Quickstart Week 1- Monday

1. Quickstart Week 1- Monday Analogies 1.Child : younger :: adult : _____________ 2.Over : under :: above : ______________ 3. Never : always :: empty : ____________ Idioms Draw lines to match the idiom with its meaning. 1.Crocodile tears a sneaky person 2. Snake in the grass leave well enough alone 3.Let sleeping dogs lie fake tears, false grief • I wanted to trust Jim, but Mary said he’s a real _(an idiom)___________ because he copied off of her test in math. Confusing Pairs there their they’re there = a place their =some people they’re=they are • Mike went over to ____________ house after school. • Put the glass on the table over _____________. • They are sitting on that bench because _____________ in trouble.

2. Quickstart Week 1-Tuesday • DOL • it is gonna rain on thursday • have you ever went to denver colorado • im glad that elizabeth is in hour class • Grammar Nouns = persons, places, things, ideas Circle all the nouns in the sentences. 1.Sam rode a horse at the rodeo. 2.Kelly asked her mom if she could go to the movies. 3.Mike, Juan and Susan swim in the lake every day. • Spelling • twomorow tomorrow tommorow tomorrow 2. didn’t din’t did’nt didn’t 3. Febuary February Feburary Febury • Spell the month you were born correctly.

3. Quickstart Week-1 -Wednesday Copy the poem. Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are.Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are. . Complete the following using the poem: 1.Underline the nouns. 2. Circle the simile (comparison using like or as) 3. List the pairs of rhyming words. 4.Think of 5 more words that could be used for the word ‘little’. Write a sentence or two telling why you think “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” was written.

4. Quickstart Week -1 -Thursday • Word Facts Copy vocabulary below: Prefix: small but meaningful letter groups added before a base word or root— to change the meaning of the word Root Word: the basic part of a word. Root words in our language come from many other languages, mostly Greek and Latin. Suffixes: the letter groups added to the end of a root word. Suffixes many times show the part of speech and sometimes meaning. In the words below, underline the prefix, circle the root word, and underline the suffix. • returned 3. disbelieving • unbelievable 4. enchantment • Can you write some words with prefixes or suffixes?

5. Quickstart Week 2 Monday Analogies 1. Saturday : Sat. :: Monday : _________________ 2. Mar. : March :: February : __________________ 3. Wednesday : __________ :: Sunday : Sun. • Pick some days of the week or months of the year to make you own analogy using abbreviations. Idioms Match the idioms with their meanings 1. birds of a feather flock together feel like something is wrong 2. till pigs fly like people like to be together 3. smell a rat never • Draw a picture of pigs flying. Confusing Pairs see – sea blue – blew 1.Did you __________ the beautiful __________? 2.It was a clear ________sky, but the wind ________. 3.The fish were huge in the _________ _________/ • Can you put the confusing pairs in alphabetical order?

6. Quickstart Week 2 -Tuesday • DOL 1. my dad got a new job and we gots to move 2. barry did good on his spanish test last tuesday 3. emmy and i watched the news from 530 until 630. • Grammar Circle-persons, square-places, underline-things, smiley face-ideas • My dog jumped over the couch and ran around the room in a panic. • Miya’s toys were thrown around the room. • The courage that the soldiers show makes me proud • Spelling Circle the correct spelling • pracktise practise practice pracktice • brilyant brilliant briliant brailliant • dr. Doc. Dr. Dr

7. Quickstart Week-2 -Wednesday Copy the nursery rhyme: Humpty Dumpty. Humpty DumptySat on a wall,Humpty DumptyHad a great fall;All the king's horsesAnd all the king’s men,Couldn't put HumptyTogether again. Complete the questions: 1.Write down the rhyme pairs. 2. Look at the 2 different kinds of apostrophes: king’s couldn’t Can you explain the differences? 3. Can you rewrite the rhyme with Humpty sitting on something else?

