This Week's ELA: Short- & Long-I and THE BFG Week 2

3.05 Spelling: Short and Long I                                                      HD3/JC3

BONUS Practice/extra credit (due Thursday):  Categorize the words into two groups: short-i and long-i sounds.

Tuesday: Write all 15 of your spelling words correctly in your agenda and study them.  (Work on bonus.)

Wednesday: Study all 15 words and previous weeks’ words. Finish bonus if completing.

Thursday: Study all 15 words and previous weeks’ words!  If possible, take a practice spelling test (either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com.) 

*Your test on Friday will have 20 words.  The “extra” five will be selected from previous weeks’ words.

The short-i vowel sound is the vowel you hear in ring and itch.

The long-i vowel sounds is what you hear in ice and cry.

1.     quiet

2.     height

3.     disagree

4.     right

5.     write

6.     rhyme

7.     giant

8.     tried

9.     little

10. bringing

11. mitten

12. flight

13. alike

14. myself

15. inch

Vocabulary: The BFG (Week 2)

BONUS Practice/extra credit (due Thursday):  Write each word in an original super sentence OR create analogies with each word.

Tuesday: Use the word bank to match each word to its definition.

Wednesday-Thursday: Study for Friday’s test.  Also review last week’s words because your test will cover 10 words from The BFG (4 from last week & this week’s 6).  Your test will use each word in a sentence (in context).

            ghastly            honorable        lope     menace            repulsive         winsome

1.     _____________________________________________________: innocently attractive or appealing

2.     _____________________________________________________: behaving in the right way toward others; worthy or

                                                                                       respect

3.     _____________________________________________________: disagreeable or yucky; causing feelings of disgust

  

4.     _____________________________________________________: frightful or causing fear; appalling; very bad

5.     _____________________________________________________: something or someone that threatens or causes

feeling of danger or harm

6.     _____________________________________________________: an easy run with long strides

Grammar Focus:     subject/predicate, nouns/verbs, complete sentences, paragraph writing

Reading Focus: The BFG (fiction/fantasy)

*If possible, please bring in a clean, clear plastic jar with lid for an upcoming project!

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