Ingenious Inventions

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The Wonderful World of Bats

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Longer School Day, Week, Year???

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Spelling

Visit Zaner-Bloser's site to view each week's spelling list. You can also print out and complete the Homework Master for two additional spelling bonus points. They're a lot of fun!

Another great new site, Spelling City, allows you to have fun with our weekly spelling list. You can test yourself, learn the words, and also play games with our specific list. A great way to review each week!

Additional Spelling activities to complete for extra credit.

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Grammar Games

Sentence Fun	Word Work
Power Proofreading	Spell-a-Roo
Sentence Power	Fun Brain Spell Check
Sentence Sea Park	Word Builder
Subject Slide	Vocabulary Games
Sentences	Wacky Web Tales
Spotlight on Clauses	Usage Problems
Word Invasion- Parts of Speech	Even More Vocabulary Games Word Frog- Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms Coconut Vowels- Choose the correct vowel pair
Phrases and Clauses	Adjectives and Adverbs
	Adjectives and Adverbs
Complex Sentences	On the Trail of Adjectives and Adverbs
	Punky Pronouns
Simple and Compound Sentences	Pronouns
Sentence Sort	The Pronoun Clubhouse
Grammar Gorillas	More About Pronouns
Punctuation Practice	Exploring the Pronoun Reef
Quotation Practice
Quotation Marks and Colons	Various Verbs
Commas	Predicates in Space
Comma Practice	Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
More About Punctuation	Irregular Verbs
Nifty Nouns	Action Verb Tree House Verb Viper- Choose the right verb
Subject and Verb Mix-Up
Noun Dunk	Verb and Contraction Forest
Noun Explorer	Batter Up with Verbs
Possessive Nouns	Preppy Prepositions
More About Nouns	Preposition State Fair
Possessive Noun Desert	Prepositions
Nouns

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Writing Topics

Staying at a friend’s house A special secret place When I was upside down What if we suddenly had to move? My most embarrassing moment Talk about being scared! Do I want to be famous? Creepy, crawly things What if I were the teacher? I’ll never eat another . . . My biggest surprise This school really needs . . . The first day of school is the worst/best. A pet sitter needs special instructions to care for my pet. Doing homework A song that means a lot to me My best day A day in the life of my pet I don't understand why . . . Dirt bikes and in-line skates A visit to a friend’s school What is important to me? A terrible storm Me and the outdoors My first school memories

Building a fort Going to the dentist What it’s like to use a wheelchair Looking at a globe An excellent birthday party Gone fishing! Rings on her fingers Pizza is . . . Why my mom and dad are the greatest Getting my first pair of glasses Summer games What I use a computer for My favorite form of exercise How to stop hiccups A trip in a submarine A special photograph Creatures that live in the ocean A cartoon character I like Things I see when I take a walk Why I like/dislike playing team sports Discovering a new friend How we divide the chores at my house Grandma’s attic I’d like to invent a machine that . . . My favorite clothes