A Weekend with the Family

For my 4th of July this year, I got to spend my time with my family.  In recent years, my family comes from all different states and travels to my grandmother's house in Upstate, New York.  We spend the weekend of 4th of July celebrating the glorious holiday and each other's company.  My family will play games, have a BBQ and of course watch fireworks. Mostly, we spend our time outside, because when the weather is nice, no one wants to be just sitting inside.  This year, not only did we get to spend time at my grandmother's house, but we also went to my uncle's trailer camp.  He rented out a trailer for him and his family to have a vacation in for a couple of weeks.  There was live music, a pool, bicycles to rent and plenty of games that we enjoyed.  I always think it is so nice when families get to spend time together and see one another, especially when it doesn't have very often.  I love my family very much and I am very grateful to have shared my holiday with them.

Vocabulary:

1. Recent: ( Adjective ) -- having something happen not long ago

2. Glorious: ( Adjective ) -- a feeling of fame or honor

3. Rented: ( Verb ) -- to pay someone for something

4. Plenty: ( Pronoun ) -- a large amount of something

5. Especially: ( Adverb ) -- to single out a person or thing 

6. Grateful: ( Adjective ) -- to be thankful

Vocabulary Exercise: 

Directions:  Match up the correct vocabulary word to its correct definition.

1. Especially                                 ____  to single out a person or thing

2. Glorious                                    ____ to pay someone for something

3. Grateful                                     ____ having something happen not long ago

4. Recent                                       ____ a large amount of something

5. Plenty                                        ____ to be thankful

6. Rented                                       ____ a feeling of fame or honor

Grammar Point: 

Adjectives is a point in grammar that describes a noun.  We talked about this in our last blog.  Adjectives can have different endings in which give them more descriptive meaning.  The adjective Glorious ends in "ous" and the adjective Grateful ends in "ful".  Can you think of any other adjectives that have the "ous" and "ful" endings.  Think of 3 for each ending example ( 6 in total ).

My First Day of School

I have my first day of school on September 29th, 2014.  This is not like any ordinary first day of school.  This time, I am not longer the student but I am going to be the teacher!  I am both excited and nervous at the same time for my new journey.  I have never been on this side of school before and I am worried that my students will not like me.  If someone asked me if I thought I was nice, I would say yes, so I guess that's all I can do.  Show my students that I am their to inspire them and have them learn things in fun and creative ways. Will I be the best teacher?  I really don't know, because I don't think there is no such thing as the "best" teacher, but a teacher who cares for his/her students, and that is what I will do.  I pledge to put my best effort in teaching my students and never give up, even if it may get hard sometimes.

Vocabulary:

1. Nervous: (adjective)  -- feeling stress and tension

2. Journey: (noun) -- traveling from one place to another

3. Worried: (adjective) --  troubled thought

4. Inspire: (verb) --  have someone believe

5. Creative: (adjective) --  using imagination

6. Pledge: (noun) -- a promise

Vocabulary Exercise:

Directions:  Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

1.  Jim was being ____________ when he painted a picture of what he thought was up in space.

2. My mother sounded _____________ when I called her an hour past the time I said I was going to.

3. Every day in school, the class says the _______________ of Allegiance in the morning.

4. Jenny could tell that her sister was ___________ because she was biting her nails and had a unsure look on her face.

5. Martin Luther King wanted to _____________ people to believe that equality between all people could be possible.

6.  The Jones' took a _______________ from New York to Florida to vacation in Walt Disney World. 

Grammar Point:

There are some examples of adjectives in my above paragraph.  An adjectives describes something about a noun.  It is a piece of grammar that is used often in reading and writing.  I have stated nervous, worried and creative as adjectives.  They are all describing a way that I feel.  List 5 adjectives that describes you or describes about a time in your life.  Then put those 5 adjectives in a paragraph containing minimum of 10 sentences.