September 17: Capitalization Practice

Name: ____________________________________________________

Capitalization Practice

 

Directions: Rewrite each sentence including capitals as needed.

 

1. dr smith knows both my mother and my father from blake college.

 

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2. most people get lost when they try to find my house on roosevelt road.

 

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3. only some of the students at baker school are going on the trip to france in the spring.

 

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4. his baby brother danny likes the book are you my mother?

 

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5. we visited the house where ernest hemingway did some of his writing.

 

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6. if you look in the houston phone book you will find the listing under dentists.

 

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7. my right arm was broken during hurricane alice in december.

 

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8. he is flying united airlines from chicago to dallas tomorrow morning.

 

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9. The president of our company is going on vacation to madrid.

 

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10. my aunt mary will be staying at our home until her new york apartment is ready.

 

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EXTRA TIME? Try this: Write a short newspaper or magazine story using the ideas in one of the sentences above.  

 

 Answers: 1. Dr. Smith knows both my mother and my father from Blake College. 2. Most people get lost when they try to find my house on Roosevelt Road. 3. Only some of the students at Baker School are going on the trip to France in the spring. 4. His baby brother Danny likes the book Are You My Mother? 5. We visited the house where Ernest Hemingway did some of his writing. 6. If you look in the Houston phone book you will find the listing under Dentists. 7. My right arm was broken during Hurricane Alice in December. 8. He is flying United Airlines from Chicago to Dallas tomorrow morning. 9. The president of our company is going on vacation to Madrid. 10. My Aunt Mary will be staying at our home until her New York apartment is ready.

 

September 16: Parts of Speech Practice

Name: ____________________________________________________

Parts of Speech Practice

 

Directions: Read each sentence. Reread the underlined word. Tell whether the word is a noun, an adjective, a verb, or an adverb.

 

1.  The fast boat loudly screamed through the water.  __________________(loudly)

2.  Most of my friends like to watch movies on Saturday nights. ________________(nights)

 3. I wonder whether it will end up raining this afternoon. ___________________(wonder)

 4. My mother’s friend will pick us up after the dance tonight. ______________(tonight)

 5. He likes to eat fresh vegetables from the garden. _______________(fresh) 

6. Don’t drive over that long vine. _______________(drive)

7. We prepared for the party by first mopping the floor._________________(prepared)

 8. The new television show will be on tomorrow night. _________________ (new)

9. The wallet silently slipped out of his pocket and on to the ground. __________ (silently)

10. The president of our club wants to get an assistant._____________________ (club)

 

 

EXTRA TIME? Try this: Circle another word in each sentence and tell whether it is a noun, a verb, an adjective, or an adverb

 

 Answers: 1. adverb; 2. noun; 3. verb; 4. noun; 5. adjective; 6. drive; 7. verb; 8. adjective; 9. adverb; 10. noun

September 15: Adjectives Practice

Name: ____________________________________________________

Adjectives Practice

 

Directions: Read each sentence. Circle the adjectives you see. Then rewrite the sentence changing each adjective to a new one.

 

1.         The cold weather made us want to be stay in our warm home.

 

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2.         His brown suit has a wrinkled sleeve.

 

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3.         We had a fun party for my younger sister.

 

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4.         Our older car is at my uncle’s house.

 

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5.         My brother slipped on the wet floor and broke his right ankle.

 

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6.         We saw our new neighbor at the bus stop.

 

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7.         The broken window is getting fixed right now.

 

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8.         The science book is under your chair.

 

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9.         This beautiful music will be played at the show.

 

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10.       That old tree has dead branches close to the top.

 

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EXTRA TIME? Try this: Take one sentence and make it the beginning of a story. Take another sentence and make it the end of a story. Now challenge yourself to write a story with that beginning and end.

 

Answers: Answers will vary. 1. cold, warm; 2. brown, wrinkled; 3. fun, younger; 4. older, favorite; 5. wet, right 6. new; 7. broken; 8. science, living room; 9. beautiful; 10. old, dead

 

September 14: Analogies and Series Practice

Complete each analogy.

1. dog: animal :: cucumber: ____________

2. baseball: Yankees:: football:____________

3. tape: package::zipper:__________

4. carbon dioxide: plants::oxygen: _______

5. newspaper: read:: radio: _______

6. car: gas:: cell phone: ________

7. cold: freeze :: hot:___________

8. glass: shatter:: rubber: ________

Write the next letter in each sequence:

9. A A B B C ____

10. A C E G ___

11. E J O T ___

12. A B D G __

Extra Time? Try this: Create three new analogies. Write down the answer to each one and tell how you came up with it.