8. Quickstart Week -2 -Thursday • Prefixes meaning ‘not’ – Copy the prefixes and their meanings and examples. prefix -------meaning --------examples !. un – opposite – untie, undo, uncertain, unable 2.non – not- nonmember, non-explosive, nonalcoholic 3. in – not – inactive, inaccurate 4.dis – opposite – disagree, disarm, disgust Try to figure out which prefix goes with each word. Write the completed word. Hint: each prefix is used twice. • ________ profit 5._________afraid • ________ approve 6._________rated • ________appoint 7._________fiction • ________ability 8._________sane

9. Quickstart Week 3- Monday Analogies • clap : hands :: blink : ___________________ • bat : ball :: hammer : ___________________ • time : ______________ :: weight : scale • Think of 2 things and their functions. Make an analogy of your own. Idioms rat race high horse swan song • I’m tired of you acting so snobbish. Get down off your ___________________ and talk to me like a friend. 2. This ________________ is driving me crazy. I feel like I’m running through a maze trying to get everything done I’m supposed to. 3. When a sport’s star, singer, dancer or performer plays his last game or performance for the last time it is called their _____________________. • Define these idioms using context clues in the sentence. Confusing Pairs board – bored clothes – close 1.When I get ______________, I like to buy new ______________. 2. If you get too ______________ to the___________ it might hit you. 3.When I get ______________ I sit on a _____________. • Draw and label a bored board and close clothes.

10. Quickstart Week 3 -Tuesday • DOL 1. jerry rachel and tony rides the bus two school this morning 2. has you ever catched a frog before 3. my friend she don’t have no sisters • Grammar Pick another noun to fill in each blank: 1. teacher president mailperson coach ___________________ 2. bed chair table couch ____________________________ 3.seashore school Schlitterbahn theater ______________________ 4. joy strength stupidity perfection • A noun can be a ________, a _________, a _________ or an ____________. • Spelling 1. suprise suprize surprise surprize 2.haf hafe have hav 3.remember rember remember remimber

11. Quickstart Week-3 -Wednesday Baa, baa, black sheep Baa, baa, black sheep,Have you any wool?Yes, sir, yes, sir,Three bags full;One for the master,And one for the dame,and one for the little boyWho lives down the lane. Answer the following questions: • What is the question in this rhyme? • What is a dame? • Onomatopoeia is a word that means a sound. What are the sound words? 4. What can you tell about the person talking to the sheep?

12. Quickstart Week -3 -Thursday • Suffix Copy the word endings, their meanings, and the examples: Suffix Meaning Example • –tion state or quality of attention, caution • -sion state or quality of tension, compulsion • -able inclined to durable, perishable • -ness state or quality of happiness, kindness, darkness Fill in the blank with a word that ends with one of the suffixes above. 1.When I can’t find the right road when I’m driving, I have to stop for direc_______s. 2.The babysitter touched the baby’s diaper to check for wet________. 3.The boy got a school suspen_________ when he hit that kid. 4.Did you know that belt is adjust____________?

13. Quickstart Week 4 Monday Analogies • bear : cub :: cat : ______________________ • whale : calf :: cow : ____________________ 3. pig : _________ :: owl : owlet • Make an analogy using the following animal adults: butterfly and frog. Name their babies. Idioms -- Matching 1.like a fish out of water ___speak seriously 2.talk turkey ___in an uncomfortable situation 3.casting pearls before swine ___giving something nice to someone who doesn’t appreciate it. • Would a pig (swine) love or hate getting pearls (something beautiful)? Confusing Pairs die - dye know - no • My mom will just ________ if I use green _________ in my hair. • I ___________ you told Mary you would come to her house, but I had to tell her ____________. • Use any two confusing pair words to make a sentence.

14. Quickstart Week 4-Tuesday • DOL • us don’t have no pets in our family • youll need paper scissors and glue for this project • i doesn’t know who readed that pretty poem • Grammar Circle the proper nouns in the sentences. 1. My dog, Dottie, likes to play with toys 2. I went to Lomax Elementary and now I go to Baker. 3. Do you like to go to Baybrook Mall or Schlitterbahn? • Spelling • minit minute minite minnit • people peeple peapl peopl • waz wuz wus was

15. Quickstart Week 4 -Wednesday Copy the rhyme: Miss Polly Had a Dolly. Miss Polly had a dollyWho was sick, sick, sick.So she phoned for the doctor,To come quick, quick, quick;The doctor cameWith his bag and his hat,And he knocked on the doorWith a rat-a-tat-tat. He looked at the dollyAnd he shook his head.He said "Miss Polly,Put her straight to bed";He wrote on a paperFor a pill, pill, pill."I'll be back in the morningIf she's still ill". Answer the questions about the poem, 1. Underline all the verbs. 2. Circle all words written in triplets 3. Write the onomatopoeia words. 4. Using your context clues, who is Miss Polly? What age would you guess?

