ATTENDANCE Verb “to be” PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE singular plural singular plural I am We are I was We were You are You are You were You were He is They are He was They were She is She was It is It was VERB – Present Tense NOUN Infinitive Singular Plural To be absent I am absent. We are absent. absence To be early I am early. We are early. To be late I am late. We are late latecomer You are late. He/She is late. To be present I am present. We are present. presence To be sick I am sick. We are sick. sickness To be tardy I am tardy. We are tardy. tardiness To be excused I am excused. We are excused. excuse You are excused. They are excused. He/She is excused. To be suspended I am suspended. We are suspended. suspension You are suspended. They are suspended. He/She is suspended. Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb to be. am are is was were 1. I ____________ sick today. I ____________ sick yesterday. 2. You ____________ late today. You ____________ late yesterday. 3. He ____________ absent today. He ____________ absent yesterday. 4. She ____________ present today. She ____________ present yesterday. 5. We ____________ early today. We ____________ early yesterday. 6. They ____________ tardy today They ____________ tardy yesterday. ¡Claro! English for Parents ©Arlington Public Schools 1 Vocabulary Directions: Read the verbs. Read the related nouns. VERB – Present Tense NOUN Infinitive Singular Plural To attend I attend We attend. attendance You attend They attend. attendance He/She attends secretary To call I call We call. a call You call They call. a caller He calls. She calls. To go I go We go. You go They go. He goes. She goes To sleep I sleep late. We sleep late. sleeper To oversleep You oversleep. He/She oversleeps. They sleep late. To have an emergency I have an emergency. We have an emergency. emergency You have an emergency. They have an emergency. He/She has an emergency. To have a fever I have a fever. We have a fever. fever You have a fever. They have a fever. temperature He/She has a fever. To leave a message I leave a message. We leave a message. a message You leave a message. They leave a message. a messenger He leaves a message. Directions: Complete each sentence. 1. I ______________________ the school. call calls 2. Mrs. Brown _____________________ the school. call calls 3. I leave a ____________________ for the teacher. caller message 4. My child is sick. She has a ________________. sleep fever 5. Today my family sleeps late. It is time for school. They ____________________. sleep oversleep ¡Claro! English for Parents ©Arlington Public Schools 2 Antonyms and Synonyms ANTONYMS Words of opposite meaning present ≠ absent late ≠ early excused ≠ not excused sick ≠ well SYNONYMS Words with the same meaning present = here late = tardy excused = pardoned sick = ill Directions: Draw a line to match the synonyms. write late present ill tardy here sick sign Directions: Match the antonyms/opposites. Write the opposite. early absent tardy well not excused present __________________ on time __________________ excused __________________ late __________________ sick __________________ ¡Claro! English for Parents ©Arlington Public Schools 3 Family Vocabulary Directions: Read the family relationships and nominative and possessive pronouns Male Female He, His She, Her They, Their child child children boy girl boys, girls son daughter sons, daughters brother sister brothers, sisters man woman men, women husband wife husbands, wives parent parent parents father mother fathers, mothers Directions: Complete each sentence. 1. The Villanueva family has one __________________. child children 2. The family has three ___________________. child children 3. The girl has a ______________________. brother brothers 4. Marilú is sick. The secretary called ________________ mother. his her 5. Marcos is in the office. ______________ father is there, too. his her 6. The boy is eight. ____________ is in third grade. He She 7. The girl is six. ____________ is in first grade. He She 8. Mr. Villanueva is Alex’s ___________________. brother father 9. Mr. Villanueva is Mrs. Villanueva’s ____________________. husband wife ¡Claro! English for Parents ©Arlington Public Schools 4 Reading and Comprehension Directions: Read the text aloud. Translate each sentence. Discuss the meaning. At home “Mami, I feel sick!” Alex says. She is hot. She has a fever. Mom gives Alex medicine. Children go to school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Alex goes to school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. She is sick on Thursday. She stays at home. Mom calls the school. She tells the secretary Alex is sick. Alex is absent from school. Alex is well on Friday morning. She is not sick. Mom writes a note. It says, “Alex was sick on Thursday.” Alex goes to school on Friday. Her teacher calls the roll. “Alex?” says the teacher. “I am present,” says Alex. Directions: Complete each sentence. 