Greg is in Middle school in the American culture, at a school somewhere near you.
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He wants to fit in and be accepted, this seems harder than ever in his life.
Watch this post as it gets longer with more material as I teach my students this cute book.
We started on this page, but if I have motivation and more importantly, time, I will go back and do exercises from the beginning. What do you think? I need? or not?
Many English learners need help with this word "supply" so here is how to say it!
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Pages 13-14
Friday
Key terms:
Reading Groups - This is the group where you will read and study reading in your class. There may be more than one book, based on your reading ability.
Gifted: Kids who already know how to read
Easy: Kids who need help with reading in English.
covers of the books: what the title of the book is.
figure it out: to understand
hand out: give you
dissapointed: sad, not happy
screening: to decide who goes into each reading group
real tight: friends with
principal: the director of a school
apply myself: do the proper work
smart: know the answers to all your school work.
Put the proper vowels in the word. Use the word list there are more words than you need:
hand, easy, apply, smart,real, group
_ _ s _ h _ n d r _ _ l _ p p l _ sm_rt
Make a sentence:
groups We assigned got to
_________________________________
can You out it figure
________________________________
Boo says Bink
_________________________________
as A Einstein child
_________________________________
picked up Fred book the
Fred picked up the book._________________________________
are You a kid smart
You are a smart kid. _________________________________
Questions:
Which reading group should Greg go into?
Which book do you like more? Einstein as a child or Bink goes Boo?
Make a sentence with the words
easy
________________________________
gifted
_______________________________
hand out
________________________________
principal
_______________________________
extra work
________________________________
Now read again the section that we read in the beginning of class.
Homework:
Write a letter to your teacher about which reading group you want to be in, Einstein as a child or Bink goes Boo.
Why do you want that group?
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Page 15
Words to know:
set - put
expectations - what you want to happen
surprising - out of the ordinary
practically - really
nothing - none
grunt - a noise made by the throat
Put in the missing letter: Use these words, there are more than you need: grunt, set, nothing, home, from, work, dirty, kitchen.
g_ unt se_ no_hin_ ho_e _ork, fro_
Make sentences:
came home work from He
____________________
table set the Please
____________________
grunted Roderick
____________________
nothing Roderick did
____________________
Match the present tense to the past tense, there is one extra word.
come surprised
do learned
get came
surprise did
learn got
set
Make your own sentence:
surprise __________________
low _________________ _
doing ___________________
nothing ___________________
learned __________________
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Page 16
Words to know:
actually - really
glad - happy
easy - without effort
holding - put in the hand
upside down - the opposite way
think - to direct your mind toward something
joking, joke - poke fun at someone
Put in the missing letter, there are more words than you need:
Word bank: joke, think, down,upside, easy, glad, actually
do_n eas_ g_ad u_side t_ink
Ing words: These are action words about something that is happening right now.
Put the ing on the correct words: (some words don't need ing)
joke ________________
down ________________
think _______________
hold ________________
glad _______________
Contractions are two words that can be put together and become one word with the use of a '
do +not = don't
are _ not = aren't
Make a contraction from these words:
there is _____________
did not _____________
you are _____________
could not ___________
he is _______________
Make sentences:
plan my work did
________________________
My work plan did not
________________________
holds down the book upside He
________________________
joking They were
________________________
Make up your own sentence with these words:
glad, easy, think, book, holding
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Page 16 bottom half, Saturday
Saturday:
Words to know:
finally -at the end
slept in - to sleep late
wake up - get up in the morning
watch - see
cartoons - pictures that have characters that are drawn, not a photograph
whatever - other things
weekend - days at the end of the week, when people don't work.
eventually - after some time.
can't stand - don't like
taste - sense involving the tongue
breath - the air that you breathe out.
smack - sound that you make when you open and close your mouth.
Put in the correct letters:
There are more words than you need
word bank: slept, watch, taste, breath, smack, wake, cartoons, in
_ ake ta_te, br_ _ th, s_ack, c_rto_ns i_, s_ept
Words that start with w
wake
watch
whatever
weekend
Practice with me and say these words a few times!
Make sentences with these words:
got up late I
__________________________________
I in slept yesterday
__________________________________
watches He cartoons
____________________________________
can't stand up I
___________________________________
_
breath I stand can't my
_______________________________________
Make your own sentences:
watch
cartoons
weekend
taste
finally
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Top of page 17
Words to know:
Unfortunately - something bad
morning - when the sun rises
real - not fake
considerate - think of others
no matter what - something that is always true.
trying - want to do something
enjoy - have fun
Saturday- 1st day of the weekend.
normal- the usual way
person - singular of people
Spelling
Put in two letters in each word Word bank: real trying, try, normal, person, morning, enjoy, considerate, unfortunately
There are more words than you need.
