September 1, 2020
English:
read the following words to your parent:
partridge repetitive numerous accommodate Mediterranean acquaintance accurate measurements adequate sergeant courteous surgeon
Challenging Reading Practice Read the following article—about the author of Down Tumbledown Mountain— to your parent or teacher.
Elizabeth Coatsworth Three sentences from one of author Elizabeth Coatsworth's books show her wonderful writing skills: "But the little house was freshly painted, and there were bright petunias growing in green tubs on either side of the door. There was a little lawn tucked up close to its green door, and the windows were shining. But there was no one there at all." This talented author was born in Buffalo, New York. Her father, a wealthy grain merchant, gave his family and little Elizabeth, at only five years old, an experience of a lifetime. They went traveling across the world to see the Alps and Egypt. From these early experiences, Elizabeth had a love for traveling and seeing God’s amazing creations. Aft er she finished with her advanced schooling, which was a big accomplishment for women at this time, she sailed to the Philippines, where horses were her main mode of travel, and then she sailed on to Indonesia and China, where she had the delightful opportunity to sleep in a Buddhist monastery. Her love of writing combined well with her love of foreign places and history, and she became a successful author. Her first poems were published while she was still in college; then she started writing short stories and full-length books. In 1929 she married a writer, Henry Beston, and they had two girls, Margaret and Catherine. Her new family had an influence on her writing as well because she and her husband published a book as co-authors. The writing was a family adventure, too. Elizabeth Coatsworth won a Newbury Medal and wrote over 90 books for children!
Daily Spelling Drill LOOK at it, SAY it, COVER it, WRITE it, CHECK it.
Complete twice for each word.
figure _______________________ ______________________
liquid _______________________ ______________________
knife _______________________ ______________________
island _______________________ ______________________
There's/Theirs • THERE'S: a contracti on of the words THERE IS. (There's a nest in the tree.) • THEIRS: "belonging to them" (The kitt en is theirs.) Write a short sentence that uses each word correctly.
there's ____________________________________________________
theirs ___________________________________________________
Reading Assignment: Down Tumbledown Mountain Chapter 2
Two Things to Remember The laurel was a pretty sight, and the little stream gurgled joyfully. Randall began to sing. Randall was almost shouting his song, when all at once there was a whir of wings by the trail, and a partridge flew out of the bushes. Right behind it came a red fox! But the fox was a minute too late, and it missed the partridge it was trying to catch. The fox stood and looked at Randall and Speckles and then ran away into the bushes. “A fox is a pretty sight," said Randall to himself. "I must remember to tell Ma about him and the partridge.” And he held up his thumb. So off went Randall and Speckles again down Tumbledown Mountain. And Randall started up his song just where he had left off. The trail kept going more and more downhill. And the stream ran along, quick and bright, showing the way.
At a turn, another trail joined Randall’s. Now Randall knew that they must be coming to Aunt Mandy Gordon’s cabin. Soon he saw the rail fence around her vegetable patch. There at her door was Aunt Mandy. She began to call to him. “Howdy, Randall! Glad to see you! Would you come down a minute? One of my pigs has got out, and I can’t catch him. I can’t run as fast as I used to run.” So Randall hopped down. He tied Speckles to an old yellow apple tree and climbed the steep hill to the cabin. Aunt Mandy showed him where the little pig had gone to hide behind a tree stump. The pig seemed to think that it was playing a game. But while Aunt Mandy went one way, Randall moved up behind the pig. He fell on the pig and held his front legs. He had caught pigs before and knew what to do!
The little pig squealed and pulled. It was slippery and strong and very smart. It was even trying to bite. But in the end, Randall got him back to Aunt Mandy’s pigpen and put him over the rail fence. The big pig and all the other little pigs had been watching. Now they all squealed. “I mended the hole it got through,” said Aunt Mandy. “Thank you, Randall. Do you think your ma would like a bottle of my plum to preserve to put on her cornbread tonight?” So Randall rode off with the bottle of plum preserve for Ma in the top of his gunny sack. Once more he and Speckles were on their way to the mill, down Tumbledown Mountain. Randall held up his first finger and looked at it. “First finger,” he said to it, “you must remember to tell Ma about Aunt Mandy and the pig. It won’t be hard, with the plum preserve to help you.” The first finger nodded as if to say, yes, it could remember
Reading Check Underline the correct answer.
What is Randall's overall attitude so far in the book?
A. positive and eager to help others
B. negative and reluctant to help others
Spelling Rule CH or TCH: If the sound /CH/ follows a short vowel sound, usually use TCH; otherwise, use CH. (Note: A long vowel says its name; a short vowel does not.)
Circle the correctly spelled word.
swich | switch
hunch | huntch
clutch | cluch
snatch | snach
twich | twitch
branch | brantch
stich | stitch
cruch | crutch
thach | thatch
For practice with words containing TCH, copy the following sentence. Write it in cursive if you can; if not, write it in print.
I sketched a pumpkin patch next to a ditch. I sketched a pumpkin patch next to a ditch.
Abbreviations Read: An abbreviation is the shortened form of a word. Here are some example abbreviations:
Mister - Mr. Street - St. pound - lb. hour - hr. Road - Rd. Junior - Jr. foot, feet - ft. Avenue - Ave.
Write the Abbreviation for each word.
STREET
ROAD
JUNIOR
POUND
FOOT
AVENUE
MISTER
HOUR
FEET
Writing
- Write a poem in the same form as this one. More directions follow.
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
- It is written in the form: ABAAB. This shows that each stanza has five lines.
- The matching letters show which lines rhyme. In this poem the “B lines” (the second and last lines) rhyme and the “A lines” (first, third and fourth lines) rhyme.
- Also pay attention to the length of each line. Each line in the first stanza is nine syllables long. (A stanza is what we call each paragraph of a poem or song.)
- So, you will write one stanza, trying to make each of the five lines nine syllables long and using the rhyme scheme ABAAB.
- Write the words teeming, fathom, reverberating, cumulative (08) in your notebook. Write them on different lines so that there’s room to add definitions. Pay attention to the words as you read and decide what you think they mean.
- Read Carl Sandburg poems. You can listen to Mr. G read these poems to you and talk about them. This poet was born in 1878.
- Look at the word monotone in poem 5. The rain is monotone and is being contrasted with a rainbow, which has lots of colors. What does monotone mean? The prefix “mono-” means one. This man is wearing a monocle.
- Look at the word catalpa in poem 6. I don’t know what it is. Do you? But the poem gives us clues. It says, “grass, catalpa and oak.” We know what grass is. Oak is referring to the tree. So we can assume catalpa is some sort of plant. This is catalpa.
- This is a mastodon. How would you imagine a mastodon moved?
- Look up the bold words to find their definitions. Add the correct definition to your notebook along with the word
MARK YOUR READING IN YOUR READING LOG
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