Little by Little Written by Jean Little Illustrated by Allen Garns genre ◦ autobiography ◦ a person’s story of his or her own life

Question of the Day How do you think Jean Little’s experience at school might have affected her feelings about other people who don’t fit in? In your notebook! Do not answer the question right away. Think about it for a minute, then write your answer. Be prepared to share and discuss.

Fact and Opinion FactOpinion

Fact and Opinion Jean has trouble reading Miss Marr is a nice teacher It was impossible for Shirley to be Jean’s friend Shirley was from England Miss Marr had polio Shirley had a magic about her Miss Marr asked Shirley to help Jean Jean thought Miss Marr liked her Jean was sure she would be the only student to get all of the math problems wrong Jean cheated on her mental arithmetic test

Fact and Opinion FactOpinion

Fact and Opinion FactOpinion Jean has trouble reading Shirley was from England Miss Marr had polio Miss Marr asked Shirley to help Jean Jean cheated on her mental arithmetic test

Fact and Opinion FactOpinion Jean has trouble reading Shirley was from England Miss Marr had polio Miss Marr asked Shirley to help Jean Jean cheated on her mental arithmetic test Miss Marr is a nice teacher It was impossible for Shirley to be Jean’s friend Shirley had a magic about her Jean thought Miss Marr liked her Jean was sure she would be the only student to get all of the math problems wrong

Spelling Words Lesson 22 VCCV Words

VCCV ◦ Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel In most VCCV words ◦ the syllable break occurs between the two consonants in the middle of the word Accent my be on the first or second syllable of the word

Spelling Words Lesson 22 VCCV Words 1. pretty 2. service 3. thunder 4. blanket 5. effort 6. fellow 7. subject 8. perhaps 9. attack 10. entire 11. chimney 12. tunnel 13. effect 14. suspended 15. challenge 16. pretzel 17. survive 18. pillow 19. hunger 20. college

Syllables VCCV Words With double consonantsWith same consonants pretty effort fellow attack tunnel effect challenge pillow college service thunder blanket subject perhaps entire chimney suspended pretzel survive hunger

Vocabulary 1. polio 2. immobility 3. despised 4. dismay 5. decipher 6. astonished

Vocabulary polio ◦ an infectious disease most common in children and young adults, caused by a virus and often followed by paralysis immobility ◦ the condition of not being able to move or of being motionless despised ◦ disliked or scorned

Vocabulary dismay ◦ a feeling of disappointment, uneasiness, and confusion decipher ◦ to be able to read something, such as handwriting astonished ◦ surprised very much, amazed

Present Tense The tense of the verb tells the time of the action ◦ past ◦ present ◦ future subject-verb agreement ◦ singular subject or plural subject ◦ changes the verb for present tense

Present tense SubjectTo write the verb for present tense

Present tense SubjectTo write the verb for present tense he, she, it singular noun

Present tense SubjectTo write the verb for present tense he, she, it singular noun add –s to most verbs add –es to verbs ending in s, ch, x, or z if verb ends in consonant-y, change y to i and add -es they plural noun leave verb alone in most cases

Present Tense Example 1 – add -s to the verb ◦ Miss Marr shows Jean a special desk. Example 2 – add –es to the verb ◦ She passes out the books. Example 3 – Change consonant-y to I ◦ Shirley Russell copies the words on the board. Example 3 – Plural subject/leave the verb alone ◦ The seats flip up when you slide out of them.