Homework:

Mon. 7th & Tue. 8th (in back of folder)

* Read:  10 Important Sentences & Fluency Passages (3 times each)  RECORD READING ON LOGS & SIGN (in back of folder)

Ruby in Her Own Time

1.  Once upon a time upon a nest beside a lake, there lived two ducks – a mother duck and a father duck.

2.  Rufus, Rory, Rosie and Rebecca swam off whenever they were able.

3.  But Ruby swam nowhere.

4.  “Will she ever swim?” said Father Duck.

5.  “She will, “  said Mother Duck, “in her own time”

6.  And –sure enough – she did.

7.  And when Rufus, Rory, Rory, Rosie and Rebecca begin to fly..Ruby flew too.

8.  She flew anywhere and everywhere.

9.  “Will she ever come back?” said Mother Duck. 

10.  “She will,” said Father Duck, “in her own time.”

The Hummingbird

     There was a bird who could not sing.  He could not hum.  Other birds sang sweet tunes.  But this bird wanted to sing nice songs of his own.  He made a wish.  Then a girl walked by his tree.  She sang to him.  He so wanted to sing back to her.  And then he could!  He sang beautiful songs to her!

1.  Before the bird made a wish

a.  a girl walked by his tree

b.  he could just hum

c.  he did not want to sing

2.  How did the story begin?

a.  The bird was happy

b.  The bird made a nest

c.  The bird could not sing

3.  What happened in the middle of the story?

a.  A girl sang to the bird

b.  The girl made a nest.

c.  A girl made a wish

4.  What did the bird do at the end of the story?

a.  He sang to the girl

b.  He made a wish

c.  He had to fly home

5.  Why did the bird make a wish?

He wanted to sing pretty songs like the other birds.

Wed. 9th & Thurs 10th

*  Read story:  “Ruby In Her Own Time”  (in reading book)  RECORD READING ON LOGS & SIGN ( in back of folder)

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Tests:

Thurs. 10th

*Story = Ruby In Her Own Time & Oral Reading

Fri. 11th

*  Spelling = students need to correctly spell each word when called aloud

*  Sight Words – must identify word upon sight (w/i 3 seconds/per word)

*  Vocabulary = must orally give definition of word

DIBELS testing will take place from Dec. 10th – 18th

Spelling

1.  bring

2.  trunk

3.  pink

4.  bank

5.  sang

6.  wing

7.  rink

8.  blank

9.  rang

10.  sunk

11.  every

12.  sure

Sight Words

1.  before

2.  line

3.  right

4.  too

5.  mean

6.  old

7.  any

8.  same

9.  tell

10.  boy

Vocabulary Words

1.  attempt – When you attempt something, you try to do it

2.  flatter – When you flatter someone, you say something very nice about him or her that way may not be true

3.  awkward – an awka3ward movement is a movement that is not smooth