J,C,Y,M : English

Remember to complete ALL sections assigned for each day before you move on to the next day.

 
Day 1
Reading

  1. Listen to Horton Hatches an Egg by Dr. Seuss. Horton has to be very patient, but he is rewarded in the end. Learning takes a long time just like hatching an egg, but there is a great reward for your patience in the end!  (If the video disappears, here’s another and here’s just the audio.)
  2. While you are listening, draw a picture of the story.
  3. What did you think of Horton?
  4. What did you think of Maisy?
  5. What did you think of what came out of the egg?


Spelling

  1. Play Word Builder.

Day 2

Reading

  1. Listen to some poems by Mother Goose. It should read to you automatically.
  2. The first poem, “Curly locks, curly locks,” is about a man asking a woman (with curly hair) to marry him. He promises her that she won’t have to work. What does he say that she’ll do?  (Answer)
  3. The next poem is about two sisters arguing. What are they arguing about?  (Answer)
  4. The next poem is a description of a pair of tongs.
  5. The last poem is the most famous. What happens?  (Answer)
Writing
  1. Write what you think the tongs look like. Write, “I think tongs look like” and then finish the sentence.
Day 3
  1. Listen to poems by Mother Goose.
  2. What is the little boy doing in the first poem?  (Answer)
  3. What is he supposed to be doing?  (Answer)
  4. To be “single” means you are not married.
  5. What lesson does the last poem teach?  (Answer)
Writing
  1. Write a sentence telling people to be kind to animals. Don’t forget a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end.
Day 4
Reading
  1. Listen to poems by Mother Goose.
  2. This first poem doesn’t make any sense! What does it say he burned his mouth on?  (Answer)
  3. What is happening in the second poem?  (Answer)
  4. The last poem is not very nice, but the Bible does say that those who marry will have troubles, husbands and wives.
Writing
  1. Write a sentence that doesn’t make any sense! (Example: I drank hamburgers for breakfast.)
Day 5
Reading
  1. Listen to these two poems by Mother Goose. One  Two
  2. Draw a picture about one of these poems or tell someone about what happens in both of them.
 Grammar
  1. You will need Shockwave Flash installed to do today’s lesson. If you are on a tablet, you need to use a browser that allows Flash, such as Photon for Ipad. If you have Shockwave installed, and it’s still not playing, you probably need to update your player.
  2. Take a quick capitalization quiz.
  3. Play Power Proofreading. Click on 2nd grade. Click on “Meet the Authors.” Find names of people, places or things that need to be capitalized. The names of nouns are called proper nouns and are always capitalized. They always start with a capital letter. Some examples: name of a person, Mary; name of a place, California; name of a thing, Oreos.
Day 6
Reading
  1. Read poems 04, 05, and 06 by Walter De La Mare.
  2. Why is Tim so tired?  (Answers)
  3. What does he think is so ugly in I can’t Abear?  (Answers)  (Here is a picture of a butcher shop.)
  4. What happened in Some One?  (Answers)
 Vocabulary
  1. What do you think it means that he can’t “abear” the butcher shop? (Answers)
  2. Play this easy vocabulary game.
  3. Play this contraction’s memory match game. Remember, a contraction is a shorter way of saying something. Can’t means can not. I’m means I am. She’ll means she will.
Day 7
Reading
  1. Read poems 08, 10, and 11 by Walter De La Mare.
  2. This is a picture of Banbury cakes in poem 08. Do you know what a cupboard is? (hint: What words do you see in cupboard?)
  3. What is The Cupboard about?  (Answers)
  4. What is The Window about?  (Answers)
  5. The widow in number 11 may not have a lot of money, but why is she not really poor?  (hint: second to last line)  (Answers)
  6. There is a long list in this poem of different kinds of weeds. Usually you think that weeds are for pulling and throwing away, but weeds can have a lot of uses and can even be eaten. Here are a few pictures of some of the things listed. Comfrey   Hawksbit   Clover
  7. Can you find any of those where you live?
Writing
  1. Write a short story. Here’s the beginning.
    • I was pulling weeds in my garden and noticed something unusual sticking up out of the dirt.  (You can copy this sentence into a handwriting sheet maker. Make sure to choose 3/8 inch so that there is room to write some more.)
Day 8
Reading
  1. Read poems 16 and 19 by Walter De La Mare.
  2. What animals does he say can’t see him?  (answer: mole, bat, barn owl)
  3. In fact moles can see, they just see very poorly. Bats can see, but they can’t see well in the dark which is when they like to fly. Owls can see by day, but they are usually asleep because they like to be out at night as well. His science isn’t the best in this poem!
  4. Summer Evening paints a word picture. Can you picture the scene? Draw the picture he describes in this poem.
Grammar
  1. Find the right sentences. Look for capital letters and punctuation.
  2. Play this contraction’s word match game.
Day 9
Reading
  1. Read poems 20 and 39 by Walter De La Mare.
  2. What is the oak’s “green crest”?  (hint: What part of the oak tree is green?)
  3. Where are the star’s thrones set?  (hint: Where are the stars?)
  4. What words in this poem rhyme?  (Answers)
  5. In number 39 what sounds does the woman hear now that she is old and there is no longer music and singing in her house? (Answers)
Writing
  1. Put these stories in order.
  2. Here’s a harder one. Put these directions in order. Hint: The first one is to gather the ingredients. Then what is the bottom or base of the pizza? That goes next!
Day 10
Reading
  1. Choose a story to listen to.
Grammar
  1. Play level 1 of Maggie’s Adventures.
Day 11
Reading
  1. You are going to listen to a poem called, When the Frost Is on the Punkin,” by James Riley. First he’s going to tell a story and then he’ll recite the poem. The line that is repeated in this poem is, “When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.” Pumpkin is spelled that way on purpose. Say it the way it is written. The poem is written with a sort of accent. That’s how the farmer speaks. Fodder is feed for animals. Here is grain in shocks. The grain has all been harvested, collected. It’s ready to feed the animals. What time of year is it when the harvest is all collected and there is frost on the pumpkin? (answer: It’s the end of fall.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FEY9iYQ-Ves
  1. How does the poet feel about the end of harvest?  (Answers)
  2. What are some lines that show how he feels?  (Answers)
Spelling
  1. Play this compound word matching game. Each compound word starts with a word on the left and ends with a word on the right. Sometime is an example of a compound word. Some + Time = sometime   Rainbow is another example of a compound word. Rain + bow = rainbow
Day 12
Reading
  1. Read poems 01 through 04 by Christina Rossetti.
  2. In the first two poems what is she describing? (Answers)
  3. In poem 03, where are the two places she digs for flowers? (Answers)
  4. Where will the flowers grow and where will flowers never grow?  (Answers)
  5. Here is a picture of a linnet in poem 04.
  6. What story does the bird tell?  (Answers)
Writing
  1. Copy this sentence from poem 2. My clothes are soft and warm, fold upon fold, but I’m so sorry for the poor out in the cold.
  2. Which two words rhyme? (Answers)
Day 13
Reading
  1. Read poems 08, 09 and 10.
  2. The picture I showed you on Day 12 is of a linnet on a bough, a tree branch. The poem talks about two linnets, two birds. One is outside in a tree and one is in a cage. The poet asks which is luckier? What is the poet’s answer?  (Answers)
  3. Poem 09 is about rainbows. When it says “bow,” it is talking about a rainbow. What does it say you need to have rainbows? (Answers)
  4. Poem 10 talks about violets. Here is a picture of violets. Turf means the ground or grass. The poet smells something sweet. The wind blows the smell her way. At the end of the poem she says that violets make the turf sweet. What does that mean? (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Enter your name and then click on Capital Letters and End Marks. Fix the sentences and then click to check your answers.
  2. Build a sentence clubhouse.
Day 14
Reading
  1. Read poems 16, 17 and 18 by Christina Rossetti.
  2. In poem 16 she describes how a flint rock just looks like a rock, but it really has a special purpose.
  3. Here is a picture of what happens when you strike flint rock. What words in the poem describe this picture?  (Answers)
  4. There are many things and people in this world that look ordinary but serve a special purpose.
  5. In poem 17 it says that even the coldest May brings what? (Answers)
  6. When it is summer in America, it is winter in Australia. America is in the north, what we call the northern hemisphere, and Australia is in the south or southern hemisphere. Also, you know that the sun rises and sets at different times everyday.
  7. In the summer in America the days are long, the sun gets up early and goes down late so the nights are shorter. At the same time in Australia the opposite is happening. So when the days are long the nights are short and when the days are short the nights are long. Right?
  8. The lark is known for singing in the morning, so when the sun is up early, the lark can sing for hours and hours.
  9. The nightingale is known for singing at night. The poem says that even though the nights are long, they seem short because of the nightingale’s singing. Does that mean she likes or doesn’t like the nightingale’s song? (Answers)
  10. Here is a singing lark and a singing nightingale.
Writing
  1. Copy poem 16.   Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire: Strike a flint, and forthwith flash out sparks of fire.
