Chapter 1

In the School Office

In the School OfficeVocabulary

• Calendar• Copy Machine• Keyboard• Mouse• Printer• Screen/Monitor• Secretary• Stapler• Telephone• Computer• Pen• Mug• Clock• Desk

In the School OfficeVocabulary

Important Historical Dates

Independence Day7/ 4/1776

Martin Luther King’s Birthday1/15/1929

Wright Brother’s First Flight12/17/1903

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor12/7/1941

Integrated Schools5/17/1954

Columbus Reaches the Americas10/12/1492

Terror Attacks9/11/2001

Class BirthdaysBenchmark

1. Hyak 10/22/19932. Adriana 10/4/19933. Gerardo 2/3/19924. Dalila 5/20/19925. Laura 4/14/1993

1. Humberto 5/26/19922. Jonathan 2/11/19933. Roxana 6/11/19924. Jimmy 10/5/19935. Martin Luther King 1/15/19296. Irving 12/1/19907. Kubra 7/8/19948. Chung Hei 9/3/1994

Subject Pronouns

• Subject pronouns explain who does the action.

• I am = I’m• It is = It’s

English 1st Language

I

You

He

She

It

We

They

Possessive Adjectives

• Possessive pronouns explain who an object belongs to.

• It is my stapler

English 1st Language

My

Your

His

Her

Its

Our

Their

Verb be (Simple Present)

I. A sentence has a subject and a verbA. The subject tells who the sentence is about

• Noun: People, Places, Things• Pronoun

B. The verb tells about the subject.• A subject has a verb that goes with it.

Subject Pronoun Verb

Be

Sentence

I Am I am Mario.

You Are You are a student.

He Is He is a teacher.

She Is She is a secretary.

It Is It is my pen.

We Are We are in class.

You Are You are students.

They Are They are in the office.

II. Complete and Incomplete Sentence

A. Complete thought

B. Begins with a capital letter

C. Ends with a punctuation mark: a period (.), a question mark (?), or an exclamation point (!).

D. Subject and a verb

E. Subject tells who or what the sentence is about.

F. The verb tells about the subject.

Short Vowels

Short a Short e Short i Short o Short u

Short Vowels• Egg• Bus• Lip• Hat• Fish• Dog• Pen • Box• Cat• Sun• Bug• Pin• Pot• Net

Ann Arbor

Writer Ashley

Anthony

University of Michigan

Zach

Growing Sentences

I. The Basic Action Sentence

A. Who/What + Action• The boy rode a bike

B. Who/What + Action1 and Action 2• The Man jumped from the roof and landed on his feet

C. Who/What + Action 1, Action 2, and Action 3• The woman picked up the phone, dialed 911, and waited.