1. Spelling Words Short Vowels

2. damage gentle strict dungeon injury fender palace fantastic cottage
honesty
mustard
legend
clumsy
message
modify
ruffle
glimpse
strict
dungeon
fender
fantastic
dignity
property
cannon
reconcile
hippopotamus
lozenge
insulation
glamorous

3. Subjects and Predicates
Grammar
Subjects and Predicates

4. 1. grandpa told us about a old legund
Daily Fix-It 1 and 2
1. grandpa told us about a old legund
2. why do mother fletcher live alone

5. grandpa told us about a old legund
Grandpa told us about an old legend.
why do mother fletcher live alone
Why does Mother Fletcher live alone?

6. Subjects and Predicates
Two slim attendants carried the old woman out.
The complete subject of this sentence is Two slim attendants, and the complete predicate is carried the old woman out.

7. Subjects and Predicates
A sentence must have both a subject and a predicate.
The subject is the part of the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.

8. Subjects and Predicates
All the words in the subject are the complete subject. The most important word in the complete subject is the simple subject. It may be more than one word, such as Mrs. Williams.
My favorite neighbor lives in a big yellow house. (The simple subject is neighbor.)

9. Subjects and Predicates
The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject is or does. All the words in the predicate are the complete predicate.

10. Subjects and Predicates
The most important word in the predicate is the simple predicate, or verb.
A simple predicate can be more than one word, such as has lived.
My favorite neighbor lives in a big yellow house. (The simple predicate is lives.)

11. Subjects and Predicates
A fragment is a group of words that lacks a subject or a predicate.
Lived in her house for 60 years. (This fragment lacks a subject.)

12. Subjects and Predicates
A run-on is two or more complete sentences run together.
Mrs. Williams has a flower garden her roses are beautiful.
She tends her garden in the evening, she sometimes gives me a rose.

13. Subjects and Predicates Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate in each sentence.
Her house is surrounded by a white picket fence.
Her house / is surrounded by a white picket fence.
Many beautiful flowers grow in the front yard.
Many beautiful flowers / grow in the front yard.

14. Subjects and Predicates Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate in each sentence.
Mrs. Williams works in her gardens every day during the good weather.
Mrs. Williams / works in her gardens every day during the good weather.
Two huge oak trees tower over her house.
Two huge oak trees / tower over her house.

15. Subjects and Predicates Draw one line under the simple subject and two lines under the simple predicate.
The neighborhood children paint the white picket fence every year.
Mrs. Williams rewards us with delicious homemade cookies and pies.

16. Subjects and Predicates Draw one line under the simple subject and two lines under the simple predicate.
A gigantic tree in her backyard provides the fruit.
The extra apples are given to all the people in the neighborhood.

17. Subjects and Predicates Is each group of words a fragment or a run-on?
Tells wonderful stories about her childhood.
fragment
She grew up in Tennessee she lived on a small farm.
run-on

18. Subjects and Predicates Is each group of words a sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Her father taught her everything about farming.
sentence
Mrs. Williams has been growing things ever since.

19. Spelling Words Short Vowels

20. damage gentle strict dungeon injury fender palace fantastic cottage
honesty
mustard
legend
clumsy
message
modify
ruffle
glimpse
strict
dungeon
fender
fantastic
dignity
property
cannon
reconcile
hippopotamus
lozenge
insulation
glamorous

21. Subjects and Predicates
Grammar Day 2
Subjects and Predicates

22. Daily Fix-It 3 and 4
3. police officers no about safty? 4. last night lani bake pies four the naybors.

23. police offisers no about safty
Police officers know about safety.
last night lani bake pies four the naybors
Last night Lani baked pies for the neighbors.

24. Subjects and Predicates
A complete subject is the part of a sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
A complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject is or does.

25. Subjects and Predicates
A fragment is a group of words that lacks a subject or predicate.
A run-on is two or more complete sentences run together.

