Are You Hungry?

On the weekends I babysit a little boy. Every Saturday we cook dinner and bake a dessert. Today I am going to share a recipe with all of you. The recipe is macaroni and cheese. There are three ingredients to this recipe: macaroni, cheddar cheese, and sour cream. You will need half a pound of macaroni, 8 ounces of cheese, and 8 ounces of sour cream. The first thing you need to do is fill a pot with water and bring it to a boil. Then place the macaroni in the pot. When the macaroni is cooked, strain the macaroni. Next, place the macaroni in a baking dish. After that, put the sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese in the baking dish too. Then mix all the ingredients together. Finally, place the baking dish in the oven for about 30 minutes. Enjoy!

Vocabulary

weekends- Saturday and Sunday

babysit- to take care of a child

share - to give

recipe- directions for making food

ingredients- what food you need for the recipe

bring it to a boil- when the water is very hot and it bubbles

strain the macaroni- take out all the water

baking dish- a glass dish that can go in the oven

shredded- cut up into very small pieces

mix- put together, combine

Activity

• In today’s blog I wrote how to make macaroni and cheese. I explained the steps to take. What to do first, second, third, and last. I used the words, first, then, after that, and finally. This is called sequencing.
• Tell me how to do something using at least five steps.
• For example, how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, how to make a paper airplane, or how to draw a picture.
• Make sure you use the sequencing words first, then, after that, and finally. You may also use second, third, or any other sequencing words.

1. ____________________________

2. ____________________________

3. ____________________________

4. ____________________________

5._____________________________

6._____________________________

7. _____________________________

It is Time For Baseball

Oh boy, do I love playoff baseball. This time of the year is so exciting. The Dogers and the Phillies are playing for the National League Championship Series, and the Yankees and the Angels are playing for the American League Championship Series. I am a huge Yankee fan. I absolutely love the New York Yankees. Every game played in the playoffs is just so exciting. To win this series a team has to win four of the seven games played. Today the Yankees played an awesome game! They won the game 10 to 1! There were some really great plays in today’s game. The pitcher pitched an amazing game. He only gave up one run and pitched 8 innings. The Yankees hit numerous home runs today. They also made some great defensive plays. They now lead the series three games to one. All they have to do is win one more game, and they go to the World Series. I can’t wait for that to happen. I am so excited! This is their year!

Vocabulary:

Oh boy- an American saying that shows excitement

Playoff basesball- When teams are playing extra games to see who is the best team

Dogers, Phillies, Angels, Yankees- Names of professional baseball teams

National League and American League Championship Series- the second round of playoffs. First their is the division Series, then the championship series, and then the World Series.

Fan- a person who really likes a team and wants them to win

Absolutely- totally, definitely, for sure

Awesome- wonderful, fantastic, great

Plays-when the ball is hit and the player in the field gets the ball

Pitcher- the player who throws the ball to the batter.

Batter- the player who hits the ball with the baseball bat

Baseball bat- a piece of wood used to hit the ball

Run- a point, a goal, when you score a run, you get a point for your team

Innings- in baseball the players play 9 innings. That is how long the game is.

Numerous- a lot, many

Home runs- when the ball is hit out of the field into the stands where the fans are sitting

Defensive plays- when he players in the field get the ball

Lead- to win

This is their year- they are going to win

Activity:

• The highlighted words in the paragraph are known as homophones.
• Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different meanings and spellings

Write down five pairs of homophones.