  2. What two words rhyme?  (answer: admire, fire)
  3. Also notice how stroke a flint and strike a flint are sort of repeating each other even though they aren’t identical.
Vocabulary
  1. Admire means to think well of someone or something, to have a good opinion of something, to respect someone.
Day 15
Reading
  1. Read poems 20, 21 and 22 by Christina Rossetti.
  2. What is poem 20 about? (Answers)
  3. Draw a picture of the caterpillar in the poem.
  4. What is the poet feeling in the first stanza (section) of poem 21? (Answers) (A stanza is a section of a poem. There’s a space between each stanza.)
  5. What is the poet feeling at the end of the second stanza? (Answers)
  6. What words rhyme in poem 22? (Answers)
Writing
  1. Finish this sentence with a rhyme.  If a pig wore a wig, __________________.  What are some words that rhyme with wig? big, dig, fig, gig, jig, …
  2. Here’s an example: If a pig wore a wig, I’d eat a fig.
Day 16
Reading
  1. Read poems 24 and 25 by Christina Rossetti.
  2. These poem teach. What is taught in poem 24?  (Answers)
  3. What do you think is being taught in poem 25? (hint: You would know if you lived in England.)  (Answers)
Writing
  1. Copy the first two lines of poem 25 using dollar instead of shilling if you are American. What would it say, four what?
Vocabulary
  1. For your vocabulary today, try and play this British money shopping game. It uses the money in the poem. Use the poem. Which is worth the most? the least?  pound, shilling, pence?
  2. Then look at the money from other countries.
Spelling
  1. Poem 25 says 20 shillings, 12 pence, 4 farthings – What’s different about the word pence? (answer: It doesn’t have an “s” at the end.)
  2. Sometimes there are words that don’t change when they are plural. Remember: plural means more than one.
  3. Bike-bikes, fly-flies, wife-wives, remember?
  4. Here are some that don’t change.
  • five deer
  • twelve sheep
  • three fish
  • a lot of other animals like moose, elk, salmon, shrimp…but there are others too
  • six aircraft
  • eight offspring
  • There are words that are only plural like scissors.There is no such word as scissor. Can you think of another? (Hint: Your dad might be wearing something that is always plural.)
  • Quiz your parents. See if they can list five words that don’t change when they are plural.
Day 17*
Reading*
  1. Read poems 26, 27 and 28.
  2. How many cherries did their family eat?  (answer: 1+1+2+6 = 10)
  3. *Make a calendar page based on this poem for whatever month it is right now. Example: It says the February is dripping wet, so you would write February at the top and draw rain drops and puddles. Make sure to add in the date numbers in the right boxes.
Writing
  1. Poem 27 is another question poem.
  2. Write two lines of a poem like this poem. Ask a color question. Answer it. Then write a rhyming line.
    • Here’s my example: What is red? My blanket’s red, lying on my bed. (red and bed rhyme)
    • Now you try. You can use another color, but I suggest blue because it is easy to rhyme. What is blue? Now answer the question and write a rhyme!
 Day 18
Reading
  1. Read poems 29 and 34.
  2. Both of these poems are about different uses of words. Like the peacock has eyes but can’t see. Here is a picture of peacock feathers that look like eyes.The poet is observant, pays attention to what’s around her. I know you don’t understand everything she points out, but find one in each poem and explain what it means to a parent or older sibling and then draw a picture of it. Example: The head of a pin is the top round part, but of course it doesn’t have hair. You could draw a human head on the top of a pokey pin.
Grammar
  1. Play plural girls. Click on multiple choice. Pay attention to anything you get wrong. When the game is done, click on “Play Plural Girls again.” Then choose “fill in the blank.”
Day 19
Reading
  1. Read poems 38, 39  and 40.
  2. Poem 40: If you don’t know what a ferry is, what clues are there in the poem to help you guess what it is? (answer: “across the water” and “boatman”) What is a ferry? (Answers)
  3. How much does a ferry ride cost in this poem?   (Answers)
  4. Poem 39: What does it mean that the milk is coming when the cows come home?  (Answers)
  5. Here are pictures of drake, brake and rushy lake. Look at the pictures and read the poem again. Now can you picture what it’s talking about?
  6. Poem 38: What is happening in this poem? First, what is a swallow? (look for clues in the poem like “fly away”)
  7. When does the swallow leave and fly away?  (Answers)
  8. When does the swallow come home?  (Answers)
  9. What is happening in this poem? (Answers)
Writing
  1. What words rhyme in poem 38? (Answers)
  2. What words repeat? (Answers)
  3. Write two poem lines. Start each line with a repeating phrase and rhyme the last words.
  4. Here is my example:
  • Summer’s here, summer’s here let’s go and play.
  • Winter’s come, winter’s come inside we’ll stay.
  • Stay and play rhyme, the last words in both lines.
  • Also, each line starts with a repeating phrase “summer’s here” and “winter’s come.”
  • Make up your own poem or copy my first line to start with: “Summer’s here, summer’s here, let’s go and play” and then write your own last line and make sure it rhymes with play!
 Day 20
Reading
  1. Read poems 45, 46  and 47.
  2. What does the poet compare to a boat sailing?  (Answers)
  3. What does the poet compare to a bridge? (If you don’t know, use the clues. What bow looks like a bridge from the earth to the sky?)  (Answers)
  4. What is the message of poem 46?  (Answers)
  5. What is the message of poem 47?  (Answers)
Writing
  1. Copy the first stanza (section) of poem 45. (Remember: A stanza is a section of a poem. They are like paragraphs for poems.)
  • Boats sail on the rivers,
  • And ships sail on the seas;
  • But clouds that sail across the sky
  • Are prettier far than these.
Grammar
  1. See if you can match the words with their plurals.
Day 21*
Reading
  1. Read The City Zoo. You can click to listen to it. It mentions the sport rugby (It’s similar to football and is played in Britain. The story mentions a scrum. It’s not really important, but here is a video showing what a scrum is in the sport, rugby.) Also, an accountant is someone who keeps track of the money for a business and when the hippo is wallowing in the mud it just means he’s lying down and relaxing in the mud.
  1. What problem did the zoo have? How did they solve the problem? Tell a parent or older sibling.  (Answers)
  2. What kind of person was the zookeeper? (hint: look at the beginning of the story)  (Answers)
Vocabulary*
  1. *Print out 4 vocabulary worksheets. You could print these in color if you like.
  2. Word list:  tirelessly, disrepair, contented, slumber, intently, exasperated, gleam, wallow , bulge, demolish, emulate
  3. Click on disrepair and read the definition.
  4. Fill in a vocabulary worksheet page for tirelessly and contented.
  5. The words are in the order they are found in the story. Fill in your worksheet “where” you found the word. That means copy the part of the sentence with the word in it. Example: worked tirelessly  NOTE: the word may look a little different in the story, maybe wallowing instead of wallow, but it is the same word.
  6. Write a definition for each word. You can click on each word above to see the definitions. You don’t have to write out everything in the definition, just write what helps you understand what the word means. Example for gleam: shine   That’s enough if it helps you know what gleam means.
  7. Draw a picture for each word.
Day 22
Reading
  1. Read The City Zoo. You can click to listen to it.
Vocabulary
  1. Word list:  tirelessly, disrepair, contented, slumber, intently, exasperated, gleam, wallow , bulge, demolish, emulate
  2. Click on intently and read the definition.
  3. Fill in a vocabulary worksheet page for slumber and exasperated.
  4. The words are in the order they are found in the story. Fill in your worksheet “where” you found the word. That means copy the part of the sentence with the word in it. Example: worked tirelessly  NOTE: the word may look a little different in the story, maybe wallowing instead of wallow, but it is the same word.
  5. Write a definition for each word. You can click on each word above to see the definitions. You don’t have to write out everything in the definition, just write what helps you understand what the word means. Example for gleam: shine   That’s enough if it helps you know what gleam means.
  6. Draw a picture for each word.
Day 23
Reading
  1. Read The City Zoo. You can click to listen to it.
Vocabulary
  1. Word list:  tirelessly, disrepair, contented, slumber, intently, exasperated, gleam, wallow , bulge, demolish, emulate
  2. Click on wallow and read the definition.
  3. Fill in a vocabulary worksheet page for gleam and bulge.
  4. The words are in the order they are found in the story. Fill in your worksheet “where” you found the word. That means copy the part of the sentence with the word in it. Example: worked tirelessly  NOTE: the word may look a little different in the story, maybe wallowing instead of wallow, but it is the same word.
  5. Write a definition for each word. You can click on each word above to see the definitions. You don’t have to write out everything in the definition, just write what helps you understand what the word means. Example for gleam: shine   That’s enough if it helps you know what gleam means.
  6. Draw a picture for each word.
Day 24
Reading
  1. Read The City Zoo. You can click to listen to it.
Vocabulary
  1. Word list:  tirelessly, disrepair, contented, slumber, intently, exasperated, gleam, wallow , bulge, demolish, emulate
  2. Fill in a vocabulary worksheet page for demolish and emulate.
  3. The words are in the order they are found in the story. Fill in your worksheet “where” you found the word. That means copy the part of the sentence with the word in it. Example: worked tirelessly  NOTE: the word may look a little different in the story, maybe wallowing instead of wallow, but it is the same word.
