Easter Break

 Easter Break

The Croods



Over the Easter Break, my kids and I were extremely busy.  First, on Monday, we started out going to the movies to see The Croods.  My son, Peter thought it was very fun to watch the characters running into rocks and tripping over themselves.  My daughter, Elizabeth didn't think it was as funny but she did enjoy taking the trip to the movie theater.  The next day, on Tuesday, we decided that we should enjoy spending sometime relaxing at home.  So, the kids were playing in their playroom and I was cleaning the house and folding some laundry.  On Wednesday, the kids and I went to United Skates.

They had the BEST time roller skating!  Peter did not like it as much as Elizabeth; but they both loved being there.  After we were done having fun at United Skates, I took the kids to Target to get a little shopping done.  We only spent about an hour there because Elizabeth had a doctor's appointment.  I was anticipating them to fall asleep on the way home but they did not.  From there, the plan was to make dinner and quickly get the kids into bed.  However, their grandparents had other plans; they ended going over to their house to enjoy sometime with them.  Finally, they came home and quickly went to sleep.  Thursday was another busy day for the kids.  We started the day with waking up and doing a couple of loads of laundry.  Around noon, Elizabeth got picked up by Poppa, her grandfather, to go back to his house and bake Easter bread.  Peter ended up going upstairs to his room for a nap.  I finally had some time to myself to finish up some dishes and laundry.  When Elizabeth came back home and Peter woke up from his nap, they both colored Easter eggs.  My husband arrived home soon after that and we ate dinner.  Friday was finally here and we surprised the kids with a trip to Baltimore, Maryland to go to the National Aquarium.  The kids loved seeing the fish, sharks and dolphins. 

Dolphins

We came back to New York on Saturday, ate dinner and then sent the kids swiftly to bed because the Easter Bunny had to come and hide Easter eggs.  Sunday morning arrived and they immediately woke up bright and early to run downstairs to see if the Easter Bunny had come.  They were so excited to find the Easter eggs and open their presents.  We then went to Poppa's house and had an Easter party with another Easter egg hunt and more gifts with a ton of candy.  Monday, arrived and all we did was rest.  Happy Easter!

Vocabulary

1) sometime (adverb): not known amount of time

2) playroom (noun): a room for kids with toys

3) into (preposition): used as a function word

                                for example: came into the house; went into the lake; looking into the window

4) grandparents (noun): a parent of your mother or father

5) grandfather (noun): the father of your father

6) upstairs (adverb): to go up stairs

7) downstairs (adverb): to go down stairs

Vocabulary Practice

Directions: Find the correct definition to match the word on the right.  Write its letter on the line.

1) grandfather _____                                                     a. to go down stairs

2) playroom _____                                                        b. the parents of your mother 

3) sometime _____                                                        c. used as a function word

4) downstairs ______                                                    d. to go up stairs

5) into _____                                                                 e. not known amount of time

6) grandparents _____                                                   f. a room for kids 

7) upstairs _____                                                           g. the father of your father     

Grammar         

Compound Words: Two words that are put together to make one word.     

  

Video to help in understanding compound words:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0X7xMDXmc8   

Grammar Activity



Directions: Take words from column A and combine them with the words in column B to form a compound word.  Write the compound word on the lines below.

Example:    base + ball = baseball

Column A:                                                               Column B:

fire                                                                              room

sun                                                                              shine 

bed                                                                            snake

rattle                                                                           case

stair                                                                             place

1) _________________________

2) _________________________

3) _________________________

4) _________________________

5)_________________________