_ _ a l _ _ ying _ _ rning _ _ rmal _ _ joy _ _rson _ _ y _ _ nisderate
Make sentences. Put in the correct punctuation:
day, What, of, week, today, it is ?
__________________________________________________
wakes, at, up, Dad, 6:00am .
__________________________________________________
enjoying, am, my, I, Saturday .
___________________________________________________
is, He, a, person, normal , .
___________________________________________________
Make your own sentences:
Use these words:
Unfortunately morning, no matter what , trying, enjoy, real, Saturday
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Page 17 ( 2nd half)
Words to know:
headed up - go to
technically - according to the facts
definetly - without doubt
subject to change - can change
avoiding - keep away
annoyed - make someone a little angry
Spelling: Put in the missing letters , There are more words than you need: Word Bank: headed, definetly, subject, to, change, avoid, avoiding, annoyed
head_ _ t_ chang_ definet _ _ annoy _ _
Choose the correct ending for the sentence according to the story:
I just
headed up to school
Rowley's house
Grandma's house
Rowley is technically my best friend
the most popular boy
very smart
He did something that really made me happy
made his Mom happy
annoyed me
Make sentences:
didn't anything I to today do have
______________________________________________
been I've Rowley avoiding
______________________________________________
change will That
______________________________________________
Choose two words and write your own sentence:
headed, definetly, subject, to, change, avoid, avoiding, annoyed
____________________________________
_____________________________________
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Page 18
Vocabulary:
stuff - things you have
lockers - a place in school to put your stuff
end of the day - time to leave school and go home.
play - to have fun with someone, usually used for kids.
supposed to - should
a billion times - many times, (exaggeration)
middle school - 6-8th grades - ages 11-13
hang out - to "play" for older kids
noogies
Activites:
Spelling:
Put the correct letters in the blanks, there are more words than you need
Word bank: forget stuff play hang out locker noogie middle school
_ _ uff _ _ ay _ _ ng _ _ ocker _ _ hool _ _ rget
Make a sentence:
lockers getting stuff were from We our our
__________________________________________
me came Rowley up to
___________________________________________
You supposed "play" say to "hang out" are not
____________________________________________
forgets He always
__________________________________________
Reading compehension
We were getting our stuff from our desks
from home
from our lockers
Rowley came up to me
to Mom
to his father
We're in high school
middle school
the park
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Bottom of page 18
Words to know
careful - to think about something before doing it
trying - to want to do something
image - how others see you
having x around being next to someone
definitely - without doubt
helping - doing good
Spelling - use the vocabulary words above:
Put in the missing letters
try _ _ _ help _ _ _ care _ _ _ definit_ _ _
Grammar ing makes the word happen now. Use these words, there are more than you need: trying caring helping jumping
Put the correct work in the correct sentence:
I am ________ my mother in the kitchen
She is _________ to play the flute.
The nanny is ________ for the baby.
Write a sentence
care about I image my
_______________________
Rowley my friend best is
_____________________
middle school I in am
_________________________
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Page 19 (top )
Words to know
met - past tense of meet - to get to know someone
moved - to come into a new place to live
few - more than two
neighborhood - a small area in a city where people live
bought - past tense of buy - to aquire something from someone or a store.
make friends - to become aquainted with someone new
dumb - stupid
gimmicks - something to attract attention
Spelling : put in the correct letter
Word Bank: gimmick dumb make friend bought few met
dum_ mak_ fe_ me_ frien_ bough_
Match Present tense to Past tense
buy made
meet bought
move tried
call came
come called
try moved
make met
Make sentences:
Rowley I met
_________________________________
moved He into neighborhood into the
_________________________________
mom His book a bought him new
_________________________________________
make friends places How places to new in
____________________________________________
me Excuse?
_______________________________________________
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Page 19 (bottom)
Words to know:
kind of - a little bit
decided - have a clear opinion
to take - to be in care of someone
wing - a part of the bird that helps it to fly, or to take care of someone.
mostly - all the time
tricks - silly events
pulls on - does to someone
Spelling: Put in the right letters
Word bank
pulls, tricks wing, take, decide, kind
p_ _ s tr_ _ ks t _ _ e w _ _ g
Put the right word in the sentence
Word bank: great tricks decided kind mostly
I ___________ of felt sorry for Rowley
I
__________ to take him under my wing.
It's been ________ having him around
I get to use all the ________ Rodrick pulls on me.
Write your own sentence using these words:
mostly, tricks pulls on take
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page 20
sign long i sound - a signal
intelligence in tell le gense - how smart someone is
hand a is eh sound - part of the body that you can grab things.
face long a sound - the front of your head.
