Rocking Horse Ranch

When I was a kid, my family and I went to a place called Rocking Horse Ranch.  It was located in Highland, NY, which was about four hours from where I lived when I was a kid.  It was a glorious place that had so many different things for kids like us to do.  My family use to go away with another family, therefore it was always my sister, my brother, my two friends and myself who could always play together at Rocking Horse Ranch.  In the winter, we would be able to ride horses, go skiing, snowtubing, have hot chocolate, and go swimming in the indoor swimming pool.  It was so much fun!  However, in the summer it was even better.  There would be an outdoor swimming pool with a slide and a diving board.  There was also tennis courts, basketball courts and shuffle boards for us to play.  Our most favorite thing to do in the summer in Rocking Horse Ranch was to go into lake that was located behind the resort.  We would be allowed to swim, banana boating and water skiing or wake boarding.  All of those things were so much fun for us to do during the summer.  I think that our most favorite aspect of the lake was the ability to go paddle boating because we would be able to go with a friend.  My friend and I used to go by ourselves and we would be out there for a couple of hours just talking about the boys and "gossip".  I loved going to Rocking Horse Ranch!

Vocabulary:

1) skiing (verb)- to go over snow with skis
2) snowtubing (verb)- to go over snow in a large rubber tube
3) courts (noun)- a certain area where people play a game
4) shuffle boards (noun)- a game where large discs are glided to get a score using long sticks
5) resort (noun)- a place where people go to relax or enjoy themselves

6) banana boating (noun)- a boat in the shape of a banana that floats on water

7) wake boarding (noun)- using a wakeboard (a board that is used to ride on water)
8) aspect (noun)- a part of something
9) paddle boating (noun)- a boat that needs to riders to paddle (like a bicycle) to get the boat to move

Vocabulary Exercise:

Directions- Use the vocabulary words to answer the riddles below.

1) Name something you would need a wakeboard for: ____________________

2) Where can I go to relax: _____________________

3) I want to play a game where I can slide large discs to get points: _________________

4) Name another word for a part: ____________________

5) Name an activity where I would need skis: _______________

6) I want to do this with a friend and use my legs like I would ride a bicycle: __________________

7) What is an activity that I would be able to use a large rubber tube: _______________________

8) Name a place where most people play basketball: _________________________

9) Name an activity that I could ride on the water on a boat in the shape of a fruit: __________________

Grammar Point:

Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense- Some verbs have a special spelling to show past tense. 

They go to the show.
They went to the show.

Directions- Read each sentence and underline the irregular past tense form of the verb.

1) She came on the stage.

2) The band ran to their places.

3) The crowd saw the singer.

4) The singer went to the microphone.

5) She began her performance.

6) She did a wonderful job.

7) The she went backstage.

8) She ate her snack.