Room 6 First Grade Homework due on Tuesday, November...
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Room 6 First Grade
Homework due on Tuesday, November 3rd
First Grade Homework - due Tuesday, November 3'^ - Spelling Test - every Tuesday - Friday Quizzes - November 6th Language: possessive nouns and
verbs - consonant blends - reading comprehension - sequencing story
Math - Telling Time : hourly, half hour - Problem solving - dynamic addition - dynamic subtraction
Please practice reading at home
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Using a dictionary, look up the meaning of the words. On a separate sheet of paper, do the following.
1. Write the definition of each word. 2. Write a sentence for each word
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How Elephant Got His Trunk O n e d a y l o n g a g o , E l e p h a n t c a m e t o a p o n d t o d r i n k t h e c o o l '
w a t e r . H e s a w C r o c o d i l e t a k i n g a n a p . E l e p h a n t a n d C r o c o d i l e o f t e n l i k e d t o t e a s e e a c h o t h e r . S o , E l e p h a n t d e c i d e d t o p l a y a t r i c k o n C r o c o d i l e .
W h i l e C r o c o d i l e w a s s l e e p i n g , E l e p h a n t p u t s o m e m u d i n t o | C r o c o d i l e ' s e a r s . E l e p h a n t t h o u g h t t o h i m s e l f h o w s u r p r i s e d C r o c o d i l e w o u l d b e w h e n h e w o k e u p a n d c o u l d n o t h e a r .
A f t e r a w h i l e , E l e p h a n t w o k e C r o c o d i l e . C r o c o d i l e s a i d , " H o w a r e y o u t o d a y . E l e p h a n t ? " E l e p h a n t s e e m e d o n l y t o m o v e h i s m o u t h a s i f h e w e r e s p e a k i n g . N o w , C r o c o d i l e w a s c l e v e r , a n d h e r e a l i z e d , w h a t E l e p h a n t h a d d o n e . S o h e d e c i d e d t o p l a y h i s o w n t r i c k o n I E l e p h a n t .
C r o c o d i l e s a i d , " I c a n ' t h e a r y o u . P l e a s e c o m e a l i t t l e c l o s e r . " I I
W h e n E l e p h a n t g o t c l o s e e n o u g h , C r o c o d i l e s n a p p e d w i t h h i s j a w s a n d g r a b b e d E l e p h a n t ' s t i n y n o s e . E l e p h a n t p u l l e d a n d p u l l e d t o t r y t o g e t a w a y . T h e m o r e E l e p h a n t p u l l e d , t h e m o r e h i s n o s e s t r e t c h e d .
I n t h e e n d , E l e p h a n t p u l l e d f r e e , b u t n o t b e f o r e h i s n o s e h a d s t r e t c h e d i n t o a l o n g t r u n k . T h a t i s w h y , t o t h i s d a y , e l e p h a n t s h a v e l o n g t r u n k s .
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birectibnS Answer each question about the story. Circle the letter in front of the correct answer.
1 . W h a t k i n d o f n o s e d i d E l e p h a n t h a v e l o n g a g o ? a. l o n g b. l a r g e
c. s m a l l d. p o i n t y
2. H o w d o e s E l e p h a n t t r i c k C r o c o d i l e ? a . H e s p l a s h e s C r o c o d i l e w i t h w a t e r . b. H e s n a p s a t C r o c o d i l e ' s n o s e . c. H e p u l l s C r o c o d i l e ' s t a i l . d. H e p u t s m u d i n C r o c o d i l e ' s e a r s .
3 . H o w d o e s C r o c o d i l e t r i c k E l e p h a n t ? a. H e t e l l s E l e p h a n t a j o k e . b. H e p u l l s E l e p h a n t ' s t a i l . c. H e g r a b s E l e p h a n t ' s n o s e . d. H e p u t s m u d i n E l e p h a n t ' s n o s e .
4 . H o w d o e s E l e p h a n t ' s n o s e c h a n g e ? a. I t g e t s l o n g e r . b. I t g e t s s m a l l e r .
c. I t g e t s f a t t e r . d. I t g e t s w i d e r .
5 . H o w i s a n e l e p h a n t t o d a y d i f f e r e n t f r o m E l e p h a n t a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e s t o r y ? a. I t h a s a t r u n k . b. I t h a s s t r o n g l e g s .
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c. I t i s c l e v e r . d. I t h a s l a r g e e a r s .
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R e a d t h e s t o r y .
R u n h o m e f r o m s c h o o l . A s k y o u r m o t h e r i f y o u c a n c o m e t o m y h o u s e . T h e n r i d e o v e r o n y o u r b i k e . W e w i l l r i d e b i k e s . T h e n w e c a n p l a y a g a m e .
R e a d t h e s e n t e n c e s b e l o w . C u t t h e m o u t a n d p a s t e t h e m i n t h e r i g h t o r d e r .
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> W e w i l l r i d e b i k e s . o u m u s t a s k y o u r m o t h e r ,
W e w i l l p l a y a g a m e . R i d e y o u r b i k e t o m y h o u s e . R u n h o m e f r o m s c h o o l .
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Solve each problem. Linda needed 17 balloons for a party. Linda bad 8 balloons at borne. How many more balloons did Linda need?
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Jim bad 9 white cowboy bats. He also bad 7 black cowboy bats. How many cowboy bats did Jim have?
The office helper bad 18 letters to write. She wrote 9. How many more letters did she have to write?
Dave read 8 books at school. Jane read 7 books at school. How many books did Dave and Jane read in all?