Spelling
si_ _ ha _ _ fa _ _
Adjectives
big bigger biggest
large larger largest
tall taller tallest
small smaller smallest
Put the right word in the sentence:
Rowley's hand is _________________ than his face (big bigger biggest)
The mother giraffe is ___________ than the baby (tall , taller, tallest) giraffe.
The dark green pencil is _________ than the light green pencil (small, smaller, smallest)
Write sentences with these words:
small, tall, smart, intelligent, sign, hand, face.
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Page 21. top
Words to know:
prank - funny tricks to do to someone
never - not ever
get away - not get in trouble
pulling that stuff - doing a trick
prince - the son of a king
get in trouble - get punished
deserves - he did the bad thing and needs to learn not to do it.
Spelling: Word Bank: deserves, prince, trouble, never, ever
n_ v _ r pr_nc_ pr_nk tr_ _ bl _
Phrases with get:
get in : Get in the bus!
get off : Get off the ladder, it is going to fall!
get away with: He is always getting away with that prank, he never gets in trouble!
get up : I have to get up early in the morning to go to school.
Put in the correct word in the sentence: in, off, away, up (there are more words than you need)
Manny never gets ____ trouble.
Rowley gets _____ in time to walk to school.
Greg nevers gets _______ with pulling pranks on Manny.
Write your own sentence using these words:
prank, never, prince, deserves,
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Page 21 bottom
Words to know:
self-portrait - a picture that you do of yourself
bedroom -room where you sleep
permanent marker - pen that the ink doesn't wash off
to let him have
it- get punished
Awww - to say that something is cute
Make sentences with these words:
Use as many of them as you want in different order.
nouns verbs infinites I like to swim he need to cook you hates to play she want to clean we wants to write they needs do homework likes to sleep hate
_________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Put the right word in the sentence:
Word bank: bedroom, was , drew, yesterday, marker
Manny ________ a self-portrait on my
bedroom door.
I ________________ wrong.
___________ I woke up late.
He drew a picture yesterday with a _________.
Describe this picture:
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Page 22
Words to know:
bugs me - bother me
nickname - a funny name that people call each other, not the real name
pronounce - to say
calls, calling - to refer to a person by a name
Spelling
Word box: bugs, calls, calling, pronounce, nickname, me
c_lls b_gs n_ ckn_me m_ call_ _ _
Put the right word in the sentence: Word Box: nickname, calling, bugs , calls , prounce
But the thing that __________ me is the nickname he calls me.
He calls me by a __________________.
He started ___________ me “Bubby.”
He still ____________________me that now!
Make sentences:
calls He me "Bubby"
______________________________
stop, I him to want
______________________________
brother Manny my is little
______________________________
Write your own sentenes:
bugs me ___________________________________
nickname ______________________________
pronounce ______________________________
calls, calling ______________________________
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Page 22 bottom
luckily - luck - something good to happen
none - not anyone
found out - to know
believe - to know something by faith not facts
close calls - almost happened
mistake - an error
toss - to throw
Put the right word in the sentence: tossed, found out, close call, nickname. luck, believe, mistake
I have lots of _________ I won $100!
Everyone __________ that I won the $100.
They ________that I will give them lots of presents.
It was a ____________ Greg's friends don't know about his nickname.
Greg _________the present in the trash.
Make sentences:
Luckily, yet, friends, found none, yet, of, my, out,
______________________________________________
this, "Bubby", says, it's, Hey, one, to
_________________________________________________
must, It, mistake, be a
_________________________________________________
Make your own sentences with these words:
luckily
none
found out
believe
close calls
mistake
toss
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Page 23 top
makes me - forces me
make - to do
cereal bowl - bowl with food for breakfast- cornflakes
cookie - a biscuit
day care - a place for young children
make sentences:
He me breakfast today makes
Manny five old years is
cookie for me C cookie for is and
How many words can you write with the letter C?
______________________________
How many words can you write with the letter M?
How many words can you write with the letter G?
Write your own sentences:
make
cereal
cookie
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Page 23 Middle:
Words to know:
getting on me- bothering me
scrape - to clean very hard
potty - a small pot that toddlers learn how to go to the toilet in
appetite - to want to eat.
finishing - to end
Spelling Word bank:
appet_ t _ po_t _ sc_a _e
Put the right word in the sentence:
Word Bank: scrape breakfast, finishing appetite, potty
Mom is always getting on me about not __________ my breakfast.
She has to ________ cornflakes out of the potty.
I have no __________ today.
I make Manny his ________.
Times of the day:
Morning Noon Afternoon Evening Night
Every morning I walk to school
At noon, I eat my lunch.
I come home from school in the afternoon.
In the evening I eat dinner
At night, I go to sleep.
Write your own sentences using the times of the day
In the morning, __________________
At noon _________________________
In the afternoon __________________
In the evening __________________
At night_________________________
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