Happy New Year!! It's hard to believe it's 2010! I hope you all had a great holiday break. I think we should be about done with the snow already!! I used muscles I had forgotten all about with so much shoveling. :)
The story we're reading this week is Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolan . It's about a girl who raises a dragon named Hank on her family's farm. Hank helps out, but he soon outgrows the farm. The girl takes Hank to Dragon Island, but returns to the farm with a new batch of dragon eggs.
Vocabulary Words
appetite--the desire for food; hunger
chores--small jobs usually done on a regular schedule
harvested--picked or gathered
hitched--tied on or fastened by a know, ring or hook
plow--to break up and turn over dirt so that seeds can be planted
sown--scattered or planted
tended--looked after; took care of
Spelling Words
large, park
gym, jeans
skin, crack
quick, orange
picnic, second
judge, squeeze
Bonus: courage, insect
Monday, January 4, 2010
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