Craig bad 16 bolts. He used 8 of the bolts. How many bolts did Craig have left?
Perfect score: 5 My score: 34
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Perfect score: 36 My score: 73
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S c i e n t i s t s h a v e advanced m a n y r e a s o n s t o e x p l a i n w h y d i n o s a u r s d i e d o u t . T h e m a i n c a u s e w a s p r o b a b l y t h e r i s e o f m o u n t a i n r a n g e s d u r i n g t h e C r e t a c e o u s p e r i o d . W h e n m o u n t a i n s f o r m e d , g r e a t s e a w a y s d r a i n e d t h e v a s t s w a m p l a n d s a n d t h e y d r i e d u p . T h i s c a u s e d m a n y c h a n g e s i n c l i m a t e a n d f o o d s u p p i y . T h e d i n o s a u r s c o u l d n o t a d j u s t . T h e p l a n t e a t e r s c o u l d n o t e a t t h e n e w p l a n t s s o m a n y d i e d . T h e n t h o s e t h a t a t e t h e p l a n t e a t e r s d i d n o t h a v e e n o u g h f o o d . T h i s l o n g s l o w p r o c e s s t o o k a b o u t 1 0 t o 2 0 m i l l i o n y e a r s .
1 . The best title for this story is: a . W h a t D i n o s a u r s A t e b . L i v i n g L o n g A g o ' c . W h y D i n o s a u r s D i e d O f f d . H o w M o u n t a i n s F o r m e d
2 . Many dinosaurs didn't have food because: a . o t h e r a n i m a l s a t e i t b . t h e s w a m p l a n d s d r i e d u p c . t h e s e a s b e c a m e l a r g e r d . a l l t h e f o o d w a s s o u r e d
3. Meat eating dinosaurs died because a . t h e p l a n t e a t e r s d i e d b . t h e y a t e p l a n t s ' c . t h e a n i m a l s w e r e i n t h e h i l l s d . t h e y a t e t o o m u c h I
4 . This long process took about: a . 5 m i l l i o n y e a r s b . 1 t o 2 m i l l i o n y e a r s c. 2 5 m i l l i o n y e a r s d . 1 0 t o 2 0 m i l l i o n y e a r s
5. In the story, the word "advanced" means: a . w a l k e d f o r w a r d b . s u g g e s t e d o r p r o p o s e d c . m o v e d a h e a d i n s p a c e d . k n o w f o r s u r e
6. The Information man has written about dinosaurs is: a . a l l t r u e 1 b . j u s t a s t o r y f o r c h i l d r e n c . a s s u m e d f r o m t h i n g s p e o p l e h a v e f o u n d d . m o s t l y f a l s e
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What's for Breakfast?
E v e r y m o r n i n g , m y m o t h e r m a k e s b r e a k f a s t f o r m e . S h e f i x e s b r e a k f a s t f o r t h e c a t , t h e d o g a n d t h e b i r d , t o o . Y e s t e r d a y , M o t h e r w a s i n a b i g r u s h . S h e c o o k e d e v e r y t h i n g v e r y f a s t . " B a r b i e , b r e a k f a s t i s r e a d y ! " s h e c a l l e d . T h e r e w a s a d o g d i s h a t m y p l a c e o n t h e t a b l e . T h e b i r d h a d a d i s h o f m i l k . T h e c a t h a d b i r d s e e d . T h e d o g h a d e g g s . T h e y a t e u p e v e r y t h i n g ! I d o n ' t l i k e d o g f o o d . I g u e s s I ' l l h a v e s o m e c a k e . ( I ' m g l a d t h e d o g a t e m y e g g s . )
1- What is the main idea of this story? a . w h a t M o t h e r c o o k s b . m i x e d u p b r e a k f a s t s c . m i x e d u p a n i m a l s
2. Another word for rush is: a . h e a v y b . h u r r y c . h e l p e r
3. You can tell that the animals: a . f i x t h e i r o w n b r e a k f a s t s b . l i k e d i f f e r e n t f o o d s c . a l w a y s e a t d i n n e r
4 . What did the bird have?
5. Why did the breakfasts get mixed up?
6. Name three animals in the story.
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Possessive Nouns In Sentences Name: 'I Date:
Write the correct form of possessive noun In the blanks to correctly complete the sentences. I
( 1 ) T h e r e a r e m a n y r a r e a n i m a l s l i v i n g d e e p i n j u n g l e s . (Africa)
( 2 ) f a m i l y v i s i t s C a n a d a a t l e a s t o n c e a y e a r . (Lauren)
( 3 ) e y e s a r e a s b l u e a s a s u m m e r s k y . (Melissa)
{ 4 ) W e h a d a g r e a t t i m e a t b i r t h d a y p a r t y . (Claire)
(5) I h a d t o l a u g h w h e n I s a w n e w h a i r c u t . (Andrea)
( 6 ) T h e b e a u t y o f s u n s e t s i s a b s o l u t e l y a w e s o m e . (California)
( 7 ) W e g o o u t t o e a t a t R e s t a u r a n t o n m o s t S a t u r d a y s . (Zippy)
( 8 ) W e g o t b a c k l a t e b e c a u s e c a r h a d a f l a t t i r e . (Jack)
{ 9 ) T h e n e x t t i m e y o u f i n d y o u r s e l f i n f i n a n c i a l d i s t r i c t , g i v e m e a (Chicago)
c a l l .
(19) r o o m Is m u c h n i c e r t h a n m i n e . (Madison)
(11) m o u n t a i n s h a v e e x c e l l e n t s n o w f o r s k i i n g . (Colorado)