  4. Write a definition for each word. You can click on each word above to see the definitions. You don’t have to write out everything in the definition, just write what helps you understand what the word means. Example for gleam: shine   That’s enough if it helps you know what gleam means.
  5. Draw a picture for each word.
Day 25*
  1. Do you know what all of the words mean now? Can you match the words to their definitions?
  2. *Can you do the crossword puzzle? You can print it out and look at this page to see how the words are spelled.
Day 26
Reading
  1. We’re going to start a new book .What is it called? Who wrote it?  (Answers)
  2. Read chapter 1. You can click to open the “smart reader.” In the smart reader you can make the font bigger if you like.
  3. What happened in chapter 1?  Tell someone.  Tell them who the chapter was about and what that person did.
 Writing
  1. Copy this sentence: Now it is a very unusual thing for Mr. Toad to hurry, very unusual indeed.
  2. You are going to write a sentence in the same format. Here’s an example: It is a very exciting thing when we have our first warm day, very exciting indeed.
  3. What did I leave the same? What did I change? (Answers)
  4. Keep the beginning the same, but add in your own word. It is a very _________ thing…
  5. Then you have to add in your word (surprising, mysterious, sad, funny…).
  6. Then you write “thing” and tell about it. “unusual thing for Mr. Toad to hurry”  “exciting thing when we have our first warm day”
  7. Then you write a comma.
  8. Then you write “very” and then your word and then “indeed.”
  9. Read your sentence. Do you like it? Read it to someone else.
Day 27
Reading
  1. Read chapter 2. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. What is Jimmy trying to figure out?  (Answers)
  3. What is Jimmy going to do to try and find out the answer?  (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. Can you match the words to their definitions?
Writing
  1. Copy this sentence: You know Peter is always ready to go anywhere or do anything that will satisfy his curiosity.
Day 28*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 3. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. When they got to Smiling Pool, where was Mr. Toad?  (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. Read and fill in this plurals worksheet.
  2. When you are done, have a parent or older sibling check your answers.
Writing
  1. Write four plural nouns that were in you reading today.
Day 29
Reading
  1. Read chapter 4. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. What does Peter wish he could do?  (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. Envy means to be jealous of.
Writing
  1. Copy this sentence: He envies the birds because they can pour out in beautiful song the joy that is in them. 
  2. Write a similar sentence. Example: Sometimes I envy birds because they can fly and soar in the sky.
  3. Write: “Sometimes I envy”
  4. Then write a kind of animal.
  5. Then write “because”
  6. Then write what they can do that you wish you could do.
Day 30*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 5. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. How does Mr. Toad make his song?  (Answers)
  3. Tell someone what happened in this chapter.
Grammar*
  1. *Read this plurals worksheet and fill in the blanks. Use the examples to get the answers right!
  2. When you are done, you can have a parent or older sibling check your answers.
Day 31
Reading
  1. Read chapter 6. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Tell someone what happened in this chapter.
Writing
  1. Copy this sentence: “What was the use of wasting my breath?” demanded Old Mr. Toad.  Make sure you copy the “quotation marks” and the ? question mark.
Day 32
Reading
  1. Read chapter 7. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Who wanted to eat Mr. Toad? (Answers)
Writing
  1. Copy these sentences:  Oh, my, no!  No indeed!  Make sure you copy all of the , commas and ! exclamation points.
  2. Write a sentence of your own that ends in an exclamation point.
Day 33
Reading
  1. Read chapter 8. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Peter thought Mr. Toad’s babies looked like whose?  (Answers)
Writing
  1. Copy these sentences: “I’m just watching my babies.  Aren’t they lovely?” said he.  Make sure you copy all of the “” and the ‘ and the ? and the .
  2. Write your own question sentence that ends in a question mark.
Day 34
Reading
  1. Read chapter 9. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. What did the pollywog do that surprised Peter?  (Answers)
Writing
  1. Copy this sentence: “Why, I couldn’t do that!” he exclaimed right out loud.
  2. Write a sentence like the one above. Here’s an example. “I can’t believe it!” I shouted for everyone to hear.
  3. Write yourself exclaiming something! Use “” and an ! and then write who said it. Use the examples. See if you can do it!
Day 35*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 10. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Tell someone what happened in this chapter.
Grammar*
  1. *Print out the first page and find the nouns.
  2. You can check your answers with a parent or older sibling.
Day 36*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 11. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Tell someone what happened in this chapter.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. Notice every word has the AR sound, as in car and far.
Vocabulary
  1. Can you match the words to their definitions?
  2. Do you remember what envy means?  (answer: to be jealous of)
Day 37*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 12. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. What makes Mr. Toad’s tongue so wonderful?  (Answers)
  3. Why does Peter think Mr. Toad’s tongue is attached in the wrong place?  (Answers)
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. Notice every word has the er sound. It is spelled er, ir or ur.
  2. What words can you think of that have the er sound? Here are some: purr, burn, burp.
Day 38
Reading
  1. Read chapter 13. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Tell someone what happened in this chapter.
Grammar
  1. Capitalize the proper nouns, the names of people, places and things.
Day 39*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 14. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Look for the word  indignant in the beginning today’s reading.
  3. Look for the word hastily at the end of today’s reading.
  4. indignant means feeling angered or annoyed
  5. hastily means doing something in a hurry
  6. It’s time to act. Say this line indignantly, “I can’t believe you did that!” Say it like you are really annoyed!
  7. Now say it with envy, like you are really jealous that they got to do that great thing. “I can’t believe you did that!”
  8. Now say it hastily, really fast! If that’s too hard, you can do something hastily. Picking up to things from the floor would be a great thing to do hastily. :)
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. This worksheet is about the OR sound.
Day 40*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 15. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Where does Peter look for Mr. Toad? (Answers)
  3. Where does Mr. Toad hide?  (Answers)
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
  2. There are lots of ways to write the long I sound. Copy these words which each make the “I” sound in a different way: fire, pie, dial, pile, light, bicycle, by, bye, guide
Grammar
Day 41*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 16. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Why do you think Old Mr. Toad turn pale and leave at the end of the chapter?  (hint: It has to do with who Jimmy saw that day.)  (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. To amble means to walk slowly.
  2. If you are smug, it means you have too much pride in yourself.
  3. Anxious means worried.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
Day 42*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 17. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Who did Mr. Toad see on the path? (Answers)
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
Day 43*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 18. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Who saved Mr. Toad? (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. Follow the directions on this noun worksheet.
Day 44*
Reading*
  1. Read chapter 19. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
Vocabulary
  1. Scorn means thinking that someone or something is worthless or despicable.
  2. Feeble means not having physical strength.
  3. Who was feeble in this chapter? (hint: He was feeble because he was so scared.)  (Answers)
Writing
  1. Write your name, address and phone number.
Day 45*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 20. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Tell someone what happens in this chapter.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
Grammar
  1. Catch the proper nouns.
Day 46**
Reading
  1. Read chapter 21. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. Tell someone what happens in this chapter.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
Vocabulary (*You can print it out front and back and hold onto it for a few days.)
  1. *Play charades. Go through the list below and act out your vocabulary words. Give this list (Old Mr. Toad vocabulary) to the person watching and they can guess which word you are acting out.
  • Amble  (walk like you are relaxed and taking your time)
  • Feeble  (act like you have no strength left in your body at all)
  • Scorn  (act like you want nothing to do with something)
  • Smug  (turn up your nose like you think you are more important than everyone else)
  • Hastily  (act like you are in a big hurry)
  • Indignant  (stomp your foot like you are really angry and annoyed with someone)
  • Envy  (touch something that someone else has and then pout like you want it)
  • Anxious  (act like you are really worried, bite your nails, walk back and forth, shake your head, make your face look worried)
  1. Play this vocabulary matching game with the words you have learned from your book.
Day 47*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 22. You can click to open the “smart reader.”
  2. What lesson does Old Mr. Toad learn?  (Answers)
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
  2. Write five words that rhyme with words in the word box on your worksheet.
Day 48*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 23. You can click to open the “smart reader.” This is the last chapter.
  2. Tell someone what happens at the end of the story.
Grammar*
  1. Complete this noun worksheet.
Day 49*
Reading*
  1. *Fill in this book report form.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. Circle the three words that have the long A sound.
Day 50*
Reading/vocabulary
  1. Either read this story to someone and ask someone else to act it out as you read or ask someone to read the story and you act it out. Or, both take turns acting it out.  I used boys but you could read it Jacqueline and Johanna and use feminine pronouns if you like.  (Read off the screen or use the printed version on the Old Mr. Toad vocabulary sheet from day 46.)
  • Jack ambled down the street, humming a song, smiling in the sun. He was on his way to his friend’s house for a birthday party. Suddenly he stopped. He had forgotten a present! Now he started feeling very anxious. What was he going to do? He decided he better go get a present. He hastily returned home and searched for a present. He didn’t know what else to do, so he grabbed his stack of baseball cards and put them in a paper bag. He ran out of the house and down the street. He was huffing and puffing and had to sit because he was so feeble from running so fast so far. Joe was already at the party.
  • (The actor has to be Joe now.) Joe took one look at Jack’s bag and felt very smug. “That’s your present?” he said scornfully. “What? Did you bring him your lunch?”