1. Alex goes to ______________________ on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. the doctor school 2. Alex is _____________________on Thursday. sick present 3. Mom calls the ____________________. doctor school 4. Alex is ________________ from school. sick absent 5. On Friday Alex is ____________________. sick present ¡Claro! English for Parents ©Arlington Public Schools 5 Call the School / Leave a Message Directions: Directions Read the steps for leaving a message. Read the example. 1. Greeting “Good morning” “Good afternoon” “Hello” “Good morning! “Hi” 2. Identify yourself “This is (full name).” This is Mary Smith. “This is (title and last name).” 3. Identify your child “My son/daughter (child’s full name) is in My daughter, Jill Smith, (grade) in (teacher’s name)’s class. is in third grade in Mr. Gray’s class. 4. Purpose of the Call “He/she cannot come to school today. She cannot come to He/she is (reason for absence).” school today. She is sick. 5. Conclusion “Thank you, good-bye.” Thank you! Good-bye!” Directions: Complete the information about your family. 1. Parent’s full name: _______________________________________ 2. Child’s full name: _______________________________________ 3. Child’s grade and teacher’s name: _______________________________________ 4. Your child is sick. You must call the school. Write what you will say. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Practice calling the school. Role play a conversation between the parent and school secretary. 6. Practice leaving a message. Role play the parent caller leaving a message. ¡Claro! English for Parents ©Arlington Public Schools 6 Write an Excuse Note Directions: Directions Read the steps for writing an excuse note. Read the example. 1. Date May 15, 2004 2. Salutation: Dear (Mr./Miss/Mrs./Ms Dear Mr. Gray, +_teacher’s name), My daughter, Jill Smith , was 3. Message: My son/daughter, (child’s name), was (reason for absence) on (day sick on Thursday. Please excuse or date). Please excuse her/his absence. her absence. 4. Closing and Signature Sincerely, Jane Smith Directions: Your child was sick and absent from school. Write an excuse note for your child. ¡Claro! English for Parents ©Arlington Public Schools 7 Intermediate Vocabulary Present tense: I He You + simple form She verb + s/es We of the verb It They Present You He Progressive: We + are ____ing She + is ____ing They It VERB Infinitive Present Present Past Future progressive To go I go I am going I went I will go He goes You are going He is going To have I have I am having I had I will have He has gone To attend I attend I am attending I attended I will attend He attends To leave a I leave a message. I am leaving a I left a I will leave a message He leaves a message. message. message. message. Directions; Use the correct form of the verb to go. 1. I _______ home. The girl __________ home. The teachers __________ to school. 2. I am ____________ home now. The boy ________________________ home now. We _____________________________ home now. 3. We _____________ to school yesterday. They _____________ to school last night. She _____________ home an hour ago. 4. They _______________________ to a movie tomorrow. You ____________________ to the movie in an hour. I _______________________ to the movie later. Directions: Use the correct form of attend. 1. My child __________________ school. 2. My child __________________ school last year. 3. My child __________ __________________ school tomorrow. 4. My children ________ __________________ school right now. ¡Claro! English for Parents ©Arlington Public Schools 8 Attendance Vocabulary Infinitive Present Past Future To be early I am early. I was early. I will be early. To be late You are late. You were late. You will be late. To be tardy He is tardy. He was tardy. He will be tardy. To be absent They are absent. They were absent. They will be absent To be present We are present. We were present. We will be present. Nouns Adjective an early bird early a latecomer late a tardy; tardiness tardy present an absence; an absentee absent Directions: Use some form of absent. 1. All of the students were present. None of the students were ________________. 2. Most of the class was there, but three students were _________________. 3. The teacher marked the boy ________________ on the attendance card. 4. We all noticed her ___________________ from the game. 5. Many students were sick, so there were a lot of ___________________. Directions: Use some form of tardy. 1. Two students in the class are ________________ today. 2. The teacher marked the students _________________ on the attendance card. 3. They are often late. Their ________________ is a problem. 4. The report card shows the student’s absences and ___________________.