Transcript Mama`s Birthday Present Spelling Presentation

Mama’s Birthday
Present
Spelling Words
ai
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train
tail
rain
mail
afraid
Spelling Words
ay
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way
play
day
may
gray
Challenge Words
– about
– teacher
Vocabulary Words
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give
surprise
would
enjoy
worry
about
Comprehension Skill
• Draw Conclusions: sometimes clues in the
words and pictures can help a reader
figure out something that is not written in
a story or article.
– Good readers use the words, pictures, and what
they know about real life to figure out more
about the characters and what happens in a
selection.
Possessives
• Model
– girl’s pen
• The apostrophe and s in the word girl’s means that
something belongs to the girl. The pen belongs to the girl
– girls’ pens
• The s and the apostrophe in the word girls’ means that
something belongs to the girls. The pens belong the girls.
When a word ends with s and mean “ more than one,” the
apostrophe comes after the s.
Possessives cont.
• Tell which word is possessive and whether it
tells about one or more than one person or
animals.
– Examples
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Ben’s bat
birds’ cage
Dad’s truck
Nan’s basket
whales’ song