16. Quickstart Week -4 -Thursday • Suffixes Copy the suffix and the examples with their meaning. -ology – study or science of biology --the study of life astrology – the study of the stars ecology – the study of relationships cardiology – the study of the heart between organisms technology – the study of applied zoology – the study of animals science, like computers paleontology - the science of fossils criminology – the study of crime Fill in the blanks with the words from above. • If I were to learn a lot about dinosaurs, I would study____________________ • To be a police officer, you probably need to know about _________________. • My brother is so good with all of his electronic devices, he should get a degree in ___________________. 4.The doctor who worked on my dad’s heart studied _________________________. 5. I love all mammals. I know a lot about _________________________________. 6. If the human race is not careful, we will really mess up the earth’s ____________. 7. When the lady told my fortune, she looked to the moon and stars for answers. She must study ______________________________. 8. The study of _______________________includes the study of plants and animals.

17. Quickstart 5 -Monday Analogies • mouse : mice :: goose : _______________ • leaf : leaves :: wolf : _________________ • child : _________ :: man : men • Find the plural to these words and create an analogy: woman and tooth Idioms 1.early bird gets the worm 2.let the cat out of the bag 3.worked like a dog 4. hold your horses ___We tried to keep the surprise party a secret, but Mary _______________. ___Jenna always gets good bargains at garage sales.You know, _________ ________________________________________________________. ___You’ve got to be patient! Just __________________________________. ___Mike pulled all the weeds in my yard. He really ___________________ Confusing Pairs to-two-too for-four 1.My little brothers are _______ and _________ years old. 2.I am going _______ the store ________ a loaf of bread. 3.Mary wants to go to the store _________. • Which of these words means –too? every,also,many

18. Quickstart Week 5-Tuesday • DOL 1. college park elementary school will has a book fair in february 2. march 6 2010 is my sisters wedding • his shirt is missing too buttons it needs mending too • Grammar Look for the action words, the doing words, the verbs. 1. Meg digs in her garden and rakes the leaves. 2. Jose rides his skateboard every night at the park. 3. Mrs. Roden taught us how to multiply. • Spelling 1. mabe may be maybee maybe 2. wimen wemen women wemin 3. because becuz becuse becauze

19. Quickstart Week-5 -Wednesday Copy the rhyme: Three Blind Mice. Three blind mice, three blind mice,See how they run, see how they run!They all ran after the farmer's wife,Who cut off their tails with a carving knife;Did ever you see such a sight in your life,As three blind mice? Answer the questions using the rhyme. • Find the verbs in the rhyme that shows both present and past tense. Example: play and played • Can you figure out the rhyming pattern for this poem? • What kind of ‘ is used in the poem. Is it a contraction or to show possession? • What kind of knife was used? This describes the knife.

20. Quickstart Week -5 -Thursday • Root Words Copy the roots and their meanings: 1. act – do 2. ast – star 3. aud – hear 4. cycl –circle or ring 5. fac – make or do Write the following words and circle the root of each: 1. motorcycle bicycle cyclone encyclopedia cycle • asteroid astronaut disaster astronomy asterisk • factory manufacture benefactor • auditorium audience audition audible • actor action react transact enact

21. Quickstart Week 6- Monday Analogies: • Dog : ___________ :: cat : meow • Snake : hiss :: ________ : buzz • Come up with 2 animals that make sounds and create an analogy. Idioms – Identify the meaning of each idiom. 1.cry wolf 2. keep the wolf from the door 3.wolf in sheep’s clothing _______ to work very hard to keep poverty away from your family _______ sound the alarm when there is no emergency – one too many times. _______ someone who looks and seems nice, but is a bad person underneath • Illustrate your favorite wolf idiom Confusing Pairs deer-dear hour-our-are 1.What ___________of the day did you see the ______________? 2. Oh __________! What __________ __________ parents going to say? • Make your own sentence using hour-our-are.

