Concept / Words of the Week: Sept 16 - 20

Vocabulary / Spelling Words of the Week

i before e except after C

While there are exceptions, this spelling rule has been around for a long time and have helped many remember how to spell certain words. The highlighted words below do not fit this rule.

friend	believe	variety	field	piece
receive	ceiling	weird	height	neighbor

Concept of the Week:  Diagramming Subject & Verbs

Subject: Who or what the sentence is about
            Who or what is DOING the action

Verb: The action in the sentence


1.  Dogs run.          Dogs  /   run             

2.  Pigs squeal.      Pigs  /   squeal  

All sentences NEED to have a subject and a verb in order to be a complete sentence or thought.  The rest of the sentence is made of extra info to make the sentence sound interesting.

1.  My neighbor's dogs always run after cars.

Dogs is still the subject (doing the action)

What are the dogs doing?  Running (the action)

Try it!

People of long ago used animals as a source of energy.

Strong animals plowed fields for farmers.