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