22. Quickstart Week 6-Tuesday • DOL 1.who winned the game when you played matt in monopoly 2.do you like to eat at chilis or lubys 3.green orange and purple are called secondary colors • Grammar Write the present tense of the verb in the sentence. • She saw the movie last week. __________________ • Mike rode home alone. _______________________ • Kara smiled her sweet smile. __________________ • Spelling • truble truoble trouble trubl • adress address addres adres • friend frend friend frind

23. Quickstart Week 6 - Wednesday Copy the poem: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over, The candlestick. Answer the following questions about the rhyme: 1. Write the compound word. Write 5 more compounds words. 2. Nimble means ________________. 3. Write the rhyme pattern. 4. Write the present tense of the action verb. 5.Write the number of syllables for each line. • .Make a 4 line rhyme following the pattern above. Use a different name. Use a different verb. Try to use the rhyme pattern used above and the same number of syllables.

24. Quickstart Week -6 -Thursday • Suffixes Some suffixes are used to help us compare things: • -er means more • -est means most Remember: When you compare 2 things, you use –er. When you compare more than 2 things, you use –est. Hint: sometimes you must change the ending of the root word before you add an ending. My box is big. If your box is larger than mine, we say it is bigger . If John’s box is bigger than all the boxes, we say it is the biggest. Using the following words, add the suffixes er and est to them. 1.slow 2. smart 3. fat 4. crazy 5. fast

25. Quickstart Week 7 Monday Analogies • Two : four :: six : ___________________ • Penny : nickel :: nickel : _____________ • 5 : 10 :: _________ : 16 • Make an analogy using any numbers you wish. Idioms: • eat crow 2. cooked his goose 3. don’t look a gift horse in the mouth 1.John played such a good prank on Jim. It really _____________________. 2.Mary bragged that her bar-b-que was the best. Then she lost the contest. She really had to ___________________________________________. 3. You should not turn down something someone gives you for free. Please __________________________________________________________, • Tell about a time you had to eat crow. Confusing Pairs there - they’re - their 1. First I went over here, then I went over ______________. 2. ____________________ is the short way of saying they are. 3.When I talk of other people and the things they own, I use the word,__________. For example, Mary and Tom went home, so I went over to _______________ house.

26. Quickstart Week 7-Tuesday • DOL • hour flight to paris france left on time at 554 from houston texas • me and jose’ made up a dance to old mcdonald had a farm • does you have any coffee tea soda or water for I • Grammar Fill in the blank with the correct contraction isn’t don’t can’t • His mom told him he ___________ come over after school. • Mary is very good in math, but she ___________ the best. • Why ______________ you sit by me? • Spelling • causin cuzin couzin cousin • all right alright allright alrite • acheeve achieve uchieve ucheeve

27. Quickstart Week -7 -Wednesday Copy the poem: Rain, Rain, Go Away. Rain, rain, go away,Come again another day. Rain, rain, go to Spain.Never show your face again. Answer the following questions about the rhyme: • Write the rhyme pattern. • Tell someone who might be saying this rhyme. Why? • Show the number of syllables in each line. • Make a third stanza to the rhyme. Think about syllables and rhyme patterns.

28. Quickstart Week - 7-Thursday • Prefixes Sometimes prefixes help us determine the size of something. Here’s some. Make your own list of them along with their meanings. • micro– small or short • magni– great • macro– large or long • mega– large • mini- small • semi- half/part Can you think of some words that start with any of these prefixes? Write as many as you can.

