Skills Page for October 24, 2008

Skills / Vocabulary for: Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat

Sight Vocabulary:
certainly either great laugh second worst you’re

Selection Words:
clutched spirit terrific

Amazing Words:
compete contribute recreation

Decoding Skills: Contractions: n’t, ‘s, ‘ll, ‘m
Contractions are a short way of saying and writing two words.
n’t ‘s ‘ll ‘m

does not= doesn’t it is= it’s we will= we’ll I’m
will not= won’t she is= she’s I will= I’ll
is not= isn’t he is= he’s she will= she’ll
was not= wasn’t they will= they’ll

Grammar: Introduce Proper Nouns:
Special names of specific people and places

John went to Hawthorn Elementary North.

Sue and Alice went to eat at Portillos.

We moved to Denver, Colorado.

I live at 546 Juniper Street.

My birthday is in May.

My appointment to see Dr. Smith is on Wednesday.

Let’s go to the Chicago Art Institute.