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Word Study Activity - February 28

Use the following link to review the parts of speech.  Pay special attention to the section on ADVERBS.  A ninth part of speech has been added: ARTICLES. 

http://printables.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/36/0439504236_e011.pdf

You can also replay the parts of speech rap song for further review. 

We will focus on all the parts of speech for this week.

This week's WORD LIST and ACTIVITIES - DUE DATE: March 6

1.   multipy

2.   partner

3.   Canada

4.   array

5.   export

6.   economy

7.   divide

8.   conversion

9.   domestic

10. family


Here is a link to a game you can play to review some of the parts of speech.

http://www.abcya.com/parts_of_speech.htm

Word Activity 5: Silly Sentences
 
Step 1: Get out your word study notebook!

From Cogan Nursery School

Step 2:  Use each word from the word list to create a silly sounding sentence that includes all the parts of speech.  Identify each part of speech in the sentence.

Here's an example: 

Man, sometimes I wish my friend sat on an orange and blue array !

Man - Interjection    sometimes - adverb     

I/my - pronoun         on - preposition            could - verb              wish - verb      

sat- verb          orange/blue - adjective        and - conjuction      friend/array - noun

Step 3:  Choose one of your sentences to illustrate.  This can be done right in your notebook.  Put lots of effort into it and make it as funny as possible!!

Sounds simple, but this will be challenging.  Good luck!
 

WORD STUDY FEEDBACK!!!

Here's some feedback about your last word study on the first four parts of speech:

WHAT WE NOTICED:

Many of you were able to identify most nouns and verbs.  We saw some very creative work with the graffiti - great job!

WHAT YOU MISSED:

It looks like we still need to work on adverbs as that was a problem area for most students.

Some of you also had difficulty identifying "relationship" and "friendship" as nouns.  Some of you that it was a verb, but these are not ACTION!!! words.

Also, don't forget some words can be more than one part of speech.  In our last activity, "decimal" could be both an adjective or a noun.  When it describes the word "number" like in "decimal number", then it is an adjective.  "Text" and "trade" can also be a noun and a verb.  You can "text" a person (verb) and you can make a "trade".

WHAT TO DO NEXT:

When reading, look for adverbs and verbs in the sentences.  Don't forget to make the necessary corrections.  Keep up the good work!!

Multiplying with two digit numbers

Hello All:

So it looks like we need to work on our multiplication. It is important that you do know all of your times tables, especially when we get to multiplying multi-digit numbers. Here are are few strategies you could use to multiply.

35 x 15 =

Using arrays:

Using place value 

Using traditional algorithm 

Now you try it:

42 x 14 =                23 x 18 =                 48 x 33 =             92 x 35 =          75 x 15 =


45 x 54 =                 43 x 15 =                   55 x 12 =           15 x 10 =         54 x 12      

Canada is GOLD!!!

 

Okay I know this is not what the blog is for, but what the heck!!!  Let's be proud!

 

GO CANADA GO!

 

 

                                          Picture from Bell Media

Here's an idea.  If you don't want to do the Graffit activity, then print off this picture, cut it out, glue it to the middle of a blank piece of paper, and choose either nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs as a part of speech to use.  Write as many words around the picture to describe it using whatever part of speech you've chosen.  (Example for nouns: PRIDE, CHAMPION, GOLD, EFFORT, etc...)

Word Study Activity - February 21

For this week's Word Study Topic, check out the video below:

 

Although there are 8 Parts of Speech, we will focus on only four this week.  Check out the wordlist first.

 

This week's WORD LIST and ACTIVITIES - DUE DATE: February 27

 

1.   patiently

2.   commodity

3.   decimal

4.   calculate

5.   internationally

6.   text

7.   relationship

8.   friendship

9.   correctly

10. trade 

 

The Parts of Speech we will focus on are: 

Word Activity 5: GRAFFITI
 

Step 1:  Get out your word study notebook!
 

Step 2:  Classify each word list according to the parts of speech we are looking at. For example, the word "patiently" is what part of speech:  adverb, verbs, adjectives or nouns??

 

Some may belong to more than one part of speech.  For example, "dry" can be both an adjective and a verb.  (The dry dog (adjective) or I need to dry my hands(verb)).