1. __________________ and ________________

2. _________________and _________________

3. ________________ and _________________

4. ______________ and ____________________

5. ________________and ____________________

Party Time

Hi everyone, today’s blog it quite different from the previous ones I have written. This blog is about a surprise party that was thrown for my brother. My brother joined the Marines, so we decided to throw him a surprise going away party. By we, I mean me, my two sisters, and my brother’s girlfriend. We held the party at the local firehouse hall. We invited only close family and friends to the party. It turned out to be about fifty people! The theme of our party was a pot-luck-party. This is when everyone brings different foods to the party. Everyone was suppose to bring one thing. We were worried we were not going to have enough food for the party because everyone did not respond. Well, the complete opposite occurred! One family brought eleven trays of food! Everyone brought a lot more than they had to. Now, the only bad thing about surprise parties is the person who the party is for, usually finds out about the party. This was true of my brother’s party. A family friend, who is not to be named, blabbed about the party to my brother by accident. We were all worried he knew when and where the party was. My brother tried really hard to figure this out. He kept bugging us about the party. However, when my brother entered the party room, he was very surprised! It was fabulous! My brother was very grateful for the party and we all had a great time.

Vocabulary:

Quite- very, a lot

Surprise party- a party that is for a person, but the person does not know about the party

Thrown- given

Marines- a part of the army

Going away party- when a person is leaving home for a while, a party is given to him to say goodbye.

Local- nearby, close

Firehouse- where the firefighters work, sleep. where the firetrucks and ambulences are kept.

Hall- a big room for parties

Close family and friends- very good

Theme- what the topic is for the party

Did not respond- did not say if they were going to the party

Opposite- the reverse

For example: the opposite of hot is cold

Occurred- what happened, what took place

Blabbed- talked a lot, told a secret

By accident- not on purpose, felt bad for doing it

Worried- afraid

Bugging- kept asking the same question over and over again

Fabulous- great, amazing, wonderful

Grateful- thankful, appreciate, happy

Activity:

Today in my blog, some of the sentences were italicized. each of these sentences ended with an exclamation point (!). When there is an exclamation point at the end of a sentence the sentence is read with enthusiasm. It is read with excitement. Write five sentences using exclamation points.

1. ______________________________________

2. ______________________________________

3. ______________________________________

4. _______________________________________

5. _______________________________________

Keith Urban!!

Many people do not know who Keith Urban is unless you are a fan of country music. Well, he just happens to be one of my favorite country singers. This past week, I was lucky enough to go to his concert at Madison Square Garden. I went to the concert with my friend and we had floor seats. Our seats were amazing! We were the first section after the standing section. The opening act was a band called Sugarland, who just happens to be quite good. They preformed for a little more than an hour. Then Keith Urban played for almost two and a half hours. It was awesome! However, that is not the best part of the night. What really made this night so spectacular was that I touched Keith Urban. He was walking down the isle to get to the other stage. I reached my hand out along with the other crazy fans, and I touched his right shoulder. Then towards the end of the concert he walked down the same isle, and my friend and I touched his left shoulder. Well, I went bazurk I have never screamed so much in my life. I never thought I would react that way when I saw someone famous. He is just a person after all, but he is a gorgeous, Australian, country singing man, who I love.

Vocabulary:

fan- when you really like something or someone

favorite- when you like it the best, a lot

concert- where a person sings

Madison Square Garden- a place in New York City where there are concerts

floor seats-when you are sitting on the lowest level, not in the stands

section-a specific area, a location

opening act- the band that sings before the main singer, the people who sings first at a concert

Sugarland- the name of a band

quite- very

preformed- to sing

spectacular- fantastic, an]mazing, wonderful, great

isle-a path next to the seats

stage- where the singer sings

crazy- happy, screaming, excited

bazurk- jumping around, screaming, excited, very happy

famous- a person who has a lot of money and everyone knows them (a singer or actor).

gorgeous-very good looking, handsome, cute

Australian-someone from the country Australia

• This blog was written in the first point of view. This is when the person is telling the story as themselves. I wrote the story using the words I, and we.

Activity:

Directions: Fill in the blanks using the first person point of view.

1. ______________ was watching the game.

(I, they)

2. ______________ ate ice cream for dessert.

(she, we)

3. I can’t believe _____________ ran so fast.

(we, he)

4. _________________ really do not think that is a good idea.

(them, I)

5. Today ___________ have a lot of homework.

(I, she)

• To learn more about Keith Urban or to hear some of his music visit http://www.keithurban.net/