  • (Now the actor can be Jack again.) Jack was indignant. He knew it wasn’t the best looking present, but he still thought it was a good present.
  • (The actor can be the birthday boy or not, but the actor will have to play Joe at the end.) Soon their friend started opening presents. He opened Joe’s first. It turned out that their friend already had one. Joe was upset that he wasn’t more excited about it. He opened Jack’s bag last. His eyes grew wide. He jumped up and started saying how great it was. He couldn’t believe Jack had given him so many. Jack was really happy he had brought them, but Joe was envious that Jack had brought the best present.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. You can use other paper to write the sentences.
Day 51*
Reading
  1. The Tale of Peter Rabbit  Click to listen.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
  2. Make a sentence.
Spelling
  1. Play this homonym game (words that sound alike but are spelled differently.)
  2. Take this homonym quiz. Read the words that are the answer choices. Which word means what? Do you know?
Day 52*
Reading
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
Writing
  1. Write a sentence using smug or envious. Examples:
  • She thought she was the best swimmer ever and was so smug about it.
  • She was envious of how well the other girls could swim.
Day 53*
Reading
Grammar*
  1. Complete this worksheet.
Writing
  1. Write a sentence using amble or hastily. Examples:
  • He ambled down the street whistling a tune.
  • He hastily ate breakfast and spilled his juice.
Day 54*
Reading
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
Writing
  1. Write a sentence using indignant or scornfully. Examples:
  • She was indignant that someone would step on her foot.
  • She looked at the bread scornfully and said, “I would never eat that!”
Day 55*
Reading
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
Writing
  1. Write a sentence using anxious or feeble. Examples:
  • The big storm made him anxious.
  • He has been sick for so long he has become feeble.
Day 56**
Reading*
  1. *The Clever Owl – Print page 2. Read page 1. Check your answers on page 3.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. You can use other paper to write the rest of the story.
Day 57**
Reading*
  1. *Peanut  – Print page 2. Read page 1. Check your answers on page 3.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. Notice all of the words end in “dge.” What sound do those letters make together?
Writing
  1. Write a sentence about the story. You can type it if you like.
Day 58*
Reading*
  1. *Old Socks  – Print page 2. Read page 1. Check your answers on page 3.
Writing
  1. Write a sentence about the story. You can type it if you like.
Day 59**
Reading*
  1. *Baby Sister  – Print page 2. Read page 1. Check your answers on page 3.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. Notice every word ends with a Y that sounds like an E.
Writing
  1. Write a sentence about the story. You can type it if you like.
Day 60*
Reading
  1. Scroll down. Read the two stories and answer the questions. Print your answers when you are done or have a parent check your answers while they are on the screen. Don’t lose your answers!  (Answers)
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. Notice these words all end in LE.
Writing
  1. Write another question for each story. You can type them if you like.
Day 61*
Reading
  1. You are starting a new book today, The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, by Thornton Burgess. I think this will be the last book you will read by this author, but he wrote 170 books, so if you like to read them, your parents can help you search for more to read on the computer.
  2. Read chapter 1 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk.
  3. Who were all of the characters in this chapter? (Answers)
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. All of the words have EA in them, but they sound different! Read the words out loud to tell which is which.
Day 62*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 2 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk.
  2. Do you remember who is sleeping in the barrel?
  3. What is the “problem with thoughtlessness?”  (hint: The answer is in the very last sentence of the first paragraph-or section-of the chapter.)  (Answers)
  4. So, what is the opposite? What does thoughtfulness do? (hint: It’s the opposite of thoughtlessness.)  (Answers)
  5. Talk with your parents about who you can be thoughtful of them.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. These words look similar. Read the words out loud to organize them.
Day 63*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 3 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. Why did Peter Rabbit become afraid?  (answer: He thinks he might have killed Jimmy Skunk.)
Grammar
  1. Let’s do one last noun worksheet.
Day 64*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 4 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. Who did Jimmy blame for rolling the barrel?  (answer:  Reddy Fox)
  3. What did Jimmy Skunk do to him?  (answer: sprayed him)
  4. Jimmy Skunk walked away “with a great deal of dignity.” Dignity means he had honor and respect. He was sure he had done the right thing.
  5. Try walking “with a great deal of dignity.”
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. Notice all the words have double OO in them.
Day 65*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 5 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. Copy this sentence:  He stopped and into his yellow eyes crept a look of suspicion.
  3. Suspicion means a feeling or belief that someone is guilty or that a certain thought is true
  4. Finish this sentence: I have a suspicion that…  (You don’t have to write it. Just say it.)  Here’s an example: I have a suspicion that Andrew’s gotten into the cookie jar.
English*
  1. *Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet. This is about how GH and PH can make the sound F. Weird, huh?
Day 66*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 6 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. What do you think it means that he “smarted all over”? Use the story to help you figure it out. Here is the sentence it is from: He ached and smarted all over. This is at the end of the chapter. What had just happened?  (Answers)
Spelling*
  1. Read the directions and fill out this phonics worksheet.
  2. Copy all of the words in the list at the top of the page that have silent letters.
Day 67
Reading
  1. Read chapter 7 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. What is Sammy Jay’s suspicion?  (Answers)
Spelling
  1. Copy these words that all have OI in them:  oil, boil, coin, noise, noisy, avoid, choice, point
Day 68
Reading
  1. Read chapter 8 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
Vocabulary
  1. In this chapter it says that Jimmy Skunk is shrewd. It means that he’s clever and smart.
  2. Jimmy thinks maybe he did Reddy an injustice. That means he thinks maybe he wasn’t fair to Reddy when he sprayed him.
Writing
  1. Write a sentence using at least two words from the spelling list on day 67.
  2. Here are examples: I made the choice to avoid all noisy coins.  OR  When oil boils, its noise is noisy.
  3. Make sure your sentences start with a capital letter and end with punctuation!
Day 69
Reading
  1. Read chapter 9 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
Writing
  1. Copy this part of a sentence:  Jimmy Skunk was smiling as he ambled towards the old house of Johnny Chuck.  It is from the very first sentence of the chapter you read today. Make sure you make their names start with capital letters. Names always are capitalized, which means they start with a capital letter.
Vocabulary
  1. How was Jimmy Skunk walking towards Johnny Chuck’s old house?  Demonstrate.
Grammar
  1. Play this grammar lesson. We are going to start learning about verbs.
Day 70
Reading
  1. Read chapter 10 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. How did Peter try to get our of Johnny Chuck’s house? (Answers)
  3. What did Jimmy Skunk say to Peter to get him back?  (Answers)
  4. Tell someone the story of the book so far.
Grammar
  1. Play this verb game.
Day 71  
Reading
  1. Read chapter 11 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. What does it mean that Jimmy Skunk “kept his word.”  (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. Play this vocabulary matching game.
Spelling
  1. Can you unscramble the letters to make words?  Click on the letters in order. You can also click and drag the letters to move them around. If you are stuck, you can look at this list of words for ideas.
Day 72
Reading
  1. Here is a sentence from the chapter:
  • Unc’ Billy grinned.  “Good mo’nin’, Brer Skunk,” he replied.  “Ah can’t rightly say Ah have.  Ah had it on mah mind to ask yo’ the same thing.”
  • Here is what it says: Uncle Billy grinned. “Good morning, Brother Skunk,” he replied. “I can’t rightly say I have. I had it on my mind to ask you the same thing.”
  • He speaks with a kind of accent. He’s what we call a country bumpkin; it’s like in the poem about the frost on the “pumkin.” Do a little acting. Read the sentence out loud like Unc’ Billy would.
  • Anytime you aren’t sure what he is saying, read it out loud to help you figure it out.
  1. Read chapter 12 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
Writing
  1. Try and write the sentence below in proper English. Read it out loud to help you figure it out.
  • Ah have mo’ important things to worry about.
Day 73
Reading
  1. Read chapter 13 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. Jimmy Skunk can spray a stinky perfume. Who else has a “weapon” to keep others from attacking him?  (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. defence – when you stop an attacker  (This is an old way to spell it. We write defenSe today.)
  2. offence  – when you attack
  3. What does the sentence below mean?
  • Prickly Porky and I are armed for defence, but we never use our weapons for offence.  (Answers)
Writing
  1. Copy this sentence:
  • Prickly Porky and I are armed for defence, but we never use our weapons for offence.
Day 74*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 14 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. What are two different views about eggs?  (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. *Print out the first page of this verb worksheet and follow the directions.
Day 75
Reading
  1. Read chapter 15 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. What are Jimmy Skunk and Uncle Billy both thinking about?  (Answers)
Writing
  1. Write the next section of the book. What do you think is going to happen? Are they going to get the eggs? You can type your story.
Day 76
Reading
  1. Read chapter 16 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. Why does Uncle Billy want Jimmy to go first?  (Answers)
  3. Why does Jimmy want Uncle Billy to go first?   (Answers)
Vocabulary
    1. Play this vocabulary review   game. Choose one of the games. When you get a right answer, you get to play!
Day 77
Reading
  1. Read chapter 17 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. What hit Jimmy on the head so that he “saw stars“?  (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Watch this video about action verbs. The noun video shows up. Scroll down. Click on the verb circle (2nd one). Then click on Lights, Camera, Action Verbs!
