For Tuesday, November 7 - NO SCHOOL

I am researching the candidates before I go to vote.

In the past, I've recommended Vote 411 and League of Women's Voters -- I still respect the way they show voter information, but I think they are difficult for my students to navigate and read this year.

Ballotpedia may be easier to use than the Sample Ballot on the Fairfax County website that I showed you because it has links to candidate's websites. Ballotpedia probably collects your information.  If the idea of sharing your address bothers you, put in the address of the closest elementary school.

I just saw this Washington Post article about the candidates for school board  So far, it's the easiest to read information I have found. One detail that I find interesting is that two candidates that the Post says are "Republican endorsed" say that they are Independent on their own webpages.

For Monday, November 6: We have school. Many children don't.

longer, stronger

Longer, stronger...when you compare two things with a one-syllable adjective add -er

longer, stronger, bigger*, wider, taller, thinner*, shorter, greater...

(*Spelling: double the last consonant if the word ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern)

Practice with www.gamestolearnenglish.com

When you compare 2 things with two-syllable words that end in w or le, add --er or r-exactly the same as a one-syllable word. For example: yellower, mellower, littler,

When you compare 2 things with two-syllable words that end in y, change the y to i and add er.
        happier. friendlier.  lovelier.  heavier.  prettier.  messier.  noisier.  sillier.

When you compare two things with two syllables that DON'T end in Y or W or R or compare things with three or more syllables, use "more" before.  More foolish.  More interesting.  More comfortable.  More intelligent.  More creative.  More  curious.

Grammar Rules and more practice for using comparatives and superlatives

Today we practiced vocabulary around the house and prepositions

 Language Guide Vocabulary:  House

Practice with Learning Chocolate -- House

Language Guide: Living Room

Language Guide: The bathroom

Practice with Learning Chocolate

Practice bathroom with Learning Chocolate

Learning Chocolate; Prepositions of Place

Kid's story: Monster Hunt

Halloween

 Halloween Advice

Halloween Vocabulary on Quizlet

Is this your first Halloween in the USA?  Did you celebrate Halloween before?  How? Are you going to wear a costume?  What are you going to be?  Are your children going to wear costumes?  What are they going to be?

Things will get better

 

New Vocabulary set:  3 Fall 2023 Low Intermediate at Plum

Study ad abbreviations

Fixing mistakes is the fastest way to build neural networks for fluency, but it's very frustrating.  Don't give up.  Your English gets better every week.

What are you happy that you learned?

Traffic Stop Advice

 

Challenge Listening:  Traffic Ticket (bad example!)

Did you ever get a ticket?  What happened?