Answers: 1. vegetable; 2. answers will vary; 3. answers will vary: pants, jacket; 4. answers will vary: animals, humans; 5. listen; 6. battery; 7. boil; 8. bounce; 9. C; 10. I; 11. Y; (counting by fives) 12. K (+1, +2, +3, +4)

September 11: Number Writing Practice

Number-Writing Practice

 

Directions: When you write a sentence, numbers one through nine should usually be written in words. We see five cardinals in that tree. Higher numbers should be written as the number: I saw 13 robins in my backyard.

Any sentence that begins with a number, no matter how large, has that number written out in words: Four hundred three tickets were handed out for the soccer game.

Read each sentence. Rewrite it using the number in its correct form.

 

1.         I may invite ___ friends to go with me to the meeting. (2)

 

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2.         ____ dollar bills were found scattered around the road.  (546)

 

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3.         We caught ____ fish when we added up our trips all summer. (34)

 

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4.         Each player will be given ___ shirts and ___ pairs of uniform pants. (3, 2)

 

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5.         All ___ of my neighbors were without power last night. (17)

 

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6.         ____ students will be going on the field trip on Thursday afternoon. (166)

 

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7.         The hospital reported that ___ babies were born this year on January first. (18)

 

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8.         The tickets cost __ dollars unless you are going to volunteer at the event. (13)

 

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EXTRA TIME? Try this: Write an imaginary 10-sentence email using one of the statements above.

 

Answers: 1. two; 2. Five hundred forty-six, 3. 34; 4. three, two; 5. seventeen, 6. One hundred sixty-six, 7. 18, 8. 13

September 10: Interrogative Sentences

Name: ____________________________________________________

Interrogative Sentences Practice 

Directions: Read each sentence. Rewrite it so that it is a question. The first one is done for you.

 

1.         My backpack is on the couch downstairs. Where is my backpack? 

2.         His grandfather used to be president of that bank.

 

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3.         We had fish and corn for dinner last night.

 

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4.         Because of the storm, most people got to the party late.

 

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5.         My brother delivers the newspapers each morning before school.

 

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6.         His sister is the best catcher our team has ever had.

 

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7.         The broken window is causing that part of the wall to be moldy.

 

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8.         I don’t think I will go to the game on Friday since my grandfather is visiting.

 

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9.         Let’s think of when we can practice for the show.

 

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10.       My teacher and her husband were leaving the grocery store when we walked in.  

 

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EXTRA TIME? Try this: Take one question and make it part of a short story. The sentence should be part of a conversation (dialogue) between the main character and someone else in the story.

 

Possible Answers: Responses will likely be close to these questions: 2. What did his grandfather do before he retired? 3. What did you have for dinner last night? 4. Did the storm affect the party? 5. Where did your brother get the money to buy that cool mitt? 6. How well does Jacob’s sister play ball? 7. Why is this wall all spotted and soft?  8. Will you be going out with us Friday after school? 9. How can we make sure our group is ready for the show? 10. Where did you see Mrs. Marcom?

September 9: Proper and Common Noun Practice

Name: ____________________________________________________

Proper and Common Noun Practice

 

Directions: Read each sentence. Underline each proper noun and circle each common noun.

 

1.         John wants to fly to Florida with his mother and father.

 

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2.         Banks often close at noon on Saturdays.

 

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3.         Lenny likes apple pie with ice cream, which is served at the Park Place Café.

 

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4.         We plan to hire the Rocking Rollers to play the music at our party on Saturday.

 

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5.         Mike is laughing at the clown with the huge feet.

 

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6.         We are going to see if there is a nice dog at the pound.

 

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7.         Mary told Bob that his car had a flat tire and a broken window.

 

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8.         My computer is too heavy to bring to school.

 

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9.         That Ford was parked in our driveway yesterday too.

 

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10.       My teacher read us part of the first chapter of that new book.  

 

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EXTRA TIME? Try this: Rewrite each sentence, changing one common noun.

 

Answers: 1. John, Florida (P); mother, father (C); 2. Saturdays (P), banks, noon (C); 3. Lenny, Park Place Café (P); pie, ice cream (C); 4. Rocking Rollers, Saturday (P), music, party (C); 5. Mike (P); clown, feet (C);  6. dog, pound (C); 7. Mary, Bob (P); car, tire, window (C); computer, school (C); 9. Ford, Monday (P); driveway; 10. teacher, chapter, book

September 8: Sentence Practice

Name: ____________________________________________________

Sentence Practice

 

Directions: Read each group of words. Decide if the words are a sentence. If they are, write “YES” on the line and add a period to the sentence. If they are not, write “NO” on the line. Rewrite these so they are a sentence. Make sure you add a period to each new sentence.