 

Step 3:  Get a piece of blank paper and choose either adjectives, verbs or adverbs to do the following:

             a)  In the middle of the sheet write one of the parts of speech in graffiti.

             b)  Write the definition underneath the word; you'll need to do a bit more

                   research to get the best definition possible (and in YOUR OWN WORDS!).

             c)  Look through old books, magazines, flyers, etc... and find examples of that

                  particular part of speech.

             d) Cut them out and glue them around the word and definition.

                  Look at the examples below to help you with this activity.

Use graffiti to create your part of speech category (verb, noun, adjective, or adverb) for the instead of regular letters.  The picture with "VERBS" shows you just some basic lettering.  The second picture is what should go around the word and the definition.  Have fun and BE CREATIVE!!

 

Samples of graffiti lettering:

 

 

 



Word Study Activity - February 18

*** Please note that due to the Family Day Weekend, the Word Study will be extended to Friday, February 21. ***
Olympic Endings... 

This week's word list comes from the Winter Olympics.

All the words are VERBS (one of the parts of speech).

The word study is very simple and involves two suffixes you're already familiar with: "-ed" and "-ing".

 

This should be review, however we've come across some spelling errors when it comes to adding "ed" or "ing" to the ends of words.  Many times we've noticed that you're not quite sure when to double the last letter or when to drop the "e" or "y".  

 

For example, when adding "ed" or "ing" to a simple word like hop we often see "hoped" or "hoping", but that it's incorrect.  Otherwise, how would you add "ed" or "ing" to the verb "hope"?

**Note:  when adding "ed" to a word it changes the tense of the word to past tense.  We'll look at tenses at a later time.**

Here are the basic rules to follow when adding the suffixes "ed" and "ing":

  

ROOT WORD	To add "ed"	To add "ing"	FINAL WORDS
Try	Ends with a consonant and a "y", so drop the "y" and add an i and "ed"	Ends with a consonant and a "y", so keep the "y" and add "ing"	Tried   Trying
Bake	Ends with an "e", so drop the "e" and add "ed"	Ends with an "e", so drop the "e" and add "ing"	Baked   Baking
Track	Ends with 2 consonants, so just add "ed"	Ends with 2 consonants, so just add "ing"	Tracked   Tracking
Pray	Ends with a vowel and a "y", so always keep the "y" and add "ed"	Ends with a vowel and a "y", so always keep the "y" and add "ing"	Prayed   Praying
Lie	Ends with the vowels "ie", so drop the "e" and add "ed"	Ends with the vowels "ie", so change the "ie" to a "y" and add "ing"	Lied   Lying

WHAT ABOUT DOUBLING??

You double a word when it has all of the following criteria:

• The word has consonant-vowel-consonant pattern at the end ( wrap - "r" is consonant, "a" is vowel and "p" is consonant)
• The word is usually one syllable
• The vowel in the word is a short sound

The word "wrap" fits under all these criteria, so when adding "ed" or "ing", the word becomes "wrapped" or "wrapping".

This week's WORD LIST and ACTIVITIES - DUE DATE: February 21

1.   skate
2.   ski
3.   race
4.   snowboard
5.   curl
6.   sprint
7.   compete
8.   bobsled
9.   train
10. succeed

Here is an online game to help you practise:

http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/fishemup2_eng_launcher.html

WORD ACTIVIY 4: Simply Simple

In this activity, everything is very basic; nothing too exciting!
 
Step 1 - Get you Word Study Notebook!
 
Step 2 - For each list word, add each suffix (-ed and -ing)
 
Step 3 - Next, find 5 other "Olympic Verbs" to add the same suffixes to.  You must have one word that ends with an "e", "y" and a word where the last letter is doubled.

Step 4 - Write your 5 new words in a sentence related to an Olympic athlete.  You can choose which suffix to use.  Here's an example using the word "skate" form the list words:

"Patrick Chan skated to win a silver medal for Canada."

Step 5 - Now that you're done, you've become very familiar with what we call INFLECTIONAL ENDINGS (letters that are added to the end of a word - this includes all suffixes, even the plural 'es' and 's").

Now let's see these Olympic sentences!!