glistened

Rain on the back of the chameleon glistened in the

sunlight.

( sparkled )

wakeful

The chameleon felt the joy in the first wakeful night

it had.

( restless; not able to sleep )

gripped

His feet gripped the branch as he hung there.

( held on tightly )

swooped

The barn owl swooped down to catch the chameleon.

( rushed down suddenly )

ridge

Little tan chameleon crawled up on a ridge of the limb.

( the edge of something )

Beat the Clock! Work as a group to match the words to the definitions.

glistened

wakeful

gripped

swooped

ridge

the edge of something

held on tightly

rushed down suddenly

sparkled

restless; not able to

sleep

camouflage cartoon

The American Chameleon

• the anole• changes to brown• lives in the wild in the southern states of America

1. safe wakeful snake awake

2. rain waited plain train

3. sleep seed asleep tree

4. meal ears Apache adobe

5. feet green leaves sneak

Directions: Click to drag and place the words under the rule that they follow.

/ā/ spelled a_e /ā/ spelled ai_ /ē/ spelled ee

Directions: Click to drag and place the words under the rule that they follow.

/ē/ spelled ea /ē/ spelled e

Sentences

2. It is polite to say and thank you.

3. Limes are a fruit.

1. We had to until it stopped to go outside.

wait raining

please

green

1. safe wakeful snake awake

2. rain waited plain train

3. sleep seed asleep tree

4. meal ears Apache adobe

5. feet green leaves sneak

1. joy boy annoy toy

2. couch grouch pouch south

3. hour count mound cloud

4. avoid boil noise spoil

1. The was shaped like a balloon.

2. I try to loud .

3. We the key.

cloud

avoid noises

found house

Directions: Click to drag and place the words under the rule that they follow.

/oy/ diphthongs /ou/ diphthongs /oi/ diphthongs

1. joy boy annoy toy

2. couch grouch pouch south

3. hour count mound cloud

4. avoid boil noise spoil

Developing Oral Language

Converting a text box into an image in PowerPoint 2007

Create your text box and then cut or copy it.

Go to the Home menu and click the dropdown arrow under Paste

Click Paste Special.

In the dialogue box that comes up, select Picture (Windows Metafile)

Click OK and your text box should appear as an image. This means that you won't be able to edit the text, but you can apply the macro to it so you can move it around the screen, enlarge it etc.

Adding an Action Button in PowerPoint 2007

To move to the next slide with an Action Button click the Insert menu and Shapes

Scroll down to the Action Buttons and select the Action Button which points right.

Hold down the left click and drag the Action Button shape as large as need be.

Let go of the left click. A dialogue box should come up. In the dropdown menu Hyperlink to, select Next slide.

Run the slideshow and click the Action Button to go to the next slide.

Instructions for PowerPoint 2007Open ‘The Magic PowerPoint’(Click Options and Enable this content

On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click New Slide, and then click Reuse Slides. Click Browse and Browse FileSelect your presentation and click Open

Tick Keep Source FormattingRight click the slide and click Insert Slide or Insert All SlidesClick Slide Sorter icon (bottom right)Delete all the Magic PowerPoint slides except this one.Click save as and rename your PowerPoint