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.