Unit Three- Express Yourself

"The Pony Express"

January 5-9
 

Vocabulary

1. rushed hurried
2. arrive to reach a destination
3. early before the usual or expected time
4. record a best performance
5. finished ended
6. success a thing that goes well
Story Words
1. express especially direct or fast
2. mochila    a saddle covering made of hide or leather
3. stagecoach a large, closed carriage pulled by horses, once used for carrying passengers
4. buffalo a large North American animal that has a big shaggy head with short horns and a hump on the back
5. stampede a sudden, wild running of a herd of animals; to make a sudden wild rush
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Words with Short e: /ea/

Spelling Words

1.leather 11.arrive
2.bread 12.early
3.weather 13.finish
4.spread 14.record
5.breakfast 15.success
6.ready  
7.meant  
8.feather  
9.instead  
10.meadow  
   

Grammar
January 5-9
Past Tense Verbs

 

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Past Tense Verbs

Go HERE for information on how to make a verb past tense.

* add ed to most verbs- (walk, walked)

* If a verb ends with one consonant double the consonant and then add ed, (stop, stopped)

* If a verb ends in e, drop the e and add ed-(care, cared)

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