Jamaica Louise James

Question of the DayWhat is fun about getting a birthday card?

Do you like to receive pretty cards or funny cards? Why?

What do you like best about birthday cards?

Birthday cards are fun to receive because_______

Daily Proofreading

mr Johnston lost his keys last friday

Mr. Johnston lost his keys last Friday.

I wrote my name of the sidewalkBut the rain washed it away.

I wrote my name on my handBut the soap washed it away.

I wrote my name of the birthday card I gave to Mother today

And there it will stay For Mother never throws

ANYTHINGOf mine away!

Lee Bennett Hopkins

Word Wall

worry

question

picture

bought draw

especially

sure

minute

Phonograms

-ash -ish -ath -atch -each -unch

1.starfish 2.bathtub3.bath4. then5.catch6.such 7.matchbox 8.shape

9. lunch10. wish11. show12. sandwich 13. chop14. shadow 15. each

Spelling Words1. lunch2. shape3. wish4. chop5. show6. catch7. then8. each9. bath10. such11. shadow12. bathtub13. starfish14. matchbox15. sandwich

tch

1. catch

2. matchbox

ch

1. lunch

2. chop

3. each

4. such

5. sandwich

sh

1. shape

2. wish

3. show

4. shadow

5. starfish

th

1. then

2. bath

3. bathtub

High-Frequency Words

bought

draw

especially

minute

picture

question

sure

worry

High – Frequency Words

1. worry

2. minute

3. picture

4. draw

5. question

6. especially

7. sure

8. bought

Arthur’s Purpose

Why did the author write this selection?

Build Robust Vocabularyfilthy – If something is very dirty, it is filthy.

fellow – You use fellow to describe a person who has something in common with you.

executive – When someone is a boss in charge of a business, that person is called an executive.

beautifying – When you are making something nicer or more beautiful than it was, you are beautifying it.

renowned – If you are renowned, you are famous for something.

kin – Your kin are all of your family members and relatives.

original – When something is original, it is the first of its kind.

adorn – When you adorn something, you decorate it and make it beautiful.

Build Robust Vocabularyfilthy

What would you do if your favorite toy got filthy?

What are some places that might look filthy?

fellow

If you were on a sports team, who would you want to score a point – a fellow player or a player on the other team? Why?

When should you not talk to a fellow student?

executive

Do you think that an executive is a busy person? Why or why not?

What is one decision you would make if you were an executive of an ice cream business?

Build Robust Vocabularybeautifying

Tell about an idea you have for beautifying our school.

How might people feel when they are finished beautifying their neighborhood.

renowned

Name someone who is renowned for their singing.

Is someone who is renowned known by many people or a few people? Explain.

kin

Tell about a time you and your kin had fun doing something together.

Can you name someone in this school who is your kin? Explain.

Build Robust Vocabularyoriginal

Tell about a time that you had an original idea.

What would be an original idea for a party?

adorn

What could we do to adorn our classroom?

Tell about how you might adorn an item like a journal or a backpack.

Name some ways that people adorn themselves.

Abbreviations

Writing Jamaica tells about something that happened in her life.

She uses I, me, and we to tell her story.

She tells about her excitement on this special day.

Her personal voice is clear to the reader.

Her story includes colorful words and details.