  2. Write a list of eight action verbs from your chapter today.
Day 78*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 18 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. Why did they have bad tempers? (Why were they in a bad mood?) (hint: It tells you in the last paragraph, at the very end of the chapter.) (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. *Try this verb worksheet. Just circle the verbs. You don’t need to write each one unless you like to write.
Day 79
Reading
  1. Read chapter 19 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. Why do you think Jimmy Skunk is not afraid of Farmer Brown’s boy?  (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Watch the video.
  2. Then click on the Level 1 quiz. Choose level A.
Day 80
Reading
  1. Read chapter 20 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
Vocabulary
  1. impudent – not showing respect to someone who deserves respect
  2. acquaintance -- someone you know, but not really well
Writing
  1. Write a story about what you would do if you saw a skunk. You can type your story. Maybe you could start your story by writing, “I was taking a walk when all of a sudden a skunk ambled out onto the path in front of me.” Then what happened?
Day 81
Reading
  1. Read chapter 21 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
Vocabulary
  1. Farmer Brown’s boy says to Uncle Billy, “Never lose your temper over trifles.”
  2. The word trifle(say it  try-full) appears at the end as well:
    • It had seemed a trifle, kicking that egg out of that nest, but see what the results were.  Truly, little things often are not so little as they seem.
  3. The last sentence is our clue as to what trifle means. It calls them “little things.”
  4. What do you think trifle means? Does it mean things that are small? No, that’s not it. What do you think those sentences are saying?  (Answers)
  5. Play the vocabulary review game. Choose any game you would like to play.
Day 82*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 22 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. What trick did Uncle Billy do to try and get out of trouble?  (Answers)
  3. Did he fool Farmer Brown’s boy? Did he think the possum was dead?  (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. Do this action verb worksheet.
Day 83*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 23 of The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk. 
  2. How did Farmer Brown’s boy get Uncle Billy to stop pretending? (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. Do this action verb worksheet.
Day 84*
Reading
  1. Listen to a story.
Grammar*
  1. *Print out this To Be worksheet. (Don’t print the answers.)
  2. Read the directions and complete the worksheet. These are a different kind of verb. They aren’t actions. They tell what something is.
  3. Check your answers. #3 and #10 “will be” could also be a correct answer.
Day 85*
Reading
  1. Listen to a story.
Writing*
  1. *Complete a book review.
Day 86
Writing
  1. A sentence has a capital letter at the beginning, an end mark (like a period), a subject (the noun that the sentence is about) and a predicate (the verb that tells what the noun is doing). You probably put all of these things in your sentences all ready. Let’s look at this sentence together:
    • Mark is coming home today!
    • What is the capital letter at the beginning?  (answer: M)
    • What is the end mark? (answer: ?)
    • What is the subject? (the noun that the sentence is about)   (answer: Mark)
    • What is the predicate? (the verb that tells what the noun is doing)  (answer: is coming)
  2. Click on Make a Sentence.
  3. Make the first sentence. If the penguin stays on his little iceberg, then you are right. Now, open a word processing document and type that sentence. Make sure everything is spelled correctly.
  4. Now write two more sentences in the story.
  5. Do you remember how to change the font color? Change all of the subject nouns to red and all of the predicate verbs to blue.
  6. Make sure each of your sentences has a capital letter at the beginning and an end mark at the end.
Day 87
  1. Click on Make a Sentence. It should be a new sentence. If you get the same sentence you had before, then complete it and click on Next.
  2. Make the first sentence. If the penguin stays on his little iceberg, then you are right. Now, open a word processing document and type that sentence. Make sure everything is spelled correctly.
  3. Now write two more sentences in the story.
  4. Do you remember how to change the font color? Change all of the subject nouns to red and all of the predicate verbs to blue.
  5. Make sure each of your sentences has a capital letter at the beginning and an end mark at the end.
Day 88
  1. Click on Make a Sentence. It should be a new sentence. If you get the same sentence you had before, then complete it and click on Next.
  2. Make the first sentence. If the penguin stays on his little iceberg, then you are right. Now, open a word processing document and type that sentence. Make sure everything is spelled correctly.
  3. Now write two more sentences in the story.
  4. Do you remember how to change the font color? Change all of the subject nouns to red and all of the predicate verbs to blue.
  5. Make sure each of your sentences has a capital letter at the beginning and an end mark at the end.
Day 89
  1. Click on Make a Sentence. It should be a new sentence. If you get the same sentence you had before, then complete it and click on Next.
  2. Make the first sentence. If the penguin stays on his little iceberg, then you are right. Now, open a word processing document and type that sentence. Make sure everything is spelled correctly.
  3. Now write two more sentences in the story.
  4. Do you remember how to change the font color? Change all of the subject nouns to red and all of the predicate verbs to blue.
  5. Make sure each of your sentences has a capital letter at the beginning and an end mark at the end.
Day 90
  1. Click on Make a Sentence. It should be a new sentence. If you get the same sentence you had before, then complete it and click on Next.
  2. Make the first sentence. If the penguin stays on his little iceberg, then you are right. Now, open a word processing document and type that sentence. Make sure everything is spelled correctly.
  3. Now write two more sentences in the story.
  4. Do you remember how to change the font color? Change all of the subject nouns to red and all of the predicate verbs to blue.
  5. Make sure each of your sentences has a capital letter at the beginning and an end mark at the end.
Day 91
Reading
  1. Your new book you will begin reading is called, Fifty Famous Stories.
  2. Here is the link if your parent want’s to download it.
  3. Here is the link for you to read the first story. Stop when you get to the title of the next story on page 8.
  4. Here’s the link if you’d like to listen to someone read the story to you as you read along in your book.
  5. What country is Alfred the king of?  (Answers)
  6. Who was his army fighting against?  (Answers)
  7. When King Alfred fled from a battle, where did he end up?  (Answers)
  8. What did King Alfred forget to do?  (Answers)
  9. What was the lady’s reaction?  (Answers)
Spelling
  1. Click on the oi button at the bottom. Then click on start. Type in the words.
Day 92
Reading
  1. Read the second story about the beggar. If you want to listen, click here.
  2. Tell the story to someone.
Grammar
  1. Read about linking verbs. Click the arrow until it says Linking Verbs at the top. Turn the page and read “Action or Linking Verb?”
  2. Write two sentences with linking verbs. Example: I am hungry. AM is the linking verb. AM, ARE, IS are all types of linking verbs.
Day 93*
Reading
  1. Read the story about the seashore.  If you want to listen, click here.
  2. Tell the story to someone.
Grammar*
  1. *Try this worksheet. Look at the words at the bottom. Those are ALL VERBS. Read  the worksheet and then follow the directions.
Day 94
Reading
  1. Read about William.  If you want to listen, click here.
  2. Tell the story to someone.
Grammar
  1. Find and write five linking verbs and five action verbs in your story from today. Remember, every sentence has a verb!
Day 95
Reading
  1. Read about the white ship. If you want to listen, click here.
  2. Tell someone about the story.
Writing
  1. Put the story in order.
  2. Put the directions in order.
Day 96
Reading
  1. Read King John and the Abbot. If you want to listen, click here.
  2. Tell the story to someone.
Spelling
  1. Click on the aw button at the bottom. Then click on start. Type in the words.
Vocabulary
  1. Practice your vocabulary words.
Day 97
Reading
  1. Read A Story of Robin Hood. If you want to listen, click here.
  2. In front of an audience (can be your family on the couch), tell them the story and read to them (out loud) the poem at the end of the story.
Grammar
  1. Match the sentences with past tense verbs (when you already did something) or with future tense verbs (when you are going to do something). Don’t worry. It will be easy.
Writing
  1. Copy the sentence, “The bride looked like a queen.”
  2. Do you think that’s a nice way to describe her? Is it better than saying she looked pretty? What image do you picture?
Day 98*
Reading
  1. Read Bruce and the Spider. If you want to listen, click here.
  2. Tell the story to someone.
Grammar*
  1. Print out and fill in this past tense worksheet. You are going to write the verbs in the past tense. To write verbs in the past tense, most of the time, you add ED to the end of the verb, like this:  laughed.Here are some spelling rules:
    • If it ends in an e, don’t write eed! You just need one e. You can skip the e at the end and add ed, like this: bake –> baked (not bakeed).
    • On this worksheet, if it ends in the letter y, then you change the y into an i and add the ed, like this: carry –> carried, try –> tried)
    • Give it a try. It’s not as hard as it sounds. This is like your plural spellings. Remember? cry –> cries –> cried
    • The first verb is race. Today I am going to race, but yesterday I raced. Raced is a past tense verb. You did it in the past. You already raced.
Day 99
Reading
  1. Read The Black Douglass. If you want to listen, click here.
  2. Tell the story to someone.
Grammar
  1. Make sentences. This is from England. Chips are French fries and maths is how they say math.
  2. Complete the sentences.
Day 100
Reading
  1. Read Three Men of Gotham. If you want to listen, click here.
  2. Tell the story to someone.
Writing
  1. Write about what you did yesterday. Use the words: first, then and last to start your sentences. That means your story should be in order. What did you do first? Then what did you do? What did you do last? Write at least three sentences, each starting with one of those words. You can add more sentences in the middle if you like. If you do, get a high five and/or hug.