 

1.         My favorite time of the day

 

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2.         The best dog a kid could have

 

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3.         We loved the movie

 

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4.         Most kids went home early

 

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5.         Do not ask me again

 

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6.         The bottom step is broken

 

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7.         I listened to the music

 

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8.         It is cold

 

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9.         When we find the key

 

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10.       Most kids liked

 

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EXTRA TIME? Try this: Use one of the complete sentences above to write a story. Make sure your story contains full sentences.

 

Answers and possible complete sentences: 1. NO, Morning is my favorite time of the day. 2. NO, Spot is the best dog a kid could have. 3. YES, 4. YES, 5. YES, 6. YES, 7. YES, 8. YES, 9. NO, We can leave when we find the key. 10. NO, Most kids liked the game.

Sample Morning Work #MWS4

Name: ____________________________________________________

Dialogue Punctuation Practice

 

Directions: Read each group of words. Add quotation marks and punctuation as it is needed.

 

1.         I like your new home Jan said 

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 2.         Don’t look down or you will get scared my brother said

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 3.         Do you really think we are late Mom asked

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 4.         David Mary said You are standing on my pencil

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 5.         Does anyone need anything at the store Ben asked

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6.         Class when you are ready we will go to the library Mrs. Smith said

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 7.         I can’t believe it Jim said I made the team

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 8.         It is a long drive so I think I will just go to sleep my brother said

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 9.         It’s sad that we can’t go my dad said This storm is just not stopping

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 10.       Most of the class has already handed it in Mr. Parks said

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 EXTRA TIME? Try this: Use one of dialogue sentences as the beginning of a story or as part of a story. Make sure your punctuation is correct throughout.

 

Answers: 1. “I like your new home,” Jan said.  2. “Don’t look down or you will get scared,” my brother said. 3. “Do you really think we are late?” Mom asked  4. “David,” Mary said. “You are standing on my pencil.” 5.  “Does anyone need anything at the store?” Ben asked.  6. “Class, when you are ready we will go to the library,” Mrs. Smith said.  7.  “I can’t believe it,” Jim said. “I made the team.” (exclamation marks can be added after either or both parts of the dialogue)  8. “It is a long drive so I think I will just go to sleep,” my brother said.  9. “It’s sad that we can’t go,” my dad said. “This storm is just not stopping.”  10. “Most of the class has already handed it in,” Mr. Parks said.

Sample Morning Work #MWS3

Name: ____________________________________________________

Verb Tense Practice 

Directions: The passage below tells about something that is happening right now. It is written in the present tense. Rewrite the passage and change the verbs to the past tense to show that this story happened yesterday. Make sure your new passage makes sense – you won’t have to change every verb.

 

                                        BIG DOG LOST

 I wait for Tommy at the bus stop. He walks up with tears in his eyes.

 “What’s the problem?” I ask him. I am not sure if I should pat him on the back or stay far back.

 “My dog,” he says.  “My dog is missing. Mom says I have to get on the bus. She will look for Sport before she goes to work.” Tommy is crying now. He is crying hard and his whole body is shaking. I pat him on the back. Two first graders are at the bus stop now and they are looking at us.

 “Are you talking about a big brown dog?” one of the little kids asks.  She moves her hands to show how big she means. “A big brown dog with a white spot on an ear?”

 Tommy looks up. “Yes,” he says. “That sounds like Sport.” Tommy is smiling now.

 “That dog is in our backyard right now,” the girl says. “My father thinks it belongs to someone on our street. It looks lost.”

 Tommy gets on the bus. The girl uses Tommy’s phone to call her father. It’s going to be a good day after all. 

 

EXTRA TIME? Try this: Write a paragraph telling how Tommy may have lost Sport in the first place.

 

[Answers: 24 errors]

 I waited for Tommy at the bus stop. He walked up with tears in his eyes.

 “What’s the problem?” I asked him. I was not sure if I should pat him on the back or stay far back. 

“My dog,” he said.  “My dog is missing. Mom says I have to get on the bus. She will look for Sport before she goes to work.” Tommy was crying now. He was crying hard and his whole body was shaking. I patted him on the back. Two first graders were at the bus stop now and they were looking at us.

“Are you talking about a big brown dog?” one of the little kids asked.  She moved her hands to show how big she meant. “A big brown dog with a white spot on an ear?”

 Tommy looked up. “Yes,” he said. “That sounds like Sport.” Tommy was smiling now.

 “That dog is in our backyard right now,” the girl said. “My father thinks it belongs to someone on our street. It looks lost.”

 Tommy got on the bus. The girl used Tommy’s phone to call her father. It was going to be a good day after all.