Monday, January 25, 2010

Your New Vocab Words

Hey KIPPsters,

Here are the new vocab words we got on Friday! Be prepared to take a quiz as your do-now on Wednesday.

We're spiraling back to antonyms this week. (Antonyms are words that mean the opposite of each other)

native-foreign
excited-calm
dissimilar-identical
reduce-enlarge
appear-vanish

Tomorrow we're having a quiz on inferences and predictions! Call if you have questions!

xoxo
Ms. Skrzypchak

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Practice with inferences

Hey KIPPsters,

Use the website below to help you make inferences.

http://www.philtulga.com/Riddles.html

Today in class we focused on the difference between inferences and predictions.

Inferences: the reader interprets what the author means but did not say
Predictions: you make an excellent guess about what will happen next

Make sure your commit our newest vocab words to memory:

unfurl
din
eerie
trophy
nimble
vast
fret
chide
thaw
garment

See you tomorrow!

Ms. Skrzypchak

Friday, January 15, 2010

Welcome!

Hey KIPPsters!

Welcome to our blog!