Day 101
Reading
  1. Read Other Wise Men of Gotham. Listen to the story if you like.
  2. Tell the story to someone.
Writing
  1. Copy the sentence from your reading:
    • “But why do you carry that door?” asked the sheriff.
  2. Make sure you write all of the punctuation. There are quotation marks showing that someone is speaking. There is a question mark showing that he is asking a question. There is a period to end the sentence.
  3. Also make sure you spell everything correctly.
Spelling
  1. Write the words. Click on the er block at the bottom.
Day 102*
Reading
  1. Read The Miller of the Dee.   Listen
  2. Tell someone about the story.
Grammar*
  1. *Can you find the verb? (Choose write the verb to print.) When you are finished, you can check your answers.
Day 103*
Reading
  1. Read Sir Philip Sydney.  Listen
  2. Tell someone about the story.
Grammar*
  1. *Can you find the verb?  (Chose write the verb to print.) When you are finished, you can check your answers.
    • Remember that these words are verbs too: am, is , are, was, were, will be.
Day 104*
Reading
  1. Read The Ungrateful Soldier.  Listen
  2. Tell someone about the story.
Grammar*
  1. *Choose the right verb and write it on the line. (Just print page 1.) You can check your answers when you are done.
Day 105
Reading
  1. Read Sir Humphrey Gilbert.  Listen
  2. Tell someone about the story.
Writing
  1. Choose three verbs.
  2. Write three sentences using those three verbs.
Day 106
Reading
  1. Read about Sir Walter Raleigh. The “leigh” part of the name is pronounced LEE.  Listen
  2. Tell someone about the story.  Where did he travel from England to?  (Answers)
Spelling
  1. Play the spelling game.
Day 107*
Reading
  1. Read about Pocahontas.  Listen
  2. Tell someone about Pocahontas. What brave thing did she do to save a man’s life?  (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. *Write in the verb.
Day 108*
Reading
  1. Read about George Washington and the famous story about the cherry tree.  Listen
  2. Tell someone about the story. What did he do wrong? What did he do right? (Answers)
Writing
  1. Copy any sentence from your story today. What is the subject? What did the subject do? (What is the predicate?) Make sure your sentences always start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.
Grammar*
  1. *Do numbers 1 to 8 on this subject and predicate worksheet.
Day 109*
Reading
  1. Read Grace Darling.  Listen
  2. Tell someone about the story. What brave thing did she do?  (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. *Find the predicate.
Day 110
Reading
  1. Read about William Tell. A tyrant is a bad leader who acts mean and makes everyone do whatever he wants.  Listen
  2. Tell someone about the story. What test of his skill did Tell have to perform?  (Answers)
Writing
  1. In the story you read today the ruler, the tyrant, made a law that everyone had to bow down to his hat. Pretend that you are king of a country. Write about what laws you would make.
Day 111*
Reading
  1. Read the story of The Bell of Atri.  Listen  (HINT: If you read the questions now, before the story, then it will help you find and remember the answers.)
  2. Who rang the bell? Did he really ring it to let people know he had been wronged?  (Answers)
  3. What had been done wrong to him and how was it fixed?  (Answers)
Spelling*
  1. *Copy each of the words one time each on the first blank next to the word. Make sure you hold onto your paper.
Day 112
Reading
  1. Read about Napoleon crossing the Alps.  Listen
  2. If a man has made up his mind to win, what word will he never say? (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. Do you remember these words?
Writing
  1. Copy the sentence:  “The man who has made up his mind to win,” said Napoleon, “will never say impossible.”
  2. Be careful to use commas and quotation marks to show that someone is speaking. There are also two capital letters in this sentence.
Day 113
Reading
  1. Read about Cincinnatus.  Listen
  2. Why did everyone trust him?  (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Play Power Proofreading. Choose 2nd grade. Choose Letter to Second Grade.
Writing
  1. Copy this sentence:  At first the Romans, who were very proud and brave, did not think there was much danger.
  2. Make sure you use two capital letters and two commas.
Day 114
Reading
  1. Read Cornelia’s Jewels.  Listen
  2. What were Cornelia’s jewels?  (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Choose the correct contraction. Pay attention because you are going to have to write them.
  2. Choose the correct meaning of the contraction.
  3. Write the contraction. Give it a try. Type the pronoun. Type an apostrophe ‘ .  Type a short version of the second word (‘d, ‘ve, ‘m, ‘ll).
Day 115 
Reading
  1. Read about the slave and the lion.  Listen
  2. How did the slave help the lion?  (Answers)
  3. How did that save the slave’s life?   (Answers)
Writing
  1. Write a story about the time you ran into a lion. You can type it if you like.
Day 116  (It’s portfolio time again. Over the next two weeks you might want to save a spelling page and a copywork page. You could also copy the screen, “prt scr,” for the vocabulary or grammar.)
Reading
  1. Read about Horatius.
  2. How did he save the Roman city?  (Answers)
Spelling
  1. On your paper, Spelling List 5, copy each of the words one time each on the second blank after the word.
Day 117
Reading
  1. Read about Julius Caesar.
  2. He was a ruler where?   (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. Do you remember these words?
Writing
  1. Copy the first sentence from the chapter(below). Make sure you use capital letters in the right place and make sure you spell his name correctly.
    • Nearly two thousand years ago there lived in Rome a man whose name was Julius Caesar.
Day 118
Reading
  1. Read The Sword of Damocles. 
  2. Who are not as happy as they seem?  (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Play Power Proofreading.  Choose second grade. Choose Help Wanted.
Day 119
Reading
  1. Read about two friends.
  2. Damon offered to be in prison instead of his friend and to even take his punishment of death if Pythias didn’t come back from visiting his family.
  3. What did the tyrant do when he saw how faithful and trusting the friends were? (Answers)
Writing
  1. Fill in the blank  with the right word. Scroll down to the directions for filling in the blanks for writing directions for making a sandwich.
  2. At the bottom of the page click on the snowman.
  3. Match the order words with the directions that go first, second…
Day 120
Reading
  1. Read A Laconic Answer.  Go to this page and click on the little speaker next to the word, laconic, to hear how to say it.
  2. What is a laconic answer?  (Answers)
  3. At dinner tell all the big people in your home what a laconic answer is and they will be impressed.
Writing
  1. Follow the directions and write directions.
Day 121*
Reading
  1. Read The Ungrateful Guest.
  2. Who was the ungrateful guest?  (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. You know what a good deed is, right? Did the soldier do something good or bad? The king was upset the soldier did a “base deed.” Is a base deed a good thing or a bad thing?  (Answers)
Spelling*
  1. Copy each word one time each on the first blank after the word. Hold onto your paper.
Day 122
Reading
  1. Read about Alexander taming a horse.
  2. Tell the story to someone.
  3. Who spoke scornfully in the story? What does that mean?  (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. Do you remember these words?
Writing
  1. Write the name that Alexander is known as today.
Day 123
Reading
  1. Read about Socrates.  You can listen to how his name is said on this page. It starts with “sock.”
  2. Find Greece on the map. Alexander the Great was in Greece too (before he conquered other areas as well). (hint: It’s toward the bottom. It’s a little hard to read. Look for the GRE…)
Grammar
  1. Play Power Proofreading. Choose 2nd grade. Choose Memo to Staff. Look for words that tell that something belongs to someone or something. Like this: Peter‘s ball, the dog‘s bone, the house‘s door, the girl‘s hair  Do you see the ‘s in each of those?
Writing
  1. Write the name of everyone in your family. Now make them each own something. My name is Lee. If I were in your family, you would write Lee. Then you could add ‘s and write Lee’s computer.
Day 124
Reading
  1. Read about Genghis Khan.
  2. How did the hawk save his life?  (Answers)
  3. Find China on the map.
Grammar
  1. Play Power Proofreading.  Choose second grade. Choose Nick’s Movie Picks. Remember ‘s from yesterday?  If the word already has an S at the end of it, you just put the apostrophe ‘.  Like this:  James’ house, Doris’ cat, the boys’ game (many boys have a game)  Look for mistakes with apostrophe S in this exercise.
Writing
  1. Write “Genghis Khan’s hawk.” Make sure you use two capital letters and an apostrophe.
Day 125
Writing
  1. Write the fifty-first famous story. You could write anything, but a lot of these stories are about real life people from history. Is there anyone you learned about in history that you could tell a story about?  You can type your story. If you like your story a lot, you could send it to me, and I will post it for other kids to read.
Day 126
Reading
  1. Read Doctor Goldsmith.
  2. What was the “medicine?”   (Answers)
  3. It says that Doctor Goldsmith gave all his “ready money,” all the money he had ready. What do you think that means? (I don’t know is not an answer. It’s okay to be wrong, but it’s not okay to not try.)   (Answers)
Spelling
  1. Copy each spelling word from list 23 one time each in the second blank after the word.
Day 127
Reading
  1. Read The Kingdoms. In this story it talks about the vegetable kingdom, mineral kingdom and the animal kingdom. Kingdom is a word that is used to describe the whole collection each type of thing.