29. Quickstart Week 8- Monday Analogies 1. Day : hour :: week : _________________ 2.Morning : ________ :: afternoon : P.M. 3. Month : week :: ____________: month • Using all the words above, put them in order from smallest to largest. Don’t use the abbreviations. Idioms: 1. dog eat dog world 2.dog days of summer 3.raining cats and dogs • Would you like to live in a dog eat dog world? • Does ‘dog days of summer’ make you think of very hot or very cold days? • What does ‘raining cats and dogs’ mean: • What do you think ‘top dog’ means? What if you were ‘in the doghouse?” Confusing Pairs desert-dessert hair-hare Nmemonic device: something that helps you remember something. 1. A hot, sandy place is called a ______________. I remember it because it has sand. Sand =1s 2. After dinner, mom said I could have ________________. It is super sweet. Super sweet = 2s 3. A bunny rabbit is also called a _______. My ___________ needs brushing.

30. Quickstart Week 8-Tuesday • DOL • my friend he be seven years old • jan is the goodest friend that I has ever had • he is moving to a new house at 3881 hidden oaks lane • Grammar Give the past and future of the following verbs: • fly _____________(past) __________________(future) • eat _____________(past) __________________(future) • ride _____________(past) __________________(future) • Spelling Which word is NOT spelled correctly? • Dinosaur draggon dynamite diner • Cudle cute crayon crack • Second single skary stretch

31. Quickstart Week-8 -Wednesday Copy the poem: 1, 2 One, two, buckle my shoe, 3, 4 Three, four, knock at the door; 5, 6 Five, six, pick up sticks, 7, 8 Seven, eight, lay them straight; 9, 10 Nine, ten, a big fat hen Answer the following questions: • Notice the rhyme: the last word of the line with the second number: Example: 2 –shoe, 4 –door…. Write down as many words as you can for each of these numbers: 2-blue,flew…… 4-shore, roar….. 6-ticks,fix…. 8-gate,fate… 10-win,spin • Write your own rhyme using some of your words above.

32. Quickstart Week -8 -Thursday • Prefixes Some prefixes stand for numbers: • mono- uni- mean one • di- bi- du- mean two • tri- means three • tetra- quad- mean four • pent- quint- mean five • hex- sex- mean six • oct means eight • dec- deci- mean ten • cent- means hundred • milli- kilo- mean thousand Try to think of and write down one word for each prefix. 18 words

33. Quickstart Week 9 Monday Analogies: 1.2D: map :: 3D : _____________ 2.America : Japan :: American : ___________________ 3. One ; first ;; two ; _____________________________ • List the ordinal numbers. First, second… Idioms 1. Barking up the wrong tree ____building your own ego 2. Feathering your own nest ____ nervous 3. Butterflies in your stomach ____focused on the wrong thing • When might you have butterflies in your stomach? Draw it! Confusing pairs cent-sent-scent • One penny is the same thing as one _____________________. • A smell, an odor and an aroma are all synonyms for _________. • The boy __________the girl an email. • Illustrate the 3 confusing pairs and label each one.

34. Quickstart Week 9-Tuesday • DOL • The paper fall off the table land on the floor and blew into the living room • we finded a tick on are dog tucker • mr toby gived larry the book the five chinese brothers to read at home • Grammar Circle nouns and underline verbs in the sentences. • Mike sat by himself and read twenty pages of the book. • Julie works best when she goes to her room and turns off the tv. • The dog jumps through hoops and dances around the table. • Spelling Circle the word spelling correctly in each line • acter acktor ackter actor • subject subgect subjekt sobject

35. Quickstart Week- 9 -Wednesday Copy the lullaby. Rock-a-bye, baby,in the tree top.When the wind blows,the cradle will rock.When the bough breaks,the cradle will fall,And down will come baby,cradle and all. Answer the questions in complete sentences. • Who might have written this lullaby? Who do you think it was written for? Could it be a warning to someone? • Who might have sung this song to you as a child? • Draw a picture of something from this poem.

36. Quickstart Week -9 -Thursday • Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Below are some more you should know: Please copy them down. Prefix Root Suffix re (again) dict (speak) -tion (state of being, act of) pre (before) loc (place) -less (without) post (after) phon (sound) -er (one who does something) sub (below) rupt (break) -ful (full of, like) See how many words you can make using one, two, or all three parts. Can you think of ten? Write them down.