Unit 1 week 3

Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

Author

Judith Viorst was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1931. She is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, for children as well as adults.. Her children's books include The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (1971), The Alphabet From Z to A (1994), and the "Alexander" stories: Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday (1978); Alexander, Who's Not (Do Your Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move (1995); and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972). A graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, she is the recipient of various awards for her journalism and psychological writings. Judith Viorst lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, political writer Milton Viorst.

• Judith Viorst was born on February 2, 1931, in Newark, New Jersey. She began writing at age seven or eight, mostly poems about death. ...

Vocabulary

College- A school for higher learning

Dimes- coins in the United States and Canada worth ten cents.

North America

Downtown- the main part or business part of a town or city.

Fined- made someone pay money as punishment for breaking

a law or regulation.

Nickels- coins in the United States and Canada worth five cents.

Quarters- coins in the United States worth twenty-five cents.

Rich- having a great deal of money

Positively- absolutely; sure

Token- pieces of metal shaped like a coin: used on some busses and

subways instead of money.

Busses

Subway

Visualize• Active readers make pictures in their

minds as they read a story. • Picture in your mind what is

happening.• That will help you keep track of the

sequence of events

Make a Picture in your mind, then file it. VISUALIZE

Spelling Rules

•If the word ends with “y” change the “y” to “i” then add the ending.

Endings

•ed•ing•est

If a words ends with a “Y"• Change the Y to “i” and add the ending

Y

Change

The

Y

to

Then add

Ending

If a words ends with a “Y"• Change the Y to “i” and add the ending

Y

Can you say the rule?

Y

Review

Vowel

Consonant Consonant

At Ed’s it’s on us !At Ed’s it’s on us !

Ed

ShortVowelsSay

At Ed’s It’s On Us !

It’s on us !It’s on us !

If the word has a short vowel double the final consonant, then

add the ending.

Here’s one

word.

Bubble Gum Ice Cream !

B B

BB B BSee the double “b” ?

Short vowel words

Short vowel words

• get• occur• shop• swim

With endings

• getting• occurred• shopped• swimming