  2. When the king says, “so be it”, he means amen, please let it be so. What kingdom does the king want to belong to?   (Answers)
Vocabulary
  1. Play a vocab game one more time.
Day 128
Reading
  1. Read The Endless Story. A granary is a storage place for grain.
  2. What was the endless story?   (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Play Power Proofreading.  Choose second grade. Choose Letter to Ms. Waters.
Day 129
Reading
  1. Read The Blind Men and the Elephant.
  2. Why did the blind men argue? What had happened to make them think the elephant looked like so many different things? (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Click on Crazy Cat Tales. Click on Bedtime Blues. Fill in the blanks. Do your best. I’ll write some examples below to help you.
    •  ing verb — singING, jumpING, readING
    • past tense means happened in the past — sang, climbed, closed, drew, wrote, called
    • present tense means that it happens now, in the present — reads, writes, sings, laughs, tries, flies, swims
    • movement verb means a verb that describes someone or something moving — runs, jumps, climbs, slides, crawls
Day 130
Reading
  1. Read about the king and the gooseherd (someone who herds, watches, geese–like a shepherd watches sheep).
  2. What can’t the king do?  (Answers)
  3. How many pieces of gold does the boy get? (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Click on Crazy Cat Tales. Click on Gym Time Trouble. Fill in the blanks. Do your best. I’ll write some examples below to help you.
    •  ing verb — singING, jumpING, readING
    • past tense means happened in the past — sang, climbed, closed, drew, wrote, called
    • present tense means that it happens now, in the present — reads, writes, sings, laughs, tries, flies, swims
    • movement verb means a verb that describes someone or something moving — runs, jumps, climbs, slides, crawls
Day 131*Reading
  1. Read The Inchcape Rock. 
  2. What did the abbot do to protect ships from crashing into the Inchcape Rock? (Answers)
  3. What mean thing did the robbers do? (Answers)
  4. Who crashed into the rock?  (Answers)
Spelling*
  1. *Copy each spelling word one time each on the first blank after each word.
Day 132
Reading
  1. Read the first three little chapters. Stop at part 4 (IV) called “The Cat.”
  2. A venture is what they called the goods people bought and sent on a ship to be sold wherever it went. You could earn money, or it might get lost at sea. It was a risk, a kind of adventure.
  3. How much did he buy the cat for?  (Answers)
  4. What was the boy’s venture?  (Answers)
Writing
  1. Write a sentence with a subject and a predicate. (All sentences have them!) I suggest typing it and saving it because you are going to add more sentences.
    • Example: I ran home.
    • Example: My dog ate all the crumbs from around the table.
    • Example: Someday I‘m going to fly away in a hot air balloon.
Day 133
Reading
  1. Finish reading the story.
  2. Who bought the cat?  (Answers)
  3. Copy the sentence: “It is his own,” he said, “and I will not hold back one penny from him.”
    • Make sure you get the commas and quotation marks in the right place. The quotation marks let you know that someone is speaking.
Writing
  1. Add another sentence to the one you wrote on Day 132. In this sentence use an apostrophe.
    • Example: I ran home. My sister‘s bike was lying in the driveway.
    • Example: My dog ate all the crumbs from around the table. He found the most underneath my brother‘s high chair.
    • Example: Someday I’m going to fly away in a hot air balloon. The balloon‘s name is going to be the Explorer.
Day 134
Reading
  1. Read Antonio Canova. Here is a picture of him.
  2. What did he make the sculpture out of?  (Answers)
  3. Copy the sentence: “If you had another statue, could you arrange the table?” he asked.
    • Make sure you write the quotation marks and question mark in the right place.
Writing
  1. Add another sentence to the one you wrote on Day 133.
    • Example: I ran home. My sister’s bike was lying in the driveway. I thought I’d take it for a spin.
    • Example: My dog ate all the crumbs from around the table. He found the most underneath my brother’s high chair. My brother is so messy.
    • Example: Someday I’m going to fly away in a hot air balloon. The balloon’s name is going to be the Explorer. I’ll think I’ll fly it to Africa.
Day 135
Reading
  1. Read Picciola. 
  2. Who decided that Charney should be set free? (Answers)
Writing
  1. Add another sentence to the one you wrote on Day 134. This time you will connect it to the sentence you wrote before! Use and, but, or to connect the sentences. Take away the punctuation mark at the end of your last sentence and write a comma instead. Then you will put in and/but/or and then your new sentence. Here are my examples.
    • Example: I ran home. My sister’s bike was lying in the driveway. I thought I’d take it for a spin, but just then she came out of the house and said she was going to ride it.
    • Example: My dog ate all the crumbs from around the table. He found the most underneath my brother’s high chair. My brother is so messy, and he loves to throw his food on the floor.
    • Example: Someday I’m going to fly away in a hot air balloon. The balloon’s name is going to be the Explorer. I’ll think I’ll fly it to Africa, or maybe I’ll float to Asia.
Speaking
  1. Read your little story out loud to your family.
Day 136
Reading
  1. You are going to start reading a new book, The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge. You’ve been reading lots of short stories. Let’s read a whole, big book together. Pay attention to my reading directions each day. (This link is just for those who want to download the book.)
  2. Start reading at the beginning and stop at the end of page 7.
  3. Bobbsey is the last name of the twins’ family. What are the names of the twins?  (Answers)
  4. Who is older and who is younger? (Answers)
  5. Who is Snap?  (Answers)
Spelling
  1. Copy each spelling word on list 36 one time each on the second blank after the word.
Day 137*
Reading
  1. Start reading where you left off at the bottom of page 7 and finish the chapter.
  2. Who are “The Runaways?”  (Answers)
  3. Who is Danny Rugg?  What is he like? (hint if you need it: page 12)  (Answers)
  4. Who is in danger at the end of the chapter?  (Answers)
  5. What do you think will happen?  (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. *Complete this pronoun worksheet. This is simple if you know English!
Day 138*
Reading
  1. Read chapter 2 and stop on page 21.
  2. What were the children out doing? (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. *Complete this pronoun worksheet.
Day 139*
Reading
  1. Finish chapter 2.
  2. What were the boys throwing at the horses to try an help? (Answers)
Grammar*
  1. *Complete this pronoun worksheet.
Day 140
Reading
  1. Read chapter 3. While you read, picture in your mind what is happening. Make a movie of the book in your mind. It will help you remember what is happening.
  2. What’s the big snowball? (Answers)
Writing
  1. Write who you think did it and why. Write, “I think that _________ made the enormous snowball and put it in front of the school door because __________.”
Day 141
Reading
  1. Read chapter 4.
  2. Who is accused of playing the trick?  (Answers)
  3. Do you think he did it? Why or why not?  (Answers)
  4. Anytime you are reading something long and start to forget what’s happening and feel confused. You need to STOP. Go back to what you remember and start from there.
Spelling
  1. Play word builder. DO NOT close the page when you are finished. (If you do, click on the link again.)
Writing
  1. Write down, in your best handwriting, all of the words on your “word builder” list.
Day 142
Reading
  1. Read chapter 5. If you come to a word you don’t know, sound it out and say it out loud. Read the sentence again with the word in it and then keep going. Usually it will explain or you can figure out what it is. You can also look for clues like how the characters are feeling. Are they happy or upset about what’s happening?
  2. Who played the trick?  (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Review contractions. DO NOT close the page when you are finished.
Writing
  1. In your best handwriting, write down all of the contractions from the game. They are written on the chalk board under the matching game.
Day 143
Reading
  1. Begin reading chapter 6. Stop on page 61.
  2. Their cook has a big accent. Read what she says out loud to help you figure out what she is saying.
  3. What is happening in this chapter?
Vocabulary
  1. Play eWords.
Writing
  1. Open up eWords again and write down (in your best handwriting) all of the words in the boxes.
Day 144
Reading
  1. Finish reading chapter 6.
  2. Who is going to tell the children about Snow Lodge? (Answers)
  3. Why does he “almost wish” Snow Lodge had burned down?  (Answers)
  4. What do you think might have been Mr. Carford’s trouble?  (Answers)
Grammar
  1. Play word invasion. Choose nouns, pronouns and verbs.
Writing
  1. Write a sentence with a noun and a verb in it.
  2. Write the same sentence again, but this time use a pronoun in place of the noun. (If you have more than one noun in your sentence, see if you can replace more with pronouns.)
Day 145
Reading
  1. Read chapter 7.
  2. Who owned Snow Lodge?  (Answers)
  3. Who is Henry Burdoch?  (Answers)
  4. When did Mr. Carford leave Snow Lodge?  (Answers)
  5. Draw a picture of Snow Lodge. Page 74 has a description.
Writing
  1. Write a story about your visit to Snow Lodge. (Pretend.) What did you do there? Was it summer or winter?
Day 146
Reading
  1. Read chapter 8.
  2. What does Mr. Carford give the Bobbsey twins at the very, very end of the chapter? (Answers)
Spelling
  1. What two letters start or end the word in the picture?
Writing
  1. Write, in your best handwriting, words that end in ck.  Write: brick, trick, click, tick and three others that you come up with.
