May 7/8, 2009
Turn in Book-of-the-Month Club Assessment if you haven't.
I. We practiced (again) recognizing dependent and independent clauses.
Independent and Dependent Clauses
a. In the following sentences, underline the independent clause once and the dependent clause twice. Remember that the independent clause can stand on it’s own. The dependent clause could have stood on its own except that it begins with a word or set of words that makes it dependent. [Sentences adapted from chapter 11 of Stand Tall.]
b. Find two spelling errors on this page.
1. Tree and Sophie were going to take the bus to the Midas Muffler shop in Baltimore where her dad worked.
2. I’m glad you think so because it’s the exact same thing your getting for Christmas.
3. Since she didn’t want her feet to freeze, Sophie marched in place.
4. When Tree got in the bus, he hit his head.
5. You need a bus with a sunroof so that you can stick your head out.
II. We played a game to review our seventh grade prefixes.
III. If time, we read from Stand Tall.
A2 read chapter 11.
B2 read from chapter 11.
B3 read from chapter 11.
We also had an opportunity to bring and share treats to celebrate the end of core testing.
