Charlotte is 3 months old!

Bath Time!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to Lakeview. As you know I am currently on maternity leave, but I will see you all in November. In the meantime, I hope you are enjoying Mrs. Johnson as your sub.

It's a GIRL!

Okay for all of my students and parents that have been waiting a guessing...It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!

Charlotte Veronica was born on June 30 and weighed 8lbs. 5 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long!

Charlotte is keeping Mom and Dad busy.

Week 36

This week begins week 36 of pregnancy (Week 36 picture is on the right side of the blog). I am ready to be DONE - well except before I wash the clothes and finish up the nursery. As most of you know - I want this baby early, but Grandma Trader hopes that baby will be patient until after the 22nd since she will be in the UK until then. Personally, I think June 14th sounds like a nice day to have a baby! All that matters is that we have a little one who is healthy.

The race begins...we will see who has the first grandchild on the Hayes side. If I go late and Jennifer goes early she could be bringing her little man into the world while I'm still cooking! Any bets????

I hope you have enjoyed the pictures during these last nine months - especially those of you who haven't been able to see me live and moving in big slow motions!

Hopefully the next time you check out the blog you will see Baby Hayes!

To all of my 8th graders - best of luck to you in your latest endeavors - high school will be a wonderful experience. I'll be back at Lakeview in November and I know how many of you like to stop by on your shortened days so please remember to visit. I promise I will update the blog in the summer so you finally know what "Kermit" is! Congratulations on your graduation this week - you have all been a wonderful group of students and I will miss you all.

Gerunds & Phrases

Verbals & Phrases

Participal Phrase – can be lifted out of the sentence. Participal is an
adjective.

Gerund – Can be used as a subject - Reading is my favorite activity.
Can be used as a direct object - I enjoy reading.
Can be used as an object of a preposition – Today is a good day for
reading.
Can be used as a predicate noun – My favorite activity is reading.

Gerund Phrase – noun ending in – ing + one of the following:
an Adj.
Adv.
Direct Object
Prepositional Phrase

Infinitive – to + base form of a verb. An infinitive is either a noun, adjective or adverb.

Paul wants to leave. Is this the road to take?

Infinitive Phrase – to + base form of a verb and any of the following:
direct object, predicate noun, predicate adj.,
prepositional phrase, modifiers

1. First find the phrase
2. Take out to and the verb
3. Look at the rest of the phrase to determine if it is being uses as a noun, adj. or adverb.

Busy Week!!!!

As we are approaching the end of the school year it is going to be a busy few weeks! Please check with your parents if you are not going to be in school on Friday due to the Memorial Day Holiday next Monday. The schedule this week is as follows:

ALL Classes - Phrases Test Friday (Prepositions)
- If you will not be here Friday, it is in your best interest to take your test before you leave
for the weekend!

ALL Classes - AR Quiz due Friday

Reading Classes - Periods 3 & 8
- Act 4 quiz Tuesday
- Act 5 quiz next Wed. 5/28

Advanced Reading - Period 6
- Pi Final Project Due Thursday 5/22

Verbals: Notes

Verbals

Verbal – word that is formed from a verb but is used as an adjective, a noun, or an adverb.

Participle – adjective
Gerund – noun
Infinitive – adverb

Participle – verb form used as an adjective.

Use the present participle (-ing) and past participle (-ed) to form verbals.

Climb climbing climbed

Since participles act as adjectives they ALWAYS modify NOUNS!

A participle can come before or after the noun or pronoun it modifies.

Gerunds – the present participle of a verb (-ing) used as a noun.

- A gerund can be a subject, direct object, object of preposition and a predicate noun.

ALWAYS locate the simple subject and simple predicate in a sentence to determine if a the word is a gerund.

Running is both a fun and healthful exercise. (Running is the subject in this sentence therefore it is a gerund)

Infinitives – made up of the word to and the base form of the verb.

Infinitives can be used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.

Be careful not to confuse infinitives with prepositional phrases that begin with to.