Transcript Bellringers

Write these words in your notebook:
Stamp
Camp
Like
Lost
Run
Late
 Now, write how many sounds you hear in
the word, next to the word. For example,
the word “mop”,
/m/ /o/ /p/, has 3
sounds. “Mop – 3 sounds”

Read this paragraph:
English is a hard language to learn. That is
because so many English words are
actually not English. Our language has
about one million words. Eighty percent of
those words are borrowed from other
languages. The effect? Eighty percent of
our words don’t follow the rules of the
English language. That would make any
language hard to learn.
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1.
What is the main idea? Write the letter
and sentence.
Borrowed words make English difficult to learn.
b. English is the most difficult language in the world.
c. No one should be expected to learn English.
d. America has many immigrants
a.
Write a word chain starting with the word
“jog.” Change the first or last letter (but
NOT the vowel) to form each new word.
 For example, your second word could
be “job” or “log”.
 You need at least 10 words in your chain.
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Read this paragraph:
Is dodgeball fun for everyone? In
dodgeball, a player is out of the game if he
or she is hit with a ball. Many feel this keeps
kids who are not good at sports from
getting physical activity. Others feel
dodgeball sends the message that it’s OK
to use humans as targets. With this in mind,
some schools have banned dodgeball.
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
What is the main idea? Write the letter
and sentence.
Students have to be strong to play
dodgeball at school.
b. Players who are not good at sports should
not play.
c. Students need to be tough to play sports
at school.
d. Dodgeball might not be a good game for
all kids to play.
a.
Is your Name on the bellringers?
 Is your Team Name on the bellringer?
 Do you have all 4 bellringers?
 Are all the bellringers labeled?
 Now, turn them into the turn-in box.
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