Every morning I wake up at 5:30 am and I begin my day. I start by getting out of bed and going down stairs to the bathroom to brush my teeth and take a shower. I then continue to go back upstairs and get dressed. My next move is to go back down stairs and make my morning tea. I go back to the bathroom to
blow dry and
flat iron my hair. After that is complete, I finish making my tea and I then say, "Good bye" to my kids and husband. I am finally ready to leave for work. I walk out to the car and begin my thrity minute ride to work. I arrive at work, which is Davison Avenue
Intermediate School in Lynbrook, NY; however, the school district is Malverne. I currently work in a 3rd grade Inclusion Class with two other teachers. The school day begins at 8:15am and ends at 2:40pm. After the school day is complete I begin my afternoon job as a mother. I am a mother of two, Elizabeth (Lizzie), 3 and Peter Brandon, 2. I leave work and pick up Lizzie froom school. I continue to go and pick up Peter Brandon from his grandmother's house. Then I
proceed to drive back to my house and
unload the car of kids, work materials and the kids toys. After that is finished, I straighten up the house and start to make dinner. While I am making dinner, I will be doing a load of laundry, putting dishes into the
dishwasher and getting my lunch ready for the next day. Somewhere in the middle of all of this my
husband arrives home from work. When dinner is finally finished we all gather to the kitchen and sit down at the dinner table to enjoy a meal together. Whenever we are all finished, usually about fifteen minutes after we sit down, we get the kids ready for a bath. They go into the bathroom and take a bath; this usually lasts about twenty minutes. They will then
proceed upstairs to put their pajamas on and brush their hair; which is another 15 minutes. Finally it becomes 8:00pm and the children are ready to get ready for bed. They
protest their way into the bathroom and brush their teeth with their new
mechanical toothbrushes. After they have completed that activity, they will go upstairs and get in their beds. My husband and I will take about 20-25minutes to get them to go to sleep, each putting one child alseep. When I finally am able to get back down stairs, I will begin to clean up the kitchen from dinner and the
mess from my children. After that is complete I will then meet my husband on the couch in front of the television to enjoy some time without the kids. At about 10:30pm I am
exhausted and I need to go to bed. Good Night!
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| FLAT IRON |
Vocabulary:
blow dry (
verb)- to dry hair with a machine
flat iron (
noun)- a hair styling machine that makes hair straight
proceed (
verb)- to go forward; continue
unload (
verb)- remove something from somewhere
dishwasher (
noun)- a machine to wash dishes
protest (
noun)- a statement that you think is wrong and needs to be changed
mechanical (
adjective)- having to do with machines or motors
mess (
noun)- not neat
exhausted (
verb)- to be tired or worn out
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| DISHWASHER |
Vocabulary Exercise:
Directions: Complete the following sentences using the vocabulary terms above.
1) The children made a ___________________ of their toys.
2) Kyle uses a __________________ toothbrush everynight before he goes to bed.
3) My mom needs to ____________ ________ her hair every morning before work.
4) After a hard day of work, my sister and I are ____________________ and need to go to bed.
5) The children are told to go to bed, so they begin their ________________ up to their rooms.
6) My dad is lucky because he only has to load the ____________________ tonight.
7) After my mom's hair is dry, she will _____________ __________ it and make it really straight.
8) Noreen will __________________ to drive down the street.
9) The bus will ___________________ the kids at school.
Grammar Focus:
Nouns: a word that names a person, place, thing or idea. Although there are only four nouns that are found in the vocabulary list, there are many more that are in the above reading. Please find at least ten different nouns in the above reading.
For the four nouns that are found in the vocabulary list, please write them in your own sentences.
