jolt - a sudden shock or surprise

creative - able to invent or produce new and original things

reputation - notice by other people fo some quality or ability

expanded - to spread out, swell, make or grow larger

delaying - to put off until a later time

modern - of the present time; of times not long ago

complex - made up of a number of parts; hard to understand

Vowel Sounds in "moon" & "foot"

Online Spelling Practice Link

** Challenge words in bold yellow print. **

1. few 6. cookie 11. suit 16. bamboo

2. school 7. cushion 12. chew 17. mildew

3. true 8. noodle 13. glue 18. soothe

4. goose 9. bookmark 14. Tuesday 19. barefoot

5. fruit 10. balloon 15. bushel 20. renewal

Cause & Effect

A cause is why  something happens and an effect is what happens.

• A cause can have more than one effect.

• An effect may have more than one cause.

Clue words for a cause include because, since, when.

Clue words for an effect include so, as a result, and.

Using Capital Letters

There are many situations where a word should being with a capital letter:

• All sentences begin with a capital latter.

• Proper nouns (names of specific people, places, or things such as months, days, cities, states)

• Personal Titles

• Initials

• The pronoun "I"

• The first word in quotation marks

• All words in the greeting and first word of the closing portion of a letter

Search for these skills to practice within the iXL website/app (if available) by typing the green code into the iXL search box:

Grade 2 Activities (Used for remediation)

Spelling/Phonics: H.1 Choose the words with a given long vowelR2W

H.6 Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ewKGG

Reading: U.1 Match each effect to its causeJ68

U.2 Match each cause to its effectX8Z

Grammar:  DDD.1 Capitalizing the names of people and petsA2V

DDD.2 Capitalizing days, months, and holidaysMXD

DDD.3 Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features6US

DDD.4 Capitalization: reviewBR9

DDD.5 Capitalizing titles9WR

DDD.6 Greetings and closings of lettersST2

Grade 3 Activities (Used for practice & strengthening)

Spelling/Phonics: A.7 Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui7SR

D.3 Spell words with variant vowels: oo, ou, ow, eaU9P

Reading: I.3 Match causes with effects76M

I.4 Match causes and effects in informational textsPN7

Grammar:  AAA.1 Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respectCJJ

AAA.2 Capitalizing days, months, and holidaysNJJ

AAA.3 Capitalizing the names of places and geographic featuresXNK

AAA.4 Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languagesUYC

AAA.5 Capitalization: reviewNFE

Grade 4 Activities (Used for enrichment)

Spelling/Phonics: N/A

Reading: D.3 Match causes and effects in informational textsZ9L

Grammar:  VV.1 Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respectHNY

VV.2 Capitalizing days, months, and holidays2RN

VV.3 Capitalizing the names of places and geographic featuresG2S

VV.4 Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documentsL77

VV.5 Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languagesG83

VV.6 Capitalization: review58V