Today’s Bellringer 04/15/13

1. Today’s Bellringer 04/15/13 Read this sentence from an article. Read the dictionary entry for the word lethal: Which definition of lethal shows how the word is used in the following sentence? “Where only 50 to 100 bees of the native species might attack, thousands of this type of swarmed in to inject lethal amounts of venom.” 1 2 3 4 Lethal- 1. extremely dangerous 2. causing death 3. causing disaster 4. devastating “Migratory birds, those that spend the winter in one place and the summer in another, fly high when the weather is nice.” What situation most closely resembles the behavior of migratory birds? • A homeowner in New York who spends the winters in Florida • A resident of Denver who likes to participate in winter sports • A person in the military who moves to a new base every two years • A person who visits Hawaii and decides to move there.

2. Let’s Classify Watch for the robins at the feeder in the early morning.

3. In the late afternoon the boys in the street yelled at us for a ride to the basketball game.

4. A large flock of geese suddenly swooped into the corn fields.