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CATCH-UP FRIDAY 02.23.2024
Mentally retarded people are classified by the degree of their disability as mildly, moderately, severely, or profoundly retarded. In the past, many people with mental retardation were hidden away at home or placed in institutions that offered no educational opportunities. Some were even treated as criminals. Today, however, many of them live and work within their communities as productive citizens.
EXCESS • TAUT • IMPROBABLE • CHERISH • USHER
DISCREETLY • SUITOR • SWARTHY • IMPALED • COYOTE
Answer this in your activity sheets. Directions: Use context clues to identify the vocabulary word that best completes each sentence. Choose your answer from the words inside the box.
1. taut • 6. discreetly • 2. improbable • 7. suitor • 3.cherish • 8. coyote • 4. usher • 9. impaled • 5. excess • 10. swarthy
What makes a gift special? Everyone loves presents, right? Receiving a special gift is always a treat, but sometimes giving a gift can be even more rewarding. In the story “A Crush,” simple but generous gifts bring about positive changes for both the recipients and the givers.
What is the most special gift you have ever received? What is the most special gift you have ever given? How does gift giving make you feel? Do gifts have to cost a lot of money to be special?
The class will be divided into five groups. Each group will read the story simultaneously. The first reader will read the first paragraph within his or her group only, while others will read silently. After the first reader read the paragraph, it will be rolled to the next reader until each member will take turn in reading until the last paragraph.
Using stick figures with labels to represent the characters, draw the scene in which Ernie first gets crush on Dolores?
Seeing how things are related can help you understand them. Events in a plot are often related to each other by cause and effect. Sometimes, an effect becomes the cause of another event, and so on until the end of the story. This is called a cause-and-effect chain. As you read “A Crush,” record events in a chain graphic organizer like the one shownin your activity sheets.