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A verb is a what?
I am at home.
What is the verb?
the action or state of being in a sentence
"I am" is one of our to be verbs.
JOKES ON YOU- surprise you have to add
432+___=500
Do you add a period after Miss or Mister when it is written out?
68
NO
"bone" has two letters working together. What do we call that letter team?
Is there long or short vowel sounds in the word?
a separate digraph
make it plural- mouse
mice
He is happy at the party today.
"party" in this sentence is proper or common?
Common
That necklace is my possession!
What does possession mean?
Something that you own- something that is yours.
When writing Mr or Mrs, what always needs to come after?
A period
Ms. Miccoli, Mrs. Wambaugh, Mr. Arnold
What are we learning about in our decodable right now?
Who lead the army that we just read about
The War of 1812
Andrew Jackson
trees
is this plural or collective? make it collective!
orchard
plural- the answer is collective
What does the word Tragedy mean?
Something extremely sad
Commander has how many syllables? Where would you split it?
When you have an "le" and "el" at the end of a word, tell me the difference in the sounds
"le" is /L/ and "el" is /ul/
Combining two words into one, what do we call that word?
what do you need to add to the word?
Contraction
Apostrophe
What needs to be capitalized in a sentence? Give me at least 3
1. The word "i"
2. First letter in a sentence
3. Dates (May 4, 1845)
4. Names
5. Places
6. Holidays
I hope we go to Oak Park on Saturday?
What are the proper nouns in this sentence? What is the pronoun?
Oak Park, Saturday
I
what is the past tense of are?
was or were
I, you, she, he, they are NOT nouns- they are what?
Pronouns and they usually replace a common or proper noun
extra hard bonus: what do you call a word that can be spelled the same way forward and backwards?
example: racecar
palindrome
Make them collective- students
Native Americans
class
tribe
They were thrilled to have a soccer game last week.
What is the verb in this sentence? What is the adjective?
The noun in this sentence is proper or common?
have and thrilled
common
If a syllable splits after a vowel, what happens to the vowel?
It is always long
Grasshoppers hop high off the ground.
What is the verb and the 2 nouns?
Hop (V)
Grasshopper and ground
Who wrote the national anthem and why?
Where was the battle that was going on at the time?
Francis Scott Key
He was a prisoner during the War of 1812 during the attack of Fort McHenry
The word around sounds like uround. We call this a what?
Schwa
is mr jones invited to the party on march 1, 2011
Name all of the nouns in this sentence.
fix the grammar in the sentence.
Is Mr. Jones invited to the party on March 1st, 2011?
Mr. Jones (P), March (P)
party (C)