ATTENDANCE Verb to be PRESENT TENSE singular plural I am We are You are You are He is They are She is It is

Infinitive To be absent To be early To be late

PAST TENSE singular plural I was We were You were You were He was They were She was It was
NOUN Plural We are absent. We are early. We are late latecomer absence

VERB Present Tense Singular I am absent. I am early. I am late. You are late. He/She is late. I am present. I am sick. I am tardy. I am excused. You are excused. He/She is excused. I am suspended. You are suspended. He/She is suspended.

To be present To be sick To be tardy To be excused

We are present. We are sick. We are tardy. We are excused. They are excused. We are suspended. They are suspended.

presence sickness tardiness excuse

To be suspended

suspension

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb to be.

am 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6.

are

is

was

were

I ____________ sick today. You ____________ late today. He ____________ absent today. She ____________ present today. We ____________ early today.
They ____________ tardy today

I ____________ sick yesterday. You ____________ late yesterday. He ____________ absent yesterday. She ____________ present yesterday. We ____________ early yesterday.
They ____________ tardy yesterday.

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Vocabulary Directions: Read the verbs. Read the related nouns. VERB Present Tense Singular I attend You attend He/She attends I call You call He calls. She calls. I go You go He goes. She goes I sleep late. You oversleep. He/She oversleeps. I have an emergency. You have an emergency. He/She has an emergency. I have a fever. You have a fever. He/She has a fever. I leave a message. You leave a message. He leaves a message. NOUN Plural We attend. They attend. We call. They call. We go. They go. We sleep late. sleeper attendance attendance secretary a call a caller

Infinitive To attend To call

To go

To sleep To oversleep To have an emergency

They sleep late. We have an emergency. emergency They have an emergency. We have a fever. They have a fever. We leave a message. They leave a message. fever temperature a message a messenger

To have a fever To leave a message

Directions: Complete each sentence.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

I ______________________ the school. call calls Mrs. Brown _____________________ the school. call calls I leave a ____________________ for the teacher. caller message My child is sick. She has a ________________. sleep fever Today my family sleeps late. It is time for school. They ____________________. sleep oversleep

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Antonyms and Synonyms ANTONYMS Words of opposite meaning present late excused sick absent early not excused well

SYNONYMS Words with the same meaning present late excused sick = = = = here tardy pardoned ill

Directions: Draw a line to match the synonyms.

write present tardy sick

late ill here sign

Directions: Match the antonyms/opposites. Write the opposite. early absent present on time excused late sick tardy well not excused __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________

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Family Vocabulary
Directions: Read the family relationships and nominative and possessive pronouns Male He, His child boy son brother man husband parent father Female She, Her child girl daughter sister woman wife parent mother They, Their children boys, girls sons, daughters brothers, sisters men, women husbands, wives parents fathers, mothers

Directions: Complete each sentence. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The Villanueva family has one __________________. child children The family has three ___________________. child children The girl has a ______________________. brother brothers Maril is sick. The secretary called ________________ mother. his her Marcos is in the office. ______________ father is there, too. his her The boy is eight. ____________ is in third grade. He She The girl is six. ____________ is in first grade. He She Mr. Villanueva is Alexs ___________________. brother father Mr. Villanueva is Mrs. Villanuevas ____________________. husband wife
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Reading and Comprehension

Directions: Read the text aloud. Translate each sentence. Discuss the meaning.

At home Mami, I feel sick! Alex says. She is hot. She has a fever. Mom gives Alex medicine. Children go to school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Alex goes to school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. She is sick on Thursday. She stays at home. Mom calls the school. She tells the secretary Alex is sick. Alex is absent from school. Alex is well on Friday morning. She is not sick. Mom writes a note. It says, Alex was sick on Thursday. Alex goes to school on Friday. Her teacher calls the roll. Alex? says the teacher. I am present, says Alex.

Directions: Complete each sentence.

1. Alex goes to ______________________ on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. the doctor school 2. Alex is _____________________on Thursday. sick present 3. Mom calls the ____________________. doctor school 4. Alex is ________________ from school. sick absent 5. On Friday Alex is ____________________. sick present

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Call the School / Leave a Message

Directions: Read the steps for leaving a message. 1. Greeting Good morning Good afternoon Hello Hi 2. Identify yourself This is (full name). This is (title and last name). 3. Identify your child My son/daughter (childs full name) is in (grade) in (teachers name)s class. 4. Purpose of the Call He/she cannot come to school today. He/she is (reason for absence). 5. Conclusion Thank you, good-bye. Directions Read the example.

Good morning!

This is Mary Smith.

My daughter, Jill Smith, is in third grade in Mr. Grays class. She cannot come to school today. She is sick. Thank you! Good-bye!

Directions: Complete the information about your family. 1. Parents full name: _______________________________________ 2. Childs full name: _______________________________________ 3. Childs grade and teachers name: _______________________________________ 4. Your child is sick. You must call the school. Write what you will say. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Practice calling the school. Role play a conversation between the parent and school secretary. 6. Practice leaving a message. Role play the parent caller leaving a message.

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Write an Excuse Note

Directions: Read the steps for writing an excuse note. Directions Read the example. May 15, 2004 Dear Mr. Gray, My daughter, Jill Smith , was sick on Thursday. Please excuse her absence. Sincerely, Jane Smith

1. Date 2. Salutation: Dear (Mr./Miss/Mrs./Ms +_teachers name), 3. Message: My son/daughter, (childs name), was (reason for absence) on (day or date). Please excuse her/his absence. 4. Closing and Signature

Directions: Your child was sick and absent from school. Write an excuse note for your child.

