Have a minute? Feed the hungry

Check out this game - for each correct answer, you feed the hungry ten grains of rice. 
http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1497
 

What's your lexile?

NWEA, the computer generated test the children took earlier this month, generates a readability range (lexile) for each student.  If you would like to know your child's range, and would like to have your child select a book that is in alignment with that score, the following web addresses may help.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/guidedreading/leveling_chart.htm
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/reading-level-reading-books-lexile/search.asp

Do you know your grammar? PROVE IT!

Visit http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/
Complete the following quizzes and print the results.  If you are unable to print the results, please have an adult write your score in your agenda and initial the information.
By 10/31 - complete pronoun quiz
                                  past, present, future quiz
                                  identify subject quiz
                                  identify predicate quiz
                                  prefix practice quiz
                                  parts of speech quiz
 

The Dictionary

http://www.merriam-webster.com/
It's worth the trip - lots of fun and games!

Adverbs

Adverbs describe the action of the verb.  When, where or how the action happened.
Check out this video if you are "stuck" on adverbs.
http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/grammar-kids-5.html
Play this game and bring in a parent signature or a print out for extra credit.
http://www.ezschool.com/Games/Adverbs.html

Know your parts of speech and sentence types

Complete you parts of speech packet
Listen to the songs or watch the videos below for some help or a review.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk4N5kkifGQ -nouns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpPEQZl6_d4 -adjectives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8mGU1MzYw -verbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4dzuuPlHJg -adverbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZFca8AkT0 -pronouns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqdBZZToCpw - sentence types
Grammar test on Friday
Extra credit - Find a non-fiction article and make a key identifying the parts of speech.  Identify at least ten of each part of speech.