Thursday, September 8, 2011

Thursday 9/8 HW

Fun Run is tomorrow! Our class is doing so well, but today is the last push! We are second to Mrs. Scheuch/Ray's class (They have $2505, we have $2326)... 

If yall want to come watch on the field tomorrow, come at 10:30!!  Please have your child wear sneakers and comfy clothes to run in.

Book order is also due tomorrow-you can order online or send in the form.  :)

Homework
  • LA:
    • Spelling contracts due
    • Grabber for your paragraph
    • Review word relationships (homophones, homographs, multiple meaning words, synonyms, antonyms)
  • Math:  word problems page front and back

Please continue to review the Social studies study guide as well. 

Word relationships:

multiple meaning words:  have the same spelling, pronounced the same, mean different things


·         Cap (hat)/cap (bottle cap)
·         Bat (animal)/bat (baseball bat)
·         Case (mysteries)/case (flute case)
·         Litter (trash)/litter (to throw trash on the ground)
·         Hand (what you write with)/hand (give the class a hand (applause)!)
·         Can (you can go to the park)/can (can of soda)
·         Pop (pop a balloon)/pop (soda pop)
·         Drill (the tool)/Drill (fire drill)
·         Break (time out)/Break (break apart)


homographs:  spelled the same, pronounced differently and different meanings


·         Wound (a boo-boo!)/wound (wound up after eating sugar)
·         Dove (bird)/Dove (you dove into the pool)
·         Wind (wind outside)/wind (wind up a toy)
·         Record (world record)/record (record a television show)
·         Read (present tense)/read (past tense)
·         Lead (pencil lead)/lead (line lead)
·         Bass (bass guitar)/bass (fish)
·         Close (close the door)/close (you are standing too close to me)
·         Present (gift)/present (happening right now)
·         Address (where you live)/address (speech)


homophones:  sound the same, spelled differently, have different meanings


·         Blue/blew
·         Ate/eight
·         Too/to/two
·         They’re/their/there
·         Maid/made
·         Tail/tale
·         By/buy/bye
·         Pear/pair
·         Dear/deer
·         No/know
·         I/eye
·         Hi/high
·         Scent/cent/sent
·         Bare/bear
·         Close/clothes
·         Right/write
·         One/won
·         Son/sun
Synonyms:  words with similiar meanings
  • Pretty and beautiful
  • Large and collosal
Antonyms:  words with opposite meanings
  • Hot and cold
  • Sweet and mean

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