The Day Eddie Met the Author Lesson 2 The Day Eddie Met the Author

What questions would you like to ask an author? Question of the Day What questions would you like to ask an author? I would like to ask an author _______.

Question of the Day Books can entertain and teach us. They can be friends when we are lonely, or they can be something to share with a new friend. Think of your favorite book. Why is your favorite? What would you like to know about how that book was written? What do you want to know about the person who wrote it?

Root Words: Endings -ed, -ing The rabbits jump. The rabbits are jumping. The rabbits jumped. These endings are added to make the verb tell when something happened.

Root Words: Endings -ed, -ing The rabbits jump. The verb jump is the root word and tells what the rabbits do. When we add –ing to jump, the word jumping tells us that something is “happening now”. When we add –ed to jump, the word jumped tells us that the rabbits jumped “in the past”.

Root Words: Endings -ed, -ing Please add the endings –ed and –ing to these words: pack bump hunt thank plant want burn mend smell T126

Spelling 1. Saved: I saved my allowance. 2. Moved: My friend moved to Egypt. 3. Riding: I like riding my bicycle.

4. Waking: Waking up is difficult in the morning. 5. Pulled: Mark pulled the door closed. 6. Taking: Do you like taking test?

7. Hopped: Ruby hopped on one foot. 8. Baking: Nancy and Chan are baking bread. 9. Picked: Last summer, I picked some blueberries.

More Spelling Words 10. Having: Is everybody having a good time? 11. Letting: Mr. Kane is letting us play ball today. 12. Running: Omar is running faster the his friends.

13. Drawing: Max is drawing a picture of his sister. 14. Folded: Charles folded his napkin. 15. Shopped: We shopped for groceries yesterday.