1. Bell Ringers – – week 1
A daily skill builder

2. power word - facilitate
Step 3: Create Sentences and Highlight the Context Clues
Step 2: Part(s) of Speech
Step One: Definition(s)
1. To make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc. ; to assist the progress of (a person)
2. Verb – used with object (facilitate who/what?)
3. Stretching well before exercising facilitates the muscles.
Thinking and planning first facilitates writing.
Listening in class and studying facilitates test taking.
The teacher can facilitate the student by answering his or her questions.

3. Rootuesday procedure ambi Definition: both, around
Write the new Latin root on the tree trunk.
Look up the meaning of the root. Record it in the box below the tree.
Look for words that include the root. Choose six that you don’t know.
On each section of the tree, write a word, its part of speech, and its definition.
Choose three of the new words. In the box below the tree, write a sentence for each. Highlight the context clue.
ambi
Definition: both, around

4. Rootuesday- continued
procedure
Ambidextrous - adj
Meaning: able to use both hands
Ambiguity - n
Meaning: uncertainty in multiple meaning words
Write the new Latin root on the tree trunk.
Look up the meaning of the root. Record it in the box below the tree.
Look for words that include the root. Choose six that you don’t know.
On each section of the tree, write a word, its part of speech, and its definition.
Choose three of the new words. In the box below the tree, write a sentence for each. Highlight the context clue.
Ambiance - n
Meaning: the surrounding atmosphere
ambivalent - adj
Meaning: repelled and attracted at the same time; being unable to choose between two courses of action
Ambiparous - adj
Meaning: having both leaves and flowers
Ambilateral - adj
Meaning: affecting both sides of the body or of an organ

5. Rootuesday- continued
procedure
ambiparous – Roses are ambiparous since they not only have green leaves but also have beautiful blooms.
Write the new Latin root on the tree trunk.
Look up the meaning of the root. Record it in the box below the tree.
Look for words that include the root. Choose six that you don’t know.
On each section of the tree, write a word, its part of speech, and its definition.
Choose three of the new words. In the box below the tree, write a sentence for each. Highlight the context clue.
ambidextrous – I am not ambidextrous. Right hand writing is clear, but I can’t form letters when I write with my left hand.
ambiance – Students hopefully feel welcome in my classroom. I try to convey a friendly ambiance when I smile continually.

6. Write it right Wednesday This week’s skill – Comma in a compound sentence
Explanation: When Two sentences are combined into one, a comma is placed before them along with a coordinate conjunction.
1. write two small sentences that are connected in meaning.
2. Then, choose a conjunction that makes sense to connect the two small sentences. Remember the FANboys: F – for, A – and, N – nor, B – But, O – or, Y – Yet, S – so
3. If there are two complete sentences with a conjunction in between, a comma must be placed before the conjunction.

7. write it right Wednesday
Step 3: Practice Using the Skill and Create Your Own Sentences
Step 2: Listen to the Lesson
Step One: List the Skill
1. Comma in a Compound Sentence 2.
3. Susie should go to bed, but she wants to watch more tv.
I want to go to Alaska, so I have much planning to do.
I have many books at home, for I love to read.
The classroom has an educational ambiance, and it
facilitates the learning.

8. Throwback Thursday This week’s skill – Apostrophe in a contraction
Explanation: When two words are combined into one, a contraction is formed. As those two words combine, some letters are forced out. Where the letters are removed, an apostrophe is placed.
-E.g. – Can + Not + can’t
-E.g. – I + will = I’ll
-E.g. – we + would = we’d

9. throwback Thursday 1. Apostrophe in a Contraction 2.
3. Sam wished he’d have heard the directions to facilitate
completing the assignment.
Louisa couldn’t understand the message since
it was too ambiguous.
I didn’t want to go to the grocery store.
Step 3: Practice Using the Skill and Create Your Own Sentences
Step 2: Listen to the Lesson
Step One: List the Skill

10. Fix-it Friday This week’s skill – Using the Right Coordinate conjunction
Explanation: Not every conjunction fits every sentence. Think about how the two sentences fit together, and choose the best conjunction for the job!
F – For – used as a substitute for because
A – and – used to connect similar items or show continuation
N – nor – used to show a negative choice – often used with neither
B – but – used to connect the opposite or different idea
O – or – used to show a choice – often used with either
Y – yet – used to connect the opposite or different idea
S – so – used to continue an idea or show a result

11. fix-it Friday Using the Best Coordinate Conjunction
2. Connect two sentences with a conjunction (FANBOYS). Pic the conjunction based on how it will connect the two ideas – similar, different, choice, effect, etc.
3. Bob asked the teacher, for he needed to understand the idea.
He is ambidextrous, but his right hand is dominant.
I can’t facilitate her project, so I will find someone who can.
We had four years of Spanish, yet we remember very little.
Step 3: Practice Using the Skill and Create Your Own Sentences
Step 2: Write It in Your Own Words
Step One: List the Skill

12. Making meaning Monday
1. there- adverb – names a place or point; pronoun – an expletive
that starts a sentence and is followed by a verb.
- He shouldn’t put his book there.
-There hasn’t been any rain this week.
2. Their – possessive pronoun/adjective – shows ownership
- The word “their” is ambiguous. No one knows to whom it
refers.
-Their house has a pleasant ambiance.
3. they’re – pronoun + verb – a contraction for they are or they were
- They’re having difficulty walking on the ice, so
they need to help each other.
Step 3: Practice Using the Skill and Create Your Own Sentences
Step 2: Write the Part(s) of Speech and Definition(s)
Step One: Write the Word

13. Test it tuesday