What are we focusing on in Reading?
Reading Selection: Satchel Paige
written by: Lesa-Cline Ransome Vocabulary Terms
1. confidence: firm belief in yourself
2. fastball: a pitch thrown at high speed with very little curve
3. mocking: laughing at; making fun of
4. outfield: the part of a baseball field beyond the diamond or infield
5. unique: having no like or equal
6. weakness: a slight fault
7. windup: (in baseball), a swinging movement of the arms while twisting the body just before pitching the ball
Writing and Conventions
Compound and Complex Sentences
A compound sentence contains two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction.
A complex sentence contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sentence_combine/index.html
Spelling
Pattern: Adding -ed, -ing
Reading Selection: Satchel Paige
written by: Lesa-Cline Ransome Vocabulary Terms
1. confidence: firm belief in yourself
2. fastball: a pitch thrown at high speed with very little curve
3. mocking: laughing at; making fun of
4. outfield: the part of a baseball field beyond the diamond or infield
5. unique: having no like or equal
6. weakness: a slight fault
7. windup: (in baseball), a swinging movement of the arms while twisting the body just before pitching the ball
Writing and Conventions
Compound and Complex Sentences
A compound sentence contains two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction.
A complex sentence contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sentence_combine/index.html
Spelling
Pattern: Adding -ed, -ing