Sunday, May 29, 2016

ELA Study Guide for Third Grade Final Exam

Dear Parents,
        The ELA Final Exam for third  grade will include questions on work covered for the entire year which is divided into FOUR different modules. Each section will include questions on vocabulary, grammar skills, phonics, and some short responses based on readings.  Each class will also be required to write ONE complete essay of two paragraphs with an introduction and conclusion and some transition words. All students should review thorougly ALL past ELA quizzes/tests that will be returned to them on Thursday!  All students can also refer to their ELA notebooks,Grammar Workshop, and Phonics books.  Below is a detailed study guide for third grade:

THIRD GRADE

Module 1A: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World
Vocabulary:  rumpled, consist, evidence, motivation, disagreeable, clue, argued
Grammar: multiple meaning words (roll, light)
                statement, question, command, exclamation GW pp. 12, 16
                fragment, run-on, or complex sentence GW pp. 8, 36
Phonics: spelling rules for adding suffixes
Text question based on My Librarian Is a Camel

Module 2B:  Studying Culture: Then and Now
Vocabulary: culture, entree, sushi, tsunami. sumo. emperor, Mardi Gras
Grammar:  past tense of irregular verbs GW p. 104
                 subject/verb agreement GW p. 76
                correct use of pronoun antecedent GW p. 176
Phonics: comparative form : -er/ superlative form: -est  GW p. 128
Text question based on Japan's culture

Module 3B:  Wolves in Fiction and Fact
Vocabulary:  dominant, alpha pair, rendezvous site, territorial, prowl, meager, scrawny                 
Grammar:  simple/complex/ compound/sentence  GW pp. 28, 32
                 correct use of capitalization in titles GW p. 200
                 abstract nouns  GW p. 44
Phonics: beginning blend (small)   and ending blend (lamp)
Text question based on Face to Face with Wolves


Module 4:Role of Freshwater Around the World
Vocabulary:  access, conserve, agriculture, industry, chemicals, livestock, percipitation, evaporation
Grammar:  correct use of capitalization (not in titles)  (see examples on quizzes)
                 use of possessives: singular & plurals (boy's / boys') (see examples on quizzes)
                 use of irregular plural nouns GW p. 60
Phonics:  two sounds for final  -y  (lazy/try)
Text question based on One Well