Day 147
Reading
  1. Read chapter 9.
  2. What is Mr. Bobbsey’s story?
Spelling
  1. Play Fly-By Contractions.
Writing
  1. Write the contractions for: we will, I have, you are, he is, and two others that you choose.
Day 148
Reading
  1. Read the beginning of chapter 10. Stop on page 100.
Spelling
  1. Complete the spelling exercise (with words that have similar suffixes) by typing the correct words in the box. Don’t close the window.
Writing
  1. In your best handwriting, write all of the words in the box on your spelling exercise page.
Day 149
Reading
  1. Finish chapter 10.
  2. Who is going to be their neighbor at Snow Lodge?  (Answers)
Spelling
  1. Play word builder. Don’t close the window.
Writing
  1. In your best handwriting, write all of the words from your word builder activity.
Day 150
Reading
  1. Read chapter 11.
  2. What plans do they have to make?
Writing
  1. Write a story. Start: He bravely… or She bravely…
  2. Then use at least one other word from the word box in the spelling exercise on Day 148.
  3. Write at least four sentences. Make sure each of your sentences starts with a capital letter and ends with punctuation.
Day 151
Reading
  1. Read chapter 12.
  2. Who is coming to Snow Lodge with the twins? (Answers)
Spelling
  1. Play e-words.
Writing
  1. In your best handwriting, write all of the words from your e-words game.
Day 152
Reading
  1. Read the beginning of chapter 13. Stop at the bottom of page 130.
Writing
  1. Copy this sentence from the chapter: “I’m afraid I don’t know how,” replied the country lad.
Day 153
Reading
  1. Start where you left off on page 130. Stop reading at the bottom of page 138.
Writing
  1. Copy the sentence from the end of the chapter: “I’ll have to teach Danny Rugg a good lesson,” said Bert to his cousin.
Day 154
Reading
  1. Finish chapter 14.
Writing
  1. Copy this sentence from the chapter: “That’s what we’ll do!” cried Bert, steering toward it.
Day 155
Reading
  1. Read chapter 15.
  2. Who do you think pushed the snowball over on them?
Writing
  1. Write sentences like the ones you have been copying. Write what someone is saying and use a contraction.
  2. Examples: “I’ll be right there,” I said.    “He’s coming for dinner,” I told my mom.    “It’s time to go!” I yelled.
  3. Write three sentences like the examples.
Day 156
Reading
  1. Read chapter 16 until the very bottom of page 160.
Writing
  1. Copy the sentence: By this time the snowslide had reached the tree, and the mass was now much larger than at first.
Day 157
Reading
  1. Finish reading chapter 16. Start reading chapter 17. Stop at the very end of page 167.
Spelling
  1. Play word builder.
Day 158
Reading
  1. Finish chapter 17.
  2. Tell someone what is happening in the story. What was this chapter about?
Spelling
  1. Play e-words.
Day 159
Reading
  1. Read chapter 18.
  2. Who do you think was throwing snowballs at the end of the chapter?
Writing
  1. Copy the sentence: Then came another thaw, and a freeze followed some days later, making good skating.
Day 160
Reading
  1. Read chapter 19.
  2. Who’s missing at the end of the chapter? (Answers)
Writing
  1. Think of any place in the world you would like to go to. Why would you like to go there? Write about it. Tell where you would like to go and why. What would you do when you got there? How long would you stay?
Day 161
Reading
  1. Read the beginning of chapter 20. Stop on page 199.
Spelling
  1. Play coconut spelling. Fill in the vowels to make words.
Day 162
Reading
  1. Read the rest of chapter 20 and read chapter 21.
Vocabulary
  1. The City Zoo vocabulary
Day 163
Reading
  1. Read chapter 22.
  2. How does the book end?
Grammar
  1. Play Grammar Gorillas.
Day 164*
Reading/Writing*
  1. *Print page 3 (or, if you like page 2). Fill it in and write a book report.
Day 165
  1. Vocabulary review:
Day 166
  1. Today you are going to start your final project.
  2. You are going to research a topic.
  3. Then you are going to make a book about it.
  4. Then I’ll help you write a paragraph about it.
  5. You are going to be writing facts, things that are true. This is not a made-up story. You are going to learn about something and then share with everyone what you have learned.
  6. Today you need to choose what you are going to write about. It could be an animal, a person, a place, an invention…
  7. When you have chosen, open up a new document in your word processing program (like Word).
  8. Write your title and add a picture. This is your cover.
  9. Write your name on the cover. You are the author!
  10. Save it in the folder with your name on it. Call it your title.
Day 167
  1. Today you need to begin your research. You need to learn about your topic.
  2. Open your document.
  3. When you find something interesting or important, then go to your document. Write down the information. DO NOT copy and paste it. You have to write the information yourself.
  4. Then you need to copy the web address you used and paste it onto another page in your document.
  5. Put the title, “Resources,” at the top of the page with the web address.
  6. If you use a book, on the Resources page you need to write the name of the book and the book’s author.
  7. Follow your family’s rules for searching online for information for your topic.
  8. You will research for a few days. You don’t have to read everything today! Look at three sites today.
  9. Here are some places you can look:
Day 168
  1. Continue your research.
  2. Open your document.
  3. When you find something interesting or important, then go to your document. Write down the information. DO NOT copy and paste it. You have to write the information yourself.
  4. Then you need to copy the web address you used and paste it onto another page in your document.
  5. Put the title, “Resources,” at the top of the page with the web address.
  6. If you use a book, on the Resources page you need to write the name of the book and the book’s author.
  7. Follow your family’s rules for searching online for information for your topic.
  8. You will research for a few days. You don’t have to read everything today! Look at three sites today.
  9. Here are some places you can look:
Day 169
  1. Continue your research.
  2. Open your document.
  3. When you find something interesting or important, then go to your document. Write down the information. DO NOT copy and paste it. You have to write the information yourself.
  4. Then you need to copy the web address you used and paste it onto another page in your document.
  5. Put the title, “Resources,” at the top of the page with the web address.
  6. If you use a book, on the Resources page you need to write the name of the book and the book’s author.
  7. Follow your family’s rules for searching online for information for your topic.
  8. You will research for a few days. You don’t have to read everything today! Look at three sites today.
  9. Here are some places you can look:
Day 170
  1. Do you have enough information?
  2. You should try to have at least ten facts. If you don’t, keep researching and see if you can find some more.
  3. When you are ready, you can start working on your book.
  4. On each page of your book you will write a sentence stating one fact that you learned.
  5. You will also add a picture on each page if you can.
  6. Do a couple of pages today. Make your font big.
  7. Don’t use all CAPS LOCK. Write good sentences. They should all start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.
  8. Make sure you spell things correctly.
Day 171
  1. Continue working on your book.
  2. On each page of your book you will write a sentence stating one fact that you learned.
  3. You will also add a picture on each page if you can.
  4. Do a couple of pages today. Make your font big.
  5. Don’t use all CAPS LOCK. Write good sentences. They should all start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.
  6. Make sure you spell things correctly.
Day 172
  1. Continue working on your book.
  2. On each page of your book you will write a sentence stating one fact that you learned.
  3. You will also add a picture on each page if you can.
  4. Do a couple of pages today. Make your font big.
  5. Don’t use all CAPS LOCK. Write good sentences. They should all start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.
  6. Make sure you spell things correctly.
Day 173
  1. Continue working on your book.
  2. On each page of your book you will write a sentence stating one fact that you learned.
  3. You will also add a picture on each page if you can.
  4. Do a couple of pages today. Make your font big.
  5. Don’t use all CAPS LOCK. Write good sentences. They should all start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.
  6. Make sure you spell things correctly.
Day 174
  1. Continue working on your book.
  2. On each page of your book you will write a sentence stating one fact that you learned.
  3. You will also add a picture on each page if you can.
  4. Do a couple of pages today. Make your font big.
  5. Don’t use all CAPS LOCK. Write good sentences. They should all start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.
  6. Make sure you spell things correctly.
Day 175
  1. The last page of your book should be your resources page.
  2. Make sure it looks neat and orderly.
  3. They should all be in a list down the page.
Day 176
  1. Now write the first and last page of your book.
  2. The first page should tell what you studied about. Something like, “I learned about frogs.”
  3. Add a picture.
  4. Now write the end of your book. (It should be BEFORE the Resources page.)
  5. Write what you think about your topic. Something like, ” I think a frog would make a great, slimy pet.”  Or, “I think frogs are so fascinating.”  Or, “What else would you like to know about frogs?”
Day 177
  1. Make sure your book is just the way you like it.
  2. Print it out. I suggest choosing 2 pages per sheet of paper when you print. You can cut them out and staple them into a book.
Day 178
  1. Now write your book on one page. Write it all together in a paragraph. It should look like this, but with actual information!
                           I learned about frogs. This is a fact about frogs. Another fact about frogs is this. Here is more interesting information. I learned lots of froggy facts. They are fascinating. Frogs, frogs and more frogs are all I write about. I think frogs are so fascinating.
Day 179

  1. Make sure your paragraph doesn’t have mistakes. Everything should be spelled correctly. Sentences should start with a capital letter and end with punctuation. Write the title at the top of the page. Write your name underneath your title.
  2. Make the page look just the way you want it.
  3. Print it out!
Day 180

  1. Second Level English review game