26. Spelling Words Short Vowels

27. damage gentle strict dungeon injury fender palace fantastic cottage
honesty
mustard
legend
clumsy
message
modify
ruffle
glimpse
strict
dungeon
fender
fantastic
dignity
property
cannon
reconcile
hippopotamus
lozenge
insulation
glamorous

28. Subjects and Predicates
Grammar Day 3
Subjects and Predicates

29. Daily Fix-It 5 and 6
5. what amazing storys mother fletcher tell 6. wear is harlem.

30. what amazing storys mother fletcher tell
What amazing stories Mother Fletcher tells!
wear is harlem
Where is Harlem?

31. Subjects and Predicates
A complete subject is the part of a sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
A complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject is or does.

32. Subjects and Predicates
A fragment is a group of words that lacks a subject or predicate.
A run-on is two or more complete sentences run together.

33. Subjects and Predicates
Every sentence must have both a subject and a predicate.
Review something you have written to see if you can elaborate on subjects and predicates to improve your writing.

34. Spelling Words Short Vowels

35. damage gentle strict dungeon injury fender palace fantastic cottage
honesty
mustard
legend
clumsy
message
modify
ruffle
glimpse
strict
dungeon
fender
fantastic
dignity
property
cannon
reconcile
hippopotamus
lozenge
insulation
glamorous

36. Subjects and Predicates
Grammar Day 4
Subjects and Predicates

37. Daily Fix-It 7 and 8
7. its important to respect you elders 8. police officers protects people

38. its important to respect you elders
It’s important to respect your elders.
police officers protects peeple
Police officers protect people.

39. Subjects and Predicates
A complete subject is the part of a sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
A complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject is or does.

40. Subjects and Predicates
A fragment is a group of words that lacks a subject or predicate.
A run-on is two or more complete sentences run together.

41. Subjects and Predicates
Test Tip: Simple subjects and simple predicates can be more than one word.
A simple subject can be more than one word when it is a proper noun.
Mrs. Fletcher lives in Harlem.

42. Subjects and Predicates
A simple predicate can be more than one word when the main verb has one or more helping verbs.
Meaghan is enjoying the stories.

43. Spelling Words Short Vowels

44. damage gentle strict dungeon injury fender palace fantastic cottage
honesty
mustard
legend
clumsy
message
modify
ruffle
glimpse
strict
dungeon
fender
fantastic
dignity
property
cannon
reconcile
hippopotamus
lozenge
insulation
glamorous

45. Greek and Latin Roots
You can use your knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to help you determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.
List any unknown words you encounter as you read “Mother Fletcher’s Gift.”
Create a chart showing the unknown word, the root you recognized and its definition, and what you believe is the definition of the unknown word.
Use a dictionary to check your work.

46. Greek and Latin Roots
Word
Suffix and Meaning
Definition

47. Thesaurus
Where might you find further information about selection vocabulary words?
You could use a thesaurus
The guide words at the top of the page help you first locate the word alphabetically.

48. Thesaurus
An entry word appears in boldface type at the start of the entry.
The entry gives the part of speech in parentheses, which follows the entry word. It then gives a series of synonyms.

49. Thesaurus
If the word has more than one definition, the entry will go on to list the other definitions and synonyms for them.
The entry will then use the abbreviation (ant.) to list antonyms of the entry word.

50. Thesaurus
tousled (adj) 1. mussed: untidy, rumpled, messy, ruffled, disordered: The cat shook herself vigorously and began grooming her tousled fur back into place. (ant.) tidy, neat, straight, ordered, well-groomed.

51. Subjects and Predicates
Grammar Day 5
Subjects and Predicates

52. Daily Fix-It 9 and 10
1. there is carrots in the comunity gardin 2. did you get a glimps of the police station

53. there is carrots in the comunity gardin
There are carrots in the community garden.
did you get a glimps of the police station
Did you get a glimpse of the police station?

54. Subjects and Predicates
A complete subject is the part of a sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
A complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject is or does.

55. Subjects and Predicates
A fragment is a group of words that lacks a subject or predicate.
A run-on is two or more complete sentences run together.

56. Spelling Words Short Vowels

57. damage gentle strict dungeon injury fender palace fantastic cottage
honesty
mustard
legend
clumsy
message
modify
ruffle
glimpse
strict
dungeon
fender
fantastic
dignity
property
cannon
reconcile
hippopotamus
lozenge
insulation
glamorous

58. We are now ready to take our story tests.
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Reading Test AR
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