Week 5 - Practice Summarize
In your own words, give a brief statement that contains all the important ideas.
While reading, put a post-it or write down the important parts of your story. After you are finished reading you need to look at the important parts and decide what the main idea of the section was about.
You may use the below graphic flower organizer to help organize your thoughts.
While reading, put a post-it or write down the important parts of your story. After you are finished reading you need to look at the important parts and decide what the main idea of the section was about.
You may use the below graphic flower organizer to help organize your thoughts.
Your Tasks This Week:
Using your summer reading book you are reading this week, write a summary after reading each day.
Here are some sentence starters:
1. The most important ideas are...
2. The (part, chapter, book, article) is mostly about...
3. In the (beginning, middle, end)...
Using your summer reading book you are reading this week, write a summary after reading each day.
Here are some sentence starters:
1. The most important ideas are...
2. The (part, chapter, book, article) is mostly about...
3. In the (beginning, middle, end)...
Grammar Practice: Articles
Use the linked worksheets to practice using the correct articles in your sentences. Remember:
- Use 'the' before a word where you know the specific thing
- Use 'a' before a word which begins with a consonant sound when it is a general term.
- Use 'an' before a word which begins with a vowel sound when it is a general term.
- Use 'the' before a word where you know the specific thing
- Use 'a' before a word which begins with a consonant sound when it is a general term.
- Use 'an' before a word which begins with a vowel sound when it is a general term.
Conjunctions - Watch the video below and then use each one of the conjunctions in a complete sentence.