- someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment

exciting- to stir up feeling in

interesting- to arouse or hold the interest of

delicious- very pleasing to the taste

funny- causing or intended to cause laughter

hairy- bearing or covered with or as if with hair

scary- causing fright

speedy- moving or taking place fast

athletic- active

1. It was so ____ it started snowing.
2. My brother is very ______ and loves to play all types of sports.
3. For Christmas I bought my father a ______ blanket.
4. I am very ______ and win all the races.
5. The flowers I picked at the park were _______.
6. I do not like ________ movies.
7. My dog is very _______.
8. You are doing a ______ job at this assignment.
9. Kris is so _______ that I laugh every time we play.
10. My sister is _________ and shares her ice cream.
11. The beach is ______ when you play in the water.
12. The book I am reading is _________.
13. The movie that I saw last night had an _________ ending.
14. My mom made a __________ dinner.

Grammar point:

Use 5 of the vocabulary words and 5 other adjectives to create your own story.

Lets see who can use the most adjectives!

Blue Man Group

For Valentine’s Day weekend, I went to see a show at the Astor Place Theatre. The name of the show was the Blue Man Group. I was very excited because I had heard from my friends great things about the performance. During the performance, the Blue Men acted out scenarios using various types of instruments such as paint, tubes, toilet paper, drums and much more. The Blue Men are not allowed to speak to each other or anyone in the audience. During the performance, they selected volunteers to join them on stage and perform. One example was they selected a volunteer from the audience and took him behind the stage. The Blue Men were walking around the stage looking for people to help them perform their acts, and then it happen. The Blue Men spotted me. They came over to my seat and tried to pull me onto stage. I did not want to go, but I had no choice. The Blue Men then dressed me up as a Blue Women and began their first act. In the beginning, I was embarrassed, but as we continued the act I started feeling more comfortable and had a lot of fun. After the act was over everyone clapped and I went back to my seat. I will always remember going to see the Blue Man Group. I never thought I would be able to go on stage in front of hundreds of people but I learned then that I was able to do it.

Vocabulary

see- to become aware of by means of the eyes or have the power of sight

heard- to have the power of taking in sound

acted- to perform by action especially on the stage

allowed- to assign as a share

selected- to pick out from a number or group

walking- to move or cause to move along on foot

perform- to do something requiring special skill

go- to move on a course

dressed- to put clothes

continued- to do or cause to do the same thing without stopping

clapped- to strike the hands together over and over in applause

learned- to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience

1. I __ to the movies with my Mom every Saturday.

2. Johnny _______ chocolate ice cream for dessert.

3. The actor ______ on stage.

4. My sister got _______ for the birthday party.

5. Ellie _______ how to walk.

6. The boy did good at his soccer game so the fans ________ loudly.

7. I go to the park to ___ the birds fly.

8. She _________ how to play the piano because she practiced every day.

9. Matthew _______ studying because he knew he shouldn’t stop.

10. Please continue _______ in a straight line.

11. I ______ the peanut butter candy because its my favorite.

12. She _____ her baby brother crying in the kitchen because he was so loud.

Grammar Point

Write the root verb of all vocabulary words. Notice some of the words may already be in the root verb form.

Shopping in Manhattan

This weekend my cousins Carly, Corry, and Caitlyn came to New York, from Washington D.C., to do some after the holiday shopping. After hours of walking we decided to go to The Carnegie Deli for some New York sandwiches. It was there that our waiter brought us to our table and gave us our menus. There were many choices. The waiter brought us our food on plates. Our sandwiches were huge. I dropped my utensils on the floor so the waiter brought me a clean fork, knife and spoon. The sandwiches were very messy so my family used many napkins. When we finished our meal my Dad went back to work and the rest of the family continued shopping. We decided to walk because we ate so much!

Vocabulary

cousin- a child of an aunt or an uncle.

sandwich- a type of food usually eaten during lunch.

waiter- one who serves food at a restaurant.

table- a piece of furniture used to hold food.

menu- a list of dishes.

food- something you eat.

plate- a smooth, flat object you eat food from.

utensil- instrument used while eating.

fork- instrument used to pick up food.

knife- instrument used to cut food.

spoon- instrument used to pick up liquid foods.

napkin- object used to clean face and/or hands.

1. Carly asked for a ____ so she could decide what she was going to eat for lunch.
2. There was ketchup on my face so I used a ______ to clean it off.
3. My Dad would like a ham and cheese ________.
4. You must eat soup with a _____.
5. The sandwich was so big I had to cut it with a _____.
6. We needed a large _____ because we had many people with us.
7. My sister asked the ______ to bring her some water.
8. I used a ____ to eat the cake.
9. My ______ Corry loved coming to New York.
10. It is polite to use _______ to eat and not your hands.
11. When we went to the restaurant I ordered ____ to eat.
12. After I eat dinner, my Mom makes me clean my _____.

Grammar Point

Find all nouns in the passage above. Then divide them into countable and uncountable sections.