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Intermediate Vocabulary Present tense: I You We They You We They

+ simple form of the verb

He She It He She It

verb + s/es

Present Progressive:

+ are ____ing

+ is ____ing

Infinitive To go To have To attend To leave a message

Present I go He goes I have He has I attend He attends I leave a message. He leaves a message.

VERB Present progressive I am going You are going He is going I am having I am attending I am leaving a message.

Past I went I had I attended I left a message.

Future I will go I will have gone I will attend I will leave a message.

Directions; Use the correct form of the verb to go. 1. 2. 3. 4. I _______ home. The girl __________ home. The teachers __________ to school. I am ____________ home now. The boy ________________________ home now. We _____________________________ home now. We _____________ to school yesterday. They _____________ to school last night. She _____________ home an hour ago. They _______________________ to a movie tomorrow. You ____________________ to the movie in an hour. I _______________________ to the movie later. Directions: Use the correct form of attend. 1. 2. 3. 4. My child __________________ school. My child __________________ school last year. My child __________ __________________ school tomorrow. My children ________ __________________ school right now.

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Attendance Vocabulary
Infinitive To be early To be late To be tardy To be absent To be present Present I am early. You are late. He is tardy. They are absent. We are present. Nouns an early bird a latecomer a tardy; tardiness an absence; an absentee Past I was early. You were late. He was tardy. They were absent. We were present. Future I will be early. You will be late. He will be tardy. They will be absent We will be present. Adjective early late tardy present absent

Directions: Use some form of absent. 1. All of the students were present. None of the students were ________________. 2. Most of the class was there, but three students were _________________. 3. The teacher marked the boy ________________ on the attendance card. 4. We all noticed her ___________________ from the game. 5. Many students were sick, so there were a lot of ___________________. Directions: Use some form of tardy. 1. Two students in the class are ________________ today. 2. The teacher marked the students _________________ on the attendance card. 3. They are often late. Their ________________ is a problem. 4. The report card shows the students absences and ___________________. 5. I think my son ____________ ________ ___________________ today.

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HOMOGRAPHS Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

Leaves (
Plural of leaf, grow on trees The leaves fall from the trees.

livs)
3rd person singular of verb to leave Martha leaves home at 7:30am.

Left (
a direction; opposite of right Mario writes with his left hand.

left)
paste tense of verb to leave He left his folder at home.

Directions: Use the correct word in the sentence: leaves or left. 1. Every day he ________________ home at 7:30 a.m.. 2. The ________________ on that tree are yellow. 3. The opposite of right is ________________. 4. She ________________ her jacket on the bus yesterday. Directions: Write the correct word. no _____________ turn no _____________ turn

a _____________

_____________ on the tree

The boy _____________ the house now. He _____________ the house yesterday.

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HOMOPHONES Words that sound the same, are spelled differently, and have different meanings

prez-nts
Presence
presencia

Presents
regalos

ji_r
Here
aqu

Hear
escuchar

ji_rs
Heres
contraccin: aqu est

Hears
escuchar, en tercera persona

Directions: Write the correct word in the sentence: presence or presents. 1. She got lots of ___________________ for her birthday. 2. Yesterday we noticed the boys absence, but today we noticed his __________________. Directions: Write the correct word in the sentence here, hear, heres or hears. 1. Please speak more loudly; I cannot ________________ you. 2. Yes, Ms Smith, I am ________________ today. 3. My son ________________ everything I say. 4. Look, Mom, ________________ my desk.

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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe. Comparative: For one-syllable adjectives: add er and than. Superlative: For one-syllable adjectives: use the __ -est. late Sue was late. later Jill was later than Sue. latest Ann was the latest.

Comparative: For two-syllable adjectives that end in y: change y to i, add er and than. Superlative: For two-syllable adjectives that end in y: change y to i, and use the ___-est. early Mr. Lee is early. earlier Mr. Smith is earlier than Mr. Lee. earliest Mr. Gray is the earliest.

Directions: Use the correct form of early or late. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7:00 a.m. is __________________ than 8:00 a.m. I got to school late. I got there ________________ than my friend. 12:30 is __________________ than 12:00. High schools start __________________ than elementary schools. The secretary was the first person to arrive. She was the ____________________. The principal was the last person to leave. He was the _____________________.

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Reading and Comprehension

In order to make academic progress students need to attend school every day. Students also need to arrive at school on time. If a student has a good reason for his absence, the absence is excused. If there is no good reason, the absence is not excused. If a student is tardy, he misses some school work. Some reasons for excused absences include: sickness, a medical or dental appointment, an emergency, or a death in the family. The school records the number of times a student is absent and tardy. There is an attendance record for each student. Absences and tardies are marked on the report card. Students must make up homework, schoolwork, and tests if they are absent. Parents are responsible for making sure that their children arrive at school on time. If a child is absent, the parent needs to call the school to explain the absence.

Directions: Complete each sentence based on the reading. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Your child needs to go to school ____________________ ____________________. If there is a good reason for an absence, it is ____________________________. Three reasons for excused absences are ________________________________________ and If there is no good reason for an absence, it is ___________ ___________________. If a child is absent, the parent must _____________________________________________. Find the one true statement. __ Being tardy is not important. __ Schools do not keep track of absences and tardies. __ Sickness is an excused absence. __ Sleeping late is an excused absence. 7. Regular attendance at school is important for making academic progress. Which sentence says the same thing? __ paragraph 1, sentence 1 __ paragraph 2, sentence 1 Directions: Answer the following questions about your childs school. 1. My childs school is _________________________________________________________. 2. The school telephone number is _________________________________________.

_____________________________________ and _____________________________________.

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